Calm down.
Just think of them as a group of Goblins and you'll be fine.
Okay!
There's no time for this.
There's no end to them.
Where's Ovan?
Not yet...
Let's redeploy on a higher level and engage them there.
Even if we retaliate they'll come back!
Just a bit more.
The opponent in front of us doesn't matter.
If Ovan finds the Key of Twilight then it's our win!
Right?
Exactly.
Even if they're pushing us back, we're the ones who have the upper hand!
Shino... It's time.
I'm going.
The rest is up to you.
Ovan...
What?
Nothing.
Just a bit more... so everyone hold on!
Yeah!
I was waiting for you...
Take it into phase 3.
As I thought...
So that's what that means.
Oh?
You anticipated this situation and still came?
Or is that just an excuse for your failure?
I had to come.
That is why I came.
That is all.
That's not like you... no, or maybe it is like you.
The actions that you took to get the Key of Twilight at all costs are indeed like you.
However...
Not doubting that the Key of Twilight exists is completely unlike you.
The Key of Twilight.
At one time it appeared in the form of a bracelet, and again as the ultimate A.I.
In the past... the one who told me that it exists was you.
True.
I did tell you something like that in the past.
A mysterious game where, not only are there realms which even the System Administrators cannot touch,
but the program itself works independently of it's original coding and creates a form for itself.
That is The World, and within it there is an existence which tries to lead this world to a better future.
I said, "That is the Key of Twilight."
You also said that it was a key which held the dim light of the dawn.
That's true.
That is why I prepared a scene like this for you.
Note: Tasogare means twilight in Japanese.
Twilight is tasogare as well as the faint light of dawn...
Isn't it?
Ovan... you haven't forgotten have you?
I also said that the Key was lost when the game entered revision two.
As if I would forget.
Even so, I still had to search for the Key of Twilight.
I gambled on the possibility that, if it existed in the past, it might still exist now.
Why?
My reasons are private.
The time for talking has ended.
Is there no message from Ovan yet?
You're still soft, Sakisaka!
What?
Was there ever a time that Ovan just gave us a message?
Never, never!
What're you guys getting excited for?
You seem like you're having fun too, Sakisaka-kun.
Huh?
Shino! Go on up.
We'll be fine here.
I agree. You should go see what's going on upstairs.
But I... Haseo, you go.
Eh?
I don't care who it is. Go check up on Ovan!
Haseo, do as Shino-san says!
Why me...
You are... Ovan's future. That's why.
Go, Haseo.
It's no use. You cannot do anything here.
You lost the instant that you passed through the door.
It's time to go wild!
Idiot.
H... he's pretty cool.
What!?
Hey, back me up!!
No, he's just stupid.
I'm going too!
What do you plan on doing to me?
Nothing.
What I'm interested in is that PC Body of yours.
What a stupid thing.
All this for some PC Data...
It's troublesome if you try to hide it.
Do you have an estimate of what size your PC data is?
It's as large as one whole area.
It's impossible.
What did you do in order to get that?
I shall examine you slowly.
That was my plan from the start so...
Ovan...
I shall restrict your PC Body.
Mission Complete.
Retreat compliantly.
Ovan...
where are you?
Ovan...
I just pushed you from behind.
The one who chose to go was you.
You don't have to thank me.
Yeah...
...but, I thought to thank you a bit.
This sort of thing happens too, huh.
Eh?
Haven't you heard?
The rumors that the Twilight Brigade got ahold of the Key of Twilight.
You'll hear of it even if you don't want to.
It's interesting...
Because that's not the truth.
And Ovan is still missing.
Because TaN's dark side moved so blatantly...
Yes.
That's true as well.
The fact that there was a front and a back to TaN has been completely revealed...
Well, because of that, the people who are playing this game want to know how the situation progresses.
Because they can get the feeling that they participated as well by spreading that story.
That's how rumors are spread.
That's all.
You're fairly calm.
As you get older, you become less surprised by things around you.
It's quite boring.
Phyllo. I think that's wrong.
Oh really?
If you don't move...
If you just stay here, then there'll be no surprises from over there.
That's what you taught me this time.
That's why I wanted to thank you.
Thank you.
I'll ask one more time but... Ovan wasn't there from the beginning, right?
You're so persistent.
You guys saw it too right?
There wasn't anyone on the top floor.
Assuming you didn't run away.
What?
Because it's weird!
Where did Ovan go?
Calm down Sakisaka-kun.
Everyone confirmed right?
There was no platform which let you fly to another place.
That place was a complete dead end.
Yeah...
And the only way to go back from there was to reset.
We also looked to see if there was a place like the Cathedral where you could go into the wall, right?
We didn't find any after we searched... right?
Yeah.
But still...
That's why, thinking logically, you can't imagine that Ovan has moved from that spot.
Sorry but that's not how I see it.
True.
If he reset like us, then he would have disappeared from there and gone back to the Town Gate like the rest of us.
That might be true, but why?
Why would he do that?
That's what I want to know, too.
Who knows.
Maybe he decided that he wanted to have the Key of Twilight just for himself.
Sakisaka-kun.
Ovan's not that low.
I think so too!
Because...
Then, why is there no message from him?
That's probably because...
it's not that he's not messaging us... but rather, he can't message us even if he wants to.
Let's wait a little while longer...
Okay?
Did you think that I was Ovan?
No, I was just a little surprised.
You know Ovan in real life right?
Yeah.
It might not be for me to say but...
Did you contact him in real life as well?
It was no good.
I messaged him but there was no response.
I see...
Sorry.
Eh?
I...
have to work hard.
Sh...
Shino-san, you're working hard.
Just for a bit...
can I stay here like this?
Yeah.
The complaints have flooded in and we can't handle it!
You idiots! You have to handle it!
As the claims department we've finally set up!
Think of it as quest and do it!
But...
We don't have time to say things like "But" or "Because"!
Excuses like that are words for losers!
We don't need them!
There is one who wishes to meet you no matter what...
I don't see a reason to!
A person named Shino from the Twilight Brigade is asking for an audience.
...from the Brigade?
Welcome! What business do you have with TaN?
I'll skip the introductions and get right to the point.
Please give us Ovan back.
We do not carry a product like that but..
Are you searching for information?
I have that you are a person who role plays as a merchant character.
What have you done to Ovan?
Um...
You are either playing dumb, or...
In the end, you have not been told of it either.
And you who says that, what do you know?
I have some data which Ovan gave me saying "Just in case".
The things that TaN has used their dark side to do.
What the guild, that the System Administrators tolerate, has done on the side.
Wait.
What do you mean by "that the System Administrators tolerate"?
Oh, so you are just one of the manipulated people.
Please ask Naobi.
This is the give-and-take which you enjoy so much.
If you give us Ovan back, I will not do anything.
If you can not do that...
The data concerning TaN... I will...
...officially announce it.
That...
...is not a give-and-take, but rather a threat.
See it as you like.
I will only wait 12 hours.
Find Naobi!
From now on, stop all orders till I say that it's okay to resume!
Even the ones that we're taking right now, make up an excuse and cancel them!
Eh... but then...
As of now, TaN is going to cease all activities!
No matter what you do, go find Naobi!
Right now?
Quit saying such obvious things.
Hurry up and move!
What?
No...
I just felt like it.
If you don't have anything then I'm leaving.
Do you think that Ovan got the Key of Twilight?
Even though it's not like it matters anymore but...
It does matter.
No, you really didn't care about the Key of Twilight either, right?
The one who gave you a place to exist in this game was Ovan.
That's the only reason why you were looking for the Key of Twilight, right?
Why did you...
Because...
I was the same way.
You...
weren't you going to defeat Ovan?
We came in the same way but left on different paths, that's all.
We're similar.
That's why I sort of understand.
Quit acting like you understand so easily.
Ovan...
I hope he comes back soon.
I heard that the Brigade is starting an all-out war with TaN.
Isn't it the other way around?
Right? If you look at them it'd be the other way around right?
But... the one that's starting it is the Twilight Brigade.
I wonder if it's the power of the Key of Twilight.
Well more importantly, it must have been something that really pissed them off.
That girl from the Brigade...
It appears that she has passed on the data which shows that TaN was working dishonestly to the system administrators.
Ovan had something like that prepared.
In turn, it might be better since there will be nothing left.
TaN's role is already ended so...
Is that so?
If TaN closes using that dishonesty as a reason, it would get this monkey off of our backs.
This PC body is almost finished with it's use as well.
I never had anything against this PC from the begining.
Yes.
Now...
Let us continue examining Ovan.