So you're okay?
More importantly, what's with that equipment?
I don't know.
So that's what they mean by "initialized"...
No, it's nothing.
If you're safe, that's all that matters.
Haseo.
If you're going to Phyllo, he won't be there anymore.
It's not like he quit, but...
Well, I guess it means that he did quit...
I don't get it.
It's kind of noisy here...
How about we change location?
Shino...
This is it...
I should really report this to Shino-san.
Huh?
Oh well.
But!
Phyllo was always in-game!
Even if he wasn't doing anything, he was always in Mac Anu...
That's right.
He was in that place and worried about you right up until the end.
Worried about me?
Phyllo, in the end...
...he entrusted you to me.
I can't accept that.
Is that so?
How can you just keep playing a game so nonchalantly after being told you have cancer with eight months left to live?
And even if you tell me that he was worrying over me...
You should worry more about yourself than me!
There's no way he wouldn't worry about you.
Phyllo...
After he had settled everything in his life, Phyllo was worrying over you.
But...!
Hey, you, if you were told that you had eight months left to live, what would you do?
There's those who despair, those who withdraw within themselves to mope,
or those desperate to leave proof that they had existed on this world.
That's about all that we can imagine, right?
Yeah. Well...
It means that Phyllo wasn't any one of those.
"I want to just live out my remaining days peacefully without anything changing."
That's the way of living that he chose.
Peacefully...
"I know that I do not have that long left to live."
"However, for those of you who are unaware of that, you may die tomorrow in an accident."
"In that moment which of us will be the one who will say, 'Oh no!' ?"
That's what Phyllo said as he laughed.
He also said that you're taking too much on all by yourself.
He also regretted that he said a bit too much.
I can't remember anything that Phyllo said to me.
Just that he was a nosy guy...
"No matter what happens, faith will break through."
It's a message from Phyllo.
You don't have to tell me that...
Yata-sama?
I have discovered an unidentified phenomenon.
Where is Kuhn?
He's in the Main Room.
Crush the target.
If possible, take a sample.
Yes.
What is it all of a sudden, calling me out here?
Haseo's came back.
I know that.
You don't need to meet with him?
Why would I need to?
Why...?
Well... I guess that's true.
The fact that he logged in means that he's healthy, right?
Placing myself at a moderate distance from them is my creed.
A bystander to the end, huh?
I don't want to go in and get burned...
That depends on the person going in.
You keep mistaking the person who's going in and get some strangely negative responses, right?
Well, I won't deny that but...
Haseo is like Chinese food.
Huh?
You get full just from smelling it... something like that.
But a good smell that fuels your appetite.
You won't ever get tired of watching him.
You just plan on watching him from just the smell?
Yeah, because it's fun.
...Did you go to the bathroom or something?
As long as there's a guy like you around, then I can leave without any worries.
Are you going to quit again?
It's a game because real life exists, right?
I have things that I have to do.
I don't really understand... but if it's Tawaraya-san, then I think you can do it.
Leave it up to me and go work hard.
I plan on doing so.
Thank you!
You will summon the avatar first and attack it.
If you don't think you can handle it, then lower your avatar and I will take it on.
This isn't the first time.
I get it.
Hey!
What is this!?
Should we do it?
Wait!
There's something in the bug hole.
Yata-sama, your commands?
I would like to see what is going to come out.
So it is imitating a living being?
Yata-sama!
Our orders!?
That's enough.
Crush it.
Yes!
Don't lose focus! Here we go!
Yeah!
Did you really die...?
Phyllo...
You think that I could accept that?
Why...
Phew... forget about a sample. That thing's a monster.
Anyways, let's go back.
Yeah, yeah...
If something like that were to flood into the game,
this world would be finished.
So you're Haseo, the person who's been talked about so much on the BBS.
Many things have happened to me as well.
I think that I can be friends with you.
I refuse.
I see...
The character "Kan" from the kanji for "Kanji" can also be read as "Otoko" which means "honorable man".
"A man" written as "Kan!"
It is a pity. We have the same smell.
We shall meet again.
I refuse that as well.
So... you guys play normally.
We made a information guild!
An information guild?!
Really, really!
An information guild.
We're actually better at this kind of things...
You guys...
So, Touta, you should work hard and study!
If you're every lonely, then feel free to come back!
You know...
There he is! Touta-san!
Oh, Tabby, what's up?
I'm sorry!
Why?
Because I destroyed the guild that you helped me build...
It's okay.
Looks like you've calmed down now.
Yeah!
So, these.
I won't use them anymore so...
You're going to quit?
I have a goal in real life now...
I'd really like to hold on to them for you but, I'm going to quit too...
I also have something to do in real life.
Maybe we should hold onto them.
Eh?
We'll always be here...
Um... it's not for sale but...
These guys are my successors.
They won't sell them.
Really?
Yeah! It's okay.
Okay! When I accomplish my goal, I'll come back!
Nice doing business with you!
What to say...
So in the end, I'm alone, huh?
You want to go back?
I can't turn back the clock.
Well, if that were to happen, you'd lose energy.
That's not it.
Is it lonely being alone?
If you look around you, I think there's a lot of people.
See, I'm here too.
You too?
In a time when there was no TV, they say that people watched other people on the fireplace or hearth.
Where're you bringing the conversation in from?
You need something that moves as a visual, I guess?
Huh?
You don't get it?
I don't get it.
I mean, there's people who're watching you, and others that are worried about you... so mooove!
That's totally selfish!
Yeah!
That's what I planned on doing from the start!
Hey! Would you like to heal some PC's with me?
Huh?
See! It's a game like this so I think that healers are needed!
Let's-
Hey! Don't be wasting time here!
W-w-wait meow!
A beautiful companion meow meow!
Ew...
Haseo?
Haseo! Haseo!
Haseo!
Welcome back!
Get off me!
But I'm so happy!
You're annoying!
Oh, it really is Haseo!
It's really Haseo!
Get off me!
Haseo~
Hey!
No way...
What good would it do for me to lie?
Sorry... but...
Why didn't he tell me...
Even though we talked so much...
Well...
It's not really the type of story were you'd say "Hey listen to me for a minute"...
Phyllo really is an adult.
Hey...
Never mind.
I'll be going now.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
But...
I can't just stand still...
Are you... going to be a PKK again?
No way.
Doing the same thing over won't help.
I see...
Are you going to continue the game?
Um... even though you've been initialized...
I can't think of any other way.
Haseo?
You really are the only one who can save Shino-san.
It's not just me.
That's right...
I'm thinking of becoming a nurse!
That's good, isn't it?
What I can do...
If I can help Shino-san in real life...!
And how many years is that gonna take?
Oh... yeah.
I'll have saved her by then.
But, if Haseo can't do it then...!
Hey!
That's why you can't go off and do something rash, okay?
If it's not okay for Haseo, then I'll do it!
What's with that?
I like you Haseo!
I...
I'll be working hard and studying on my own!
So... Haseo... Haseo needs to work hard too!
Yeah.
Of course.
The time is right.
Which means...?
As Raven,
as the gathering of people who have the Element, let us contact Haseo.
Leave it up to me.
And...
This needs a name.
A name?
The name fixates on the thing's characteristics.
Therefore, one must use utmost caution around it.
Yes.
A.I.
Artificial Intelligence?
It can be thought that the unidentified phenomenon the result of an A.I. that was born on the net going rampant.
Therefore... as this is an unidentified phenomenon caused by an A.I.
I dub it AIDA.
AIDA...
Get stronger, Haseo.
Strong enough... to kill me.
Until you get that strong, that will...
Something special that only you have.
I don't get it.
Jeez, youngsters these days are so bad...
Read the manual!
Are you reading the manual?
I'll read it later.
You can't quit.
You... I don't know who you are, but...
A game like this doesn't hold any meaning.
Don't say things like "this".
Welcome to The World.
I don't know what you mean by that.
There's no such thing as being happy because you know too much.
Sorry.
I...
Have to work hard.
Shino...
Shino-san, you're working hard.
I will not lose civility with this world like Aura and run away.
When you come here, don't you feel calm and relaxed?
It feels like you begin to see what it is that you need to do.
This is the place where I decided to make my PC color the way it is right now,
and this is also the place where I decided to search for the Key of Twilight together with Ovan.
This is also the place where I got to know Haseo.
When I was about to start something,
I always came here.
I won't hesitate anymore!