Block and Bet

If you're ready, let's begin the VR test...

I'm ready!

Hoshimi Miyabi: Let's enter the test stage.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Wait, Miyabi. I have something I'd like to say to everyone.

Harumasaboo: I can guess what you're going to say. This time, our enemy is highly adept at sowing discord. Ehn-na!

Soukaku: Nagi cares about us so much, but they threatened her about us getting "brain death"... Nagi's really clever but she'll still be heartbroken after hearing that! How evil!

Soukaku: Nagi, we can't let these bad guys go! The more it doesn't want us to fight, the more we have to fight!

Hoshimi Miyabi: But perhaps that's precisely what the enemy wants us to think. Just like a game of chess, our enemy may be planning several moves in advance.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Indeed. We don't have enough intel right now, so we can't rule out any possibility.

Hoshimi Miyabi: So now, are you still confident in your judgment?

Tsukishiro Yanagi: I...

Tsukishiro Yanagi: ...Can I confess something to all of you?

Tsukishiro Yanagi: I have never had confidence in my judgment.

Harumasaboo: Wow~ As number one on the Brain Death Leaderboard, it's really heartwarming to hear you say something like that.

Harumasaboo: But Deputy Chief, it looks like you've got more than just that to say? Ehn-na!

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Of course. I am the intelligence officer for Section 6, and rather than relying on flights of fancy, I prefer to base my judgments on the rational analysis of objective facts.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: But, I'm worried about everyone. I fear that the majestic force that is Section 6 might get caught up in a mistake I make...

Tsukishiro Yanagi: What the enemy said... The fear turns my stomach.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: But words alone cannot attack my confidence. One cannot destroy what has never existed.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: All I know is that the objective intelligence has not changed. Or rather — the latest intelligence only bolsters my previous hypothesis further.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: And so... I ask you all to please keep trusting me.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: However, I have a small suggestion regarding our situation.

Hoshimi Miyabi: What is it?

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Miyabi, Soukaku, try as hard as you can not to get involved in combat, and leave all the fighting up to me.

Soukaku: Harumasaboo can't fight right now either, which means... Nagi will be alone? Isn't that dangerous?

Tsukishiro Yanagi: I've enabled safe mode, and the enemy cannot hack into the system to collect or meddle with any of my data. It's safer for me to fight.

Hoshimi Miyabi: ...I may not like it, but... I understand.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Thank you. So then... let's "become light" and hunt down the second runaway.

Wait, there are still things I need to finish.

(Talk to Soukaku, optional)

Soukaku: Harumasa can actually turn into a Bangboo!

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Don't worry, he'll recover once we defeat the bad guys.

Soukaku: Okay, then we have to hurry! Otherwise, Harumasa will definitely be sad...

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Because Bangboo can't take days off, right?

(Talk to Hoshimi Miyabi, optional)

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Sorry, Chief, I was careless...

Hoshimi Miyabi: Yanagi, I don't think this is your responsibility. We don't know what the enemy can do.

Hoshimi Miyabi: Moreover, I agree with Soukaku's statement. The enemy must be rushing because we've hit a sore spot. Let's continue executing our strategy.

Tsukishiro Yanagi: Chief... thank you. In the upcoming battle, you must use your power wisely.

(Talk to Harumasaboo, optional)

Harumasaboo: What a bummer en-nah! How could this happen en-nah! If I had known, I would have held back with my arrows ehn-ne!

(Enter combat)

Harumasaboo: Hey, you sneaky little creep! Don't run ehn-na! Where are the others?

(Reach a dead end)

Harumasaboo: Darn it! The path's blocked! Should we go around, ehn-na?

(Reach the other dead end)

Harumasaboo: Blocked again! It's a dead end-eh!

Yanagi: Stay calm, look around.

Yanagi: The wall on the left doesn't seem very sturdy, looks like we can break through it...

(After breaking through)

Harumasaboo: Awesome! Ehn-na!

Harumasaboo: I get the feeling it's trying to lure us in ehn-na!

Yanagi: ...At this point, the only option is to catch up and take it down as fast as possible.

(After the third wave)

Harumasaboo: Deputy Chief! There's another wall here that can be broken ehn-na!

Yanagi: Great, let's take the shortcut as well.

(Enter the fourth wave)

Harumasaboo: Get out of the way, ehn-na! Don’t block the path!

Yanagi: Let's make this quick!

(After the fifth wave)

Yanagi: Hm? I think I hear something up ahead...?

The Second Abandoned Dog

The following is recorded in the Video Archive

 The Second Abandoned Dog

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Video Summary: Survival from desperation

Story Description: Yanagi charges toward a dead end to rescue her allies, but she herself slips off the platform, about to fall into the endless "data void." As if that weren't enough, a forgotten test enemy appears, seeking to take advantage of the situation to attack Yanagi. Surprisingly, Yanagi grabs the enemy's leg, pulling it down with her. As the monster meets its demise in the void, the level is successfully cleared.

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	Harumasaboo: Tsukishiro, that's...
	Tsukishiro Yanagi: Soukaku! Miyabi!
	Soukaku: Oh no, there's nowhere to go!
	SLICE Hoshimi Miyabi !
	Soukaku: Nagi said we can't let the Chief's data get stolen so quickly! Leave this to me!
	Harumasaboo: Soukaku is giving it her all, but even so, it won't be enough to hold out for long. Ehn-ne– GRAB
	Harumasaboo: Hey, Tsukishiro!
	Harumasaboo: Oh no, ehn-na! No no... Ehna-na, ehn-na!
	SHING!
	FHOOSH—! Tsukishiro Yanagi: ...
	THUNK! Soukaku: !
	Soukaku: Nagi... Hoshimi Miyabi: —!
	Hoshimi Miyabi: Yanagi! Tsukishiro Yanagi: Forget about me! Get out of there!
	Tsukishiro Yanagi: ! CRUNCH
	???: I told you, your resistance is useless here...
	Tsukishiro Yanagi: Really... Useless? ???: ?
	Tsukishiro Yanagi: Hurting people like this... The special monster we're looking for... Tsukishiro Yanagi: Must be you.
	GRAB!
	FHOOSH!
	GRAB!
	???: Damn it!
	???: —Tsukishiro Yanagi!
	DING
	System: Stage complete.