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The rest of the day is time-limit free. We lose access entirely to Area6 after dealing with Yamato's Silent infection, or 8 turns passing. Didn't get the Black QR Cards? Gotta wait 'til New Game+ for a second shot!

Oh, you may have noticed something else has changed. The Hazard value has finally changed; since we dealt with our first Silent, it's gone down by 10%. We'll mostly be seeing it dropping (mostly) but it can go up too. It can't go below 1% and if it gets too high... well, we'll see. It might happen.

If we go to Area4, we can skip ahead to the next part of the day. Gonna take this last moment to stretch our legs and check out the open optional areas while we can.

Malum

"Nothing's happening. Can't we see the mayor?
Can we get permission to report here?"

Mika is listening to the reporters' conversation and taking notes.

Mika quickly turns around as she hears Atsuki's footsteps.

Sorry, I'm a little busy right now.

Something has happened. The reporters enter City Hall in a group.

Mika returns shortly, looking scared.

Pushing a mic at coworkers of someone who's died,

that's going too far just to get some information.

They say it's because of social and work problems.

Anyone could see that.

Nobody checks properly, so they only write trash.

They've thrown away their morals as reporters.

Mika stamps her feet in anger.

You're right...

Yeah, a reporter without morals isn't a reporter.

You can't do anything you want just to get news.

I shouldn't talk, though, I'm still just half-baked.

A pro gathers information no one else has yet.

I'll work super hard today.

See you, Saijo.

In a rare moment, I think this bonus 500 EXP is missable even if you do the scene. Far as I know, you only get it if you agree with Mika here.

Only other spot we can check out in Area2 is the train station. Maki's hanging out here again, so wonder what she's up to.

Ticktack

"Hey hey, it's that boy!"

The detective waves her hand & walks to Atsuki.

That's no good, you're in high school now...

Hang out with your friends!

We've been friends since high school.

About 10 years now, I guess.

We were in the same school clubs, same university...

I'm so lucky to have such a good friend.

...hahaha. I was trying to look cool.

But friends are important. Enjoy your time now.

Ah, but I really am such a lucky person...

I live in the town I like, working with good friends.

Hey, have you come to like this town, too?

I like it.

OK, you pass!

I'm happy to have someone compliment my town.

I'm gonna make sure you like it here even more!

If you ever have a problem, you come talk to Mako.

Alright then, young man, we shall meet again!

Mako's pretty fun, really. Seems like she's goofing off a bit and not really doing any work right now, which I can respect.

Area3's only got Yuzi in... YUZI. Pumpkin Witch is open, but that's not got a scene or anything.

Malum

Huh... I see... Alright, you want me to show you?

So you're the type to curiously search the city.

Why, you ask?

We don't really advertise for this shop.

Don't you think that those who know it, know it well?

...You sure? Seems like those discerning customers would avoid this place.

The others won't find it.

That's right, you've probably been over there.

Oh, what was it called?

Pump... Pump something. Have you heard of it?

Pumpkin Brothers

Hang on. Why'd you say "brothers"?

Kekeke, I wonder why you came like that?

Oof, that surprised me... It's not that profitable.

Witch! Pumpkin Witch!

That place also has a real homey vibe to it.

Don't you think so?

Nah, I don't mean it's bad, it's just...

That place is irregular.

Well if you wanna be cute, how do ya go about it?

What do you do to be cute?

Well then, my customers are truly pathetic.

I should probably tell that to someone sometime.

Well, that's all for me.

Man, I have a ton of work to do, seriously.

If you care about the BBS stuff at all (probably not), you can view this chapters updates anytime from now onwards. YUZI doesn't close at all until the end of the chapter now.

Just leaves the ominous shinen that Natsuki detected in Area4 which... is Yui...?

Silent City

Yui Yamase was coming across the street jogging towards you.

...Weird that this gets brought up NOW. We've seen Yui between then and here in less important scenes.

...Well, now's fine.

Did a guy with a hood come by here just now?

Atsuki said that he hadn't seen a guy like that.

...Uhh... 3-ku? That means Third Ward, so she means Area3. It can be figured out from context and all, but this is just straight up "we forgot to translate this bit".

And the immediate next text box is translated just, y'know, badly. So incorrectly, in fact, that this is backwards. The high school girl here was the victim here.

While she was going nuts, I screamed for help, but

I guess I ended up running away.

If you see any suspicious guys, call the police.

Yui wasn't who we came here for after all, it seems. There's some Residual Shinen left behind which we can find over on the bikes...

Nostalgic Town

highly recommend watching this one if you can

Mist

End

Whisper

This bit is... honestly kinda incoherent? I'm not entirely sure what it's meant to say.

They are obviously being infected with Silent.

So, would there happen to be a target person that we're pursuing?

Also, are there any people that have been infected?

Regardless, we'd better find out the specifics about the people quickly.

FORT

We're mid-analysis, so we aren't sure of infections.

We're unsure about if this is an original Shinen, but

We'll have to follow the contents momentarily.

We could just leave and head over to the Post Office right now, but we'll take a quick trip inside TOYBOX first. We're already here after all.

Kisaragi

Just get an immediate Residual Shinen from this. You'd think it'd be waiting for Akira and then using Sigma on him directly, but nope.

Nocturne

Kisaragi

With a deep breath, he headed over towards Atsuki.

Hah, I must be having bad luck today, or somethin'.

Guess I'm just wasting my money, so I'm outta here.

Oh yeah, Atsuki... About tomorrow, but...

Meh, never mind.

I'll be waiting for you at Sweet Ring after school.

Catch ya later.

We could've pretty easily skipped Akira here. All we got out of it was another look inside his head, a sneak peek at potential backstory and free EXP.

And we all know how important that EXP isn't!

YUZI and Pumpkin Witch are still open here, because of course they are. Post Office is the only new place available, though, so we'll go look into this slasher attack.

Bucolica

Police are asking questions outside the post office.

So... yeah, the... the music here is cheery and upbeat while we're investigating a young girl being attacked. With a knife. Wee bit of tonal dissonance that.

That's right.

Where's the victim?

She was resting in the post office until just now.

Luckily she wasn't hurt so her parents came & got her.

She left?

Yes, I did get her name and address though...

Her parents were really pushy & fierce...

Hm, I see... I'll go ask her what happened.

The officer & the man go back inside the post office.

Get the opportunity now to use Sigma to pick up Residual Shinen left behind by the attacker.

My Hunting Ground

HIGHLY recommend watching this one too

Whisper

End

FORT

Any new info?

Atsuki says he found from the Shinen that the girl goes to Kisaragi School.

Really?!

Is this response really warranted? We know the victim was a high school girl, and that is the only high school in the area we know about. Heck, by all accounts it's the only one in the city to begin with. Kisaragi ain't that big! Are we really so incompetent that Atsuki can only put it together by using his psychic powers? And Nola is taken aback by this shocking revelation?

Let's do this.

I'll get info on the victim from the police database.

She must have seen something.

She may be too scared to remember but we'll use Sigma.

I'll find the victim before school starts tomorrow.

Lux De Luna

Only places available now are YUZI and... our home, huh?

More importantly:

At this point, we can get up to four new messages. Pretty sure Akira's always happens here, but the other three available are based on Affection.

The one we missed is from Honoka, of course. Getting her high enough for them at this stage might be NG+ only.

Now we'll just head home which means it's gotta be time to end the day!

FORT