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Chapter 82: Natsuno Minami 7

Nice job hiding, Ryoko.

Before we go question her, let’s Consider our new thoughts.

Consider Gouto-senpai

(Gouto-senpai… He can also travel through time. So who exactly is he?)

Consider Scar on Cheek

(This small puncture on my cheek… Why does it glow… When I touch it? It’s scaring me… …… Maybe… Maybe aliens really did put something in me…)

Well, let’s go talk to our senpai awkwardly crouching over in the corner, then.

Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)

Ryoko simply leaves the room.

BJ suddenly jumps out of the laundry basket, that rascal!

Hiding in the laundry basket, huh?

Was she looking for you?

It seems likely.

You think she’s working with the men in black?

Her affiliation is unclear. However. Her intentions…

She wants the logs, doesn’t she?

Correct. Or information on technology and the future.

We gotta hurry and find that Sentinel. It’s on the UFO, right?

It was manufactured in Japan, wasn’t it?

It is the name of a control system.

*sigh* Right. So where do we find it?

The gate.

Okay.

She must’ve looked in here.

Use P. E. Bag on BJ

Don’t worry. If I see her, I’ll just sprint right on by.

Music: Deafening Silence (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)

It is sealed off, just like Sector 5.

So we can’t go today?

There is an opening in Sector 3. We may be able to go from there.

Sector 3?

It is in 2025.

40 years from now… Which means I’ll be in my 50’s. I’m having mixed feelings…

Geez, this place is falling apart…

Ryoko Shinonome, class 2-A.

Uh-oh.

This picture… That’s the girl I saw in the track room. How’d this get here?

Seems ominous. Oh well!

It’s 1.7 kilometers away.

We’re supposed to stick together.

I’ve been waiting… I knew you’d be here.

Music: Hard Pill to Swallow (Kikuchi Yukinori)

This is 426’s hideout. You’re working with him, aren’t you?

Four-two-who? The heck are you talking about? I’ve never been here before in my life.

Don’t play dumb.

It’s not an act, Ryoko! She really is quite stupid!

And when I do, you *will* tell me where he is. But right now… My mission is to take that data unit back with me. Now hand it over.

Ryoko Shinonome. You’re being used… There’s a reason they want you to find me. It’s to prevent you all from seeing the logs… and uncovering the truth.

…I don’t care about that.

Even the logs about you… and Tetsuya Ida?

Oh right, those. Listen, Ryoko, you might actually be better off not watching those.

Out of my way.

Despite the extremely heavy voice filter over BJ’s lines, this one is really well-delivered. It’s like, the only time you ever hear any real emotion in BJ’s voice. Dude’s extremely worried for Natsuno right now.