Part 79: Ryoko Shinonome 6

Chapter 79: Ryoko Shinonome 6




Music: Just Because (Composer: Azusa Chiba, Arranger: Rikako Watanabe)



Yeah yeah, we’ve been through this. Let’s just Consider our new thoughts and bounce.



Consider Ei Sekigahara

(Ei Sekigahara… Ei-kun is a year younger than me. And a childhood friend. How could I think he was the culprit?)

Consider 426

(If Ei Sekigahara isn’t 426… Then who’s the one who messed with the Sentinels?)



Time to jet.

Music: The Plot Thickens (Rikako Watanabe)




For once, we’re not actually going to distract Gouto so we can flee from him, because while there’s still one scene we need to see down that path, its triggers are not all active yet.



The scene we need to unlock that one requires us to first talk to Megumi again.





Do about what…?
You know, your… condition.



And Megumi heads into the classroom.



This has triggered something else further down the hall, namely…



Juro.



Ooh, it is.
Ugh, he’s so hot.
Student council elections are coming up…
He’s running for president, right?
Really? That’s amazing.
Smart and handsome…
Everything a girl could want.

Shame about his personality. Also, wait, why’s he bothering with student council elections when the world is about to end?



I’m relieved.



What?
I’ve already asked you to stop making fun of me. I’m Kurabe. Juro Kurabe.

Considering that pretty much everyone in school seems to be aware that Ryoko’s got some serious medical issues that impair her memory, you should probably be a little more understanding, Juro.



Apologies, Kurabe. You can go ahead.



My head… It hurts…

Ryoko’s head is pounding.

Consider Pills

(This should make me feel a little better.)

Consider Juro Kurabe

(Kurabe? But he’s Izumi-kun. I don’t understand… I bet Renya Gouto knows something about this.)

Use Juro Kurabe on Renya Gouto



Explain.
You have the wrong person.
That’s not possible. I wouldn’t mistake him for someone else.
*sigh* There are certain things you’re better off not knowing.
Damn it, just tell me.
Juro Izumi doesn’t exist anymore. He’s Juro Kurabe now. His mind could not withstand the battle. He had to be turned into someone else. There is no chance of recovery.
……



My head… It hurts…

Ryoko’s head is pounding.

Consider Pills

(This should make me feel a little better.)

Consider Juro Izumi

Izumi-kun. He has the same symptoms as I do.








To my recollection, we never find out who these people Ryoko is searching for here are. She’s just close enough to them to call them by their first names with no honorifics. Siblings, maybe? Or friends?





A kaiju!?



Music: Lonely Struggle (Rikako Watanabe)




Where?



The drone spotted them 20 minutes ago. Going into that building. Can you not find them?




Looking over the wrong shoulder here, but I’ll allow it for clever reuse of this hologram portrait.







You’re Ryoko Shinonome-san, right?
Who are you…?
I’m Juro Izumi. And I need your help. We’re going to save the world. With that robot.





So… that was pretty uneventful. Maybe even the shortest update of this I’ve put out yet. To me, it seems like the most likely scenario for why that scene contains little-to-no pertinent information we didn’t pick up in like, Megumi’s first event back in the goddamn tutorial would be that they really wanted this scene. They probably put a lot of time and effort into the shot of the Sentinel punching a G-Moler depicted from inside this building, and by god they’re gonna use it, even if the scene itself ended up pretty vestigial. Maybe in an earlier draft of the story this contained more bits of story but they cut it, I simply do not know. Still a neat scene, nevertheless.



Ryoko is unlockable again because we’ve already done the relevant event from Shu’s story.