Part 65: Tomi Kisaragi 5

Chapter 65: Tomi Kisaragi 5





Music: Impending Doom (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)





Shinonome-senpai… She’s gone.
What!?
I only looked away for a second… What should we do, Usami-chan?



Usami-chan…

I’d normally have cut those lines for being both optional and identical to the preceding lines, but the delivery here is actually different, Miwako sounds so sad here and it really gets me. Protect Miwako.



Well, let’s go check the bed.



She wasn’t exactly in a state to be running any marathons. We need to find her...



Let’s split up and look around.
Got it.
Okay…
I’ll go check across the street.
Thanks.







I don’t know what to do…



Not a trace. She musta gone real far.




As you can see in the top-right corner, we have four keywords we can use here. We can go to any of the three places we’ve been so far (“Dead Kaiju”, “My Apartment”, or “Sentinel No. 13”) or Sakura High School, which we haven’t actually been to yet. Three of these paths are red herrings, and only one leads to actual progress. …No points for guessing which one.

Use Dead Kaiju on Nenji Ogata

Well, let’s start with the first obviously-incorrect answer.

I’m gonna check out the kaiju.



You stay here, Miwako. Never know when that second-year might come back.





Hey. This thing’s dangerous. You know that, right?
But…
Ten minutes. I’m not hangin’ around here any longer than that.







She couldn’t have gone far…



…… *shakes head* Thought I had somethin’, but nope.




Looks that way.
Aight, let’s check somewhere else.





*shakes head*



Nope. There’s no sign of her anywhere…

Use My Apartment on Nenji Ogata



I’m gonna check on my house.
Usami-chan…
Hey, wait! You stay here, Miwako.




Hey. There a reason you picked this place?
Well…

“We wanted to get the most out of our art assets.”

Maybe she’s gotten hungry. There’s a lot of food places here.
True… She couldn’t have eaten while she was knocked out.





Not around here.




…… *shakes head* Thought I had somethin’, but nope.




Where do you think she went?
Who knows… I don’t got a clue.



Back to the hub…

Use Sentinel No. 13 on Nenji Ogata




Big guy did stand out. You wanna go?
Miwako, wait here.
Be careful…
We’ll be back in a jiffy.




I figured… If Senpai’s trying to get to the school… She’d probably come this way.
Ah, right. She wouldn’t know about the messed-up road.





…… *shakes head* Thought I had somethin’, but nope.

What footprints were you expecting to find on that asphalt!?





Hate to break it to ya… But I don’t think she’s come by here.





Less thinkin’, more walkin’. Let’s go, Kisaragi!

Okay, you don’t have to shout at me!



Well, let’s finally make our way to the foregone conclusion.




Senpai might’ve had the same thought.
Let’s do it. It’s all the way around the bend.
Miwako, wait here.
Be careful…
We’ll be back in a jiffy.

Music: The Chills (Yoshimi Kudo)





And the schoolyard’s totally caved in…





I bet that’s what dug the hole.



They tryin’ to make a nest or somethin’?

Use Interstellar Development on Nenji Ogata



Would it dig up a hole for no reason?



Underground…
Like what? More dirt?




There’s not a single person here.
Let’s keep looking around.








It’s that android from before.
Is it broken?




Music: 466f756e64205521 (Mitsuhiro Kaneda)





Run!








Ayyyy, it’s Ei!



Who are you?
The name’s Sekigahara. You’re Tomi Kisaragi, right? Didn’t know any of you were left.



Use Shinonome-senpai on Ei Sekigahara





Goddammit, she’s gone!



Dude, it was just a second ago.
I guess she ran away from the androids.
So Ryoko-san’s here too…



Maybe.

What the hell’s that mean?

I mean, you’ve gotta be from the future, right?
Yes. Quite a ways away.



How do you know Kisaragi?

Not really the time for this petty jealousy or whatever, Nenji, but I’ll allow it because I also want to know that.




It’s a probe that found you two on its patrol. To think you were still here… I honestly didn’t expect it.



Sorry you got caught up in this mess. In any case… You need to go to the underground gate. I’ll take you there.




I thought you would have returned already.

Use Underground Gate on Ei Sekigahara



I’ve been struggling to find my way out of here.
You too?
We need to go underground. The primary shifter should be there. The other gates all connect to that one from afar. They’re merely access points.
Underground? You mean…



That’s where we need to go?





That hole didn’t seem so great to me.



Well, it looks like we have an exit strategy for Tomi and the gang, at least.