Track 8

Now then. Looks like the Searchers are scattered, so now’s as good a time as any to look for the treasure chest. Let’s go, Renga-san.

Over my dead body.

Woah!? They came out of nowhere!!

You forgot about us, didn’t you!?

Ten~♪ I missed you sooo much~. I’m fi~nally done getting ready, so now I’m here to pick you up~♪

I’ve called tooons of Searchies for you, so hurry and let them catch you, kay~♪? I’m not letting you run away again!

Wh…What’s with all those Searchers!? Where did they even come from!?

…What a pain. Getting away from these things is asking for a bit much.

Why are you doing this!? If you call the Searchers over, you’ll be in danger too…

Wait, they’re gone!? Ten’s exes are good at running away too!?

(Now then, what to do… It’d be a piece of cake if I was alone…)

There’s no other way… Leave me, Ten! I’ll hold them off!

Huh?

I’ll just slow you down if you take me with you. But you should be able to get away alone!

Ehh, you’re being so dramatic…

Take this, the memo Kafka told me to write down when we split up! It might be useful for opening the treasure chests or getting the True clear!

Don’t worry about me and just run, Ten!!

…...

You don’t have any attachment?

It’s because all of it was his to begin with!

(There’s no way I’d ever be worried.)

Okay, I'm leaving it to you then~.

Noooo way!!?? Here with the HAMA Tours team; Ten Murakumo quickly retreats, leaving Renga Nishizono behind. This…can’t be…

It looks like they weren’t friends after all!!!!????

Wh-Whaaat!? What’s going on!? Ten-sa~n!?

This is Ten-kun we’re talking about, so I’m sure he has some kind of plan…

Is he trying to get the upper hand? Or is he repositioning…

It looks like Renga handed something over to him at the end.

Could it be? Are there confessions one can only give while on the brink of death? It’s possible… I should keep one in my pocket as well. I should update it regularly too, just in case.

(Phew…, think I’ve finally managed to shake off the Searchers.)

Woah, look at that, it seems HAMA Tours’ Kafka Oguro has been captured!!

Huh~?

He was caught by the simple fact that he was slow, right after refusing to be carried around like a sack of rice! Hmm, things are looking dire for the HAMA Tours team after losing their biggest brain!

Uhh, so that means the only ones left on the board are me and Yukikaze-san?

(So I have to get the prison key card, rescue everyone that’s been captured, solve the mystery, find the Searcher in command, and stop him?)

Guess I’ll turn myself in.

(The Morning Team’s success? True clear? I don’t have any attachment to either of those things.)

Yukikaze-san’s still running away though, so I feel kinda bad. Oh well. Let’s look for the closest place to retire—

Hm?

(There’s something in my pocket. Oh, the note the dog handed to me earlier.)

He seemed pretty sure it’d be helpful, but it turns out it'll be completely useless…

…Huh?

(An izakaya loyalty card…? On the back—no, there’s no memo or anything written on it… More importantly…)

(It looks like it’s been balled up and then straightened out. Which means—)

….I thought I tossed this, but I guess I just left it in my pocket. Eh, it’s too bulky to keep in my wallet.

Into the trash you go~

This is the loyalty card I threw away back then…? So then—

Hey, Ten! …I…I s-saw you, last night…!

(.........Ah, so that’s what it was…?)

(He picked it up that night and carried it with him, thinking he’d give it back to me at some point.)

I guess it’s not right to do things the other person doesn’t want. I understand it now, thanks to you. My feelings are “heavy.”

(He couldn’t give it back to me after that, so in his panic he mixed the card with the memo and gave me the wrong one…)

...…

…Pft.

Ha…haha, Ahahahaha…!

Haa…haha… So that’s what happened. I see, I see—

(Jeez, that guy is something else. The stuff he comes up with goes straight past annoying to just plain stupid.)

(But really, this thin piece of cardstock is pretty heavy, isn’t it, Renga-san?)

…Ahh~. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.

Now, let’s switch cameras and take a look at Ten Murakumo from the currently last place HAMA Tours.

Umm, he seems to be doing some stretches and warm-ups… Uh, now of all times?

…Phew.

(One hour left till dawn, huh—)