Psyren 85

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white: Hiryuu goes his separate way! / How will Ageha take this!?

white left: Volume 7 so popular, it's on its second printing run!

box: As it turned out, Hiryuu and Oboro WERE alive...but we had no idea where...

CALL.85 - "Runaway"
IWASHIRO TOSHIAKI

-Yoshina...what should we do now?

-Yoshina...?

SUMMARY
This is the tale of one young man and his friends as they fight to change the fate of our world's future. Ageha begs Q's creator to reveal the whereabouts of Oboro and Hiryuu. She confirms Oboro is alive, but is unable to clearly reveal his situation. Hiryuu, on the other hand, parts ways with Ageha's group, determined to fight by Tatsuo's side...!?

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-Hiryuu and Oboro...the both of them are my teammates. We survived this far together
-But since there's no way I can locate them at this point...

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-The only thing to do
-Is let them be

-Yoshina...
-You say that even though it's eating you up inside to go find them right away...

-We should be happy enough to at least know they're alive

-...we can't keep this up any longer
-selfishly exposing everyone in "Root" to the outside dangers...
-Yoshina is painfully aware of that fact...as well as the hard truth that the two of us alone have next to no hope of finding those two...

04
-We'll run back into those guys soon enough. For now, we'll have to act on our own
-Once Kabuto's back on his feet, we should think about continuing the game and going back to the present for a while.

-You're right. Even if it's just the 3 of us,
-We have to go 10 years back...and stop Amagi Miroku!

-Equally important, we need to inform Matsuri-sensei about all that we learned here
-Oh, yeah...!

-Hey! While standing here this entire time, I've been kinda wondering
-is it okay for me to be hearing this conversation?

05
-OH, SHIT!
-What, am I THAT invisible to you!? (Grr!!)

-Forget EVERYTHING you heard here!
-Wipe those brain cells clean!!
-D-don't ask the impossible!!

-...SHUT UP!

-I'm sick of listening to your squabbling, roaches!
-I'm exhausted and need rest, so get the hell out

-...so...you're letting this go...?
-Geez! Blood's running down your face...let me treat it

06
-...this hideout of yours

-is the last hope of everyone who's still trying to fight the WISE, hm?

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-Yep, pretty much

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-HIYA!

-Heh! Looks like I woke up on the right side of bed today, huh?

-You haven't seen anything yet!

-What's with the long face?
-Frederica...

-Just because you got separated from your friends is no reason to go around pouting, stupid!

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-Listen, compared to what WE went through on the Day of Rebirth, your pathetic little sob story is trivial! INFINITESIMAL!
-If there's still hope, then put on a better face! Got it!?

-...r-right
-Thanks, Fu. For cheering me up

-HUH!? WHO IS!!? (and DON'T call me Fu!!)
-Mfbg!
-hm?

-Hm...

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-What is it?

-GUAH

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-I need your power for a bit

-GONE!?

-WHERE DID SHE GO!?
-I-I'm sorry, I took my eyes off of her for a second, and...

-that psycho...!

-Van, go get Shao to search her out!
-Roger!

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-Daaaaaamnit!!

-...if you had to picture the stream of time,

-WHERE ARE YOU!?
-it resembles a long, long bridge that stretches out into a vast, misty sea...

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-Unable to see ahead of you, and without any idea where you're headed,
-you have no choice but to continue pressing on
-Normally, people can't figure out what lies ahead, nor have the option of going back

-But you and your friends
-Traveled 10 years ahead...

-and know what awaits you--

14
-BITCH!!

-Your group has the opportunity to change the future
-If that is what you wish to do...then knock yourself out

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-But let me warn you

-With every action you take,
-you slowly restructure the flow of time
-and repair it...changing future events

-However...if your aim is to prevent the destruction of the world altogether,
-your ultimate goal no longer falls within the realm of "repairing" the future...

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-it involves destroying and severing the stream of time
-to subsequently recreate it

-Most likely, an entirely new timeline will be created
-a future in which your group will continue to live in

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-I added a rule to Nemesis Q's programming to allow game participants like yourself
-to freely converse with the members of Root without suffering the penalty...and because of that, my mind is taxed

-What the heck did you...!?

-As long as I stay in the Izu vicinity, Amagi Miroku will eventually come
-He's my twin brother. He'll detect my existence and uncover this base in a matter of no time

-I think I finally understand why
-I get this feeling as I watch you...

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-It's because you're a lot alike...you and Miroku

-You better treasure your sister, too

-Fundamentally, all "people"...

-DON'T GO!!!

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---want to make a connection with others

-And by so doing,
-They stay connected to our world

white: And with those puzzling words, Q's creator once again disappears into Psyren's wastelands...!!

CALL.85/END
NEXT TIME: Ageha is left bewildered by the gamemaster's escape! What will he do now...!?