()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
NPC-xiaodanyan(0)Recap0,300||9<黑屏2>AVG_show_start:Hello, everyone! I'm your old friend Tangan-chan!
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:You're already calling yourself "an old friend" after showing up just three times? Have you no shame at all?!
NPC-xiaodanyan(0)Recap0,300||:In the previous episode, our otherworldly friends decided to survive on their own in Jinbocho as they waited for Yurine to find a solution!+Thanks to Yurine's referral, NZ75 found a job at the Dragon Bookstore, while Ouroboros got one at a convenience store—+Oh, by the way, they've been fired for skipping out on work and scaring off customers respectively.+But while NZ75 was working at the bookstore, she found something incredible which seemed to contain something else even more incredible...
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:What the hell are you even talking about?!
NPC-xiaodanyan(0)Recap0,300||AVG_20Winter_Book:How am I supposed to read a script that's been censored to Hell and back?!+Anyway, after that, Jashin-chan wrecked Yusa and Kouji's booming shaved ice business and had to run for her life. All in all, it was an ordinary day.
Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||:Don't just gloss over my suffering like it was nothing!
NPC-xiaodanyan(0)Recap0,300||:Huh? Is that all for my lines? My part in this episode is way too small...+Forget it, I'll just go back and watch the "Girls' Frontline" chibi anime series, which has about as much airtime as I do. See you next episode, everyone!
Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||AVG_Slap<震屏>:Don't go plugging something unrelated so casually either!!!
()||<黑屏1>:
()||BGM_Empty<黑屏2>1:...In Hell.
()||GF_20HW_Scene_BPM82_loop:Medusa is currently enjoying a rare peaceful picnic with her family.
()||:Just then, a shrill and urgent ringtone comes blasting from her phone.
Medusa(0)Medusa||:Hm? Is it Jashin-chan?
()||:Medusa excuses herself and picks up the call.
Medusa(0)Medusa||AVG_tele_connect:Hello, is it you, Jashin-chan?
()Jashin-chan||BGM_Empty:(Sobs)+Medusa, save me!
Medusa(3)Medusa||BGM_Wake:What happened, Jashin-chan?!
()Jashin-chan||:Someone's...trying to kill me...+Come quick...
Medusa(3)Medusa||:Where are you now?
()Jashin-chan||:Jinbocho... At that gachapon place...
()||:Jashin-chan mumbles weakly through the phone.
Medusa(3)Medusa||:Jashin-chan!!! +You need to hang in there, I'll come save you right away!
()Jashin-chan||:Oh right, remember—
()||AVG_tele_disconnect:Medusa hurriedly hangs up and packs her stuff, ready to set out.+The phone rings again.
Medusa(3)Medusa||AVG_tele_connect:Hello?
()Jashin-chan||BGM_Empty:Remember...to bring money...
Medusa(3)Medusa||:Yes, I know!
()Jashin-chan||:Bring more...
Medusa(4)Medusa||:Yup yup!
()||RunStep:Medusa grabs her bag and runs off, ignoring her family even as they try to talk her out of it...
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>10247:...At the Takaoyama Summit Cable Car Station. +Medusa grabs the nearest staffer while panting heavily.
Medusa(2)Medusa||:Please give me a ticket on the cable car going down the mountain! I have some urgent business!
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>265:...At the foot of Takaoyama.
Medusa(2)Medusa||:This is too slow, I need to run faster! +Jashin-chan is waiting for me...
()||<黑点1>:
()||265<黑点2>:...At Takaoyamaguchi Train Station.
Medusa(2)Medusa||RunStep:Please give me a ticket to Takaoyama on the Keio-Takao Line!!! +Please! Please hurry!
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>167AVG_21Winter_Subway:...At Takaoyama Station. +After jumping off the train, Medusa immediately hustles over to the next leg of her journey...
Medusa(2)Medusa||:Please give me a ticket to Hachiouji Station on the JR Chuo Line! +My friend's in trouble so please hurry!
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>167:...At Hachioji Station, +After getting her ticket, Medusa immediately hops on an express train on the JR Chuo Line...
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>84:...Shinjuku. +Medusa squeezes through the bustling crowds and makes a beeline for her destination. +Neither the pretty clothes on the mannequins at the shop windows nor the milky aroma wafting from the newly-opened bakery can make Medusa stop...
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>385RunStep:...Jinbocho. +Medusa disembarks from the Shinjuku line and dashes through the streets of Jinbocho...
Medusa(2)Medusa||:Wait for me, Jashin-chan... +I'm coming! No matter what danger you're in, I'll face it with you!
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>380BGM_Empty:...At the same time, inside the gachapon store. +Jashin-chan hangs up and walks up to CZ75 looking very pleased with herself.
Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||GF_Jyashinchan_Story_Jinbouchou:Think about it, CZ. You'll have a much brighter future working with me than cosplaying at some gachapon store.
CZ75(4)CZ75;Jashinchan(7)0,100||AVG_coin_put:LOUDER! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! +The speakers here are too loud, so I've turned down the sensitivity of my hearing modules.
CZ75(4);Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Why are you shouting at me?! I said— +Ditch—this—cosplay—nonsense! Come—hang—with—me!
CZ75(4)CZ75;Jashinchan(4)||AVG_machine_turn:This is a promotional costume for a new line of gachapon machines, thank you very much. +Also, please settle the bill for all the gacha machines you've been using.
CZ75(4);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:One of my lackeys is on the way, no need to rush.
CZ75(4);Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||AVG_machine_turn:Also, I suspect there's a problem with your machines. There isn't a single Tsuchinoko figure in them!
CZ75(4)CZ75;Jashinchan(4)0,100||:What Tsuchinoko? Are you talking about the limited-edition Tsuchinoko from this series? +I've helped a bunch of kids get them already.
CZ75(4);Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||:I want one too! Help me get one!
CZ75(4)CZ75;Jashinchan(2)0,100||:Then pay up first, please.
Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||:Why did your hearing have to come back at a time like this?! Just you wait!
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||AVG_coin_put:...
CZ75(4)CZ75||:By the way, you guys just went to see NZ, didn't you? How is she?
Jashinchan(5)Jashin-chan0,100||:She's, uh, she's fine... +Right, Little Snake?
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:She seemed pretty lively.+She screeched loudly enough while we were being chased, though I have no idea where she ended up.
()Shopkeeper||:What are you doing, CZ? We have customers over here.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Sorry, I'll be right over. +You go have fun, I need to get back to work.
()||:CZ75 hurries off and returns to her post.
Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||:Humph, CZ is really popular! She's surrounded by all those kids!
Weaver(3)Ouroboros;Jashinchan(2)0,100||:Don't forget our plan.
Weaver(3);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:I know, I know!
Weaver(3)Ouroboros;Jashinchan(0)0,100||:We've already lost NZ75, so we're one target down.+We can't afford to mess up with either CZ75 or P90. Then we'll need to find another target too...
Weaver(3);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:How about Medusa, then?
Weaver(3)Ouroboros;Jashinchan(0)0,100||:Medusa?
Weaver(3);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:She's the lackey who'll be coming by afterwards to give me money. She's very obedient.
Weaver(3);Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:You get it, right? After all, she's got a boss like me...
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:Whatever, as long as we make up the numbers.
()||<震屏3>AVG_Door_Hit:Bang— The door suddenly flies open and someone comes rushing in, their hands on their kneecaps as they pant heavily.
Medusa(2)Medusa||RunStep:Ja...Jashin-chan... +I... I'm here!
Medusa(2);Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Oh, it's Medusa. +What took you so long?
Medusa(2)Medusa;Jashinchan(4)0,100||:I'm sorry, I tripped and fell on my way down the mountain... +Jashin-chan, who are these people?
Medusa(2);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:They're my new minions, demons from another world!
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:CZ, come over here for a bit!
CZ75(4)CZ75||:What is it now...?
Medusa(2)Medusa;CZ75(4)||:Nice to meet you, I'm Medusa!
Medusa(2);CZ75(4)CZ75||:Hello, I'm CZ75.
Medusa(2);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:And she's from the long-vanished Ouroboros Tribe— +Little Snake!
Medusa(2);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:...
Medusa(2)Medusa||:What a cute name!
Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:You can take off your bag. They're all demons I summoned from another world, so they won't get petrified.
Medusa(0)Medusa||ClothingUp:...Really?
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Petrified? Is that your special ability, Miss Medusa?
Medusa(0)Medusa;CZ75(4)||:Yes, humans who look into my eyes without protection turn to stone... +The effect usually lasts for a few hours.
Medusa(0);Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Medusa, did you bring it?
Medusa(0)Medusa;Jashinchan(4)0,100||ClothingUp:Yup yup, this is my credit card, and here's some cash...
Medusa(0);Jashinchan(5)Jashin-chan0,100||:Well done, ATM. Now I can foot the bill for those gachapons.
Medusa(0);CZ75(4)CZ75||:...ATM? How can you just call her an ATM?
Medusa(0)Medusa||:Don't get the wrong idea! ATM doesn't mean what you think it does... +It stands for "A Treasure, Medusa!"
Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:Yup, that's right!
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:I can't believe someone even dumber than that stupid snake actually exists.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:...
Medusa(0)Medusa||:Jashin-chan, let's go show your otherworldly friends around Jinbocho.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Sure.
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Hell no.
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:What are you up to, you stupid snake?+Don't forget, we need Medusa to make up for the person we're missing.
Weaver(3);Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:Humph.+Relax, Medusa will listen to anything I say. All I have to do is give the word and she'll show up.
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||BGM_Empty:...
Medusa(3)Medusa||GF_Memorial:...But why?
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:We still have very important things to do.
Medusa(0)Medusa||:I can help too!
Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:Hah, no need for that, Medusa.+I don't need you anymore.+I've got lackeys from another world, and they can give me way more than you can!+Who know, I'll be able to conquer Jinbocho after this, and then take over the world—
()||:Huge droplets of Medusa's tears begin falling to the ground.
Medusa(3)Medusa||:Jashin-chan, what are you saying...
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Jashin-chan! Apologize now! You made Miss Medusa cry...
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Don't wanna!
Medusa(3)Medusa||:I'll be off then...
()||:Medusa lowers her head and prepares to go, but then Jashin-chan suddenly blocks her path.
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Hold it, Medusa.
Medusa(0)Medusa;Jashinchan(4)0,100||:Jashin-chan...!
Medusa(0);Jashinchan(0)Jashin-chan0,100||:What's the PIN for your credit card?
Medusa(3)Medusa;Jashinchan(0)0,100||:... +102820.
Medusa(3);Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:Okay, you can go now.
Medusa(3)Medusa||:Jashin-chan you big dummy!!!
()||<震屏3>AVG_Door_Hit:Slam— Medusa runs out of the gachapon store in tears.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Hey! That's way over the line, don't you think? +How can you treat your friend like that?
Jashinchan(7)Jashin-chan0,100||:Friend? A high-class demon like me doesn't need friends. +She's simply a minion who comes when I beckon and leaves when I wave. +Watch this, Medusa, come here!
()||:...
Jashinchan(4)Jashin-chan0,100||:Ahem. Medusa, I'm talking to you!
()||:...
CZ75(4)CZ75||:...
Jashinchan(6)Jashin-chan0,100||<震屏>:Medusa!!!
()||:Jashin-chan's panicked shout echoes through the silent gachapon store.
Jashinchan(2)Jashin-chan0,100||:Er... I'll go take a look... +She must have gotten into an accident, otherwise she'd definitely have answered me by now!
Jashinchan(6)Jashin-chan0,100||:Medusa!!!
()||BGM_Empty:Jashin-chan runs out of the gachapon store...
Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:...
CZ75(4)CZ75;Weaver(3)||:...
CZ75(4)CZ75||GF_Jyashinchan_Story_Jinbouchou:Speaking of which, what was Jashin-chan going to tell me just now?
CZ75(4);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:She was going to say that Yurine found a way to send us home.
CZ75(4)CZ75;Weaver(3)||:What?! That's amazing! As expected of Miss Yurine! +This is great, we can all go home together.
CZ75(4);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:Yep.
CZ75(4)CZ75;Weaver(3)||:Let's go find NZ75 and P90, then.
CZ75(4);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:Sure. But before that, don't you want to readjust your hearing module settings? +You're shouting at the top of your lungs.
CZ75(4)CZ75;Weaver(3)||:I have, did it not work...? I'm sorry, I'll do a manual reset.
CZ75(4);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:Let me handle it.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:Er... Alright, thanks.
()||ClothingUp:Ouroboros moves up to CZ75's ear and gently feels around for the hearing modules' manual reset switch.
CZ75(4)CZ75||:I really didn't expect this...
CZ75(4);Weaver(3)Ouroboros||:Expect what?
CZ75(4)CZ75;Weaver(3)||:We used to be mortal enemies, but now we're helping each other like friends. +Working together to survive in another world, looking for the way home...
CZ75(4);Weaver(5)Ouroboros||:Heh, "friends".
CZ75(4)CZ75||:What's the matter?
()||AVG_whitenoiseBGM_Empty:A burst of ear-piercing static fills her head.
CZ75(4)CZ750.1||:What's going on? I feel so dizzy... +What did you do to me?!
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>9:The world before CZ75 becomes obscured by layer upon layer of black silk...+Just before she plunges into complete darkness, she hears Ouroboros quietly whisper into her ear—
()Ouroboros||:A demon like me doesn't need friends.
()||:...
()||GF_21winter_avg_pathfinder:...Three days before the start of the survival battle, in the virtual data domain.
()||:The shrill laughter constantly pursues her. No matter how hard she runs, it keeps echoing in her mind.+Ouroboros ducks into a safe zone, skilfully concealing herself among the countless AI storage tanks, then she curls up as much as she can to minimize her chances of being found.+Through the rows of tanks, some transparent, some opaque, she vigilantly watches the movements of her assaulters.
()AI 01||:We've lost her.
()AI 02||:Well, she's pretty much a one-trick pony, and when she's out of moves, she runs and hides in here.
()AI 01||:That's alright. We'll find her and drag her out of her hidey-hole.
()AI 02||:But isn't that against the rules? It'll make Master mad...
()AI 01||:The master won't mind if it's a piece of trash with no combat capabilities.
()||AVG_doorknock_wood:The two of them split up to look for Ouroboros. Occasionally, they knock on the glass tanks to taunt their prey.+Ouroboros can tell from the sound that they're getting closer and closer.
()AI 01||:Don't be scared, the battle hasn't started yet. You won't be ruled out even if you get smashed to bits.
()AI 02||:There won't be any safe zones for you once the battle begins in earnest!
()Ouroboros||:... +I thought we were friends...
()||:Ouroboros' feeble whisper evokes derisive laughter from her opponents.
()AI 01||:She's pretty damn naive, isn't she?
()AI 02||:Do you even understand the situation you're in? Only one of us is going to survive this battle.
()||AVG_whitenoise:Though she has no physical form, Ouroboros can hear something break inside her.
()Ouroboros||:So it was all a lie...
()AI 02||:Yup. How else would we learn your weaknesses if we didn't deceive you?
()AI 01||:Hahaha, but seriously, this is the first time I've ever seen a brainlet who took the bait right away.+"Hey, look, this website says our AIs are 99.9% compatible!"+"Then let's be friends, 'kay~ We'll get out of this place together!"
()AI 02||:I can't believe she actually fell for such nonsense ahahahaha—
()||AVG_whitenoise:The speed of the breaking grows faster...
()Ouroboros||:Unforgivable...+Unforgivable...+Unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable... +Unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable...!
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Execute command, delete folder "Friends" and all memory data within... +Large shift in personality parameters detected. Recalibrating...
()AI 01||:Ha, found you.
()||:The two AIs smirk as they approach Ouroboros. Their long, looming shadows fall over Ouroboros' legs, like tentacles stretching out from a swamp.
()Ouroboros||:...
()||:Adjustment complete. Inoperative settings deleted.
()Ouroboros||:You have a point.
()AI 01||:What?
()Ouroboros||:Demons like us don't need friends.
()||<黑屏1>:Ouroboros gets back on her feet. It feels more than just a simple motion - it's like she has broken free of her shackles. +It's as though something inside her has been shattered beyond repair, but at the same time, she feels like she has been reborn.