An Inconvenient Truth: 09/16/2030, 14:16 ♪ BGM: Looming Crisis ♫ It was just like the time he'd been in a contaminated zone...!  !!Watase checked his watch. He then realized that it was already past time for them to take their AD. C-crap! Everyone, take your AD! !! O-On it!The group then administered themselves with AD. Now they had none left at all.  ...I felt a pain in my skin as soon as the AD wore off. ... Likewise.Now they really were in an environment where they couldn't live without AD. ...Let's step on it. We need to find out where the AD went and fast.The group nodded and started running again.  The group were now right outside the surveillance room.  ♪ BGM: Silence ♫ ???: --... stop... don't want to hear... He heard a voice from inside. Was that... Tachibana?Just then, she started talking again.  ...ow do you know that... Don't tell me that...--He couldn't hear the voice behind the door all that well, but it seemed like she was talking to someone.  ♪ BGM: LABO Security Lv. 3 ♫ R-right!Watase restrained his confusion and opened the door.  !?Kazami shouted at the same time Watase opened the door. She then looked at the group, and her face froze over.  Tachibana... are you by yourself?Kazami was the only one in the surveillance room. That is correct... Why, does it look like someone else is here? No, I don't see anyone... I could have sworn that I heard you arguing with someone... Th-that was... --I was talking to the radio. The radio? A yellow branch, with Kazami at 7. So I shouted 'wait' by myself when the connection went dead...Kazami looked at the floor as she relayed all that in a feeble voice. (Is that true...?)He wondered that for a moment-- but then he decided against prying any further. He didn't want to make the doubt still palpable with their group even stronger. He just chalked it up as yet another bizarre incident. Watase then moved on to the pressing issue at hand. Tachibana, just to be safe... you didn't bring the AD in here, did you? Huh...? What do you mean by that? I haven't taken a step out of this room ever since I got here... I see... Did something happen? Actually... it looks like someone took the AD that we left lying around in the neuroscience laboratory. Huh...!? So we came here to check the surveillance camera footage to see if it could help us out.Watase looked at Kazami when he said that. Knowing her, he figured she'd readily comply with their request. However-- The AD's... ...? I see... so the AD's gone, is it...? T-Tachibana...?Kazami then answered without looking at Watase. ...Captain, my apologies, but none of the cameras near the neuroscience laboratory are working. I-is that so... I've been checking the surveillance footage in thorough detail. There are two cameras working in Area 1's outer ring, two in Area 2's inner ring, one in Area 3's outer ring... two in Area 4's outer ring, and two in Area 6's inner ring. That's all. Wait, Area 6's inner ring!? Yes, one in the emergency staircase, and one in the hallway. Then did you see Yuuri on them!? Ms. Yuuri...? Unfortunately, I haven't seen any footage of her wandering around by herself... Wait, she should have been near Area 6! Why do you believe that?Ukita answered in Watase's stead. Well, you see, he claims that he saw Yuuri's corpse in the Area 6 emergency staircase. Ms. Yuuri's corpse!? We were shocked too, so we went over to check it out, but there was nothing there. But we can check the cameras to see if what I saw was real or not. Play back the footage from around 20 minutes ago! U-understood...!Kazami said that, then replayed the surveillance camera footage. --Archive footage showing the emergency staircase in Area 6's inner ring played on the monitor. Watase and Ukita soon showed up. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the monitor. That's right, the old man and I split up here...The footage showed Ukita walking away from Watase, followed by the latter climbing the rope. Watase soon finished up his search of B1 and came back. It's right after this! I stopped right there... and saw Yuuri's body!Watase leaned forward. However--  ♪ BGM: Silence ♫ The footage showed Watase heading straight out the stairwell without stopping. Wha... ♪ BGM: Evil and Nightmares ♫ The time matched up with Watase's memories, but-- He didn't... find a body...!? Wh-why...!?Watase muttered that, then heard a low voice behind him. Captain Kasasagi, what is the meaning of this?Watase turned around in surprise to find Ukita scowling right at him.
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