Silver Wolf: Lol, Black Swan sounds like she's high while talking.
Asta: Actually, there's a point there. She mentioned the name 'Star', which means the person she's with should know Star.
March 7th: Oh, right! Star, think about who among your friends knows both you and Firefly.
Star: ...I don't even know Firefly yet.
March 7th: Oh, right.
Welt: Not necessarily.
Star: Eh? Uncle Yang?
Welt: Don't forget, Star, your past Memory is gone, and your newest Memory began at Herta Space Station.
Himeko: Welt makes a lot of sense, so... Miss Firefly, won't you come out and chat? I imagine you must have known Star before her Memory loss, right?
Firefly: ...I really want to tell you everything, but... I'm sorry, now is not the time. They told me to wait a little longer.
Star: They?
While watching the screening, another Phantom appeared on the TV screen. Approaching it, she said:
"If only I could do it again..."
"She's staring at these screens, is she looking in a mirror...? What does 'do it again' mean?" Hoshino asked, a bit puzzled.
"Let's go." Firefly's Phantom walked down the corridor.
"We? Are there others with her?"
Star noticed another Phantom in the corner, so she walked over.
"Calm down..." The Phantom took a deep breath, reassuring herself: "Firefly, calm down."
"She looks very nervous."
"Indeed, what is making her so nervous?" Black Swan said from behind: "Combining this information, Firefly entered this long corridor with a companion—presumably only one."
The three entered the long corridor and continued forward. Firefly's Phantom ahead turned halfway, seemingly surprised: "How could you...? This isn't what we agreed upon!"
"The situation is changing. It seems that companion... deviated from the original plan," Hoshino analyzed.
"Or, in terms of the outcome... this was that person's true plan all along."
Further ahead was Firefly's gasping Phantom, looking somewhat fatigued or uncomfortable: "Mech...? Why...?"
"Someone forced her to go this way, and..." Hoshino trailed off, hesitating.
Black Swan, however, said meaningfully: "Mech... an intriguing term. I recall the Hound Family is hunting such a criminal—'a tall male in silver armor'."
The audience watching the screening was also a bit confused, and Firefly herself had not spoken in the bullet comments since the video officially began. Without her confirmation, the bullet comments could only start discussing wildly.
Luka: If it's a mech, there shouldn't be no trace at all.
Qingque: Like a portable mech that can transform at any time? It's a pity that the Aurumaton of the Xianzhou doesn't have such a function yet.
Welt: Oh? That sounds interesting. The Aurumaton of the Xianzhou, I had a slight understanding of them before, but I haven't seen them with my own eyes yet.
Asta: Mech? Miss Firefly sounds like she's being coerced... Speaking of which, the Stellaron Hunters' Sam seems to operate a mech?
Qingque: I'm wondering if there's a hacker following her, talking to her through the TV, since there are TVs everywhere on this path.
March 7th: But from these fragments, why does it feel like Firefly is actively seeking death?
While the bullet comments were discussing, the three had already arrived in another room, also discussing the information from these Memory fragments.
"She said this transaction was related to the Clockmaker—involving the Clockmaker touches many people's bottom lines."
"Perhaps it's to seize an inheritance, perhaps to reduce the number of those in the know by one, perhaps... it's because this Remembrance Domain hides a deeper *secret*, and to catch a big fish... a decoy is needed."
"You mean! Firefly?" Hoshino proposed a possibility.
Black Swan explained: "This is just a worst-case hypothesis. But consider, if the mastermind behind all this is nearby, why would he allow us to search freely? Unless..."
"Unless he has something more important he needs—or rather, is in the process of confirming."
Star was silent, thinking about something internally.
"Alright, let's keep going. We can only leave through the side door here," Black Swan said.
Exiting through the side door and turning a few times, an elevator at the end came into view.
"It's the exit... We should be able to leave this way..." Firefly's Phantom said with some excitement.
Black Swan: Unfortunately, this path ultimately leads to the nest of death.
March 7th: Strange, who exactly locked Firefly in there, since Black Swan also said earlier that she didn't sense more people.
Black Swan: It's not impossible that someone evaded my perception, but this matter itself is already very strange. How could an ordinary stowaway have a companion with such abilities? Ordinary people don't have such skills.
Sampo: Oh, I didn't expect there to be so many skilled people in a small dream bubble. I'll take a wild guess, is it Sparkle?
Sparkle: Eh? Why would you think it's me, hehe, this doesn't sound like the kind of fun I'd look for.
The elevator arrived, bringing them back to the lobby where they had encountered the Meme earlier.
"She thought she had escaped, but..."
Black Swan looked into the distance.
"And then, it's the end."
Hoshino sighed, then said: "Everyone, there are people over there."
"It seems someone has been waiting for a long time. Finally ready to step onto the stage...?" Black Swan said: "Stellaron Hunter—Sam."
Star walked into the lobby, holding her baseball bat. The lobby floor was covered with a large amount of Meme debris, clearly having undergone an intense battle earlier. A tall silver humanoid mech was coldly crushing a burning Meme in its hand.
"Be careful," Black Swan reminded.
Black Swan warned. Hoshino gripped her scabbard, ready to fight at any moment. At the same time, Black Swan quickly held tarot cards between her fingers.
Sam's gaze passed directly over Star, falling straight onto Hoshino, and with a somewhat mechanical male voice, he said: "A Sea Ranger."
Then, his gaze turned to Black Swan, and he continued in a cold voice: "...And, a Recollector."
Sam slowly raised his arm, his tone calm but full of menace, saying: "Leave now, and no one will get hurt." His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an irresistible authority. "Otherwise, you will all die."
"The detective game is over, you shouldn't be here." After saying this, Sam suddenly swung his arm, and a blazing ball of fire instantly erupted in his hand. In an instant, flames shot into the sky, and the roar of the explosion was deafening. The entire room was illuminated by the flames, and the temperature rose several degrees in an instant, making it feel as if one were in a furnace.
"I will ignite the sea!"