That one week passed by slowly. Most of them had been wandering around town, but even that could only prevent so much boredom. They had battles every once in a while, but it still didn't satisfy them.

In the meantime, Hannah had been discharged and, while she had expected to be greeted with fearful eyes, she was instead welcomed back with open arms. They were all honest with her and were frontal about how scared they were when they heard of what she did, but they also knew she wouldn't try to hurt them. She only let herself feel full relief when Wataru gave her his usual bright smile.

They gathered in the Seeker Base, all facing Jin, who was standing by one of the computers. He seemed like he was waiting for something.

Next to him was Kirito, who was sitting in front of a different computer, working on patching up a line. When it connected, another blonde appeared on screen.

"Hm? Everyone has really serious faces. Did the plan not work out?" He said almost teasingly.

Ban blinked. "Kousuke, how did you even know about the plan?" He earned a smirk.

The head of Kamiya Craft turned to Mizel, who was sitting on the desk next to Sirius. All eyes followed and Mizel opened his own. They were glowing and Sirius' began to glow too.

'All conditions have been met. One message pending. Shall I access it?'

"Proceed." Mizel stated.

From the box the little robot had for a head, a small, flat horn grew out. There were tiny lights blinking, and when it stopped, a holographic projection was cast on top of it.

Eva appeared and she was smiling.

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"I wonder if they're all okay..." Yuno said with a sigh. "We haven't heard from them since they left."

"I'm sure they're fine." Cathrine was smiling. "Asuka-san is with them, isn't she?"

"I'm sure Jin-san and Niara-san would keep them safe!" Bunta stated.

"I... miss Kiyoka..." Hanako muttered, still shy as ever.

"To think that she, Takeru and Wataru would sneak off like that." Gendou sighed.

"By now, they should've been caught though." Kaito stated, almost sneering.

Yuno could only shake her head. "Let's just hope that they're all okay."

And Miss Mito came in to continue their classes.

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"Hey, everyone. By the time you get this, I'm sure you'll know that I'm alive." She began bashfully. "I'm sorry for causing any grief in the next couple of months. You guys probably had it really hard before finding me in that place."

"Try to make yourself look less awkward." A male voice came, though the person wasn't in sight.

"Shut up! It's hard to speak in past, present and future tense at once, you know!" Eva's face seemed to be red at the man's statement. She sighed. "You guys are probably confused about when I recorded this... recording this... record- whatever! The point is, as of right now, it's three days before the explosion in the lab will happen." As if seeing their shocked expressions, she let out a sheepish smile. "Yes. We do know that this lab will be attacked by the World Sabers. We also know that by the time you're watching this, it'll already be the end of May."

"Wha... How?!" Niara asked, completely disregarding the fact it's a recorded message.

"If our predictions are right, at that moment, they're entering phase 5 of their plan. I'll give you guys a quick rundown about it." Her expression turned quite serious. "Phase 1 involves destroying the lab and kidnapping me. Which means they'll be trying to kill off Nii-san."

"They're doing this because I managed to get my hands on some inside information that they don't want anyone else to know." The man's voice cut in again. "I won't tell you what it is and Eva doesn't know either. Anyway, phase 2 is the destruction of Tokio Bridge, which they'll be doing to provoke you guys."

Eva looked like she wanted to say something, and for a second, Jin thought their eyes met, but she shook her head. "Phase 3 is capturing you guys, because they'll most definitely leave a trace when announcing their presence. When that happens, I'll send a warning so at least you're aware someone's on your side. Mizel will pose as a soldier and..." She then blinked and looked up at something. "Nii-san, if they see this message after the whole mission, won't they know all this?"

"That's true, but tell them anyway. As a confirmation that it's all part of our plan."

"Oh. Okay then." She cleared her throat and faced the camera again. "Mizel will be one of the soldiers and I'll monitor everything that happens by Detector's side. More than likely, they'll use me to bait you guys anyway. And then while you guys are here, we'll distribute two keys to you guys at different points of time. If you bring them together, then a distorted 'M' symbol should appear... Well, it really looks more like a crack now that I think about it."

Jin nodded at this, showing the rest the symbol that appeared on his necklace.

"As long as that symbol's on you, Mizel can enter your head. It's going to feel weird at first, but there won't be any abnormalities with how your brain usually functions." She explained. "Next up, phase 4. They'll move their base. From some info we got, we know that the National Defense HQ in Country A is just a temporary stay. This is the point where you guys would escape along with Mizel."

They all turned to each other, but no words came out. As if sensing their confusion, she smiled. "Don't worry about me. We've predicted this far, after all. I'll keep going along with Detector for the time being. It's something I absolutely must do."

"Phase 5 is tricky to figure out." The sound of footsteps could be heard and the woman in the projection made way for a blonde man to appear. "Our current source is also on a block. The most we can say is for you guys to be careful."

The blonde siblings turned to each other before nodding. Hugo left the scene and Eva let out a sigh. "Nii-san's gonna go along with it and let his body burn. We're working on a way to transfer his conciousness elsewhere, though it's a challenge seeing how his brain isn't a computer like mine and Mizel's. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure this is gonna work, so..." She sighed. "Oh, and speaking of computers. Kousuke, thanks again for agreeing to store all of our equipment... And sorry for all the trouble."

At their shocked expressions, Kousuke groaned. "If you're going to apologize about that, I'd rather you do it in person. Also, I'd prefer if you left it to me to reveal that I knew you were alive all along. It would've been way funnier."

Jin's eyes narrowed at him. "You knew?!"

"Of course I did. How do you think I got my hands on Sirius in the first place? Did you seriously believe the whole 'I got some people to scavange it for me' story?"

"Are we going to continue listening or are you both going to continue bickering?" Apparently, Mizel had the recording paused while Kousuke made his complaint.

The two broke eye contact and turned their attention back on the message.

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Verity: Conformity to reality or actuality