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SOGABE

: Can you read this?
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????

: Yes.
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SOGABE

: Good
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SOGABE

: It took a while but I think I’ve managed to access with a secure connection
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SOGABE

: Usually I’d sit and offer you some tea like adults do but frankly I don’t have much time
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SOGABE

: I’ll get right to it
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SOGABE

: I need to know what your rule is
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????

: :-)
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SOGABE

: I’m on a tight schedule here
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????

: You more than anyone should know I’m not one to reveal my hand before I’m certain of my victory.
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SOGABE

: Spare me your pedantic ways
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SOGABE

: This isn’t just about me anymore
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SOGABE

: If it was I would’ve given up a long time ago
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SOGABE

: I know I’ve dug up something bigger and I know you’re involved
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????

: You’re referring to

[REDACTED]

, aren’t you?
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????

: I can tell you where to locate their database.
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SOGABE

: Database?
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????

: While my own knowledge of their inner workings is limited at best, I know they have operated for a decent amount of time.
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????

: At least before the days of the Net, that is.
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????

: That woman,

[REDACTED]

. She’s one of them.
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SOGABE

: Yeah? The CEO?
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????

: I’ve known for some time now.
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????

: When you exist in both worlds like I do, everything is apparent, but all is hidden.
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SOGABE

: Why do you insist on saying lines like that
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SOGABE

: This isn’t some sort of game
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SOGABE

: I mean, sure, a game is sort of tied up in all this
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SOGABE

: But that’s besides the point
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SOGABE

: I have been searching far too long and putting too many people at risk
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SOGABE

: I have heard too many of these types of cryptic lines
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SOGABE

: It does me no good. It’s like when you buy a new pair of scissors but you need some scissors to open the package
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SOGABE

: What’s up with that? I end up going around in circles
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SOGABE

: What am I left with? A pile of scissors
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SOGABE

: It’s like an infinite ouroboros of scissors
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SOGABE

: Anyway
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SOGABE

: Just tell me straight up what you mean! Life is too short for mysteries
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SOGABE

: Even if I am a fan of detective Manabu Yukawa
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SOGABE

: Those sorts of twisting plots are only fun in fiction, wouldn’t you agree?
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SOGABE

: I only want to know the truth. Even if it’s a lie, just tell me something coherent
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????

: Jun Bansyoya.
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SOGABE

: ?
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????

: He has three mementos.
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SOGABE

: I see
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????

: The first: Tarvos.
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????

: The second: a hard drive containing a database of

[REDACTED]

’s activities.
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????

: This was archived shortly before his “disappearance.”
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????

: Perhaps he got too close to the sun.
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SOGABE

: I’ll allow that one
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SOGABE

: Go on
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????

: The database has a strict login, however. The credentials of any of

[REDACTED]

should suffice.
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????

:

[REDACTED]

operates everywhere and nowhere. You are on a path to end up like Bansyoya.
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SOGABE

: I get that
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SOGABE

: I’ve understood that from the very beginning
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SOGABE

: And the third?
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SOGABE

: Hello?
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????

: The 13th Bansyoya File.
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SOGABE

: hm
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SOGABE

: ?
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SOGABE

: I don’t think this is secure anymore
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SOGABE

: To whoever’s here now, you just missed it!
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SOGABE

: The party’s over. We’re done talking about our favourite cabbage stew recipes
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ANUBIS

: :-)