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Not long after the debacle at the [[Berserkers]] base, {{Transient icon|Lil' Salomon}} abruptly wakes up the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}, informing them they intend to keep track of what his master does now that he's in charge of a guild. After {{Transient icon|Mononobe}} checks in on them and classes let out, {{Transient icon|Shiro}} sets up a meeting for the guild. After he fills the | Not long after the debacle at the [[Berserkers]] base, {{Transient icon|Lil' Salomon}} abruptly wakes up the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}, informing them they intend to keep track of what his master does now that he's in charge of a guild. After {{Transient icon|Mononobe}} checks in on them and classes let out, {{Transient icon|Shiro}} sets up a meeting for the guild. After he fills the Protagonist and {{Transient icon|Kengo}} in on what he learned about guilds, he says he intends to find out about the power of the [[The App]] by contacting the [[Game Masters]], the mysterious figures that control how the App works and formed their guild out of necessity as he didn't know any Guild Master who was willing to do it for him. However, he found out that this is impossible at present as, without having the accepted number of people in their ranks and a public area to serve as the guild's Portal, they're stuck in temporary status. While he works things out with {{Transient icon|Andvari}} in order to secure a Portal site, Shiro reveals he invited {{Transient icon|Ryota}} as their newest member. Ryota explains he's had a Chalice Sacred Artifact for a while but, as he never knew how to activate it, had to ask a friend outside the school for help on how to use it. This works out for Shiro and the others as the person in question is the acting Guild Master for a guild in Aoyama, and they all agree to head out together to get whatever information they can. | ||
Upon arriving at the area where they were to meet Ryota's contact, Kengo immediately becomes annoyed as they're standing on the grounds of Daikanyama Academy, a fact Shiro claimed was illegal to be used as a Portal, though Shiro checked around and found out that the Academy is listed as a college, and as such, is considered acceptable as a Portal. However, they are immediately accosted by angels associated with the guild who claim that the group is 'in contempt of [their] commandments'. This causes Kengo to blow a gasket, dragging the group into a fight. | Upon arriving at the area where they were to meet Ryota's contact, Kengo immediately becomes annoyed as they're standing on the grounds of Daikanyama Academy, a fact Shiro claimed was illegal to be used as a Portal, though Shiro checked around and found out that the Academy is listed as a college, and as such, is considered acceptable as a Portal. However, they are immediately accosted by angels associated with the guild who claim that the group is 'in contempt of [their] commandments'. This causes Kengo to blow a gasket, dragging the group into a fight. | ||
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Cut to hospital. Mineaki is approached by several ninjas, who he chastises for going back on their word by attacking a place he was working at. The ninjas apologize and explain to Mineaki, their apparent superior, that their only intention was to expose a secret Maria has been keeping in order to destabilize the Missionaries. | Cut to hospital. Mineaki is approached by several ninjas, who he chastises for going back on their word by attacking a place he was working at. The ninjas apologize and explain to Mineaki, their apparent superior, that their only intention was to expose a secret Maria has been keeping in order to destabilize the Missionaries. | ||
Cut to concert hall. As the group continues to wait | Cut to concert hall. As the group continues to wait for intermission to end, the Protagonist runs into {{Transient icon|Hati}}, Gabriel's self appointed top fan, during a zerg rush for Gabriel's merchandise, who offers to help them get through the chaos in order to get through to the merch stand. | ||
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After fighting his way through the crowd and getting multiple copies of the photobook he was after, Hati thanks the Protagonist for the help and gives | After fighting his way through the crowd and getting multiple copies of the photobook he was after, Hati thanks the Protagonist for the help and gives them a pin that symbolizes that they're part of Hati's 'Gabriel fan club'. However, he becomes visibly upset when Maria says that Gabriel wishes to speak with Ryota and the Protagonist over him. As they make their way backstage, the Protagonist inexplicably becomes separated from Ryota and Maria and has a strange encounter with {{Transient icon|Nyarlathotep}}, a DJ in charge of mixing Gabriel's music, who points them in the direction of Gabriel's green room before disappearing. After catching up with the others, they meet with Gabriel. After gossiping a bit with Maria, she tells Ryota and the Protagonist a bit about her friendship with Maria before asking them to help watch over Maria. | ||
As they make their way back to the concert, Ryota tells the Protagonist that, even though he has a lot friends, he doesn't have one that he has a personal connection with like the others. Their conversation is cut short when they run into Nyarlathotep again. After they watch him work at creating new beats, he points them in the direction of the exit and they head toward the concert. However, they find chaos around them as Shiro and Kengo tell them a crazed fan kidnapped Gabriel in the middle of the concert. The group makes their way though the concert hall until they catch up to Gabriel and her kidnapper: Hati. He tells them that he was no longer content with simply watching her performances and abducted her to have her for himself. As Hati descends into a mad rage, Nyarlathotep, who apparently spurred Hati on, appears and provides the wolf with copies of himself to chase off the others. | As they make their way back to the concert, Ryota tells the Protagonist that, even though he has a lot friends, he doesn't have one that he has a personal connection with like the others. Their conversation is cut short when they run into Nyarlathotep again. After they watch him work at creating new beats, he points them in the direction of the exit and they head toward the concert. However, they find chaos around them as Shiro and Kengo tell them a crazed fan kidnapped Gabriel in the middle of the concert. The group makes their way though the concert hall until they catch up to Gabriel and her kidnapper: Hati. He tells them that he was no longer content with simply watching her performances and abducted her to have her for himself. As Hati descends into a mad rage, Nyarlathotep, who apparently spurred Hati on, appears and provides the wolf with copies of himself to chase off the others. | ||
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Narration of Hati's thoughts begins, revealing that, upon arriving in Tokyo, Hati fell head over heals for Gabriel. However, the angels in the Missionaries repeatedly attacked him in an attempt to get him to stop bothering her. After each beating, Maria would patch him up and tried to help him get over his obsessive love for Gabriel. However, no matter how many times he had to restrain himself, he knew that one day he would eventually relapse. It was at that point that Nyarlathotep began 'conditioning' him into going after Gabriel more directly. | Narration of Hati's thoughts begins, revealing that, upon arriving in Tokyo, Hati fell head over heals for Gabriel. However, the angels in the Missionaries repeatedly attacked him in an attempt to get him to stop bothering her. After each beating, Maria would patch him up and tried to help him get over his obsessive love for Gabriel. However, no matter how many times he had to restrain himself, he knew that one day he would eventually relapse. It was at that point that Nyarlathotep began 'conditioning' him into going after Gabriel more directly. | ||
Cut to concert hall. Despite the Protagonist's attempts to get him to see reason, Hati continuously attacks him. When Nyarlathotep gets involved after Kengo gets a shot in, they realize that Nyarlathotep was the one who instigated Hati's actions. However, Nyarlathotep rapidly creates clones of himself, tying up the Protagonist and the others long enough for Hati to escape with Gabriel, though 'Nyarl' tells them to meet them at 'the place where the Aoyama Guild started' if they plan to stop him. Once Nyarlathotep escapes and everything dies down, the group meets up with Maria. As they try to figure out what to do, Shiro asks Maria why she didn't return to her seat even though she left the green room before Ryota and the Protagonist. Before she can answer, Zabaniyya's angels appear, intent on capturing Maria due to her past ties with Hati. As Maria struggles to come up with a way to defend herself, the angels reveal something worse: in his interrogation of the ninja they captured, Zabaniyya learned that Maria had been lying about who she was for some time. The real Maria had been dead, and she was | Cut to concert hall. Despite the Protagonist's attempts to get him to see reason, Hati continuously attacks him. When Nyarlathotep gets involved after Kengo gets a shot in, they realize that Nyarlathotep was the one who instigated Hati's actions. However, Nyarlathotep rapidly creates clones of himself, tying up the Protagonist and the others long enough for Hati to escape with Gabriel, though 'Nyarl' tells them to meet them at 'the place where the Aoyama Guild started' if they plan to stop him. Once Nyarlathotep escapes and everything dies down, the group meets up with Maria. As they try to figure out what to do, Shiro asks Maria why she didn't return to her seat even though she left the green room before Ryota and the Protagonist. Before she can answer, Zabaniyya's angels appear, intent on capturing Maria due to her past ties with Hati. As Maria struggles to come up with a way to defend herself, the angels reveal something worse: in his interrogation of the ninja they captured, Zabaniyya learned that Maria had been lying about who she was for some time. The real Maria had been dead for some time, and she was merely using her name and identity to survive in the guild. However, Ryota and the Protagonist, having grown sick of the angel's bullying treatment of 'Maria', step in to defend her integrity. Although Shiro wants to avoid getting harassed by the Missionaries' sheer numbers, he is eventually convinced by the Protagonist to help. As the angels begin to attack them, Ryota activates his Sacred Artifact, flooding the area with pudding and knocking several angels out of the group's way, leaving the rest to be dealt with. | ||
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As Ophion gloats about the Missionaries losing Nogizaka Tunnel, the Protagonist's group makes their way into the underground graveyard, led by Shiro's Sacred Artifact. However, the further they go in, the more the graveyard begins to affect their sanity. Luckily, the Protagonist's Sword Artifact breaks the trance they are in, causing Maria to suspect that every major guild in Tokyo must know about their existence by now, as their Rending Rule is seen as the tipping point of which guild wins the Game. Maria, having found out about the Protagonist's status as the head of a new guild, asks them what they will value their new authority around, but Nyarlathotep and Hati show up before they can think about it. Despite Maria's attempts to get through to Hati, the lovestruck wolf, with Nyarlathotep keeping Ryota and Shiro held back, is too focused with facing off with the Protagonist, threatening physical harm on Gabriel if they don't stop him. | As Ophion gloats about the Missionaries losing Nogizaka Tunnel, the Protagonist's group makes their way into the underground graveyard, led by Shiro's Sacred Artifact. However, the further they go in, the more the graveyard begins to affect their sanity. Luckily, the Protagonist's Sword Artifact breaks the trance they are in, causing Maria to suspect that every major guild in Tokyo must know about their existence by now, as their Rending Rule is seen as the tipping point of which guild wins the Game. Maria, having found out about the Protagonist's status as the head of a new guild, asks them what they will value their new authority around, but Nyarlathotep and Hati show up before they can think about it. Despite Maria's attempts to get through to Hati, the lovestruck wolf, with Nyarlathotep keeping Ryota and Shiro held back, is too focused with facing off with the Protagonist, threatening physical harm on Gabriel if they don't stop him. | ||
As the fight rages on, it becomes clear to Maria and the Protagonist that Hati wants them to kill him so he can't threaten Gabriel anymore. However he still denies it, forcing Maria to use her Sacred Artifact to not only take away his and the Protagonist's wounds, but also give them her memory of when the original Maria died. It reveals that, upon the original Maria's death, Azazel was instructed to help pass her identity onto the current Maria and give her a note saying she felt genuine love for her. As her injuries take their toll, Maria reaches out to Hati, telling him to not give up on love. However, Hati is still conflicted about his own | As the fight rages on, it becomes clear to Maria and the Protagonist that Hati wants them to kill him so he can't threaten Gabriel anymore. However he still denies it, forcing Maria to use her Sacred Artifact to not only take away his and the Protagonist's wounds, but also give them her memory of when the original Maria died. It reveals that, upon the original Maria's death, Azazel was instructed to help pass her identity onto the current Maria and give her a note saying she felt genuine love for her. As her injuries take their toll, Maria reaches out to Hati, telling him to not give up on love. However, Hati is still conflicted about his own feelings, forcing the Protagonist to try and subdue him. | ||
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Even though he's wounded and obviously overmatched, Kengo continues to taunt Zabaniyya into fighting. Zabaniyya questions why Kengo is able to continue, to which Kengo claims is based on being sick of Zabaniyya acting like a big man with the angels backing him. This prompts Zabaniyya to leach his flames into an open wound on Kengo's arm, but leaves himself open to an attack forcing the angels to gang up on him. Fortunately, Arsalan surfaces in time to break up the fighting. He chastises them for harassing the group despite knowing others were in trouble as Ryota deals with Kengo's injuries. Humiliated, Zabaniyya demands that Arsalan punish him for his actions, but the old lion forgives him instead. | Even though he's wounded and obviously overmatched, Kengo continues to taunt Zabaniyya into fighting. Zabaniyya questions why Kengo is able to continue, to which Kengo claims is based on being sick of Zabaniyya acting like a big man with the angels backing him. This prompts Zabaniyya to leach his flames into an open wound on Kengo's arm, but leaves himself open to an attack forcing the angels to gang up on him. Fortunately, Arsalan surfaces in time to break up the fighting. He chastises them for harassing the group despite knowing others were in trouble as Ryota deals with Kengo's injuries. Humiliated, Zabaniyya demands that Arsalan punish him for his actions, but the old lion forgives him instead. | ||
However, their conversation is interrupted by Ophion and his army of dragons. He taunts Arsalan about making it easy for him to burn him alive, causing Zabaniyya to attack the dragon. As Zabaniyya keeps Ophion distracted, Arsalan begins leading the others away from the cemetery, but Ryota, unwilling to let Zabaniyya go down, rushes in to heal him. However, Shiro and Arsalan realize too late that flames that cause pain and a Chalice that heals pain are the perfect ingredients for an Exception event, what Nyarlathotep wanted from the start. The second the healing elixir of Ryota's Sacred Artifact hits Zabaniyya, it summons the Exception known as the Fisher King, which begins raising zombies from the nearby graves. | However, their conversation is interrupted by Ophion and his army of dragons. He taunts Arsalan about making it easy for him to burn him alive, causing Zabaniyya to attack the dragon. As Zabaniyya keeps Ophion distracted, Arsalan begins leading the others away from the cemetery, but Ryota, unwilling to let Zabaniyya go down, rushes in to heal him. However, Shiro and Arsalan realize too late that flames that cause pain and a Chalice that heals pain are the perfect ingredients for an Exception event, what Nyarlathotep wanted from the start. The second the healing elixir of Ryota's Sacred Artifact hits Zabaniyya, it summons the Exception known as the {{Transient icon|Fisher King}}, which begins raising zombies from the nearby graves. | ||
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As Exception-Zabaniyya and the Protagonist's fight reaches the end, the Protagonist is forced to constantly dodge Exception-Zabaniyya's increasingly deadly attacks. Even after his flames catch up with them, Exception-Zabaniyya is surprised that their will to protect people they know have done wrong. This distracting gives Ryota, who managed to follow the Protagonist there, enough time to heal their wounds, giving them enough power to sever the energy flow and return Zabaniyya to normal. Zabaniyya congratulates them, revealing his last bit of sanity through the fight out of a desire to face someone willing to protect the people he was tasked to punish. As the two form a pact, Zabaniyya thanks Ryota for being the catalyst for him finding what he was looking for and asks that the Protagonist help Ryota end the Fisher King's rampage. However, the Protagonist is left confused as Zabaniyya refers to them as someone named Shaytan right as he disappears. Azazel, who was watching the fight, informs them that he sees several people residing in them, making them connected to every world in some way. However, he reassures them that this doesn't make them any less human before further warning them of how dangerous the game is and that they themselves are likely the final obstacle necessary for them to win. Remembering the story Hati said Maria told him, the Protagonist resolves to win the game and make Tokyo a place where everyone is valued regardless of where they're from. | As Exception-Zabaniyya and the Protagonist's fight reaches the end, the Protagonist is forced to constantly dodge Exception-Zabaniyya's increasingly deadly attacks. Even after his flames catch up with them, Exception-Zabaniyya is surprised that their will to protect people they know have done wrong. This distracting gives Ryota, who managed to follow the Protagonist there, enough time to heal their wounds, giving them enough power to sever the energy flow and return Zabaniyya to normal. Zabaniyya congratulates them, revealing his last bit of sanity through the fight out of a desire to face someone willing to protect the people he was tasked to punish. As the two form a pact, Zabaniyya thanks Ryota for being the catalyst for him finding what he was looking for and asks that the Protagonist help Ryota end the Fisher King's rampage. However, the Protagonist is left confused as Zabaniyya refers to them as someone named Shaytan right as he disappears. Azazel, who was watching the fight, informs them that he sees several people residing in them, making them connected to every world in some way. However, he reassures them that this doesn't make them any less human before further warning them of how dangerous the game is and that they themselves are likely the final obstacle necessary for them to win. Remembering the story Hati said Maria told him, the Protagonist resolves to win the game and make Tokyo a place where everyone is valued regardless of where they're from. | ||
Cut to Aoyama skyline. Having fulfilled his part in the struggle, Azazel meets up with Arsalan. After being filled in on Zabaniyya's fate, Arsalan informs Azazel that the Fisher King has escaped into the city and that they need his Sacred | Cut to Aoyama skyline. Having fulfilled his part in the struggle, Azazel meets up with Arsalan. After being filled in on Zabaniyya's fate, Arsalan informs Azazel that the Fisher King has escaped into the city and that they need his Sacred Artifact's ability to scan their territory to find the Exception's location as quickly as possible. Nyarlathotep, who got all the entertainment he needed from the chaos his actions caused, offers his services, and the three head out to get rid of the Exception. | ||
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