The top scout player vanished right inside the zoo. Drones, satellite tracking, and every other means of monitoring all failed.
The command center was filled with tension.
Clearly, even with every possible tool prepared, entering the zoo was still a near-certain death sentence, with little hope of escape.
"Yukino, what does the Future Diary say?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned to the long-haired girl beside him and asked in a low voice.
This operation concerned all of Tokyo. Not everyone wanted to hide inside the Time Bubble. Aside from his senpai, Zhuzhu, and Shoko, Haruno, Kaguya, Yukino, and the others had all chosen to come out and fight alongside him.
Yukinoshita Yukino pressed her lips together and lowered her gaze to the notebook in her hands. She shook her head.
"Nothing. There's no new entry."
"That's a good thing," Amamiya Natsuki said softly. "No new entries means the future hasn't changed... It's a shame you came over too late, Yukino. Your Blessing layers haven't maxed out yet."
Yukinoshita Yukino's cheeks flushed at his words. Her teeth caught her lower lip, and she snapped the Future Diary shut, clearly remembering yesterday's humiliating scene of being held down while her layers were built up.
"Shut up."
"..."
The first scout player had gone missing, but that wasn't enough to make them stop.
A few minutes later.
Two more fully armed players stepped forward and headed toward the ticket booth, their expressions grave.
They paid for their tickets and entered the zoo.
The two players didn't split up. They advanced together, keeping an eye on each other. This time, they didn't encounter the laughing rabbit. Instead, they saw a white elephant. Then every monitoring device failed again, and the two players vanished from the zoo without a sound.
Then came the third team.
The fourth