Although she wanted to believe she had guessed wrong, based on what she knew of Raye, Fine acted on the assumption that her guess was correct.
Wooo—wooo—wooooo—
But the moment she acted, a familiar and dreadful alarm rang across the sky—the alarm announcing the appearance of Noise.
"Noise at a time like this? Wait, the one who can still open the Babylon Treasury now... Is that it? Has Raye come?!"
Hearing the alarm, Chris, who had just taken out her communicator at Fine's instruction, thought for a moment before realizing the truth. She immediately tossed aside the communicator, threw open the door, and rushed out.
"Wait, Chris. What we should do now is gather our forces and avoid being picked off by Raye—"
Watching Chris move with extreme speed, Fine wanted to say more, but Tsukuyomi Shirabe took back control of her body and stopped her.
"Fine, I understand your concerns, but I'm sorry. As Singers, we cannot evade our duty to eliminate Noise."
Pressing a hand to her chest, Tsukuyomi Shirabe apologized to Fine's soul within her, then rushed out after Chris with a serious expression.
"Uh, I still don't really understand what's going on, but anyway, we need to take out the Noise first like before, Death!"
After Tsukuyomi Shirabe left, Akatsuki Kirika pondered for a while without figuring it out, so she rushed out after Shirabe as well.
"Uh, then I..."
[What is it, Chris? Did something happen?]
Before long, the private room that had just been fairly lively was left with only the combat-incapable Elfnein and a connected communicator that had not yet been used for further communication.
"Um, Mr. Kazanari, it's like this. Earlier, Carol and I..."
Wanting to do whatever she could, Elfnein began communicating with Genjuro Kazanari in Chris's place.
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