- Section 5 – “Shadows Below the Water”
- Fuzzy
- Hey hey, you guys still hanging in there? Well, are you?
- Fuzzy
- Looks like you managed to retrieve the third element without too much trouble. That’s only half of what you need though. But it’s still half!
- Fuzzy
- I wonder if you’ll be able to get the last three just as easily～.
- Hazama
- Very good. If we’re lucky, finding the rest should be a breeze.
- Kazuma
- I would have liked to avoid any fighting but... I don’t think we’ve been given much of a choice.
- Hazama
- Regardless of what’s in front of us, we’re stuck following Fuzzy-san’s lead if we want to get anywhere.
- Hazama
- I’ll keep playing along. So where are we headed next?
- Fuzzy
- Hehehe... O-kay! Come on, this way.
- Fuzzy
- I’ll even be extra nice to you this time and bring you straight there.
- Ciel
- Why is he suddenly taking us there directly? This feels out of character for him.
- Raabe
- Hmm. While I certainly agree, this could also just be another result of Fuzzy’s fickle personality.
- Raabe
- But just like Hazama said, our only option right now is to proceed.
- Raabe
- Whether or not he’s on our side, the fact remains that only Fuzzy knows how we can escape.
- Raabe
- Nevertheless, it doesn’t hurt to remain vigilante.
- Raabe
- Let’s stay behind the others for a while.
- Ciel
- Yes... roger that. Rei-san, if you would watch my back, just to be safe.
- Ciel
- Please don’t worry. I’ll be here to protect you, Rei-san.
- >Thank you, Ciel.
- Ciel
- Of course. There’s no need to thank me.
- Ciel
- ...That doesn’t feel like the right thing to say, but I’m not sure what would be more appropriate...
- >Don’t forget you can rely on me too.
- Ciel
- Yes, of course. I’ll always be able to count on you.
- Ciel
- If it weren’t for you, we would never be able to liberate the Phantom Fields.
- Fuzzy
- You guys done talking yet? Huh, are you?
- Fuzzy
- Come on then, let’s go find that next element! Let’s go, everyone!
- Kazuma
- ...Um.
- Kazuma
- We’ve been walking for quite a while... is the next element much further?
- Fuzzy
- Hmm, I wonder.
- Fuzzy
- I know where we’re supposed to be going, but I don’t know the layout of this city at all.
- Fuzzy
- I wouldn’t know if there’s actually an element there or not honestly.
- Kazuma
- You’ve got to be kidding me...
- Kazuma
- You don’t know anything about this place. You’ve only just met us. You don’t even know who set up all these elements in the first place.
- Kazuma
- Why are you even in charge of guiding us?
- Fuzzy
- Really, this question again?
- Fuzzy
- I told you before, didn’t I? This is the role I was given in this world.
- Fuzzy
- I hate people who can’t remember things～.
- Fuzzy
- Everyone in this world is given a role. It’s always been that way, ever since the beginning of time.
- Fuzzy
- And this time I was given the role as your guide. Nothing more, nothing less. Hehehe.
- Kazuma
- ...But we’ll learn something if we head to the innermost part of this world, right? Isn’t that what we were told?
- Fuzzy
- Well, who knows～? I’m sure you’ll figure it out～.
- Fuzzy
- You’ll find out if you go there, right? Ahaha.
- Kazuma
- ......
- Hazama
- You don’t have to look so on edge, Kazuma-san. Fuzzy-san hasn’t led us astray yet.
- Hazama
- If you aren’t sure, then you should just keeping going forward and find out for yourself.
- Kazuma
- That’s... I suppose you’re right.
- Hazama
- Forgive me if I’m being presumptuous, Kazuma-san. But I think the fastest way to learning whatever the “truth” is is by carving out your own path.
- Hazama
- If you really want to know something, if you want something to be within reach, then you need to reach out and grab it.
- Hazama
- I’m dying to know more myself, but we won’t learn much by just standing around and waiting for the answers to be given to us.
- Kazuma
- Hazama-san...
- Kazuma
- I see... yeah, that’s it. I think so too.
- Kazuma
- My knowledge on things is limited. All I know is what I studied back on the island of Ishana.
- Kazuma
- ...But this isn’t Ishana. I can discover things here that I could never have discovered back home.
- Hazama
- There you go. If you believe hard enough, I’m sure you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for in no time.
- Kazuma
- ...When you say it like that, I can’t bring myself to agree with you completely for some reason.
- Hazama
- Hey now. You don’t have to look at me like I’m gonna mug you when you aren’t looking.
- Hazama
- ...Then again, we do barely know each other. It would be asking a bit much to have you trust me so soon.
- Hazama
- Still, you should believe in yourself a little more.
- Kazuma
- Believe in myself, huh...
- Hazama
- Of course. I think it’d make you much happier in the long run.
- Hazama
- ...No matter what you decide to believe in though, you’re going to need those keys to reach the bottom of it.
- Hazama
- The elements are quite literally the key.
- [enter Jin]
- Jin
- Hazama... You speak as gracefully as ever, I see.
- Raabe
- Hmm. Looks like we’ve found our next element.
- Jin
- You there. It would be in your best interests not to trust that man too much.
- Jin
- Don’t let his words and appearance deceive you.
- Jin
- That man is a “snake.” If you choose to place your trust in him, he’ll eat you alive.
- Hazama
- Oh goodness, do you know me as well? I can’t say I remember anything about you either, I’m afraid.
- Hazama
- Even so, what you’ve said sounds horrible. Exactly what sort of person was I?
- Jin
- Don’t play me for a fool...
- Jin
- Your very existence disrupts the world’s peace and order. I can’t let that go unpunished.
- Jin
- Give it up, Hazama. Your life ends here.
- Hazama
- H-Hold on! Even if you say that, I still don’t have any idea what’s going on. Rei-san! Help me out here!
- >Wha, me!?
- Hazama
- Please, Rei-san! We’ve fought together until now as comrades after all!
- >Wh-What should I do...
- Hazama
- Don’t be so heartless, Rei-san. We’ve fought together until now as comrades after all!
- Hazama
- We won’t get the element if we don’t defeat this guy anyway, right? So we should work together to bring him down!
- Hazama
- Our opponent is a water type. That’s a good match-up for me.
- Hazama
- Let’s hurry up and get those keys so we can get out of here.
- Raabe
- Good grief... I’ve still got a bad feeling about all this, but he has a point.
- Raabe
- For now we need to continue gathering the elements so we can move on and learn more about where we are.
- Ciel
- Roger. Rei-san, you take the back. Keep an eye on the target. Then we will commence combat.
- [a sphere with the water symbol appears]
- Fuzzy
- Well done! Looks like you got your hands on the water element～.
- Fuzzy
- Watching you guys fight, I wanted to jump in and play a bit myself. Hehehe...
- Hazama
- The way you say that... I knew it. You’re watching us whenever you disappear, aren’t you?
- Fuzzy
- Ahaha, I may have said too much～.
- Hazama
- If that’s true, then I’d like to know exactly how long you’ve been keeping tabs on us.
- Hazama
- Ever since I got here, everyone seems to know who I am but I haven’t been able to recognize anyone... It keeps happening, over and over.
- Hazama
- Rei-san, Kazuma-san, and the others all have memories from before they came here. But I can’t remember a thing.
- Hazama
- If we were both brought here by the same means, then what’s with the glaring discrepancy?
- Hazama
- ...Although, even if I were to ask, you wouldn’t have a reason to tell us why. Please consider this as me simply talking to myself.
- Fuzzy
- Hehehe, seems like you’re finally starting to catch on.
- Fuzzy
- You’re right, though. You won’t get anywhere by asking me. You’re gonna have to see the answer with your own eyes.
- Hazama
- In any case we should get a move on to that next element. I wonder where we’ll go next?
- Fuzzy
- Alrighty then! Next up is～...