No Matter What the Cost

I completed my report on the alternative Discedo. It's located here.

...There's still one issue I need to address. When I woke up here from the other Discedo, a few other individuals and myself were on the floor of the hydroelectric plant, with bandages and cotton pads on us. ...Does anyone have any information regarding this situation, such as how we arrived there?

And did anyone else wake up with a bandage on that wasn't in the hydroelectric plant?

[There's a small pause as he thinks about the next matter to talk about]

Watch, Bang Shishigami has joined the organization. His frequency is almosttoomanly if you need to contact him.

[Locked to Kirika | 20%]

Kirika... I need to speak with you.

[After closing his communicator, he goes around to look for Miyu in their apartment]

[The feed shows Kresnik sitting outside with a small pile of burnt clothes near him. Yep, someone did not like the outfit he got from the scientists. The fire is already out, but there are still some traces of smoke coming out from it.]

[He speaks in a neutral tone, but looks a bit solemn.] Marivel Armitage has returned to Filgaia, establishing me as the only person here from that planet again. ...She made a promise to someone there and now has the opportunity to fulfill it.

[Quiet for a few seconds and attempts to look like Commander Lineface again. He's successful for the most part]

After speaking with Japan, I've decided to volunteer as the leader of the Watch if no one else will. If that's fine, I want a meeting to be held with the remaining members.

[...] I have also completed my report on the recent fish incident and its been added to my other post. Like all reports, I'll edit it if anyone has any additional information.

[After staring at the smoking pile of clothes for a few more seconds, he turns off the feed]

After speaking with Denmark, a valid question was brought up.

As an inquiry, how many members of the Watch remain? I'm aware that your leader from before has disappeared... and a few individuals have reportedly been sent back too.

...So most importantly, is the overall organization still functioning well?

Now that it's been a few days since those who disappeared have returned, it would be cruical to describe the details surrounding the incident.

First, has everyone who disappeared completely returned? According to the list created by Rico, the following were kidnapped: Eald, Flandre, Raphael, Marta, Megumi, Kirika, Ezio, Sweden, and Cecil. In addition, if you were taken and are not on this list, it would be informative to respond to this message saying that you did. Perhaps a connection between the kidnapped individuals will be established, if there is one.

Second, if the kidnapped individuals are able to, describe the surroundings of the place that you were brought to. Thus far, the only features that I have are: dark and bloody. Any additional information will be appreciated.

[Kresnik didn't quite recognize the room he was in when he finally woke up today. However, that problem will be addressed later... there is something else that he needs to talk about first. After all, the last thing he remembered was being knocked out during the Resistance Impulse.

Sitting on a chair, the soldier turns on the video feed on his communicator and talks directly to it with a serious, but almost quiet tone]

...Yesterday, you might have noticed large electric spheres flying around Discedo. Those attacks were the result of my weapon and my own careless behavior.

[He pauses for a moment]

If anyone was injured or a building was damaged during yesterday's attack... please inform me now. I will accept the consequences of my actions.

[He also sends out a text that basically says the same thing before setting down his communicator on the table]

It appears that the population has greatly expanded again.

Remain calm... the last thing Discedo needs is people panicking.

[bzzzt]

...Despite the new features and the physical change of these communicators, a specific component is still functioning well.

[Pause]

There's not much to state that's already been reported by others... It appears that quite a few individuals have disappeared from Discedo after all the chaos died down. It's not an extremely common occurrence, but not unheard of either.

[Another pause, but this time, it seems longer. He sounds hesitant at first, but becomes more determined as he continues his sentence]

...Are there any doctors willing to remove my chip?

I apologize for any misconduct my younger self caused during the past week. Being young doesn't excuse myself from acting immature.

If you encountered him, it would be best if you forgot that meeting ever occurred. His behavior is not an accurate reflection of my current one.

[He's going to use some of that aspirin now...]

It appears that many people have disappeared in the last few weeks. [...And Kirika was one of them. Hopefully, she's back in her world and with all of her memories... He resumes speaking.] Though the amount of deaths have slowed down from before, it's for the best that they're gone. Less people will hopefully mean less causalities in the future.

With the chips being slowly removed, it's somewhat impressive that no massive damage has occurred to Discedo yet. However, that doesn't mean we can let up our guard... We must remain focused.

[There's a long pause and it seems like he's about to turn off his communicator when the commander speaks again]

With the disappearance of several individuals and the chips being taken out, a thought has recently occurred to me. What happens to those people who return home, but the chip is still in their body?