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Izaru: So you’re saying they’re trying to release the powers of the Shinuchi inside this institution..?
Barrierkeeper: ..So it seems.
Izaru: And the energy I feel above us, are the two Enchanted Blades?
Barrierkeeper: …So it seems.
Izaru: And why the hell haven’t they come down yet?
Barrierkeeper: Our connection seem to have been taken down, which must mean that the barrier is being interfered with..
Izaru (thinking): The only six capable of interfering with the barrier were the people in this room.. So it’s still here.
Izaru: Tch.
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Barrierkeeper: ..No. It’s not here. Only the people here present here can influence the barrier’s specifics.. But there’s another.
Izaru: Huh?!
Barrierkeeper: Another one just like me, a ‘host’ if you may call it..
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Announcement: Everyone, listen up!
Hakuri: ..!
Announcer: Put shortly, listen closely. There’s another “host” in this Kamunabi Building.
Hakuri: ..Host?
Ichiki: Another keystone that holds the barrier of this complex structure in its place. But I only thought there was one person..
Ichiki (thinking): Yet you say there’s another..?
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Izaru: With all likelihood, the one responsible for this barrier collusion we’re facing right now. Because of that, our troops lay flat on ground with no access inside.
Ichiki (thinking): Another part of their preparation..?
Ichiki (thinking): The current Barrierkeeper has already been in servitude as the ‘vessel’, but in preparation for unforeseen circumstances, the tools for creating a successor had already been in place. Of course, strict security had been imposed but if its with Kasen’s guidance, it wouldn’t be difficult to create an identical replica and swap it out.
Ichiki: A patience game, was it..? Hakuri-kun, Kiri-chan. I’m afraid I’ll have to return to battle after all. The utmost importance is that we recapture the barrier, at once.
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Ichiki: The emergence of another “host” changes the flow of the spiritual energy causing fluctuations in the circuits that generate this barrier. And because of that, the barrier’s parameters were modified. It now functions as a barrier designed to solely block out those two Enchanted Blades. But such a drastic measure, having two “hosts”, is causing the power to fluctuate and becoming unstable. Its effects are even reaching the headquarters and our radio-signals. But it seems that was your plan, now wasn’t it?