"Well we didn't really find any new information, well besides this new room, but it seems like Nahoko and Miyoko get along well until we got out of the place then Nahoko and Miyoko started arguing about Miyoko asking for me to go to Snowfest but then they just... stopped after this new transfer student showed up, her name is Kiwa, seems nice but yeah then I met up with-" said Broki-chan. Before he could finish his sentence, however, Monika cuts him off with a loud "wait wait wait...". She pauses waiting for Broki-chan to completely stop talking before she continues "so let me get this straight, Nahoko and Miyoko are now suddenly friends despite basically never interacting with each other? Don't you think that's weird?". Broki-chan shrugs as he replies, "I mean yeah, kinda of, but I don't get what you're implying"

"What I'm implying is from the sounds of it Nahoko and Miyoko might be working together on something, perhaps even plotting something involving this Kiwa girl, I don't like this, especially considering how in my eyes Miyoko seems a bit more... psychotic than usual? But anyway, you should still go to Snowfest with Miyoko that way you could drive a wedge between the two by keeping one close and besides Miyoko is the better choice, Nahoko is way too unpredictable so Miyoko is the better option"

"I don't know, it seems like a bad idea to me but on the other hand I don't think I can come up with an excuse, so I guess I'll have to go-"

The sound of the bell ringing interrupts their conversation for a moment before Broki-chan continues "Oh that reminds me, I also bumped into Ishi, and she translated a bit of the book and turns out it's a book which revives the dead, but that isn't the only interesting thing Ishi found out, turns out someone else who isn't Sakura was writing in the book"

Monika tilts her head as replies, "huh? Why would someone write in a revival book?"

"I have no idea, putting in notes I assume, but I think it might be connected to the boiler room somehow and if that's the case then I might have a lead as to who might be writing in that book"

"Yeah that would make sense, who's your suspect"

"Kioko, she gave me a key which helped to unlock the boiler room as a clue"

"Yeah right that's awfully suspicious, you know what I'll join you and if she gives any indication of my presence then we know that she'd be crazy enough to write in a revival book without a doubt"

"Yeah, that's a good idea, let's go confront her now"

Broki-chan begins walking around the school aimlessly as Monika follows before they hear a loud cracking sound which causes Broki-chan to turn around. Almost immediately, the fire alarm goes off as the smoke begins to come from the science lab. Broki-chan takes a step back as he says "we should go" to which Monika nods in agreement. He safely gets out of the school through the school gate as Monika follows. He looks at Monika as he says, "go check what happened". Monika nods and floats away into the direction of the school. After Monika is gone, Broki-chan looks around for a few seconds before spotting someone staring at him on the other side of the street.

It was Kioko however her eyes looked significantly brighter than before.

Broki-chan looks confused as he looks both ways before crossing the street. As Broki-chan crosses the street, Kioko begins walking away as if she was leading him somewhere. He follows her as she walks into an alley before she stops in her tracks completely. Kioko doesn't turn around as Broki-chan stops in confusion. "Uh hey Kioko?" said Broki-chan however she doesn't respond. She doesn't respond for a few minutes as the sounds of traffic surround them.

"Broki-chan..." said Kioko however she sounded different as if she was monotone than usual. She still doesn't turn around as she sighs and looks at the ground.

"Be careful, Glit- Broki-chan, for the hourglass's sands are slipping away from someone close to you, and the delicate touch of their fate and yours lies in your hands. I'm sorry for contacting you this way, but I didn't have another choice. For your sake and for mine, I hope we don't meet again, but I know we will"

Broki-chan looks confused as he tries to process what Kioko just say before out of no-where Kioko faints. Broki-chan is completely speechless as Kioko passes out as he looks around, clearly panicked. He tries waking up Kioko for a few minutes to no avail as Monika floats up behind him and says "Hey so turns out it was a chemical fire, no-one was hurt, and it's safe now but... uh..." She finally realises that Kioko was on the floor and Broki-chan was panicking, trying to shake her awake. Monika floats closer towards Kioko as she asks, "is she dead?"

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Broki-chan stops shaking her as he replies "I don't- I don't know, she just fainted I think after she told me something, but I don't know what she was going on about, maybe she got hypothermia or something"

"Huh, is that so? Was it slightly cryptic?"

"I mean yeah, I guess"

"oh I know... never mind she'll be fine just give her a few hours, and she'll be up as if nothing happened, just leave her there"

"What?..." said Broki-chan as he stands up and looks at Monika. He looks back at Kioko then back at Monika as he continues "that's a stupid idea, we can't just leave Kioko in a random alley while she's out cold, we've got to do something not just leave her here and hope that she doesn't die". Monika sighs as she mutters "you and your stupid need to help others, really gets on my nerves sometimes but...". She looks at Broki-chan with a smiling expression as she says slightly angry, "fine. Take her to Sakura's house, the place has already been checked, and the police have already swept through it and got what they wanted plus there's nothing gruesome there because crime scene cleaners have already gone through so practically no-one is there"

Broki-chan stands up with an almost horrified look as replies "no way I can't do that, I don't even know the way from here". Monika takes another deep sigh as she says "fine I'll show you the way from here otherwise you'd have to try and drag her into the school and if you get caught... then I'd assume that would be a real quick way to get arrested"

Broki-chan lets out a small chuckle before he covers his mouth and clears his throat as he says, "right, well, where do we go?". He picks up Kioko who moves around almost lifeless as if she was a doll, but it gives Broki-chan some relief due to Kioko still being warm to touch. Monika's face changes back to a neutral expression as she says, "follow me". She leads him through several alleyways and backyards, only stopping once for a few seconds as some people walk past. They eventually get into Sakura's backyard, causing Monika to pause as she says "wait here for a moment, I'm going to unlock the door". He tilts his head in confusion as Monika floats towards the door, and he says "wait how can unlock a door if you can't-"

Before he can finish asking his question, the door swings open and Monika phases out of it, leaving Broki-chan nearly speechless as he asks "how- how did open the-".

"The door? Ghosts can possess objects most of the time it's useless, but it's quite helpful for forcing locked doors to unlock and open because it's connected to other stuff or cause electronics to glitch out because it's connected to the internet, I thought I told you this already"

"No??? But... whatever" said Broki-chan as he steps through the door. He only takes three steps in before he accidentally spooks both himself and Sakura's ghost, causing him to accidentally drop Kioko on the ground. Sakura quickly gets a hold of herself as she says confused, "Broki? What are you doing here with Kioko and... sorry, I don't know who you are". Monika floats closer to Sakura as she replies also in confusion, "I'm Monika, and how come you're not in true void?"

"True void? Oh, you mean that weird dark void with no colours?"

"Yeah, how come you're not there?"

"Oh come on you and me both know why it's the same reason as why you're not there we both have unfinished business here making us refuse to die in peace you know that"

"yeah but why are you specifically"

"Well, I- I just have one last thing to do..." said Sakura as she turns to Broki-chan. She looks around as if she was hesitating to do something, as Broki-chan notices a bleeding head wound where Sakura was hit. Sakura lets out a sigh before she looks at Broki-chan and says "I'm not mad at you any more, I- I've come to a revelation that you didn't actually see her right? No wonder you were so confused, but I won't spoil the surprise, I will warn you though a war per se is coming, and you'll have to pick sides soon, but you got the strongest card in the deck, my card, you just don't know how to use it yet but if you go to that boiler room around it will show you how to use it, but I'm sorry, I'm sorry I wasn't better than you were, you're the best and I never got to say that then Miyoko said something to me and I know I overreacted I know, and I'm sorry". She starts making sniffling sounds as if she was crying but can't as she looks at Kioko and stops as she makes a quiet gasp as if she was worried or nervous. She looks back at Broki-chan and continues, "I- I just hope you don't pick the wrong side, please be good for me Broki, you were better than what I deserved". Before Broki-chan could say anything he wanted to, Sakura floats down into the ground, presumably the true void.

Broki-chan flops to the ground, completely at a loss for words before he looks up at Monika and says "we have to go to the boiler room again, we- I need to know who killed her, I have to know who would do this, I didn't do anything wrong I don't think so? Why would they do this Monika?!". Monika looks at him as she replies "I don't- I don't know that answer Broki, but you'll figure it out soon for someone with bad- interesting ideas you always figure it out but hey-". She floats towards him and places her hand on his shoulder in a comforting way as she continues "let's not think about that now, let's focus on the future and present, how about you just place Kioko on the couch, she'll probably be waking up anytime now"