School

...Looks bad, so let's get ready to head outside... The old man's not back in the janitor's room yet...

Akira: Let's get out of the janitor's room, quick...

Delinquent: ...Hey... you there. ...You're (hero) from 2-D? What happened to the school? I'm Akira Miyamoto from 2-C. You've heard the name, right? ...I see. So nobody can go anywhere...

I know one way we can get out... You coming? Team up with Akira

and travel together?

Akira

joined the party.

Akira: ...We go out through the manhole in the janitor's room...

...Looks bad, so let's get ready to head outside... The old man's not back in the janitor's room yet...

Akira: ...If you're scared, I'm leaving you behind...

Yumi: ...Looks like we're back at our old school...

I'm locking up the building soon, so get on home.

Sato: H-help me!! Ah, (hero)

!

Voice: ...H-help me!!

Schoolboy: Help me! A m-monster came out!! It's gonna kill me!

!

Help me! This time it really will kill me!

Schoolboy: Thanks, you really saved me. You're... (hero) from 2-D

!

Voice: Looks like it went toward the storage shed...

!

, right? I'm Katsuhiko Sato. I'm president of the Karuko High computer club. ...We couldn't get out of the school, so I tried to gather information over the network... over PC networking, but I got connected to a weird network and ended up with a strange program. I tried running the program and that monster... that demon came out. The one who uploaded the program went by STEVEN, apparently. It's a handle, so I doubt that's his real name. Here, this is the disk with the program on it. It scares me, so you can have it. Someone who can beat that demon should be fine holding on to it. But you can't use it without a PC. There's nothing here small enough to carry around... By the way, do you want me to record your progress?

Your progress has been recorded.

Will you continue playing?

Sato: You saved me again. Thanks, (hero)

!

Will you continue playing?

!

So that's the famous ... Oh, here's the disk you left with me. I'm giving it back, but it's empty.

Sato: Come by any time and I'll record your progress.

Your latest progress has not been recorded. If you quit now, next time you will start from your last record. Is that OK?

Heading out again? Be careful. One slip and you could lose your life.

Need something else? Will you ask what happened to the disk you left with him?

Sato: Oh, sorry, it's not fixed yet. Give me a little longer.

Huh? What's that disk? You found it in the hallway? ...It's broken. I can't read the data on it. It'll take a while, but I think I can fix it. If you leave it with me, I'll repair it. What do you say? Will you leave the disk you found with him?

Sato: OK, I'll hang on to the disk. Leave it to me.

Reiko: (hero)

!

Reiko: So you're with Kuroi, (hero)

!

Reiko: I have to stop him, I have to stop Hazama no matter what, or it will be too late...

Schoolgirl: You're from 2-D... (hero)

, right? What are you doing in a place like this? You're quite calm, aren't you. But this is no time to sit back and watch what happens. We're already in another world. I don't have time to explain it all. I'm in a hurry. I'm sorry.

Schoolgirl: I thought we'd never get back. It's all thanks to you two.

!

? So you're with Shirakawa. Shirakawa, I didn't expect you to want to save the whole school. But that's impossible... Yumi: Hmph. Little Miss Princess should just sit quietly in the classroom.

!

Charlie: So what if I'm with (hero)? Got a problem? Reiko: I didn't say that. But if you just try to run, there's no way out. Charlie: How would you know that? Butt out, four-eyes.

Schoolboy: I hear the school was saved thanks to you two? That's amazing.

Reiko: There's something I need to tell you. It's about what just happened. I'm Reiko Akanezawa. Nice to meet you. I know who is behind this disaster. I also have an idea of what to do about it. All I need now is someone to help me. But everyone is so shaken up, nobody looks like they'll help.

Schoolgirl: Welcome to the music room! I'll play you any BGM you like.

Which BGM do you want to hear?

You're the only one who might help me. So please, lend me a hand. Will you help Reiko

and travel together?

Reiko

joined the party.

Reiko: Thank you for listening to me. The truth is... this disaster is the work of Ideo Hazama... Hazama Ideo. He was trying to summon demons to the school. But it got out of hand, and in the end he dragged the whole school into the Makai. That's right. This is the Makai now. We have to find him right away and make him stop this. Come on, let's go.

Schoolgirl: Come again!

Reiko: I thought you of all people would help me...

Principal: What student are you? You can't just walk into the principal's office.

Principal: The school is safe. The students are all safe too. Nothing happened. So let's keep this quiet.

Principal: I had forgotten what it means to work hard. I've learned my lesson.

Principal: I dreamed I was turned into a hideous monster. I've learned my lesson and mean to change.

Principal: Thanks to you, our Karukozaka High was saved. I can't thank you enough. But please, keep this incident strictly between us.

Ms. Kayama: (hero) from 2-D

!

Ms. Kayama: Hazama confided his worries to me. I wish I had listened to him more seriously.

Everyone suddenly vanished. There's nobody left. You two are all right, then.

If anything's wrong with you, I'll fix you up.

I'm worried, so take this...

All I want is for everyone at school to be safe. So... don't push yourself.

!

What brings you to the nurse's office? ...This is no time for that, is it. I have no idea at all what's happened. Have you figured anything out?

Ms. Kayama: (hero), Yumi, you both did so well. Thank you for saving all of us.

Schoolboy: ...No good! It's cut off... I can't reach anyone. Need something? Sorry, I've got bigger problems right now.

Sato: Thank you so much for saving the whole school. I'm glad I could help you, even if only a little.

Sato: Oh, (hero)

!

Heading out again? Be careful. One slip and you could lose your life.

!

Looks like you've been walking all over the place. Are you OK? Want me to record your progress, just in case?

Need something else? Will you ask what happened to the disk you left with him?

Sato: Oh, sorry, it's not fixed yet. Give me a little longer.

Huh? What's that disk? You found it in the hallway? ...It's broken. I can't read the data on it. It'll take a while, but I think I can fix it. If you leave it with me, I'll repair it. What do you say? Will you leave the disk you found with him?

Sato: OK, I'll hang on to the disk. Leave it to me.

Sato: Come by any time and I'll record your progress.

Schoolboy's voice: Wh-who's there!! .....Oh, good. It's you, (hero)

Ryuichi: Th-this is bad!! A-Akiko's been taken! Hazama showed up and carried her off! We have to save her...

Cerberus: I have been waiting. Have you cut down your allies?

Cerberus: ...Grrrr! I am thirsting for blood right now... I will make a bloody sacrifice of you!!

Cerberus: I-I give up... You win. I admit defeat. I will follow you honorably. I look forward to working with you.

Ryuichi: Don't scare us like that. Akiko: ...And we were finally alone together...

It's me, Ryuichi.

Schoolgirl: ...Is that... your friend...? Ryuichi: Yeah. It's (hero) from 2-D

Cerberus: ...You have not cut them down yet. I will wait, so go cut them down quickly.

You must not go about alone. The safety of plasma for the human body has not been proven. There is no scientific basis for the safety of going about alone.

Discipline committee member: Mr. Ohtsuki has been missing ever since.

A disaster? This is caused by plasma. Plasma explains everything. But we don't know the situation, so you must not go outside. There is no scientific basis for saying it is safe outside.

There is no scientific basis for leaving the school.

You took His Majesty the Demon Emperor's little game seriously and got . There is no scientific basis for letting you leave the school!

Mr. Ohtsuki: Wh-why you... You cheeky brats... You'll pay for this. There is no scientific basis for you returning safely to the real world...

Janitor: I went outside to sweep in front of the entrance, and the sky went dark all of a sudden. I hurried right back inside.

Akira: ...He's not here...

Janitor: Digging holes like that at my age... What a nightmare.

Janitor: Oh, if it ain't Akira. Things have gotten pretty crazy, huh. No use panicking over it. Have some tea and calm down. ...By the way, Akira, have you thought it over? About taking up boxing. You'd be a champion for sure. Let's go for the world title together. Akira: ...Idiot. I'm not doing it... Janitor: ...I see... So, what brings you here today? Akira: ...I want out of the school. Open the manhole for me, old man... Janitor: So you want to get outside. Sure thing. I can't say no to you... But will you be all right? Enter the manhole?

Janitor: Normally it does lead outside... Watch yourself out there.

Akira: ...Let's go. If we hang around, it'll get bad. (hero) and the others entered the manhole in the janitor's room.

Akira: ...If we go through here... ...it leads outside...Whoa!

Akira: ...What is this place? We came out somewhere weird...

got 2 "".

got "".

Schoolboy: ...And so the world was at peace once more... Something like that? ...The school's back to normal...

Schoolboy: You've gone outside the school and come back over and over?

...But you were carrying too many items to take it.

Schoolboy: That weird mansion in the gym is gone now.

Schoolboy: The gym turned into a weird mansion. They say some strange old guy fuses demons there.

got 2 "Shoulder Pad".

Schoolboy: There's no way you can fight demons with stuff from school.

...But you were carrying too many items to take it.

Schoolboy: Hazama's gone missing, I hear?

Schoolboy: Sato from the computer club is a genius. The only one who compares to him is probably Hazama...

got 2 "Back Pad".

By the way, you know why Kuroi from 2-E gets called Charlie? Back in middle school he got caught stealing a bike. So, Bike-Thief Charlie... Charlie: You!! Where'd you hear that?!! Schoolboy: Ah! S-sorry!!

...But you were carrying too many items to take it.

got 2 "".

Schoolboy: Hey, do you know where Hee-Ho-kun went?

Schoolboy: Now that I think of it, didn't you take from here? The thing is, it belongs to a senior, so if it gets lost I'm in trouble.

The mawashi I hung out to dry is gone, so nobody has noticed yet, but...

Schoolboy: Heh heh, listen to this. We got a new member in the sumo club. His name's Hee-Ho-kun!

Hee-Ho-kun: Hee-ho! They let me join the sumo club! I'm so happy, hee-ho! Good high school kids have to do club stuff, right? Hee-ho, but what's sumo?

...But you were carrying too many items to take it.

Schoolboy: My mawashi's back too, what a relief. Thanks, you two. Now let's go find some members!

Ah! Th-that's , isn't it? Where was it?

As thanks for finding it, I'll give you .

...Or not. Your hands are full. Go make some room.

I'm locking up the building soon, so get on home.

Astral body: I am the one who was Ideo Hazama. But I am no longer a mere high school student like you. Now I am the great ruler of the Makai, the Demon Emperor! The feeble student Ideo Hazama is gone! In his place stands the almighty Demon Emperor! Dragging the school into the Makai took only a tiny fraction of my great power. It is impossible for you to defy me. It seems you are trying to escape the school... How pointless. Well, since you've come this far, I'll give you a hint. Go to the gym. If you get a certain thing there, you should be able to reach the Makai. Though I doubt you'll survive once you enter the Makai. Do your best. I wish you luck...

Reiko: It's just as I said, isn't it? But still, Hazama... calling himself the Demon Emperor...

Yumi: My hunch was right after all... Ideo Hazama... I've heard plenty of bad rumors about him.

Charlie: Heh, Demon Emperor my butt. Hazama's gone off the deep end, saying crazy stuff like that.

Astral body: I am the one who was Ideo Hazama. But I am no longer a mere high school student like you. Now I am the great ruler of the Makai, the Demon Emperor! The feeble student Ideo Hazama is gone! In his place stands the almighty Demon Emperor! Dragging the school into the Makai took only a tiny fraction of my great power. It is impossible for you to defy me. It seems you are trying to escape the school... How pointless. Well, since you've come this far, I'll give you a hint. Go to the gym. If you get a certain thing there, you should be able to reach the Makai. Though I doubt you'll survive once you enter the Makai. Do your best. I wish you luck...

Reiko: It's just as I said, isn't it? But still, Hazama... calling himself the Demon Emperor...

Yumi: My hunch was right after all... Ideo Hazama... I've heard plenty of bad rumors about him.

Charlie: Heh, Demon Emperor my butt. Hazama's gone off the deep end, saying crazy stuff like that.

Everybody's panicking and running around. It's hopeless. I heard Reiko Akanezawa from 1-B is trying to do something, but what can that little princess do? Anyway,

we have to do something. If this keeps up, nobody will make it... That's how I feel. Please! Lend me a hand! To save the school... to save everyone... (hero), come with me. Will you go with Yumi

and travel together?

Yumi

joined the party.

Yumi: Thanks. Let's go now. We have to hurry...

Yumi: Hey, (hero). To tell the truth, at first I wondered how it would turn out. ...Because back then, (hero), you looked kind of unreliable... Hee hee.

Schoolboy: We can only get to floors 1F to 3F of this building and the gym.

Yumi: Why did the school jump to another dimension? Is someone behind it? We have to start by finding that out.

Yumi: What are you dawdling for! And you call yourself a

man?!

Yumi: I wonder how far the Makai goes on.

Yumi: Come on, let's hurry from the school to the Makai.

Yumi: The disaster is Hazama's fault? He could do something like that...? I can't believe it.

girl?!

Even now, we might be losing our chance to get back!

Schoolboy: Somebody help! We're all trapped in the school!

Schoolboy: In our class, Akira Miyamoto is missing. Where could he have gone?

Schoolboy: Hazama, Demon Emperor or whatever he is, I bet he's going to torture us to death.

Schoolboy: Hazama hasn't shown up for two or three days.

Schoolboy: By the way, you'd better stay away from Akira Miyamoto in our class. Get mixed up with him and you'll only get hurt. Better stay away from him.

Schoolboy: By the way, you'd better stay away from Akira Miyamoto in our class. Get mixed up with him and you'll only get hurt. Better stay away from him.

Akira: ...Say that again...

Schoolboy: ...Ah, ah, M-Miyamoto! I-I-I'm sorry!!

Schoolboy: Wh-what's going on outside?!

Schoolboy: Maybe it's none of my business, but you shouldn't go wandering around so much.

Schoolboy: ...(hero), is that you? Are you OK? Why is the discipline committee blocking off the whole school... It's like they're all under Mr. Ohtsuki's mind control. If they weren't there, I bet we could get out through the 3F emergency exit...

Schoolboy: I hear the school was saved thanks to you two? That's amazing.

Schoolboy: (hero), it's dangerous, so don't go out. You should wait for help.

Schoolboy: Oh, (hero), are you OK? Hey, listen. The discipline committee is blocking the way. I think we could get out through the 3F emergency exit...

Schoolboy: ...Calm down... calm down... ...Calm down and think...

Schoolboy: No more demons coming out?

Schoolboy: Even if you want to run, the moment you leave the school there are demons crawling everywhere. They'll eat you in no time.

Schoolboy: There's a floppy disk lying in the hallway, but it creeps everyone out, so nobody picks it up.

How are we supposed to get out of the school?

You can't go any farther...

You can't pass here. This is an emergency. You will obey the orders of us, the discipline committee.

...No good here either...

You can't pass here. This is an emergency. You will obey the orders of us, the discipline committee.

By the way, do you know where Akira Miyamoto from 2-C is? He's up to something, wandering around the school.

How are we supposed to get out of the school?

You can't go any farther...

Hee-Ho-kun: School is so fun! I love school! Hee-ho... huh? I know! Good high school kids shouldn't say hee-ho all the time, right? School is so fun! Hee-ho... huh? That's weird? Hee-ho hee-ho hiho?

Hey hey, where ya going? Take me with you! Take Hee-Ho-kun along?

Hee-Ho-kun: Yay! Yay! I'm so happy, hee-ho!

Hee-Ho-kun: ...No? Aww, no fun. Hee-ho hee-ho.

Reiko: It's like a temple... ...How like Hazama, to build something like this...

Yumi: We're finally out of the school. So from here on it's the real Makai.

Charlie: OK, we're out of school and into the Makai. Now it gets real, (hero). If you wanna turn back, now's your chance.

I'm locking up the building soon, so get on home.

Astral body: I am the one who was Ideo Hazama. But I am no longer a mere high school student like you. Now I am the great ruler of the Makai, the Demon Emperor! The feeble student Ideo Hazama is gone! In his place stands the almighty Demon Emperor! Dragging the school into the Makai took only a tiny fraction of my great power. It is impossible for you to defy me. It seems you are trying to escape the school... How pointless. Well, since you've come this far, I'll give you a hint. Go to the gym. If you get a certain thing there, you should be able to reach the Makai. Though I doubt you'll survive once you enter the Makai. Do your best. I wish you luck...

Reiko: It's just as I said, isn't it? But still, Hazama... calling himself the Demon Emperor...

Yumi: My hunch was right after all... Ideo Hazama... I've heard plenty of bad rumors about him.

Charlie: Heh, Demon Emperor my butt. Hazama's gone off the deep end, saying crazy stuff like that.

You can't pass here. This is an emergency. You will obey the orders of us, the discipline committee.

Yumi: These guys are weird. Their eyes have gone all blank.

Charlie: What the hell! Nobody said these guys get to boss me around! Right?!

Akira: Forget these losers. Let's go to the janitor's room.

Reiko: Why? Why would the discipline committee say something like that?

Janitor's voice: Heeey!

Mr. Yahata: Oh, (hero). How can you be so calm? I have no idea what to do anymore... I just bought a new laptop with my bonus, and now... No, this is no time to worry about that. ...Oh, I'm a failure as a teacher. I can't do a thing at a time like this... What am I supposed to do...

Mr. Yahata: Well, wasn't my special arm terminal great? To be honest, I was really proud of that one. Yumi: ...If you say so, Yahata. It was acting up all the time... Mr. Yahata: All right, next I'll build an even better new arm terminal! Yumi: Hey, (hero), let's just go...

Mr. Yahata: Oh, when is help ever going to come...

Mr. Yahata: How do you like using my special arm terminal?

Mr. Yahata: Oh, (hero). Sorry, I lost my head back there. What can I do for you? ...What? You want to borrow my laptop? ...Well... that's... give me a break.

Yumi: Come on, Mr. Yahata, lend it to us. Pretty please.

Charlie: Hey, Yahata, lend it to us. What's the big deal? All you're doing is sitting there scared anyway.

Akira: ...Teacher... lend it to us...

Reiko: Please, Mr. Yahata. Please lend it to us.

Mr. Yahata: All right.

I can't lend you my laptop, but I'll lend you something better. It's a special arm terminal PC I built myself. To be honest, I saw a boy walking a husky who had something like it, and I thought it looked cool. I built it, sure, but I can't use it myself... I'd be too embarrassed at my age... But you'll be fine. Performance-wise it's no problem at all. I'll lend you this. I gave it lots of features, so it's handy. (hero) got the arm terminal. Auto-mapping, auto-recover and analyze are now available.

Reiko: So if we start the program with that, we can make demons our allies and call them out.

Yumi: So with this we can use the demon summoning program? I'm bad with machines, so I don't really get it.

Charlie: Does that thing really work? A shady disk from Sato and a junk machine Yahata made.

Akira: ...So we've got a computer now... The old man should be back by now. Let's go to the janitor's room...

Schoolboy: Mr. Ohtsuki from chemistry is shady. He's always locked up in the lab doing something. A problem teacher like that being adviser to the discipline committee is just wrong.

Schoolboy: You guys are amazing. I can't hold a candle to you.

Schoolboy: In an emergency like this, the teachers are useless. Ohtsuki went off somewhere, Yahata's no help, and the principal isn't thinking at all.

Schoolgirl: I saw Hazama in the hallway. He was glowing faintly, like a ghost.

Schoolgirl: Looks like there's nothing behind you two anymore. You feel like your old selves again.

Schoolgirl: Ugh, I'm tired. What a drag.

...You

...Akanezawa? You kind of

seem different. Isn't there something behind you?

...Yumi? What happened? You

...Kuroi? You sort of

...M-Miyamoto...? You kind of

Yumi: Hmm, is that so.

Charlie: What are you talking about? Are you nuts or something?

Akira: ...Noisy woman...

Reiko: Can you see something?

Schoolboy: You're, uh, (hero) from 2-D, right? You sure are calm. I'm Shinji Kuroi. Everyone calls me Charlie. Nice to meet ya. You planning to somehow bust out of school?

Schoolgirl: Where did those demons go?

Schoolgirl: There are signs of some occult ritual in the gym. I wonder who did it.

Charlie: There's no telling the school will stay safe like this.

I'm getting out of here on my own. Every last one of 'em is running around in a panic. And the ones who aren't figure if they just sit tight, help will come eventually. Looks like you're neither. So I wouldn't mind teaming up with you. What do you say? Team up with Charlie

and travel together?

Charlie

joined the party.

Charlie: All right, it's settled. Let's go together, then.

Looks like some weird monsters are showing up, so I grabbed some stuff we can use as weapons.

got "".

got 2 "".

got "".

Schoolgirl: Looks like the gym turned into the "Cathedral of Shadows". Did you know? They say bring your allies, but how do you make a demon your ally and bring it along?

Charlie: I see... Come find me when you make up your mind. I'll be here a bit longer. But you know, if you don't make a move yourself, you'll be stuck in school forever.

...But you were carrying too many items to take it.

Charlie: Once we've got the stuff, we go.

Janitor's voice: Heeey!

How are we supposed to get out of the school?

You can't go any farther...

You can't pass here. This is an emergency. You will obey the orders of us, the discipline committee.

...Damn... Who does the discipline committee think they are...

How are we supposed to get out of the school?

You can't go any farther...

You can't pass here. This is an emergency. You will obey the orders of us, the discipline committee.

...Pisses me off. They don't listen to a word you say.

Yumi: (hero), thanks. If it weren't for you, I'd never have made it back safe. Come on, let's go!

Yumi: The school and everyone are back to normal... Thanks, (hero). It's because you fought alongside me. I bet nobody will ever believe what we did. (hero), does that bother you? Do you want everyone to say you did a great job?

A hero

A heroine

, is that what you want them to call you?

Huh, I see...

Hee hee, that's (hero) for you.

Schoolboy's voice: Wh-what the?! Schoolgirl's voice: Kyaaah!!

Yumi: I was looking for you. I need to talk to you, (hero). Listen... we're all trapped in the school.

Schoolboy: Help me! A m-monster came out!! It's gonna kill me!

Schoolboy: Thanks, you really saved me. You're... (hero) from 2-D

!

.

Mr. Yahata: Oh, (hero). Sorry, I lost my head back there. What can I do for you? ...What? You want to borrow my laptop? ...Well... that's... give me a break.

Yumi: Let's try looking around for now.

Mr. Ohtsuki: You took His Majesty the Demon Emperor's little game seriously and got Ring of Diligence. There is no scientific basis for letting you leave the school!

Yumi: We're finally out of the school. So from here on it's the real Makai.

Ohtsuki: To lose to brats like that... But I've rebuilt my wounded body. Now I can take him on... What?! Why are you there?!

Principal: ...What have I been doing... all this time... I feel like I've been doing something very sinful...

Gatekeeper: Come on, work! Work! It's His Majesty the Demon Emperor's order!

Yumi: You just don't give up, do you. Take a look at yourself in a mirror!

Ohtsuki: Heh heh heh, so you came. I can't let you pass. I won't let you get away!

Ohtsuki: My plasma power has finally gone past its limit!! I will never lose again!! There is absolutely no scientific basis for you leaving the Greed Realm alive!!

Yumi: Morning, (hero)! ...Why are you spacing out? School's starting, let's hurry!

Voice: ...Excuse me, you there. Aren't you... (hero)...

Man in a wheelchair: So it is you.

I know very well that you mastered the demon summoning program and solved this incident.

As it happens, I have something important to discuss with you...

Yumi: ...Looks like we're back at our old school...

I've closed up the gym. Get out quick or you'll get locked in.

You! What were you doing in the gym?! I'm telling Mr. Ohtsuki!

Master: Welcome to the Cathedral of Shadows, where demons gather.

What is your business?

Come again when you have more allies.

Reiko: Let's look around.

Yumi: Let's try looking around for now.

Charlie: Let's look around.

Demon Emperor's voice: ...So you found it. I'll let you have it. Once you leave the school for the Makai, you'll soon reach the "Sealed Chamber". Use Ring of Humility there and the seal will open a little. For

Ohtsuki: At last my whole body is a machine overflowing with plasma power!! If I defeat you, His Majesty the Demon Emperor will recognize me. I won't let you get to His Majesty!!

Ohtsuki: ...N-no... it can't be... The ultimate plasma-powered machine... ...lost... ...Y-Your Ma-jesty...

Demon Emperor: ...I will praise you for breaking the seal. But this is the end of your efforts. I told you, didn't I? Trying to escape is pointless. Defying me is impossible. I thank you for amusing me for a little while. And this is our final farewell. Go now to the land of Yomi. Farewell, my friends... heh heh heh.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Waaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Haaa ha ha ha...

Demon Emperor: ...So you beat me. ...As a reward... I will let you return... to the real world... ...But if you think... this is over... you are... wrong... You have only... bought yourselves... a little more time... to live... ...Someday we will... meet again. Then you will know... the true... terror... of the Demon Emperor...

Charlie: We did it! This time we can really go home!!

Yumi: (hero), something's wrong. Is this really the school? There's no sign of anyone at all...

Charlie: Hey! (hero), what are you doing?! Let's get outta here, quick.

Charlie: That annoying school is gone, huh, (hero). But man... that was wild. Well, even if we told the truth, nobody'd believe us. Worst case, they'd lock us up in a hospital. Better not to say anything we don't need to... The only thing is, I wonder what Hazama is up to right about now...

Reiko: ...We broke the seal, but Ideo's power hasn't weakened at all... And something about the school seems strange, too.

Schoolboy's voice: Wh-what the?! Schoolgirl's voice: Kyaaah!!

Schoolboy: You're, uh, (hero) from 2-D, right? You sure are calm. I'm Shinji Kuroi. Everyone calls me Charlie. Nice to meet ya.

Schoolboy: Help me! A m-monster came out!! It's gonna kill me!

Schoolboy: Thanks, you really saved me. You're... (hero) from 2-D

!

.

Mr. Yahata: Oh, (hero). Sorry, I lost my head back there. What can I do for you? ...What? You want to borrow my laptop? ...Well... that's... give me a break.

Ryuichi: Th-this is bad!! A-Akiko's been taken! Hazama showed up and carried her off! We have to save her...

Charlie: Let's look around.

Mr. Ohtsuki: You took His Majesty the Demon Emperor's little game seriously and got Ring of Diligence. There is no scientific basis for letting you leave the school!

Charlie: OK, we're out of school and into the Makai. Now it gets real, (hero). If you wanna turn back, now's your chance.

Ohtsuki: To lose to brats like that... But I've rebuilt my wounded body. Now I can take him on... What?! Why are you there?!

Principal: ...What have I been doing... all this time... I feel like I've been doing something very sinful...

Gatekeeper: Come on, work! Work! It's His Majesty the Demon Emperor's order!

Ryuichi: Ah, Charlie! (hero)! I found Akiko.

Demon Emperor: To follow her all the way here... What beautiful devotion.

Makai villager: Only those with a pass may go through. You......

Demon Emperor: So you came... You still want to save Akiko? Ryuichi: Fine, I'll do what you say. What do I have to do?

Ohtsuki: So you came, brats. This time... What? His Majesty wants me? Th-that's ridiculous...

Demon Emperor's voice: Worship me... Worship me... Worship me... Worship me... you who dwell in the Makai...

Demon Emperor: Now then, next... Ryuichi: Hazama! Knock it off!! Give Akiko back!

Charlie: Wh-where'd they go? Where's Ryuichi? Akiko? Hazama? (hero)! Let's look for them, now!

Demon Emperor's voice: They were only just turned to stone. If you break the stone, you might be able to free the two inside. Smash the two stone statues?

Ohtsuki: At last my whole body is a machine overflowing with plasma power!! If I defeat you, His Majesty the Demon Emperor will recognize me. I won't let you get to His Majesty!!

Charlie: We did it! This time we can really go home!!

Voice: ...Excuse me, you there. Aren't you... (hero)...

Man in a wheelchair: So it is you.

I know very well that you mastered the demon summoning program and solved this incident.

As it happens, I have something important to discuss with you...

Ideo: ...I'm alone in this world. ...I'm always alone... ...Nobody loves me... ...I don't love anybody...

Ideo: ...Today for sure... Today I'll give it to her for sure...

Akiko: Wh-what do you want, Hazama? Ideo: ...Th-this... I want you to read it.

Akiko: A l-letter...?

Hazama: ...I-I gave it to you. P-please read it...

Akiko: .......

Schoolgirl: Look at you, Akiko! A love letter, wow! Akiko: Give me a break. Like I'd read a letter from creepy Hazama. If I hang around a guy like that, who knows what he's thinking, I'll end up weird too! Schoolgirl: Aww, that's so mean! You didn't have to tear it up and throw it away. Hee hee... Akiko: Ahaha... Akiko and Schoolgirl: Ahahahaha...

Ideo: ....... .......

Demon Emperor: ...I-I am... the all-knowing, all-powerful r-ruler... of the Makai, the D-Demon Emperor... ...For me... for me of all people... to be defeated... that cannot... be allowed... ...I lose... no... impossible... I ruled the Makai... I was going to take the world... ...Me... I lose... Me... me... me... lose... impossible... ...Me, m-m-me... I won't lose... I-I-I won't lose ...I won't lose, I won't...

...Sniff, sniff, waaah I won't lose, I won't lose Waaaaaaaaah!!

Waaah, b-but it's everyone's fault! Everyone picks on me! Waaah, waaah They pick on me, pick on me, waaah Sniff, sniff, sniff...

Reiko: Ideo... don't cry... You mustn't cry. You're a boy, aren't you? Pull yourself together... Look, I'm right here. I'm right here beside you. So stop crying... Ideo: ...Sniff, sniff, sniff... You won't go anywhere? Reiko: No. Ideo: You won't leave me behind? Reiko: I won't. So wipe your tears. Ideo: ...OK... I won't cry anymore... Because Reiko's here... I won't cry anymore...

Ideo: ...I was a fool. You were right there, and I never noticed... Reiko... ...Now I can feel your love... Reiko... I'll never let you go... Reiko: ...Me neither... I'll never let you go... I'll never let you feel lonely... Ideo: ...Reiko... Reiko: ...Ideo... Ideo and Reiko: ...Ah...

Reiko: You're leaving Ideo's mind? But this won't be over until we defeat the true monster that got into his heart. Leave the Demon Emperor's Mind World?

Ideo: Mom!! Don't go!! Why are you leaving me?!! Don't go!!

Ideo's mother: I'm sorry, Ideo. I've made you so lonely... But you know, I didn't leave home because I got sick of you or your father... I just couldn't stay in the Hazama house any longer... Ideo: It's fine, Mom... Ideo's mother: I'm sorry, Ideo. ...It's been a long time since you saw Reiko. That's right, your sister, Reiko. It's been so long, you'd hardly recognize her. Reiko, come on, say hello to your brother. Reiko: .......

Ideo: ...Ms. Kayama, I... I... can't take it anymore... Nobody will ever love someone like me... Ms. Kayama: This isn't like you. Calm down, Hazama. Ideo: M-Ms. Kayama! Please... hold me! Comfort me! Please!! Ms. Kayama: S-stop it! Hazama, stop!!

Ms. Kayama: ...Listen to me, Hazama. You're a student and I'm a teacher. You mustn't do this...

Schoolboy: ...Hey, did you hear... Hazama's actually..........., they say. Schoolboy: ...What, really!... Idiot, he'll hear you... ...I figured he was........... but I never thought he was......... Schoolboy: ...Nah, I always thought he was......

Voice: Ha ha ha. Always touring the Makai, I see. Good work. You entertain me every day. Today I thought I'd give you a little present. Will you accept it?

Voice: Hmm... I take you all to be quite skilled... What say you? Will you cross blades with me?

Voice: Ha ha ha. Always touring the Makai, I see. Good work. You entertain me every day. Today I thought I'd give you a little present. Will you accept it?

Voice: Ha ha ha. Always touring the Makai, I see. Good work. You entertain me every day. Today I thought I'd give you a little present. Will you accept it?

Voice: Ha ha ha. Always touring the Makai, I see. Good work. You entertain me every day. Today I thought I'd give you a little present. Will you accept it?

Demon Emperor: ...So you've finally come this far... You are the first to make it here. I'm very glad you came. I'd love to welcome you properly after such a long journey, but as you can see, there is nothing here. Why? Because only what I deem necessary exists here. That there is nothing here means... everything is unnecessary. Worthless garbage, scum, only fit to vanish!!

Reiko: Come on, let's go into his Mind World. Enter the Demon Emperor's Mind World?

Yumi: I've never seen anybody as selfish as you! You make me sick!! Demon Emperor: Say what you like. The judgment of an all-knowing, all-powerful being like me is never wrong.

By amusing me for a moment, you have served your purpose! I have no more need of you! Be gone!

Reiko: Stop! I didn't come here to fight you! I came to save you! Demon Emperor: Gah, shut up! Silence!!

Demon Emperor: ...Wh-why... Why have I been defeated... I don't understand...

Reiko: ...Ideo, you poor thing... I wanted to save you... Ah, Ring of Liberation is glowing.

Reiko: This is the mind of him... the Demon Emperor... Ideo Hazama... It seems the power of Ring of Liberation has brought us inside his mind. It looks like if we come back here, we can get out again. If his Mind World and the Makai still haven't fallen apart, then we haven't saved him yet...

Reiko: Why is Ms. Kayama from the nurse's office the only one left? Demon Emperor: Sh-shut up! Reiko, are you still going to pretend you understand everything about me? Fool...

Reiko: We have to defeat the true monster hiding in his Mind World...