Once again, the classmates arrive back into the moody-feeling Archived Dystopia. "Well… That was certainly a field trip all right…" Kioko was the first to walk out of the bus.
After everyone had left the bus, Bmon was the last to walk out of the bus. Only to be immediately punched by a seemingly random individual. "W-What the hell!?"
Ayame's eyes widened. "K-Kaito, wait!"
He glanced at Ayame before looking at Bmon again. "...You idiot! You couldn't protect a single person if you tried, much less Ayame!"
Bmon blinked momentarily. "What… Are you talking about?"
"A-Are you really that dense, Bmon?" Daisuke questioned.
"...I don't know what he's talking about."
Kaito sighed. "You know damn well what I'm talking about… You let Ayame be taken as a hostage, even if you managed to save her."
"...And, how was I supposed to stop that from happening exactly? It's not like I can "Enhance" like Kaede…"
Kaito looked at Ayame before pouting. "A-Ayame, you tell him! He shouldn't let you get hurt…"
Ayame nervously laughed. "...S-Sorry about him, Bmon… He's… overprotective of me."
"It's fine. …I guess?"
Kaito sighed before shaking Bmon's hand. "My name is Kaito, I run the… I'm not sure what you call it actually but it's called Kaito's Rarities. I guess the closest thing you can compare it to is a pawn shop?"
"...A pawn shop you say?"
"I don't know what else to compare it to… It sells things that are very difficult to find, hence the name." He shrugged.
"Oh…"
… "Wait. How did you know that Ayame briefly became a hostage?"
Kaito looked at him for a moment before blinking. "...I told her to have a camera on her most of the time?"
"I-Isn't that an invasion of privacy? Dumbass…"
"It's not like that… I told her to not take the camera with her into places like her room, and any other private areas."
"...What if she forgets to get rid of it…?" Bmon facepalmed before sighing.
"Anyway… I'll see you later, Kaito… I will try my best not to let Ayame get into a situation like that again, but I can't really do much if someone sneaks up on her…"
Kaito made a judging face before sighing. "F-Fine…" He waved before walking off, seemingly to go back to his store.
A few hours later…
Back at Kuroshi High, Kaede walked into the classroom covered in bandages. "...So, as we all just experienced… Going outside Archived Dystopia is scary, so I advise you not to ever go outside the city ever again."
"...Wait, why can't we go out of Archived Dystopia? Wouldn't whoever that was just come here?" Tsubasa asked.
"Well. Yes, but there is a lot of law enforcement around the city… I don't think they can do anything too rash."
Kuromi raised her hand. "K-Kaede, are you all right…? You're still covered in bandages after Haruki healed you…"
Kaede shook her head slightly. "I-I'm fine… Haruki's ability to heal can't fully heal someone, not unless he learns how to "Enhance"… And even then, he would only be able to use it once before passing out I think…"
"In other words, I'm fine. But it hurts, a LOT. So… Class is dismissed for today, but um… In the coming weeks when I'm not, in immense pain… We will be speeding up my lessons on Resonants."
She silently left the room. "S-So… Karaoke night, anyone?" Aoi asked.
"Sure… It would definitely be a change of pace from what just happened." Hiroyuki replied, Arata nodded. "Yeah! Let's have some fun singing, you in Bmon?"
Arata looked at Bmon's desk. "...Bmon? Where did he go?" The others shrugged. "Daisuke and Kana aren't here either…" Koharu replied.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the school.
Bmon, Kana and Daisuke all sighed. "Jeez… What a horrible day." Daisuke said.
"Look guys, it's a ghost!" Kana pointed.
"...I'm sorry, what do you mean? Benjiro isn't here-" Bmon glanced at where Kana was pointing, sure enough. There was a ghost looking at them from the sky.
Before they could react, it screeched at them. "O-Ok, that's not one of Benjiro's ghosts!" Bmon began running toward the door, Daisuke and Kana followed close behind.
As soon as they got inside they slammed the door shut. "This city gets weirder every day… No one told me there were actual POLTERGEISTS wandering around…"
Suddenly, they heard strange noises coming from the other side of the door before silence followed. Bmon got curious and peeked through the door, standing on the rooftop was Infinimon who seemed to have a cube in his hand.
"...Y-You uh… Did you deal with the ghost?" Bmon questioned.
He nodded in response. "See this cube? It can contain spirits so long as I am breathing… It's a neat little contraption I had a friend of mine make a couple years ago before I entered this city…"
The three blinked momentarily. "Y-You… Have friends?" Daisuke asked.
"H-How rude… I may be immortal, but I'm not gonna NOT make friends just because I know they'll die before I die…" Infinimon scoffed.
Bmon stood there silently before an idea popped into his head. "Hey, Infinimon… was it? Do you happen to have more inventions that you could let us… Borrow, for protection of course…"
Infinimon tilted his head slightly in consideration. "I mean, sure… But what would you possibly need my friends' inventions for anyway?"
Bmon explained to Infinimon what had happened at Camp FallWoods. After listening, he nodded. "...I see. I guess my inventions would help you quite a bit. I'll see if my friend can't make a few things that will help you."
Bmon nodded. "Thanks… That would be a great help."
"No problem. Anyway, I need to go do some stuff at the arcade… It's almost 5 pm and that's when it gets really packed in there…" Infinimon jumped off the roof and flew toward the arcade.
The three's eyes widened momentarily. "D-Did he just fly?" Kana asked.
"...I-I guess so? I don't know if that's because of his immortality or if that's his Resonant…? Does he even have a Resonant?" Bmon questioned.
"Bmon, he fired a huge ass laser earlier this week. Remember? I don't think immortality can do that…" Daisuke said.
Bmon sighed before they walked back down into the school.
Half a week passed. Kaede stood in front of the class, grabbing notes. "Okay… As I said previously, we will now begin my lessons on how to utilize the power of "Resonant" further… It may take a few months, however…"
"H-Huh!? A few months?!" The class collectively shouted.
"Y-Yeah I know… But just in case something like that happens again, I would rather not be beaten into the concrete again…" Kaede explained.
Thus, over the course of the next 2 months… The classmates of Class 4-C began their technical "Training", However…
One month after Bmon had begun Kaede's training lessons… Bmon walked into a convenience store, and the person at the register told him "Welcome." As he browsed to get a few items.
He checked out moments later and began to walk toward the exit, as a strange man came into the store at the same time.
Bmon glanced back at the man as he had walked out of the store. "...Who the hell was that? He didn't seem like any person I've seen around here…" He shrugged. "Whatever…" He walked back home as the air around Archived Dystopia seemed to shift slightly.