"Have you all had your rest and recovered?" Kamui asked the four teenagers who now converged in his office. After their report he had forced them all to rest and recover and report to him when they were ready. Surprisingly enough, they had all been in his office as soon as they had finished breakfast the next morning. Even Kanda was present, though a silent presence as he leaned against the wall by the bookshelf and refused to join Allen, Lenalee and Lavi's conversation.

All four answered him in confirmation and he pulled out the files he had prepared over the night.

"I am sorry, but your mystery girl in the picture has not been recorded in any database that I used." He paused as all their eyes went to the folder in his hands and continued. "But I was able to determine where exactly the picture was taken."

"Really?" Lavi asked in surprise even as Allen walked forward and took the file, opening it even as Kamui began to elaborate.

"We were only able to because there was a special flower in the background of the picture that doesn't grow just anywhere in the world and helped us narrow down an area. Though it is terribly far. "

"'Garmedia'?" Allen asked, as if tasting the word in curiosity, and Komui nodded gravely.

"It is a land that is quite different from ours. There is a natural barrier that mostly separates their lands from some of the rest of the world so they do not rely on the Order but on another organization. There are even rumors that their technology advancements are centuries passed ours. All in all, it is nearly a completely different world out there. I was thinking of sending finders out there first-"

"No." the four teens spoke immediately, surprising Kamui and apparently each other for a moment. An odd silence filled the room and Kamui slowly began to continue.

"But I decided that it may take too long for the Finders to retrieve information so I, instead, attached your names on this mission and added some finders."

The four looked surprised now and Kamui almost sighed aloud.

"If needed, only Allen and Lavi can-"

"No."

"I'm going!"

Both Kanda and Lenalee looked at each other for a moment but Kamui instantly turned toward his little sister and began to speak.

"That is a very far and dangerous voyage you'd be taking, Lenalee. I don't think-"

"Brother," his sister cut him off, her voice soft but steady. "If this girl really is the reason for the new advancement of akuma, then when we find her, she might be in danger." Kamui looked at her in some confusion, along with the other males in the room.

"Well, of course she migh-"

"And who do you think she will confide in better once we finally meet or save her?"

A pause as all the males in the room thought on the subject matter.

"I...see," Kamui spoke aloud, not really knowing how to best that explanation. He cleared his throat. "Then, maybe Lavi should-"

"Actually," the red-head spoke and Kamui wondered if he was ever going to be able to finish his thoughts. "I should go also because this is a very important moment in history. After all, what kind of bookman would I be if I didn't gain a first-hand account of this phenomenon occurring and of it's cause. It would wound and maybe tarnish a completely important aspect for our future. I cannot even imagining letting such a horrible event occur." A look toward Kamui. "And I definitely wouldn't want to be the one responsible for taking away something so important for research."

Allen eyed Lavi with a sideways "do-you-really-think-he'll-buy-that" look even as Lenalee tried to keep her pleasant mask on her face as her brother seemed to have a mini-heart-attack at Lavi's words.

"W-well," the older male said, trying to keep the tremble out of his face even as he turned toward Allen. "Then, maybe Allen can-"

"Are you sure about that?" Lavi asked, placing his elbow on Allen's shoulder even as the white-haired male looked over at him- and at his hidden smirk of evil as he continued, his voice sounding completely innocent. "We're going to be in an entirely new world. There may even be new akuma we've never seen before! In fact, Allen's eye might be the only thing saving us from life and death! What are you thinking?" he asked dramatically.

If Kamui was pale before, he wasn't even on the skin scale anymore as all color bled out of his face. Lenalee was tempted to tell her brother that Lavi was simply doing it to make him react but Lavi pressed his forefinger to his lips even as their commander turned shakingly toward the silent, dark-haired male leaning against the wall by the bookshelf. He looked almost frail as he spoke.

"Kanda?"

"I'm going." The iced, dark voice held no argument seemed to shatter the frail leader with a force as unrelenting as Lavi's hammer and that had Kamui defeatedly watching as the teens in the room began planning their trip.

Thinking seriously, Kamui made sure that he would send them with the best of his finders and planned to have them check in at every checkpoint. He didn't want to pull rank, but he was also worried. Yet, he would trust his children, even if something in his gut lurched and warred against such an ideal.

He had to trust them not only as his children, but also as exorcists of the Black Order.

...

Gareki felt the air in the Research Tower an tried not to let it affect him. Fear and despair filled the air and Gareki tried to shake it off as he made his way toward the top floors where the leaders of Circus were meeting. The data screen in his hands didn't even feel real as he made his way up. The results he had been given by Ako just didn't seen possible and he could feel his gut churning as he got closer to the room.

It had been a day since the attack on Suzume, in which Circus and its agents had engaged varuga of some types that they had never seen before. Just watching from the monitors had left Gareki scarred as he remembered hearing the screams as entire groups of innocents had been turned to attacked by some giant creature and actually turned to dust. As if they had never existed in the first place. It had given Gareki chills and had even nearly killed some Circus agents. Both Tsukumo and Keichi had quickly recovered but almost the entire town of Suzume had been destroyed and no one felt safe.

"Gareki?"

Gareki blinked, finding himself in front of the doors of the room. Tsukumo and Jiki seemed to be watching him and he realized he had been staring out into space. He felt his face flush immediately but hid it by directing the agents' attention to the data screen in his hands.

"Give this to Dr. Akari," he said simply, forcing the uninterested persona as best he could as Tsukumo nodded. He turned, part of him hesitating enough to hear the voices that filled the hall as Tsukumo opened the door of the room to give Akari the data.

Tsukitachi.

Hirato.

Dr. Akari.

And...Tokitatsu?