Ever since Hajime disbanded the guild, Chiaki had to adapt. She spent the following days training all by herself. In about three days Chiaki had leveled up 10 times. Sure enough she became infamous for her skills. Everyday the front liners asked her to join them and everyday she declined. Even though she wanted to free everyone from the game she refused to be the front liners puppet. So to make up for it Chiaki would unlock the floors on her own.
That day Chiaki scouted the newest floor for where the boss was. Along the way though she saw a bunch of monsters about to kill someone. Without a second of hesitation, Chiaki launched an attack on the monsters. As she battled the monsters the person laid stunned by the battle before him. Five minutes passed before Chiaki killed every single monster. She took some time to breathe before approaching the person she saved. "Are you okay?" Chiaki asked. "You shouldn't worry about trash like me" the boy said "are you okay?". "I'm fine" Chiaki replied "what's your name?". "Nagito" the boy answered "are you perhaps the legendary Chiaki everyone's talking about". "Yep" Chiaki said. "In that case" nagito said as he stood up "could I join your party". There it was. The question everybody asked her, but this time it felt different. It sounded more earnest and sincere than all those other times. "Why do you want to join my party?" Chiaki asked. "I want to help you get to the 100th floor" nagito said "it's okay if you don't want to be associated with trash like me". "No it's not that" Chiaki said . Chiaki thought it over a bit before answering. "You can join my party" Chiaki said. "How wonderfully beautiful" nagito said "I promise to do whatever I can to help".
After Chiaki befriended nagito the he invited Chiaki to dinner on the 24th floor. There they talked strategy. "So what class are you" Chiaki asked. "I'm a healer" nagito said. "So I'm very good at support roles". "Do you have any experience with fighting?" Chiaki asked. "Not really but I am good at inflicting status ailments" nagito said. "Okay then if you can give status ailments to the monsters and keep my hp in the green while I defeat it" Chiaki said "that should be the most efficient strategy". "That's amazing" nagito said "you really are the ultimate gamer everyone says you are". "What would you like" the waitress asked. "I'll take the caviar with salmon" nagito said. "Just the fetachini Alfredo for me" Chiaki said. "Okay coming up" the waitress said before leaving. "That was an expensive dish are you sure you'll have enough money after this" Chiaki asked. "Oh don't worry I'm actually pretty rich" nagito said "all because I won the lottery". "You must be pretty lucky" Chiaki said. "I guess I am" nagito laughed.
After dinner the two parted ways, Chiaki returned to her apartment. Ever since Hajime left the place felt so empty. Slowly Chiaki prepared for bed by switching into her pajamas. However she kept the angelic bow around her neck. Once she was ready she slipped into her soft pink bed. As she eased into sleep she wondered how Hajime was doing and a part of her hoped he'd come back soon. Finally she drew one last breath before falling asleep.