"How did you know we were going to ask about Lily?" Kaito questioned the girl.

"Because that's probably the only reason why people would come to me," Gumi answered, "Last time it was those stupid police, then there were these crazy fans of Lily, and then there was Leon and his partner…"

"Wait," Len cut in, "My dad came here before?"

Gumi stopped and observed Len from head to toe, "You two do share some resemblance…You're Len Strife? That famous guy with tons of IQ and the one who is currently dating a blonde girl, you're Len Strife?"

"Date—What?" Len shouted, "I'm not dating Rin! She's just…"

"Oh, so her name's Rin," Gumi turned towards Rin and looked at her, "Nice name. You two are perfect together."

"I told him that, he didn't believe me," Kaito told Gumi, "They are the perfect pair, don't you think?"

"I agree," Gumi nodded with a smile.

"Exactly what were we talking about again?" Len asked, a bit frustrated.

"Whether you and your girlfriend there should get married," Gumi smiled, "Now, I'm guessing Lily sent out a riddle that you guys couldn't take care of, so you came looking for me so that I could help your riddle in some ways, right?"

Len took out his notebook and showed it to Gumi.

Gumi stared at the riddle for a few seconds, a smile appeared on her face, "I didn't know Lily was interested in gaming."

"Well, neither did us." Rin replied, "Anything you can make out of this?"

Gumi closed her eyes, as if searching for answers in her messed-up brain, "If her riddle is made out of one paragraph, the first line would be the target, the second and third line would be how she steals it, and the fourth line would be how it ends. If the riddle has two paragraphs, the first and second line would be the target, the third line would be connected to the fifth and sixth line, the fourth line would be connected to the seventh and eighth line."

"Which means…"Rin snatched the notebook away, took out a pencil and started writing.

The last resort for the last fantasy,
The greatest blacksmith killed the angel that went crazy.
A creed of the third killer and the using of the code,
The devil that refuses to cry and the missing show.

The sky of the sixth order where the full moon arrives,
The buttons to be inputted, reversed for a surprise.
Heaven or hell, the strike to end it forever,
When the glitch occurs, it's game over.

"On the first part, we have Final Fantasy VII, with the blacksmith and the angel as a hint of the target. A creed of the third killer and the sky of the sixth order would be together. The code is buttons inputted backwards. The devil that refuses to cry and heaven or hell is…"

"Devil May Cry's difficulty!" Kaito shouted, "I've heard of it from somewhere. In this mode, both the character and the monster get only one HP, which means everything would be a one-hit kill, you get hit, and its game over."

Len kneeled down beside Rin and looked at the Riddle, "And if we put the last line and the fourth line together…The missing show is the glitch. So now we have to figure out what the sixth order means, what the code is and what kind of glitch she's talking about. And most importantly, the target."

Rin nodded, "We're going to have to do a little research on angels and blacksmiths. Let's go."

"Thanks Gumi! But we have some researching to do." Kaito shouted, "We'll come and visit you sometime! Need anything?"

"Some hot chocolate would be nice." Gumi smiled, "I want whip cream in it. Also, if they get married, be sure to invite me to their wedding party."

They were already running off.

Gumi lowered her head.

"Come on to this play, and fade away, to dance this night away.
We know, we know, the lies that you display.
An act of total pride you swore to kept in,
A dying pierrot with nothing more left to say.

A doubt designed, to go left or go right?
A truth destroyed, now which way is the lie?
Look now, it's a stage for you to shine.
So let your fear rest and let your eagerness fly.

'Cause it's the time, to leave your mask, a sickening disguise,
To show your face you hide under your own lies,
The fake love the weak you hope to guide,
A never ending agony of your useless mind.

Give up and die,
A bride casted aside,
The tide of time to show that you're denied,
Come on, can't you hear the crowd's agreement,
You're just a suffering clown in the circus of lies.

On stage to hide,
A play of life,
To say goodbye ,
A scream inside,
Come on, come on,
Come on, come on,
Come on, come on,
Come on, come on,

And cry."

Gumi laughed.

"It's such a nice song for you, don't you think so? It's called Idola's Circus. A song of mask and lies, a perfect song that fits you."

Her brain was killing her.

Every single thought was squeezed into her mind; every one of them was trying to take away her sanity, leaving her alone in the path of psychopathy, a captive of madness.

Those thoughts weren't even hers to begin with; they were the thoughts of the other nine personalities.

It was tearing her apart.

But she needs to continue running, no matter how painful it was.

Because they were catching up on her.

She wanted to call the police, she wanted to kill herself right there, she wanted to leave that hell-like place immediately, but she couldn't. She didn't have a phone, she didn't have anything to kill herself with, she didn't even know where she was.

And now, her mind was trying to take away her last bit of sanity, her last bit of hope.

Gumi swore to herself to protect this hope.

If they caught her, she would end up in the cell like those other people. Experimented, researched, observed, tested, watched, cut up, caged up like a worthless guinea pig.

She'd rather be in the mental asylum than be in this hell.

These people were interested in her brain, how she was able to control all these personalities and not let them come out. But she escaped, somehow, she escaped.

And here she was, being chased by a group of people in the middle of a forest.

There was no place for her to hide, no people to help her. Her legs were filled with pain, she was running out of breath, every muscle in her body was yelling for her to stop, but her brain was calling out for her to keep on running. At least, a part of her brain was doing that, the other parts were chatting about Pokémon.

"Over here! I see her!"

She turned around and looked.

A man was aiming a tranquilizer gun at her.

"Nowhere to run, you little—WHAT THE…!"

A woman flew out of nowhere and hit the man with her elbow. As fast as the woman could, she snatched the gun and attacked the man with the back of it. She kicked him in the stomach before he fell to the ground to make sure he was out. All of this happened so fast that Gumi didn't have time to react to it.

The woman was around twenty, young and beautiful. Her silky gold hair shone under the moonlight, but it was still too dark to see her face. Her white tuxedo seemed to fit her very well, showing her curved hips and long skinny legs. She looked so elegant and perfect that Gumi felt ashamed.

"Who are—?"

Before Gumi could ask anything, the woman picked her up and ran.

"Don't close them up, talk to them, know them, be friends with them. That way, your head wouldn't hurt so much," The woman whispered into Gumi's ears.

Gumi was surprised to find someone else knowing about her situation other than those men, she was scared for a moment, asking herself if this woman was also out to catch her. But the woman's voice was so soft and comforting that Gumi wasn't even afraid of her.

Then she realized something, she was weighing at least 120 pounds, how exactly had this woman managed to carry her while running?

Maybe she's a goddess, Gumi thought to herself.

She felt safe in the hands of this woman, so safe that she was starting to doze off. But she reminded herself that she was still in danger. Those men might still be out there, finding her. This woman might have saved her, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't do any harm to her later.

But tiredness was really tempting her to sleep.

"I'll bring you somewhere safe, don't worry."

The woman's voice was so beautiful, like a lullaby.

At last, Gumi fell asleep.

By the time Gumi woke up, she was in a mental asylum, safe and sound. She followed the woman's advice and talked to the other personalities, it worked and they start to quiet down a little.

She looked around her room and found a rack of books, a bed and a table with papers and pencils inside the drawer.

She reached under her pillow and found a letter.

Dear Gumi,

I'm sorry you have to go through all that, but I want you to know that you are now safe. The asylum will take good care of you, I've seen to that. I have also got some books for you, just in case you are bored. If you need any more books, you can tell the doctors, they will assist you as long as you need it.

Singing should help you calm down. I heard you love singing, maybe those other personalities like it too. You can get the doctors there to introduce new songs to you whenever you like it.

I'm sorry I can't help you in any other ways, I'm a bit busy, and I have a kid to take care of. She's a cute little girl, just like you. But apparently, cute girls are a bit bothersome.

Also, don't tell anyone I saved you, ok?

The message will self-destruct in 10 seconds, nah, just kidding,
Lily.

Gumi smiled as she remembers the memories of the beautiful woman that once saved her.

"Your daughter is indeed cute," Gumi said to herself, "She looks exactly like you, beautiful, elegant, sweet, clever…"

"…I miss you, Lily."

"Found anything yet?" Kaito asked.

"Nope," Len replied, "I've searched every possible in-game codes or cheats; I've looked up every possible connection with Assassin's Creed and sixth order. There wasn't anything that might be connected to the riddle. But I did found something interesting, it's a code and..."

"Guys," Rin called out, "You might want to see this."

Rin was looking at an article that she randomly found on Google, it was an article about a sword.

"It is about seven feet long, wielded by the famous antagonist in Final Fantasy VII. Sounds familiar to you?" Rin asked.

"The Masamune," Kaito called out, "Why?"

"Because it's named after this guy," Rin clicked on another tab and showed them another article. "Gorō Nyūdō Masamune, known as Japan's greatest sword smith. The sword wielded by Sephiroth (The antagonist in Final Fantasy VII) was called Masamune, and Sephiroth was the angel that went crazy. The blacksmith and the angel, we might have a clue what Lily's going to steal now."

"A sword made by this person?" Kaito asked.

"Probably." Rin replied, "And now we just need to know which one."

"If so, you can leave that to me," Kaito smiled, "I'll get my…people to search for that."

He took out a phone and pressed a few buttons while walking out of the room, as if not letting both Rin and Len hear his conversation.

"I need something to drink; they got anything in this hotel?" Rinto asked.

"Downstairs, I think there are some bottles of wine in it." Len replied.

"Finally!" Rinto sighed, then he stood up and left the two genius inside the room. It was quiet for a while after the two left, Len wanted to break the silence, but he couldn't do anything but stare at Rin.

"So…You were saying you found something about a code?" Rin asked.

Rin was so beautiful, her pink lips, her starry eyes, her smooth hair, her attractive nose and perfect chin. Everything about her was just…

"Len?" Rin called out.

"Oh…right…" Len snapped back, turned around and placed his laptop in front of Rin. "In a game called Bioshock Infinite, which was released in 2013, there was a way to unlock a difficulty mode in the game called the 1999 mode. You can finish the game to unlock it, or press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, cancel, confirm. The 1999 mode…"

"Wait, repeat what you just said!" Rin shouted out suddenly.

"…The game was called Bioshock Infinite?" Len asked.

"No!" Rin smiled, "Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start! That's the…"

"Konami code!" Len realized, "I've heard it from Rinto before! So, if it's reversed…"

"Start, A, B, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up." Rin tried to think for an answer.

"Wait, could it mean… Since the A button mostly means to jump, and the B button probably means to attack, could it mean, Start, jump, attack, and then Lily will start running in those directions." Len told Rin about his theory.

"It works perfectly!" Rin shouted in delight, "Len, you're a genius!"

"Everybody's been telling me that since I was six." Len smiled.

"Well, have you ever let another genius tell you that?" Rin asked.

"Yes, about ten seconds ago." Len replied.

Rin's smile was killing Len. It was just so beautiful that Len was starting to lose control, and it was starting to panic Len. Len has never been in such a situation, and the more he stared at Rin, the more he wanted to bury himself away so that no one would ever know about this.

"Lovebirds!" Kaito smashed into the room and shouted urgently, "Go to my house, now! You can get a room later!"

Len glared at him, "Why do we need to go to your house?"

"Because I just found out I've played with a sword that was made by this Masamune guy when I was four years old!"