SGS Museum:
"Absolutely not!" Mr. Voice reacted to the proposal.
"Didn't I say so?" Masumi reminded everyone.
"The Jaryuu Tribe have caused us as much trouble as it is." Mr. Voice added.
"But if we let them work on our side, maybe we can teach them to collect Precious to keep them out of harm's way." Souta reasoned.
"Not to mention that the Tribe is not too bright." Sakura argued, "They're that smart to even try and trick us."
"I'd still think we shouldn't take them too lightly." Eiji said.
"We won't have to." Satoru suggested, "Indeed, we can't be too sure they won't be trying anything, but if we have them working for us, it would be easier for us to keep an eye on them."
"And eventually have the Jaryuus trust Natsuki-tachi? Like Masumi-chan and me?" Natsuki wondered.
"So we'll be going through that again." Masumi said.
"Another one to train, nother adventure." Satoru spoke.
"I see the six of you have already made up your minds about this." Mr. Voice said.
"Speaking of which, where's our seventh guy?" Souta asked.
"Last time I saw him, he went to see Makino-sensei." Sakura replied, "His changer needed repairs."
"He'll know our pain then." Eiji remarked.
"Wasn't that a few hours ago?" Masumi questioned.
"Masumi is right." Natsuki agreed, "So where's Verne-san now?"
"Do you know where he is?" Satoru asked Mr. Voice.
"Without his changer, it's hard for me to try and track him." he replied, flatly.
Verne was sitting in what appeared to be the museum's own video-room. In it, he was watching some disc, where apparently images from outer space was recorded. At some point, somebody entered the room, carrying another box filled with more of these discs.
This surprised Verne: "Exactly how much did Red and Pink shoot when they were in space?"
"Be glad that Red-kun wanted this to be recorded." the other person replied, "But tell me, what do you hope to find?"
"Nothing." was Verne's answer.
"Then why are you looking through all this?" that person asked him.
"Let's just keep it at me having a wild theory in my head which I'm trying to prove wrong." Verne answered, "That's why I hope to find nothing."
"And as always, you keep people out of the dark on what you're doing." that other person remarked.
"Just like you keep people in the dark about who you are." Verne replied, "So who are you to complain."
"I have my reasons to keep myself hidden." that other person reacted.
"I'm sure you do." Verne responded.
"We've been through this so many times before." the other person retorted.
"And you never listened any of those times." Verne bit back.
"Look!" the other person exclaimed, "The only reason I'm helping you with this is because you're the closest thing to a friend that I have. Please don't make me regret it."
"Maybe you shouldn't have allowed me to join SGS then." Verne replied.
To this, the other person didn't know what to, and left the room. With this, Verne looked back at the screen and continued his search.
"I really hope I'm wrong." he mumbled to himself.
THE END