It was obvious that everyone was concerned about Haseo, but no one really confronted him about it. They'd ask if he was alright, sure, but after he yelled at them no one bothered to ask again. He was a weapon, and it wouldn't do to get him too upset. He'd be like an open invitation for AIDA. So they kept quiet. Atoli and Endrance, who wanted to know so desperately what was wrong. Bo, who was still hurt, and Saku, who wanted to know why Haseo would do that to her brother. Silabus, who wanted everything to go back to normal, who didn't want to become a guildmaster, not again. And Yata, who was sending Pi to investigate so many things about the player behind Haseo, so that G.U. wouldn't lose Skeith.
After awhile, everyone had accepted there was something wrong with Haseo and moved on. There was nothing more that could be done.
But then, they'd ask if maybe they should have done more, when Haseo hadn't logged on for over a week. If only Atoli had kept asking if Haseo was okay, if only Endrance had told Haseo that he was there and that Haseo could tell him if anything was wrong, if only Yata had kept a closer eye on Haseo, if only Pi hadn't been such a condescending old hag, if only, if only...
After nine days with no sign of Haseo, Yata finally looked up Haseo's player information and investigated himself. Maybe the player Misaki Ryou had exams. Maybe Misaki Ryou was on vacation with his family. Maybe, maybe, a world of maybes.
But the cold hard truth, Yata discovered, was that Misaki Ryou had died. He had a condition that was similar to meningitis, and it seemed as though he had had it for years. Had it for years and hadn't been treating it; probably hadn't even noticed it.
The condition might have been brought on by Skeith possessing Misaki Ryou all those years ago. Or maybe Misaki had been born with it, or had gotten it sometime during his youth.
Nevertheless, Yata had to tell the members of G.U. what had happened. He told Pi at first, who then told the rest of the members, who in turn told the members of Canard. And they in turn told the rest of The World, because Haseo had died. The Arena Emperor, the only one to be the undefeated champ of all three rings, no longer existed. He wouldn't be able to re-login. Wouldn't be able to hit the reset button.
And so Yata visited Misaki Ryou's gravesite, and a day later logged into Haseo's account, just to see if he could activate Skeith.
Misaki Ryou no longer existed, but the threat of AIDA was ever so real.