Takina noticed her new partner not paying attention to the tower. Really, she noticed Chisato's reluctance to talk about the Radio Tower in general. Curious to find out more, Takina turned to her.

"Chis-"

"Alright! I suppose we should get moving again! Takina..?"

"Chisato."

"Y-yeah?" Chisato turned to see Takina, but still her eyes were focused elsewhere.

"Did something happen in there?"

Chisato already knew what she was referring to, but still she did not want to experience it again. Sweat fell down as she turned about, and pretended she heard something in order to cover it up.

"She's…a…monster…"

"Majima…the button.."

A green haired man scrambled about as he was relentlessly shot at by a girl with a red uniform. As the girl chased after him, he picked up a switch and pressed on it hard. Immediately, explosives planted around the tower were set off as the tower started to collapse.

"Chisato. The Radio Tower is being destroyed, escape the building now."

Chisato kneeled down and pressed a finger to a communications device placed in her outer ear, and spoke back.

"Miss Kusunoki, it is not too late to kill off the last criminal, I-"

"These are your orders. Priority is to have you alive and without major injury, Chisato."

"Understood..I shall leave at this instant."

A helicopter flew on the outside as the man escaped as the sole survivor as a large pillar fell between them, and Chisato ran off to flee from the destruction.

"All that went on…" Chisato responded, turning around with a smile on her face, "was that the other Lycoris and I stopped those criminals! Well…I guess it was inevitable that the tower ended up like that."

The two stood in silence, with only the sound of birds chirping about and kids playing around.

"Come on Takina..more people need help!"

"Alright, where to next?"

—

"We're home!"

"Welcome back, Chisato, and Takina." Mika walked out from the back and was behind the counter.

"Get this, get this! I had so much fun with Takina today! There was this lady who needed help, but she didn't realize she accidentally took a picture of the arms deal from the other day…" Chisato went on and on to Mika as he listened with joy on his face. Meanwhile, Takina took this time to explore the cafe as they spoke. She found several rooms, and in one of them Mizuki was sitting on the floor. Several magazines were scattered around, with titles like 'Find Your Beauty', and 'Top Makeup Brands'.

Takina only stood there with her classical neutral face, as Mizuki stared back. The two were stuck in a standoff battle, with the situation processing within their heads.

"You're still on th-"

"Yes, I'm still trying! I still have yet to find my man, and Chisato made me want to boost up!"

Takina still stood in the hallway.

"Takina! Sorry, I was on a roll talking with Mika! What're you…doing…"

Chisato stopped in her tracks as she found Mizuki surrounded by beauty magazines. Takina looked up to see Chisato.

"Ah…so you don't want to be a comedist, Mizuki?" She said, with a smug smirk on her face as she was about to laugh.

"Get outta here, red girl!" Mizuki spoke as she flinged a hairband towards Chisato, which instead hit Takina.

"Hehehe…" the red lycoris snickered, running away before Mizuki started throwing more.

Takina had a very intriguing first day, with the top Lycoris around. Still, she couldn't help but feel that something was off…

'I guess it's just my expectations that were completely denied which seems wrong. I should…ask her or her teacher, Mika, for more.'

—

The following day, Takina went over to LycoReco once again, as she walked in on Mika briefing with Chisato. But first, Takina went into the back to change and prepare for the mission ahead of them. She opened her locker to find her typical blue uniform, and remembered the color for Chisato; her uniform was red.

Once done with changing, Takina came out of the back room and found Chisato sitting on the floor-loading her bullets, which Takina saw were non-lethal the other day. Then, she flinched a little and stood up.

"I forgot my third spare magazine! Hold on, Takina, I'll get it from the back and we'll go then!"

Chisato rushed behind the counter and out of sight as she tried to find the magazine for her non-lethal pistol. Meanwhile, Takina found this as a swift opportunity to gther more information.

"Teacher, I have some inquiries."

"Go ahead, I'm here for you all."

"Why does Chisato, possibly the best Lycoris, use bullets which do not kill? DA grants us permission to kill on sight, should it be the mission or an obstacle prevents you from completing your mission."

"First of all, Takina, this isn't DA. Chisato doesn't directly work for them. And…I don't believe she wants to tell you the reason, if you don't know why she uses those bullets-which I've created for her. Unfortunately, since she hasn't, I don't believe I can tell you about what happened."

"Tell who what?" Chisato asked, coming back into the room earlier than Takina would've liked.

"..." Takina couldn't come to ask her again, after what Mika just explained.

"The mission, Chisato. You two need to head to the mission as soon as possible."

"Right on, teach! Come on Takina, I'll fill you in on the way if he hadn't told you!"

The two hurried off in a rush once again, as they did yesterday. As the door closed, Mika remembered some of his dealings with Mr. Yoshi.

"Even this breakthrough heart has its flaws. It won't be able to sustain much after Chisato reaches adulthood."

'Takina, if you truly wish to find out the reason, you need to get Chisato to loosen up and tell you.'

—

"So, we need to protect this…mascot?"

"No idea what he looks like in person," sighed Chisato, "but someone needs help."

"It says we're going to need to be on the move…so we have to drive in a car."

"Oooh! A car! I wanna drive it!"

"No, I'm going to be the one."

"Eh? Why do you get to be the one…can you actually drive?"

"Of course, you wouldn't be a Lycoris without it…"

As the two walked into the parking lot, Chisato spotted something marvelous.

"WOAH! A supa car! I want to be the one to drive it! Supa car!"

Just then, a small car flew over the fence as it backed up to meet the two girls. Then, the window rolled down as a giant dog costume with a suitcase looked towards them.

"Wal-"

"Nut."

"We gotta go, I'm being chased already!"

"Eh?! Wai-What about the Supa Car?! I want to be in the Supa Car!"

The three drove off as the legendary Supa Car was ignored, tears falling from its headlights.

"This is…strange for a supposed hacker. Why are you in this kind of costume?" Chisato spoke, still sad about the Supa Car.

"If my face is protected, I'm more likely to live longer. A little assassin girl dressed in a school costume is a lot more strange."

"Says the Bear.." Takina struck back.

"Takina, that's a Dog," Chisato smirked and giggled.

"It's a Squirrel."

"Chisato…I have a question," Takina started, ignoring what the hacker had said, "your uniform is red, right?"

"Yes yes! I think it's a great color to go with my hairband."

"What does that stand for?"

"Red…I've never thought about it. I suppose it means eliteness, hehe. That must mean I'm as good as those elites at DA!"

As Chisato thought about it a little, Takina only sighed as she knew just a little of what Chisato was capable of. Then, the car started to swerve.

"Oi, oi! What's happening?"

"Must be Robota, my nemesis hacker. He's improved."

"Hey! We're heading right into the ocean!"

—

"Hey! There they are!"

"What kind of mess have we gotten into…" Takina muttered.

Gunfire rained across the abandoned supermarket, as Takina hid behind the hacker's valuable suitcase and Chisato ran across the aisles to shoot. The three barely escaped falling into the waters, and were now battling their pursuers.

"Hey! Don't use that for cover!" The dog-bear-squirrel said.

As the two kept firing, the enemies who were after the hacker retreated slightly. While chasing after them into a hallway, Chisato found a man with a rifle about to fire at her, as Takina and the squirrel backed away so as not to get hit.

As the rifle fired fast rounds, Chisato only stepped to the side slightly each bullet, and none of them ended up hitting her. Firing back her non-lethal rounds, the man fell to the ground as it was revealed he had a bullet wound.

"Oi, oi, hold it right there little guy. I'm going to patch that right up."

"Hey, what're you-"

"Don't move, unless you want to be shot more?"

"..."

"Chisato. We need to get moving."

"He's going to die."

"Hurry it up, I feel like reinforcements are coming."

"I'll meet you there, just go ahead now."

The large mascot and Blue Lycoris dashed off at a mediocre speed, as not to let Chisato too far behind.

"So? What're you doing tonight? Who are you gonna eat dinner with?"

"...My family," the man responded.

"Make sure you get some Iron in there, and everyone that I shot will be fine."

As Chisato got up from bandaging the wounded man, he suddenly spoke out.

"That way…the hacker is there…our men are there…don't go outside."

Realizing the devastating possibilities, Chisato jumped up and ran where Takina and Walnut went.

"Takina! Hacker! Don't go out there! There's enemies!"

Takina heard the warning, but it was too late. Their hacker opened the door, and stepped outside. Instantly, a gun was shot into his chest and tablet. Then, even more gunshots were fired all around his body, and the hacker fell to the ground, a large amount of blood spilling from the costume.

Gasping heavily for air, Chisato remembered.

She remembered the sights inside the tower.

She remembered what Red truly meant.