"Chobits," muttered Minoru. Chii and Hideki had long since gone home, but he was still sitting in
front of the monitor, staring at pictures of the Chobits Series. Chobit "01"...Chii. Chobit "02"...Chu.
Chobit "03"...Shii. Chobit "04"...Shu. And the still-unnamed Chobit "05". What was the connection
between the mysterious Chobit and Yuzuki? Chobit "05" was the mirror image of Yuzuki, just not
with the same coloring or clothing. But the resemblance was still there. Minoru was confused.
"What do you want with my persocon?" he whispered, running his fingers over the monitor. "What
do you want with Yuzuki?" Of course, he didn't get an answer. He wondered idly where those other
two Chobits were, when suddenly a message window popped up on his screen. He clicked on it,
scanning the few lines.
"You seemed interested in knowing more about the Chobit "01" that I sent you a picture of," it read.
"So I went looking, and found more information. See the attached files." Minoru downloaded the
files and opened them up. The first one was a startling full-color picture of the Chobits "01" through
"04". Sure enough, the first two exactly resembled Chii and Chu. The next picture was a color
drawing of Chobit "05"...dubbed "Shizuki". She was exactly as Yuzuki had described, with white
hair in two braids, and glowing orange eyes. The dress was just like in Yuzuki's description as well.
Minoru quickly closed the image, unable to stand looking at it any more, and went on to the third. A
video clip. Against his better judgment, he played it.
"Chobits," intoned a female voice. "Supercomputers of legend. Shaped like humans, but with free
will. Supposedly, there are only four..." A picture of the first four came onto the screen. "But a fifth
has recently been discovered." The picture of Chobit "05" appeared. "No one knows now how many
Chobits there are, but these five are the only ones that are known about. If you or someone you
know has one of these Chobits, please contact Karasu Kinamoto at this address." The clip ended on
an email address. Minoru copied it down and closed the video window. "Looks like I've found a
lead," he murmured.
"Email sent." Yuzuki's eyes opened fully and she looked over at Minoru. She had been acting
slightly weird ever since telling him about Shizuki, afraid that he would try to distance himself from
her. He forced a smile and took a sip of his tea. "Thank you, Yuzuki," he said. "You can disconnect
now. Oh - wait." Another message window had popped up. He opened it.
"Minoru Kokubunji-san," it read. "I am Karasu Kinamoto. Thank you for contacting me. You and
Hideki Motosuwa-san must come to see me, and bring your persocons. The address is as follows.
Please copy it somewhere safe and delete this e-mail right away." Minoru did just that, and allowed
Yuzuki to disconnect from the net. "We need to call Motosuwa-san," he said.