"Where… am I?", Seiki opened her eyes and asked. She did not expect a response, but one came nonetheless.

"You've broken through the mirror and have landed in Infinite DREAM (Digitally Real and Electronically Artificial Mirage/情報的本物と電子的人工の幻想), a world just like that of Elysium Eclipse, yet different from it."

"Mirror… world?"

A young girl with gleaming platinum-white hair and golden eyes, possessing an almost inhuman beauty, sat down next to Seiki and continued her speech:

"Do you know what 'Elysium Eclipse' means?"

"No… I've never thought about it until now."

"'Elysium' means 'haven' or 'paradise' and 'Eclipse' means 'to hide'. In other words, that game was designed to enclose this world. This world was meant to be a mirror image of EE hidden through its data and can be accessed through a strong Incarnate."

"Then… you're the one who…"

"Not quite, you see. This world existed for a long time before I was born. It was called by some other name though – 'Ainsophia', which means EFIL or 'enlightenment from infinite light' (無限の光から成る知恵). Now I happen to be the guardian of this place."

"…I see…"

Before Seiki was about to ask: "Who are you really?", the beauty in white stopped her with just a simple touch on her lips as if reading her mind and said:

"It's still too soon for you to meet me. You still have unfinished tasks left in that world. Go and complete those, and then return to me."

"…Right…"

"Now then, it's time for you to be off, little one. But first…"

The white girl gave Seiki a touch on her back.

"…I'll awaken the power that has remained sleeping inside you this whole time."

"…Urrgyah! What are you…"

Before she could finish that thought however, her vision went partially white. The girl in white waved at her while giving her an impish smile in response:

"Have a safe trip."

'Bwaang!', a deafening bang tore the landscape around, and white light burst out from the sky, threatening to engulf the entire world, no, EE itself. However, the light quickly receded and compressed to reveal an almost angelic figure.

The face was still obscured from the light, but the people present instinctively knew who it was. The 'key' to the mirror world herself, Kurozaka Seiki, had returned from being seemingly trapped there.

"Wh-What is this… Huh!", Arisu exclaimed in shock and…

"Se…Seiki-nee!", Matsuyuki cried out with joy.

"It can't be! Those wings…", Nameless gasped with a noticeable surprise.

Just as she came out of the mirror world known as Infinite DREAM, Seiki awakened a strange power surging in her. Her blackish-brown hair changed to a pure white, and large angel-like wings sprouted from her back. When she opened her eyes, she could see everything with a golden tint.

According to the mysterious white-haired girl, this was a power that was 'sleeping inside her this whole time'. But she herself hadn't been aware of this.

No… she did feel it. Every time she used Incarnate techniques, she subconsciously heard another voice calling out. It was similar to the white beauty in question, but the tone was possibly… that of an archangel.

"It's over, Nameless. Sleep peacefully for a while."

The words Seiki spoke to Nameless were could but firm. She lifted her hand in his direction and formed a ball of light. She uttered out a single word, wrapped in an aura of pure ice:

"Trisagion."

The ball of light expanded into a laser that incinerated everything in its path. Even Nameless could not withstand it with his shadow-like defensive technique. And thus, he was losing HP at a fast rate, but…

A sudden red beam appeared around him. This was the signal that a player was about to disconnect and return to reality. Due to the 1000x rate of acceleration, you couldn't set an exact time to disconnect while diving in. However, it seems Nameless already sent an SOS signal to his close confidant – most likely a higher-up in Spectra or the leader itself – to disconnect him.

"Tch, he got away.", Arisu clicked her tongue in response to the cheating move he did.

"Doesn't matter, we'll shut down Spectra for good next time. And besides…", Fuuka said as if trying to reassure her.

Arisu momentarily blinked at her friend's response, wondering how she could be so certain. However, she knew that Fuuka was the older sister of the group who tried her best to keep everyone together. Hence, she always encouraged them wherever she could.

At that moment, Seiki descended down below, losing her angelic powers and reverting her appearance back to normal.

"Seiki-nee!", Matsuyuki shouted with joy as she ran to her beloved older sister. She hugged her tightly, trying to ensure that she was real. "I was so worried… I thought you'd leave me."

"Calm down, Matsu-chan! I'm still here!", Seiki sighed in exasperation, but she still held out a warm smile for her little sister.

Trying to not let Fuuka's goodwill go to waste, Arisu coughed and said:

"Ahem, so… today's mission is over. Seiki, Matsuyuki, you two stay with me in the real for some questioning. The rest of you can go back."

"OK!"

"Roger."

"Alright then."

And thus, the members of Neo Galaxia instantly logged out after exchanging momentary goodbyes.