One of the more enterprising of the Japanese reporters, a young lady who had reported on Lan during both the N1 Grand Prix and the BattleChip Grand Prix cringed inside, seeing the tremendous damage and the incredible turnaround that first turn had been. She had expected the standard "NETNAVI LOGOUT" warning from this so-called champion Network Navigator, Leviathan.EXE and her Network Operator, Endy. Unfortunately, they were just as good as Lan, and better because they were older.
She walked over to Lan after Turn 1 and spoke to him: "Mr. Hikari, if your parents are watching, what would you say to them about this first turn upset?" He shrugged: "First, it's not an upset. He reflected an attack, and I think it was an interesting strategy. Wish I'd thought of it. As far as anything else, MegaMan and I haven't had much experience fighting Navis of this skill level before - I've watched these two battle, and there are times I'm not sure who's Operating whom." After selecting a chip, Vulcan2, he turned back: "And it's only first turn. Conditions change quickly in a NetBattle. That's part of the fun. Oh, and as far as my folks - Hi, guys. I'm safe here."
One of the Americans grinned, seeing one of Endy's new strategies. He walked over to Endy: "Endy, sir. Any comments about this turn's actions?" Endy looked at him: "Not really. I want to be left alone. I hate you people and I've made it clear. Now get away from me." The man was crestfallen and browbeaten by this, but Endy was remorseless - Lan saw it and wondered if he'd have as little mercy in his NetBattling techniques. It certainly seemed that way, after all. All Lan hoped was that he'd be able to Logout and not actually have MegaMan get partially deleted. He was almost sure that he was going to lose. He didn't know why.
Endy actually felt the same way, watching the scumball reporter slink off. He'd never liked that guy especially and TV people in general were people he avoided. He looked at himself and saw how cold he was to everyone but his Navi, realizing that Leviathan was the same way to everyone but him. When he finished selecting the chips, He cleared away the Custom Screen. Lan did so a moment later, and they squared off for Turn 2.
