"An important woman has been robbed from her life by a murderer. Family member of the Wakais who also own the Wakai company for generations now and have their seat in Shibuya. Interesting. Who would've thought" Joshua commented amused after Mamori had answered him a bit about her. She tried to ask about him but all she got were unclear answers. The only thing she understood that he had a big fondness for Ramen. But everything else was an unclear picture. She couldn't make much of his answers. She found it odd but there was nothing she could do about it.
Currently they were at the Statue of Hachiko. They had reached their destination and so completed the mission in time. Due to many encounters with Noises in the way they took longer than necessary. When they arrived they barely made it-Two minutes were left on the counter after all.
"I don't like to talk about this. I know Players would treat me way differently if I said a word" she added.
"Don't worry. I'm known to treat people all the same. Knowing this won't influence how I treat you Miss."
"You make me feel uncomfortable if you keep calling me Miss Joshua."
"Sorry. I meant Boss."
"Call me Mamori! Ma-mo-ri!"
"Yes, yes. As you say Mamori" he says, grinning slightly.
"Is there anything else you want to know?"
"No, that should do. I will figure out the rest I want to know of myself."
"Well… Good to know."

Yet none of the information she told Joshua seemed to surprise him. She had no idea what was going on but he was acting out of place. In general he stood out from the other Players. He wasn't afraid of anything happening. In fact he was unfazed. This was nothing special for him. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing new.
Even the information she gave him didn't seem to surprise him. He played surprised, at least a bit. Yet it was partly obvious that this weren't news to him.
If he was the person who killed him? Out of question. She remembers the person being male yet being bigger than her. Joshua wasn't bigger than Mamori. In fact, he was smaller. His head barely passed her chest. If he were tripping right now he'd fall right into it with his face. So that cannot be it.
Yet what was it? Why was he reacting like this then? This is… Odd to assume. Maybe he knew her before his death? Yet then she wouldn't know him, obviously.
So what was it? Why was this the case? Why did he seem to know so much? It was suspicious to her. Maybe one day she should-
"She's still on the move?" she heard a familiar voice saying. Mamori turned around, only seeing Joshua… On the phone? What? How can he be in contact with someone? They only talked together, encountering no other player. And no one was able to see him. So how could he talk to someone? Suspicious.
"She is possessing males in public urinals now? … Yeah, this could be her mission. I wouldn't be surprised. Anything to make a man's day worse for some time. Thank you for the information. It helps me a lot to figure out what she is up to."
Then he hung up. Mamori was just staring. She didn't know what to say. It was too shocking to even say a thing. In fact, she was very confused. A bit too confused to even let out a word. Yet now… He awoke her curiousity. She had to know something. Just something about him!
"Mamori? Hey, Mamori!" Joshua's voice said multiplie times ver loudly, waking the female up right away. "A… Ah, yes?" she asked.
"That's a new way to say 'Morning', staring at someone like this. Is something the matter?"
"Wha- N… No, not at all. Don't think about it."
"You're interested in me?" he slightly laughed.
"No! No no no! Far from that!"
"Calm down, I was kidding."
Very funny. "Anyway, what we-" but before she could finish her sentence her phone rang. A new mission already? That was fast. Well, better faster than slower.
There she lost focus of Joshua and put out her phone to open the message.
"Noises occupy various public toilets of men aka pigs. You have 120 minutes to erase them. Failure means erasure."
A quick pain on her hand. The timer has been placed on one of her hands. She looked at it while putting her phone away-120 minutes. It was ticking down, second by second. There is no time to waste.
"So public urinals for men?" Joshua commented on it. "What an odd place to send Noises to. But oh well, if that's how the Gamemaster wants to play."
"Well… If that is the case…" Mamori mumbled while staring at her partner. "I think I will defiantly need help on this one."
"Why? Can't you go yourself?"
"I don't think they would let me in without weird stares. Besides, you owe me for yesterday."
"But-"
"I'll treat you to some ramen if you help me successfully."
A moment of silence. They both stared at each other for a few seconds.
Yet there the male decided to turn around and sighed, yet it was a light sigh. "Alright. Who am I to resist such an offer anyway?"
The bait worked. Now you have to show what you are capable of.

A bit later the duo arrived in front of one of the places mentioned-A public urinal for men. Noises were able to be sensed already from afar. A few screams as well. Again, only male screams. What kind of Gamemaster was this one? Did she aim for male players or something?
Mamori's gazed went to Joshua. He was watching the public place from afar. He seemed to observe it closely. As if he already saw something there.
Then he nodded and took a few steps ahead. "Wait out here. I think I am able to handle this myself" he said before disappearing inside the building. She was staring there. She only said that he has to help her. Not that he has to do it all by himself. All he might have to do is to get them outside of the place and leave the fighting to her if he hates fighting that much.
Yet before she could run after him the unthinkable happened… Lights were going through the building, very bright ones. Men were running out, mostly none players, and brought themselves to safety. They hid far away. Of course none noticed the female as she was invisible to most or they were busy hiding.
And before she knew it the building exploded… "What the- Joshua!?" she yelled loudly while running towards the broken down building.
it blew up into pieces. The pieces of bricks were falling down. The ashes slowly disappeared as Mamori stopped, looking for Joshua within the mess… Only to see him standing right in between the ashes and broken down pieces while the Noises around him disappeared. He was unharmed however, luckily. He was in one piece. In fact, he wasn't even dirty. He was completely fine, as if nothing happened.
He turned around, facing his partner and smirks right at her. "Is the timer gone?" She looked at her hand. By her surprise… The timer was gone. Yet they only visited one place. So how? Oh well, no matter the mission was done. Yet… This was still unexpected.
Then she faced Joshua, nodding slowly. "Great to hear. I'm starving" he said as he strechted himself. He wasn't sweating or didn't look exhausted yet he still pretended to be. Just what- Wait… Could it be… This power would prove it though. Perfectly actually. It sounds surreal but… No player should be able to blow up something in the RG. Yet he did it. Joshua did it. This was… Strange. So… Could it really be-
"Hey, are you listening!?" he woke her up with his voice once more. By this time he was right in front of her, looking right into her face. "You look like you saw a ghost."
"Wha- No! Not at all!" she replied as she jumped a bit backwards, trying to calm her expression. "Don't worry about it."
He looked at her for a bit. Yet then he laughed quietly and had a calmer expression. "Then let's get going. There is a ramen place I wanted to visit. I hope you don't mind accompanying me."
"N… No. A promise is a promise after all."