The sun had now entirely set and everyone was wide awake, so was Kishitani Shingen, the mastermind behind everything.
He had gotten no sleep in the entire night and somehow he knew he wouldn't get any before the end of the experiment, but he didn't mind.
What was happening before his eyes was much more interesting than anything else he could gain from sleep. He was a scientist, sleep was always secondary, science will always come first.
As Emilia woke up she smiled softly at her husband, knowing he was far too lost to notice or even care. Despite that she loved him.
She disappeared for a moment in the kitchen and came back with a cup of coffee and he drank it without a word. She sat next to him and yawned as she concentrated on what was happening on the screens.
A lot of people already died in this experiment and she was eager to know who would be next. She loved it, so did Shingen, the thrill, the excitation of taking part to something big, enjoying the sight of horrible things and knowing they'd be the only ones to truly understand their goal.
It was the best honeymoon her husband could ever offer to her.
After the night, during which only a very few of the participants found sleep, the screens were somehow amusing she thought, humans were so predictable, but this was so boring.
The first group to move was the Orihara family, following each other through the deep forest, looking for someone, the twins desperate for revenge and their brother tagging along. They were interesting to watch, a very interesting family, making their way in the forest as if they knew every secret of it, somehow going exactly toward the group they wanted to meet but entirely unaware of it, everything based on luck alone.
At the same moment, the Awakusu-kai members, as well as the remaining Raira students were departing, without any set goal, just looking to avoid any danger but ready to fight if need be.
The last group to start moving after the night was Kadota Kyohei's group, the target pursued by the Orihara family. Unaware of the threat hanging above their head they slowly left the place where they slept, having troubles to wake up Togusa, devising countless ways to wake him up, testing whether or not he was ticklish, chanting weird sutras, telling him stories about how his car got destroyed by UFOs but what finally managed to wake him up was Erika's version of Ruri Hijiribe's death.
Somehow, Shingen and Emilia found very amusing they were still able to laugh when Death was around them.
After much efforts they departed as well, finding it best to walk than to stay in place and be an easy target for anyone who could pass by.
On the screens, everyone was moving, everyone was making their way toward their destiny.
Shizuo only stayed still, sitting at the cliff and observing the calm water at his feet.