Unicorn ni Notte (Riding a Unicorn / ユニコーンに乗って)

I was told that the patent for Study Pony Campus has already been applied by someone else.

- What do you mean? - The first to apply was

Game Academia.

You mean someone stole the technology?

Someone must have passed on the information...

What do we do...

We can't build the Study Pony Campus at this rate.

Hey.

I saw Kaito tinkering with Ko's computer a while back.

What!? My computer?

Could it be that he was looking at our patent application?

What...

And then he passed it on to Game Academia,

and they filed first?

Kaito hasn't been showing his face at the office lately.

I heard he was busy with college tests.

I'll call Kaito.

This is...

Excuse me.

- Hello, this is Nagase? - This is Suzaki from Dream Pony.

- What are you doing with our patent? - You noticed already?

- That was surprisingly quick. - How could you do this...

That technology was developed by us.

The first to file for a patent wins.

That's just common sense in business.

How did you get that technology?

Your colleague told me about it.

Morimoto... was it?

Yesterday's friend is today's enemy.

How unfortunate. Bye...

Mr. Suzaki...

No good. Kaito's not answering his phone at all.

I just talked with President Nagase.

The one who passed the technology to Game Academia

was Kaito. - What!?

- Seriously? It can't be. - Did Mr. Kaito really do that?

That guy...

he must have been headhunted by Game Academia, right?

That's why he betrayed us...

Kaito!?

- Hey, what the hell are you doing? - Do what?

Don't play dumb with me.

Do you have any idea what you've done?

- Jiro-chan, calm down. - Mr. Kuriki. No, Mr. Kuriki.

You illegally sold the technology from Study Pony Campus, didn't you?

How could you do that?

Explain yourself.

Kaito!

- Kaito! - Mr. Kaito.

Ah, Mr. Kaito.

Over here!

Hey, do you know what you've done?

Where's Kaito?

I'm quitting Dream Pony today

What the hell is this...

How could he just betray us like that?

Seriously, screw him.

He's not answering.

I wonder why?

- Huh? - Why Kaito did this...

Was he dissatisfied with the company in some way?

He was always like that.

And we hired him solely for his technical skills.

For now, we have to deal with the patent issue.

Sana, let's go see a lawyer.

Yeah.

Is this President Nagase?

Yes.

I've quit Dream Pony.

Iwa

kuma

Pat

ent

Law

Firm

What do you think?

The other party is that Game Academia.

I'm sorry, but you don't stand a chance.

No... Can you do something about that?

If the patent is taken away, we'll never—

I would suggest you go to a bigger firm...

Well, to be honest, it's hard to say

if they'll take on this kind of content.

Wait here...

Sana.

If it has to come to this, we'll have to talk to her...

We are terribly sorry for the trouble this may have caused.

This situation came at a time when you decided to invest in us,

and we are truly sorry for that.

That technology has everything we've ever done.

We absolutely cannot afford to lose it.

Could you please refer us to a lawyer who is knowledgeable in this field?

Give us a chance to recover from this. Please help us.

Please.

Did you bring the documents of the development process of this technology?

Yes.

Here it is.

You must be pretty meticulous, aren't you?

- What? - The system configuration

and process flow are detailed and carefully documented.

With the help of our talented lawyers,

there's a good chance

we can use this as evidence to get your rights back.

Really?

Rest easy.

Thank you very much.

But still...

you were too careless.

Are your other members okay?

Betrayed by someone they trusted,

I bet they look like it's the end of the world right now, don't they?

You two...

look terrible.

I'm sorry, I'm still trying to process things.

At times like this, you have to take care of your own mental health.

It's important.

If you don't have a healthy mind, no matter how hard you work,

you won't produce good results.

Yes.

I've got an idea.

Our newly owned recreation facility

I'll give you a free rental,

so go with your employees and refresh yourselves.

What?

We put a lot of effort into it. Let me know what you think.

- President Haneda... - And that

this case wasn't a failure.

Learn from it.

After getting refreshed, once again,

think carefully about what you all should be doing.

You are the only ones who can protect

your company.

Yes.

ECOTV Presents

Furritsubs

And so, let's all go together for a 2-day/1-night refreshment retreat.

No phones or computers during the retreat.

We're going on a so-called "digital detox".

It's a nice change of pace to forget about work.

I know you're not in the mood for this,

but it's times like this when we need nature's help to refresh us.

You seem to be so cheerful

even after what happened. - That...

I can't enjoy it with Kaito's face all over my head.

So you're just going to remain depressed?

Huh?

A friend of mine once told me.

Guitars need to be loosened sometimes,

or they get damaged easily and don't last long.

We at Dream Pony are no different.

To avoid running out of steam in the future,

I think we need to take time to refresh ourselves like this.

Kotorin's vast knowledge is sometimes difficult to understand.

- I'm sorry. - But maybe

he's right.

I understand.

This place looks amazing. Let's go!

Then it's settled!

Okay, that's all!

- Thank you. - No.

- Let's have some fun. - Yes.

Ko.

Ko, you can still contact Rinka, right?

Huh?

Yes. Why?

Actually...

A lot's going on at our company,

but something definitely happened between those two.

Huh?

Their mood has clearly changed since BusiCon, hasn't it?

You're... overthinking it.

Here. This is from Sana.

From her!? For me?

Yes. As a thank-you for the other day.

- You know, about Iri. - Ah...

Such an honest character.

I'm meeting Iri-chan again right after this.

Oh, really? When did you two get so close?

Iri-chan is so friendly and cute.

- Would you like to meet with her too? - No, I'm good.

I just wanted to give you that.

Bye.

Wait.

Don't you care?

About what?

Like what I would talk to her sister about, or if I would say anything weird.

I don't really care.

Bye.

What!? What?

Rinka-chan.

Hey, I've been wondering for a while now,

are you two dating?

Who knows... it's a secret.

What? Come on, please tell me!

More importantly, what do you want to talk to me about?

There's... someone I really want to make happy.

- Okay. - But that person

may be in...

love... in a direction I never expected.

Ms. Rinka, do you think that age is irrelevant in love?