Mission: Yozakura Family (夜桜さんちの大作戦)

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Ready?

Now watch this.

When the gauge lights up, press down, and you'll get a combo.

This way, you can get materials without taking damage.

Wow! Big Bro, you rock!

If only you could pour all that passion

into your studies or sports instead of video games.

It'd make your mother so happy.

Uh...

Oh, I don't see the harm.

Of course. Just like someone I know who pours all his passion into work,

putting his family in the back seat, right?

Who could that be?

But you know what...

Here we are, going camping because I finally got some time off.

Of course it would start raining!

Sorry, you guys.

Hey, no, it's all right.

Big Bro, my turn!

No way! I'm gonna keep playing till I finish this quest!

Come on!

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YOZAKURA FAMILY

PLAN 13 TANPOPO

The optical storage device that you acquired from the former spy, Kurogao,

according to my analysis,

contains the guest list for a Yozakura wedding reception.

Reception?

Yeah.

9TH YOZAKURA HEAD'S WEDDING RECEPTION

The ninth head's, no less.

In other words, our parents' wedding reception.

Huh?

Most of the attendees were civilians,

so they must have held it for the general public.

For the Yozakuras, receptions are just another ordinary task.

The issue here...

AKARI ASANO HIDE ASANO

...is the fact that your parents' names are on this list.

Can't draw any conclusions from the guest list alone,

but the one thing we know for sure is that, before we were even born,

there was a connection between the Yozakuras and the Asanos.

Is that right?

You're accepting it just like that?

No, I'm really stunned by this.

It's just that when Kurogao told me...

Hide Asano, Akari Asano, Hikaru Asano...

One rainy day, they fell off a cliff, car and all.

Your family died instantly, but you alone survived.

Truly miraculous.

However...

some miracles are the handiwork of man.

Ever since then, I've been mentally prepared for anything.

So right now...

I'm more worried about the person beside me who's almost dying of shock.

Let's get a divorce!

Calm down, Mutsumi!

I can't ever look you in the eye again, Taiyo!

I'm sure that because they got involved with us, your family ended up...

Hold up! We can't be sure of that just yet!

This info alone can't tell us what really went down,

and no matter what happened, it was all in the past!

I am who I am now all thanks to you. Don't ever talk about breaking up.

Taiyo!

All right, all right. Get a room.

But with all that being said,

I want to know the truth about what happened to my family.

I know I'm just being selfish, but if you wouldn't mind helping me...

Hey, don't act like a stranger! You're my kid brother!

I'll poke your eyes out.

You didn't have to prove it!

The only thing is, what are we going to do?

To be honest, I'm stunned myself.

All data on the former head should have been wiped due to confidentiality.

So the fact that this exists

may mean that it's an underworld-related matter.

Meaning that it might be worth it to go there.

Go where?

The organization that collects data on those who've vanished without a trace.

A place known as...

the Library of the Dead.

THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD SPY ASSOCIATION

So, this is it?

The Library of the Dead

is a private organization sponsored by the Spy Association.

The information there is highly reliable.

PLEASE TOUCH YOUR CARD

You might find out the real reason why your parents died.

That said, watch your back.

Could there be a lamer way to die?

Please keep your voice down in the library.

We mustn't disturb the peaceful slumber of the dead with the noise of the living.

ME-CHAN LIBRARIAN, SILVER-RANKED SPY

Oh, man, this place is crazy!

She loves and cares for the dead,

so to make a sound in her castle means death.

The penalties depend on the distance and volume,

but sneezing in her ear is instant death.

DAMAGE TO SIGHT AND HEARING / DISMEMBERMENT / DEATH

Death just for sneezing?

She's Silver-ranked.

She's not someone you can defeat in a direct fight.

What's really a pain is that she patrols the facility silently.

But as long as you don't make a sound, you'll be fine.

Even leakage from your earphones is risky.

I'm going to direct you at the lowest volume.

Keep your head as you move about.

- Huh? - Your face is noisy.

Me-chan! You have to admit that's unreasonable!

The categorization is so complicated,

I don't think I'll ever get anywhere.

Let's see, next is...

"Civilian, medical field, within the last ten years,

Japan, starts with A, male..."

No way.

For real?

"Hide Asano. Employed at a pharmaceutical company."

"Wife: Akari. Eldest son: Taiyo. Second son: Hikaru."

"Fell to his death while driving through Karizakura Pass on June 6. Age 39."

There's no information on what caused the accident.

I can't believe I came all this way only to find nothing.

Wait, this must be...

a tablet-style insertion slot for optical storage devices?

Could it be...

This isn't just a data storage device.

It can also be used as a key!

"All members of the Asano family have been exterminated by Tanpopo."

It wasn't... an accident!

Tanpopo!

UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED

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Taiyo? What was that?

The book blew up all of a sudden!

- - You're in danger! Get out of there!

Me-chan's on her way from Corridor A-12!

ETA is 6.5 seconds!

At that volume, the mandatory penalty level will be instant death!

She'll go for your respiratory tract, lungs, and upper torso! Meaning...

- just get down! -

The memories of the dead are being violated.

North-northeast, 49 degrees, output 70%!

Fire!

The backup generator will start in as soon as 20 seconds!

Follow the wall to your right and you'll get back to the entrance.

Even without light, the sound of your soul vibrates in my glass ears.

Now, go to sleep... in my arms!

She's nothing but a crazed tyrant!

You can't beat her! Go back three steps and enter the hole in the left corridor!

Taiyo! Take off your earphones right now!

- Mutsumi? - Do it now!

I trust you. Mutsumi!

VOLUME SPEAKER

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I see!

She's sensitive to sound, so she couldn't withstand that loud noise.

I thought that it might work with Big Sis Shion's high-end earphones.

Thanks, Mutsumi!

It's just a single word, but I have a clue now.

Tanpopo!

COMPLETE COLLECTION OF TORTURE

I see.

NANAO METAL 10X HARDER AND HEAVIER THAN IRON

Tanpopo, eh?

- Interesting. -

Hey, do you think this will get us anywhere?

Who would have thought that your family also fell victim to Tanpopo?