We pick off from last time, with the party having split up to search Copernicus Colony for Sui. You have partnered up with Mokdai and are combing the side street shops to look for her. When Mokdai gets back to you, you ask him if he's had any luck, but he says no one said they'd seen her. Since that means you guys have checked every shop in that area, Mokdai wonders where Sui could have gone without her room key or her wallet.
A quick flashback mentions that when you guys got the hotel staff to open up Sui's room, it was confirmed to be as empty as Maculata said it was. Sui's money and key were left on the nightstand, and the only things she seems to have taken with her were her bag and phone. After the flashback ends, Mokdai wonders if Sui either left in a hurry or was planning on coming back right away. You say you don't know, but you did notice that she seemed to have something on her mind. Mokdai nods and says she could have talked to you guys if she was worried about something. But then he considers the idea it was something she couldn't talk to you guys about, and he wonders again where Sui could have gone since her phone seems to be off.
You comment on Mokdai being a worrywart and/or hope that Sui is okay. Mokdai agrees as he tells you he's known her pretty much ever since she started working. He wanted to be close enough to her to be considered a friend, so he knows her personality well enough. She's the type to keep her worries to herself, but there are times when she's reached out to talk to Mokdai. Her not doing so this time means she probably can't bring herself to talk to Mokdai about it. Mokdai stops himself from getting too depressed by the thought though, saying he needs to find her quickly. Maculata must be more worried about her than he is, so he suggests checking the next place.
You agree with Mokdai and start checking for the next place to search. But as you do so, you start hearing a faint voice calling for Sui. You react in surprise to this, and Mokdai asks what's going on since he doesn't hear anything. When he turns around, a shadow in front of where Mokdai is standing starts billowing up, and this turns out to be a small Kaibutsu that starts shrieking. You react in alarm to it appearing here, and Mokdai is confused about it showing up somewhere without a lot of people around.
You hear the voice calling for Sui coming from the Monster, which you point out. Mokdai is surprised by that and asks for more details, and the Kaibutsu itself starts blocking the way forward for you two. It slowly approaches, then opens its mouth. Mokdai notices that the Monster seems to be trying to keep you guys away from Sui, and he's not sure what's going on but it'll eat you guys if you don't do anything. As such, he decides to step up and fight and asks you to transform him. You comply, and Mokdai apologizes to the monster before saying he needs to get through to find a friend important to him. The episode battle then begins as the monster yells, and more story happens after that.
After the battle, the story picks up by tuning in over at Archimedes Colony in the same time frame. Andrew's delivery truck has made it to the city and is currently driving through some residential street by a school, and Sui comments that it's been a while since she was there. Andrew is curious about this and says he thought she came here a lot since she said her mother is here. Sui passes it off by saying that things happened, which Andrew thinks is weird but he decides not to question further. He keeps on driving the near empty street, and eventually he spots someone walking next to the road.
Andrew recognizes the person walking down the street and pulls the truck in closer while Sui asks what's going on. This person turns out to be Flamier, who politely greets Andrew good morning as she stops. Sui recognizes Flamier as a person she met together with you guys at Parallel Flight, and she knows Flamier knows who she is in turn. Andrew talks to Flamier commenting on how early she's up and worries she's a little too relaxed with her surroundings. He tries to remind her that as a CEO's daughter she should be more careful, but Flamier says he worries too much. He was her bodyguard when she went to school, but she's working now. Flamier also points out that Andrew is a truck driver instead of her bodyguard now, and that she can take care of herself.
Andrew concedes the point, but he still feels that she's not vigilant enough. Flamier laughs the concern off but says his kindness is his strong point. She then changes the subject by asking if he's heading to a delivery site and notes he's not a backup driver anymore. Andrew says he's been permitted to drive alone now since the day before, and he's happy to be relied upon. Flamier is happy for Andrew as she notes he's gotten familiar with his new environment.
Flamier happens to look over to the passenger side of Andrew's truck, and she recognizes Sui when she notices her there. Sui panics at this, and Andrew starts explaining that she hitchhiked over from Copernicus Colony when Sui quickly thanks him and jumps out of the car. Andrew is surprised at this and tries to call after her and stop her, but Sui soon disappears into the city. Andrew wonders what's up with Sui, and Flamier wonders the same for a moment as well before figuring she should call this in just in case before taking out her phone.
Scene jumps back to your end as you and Mokdai regroup with Crowne. She asks how the search went on your end, but you tell her no one said they saw Sui come by. Mokdai suggests Sui might have gone even farther than the side street areas, and Crowne informs you guys she hasn't had any luck on her end either. She gets frustrated at all the worry Sui is causing everyone and at her not picking up her phone, and she wonders where she could have gone again.
Mokdai informs Crowne about the oddity that you guys encountered, that being the run in with Monsters in some back alley away from where most people would be. You guys did dispatch them, but some got away in the end. Crowne is surprised to hear about this since that makes it the third time since yesterday that they've shone up, and in a place with few people around. She's not sure how it's related, but the strangeness of it all does stick out to her.
You and Mokdai also tell Crowne that the Kaibutsu seemed to be calling for Sui, which worries her. She asks if you guys are sure since she's never heard of Monsters being able to speak Common, never mind any language at all. Mokdai says he didn't hear anything either, and while there are different types of monsters he hasn't heard of anything like that either. Crowne points out that you don't seem to be the type to lie, and she doesn't see a point in lying about it either. She suggests that maybe the monsters have something to do with Sui then, but everything just seems more and more suspicious.
Your phone starts ringing at this point, and you quickly answer in hopes that it's Sui. It's actually Huckle on the line though, and Crowne is disappointed about getting her hopes up. She's so put off that Huckle feels bad about disappointing her, and Mokdai says there's stuff going on for a second before it occurs to him that Huckle might already know. Huckle is only partly aware of what's happening and takes Mokdai's question as confirmation, then informs you guys Flamier contacted him via Heroic Educators about seeing Sui by herself after hitchhiking.
Time skips a bit to Maculata coming back and Huckle passing on some more information. Mokdai tries to remember what he knows of Archimedes Colony, so Crowne explains that it's a city a little ways away to the northeast, which is why you guys couldn't find Sui nearby. Maculata adds that it's a place Sui and Shizuku went to a lot because that's where Shizuku's parents live. It's also where the Hill of Memories mentioned in the letter is at.
You react with shock at this information, and Crowne says it's highly likely Sui went over there now. Mokdai is in disbelief since as far as he knows, Sui never read the letter. Maculata says that's supposed to be the case, but it's true that Sui went over to Archimedes Colony and deliberately snuck under her nose and hitchhiked a ride at night over to do so. She looks apologetic as she holds her head for a moment, then yells that Sui must have read the letter when she wasn't looking. She berates herself for being stupid, and you can either express concern for her, say she's not the only one to blame, or be worried about Sui.
Crowne starts talking about how strange it is for Shizuku to be calling to Sui. But if that's the way things are, you guys need to get to Sui as soon as possible. Mokdai says Sui must not realize the extent of the situation she's gotten herself into, but he wonders how you guys will get to her. Crowne says there's a train station for the train network that links the lunar cities together, which they call the Linear Motor Cars. There should be an express line that goes right to Archimedes Colony, which should be leagues faster than driving normally. Mokdai quickly looks this up, then finds another train will be there in 15 minutes and take half an hour to get to the other city. You suggest getting tickets quickly so you guys can get to Sui, and Crowne agrees before prompting Maculata to snap out of it and come along. Maculata pulls herself together to agree, and the party runs off to the train station.
Scene then shifts over to the central cargo depot for Archimedes Express where Andrew has just been brought up to speed about what's going on with Sui. He feels guilty for letting Sui hitch a ride without knowing what was up, so since he's just clocked out for the day he decides he'll go to where Sui is. He asks Flamier to focus on her own work, then hangs up on the phone call to start checking his map. After a quick look, he notes that there are 32 possible areas to search, so he needs to narrow it down some. Since he's a mechanical life form he doesn't really know what it's like to have a mother, but he hopes Sui isn't thinking things too hard and doing anything rash. On that note the episode ends.
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