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PeteOh... It's you, huh?
PeteDo you... Do you know what I am?
PeteBecause I don't...
PeteI don't feel anything at all... Not a...thing...
Player!?
KyokoWhat happened?
KyokoWhat...? Pete disappeared in front of you?
KyokoHmm... Just come back here for now. A new case just came in that's cause for concern.
KyokoIt could be related to what you just witnessed.
PeteI don't feel a thing... Not even that I'm even... really here...
KyokoThis case comes in from Old Man Mizushima.
KyokoYou might remember him as the one behind those four urban legends you recently investigated with the occult club members.
KyokoIt well and truly is a small world out there, even when it feels bigger than ever in some ways...
KyokoAnyway, he's tasked us with tracking down his cat. Frankly, during times like this, there's something to be said for a down-to-earth gig like this one.
KyokoMizushima said he'd be waiting for you at K-Cafe, although he didn't actually state when...
KyokoIt wouldn't hurt to go on ahead and check things out at the cafe, so go do that.
KyokoOld Man Mizushima is waiting for you at K-Cafe. Now that I think about it, that's where you first met him, too, isn't it?
Player!?
PlayerIt feels like it's stopped. I wonder if it was an earthquake...?
KyokoSo Old Man Mizushima's not in right now. All right.
KyokoYou originally met him there early in the morning, right? Might as well come back around the same time and see if he shows up.
PlayerThe next day, early morning...
Old Man MizushimaOh, it's you again. I've been waiting, you know.
Old Man MizushimaHmm? You stopped by yesterday afternoon, but couldn't find me?
Old Man MizushimaYou must have just had bad timing, kid! I've been waiting here forever for you!
Old Man MizushimaWhat's done is done. Let's just let bygones be bygones and start searching now.
Old Man MizushimaMy Miko, you see... He's inside this wall here.
Player!?
KyokoAre you at K-Cafe right now?
KyokoI'm picking up readings of really strong Digital Wave vibrations from the fourth floor. It's a really huge current coursing through there.
KyokoMy money's on that old "time capsule" being the cause of them.
Kyoko...What's that? An earthquake?
KyokoNo, I can confirm it's definitely not. There's no movement here on the first floor. You're just sensing the intense Digital Wa--
Player!!!
Old Man MizushimaIt's...
PeteI don't wanna know... It's better not knowing...
PeteThings are fine just as they are now... It's better if they don't change...
PetePlease, stop... Don't wake me up from this...
Old Man MizushimaIt's Miko!
PeteNo, I'm Pete!
Old Man MizushimaWhatever you are, Miko, just...come back to me!
PeteNo, I can't... That's...too much to ask of me... I'm not...
PetePlayer, please... Leave me alone. Let things stay...just the way they are...
Old Man MizushimaI'm sorry, Miko... I'm sorry...
KyokoAh, did I finally get through to you again?
KyokoThe vibrations have stopped for now, but the Digital Waves are still as intense as ever. There's something big brewing in there.
KyokoAs I suspected earlier, they're coming from that old vacuum tube computer inside the wall.
KyokoThe Digital Waves are just gushing out of there from the old intranet lines that computer is hooked up to.
KyokoSo much so, in fact, that they're forming a cybernetic ley line...a "Digital Line" of sorts.
KyokoIf this thing persists, it's only a matter of time before its effects are felt in the real world.
KyokoPlayer, I need you to go inside that vacuum tube computer and do what you can to stop it.
KyokoI'm counting on you.
Old Man MizushimaI'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
Pete's VoicePlease, let me be... Don't wake me from this dream...
PlayerWhat's going on with Pete? Only one way to find out...
Pete's VoiceWhy... Why do you have to know who I really am...?
PlayerNo response.
PlayerLet's find Pete!
Data File"Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 1"
Data File"Construction plans for Nakano Broadway (hereby abbreviated as 'NB') were announced in 1959, ultimately taking 7 years to complete."
Data File"The reason for the lengthy duration was due to a major issue that routinely manifested throughout the process."
Data File"During land leveling, underground water leaked, resulting in an immediate halt to any and all work within the area."
Data File"A large lake formed, and the site was left alone for a long time. Mysteriously, large fish appeared en masse, attracting fishermen."
Data File"Records also indicate people bathed there in large numbers and that a child at one point drowned in the lake."
Data File"Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 2"
Data File"No blueprints exist for NB."
Data File"1961 saw the Japanese government commence its 'Income Doubling Plan' in order to reenergize the post-war economy."
Data File"In tandem with unemployment policies, public works projects flooded the country, with major construction companies allotted huge budgets."
Data File"Around 1962, one such project, the main route for the Shuto Expressway, was completed ahead of schedule."
Data File"It was at that point that attention turned back towards NB."
Data File"Idle laborers and resources were funneled into the area from central Tokyo, at which point work on the building commenced in earnest."
Data File"It's likely that there wasn't time to even think of preparing proper blueprints for NB at that stage."
Data File"Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 3"
Data File"With no blueprints to draw upon, concrete was poured and rebar was erected, tailored to the land around the site."
Data File"When construction was concluded four years later, the final building had three underground floors, as well as ten floors above ground."
Data File"East Asia's greatest commercial building was therefore constructed on little more than sheer willpower."
Data File"However, this came at a cost to some aspect's of NB's integrity. The escalator, for instance, only connects the first three floors."
Data File"Most of the underground floors have also gone unused in the ensuing years."
Data File"Such quirks are a direct results of the circumstances surrounding the building's inception."
Data File"Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 4"
Data File"In most cases, large commercial buildings are run by their owners, who control everything from PR to tenants and internal bylaws."
Data File"BW was an exception to that rule. From the very start, shop and residential spaces alike were sold piecemeal."
Data File"People who bought their real estate inside the building were then free to utilize it however they pleased."
Data File"Because of this, soon after NB opened, shop owners and residents started remodeling work on their respective stores and apartments."
Data File"In the end, this meant that formal blueprints for NB weren't drafted until eight years after the building was originally completed."
Data File"Even in those early days, the building's layout had already become too unwieldy for anyone to fully grasp at that stage."
Data File"Nakano Broadway Construction: Part 5"
Data File"The basement of Broadway once housed a vacuum tube computer within its walls."
Data File"It had been brought into the building after the end of WWII by war criminals who evaded arrest, shielded from the prying eyes of MacArthur's GHQ."
Data File"The vacuum tube computer's purpose in those days remains a mystery."
Data File"It's possible it could have been utilized for things such as mathematical computations or code- breaking, but such speculation is unconfirmed."
Data File"As time went on, there was eventually nobody left to carry on the originally purpose set forth for the terminal."
Data File"At that point, the computer was apparently buried inside a wall somewhere."
Data File"Today something terrible happened."
Data File"A strange Digimon appeared in the middle of my bed. It was so cold in there..."
Data File"Even when I tried calling out for help, nobody came for me..."
Data File"But these two detectives eventually showed up."
Data FileKyoko and Player.
Data FilePlayer asked me who I was, but I said I didn't know.
Data FileSo Kyoko gave me a name.
Data FileShe decided to call me "Pete" because I'm some sort of "time capsule."
Data FileYep, Pete. That's my name.
Data FileIt made me so happy to have one. Names really are special things to have.
Data File"Yoshito really likes this girl named 'Fuyume Yuki.'"
Data File"He always sits me on his lap and tells me all about her."
Data File"Everything is perfect about her, he says. Her singing, her dancing, her looks, everything. He says she's one in a million among idols."
Data File"I can't do any of those things. I can't sing and I can't dance. But what I can do is curl up and fall asleep on Yoshito's lap. I love doing that."
Data File"I also just love hearing Yoshito talk to me so happily."
Data File"Yoshito told me that he and his son have been to a 'world's fair' once."
Data File"He said that the line to see the 'moon rocks' was really long, so long that it made them tired. But he said his son still had a good time."
Data File"People also call Yoshito 'Chief Mizushima.' His full name is 'Yoshito Mizushima.'"
Data File"Yoshito is a big, important man in the 'computer room,' so he doesn't get to go out with his son much. He's glad they got to see the world's fair."
Data File"I wish I could have seen the world's fair with Yoshito, too. But he and I are always together in the computer room."
Data File"So that's okay. I'm content."
Data File"Yoshito always has me sitting on his lap, petting my head all nice and gently."
Data File"I love Yoshito."
Data File"Yoshito always calls me..."
Data File"Miko."
Data File"Miko is a girl's name."
Data File"But Yoshito gave it to me, so I love it."
Data File"It's dark in here."
Data File"All dark. I can't see a thing."
Data File"I'm okay being in the dark. I'm not scared of it or anything. But it's never been this dark before."
Data File"Yoshito's not here."
"I don't even smell him."
"I don't even smell him."
Data File"I can't go back outside."
"Yoshito, where are you?"
"Yoshito, where are you?"
Data File"Yoshito."
"Yoshito."
"Yoshito."
Data File"Please, sit me on your lap."
"And pet my head again."
"And pet my head again."
Data File"Yoshito."
"Yoshi..."
"Yoshi..."
Data File"to..."
Pete's VoiceNow you know... Now you know who I really am...
Pete's VoiceI'm...
Pete's VoiceI'm......!
KyokoSo it's begun...! Though I have to say this is a bit more than what I bargained for!
KyokoIf this keeps up, the building's going to collapse for sure!
Pete?Who...am...I...?
Pete?Somebody...anybody...tell me...
Pete?Please... Who am...I...?
Pete?Pete...?
Pete?No... That's...not right... That's not right!
Pete?Yoshito...Mizushima?
Pete?Ah, aaaaaugh! No, that's not me! I'm...I'm...!
Pete?Miko...?
Pete?I'm...Miko... Ah, aaaaargh!
MikoYeah, that's right... My name is Miko...
MikoYoshito is...my friend. Pete is...your friend...
MikoYoshito's calling out for me... He's been looking for me this whole time...
MikoHe found me...
MikoYoshito.
KyokoWhew, looks like the tremors have stopped. Just in the nick of time, too.
KyokoThat's my assistant for you. You've done well. Now I don't have to worry about any broken coffee cups, heehee...
Old Man MizushimaMiko... Miko, it's really you!
MikoYoshito... I'm so sorry. You've been waiting for me for so long...
Old Man MizushimaI'm the one who should be apologizing here, Miko. I'm the one who left you alone this whole time... I'm so sorry, my friend...
MikoNo, it's okay, really. You don't have to be sorry. I know you've been waiting for me since the day you had to go.
Old Man MizushimaOh, Miko...
Old Man MizushimaThank you... If it wasn't for you, I'd have never lived to see Miko with my own eyes again...
Player...?
Old Man MizushimaI should probably explain... You see, back when the vacuum tube computer room was still around, I lived here in this building, away from my family.
Old Man MizushimaThat computer room was where I used to work.
Old Man MizushimaThe only family I ever had with me that whole time was Miko here.
Old Man MizushimaI talked with Miko about everything there... My memories of my family, Fuyume Yuki... Anything to help keep my loneliness at bay in there.
Old Man MizushimaHe would join me in the computer room and we spent many, many hours together over the years...
Old Man MizushimaEventually, they closed down the room and sealed the whole thing off with a thick wall, like it was never there to begin with.
Old Man MizushimaIt was around that time that I lost Miko, too. I couldn't find him wherever I looked...
Old Man MizushimaI had a bad feeling about where he might have ended up and came back here who knows how many times to rescue him...
Old Man MizushimaBut in the end, I couldn't do anything for him. I gave up and over time nearly forgot about him...
Old Man MizushimaBefore I knew it, it had been decades since we'd last been together.
Old Man MizushimaI can't thank you enough for making this happen. We couldn't have been reunited without you, kid...
Old Man MizushimaThank you... Thank you so much... Now we can go back to living together again...
Old Man MizushimaThank you. I'll never, ever forget this day!
KyokoI see... Nice work. I can only imagine how hard it was, but you really did a good job.
KyokoSo our Pete was actually a cat named Miko, sealed deep inside a wall along with that old vacuum tube computer from the American occupation days...
KyokoAnd somehow, using the building's intranet...or rather the power of its ley line, he merged with the computer and became a Digimon.
KyokoThat old cat's had a hell of a life, wouldn't you agree, Player?
KyokoWe can't say for sure what the actual assimilation process entailed, but at this point, we know better than to doubt it happened.
KyokoIt's amazing just how much and yet how little the digital and real worlds are siphoned off from one another...
KyokoI imagine the reason Pete showed up again after all those years is because of the Digital Wave abnormalities we've seen.
KyokoBut you know... There's still one thing about the whole story that bugs me a little.
KyokoYou mentioned that towards the end, Old Man Mizushima said "Now we can go back to living together again," right?
Kyoko...What do you think he meant by that?
KyokoNot only that, but in the case you solved earlier where he was the one behind the urban legends... How did he keep breaking into the building?
KyokoLet's assume for the sake of argument that he somehow had access to an entrance that let him come and go at the timing he did.
KyokoIf he'd physically been getting into the building so much that way that he was being reported, you'd think something would have gone differently.
Player...!
KyokoGot any theories you'd like to propose?
KyokoYoshito Mizushima...
KyokoIf we looked into his backstory, we might be able to find our answers pretty easily...
KyokoWhat do you think? Should we dig a little more?
Pete's Voice"Please, leave us be... Don't go looking for us."
KyokoAh, that's understandable... Then it's probably best we do indeed let sleeping dogs lie.
KyokoAlternatively, we could let the occult club kids know about this. I bet they'd have a real field day going after it.
KyokoI mean, they came face-to-face with a real--
Kyoko...You know what, nah, let's keep it to ourselves.
KyokoNot all mysteries in this world need to be solved.
KyokoNakano Broadway brings many things together...
KyokoThe world of spirits, and the world of the living...
KyokoThe normal and the surreal...
KyokoEven the physical and the digital...
KyokoTruly, nothing is impossible in this crazy hole in the wall we call home.
DebugUse Keyword Pete/Yoshito Mizushima/Miko The correct choice is Miko.
DebugUse Keyword Penalty applied if wrong keyword is chosen. Proceed as if Pete was chosen.
K-Cafe OwnerAn earthquake? No, I didn't feel anything of the sort.
Part-Timer SacchanWelcome! Grab a drink, have a seat, and stay as long as you like!
PlayerLet's head for the K-Cafe. Old Man Mizushima should hopefully be there at this hour...
PlayerLet's head for the K-Cafe.