Then, we'll try looking where we can.

Let us know if you learn anything, okay?

Of course.

We're going to find her no matter what...

Miku, KAITO...
Please, help her...

We will...

Mafuyu...

KAITO said they're gonna find her no matter what, but do you really think they will...?

I can't say...

Me neither. We still don't know why her phone broke in the first place.

What do you think happened...?

Well, if MEIKO's correct, then something happened which caused her phone to break. Or it's simply run out of battery.

Still, that doesn't give us an explanation as to what actually happened...

Which lies at the crux of all this.

Hopefully, it simply slipped her mind that she needed to charge her phone...

Would Mafuyu forget to do something like that...?

No, I doubt it.

With her computer gone, her phone is currently the only way she can contact Kanade and the others...

So... There's another party at play?

Her mother already took away her computer, so she could have tried to also take her phone away...?

Oh...

I-Isn't there anything we can do...?

All we can do is wait...

KAITO...

Huh...?

KAITO...!
H-How's Mafuyu...?

Did you guys manage to reach her phone...?!

Quiet.
Let me start from the beginning.

We finally managed to reach her phone, and Miku's still with her...

Did you learn why you couldn't initially?

Her phone got wet, which caused it to break...

Her mom tried to take it away from her, she resisted and it fell into her aquarium.

I see...

So she really almost had it taken away...

Wait, so...
How's Mafuyu doing...?

Isn't it obvious? She's been pushed into a corner...

However, because her mom went so far, she's made her decision to tell her how she really feels.

What...?!

...

(Kanade and the others said that she was terrified of the thought of telling her mom how she really feels...)

(But still...
Them and SEKAI both act as places of refuge.)

(Having her phone taken away would mean she'd have nowhere to go. Nowhere to run...)

(There's also Mizuki's suggestion...)

So, you're going back now...?

Yes. We need to see this through until the end.

Please let us know if you learn anything new.

We will...

Now, let's all do what we need to do right now.

What we need to do?

We need to tell Kanade and the others what we've just learned. I'm sure they're very worried.

Exactly. Let's split up and go tell them.

They need to know what's going on with Mafuyu, including how she's about to tell her mom her true feelings.