4★ Lance Tendo - A Challenge from Q (Part 4) [YELLOW ATTRIBUTE]

Part 4 has two episodes. The ending of this episode will be different from Part 4 (Blue Attribute)

Lance: Phew.... I guess that's that.

Club owner: T-thank you for your help, mister!

Lance: Don't mention it. But, can I have a look inside the room at the back?

Club owner: Well, of course!

Noah: (There's a Chaostone somewhere around here... huh?)

Lance: .....

Noah: Lance?

Lance: ... Ah, sorry about that. Well, here I go!

[—Inside the Club]

Lance: HEH?!

Noah: T-this is....! A group of... cats?

Cat: Meow!

Meow! Meow!

Lance: Achuuu! Achuu!

Noah: Hey...! Are you okay?

Lance: Achuuu! S-sorry, I thought it was safe...

This wasn't what I thought it was going to be! Achuu!

Noah: Maybe we should...

Lance: ......

Noah: ... Lance?

???: ....Hehehe.

Noah: ....Q?!?

Q: Kyahaha! Hey there Noah, you're here too!

Oh rightt, Noah. Lance couldn't stop sneezing, can't he?

Noah: Y-yeah.

Q: I knew it~!

Noah: Maybe because Lance is allergic to cats...?

Q: Good guess! As for that... well it's just as I expected.

Noah: What's that? The cat is holding something.... A Chaostone?!?

Q: Come here, good kitty. Got it.... retrieval completed.

Noah: Can you please explain Q. What's the meaning of this?

Q: Hehe, okay then. Me and Kotori-chan have known each other for a long time.

Noah: Huh? But when Kotori-chan met Lance, she said that "it was the first time she met him"....

Q: Although we know each other. We haven't actually met each other in person. We're only friends with each other through online games.

One day in the game chat, she mentioned how she lost a precious jewel she cherished.

Base on some clues, I was convinced that it was a Chaostone and...

by tracing the IP address, I managed to track down her identity and what she did that day, which led me to this club.

She probably dropped the Chaostone while she was hanging out here.

And the Entertainment District is known for having lots of stray cats around. The club owner is also popular for being a cat lover, and if there were cats going in and out of this club then....

Here, take a look at the owner's SNS profile.

Noah: Woah, it's filled with cat pictures.

Q: It's likely that the stone turned into a cat toy. Cats are known to play around with shiny objects.

Noah: I see... But, if you already figured out where the stone was, shouldn't you already retrieved it yourself?

Q: That wouldn't be fun, won't it?

Noah: Huh?

Q: It was the perfect opportunity to pull a prank on Lance! That's why I pranked him by using the Rider Phone.

He went out his way to ask you for help and got you involved.

Noah: That's right...

Q: Besides, knowing him, I'm sure he already knew the outcome of the game I set up for him as he progressed further.

Even though he already sensed a cat's shadow in the mysterious case, he still opened the door to reveal the truth. It's a shame to admit it, but Lance won this time.

[—At the Back Alley]

See you around, Noah. Thank you for joining in our game.

Noah: ... Well of course, Q is different from Chaosism afterall.

Q: You really think so?

Noah: It's hard to put it in exact words... But, that's what I think.

When you swapped earlier with Lance, you were pretending to be amused but you were actually trying to protect him?

Q: ...Heheh, you really do think of interesting things.

But, I'll leave that quiz the next time we meet.

Let's play again next time, Noah. Bye bye!

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Pub: 01 Jun 2024 03:24 UTC

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