After entering a secret area in the Clad of Black Wings base, the Higanbana girls and Ku-kun stumbled upon what seemingly looked like a place of worship.
And what's more there were murals that were also seemingly depicting the end of the world, and in the middle of it all showed a Demon and a Human standing side by side.
Higanbana girls: !!!
Ku-kun: What the hell is this?!
Even though they were only looking at murals, they all felt a strong sense of dread looking at them.
Natsuki: Hey should we report this to Kotori-san already???
Miku: Yeah let's do that!
Knowing that they should report their findings, Miku immediately went to take out her phone to contact Kotori.
Miku: Crap! No signal!
But because they were so far down, there was no signal for them to contact her.
Shino: Calm down Miku, I know you a bit scared right now but you shouldn't be panicking already.
Sachi: Yeah! Nothing even scary is happening so calm down.
Following Shino's and Sachi's words, Miku began to catch her breath.
Miku: Haa~ Haa~ Sorry... I don't know why, but seeing those murals just gave me a very bad feeling.
Chikao: No kidding, and considering that Kotori-san said something about the world ending... I can understand how you feel Miku.
Natsuki: Yeah... This was too... Wait a minute...
As Natsuki was about to say something, she was drawn back towards the mural.
Natsuki: Stare~
Yuuka: Natsuki?
And after staring at the murals for a bit, she found something... Familiar.
Natsuki: These giant monsters... I feel like I've seen them before.
The monsters shown in murals felt so familiar to Natsuki, and it wasn't just Natsuki.
Sachi: Now that you mentioned it... Yeah they kinda do look familiar.
Chikao: You too Sachi? I feel like I've seen them somewhere before as well.
Sachi and Chikao also felt familiar with the monsters being depicted in the murals.
Some of these monsters were lizard like while having different body parts around their bodies.
Some having extra heads and some having limbs such as tentacles, wings and all covered in dark flames.
But even with such different types of bodies. Natsuki, Sachi and Chikao all felt like they've seen them before.
Yuuka: This is not a coincidence.
And Yuuka immediately understood, this was something important. So she got closer to Natsuki and questioned the three.
Yuuka: Where have you seen them?
Natsuki, Sachi & Chikao: What?
Yuuka: You all feel like you've seen them right? If the three of you have seen them somewhere before then it would mean something!
Natsuki: Are you sure?
Yuuka: I know you don't trust me as much, but yes. I'm sure of it, when did you see these monsters Natsuki?
Natsuki: Well... It's hard to tell, I don't remember that much.
Sachi: Same here, I don't really remember where I've seen these monsters.
Sadly both Natsuki and Sachi couldn't remember where they had seen the monsters.
Until Chikao gave her answer.
Chikao: Actually... Now that you've mentioned it, I actually had this dream on the day the incident with Kaneki. Well before the incident happened when, before school.
Shino & Miku: A dream?!
Yuuka: Really?!
Chikao: Yeah. Although I don't really remember most of the dream, well nightmare actually. But yeah I'm pretty sure I've seen these giant monsters eat people in my dream.
As Chikao finished describing her nightmare, something clicked in Natsuki's and Sachi's head.
Natsuki & Sachi: Argh!
Miku: W-Whats wrong?
Natsuki: I-I think I'm starting to remember!
Sachi: S-Same here!
Both Natsuki and Sachi grabbed their heads as the memories of their nightmares came back.
Natsuki & Sachi: !!!
Shino: Sachi? Natsuki?
They both removed their hands from their heads, they have fully remember what had happened.
Sachi: Shimotsuki was overran by these monsters, they were capturing and devouring everyone in sight.
Natsuki: We were running and then...
Natsuki & Sachi: We saw you three...
Natsuki and Sachi looked at Shino, Yuuka and Miku as they both said in unison.
Natsuki & Sachi: You were kneeling beside Kaneki's bloodied body repeatng the words"it's our fault".
When they both mentioned the words "it's our fault" Shino, Yuuka and Miku remembered something as well.
They already heard this story.
Shino: Wait... I remember! Natsuki you talked about this with us at the infirmary before the incident happened!
Natsuki: I did?
Sachi & Chikao: She did?
Miku: Yeah! We even talked about how we would want to kill ourselves if we were to be responsible for Onii-chan getting killed!
Hearing Miku's words, Natsuki remembered her talk with them on that day.
Natsuki: Y-You're right!
Yuuka: I see... So it's all connected...
Yuuka went into deep thought after hearing what everyone said.
Natsuki: Um... What's with Yuuka?
Miku: Looks like Yuuka-Oneechan is trying to come up with an explanation for all of us.
Sachi: I think she figured something out?
Seeing Yuuka in deep thought, they became quiet to not disturb her.
A few minutes later~
Yuuka: I think... I think I figured what's going on.
Sachi: You did?
Yuuka: This is just a hunch, but I think Natsuki, Sachi and Chi-chan essentially saw the future, a premonition.
Everyone: !!!
As Yuuka continued to talk, everyone felt a chill throughout their entire bodies.
Yuuka: That said, the end of the world will only happen when Kaneki... Dies.
Yuuka didn't want to get into more detail about her guess, but she pushed herself to continue.
Yuuka: And these Monsters and that Demon in the mural is most likely to appear once he dies, and I think I know the identity of that Demon.
Everyone: You do?!
Yuuka made an even more anxious as she looked towards the murals.
Yuuka: There is only one Demon that the Clad of Black Wings worship.
Everyone in the room immediately knew who Yuuka was talking about.
Yuuka: The fallen angel, the Demon Knight's sword enemy, the original Demon lord... Lucifer.
Everyone: !!!
Just hearing this name sent chills throughout everyone's bodies.
Chikao: No way... Are you sure?
Yuuka: This is just my guess, but the text that Kotori-san showed and translated for us clearly stating: "When the emperor falls, I will rise again" Most likely refers to Kaneki and him.
Everyone looked at each other, anxiously after hearing this.
Yuuka: If Kaneki dies, then he will return.
Miku: Hold on! That doesn't make any sense at all!
Ku-kun: Yeah! How can Kaneki dying bring him back?!
Yuuka: I don't know, but those text on these murals will probably help us figure them out.
As she said this, Sachi pointed towards one of the murals and asked.
Sachi: But what about that human?
The human standing beside what they could only assume to be lucifer made everyone more curious.
Yuuka: Who knows? I'm not sure myself, but my best theory is that this human is the one trying to kill Kaneki. Though there's a lot of holes in that one.
Natsuki: That's a good guess though, and probably likely as well.
Sachi: You think so, Natsuki?
Natsuki: Nod~ There may be many holes, but this human being the one responsible for manipulating their actions without them knowing seems likely.
Yuuka: The only way for us to know more is if we send these murals to Kotori-san.
Ku-kun: I'll find some council members that are currently in this base, Kotori told me some researchers are already here.
Yuuka: That's a good idea, Ku-kun.
Ku-kun: Stay here okay?
Higanbana girls: We will.
Ku-kun then left to find some of the council members currently inside of the base.
Chikao: Alright let's wait for him to get back.
Now that a theory was put in place and Ku-kun going to find some help to get the murals, the Higanbana girls patiently waited for Ku-kun to return.
Miku: Hey Natsuki what are you doing?
Natsuki: Don't worry I'm just taking a closer look.
But while the rest of her friends were waiting by the entrance Ku-kun made, Natsuki approached the murald and stared at the middle one showing the Demon and Human side by side.
Natsuki's thoughts*
(Strange.)
And she felt something very off about the human in the mural.
(Why does this human feel familiar?)
Even though the human looks unrecognizable to her, Natsuki felt a strange sense of familiarity towards it.
Meanwhile~
Meanwhile in another Clad of Black Wings ruined base
Atsuo: Thank you for helping us you two.
Atsuo and Aiya were exploring a ruined base with Emi and Azusa helping them.
Azusa: No need to thank us uncle, we're happy to help.
Emi: Yeah! We're worried about Kaneki-san as well!
Azusa: That's right, mostly grandma as well. She's very stressed since cousin is great Aunt's grandson.
Aiya: We're sorry had to make you kids look through documents though, it could have been more exciting.
The four of them were looking through files in a secret room in this base.
Azusa: It's alright Auntie, I'm pretty used to doing paperwork at school anyways.
Aiya: Speaking of documents, how come these documents are still here dear?
Atsuo: This is one of the older bases used by the Clad of Black Wings, this one in particular was made around the year 1812.
Azusa: That old??? But the equipment and-
Atsuo: Clad of Black Wings were obviously upgrading, but also because of how old they are they've put many documents in secret compartments throughout their base, so who knows how many they have hidden across their bases world wide.
Aiya: Wow you're very knowledgeable about them.
Atsuo: Of course, I did help Tohru back in the day after all.
Emi: That's amazing!
Atsuo: Yeah, yeah thanks kid.
Aiya: Um... What is this?
Aiya was holding a paper with only one string of words that didn't made any sense.
Azusa: Can I see?
Aiya: Sure, but I doubt it's something important.
Aiya handed the paper to Azusa and he read it out loud.
Azusa: "Foxtrot Alpha Lima Lima Echo November Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo" What? What is this supposed to mean?
Reading the text confused Azusa, but just then Atsuo figured something out.
Atsuo: Wait! I think That's a password.
All 3: Password?
Aiya: Dear how would this be a password?
Atsuo: Those words are from the phonetic alphabet.
All 3: Huh?
Atsuo: I won't go to complete detail to what it is but to put simply, take the first letters of each word and put them all together.
Following Atsuo's advice, Azusa began combining the first words of each word and all together the word—
Azusa: Fallenstar?
Was formed.
Atsuo: Yes!
Aiya: Wow.
Emi: So it really is a password?!
Atsuo: Alright keep that password in mind, we'll definitely find something important with this!
With both groups finding two different yet huge pieces will they get closer to finding out the truth?
Meanwhile in another ruined base*
Ryueki: Tch! How many are we going to need?
"ጮዐዪቹ!"
Ryueki: Fine with me!
Or will they run out of time?