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"...... Oh. It's true. I just came out of the woods."

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　A forest near the Orient that may have something to do with the Shadow Man.

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　One of the poor people who came out of the forest says that even if you enter this forest, you cannot go deep into it.

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　They come out on their own as they walk.

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　It is such a mysterious forest.

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　I thought it sounded like fun and got into the forest, but as I was walking, I came back out of the thick forest.

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　It's strange.

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　I thought I was going straight to the back, but now I'm out.

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　And I don't think I went through the forest.

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　Because I had sent some of the mercenaries to wait outside the forest before entering, but when I came out, I saw them where they should have stayed.

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　This means that I must have unwittingly changed my direction of movement.

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"Ah, there you are! Hey, Commander!

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　Once I came back, I was completely out of the woods.

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　And then I hear a voice calling out to me.

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　I turned around and saw Walter at a different spot from where I came out.

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"Well, you surprised me. I was in a hurry because the leader of the group who was walking in front of me suddenly disappeared.

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"Gone?　Me?　If you put it that way, Walter and the others have been gone from behind me for some time now."

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"What?　That can't be true. We were definitely moving after the leader. But suddenly we lost sight of him. We looked around in a hurry but couldn't find him. We had no choice but to continue on our way and came back here.

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　Walter and the other mercenaries who came out of the forest after me.

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　Walter said something strange.

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　He says he suddenly couldn't find me.

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　But that's impossible.

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　I was just walking normally.

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　And there were people behind me, so I'm sure the mercenaries were following me.

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　And yet, before I knew it, I was separated from them.

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　Walter and the other mercenaries had disappeared.

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　Except for a few mercenaries who were close to me.

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　As I was saying this, more mercenaries came back.

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　It was Zen's squad.

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　It seems that Zen and the others had somehow become separated from me and Walter.

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　But they came out of the forest in a different place, or maybe they went around the outside of the forest and came back here.

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"...... Maybe I've been shown a vision?"

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"A vision?"

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"Yes. The scenery around me and the people who were supposed to be walking in front of me or behind me were illusions. This forest may have such a phenomenon.

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"Is that possible?　But if that's the case, it's certainly possible to lose them even if you're just following them from behind."

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"Right?　If the trees in this forest are also illusions, we may think we are going in a straight line with our own eyes, but in fact we may be going in the wrong direction at all. So it is possible that we found ourselves in a situation where we had to leave the forest."

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　To be honest, I am not sure if my idea is really true or not.

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　But for the moment, it seems reasonable to think so.

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　Let's call it the Forest of Illusion for now.

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　It will be difficult to go deep into this forest of illusion.

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　It is because we cannot even recognize where we are going and how we are going.

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　But the assassins must have come out of this forest.

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　The smell was certainly connected to this forest.

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　That does not mean that we can never go deep into this forest.

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　There must be some way.

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　How are they doing it?

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"What does the Eye think?　...... Huh?　Where's the Eye?"

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"What? Ah, what's that?　I don't see Mr. Ai here."

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"How long has he been gone?　Zen, you sure Ai didn't go into the forest with us?"

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"Of course, Commander Alphonse. Mr. Ai was definitely with Commander Alphonse when he went into the forest.

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"Seriously? So that means the Eye got separated from us.

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　I thought I would ask Ai's opinion about this forest of illusion.

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　However, I finally noticed that Ai was nowhere to be found.

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　As far as I checked with other people besides Zen, he must have entered the forest with us.

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　However, I guessed that Ai had not come out of the forest yet.

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　Then we heard a sound.

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　A very small sound.

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　It must have been very far away.

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　But the sound was familiar.

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　It was the sound of a magic bullet.

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　The magic bullets made of hardened bricks fired from the magic gun do not make a sound when they are fired.

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　The sound is heard when the bullet hits the target.

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　And I think that what I hear now is the sound like when the magic bullet hits a person.

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　I focus my attention on my ears even more.

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　In addition, I gather the magic power to my ears to pick up the sound farther and more precisely.

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　As a result, it seems that the sound of the magic bullet is coming from deep in the forest of illusion.

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"It seems that Ai is going deep into the forest. And it seems like she's engaged in a battle with someone.

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Is it safe?

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"I'm sure he'll be fine, but you never know what might happen if he's alone. We'll go with her.

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"How are you going to get there?　We couldn't go deeper into these woods, could we?"

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"It's okay. The fact that the Eye is deep in the forest is the best proof that we can go deep into the forest. Come on, Ai.

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　In order to catch up with the Eye deep in the forest, I put magic power into the nucleus I took out of my magic bag and made the other Eye appear in this place.

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　The other Ai has already shared information with the Ai who is probably deep in the forest.

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　With this, I can go to her with her guidance.

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　I quickly joined hands with Ai, who was leading the way, and we plunged into the forest once again.

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