Chapter 3: Kyori, Missing

The phone in the car rang an hour after darkness had spread through Hito. Lilia picked up her phone.

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"Hello?"
"This is headquarters. Something's happened."
"What kind of situation are we talking about?"
"Kyori is missing. It disappeared off the map about fifteen minutes ago."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Your orders have changed. Head straight over the border."
"Why?"
"(background)Let me speak to her, you're being too robotic.
Lilia, I have bad news. Kyori is not longer existent. It is no longer there. We don't know how to explain this, but I suggest you take a look for yourself when you pass through that area. Trust me."
"OK, move over the border to where?"
"Take cover in GTX for a while, OK?"

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Tryk immediately asked what happened. Lilia explained the new mission. I saw what went missing. More like we all did. The place where Kyori used to be was now an empty space, with on a main road in the middle.