Listen closely and you should be able to hear

[Voice]

One... two... three...

There are thirty of them altogether, including this one.

[The telltale clinking sound of a glass marble rattling around in a now-empty bottle of Ramune is picked up over the receiver, as Haruka tilts the bottle from side to side.]

...

[Clink, clink.]

Why would they give this to me? ...Ah- [A random thought slips in.] ... Subconscious thinking?

[After a long pause, Haruka scratches his head with a free hand, sighing.] How stupid.

... Oi.

[Video]

[The video recorder is switched on, with Haruka putting the bottle of Ramune down harshly upon the table. The camera can focus on that for awhile.] Tell me how I can get the marble out of this thing.

[The video function turns on, tilted at an angle and pointed out toward the city horizon.

This was no accident. He just wanted to avoid the shock this time, and maybe even show everyone a pleasant view of the two moons. Whatever the excuse... Haruka didn't seem to want to be seen, as he was clearly out of view.
But a soft sipping noise could be heard a short distance away, picked up by the receiver.

Kantarou, he helped himself in small part to one of your newly acquired sake bottles.]

Ah.

[A bit of light faintly highlights the bottom of the horizon, coming up slowly.]

And so comes the dawn...

There are times when monsters and spirits can be worse than anything that the human race can come up with... and times when just the opposite can be true.

There is no better. But for one to pretend to be the other is just fooling yourself... Yes... I have no reason to change.

...

[Text]

Watari, I'll help you. I think I have an idea of where you can go to look for a washing machine. ...Can you or your partner fight at all?

( Private; Hackable )