Go and be frozen, Yuri.
Who is this? Another new person?
You look literally speechless.
What is it that you seek?
Wh-Who are you?
Oh, so you don't know.
How interesting. Then this must also be their will.
"Will"? "Their"?
Very well, then.
Follow me.
Yuri.
Setsu...
I guess you're already awake.
Well? Do you understand a little bit after the instant learning?
Y-Yeah...
Is this some sort of sabotage? Don't think you'll get away with it.
Who is she?
Yuriko.
I don't know much about her either,
but she's apparently a shrine maiden from a sublight-speed ship.
Jina? Jina's not here...
Okay, it looks like we're all present.
Then let's get started.
Where's Jina?
Jina? Who's that?
It appears as though your memories are still confused.
I guess this means that she never escaped onto this ship in this world line.
Er, um... Sorry. My mistake.
So, like... Why's she sitting over there?
Talk about intense. Yeesh.
You are the narrator of this play, are you not?
Then let the curtain rise.
Right.
According to LeVi's report, one Gnosia has infiltrated this ship.
But we don't know which of us it is.
- Did you wanna just draw lots to decide? - What?
So I'm back to the beginning again.
Jina's not here, and there's another new person.
Considering the conditions have changed,
there's no way to tell who the Gnosia is.
Not to mention, what's the point of even finding the Gnosia anyway?
When I had to return to the start
because I failed to get rid of the Gnosia, I still had some hope.
I believed that if we could get rid of the Gnosia,
I could escape from this loop.
But even though I identified the Gnosia and succeeded in sending them into cold sleep,
the loop restarted anyway.
I'm back to the first day.
If I have to repeat the same first day whether the ship gets taken over
by the Gnosia or we succeed in eliminating them,
there's no point in this meeting.
You'll know soon enough. So I want you to do your best.
For everyone's sake... and for your own.
You say that, but...
What's up? You're zoning out.
It doesn't seem that they were listening at all.
Just look at that moronic face.
Er, um...
I'd like to hear what you think, Yuri. That's what I said.
Er, um... Honestly, I'm not really sure right now.
It must be convenient to be an amnesiac.
Are you unsure as to whom we should suspect?
In that case...
You will do just fine.
Huh?
Wha?!
H-Hey, wait a sec! Why me?!
Are you wearing that suspicious mask to hide your lies?
Your demeanor has been rather restless since we arrived, your glances furtive.
Th-This is just how I am, bud!
You have only yourself to curse for your own carelessness.
Begone.
It is time.
Wha—
Voting has completed. Seven valid votes.
The voting rate is 100%.
Seriously?
One statement from her was enough to sway everyone.
Out of everyone so far, she may have the most command over the situation.
According to Setsu, she's apparently a shrine maiden.
I wonder if she knows anything about me.
Huh? You wanna know about Yuriko?
Yeah. I heard that she was a shrine maiden,
but I was wondering if you knew anything else.
Ooh! Lookie, lookie!
Isn't this color super adorbs?
Yeah, sure...
Unfortunately, despite how I look,
cute li'l SQ has been out in the world for only a year.
I'm just a wittle one-year-old!
So I don't weally know anything.
Did you grow up really sheltered or something?
Oh, yeah.
That's more true than you know.
I mean, just look how flawless my skin is!
You're right.
So that's the sublight-speed ship Hoshibune.
They pray as they drift through space...
What are you snooping around for?
Your eyes... I see.
Very well. A change of scenery is in order.
Come with me.
This place will do.
Behold. Can you see the stars stretching to the furthest reaches of the cosmos?
Yeah...
Those same stars are watching you.
They see through you completely.
Are you saying that you know something about me?
Well, what do you think?
Should I answer her?
But if I do, she might use what I say to manipulate me.
How laughable. It seems you know nothing at all.
No matter. Whether you like it or not, you will soon be forced to come to terms...
with your own distortion.
What was that just now?
"Distortion"? I'm distorted? Me?
Warp commencing in ten, nine, eight...
Do you understand?
I'm back...
I was attacked by the Gnosia during warp.
In your previous loop?
Yeah...
"Loop"? How do you know about the loops?
This is still the first day, isn't it?
It is, but....
You have that thing, too, Setsu?
I guess your loops have only just begun.
Let's exchange information. Take yours out.
Take it out...?
I guess you don't know how to do that either.
Just imagine the key.
I see.
So you still don't know why the loops are happening?
You mean you do?
All right.
I'll explain everything.
I'm the one who gave it to you, after all.
Racio will be put into cold sleep.
So this is what you like.
I wouldn't necessarily say that.
I just figured it would be nice and calm and a good place to think.
It's a bit too lonely for me. Do you mind if I change it?
Go ahead.
LeVi, pattern E-7, please.
Understood.
Wow, I didn't know it could do stuff like this.
Space is pretty desolate,
so I prefer somewhere with a bit of life.
I see...
What?
It's nothing. I just didn't know you liked lively settings like this.
Wh-Who cares if I do?
Anyway, let's talk about this.
This is a Silver Key.
It's a lifeform that implants into a human, causing them to be reborn in a loop.
A lifeform?
Come to think of it, Racio did mention that there were lifeforms like that.
I see.
Why are you smiling?
No, it's nothing.
So does this mean that you're also...
Yeah. I'm also looping.
But the two of us are looping at different rates,
and across different world lines.
For example, you're still on your fifth loop.
I've already looped over a hundred times.
A hundred...
Yes. All to fill the Silver Key with knowledge.
They crave any kind of knowledge about humans,
and they make their hosts loop in order to collect it.
Take a closer look.
This is how much knowledge I've gathered so far.
That's what you need to do— fill the Silver Key.
Follow me.
Whoa, what the?
Sorry.
We grilled them for too long.
What are those?
Apparently, they're called dango.
Mitarashi dango...
The most supreme food.
How'd it go?
I didn't really find out much.
I guess I know what Jina's favorite food is now, if nothing else.
That's plenty. Try taking it out.
So this is the knowledge it seeks. If I can satisfy its desire...
Oh, Yuri and Setsu.
These are lovely flowers.
Yes.
I'm planning to experiment a bit more and make even more colors.
What do you like, Stella?
Flowers.
There are even more in my room. Would you like to see them?
Sure. I'll stop by later.
Yes. You should come as well, Setsu.
Farewell.
Huh?
Did you already find out that Stella liked flowers in a previous loop?
Does it not count if I already knew about it?
Well, yeah.
The Silver Key's goal is to learn about humans on a deeper level.
To learn about their personalities, their words, where they came from,
what they like or dislike,
their hidden desires, their dreams for the future...
Whatever information you're able to glean from them
will be stored by the Silver Key as knowledge.
And once it gets all of the knowledge it desires,
the Silver Key will leave its host and head to another dimension
to find a new host.
Another dimension?
Yeah. That's the really important part—
and the solution to the problem you're currently facing.
You don't have to think about it too much right now.
Just focus on gaining more knowledge
by getting closer to your crewmates and asking them questions.
For your own sake.
All right.
That's why the meetings still matter.
The longer you survive,
the longer you'll be around the others, and the more chances you'll have to talk to them.
But whenever I loop and go back,
I'll have to start over from my first meeting with each of them.
Correct.
That's why you should aim to play your role as best you can
and survive as long as possible.
Even if you know you'll eventually have to loop anyway.
All right.
Ten minutes until warp.
Please return to your rooms.
All right, LeVi.
Thanks. For a while, I didn't know what to do, but now I have a little hope.
Anyway, we're together on this loop.
Let's eliminate the Gnosia and do our best to survive as long as we can.
I'm going back to my room.
See you later.
Yuri.
Do you know why, on all of my loops until now, I never told you I was also looping?
No...
It's because there was always a chance you were infected by the Gnosia.
No one wants to give information to their enemy.
But I know for sure that you're a human this time, Yuri.
Because I'm a Gnosia.
Setsu...
Setsu is... a Gnosia...
Warp commencing in ten, nine, eight...
Yuri...
So that means SQ was...
Correct. I am unable to sense SQ's presence.
Don't tell me I failed again...
Why do you sound so despondent?
It was clear this would happen yesterday when we failed to eliminate the Gnosia.
Yeah, but... someone lost their life.
That is not a certainty.
It is true that the Gnosia attack and eliminate humans,
but it's also said that they don't actually take their lives.
They might simply transfer their souls elsewhere.
Is that true?
We don't really know.
That sounds... worse.
Jina...
I'd rather take my own life than be eliminated by a Gnosia.
Hmph. Do as you please.
In any case, we are out of time.
Let us decide on the next sacrifice.
One Gnosia has infiltrated the ship.
Yesterday, Racio was put into cold sleep, and SQ was attacked during the warp.
Those are the facts that we currently have.
That is correct.
Is there an Engineer?
One has been appointed, but...
Looks like no one's going to out themselves.
Apparently, we'll just have to discuss who the next sacrifice will be.
What do you think, Yuri?
Huh? Me? I honestly don't know yet...
Is there anyone you think is suspicious?
What is Setsu trying to do?
Why did they tell me that they were a Gnosia?
Do they want me to pick them?
Or...
It appears as though the most appropriate measure is to suspect Yuri.
Let us proceed by freezing them.
Wait!
Calm down. If I panic and argue back, it'll be seen as an admission of guilt.
I can't say I'm happy that you think of me that way.
I was just being honest.
Oho...
It's because I asked them a question.
Yuri was simply answering me.
Excuse me...
Is it all right if I confirm something?
Setsu and Yuri...
Is what you were discussing last night true?
Last night?
I heard you say it yourself, Setsu.
That you are a Gnosia...
Oho. Well, this is quite an entertaining development.
Is that true?
Yes. I'm certain Yuri heard them say it, as well.
Well? What say you?
I...
Setsu is a Gnosia...
Voting has completed. Five valid votes.
The voting rate is 100%.
The votes will now be tallied.
It has been decided.
Stella will be put into cold sleep.
But why...
I told you I was the Gnosia.
Why did you lie?
I could ask you the same thing.
What?
When suspicion fell upon me during the meeting, why did you defend me?
I know who you really are.
You're right.
Why did you tell me at all?
I'm not sure. But I think I just wanted to know...
what you would do if you knew if I was a Gnosia.
How'd that turn out?
Exactly how I thought it would.
You're calm and yet a bit lonely— just like this place.
But I really wish you wouldn't do things that put you at a disadvantage.
You're only going to make yourself suffer.
That goes for you, too.
The last thing a Gnosia should do is come out and say they are one.
You're right.
Tonight, when we warp, I want you to attack and eliminate me.
What?
I'd feel too bad for Stella otherwise.
I ended up helping the Gnosia, after all.
All right.
But just promise me this.
No matter the world line, I want you to play your role to the best of your ability.
If you think I'm suspicious, I don't care how much you attack me.
So that we can break these loops once and for all.
Yeah. Same to you.
Do you understand?
Yeah.
Eight of us have escaped onto this ship.
Me, you, Racio, Jina, Stella, Yuriko,
and...
Hm?