Yasukazu Irie.Perhaps it was for the better that he was taken away from that room.
It's not like he wanted this chain of events, but Yasukazu mused that if someone had to be isolated from the group, especially in such a situation filled with uncertainty, it should be someone who's completely fine being alone. Someone who isn't in a position of leading others, that's important too; if Mima was one of the two chosen to be taken out, the team would most likely fall apart much quicker. It's not that the others relied solely on Mima, but their group functioned their best under the leadership of their trusted magician-guardian.
He didn't gave little thought about Sarah chosen as his 'partner', so to speak; he knew she was as strong as anyone else, whether in a group or alone. Call it superstition if you will, but Sarah gave off the vibe of a well-trained soldier in the times of combat, even outside the DgtWld. Her social aspects were a bit awkward in his view but that made her cute at times.
Yasukazu obediently followed the men in suits out the room. He wasn't sure what to call them, really; he had yet to accept their so-called identity just screaming out from their Romanian flag etched on the suit; it's not so hard to feign as some great body of power especially when there weren't any way for Yasukazu to check. In fact he still had doubts as to whether they really left Japan. Regardless, he was still interested in their ability to "cut them off" the MChips from the Japanese Gvn. Was it a signal jammer? or perhaps a simulation area that's not really part of the DgtWld, though such feat would generally have more consequences than benefits. Yes, it seemed more reasonable to conclude it as a jammer of some sort; it wasn't an impossible feat he knew, as he had a similar skill under his arsenal; the blue ball which distorts all communications.
Perhaps the blue ball is the reason why he was to be isolated from the rest, to enter the DgtWld in a restricted area that blocks one's ability or something. There was also that slim chance they were separating the group in case of escape, though that line of thought wasn't much help, nor of his interest.
He reasoned with himself that it was really the blue ball they were wary of, for one they knew exactly where to kidnap the group so it wouldn't be suspiscious if they knew of everyone's abilities and for another, the group could have been brought for some sort of experiment; what use would experiments be if their results were clouded by a jammer. Better yet, maybe the blue ball was capable of jamming their signal jammer that's preventing the broadcast to the Japanese Gvn. Now that's an interesting thought.
Even as he pondered over such things, Yasukazu did not waste his time being sheepled to a different room. He observed the path, taking note to memorize exactly where his group was originally at, looking around to see any specific landmarks to use in case of escape. Or perhaps just something to harrass these men in suits with. Surely they deserve some
punishment for taking the group without their consent, and Yasukazu will make sure they get it, no matter how long he had to wait to get a chance.
Not long after he was taken out of the room, they came to a split hallway. A man ordered Sarah to take one route, Yasukazu the other. There was little they could do to retaliate, and after a moment of pause they were on the walk once again. Yasukazu was truly separated from his group now.
The path didn't continue that long, passing by a few doors which looked identical to each other with no labels and the same dull, solid wall which offered no help to captives in the vincity. The room he was led into was a smaller version of the room the group was in, with a laptop already set up.
By this point he was pondering whether it was worth attempting to escape. Yasukazu was confident in his abilities to take on the men with his martial arts, especially now when they weren't as tense after seeing his obedience in accompanying them to this room as well as the fact that he could use the chokepoint of the room's only exit to fight one-on-one, but that could cause a chain of unwanted events depending on who they really were. Especially since the men held the communication lines. Just a single spoken word could relay the message of Yasukazu's retaliation and force them to take his group as hostages or something.
Soon he was placed on a seat with his MChip hooked up to the laptop. He still wasn't sure why he was placed in a different room excluding his own deductions, but it would be too good to be true for these men to answer him properly to any of his questions. If there was one thing he knew, it was that his group would have been connected ages ago and most likely was done with whatever they were made to do.
