He then further explains that he brought Ren here in order to discuss an important matter that will affect his life. Igor greets him, explaining that the Velvet Room is a place that exists between dream and reality, and is only accessible to those who have, in some form, made a contract. Caroline scolds him to stand up straight as Igor is present. Igor welcomes him to his Velvet Room, and the twins tell him that he is still asleep in the real world. Later, he awakens in the Velvet Room and finds himself in prison garb, even bound in handcuffs with a ball and chain on his leg.
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He hears his phone ringing, and to his surprise, he finds that the mysterious application from before is still there, despite having deleted it earlier. He also touches upon the details of the incident for a brief moment before leaving him alone to clean up the room, though he also warns him that if he causes any trouble, he will kick him out.Īs Ren prepares for bed, he recalls the incident, thinking to himself that he simply couldn't ignore the woman being harassed. He shows Ren his new room despite its rather large size, Sojiro says he has to be the one to clean it up. Sojiro is surprised that the "punk kid" he was asked to look after is Ren, based on his gentlemanly and timid appearance. He arrives to find Sojiro speaking with customers. Afterward, as time resumes, Ren seemingly deletes the application, and makes his way to Yongen-Jaya Station, and later to the alleyway, where his new caretaker resides. The world around him slows to a halt, and a fiery blue figure manifests before his eyes, followed by a vision of the flames developing a red grin, and himself with yellow eyes. However, due to Ren's rumored criminal record, Sojiro does so only begrudgingly.Īfter he arrives at the Shibuya Crosswalk, a mysterious application starts up, much to the protagonist's confusion. Needing a place to stay, Sojiro Sakura was approached to house Ren during his probation, due to being an acquaintance of Ren's parents. At the court hearing, he was told to transfer schools with Shujin Academy being the only school that would accept Ren with his current criminal record. It is later revealed that the man was Masayoshi Shido, a corrupt politician who abruptly rose to control virtually all of Japan and commits blatantly treasonous acts for his profit.Īs a result of Ren's intervention, the incident went down on his permanent record, and he was subsequently expelled from his school.
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He blamed it on him and forced the woman to testify that it was Ren's fault.
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In his drunken stupor, the man accidentally fell without Ren touching him and injured his head. That happened when Ren was on his way home and he witnessed a woman being sexually harassed by a man and stopped him. Ten years after Ren moved after his parents to Mitakihara, something changed him. Since then, they have become friends before his family moved out to Mitakihara Town.
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Ten years ago, during the summer, Ren lost sight of his parents until he reached an old tree and met Iroha Tamaki, who was crying with a wound on her knee in a hollow under the old tree.The two introduced themselves before Ren volunteered to take Iroha back to her parents.