06. Mekakushi Chord III

Mekakushi Chord III (メカクシコードIII Mekakushi Kōdo III) is the sixth chapter of the Kagerou Daze manga.

Summary

 * The bomb causes the security gates on the floor to go down. Kido grabs Momo and Marry and uses Concealing Eyes to hide them as they take shelter behind a shelf. Kido determines that the attackers are skilled terrorists who have likely taken all the people on the floor as hostages. Momo realizes that her brother Shintaro was likely taken as hostage and wants to go to him, but Kido grabs her and urges her to stay calm.


 * A few moments of silence pass between the three girls, but it is interrupted from a text on Kido's phone from Kano, who had been sent to look for Shintaro. Kano cheerfully reports that he was taken as hostage with Shintaro and sends a selfie as proof. The tension breaks as Kido and Momo ponder on Kano's stupidity. Momo questions why Kano isn't tied up like the other hostages in the picture, and Kido explains that Kano's eye ability, Deceiving Eyes, allows him to look different to others; so, to everyone else, he appears to be tied up. She explains that on their walk to the mall, Kano looked carefree but was actually keeping a close lookout on their surroundings. Momo realizes that Kano must have sent the cheerful texts and selfie to help calm them down, which worked.


 * Momo ponders on Shintaro's situation and suddenly comes up with a plan to stop the terrorists. Since it's hard to explain, she asks for Kido's phone to brainstorm. During this, the terrorists announce on the store's loudspeakers that they want a billion yen in 30 minutes or else they'll kill all the hostages. Kido and Momo make fun of the terrorists for asking for such a large amount. While Kido explains to Marry just how much one billion yen is, Momo returns to drafting her plan on Kido's phone. Kido reviews it and is confused about a weird girl that's a part of it, but she agrees that it's a good plan and praises Momo. Momo sends the plan to Kano, who cheerfully agrees to the plan and confirms Ene's presence in Shintaro's phone.


 * Determined, the three girls stand up and move closer to the terrorists. While Kido and Momo spot Shintaro and Kano in the group of hostages, Marry picks up a handheld massage device. She accidentally trips over the cord and sends it flying to the leader of the terrorists. It hits his head; Kido manages to grab it as it falls and rushes the girls away while concealing them. Kano texts Momo about his amusement on the situation and that Shintaro seems confident in his own plan, though Kano told him to wait for a signal. The terrorist leader, irritated from being hit on the head, announces that he's taking ten minutes off the deadline. that one of his goons had hit him and angrily hits him. The three girls rush back to the hostages to see the terrorist leader holding up Shintaro by his hair. Momo panics, but Kido stops her from running to him and Marry reassures her of their plan.

Trivia

 * This chapter was originally titled with the number "3" but is changed to the roman numeral "III" in the volume.