17. Headphone Actor IV

Headphone Actor IV (ヘッドフォンアクターIV Heddofon Akutaa IV) is the seventeenth chapter of the Kagerou Daze manga.

Summary

 * Takane slowly regains consciousness and wonders where she is. She tries to recollect her memories before she fainted, but soon grows irritated and calls out for anyone. Suddenly, a TV screen quickly sweeps down, surprising her. The screen depicts a lab of some sort, but it is too dark for Takane to make out anything. Moving her ear closer to the screen, she hears the voice of her teacher. Taking a better look, she sees her own body connected to a strange machine. This confuses her, making her wonder if she is actually dead. She soon notices Kenjirou standing next to a tube containing a body which she at first confuses for Haruka, but inspecting it closer, it was actually Konoha.


 * As Kenjirou continues talking, TV static suddenly fills the screen and startles Takane. Her body starts to pixelate and she is soon contacted by the Snake of Opening eyes. It antagonizes her, telling her that since she now has no body or no place to go, she has no reason to survive. Takane replies, saying that she'll create a place for herself. The snake tells her that she needs to open her "eyes" if she wants to escape, and soon enough she transforms into Ene. She is greeted by a log-in screen, starting her cyber-journey.


 * The flashback ends and the time switches to the evening of August 15. The Mekakushi Dan members are chatting as they are going back home after the amusement park. Shintaro notes that Ene has been unusually quiet, but soon enough she goes back to being herself. As they bicker among each other, Momo notices a person looking at the group. Although Kido is using her eye ability, the person starts approaching the Mekakushi Dan.