Who Is Real
Lava and Kroos, who arrived in Yan at the behest of Nian,
meet a resident of Yan who encountered some trouble in the wilderness, Mr. Nothing.
Together, the three of them follow the clues and search for Mount Hui-ch'i, to look for Nian's sister.
An unassuming thatched house reveals a hidden world the moment they enter.
Regaining their wits, they find themselves in a quaint little Yan town.
Beneath the coexisting sun and moon, the town besieged by spirits of ink. A mysterious monk whose words bring truth:
True or false, false or true, you and I are but inhabitants of a painting.
- WR-ST-1: A Pincer's Grace (Interlude)Lava and Kroos, having been sent to Yan by Nian, save an unlucky Messenger, Mr. Nothing. They take him up on his offer to serve as a guide, and he leads them to Mount Hui-ch'i.
- WR-1: First Waking (Before Operation)Listening to a storyteller's tale, Lava and her cohorts find themselves in a strange town. All manner of strange happenings lead them to understand they may be in a difficult situation.
- WR-1: First Waking (After Operation)Listening to a storyteller's tale, Lava and her cohorts find themselves in a strange town. All manner of strange happenings lead them to understand they may be in a difficult situation.
- WR-2: Ink Spirits (Before Operation)The town storyteller, a Mr. Umbrella-Boiler, is rather hospitable, and Lava comes to know many stories about this 'P'o-shan Village.' And yet, she is unable to connect them to the Yan she knows. At the same time, a wandering monk from Higashi strikes up a conversation.
- WR-2: Ink Spirits (After Operation)Lava, Kroos, and Mr. Nothing decide to split up to look for clues that might lead to a breakthrough. Unbeknownst to them, the monsters known as 'Ink Spirits' make another attack.
- WR-4: Shopkeeper (Before Operation)Saga, the wandering monk, displays her incredible prowess, including the ability to comprehend the Ink Spirits. Confused as she is, Lava goes with Saga to clear the field, arriving at a calm pawn shop.
- WR-4: Shopkeeper (After Operation)Mr. Nothing helps a little girl escape and manages to meet up with Kroos. Saga, Dawn, and Lava take a moment of respite in the pawn shop. Dawn seems to know something.
- WR-5: Crude Mounts (Before Operation)Saga shares a thrilling story with Lava while shopkeeper Dawn offers what may very well be clues to the young operator. Kroos and Mr. Nothing also rejoin the others, but before they can relax, the sky begins to change.
- WR-5: Crude Mounts (After Operation)Somehow, the cycle of day and night returns to normal, and the Ink Spirits no longer fear the sunlight. They take to massacring the villagers while Mr. Nothing shows unexpectedly proficient martial arts in trying to protect the innocent, but still, he fails.
- WR-ST-2: A Day's Calamity (Interlude)P'o-shan Village is in mourning after the destructive attack. And as much as Lava and her friends help to rebuild, the tragedy is obvious to all. At the same time, the eccentric storyteller visits Dawn, but Dawn turns the tables on him and tells him a story of her own.
- WR-6: Away in the Painting (Before Operation)When they awaken, the group finds the world completely back to normal, as if the disastrous events of the previous day never happened. Lava and her cohorts go directly to Dawn the Shopkeeper, who over the course of a conversation explains the 'rules' of this place.
- WR-6: Away in the Painting (After Operation)After repelling the Ink Spirits once more, the group slowly comes to accept the situation as it is. Mr. Nothing opens up and explains why he has been hiding his martial arts. Faced with the reality of the unreal world, our operators are at a loss.
- WR-8: A Dream (Before Operation)Day after day guarding the village gradually wears on Lava, Mr. Nothing, and Kroos. But Dawn reveals some useful information: the Ink Spirits also fear firecrackers.
- WR-8: A Dream (After Operation)As if waking from a dream, Saga finally looks upon the true face of 'Dusk' at the end of her decade of travel through the scroll.
- WR-10: Dusk (Before Operation)Emerging from the illusion of their collective dream, the group comes face to face with the sudden appearance of Nian, and bears witness to her conflict with Dusk.
- WR-10: Dusk (After Operation)The sisters duel across countless paintings until finally Saga appears to interrupt the sisterly conflict. With Lava and her cohorts' intervention, Dusk seems at least temporarily convinced by Nian.
- WR-ST-3: A Question's Answer (Interlude)Arriving at Rhodes Island, Dusk recalls a memory of the past. What concerns her the most now is the identity of one 'Kal'tsit' and one 'Doctor'.