"Right."  They hadn't attacked the Fangs at all yesterday, and they had an afternoon to spare before investigating the school for the disappearances.  Aika also knew that when Joy mentioned Miku, she would probably show up - she was, after all, the only one who knew of the team how to get to that hideout.  "Hatsune-san."  Aika greeted when she appeared.  "Then let's not waste any more time, and get to business."  She pressed the option to KICK ASS, and the Shopping District emerged out of the map, displaying the path between the stages they had already covered, and the path from Stage 4 to Stage 5 - which displayed the picture of the Red-Black Viper.  There was a new addition to the District, as well - a sixth stage block that had a large ? over it, and every few seconds, changed its position on the map.<br/><br/>(If Joy and Aika bothered to look long enough, they would see it traveled between the same half-dozen locations.)<br/><br/>Presumably, this was because they didn't know where it was.  The prompt appeared before them.<br/><div align="center"><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>CONTINUE?</tt></div><br/>With the familiar<tt class="bbc_tt">YES/NO</tt>options, of which Aika pressed<tt class="bbc_tt">YES</tt>, and soon they were heading out from the Shrine, and everything faded to black...and faded back into view when they started to approach the fence that Kanami had led them to.  Aika turned to Miku.  "Do you know where we are?"<br/><br/>"Of course I do.  I know every street and alley of this district by heart - and I know how to get to the secret hideout from here, naturally."<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">STAGE 1-4<br/>-Road to Solo Mio Trattoria-<br/>READY?  BURN!</span></div><br/>The three of them went over the fence, and - at least for the moment - no Fangs were seen along the path.  "This way."  The two Exalted fighters followed Miku, moving through a handful of alleys before turning a corner...and coming face to face with half a dozen Fangs!  "Stop 'em!"