[Koizumi's not stupid, she grumbles in her head; does he really think she can't hear these suddenly self-effacing verbs? It's a game, not a cage match, and even if he can't lift much more than a cell phone, she--

--needs to rely on his intellect. Stay calm, like Peko said in her own strangely uncalm way.]

Throw the outside world into an even bigger panic than 42 random disappearances already would? Yeah, that might spread despair. [The strangely specific poetic word fits just fine on Koizumi's plain lips for some reason.]

Then what do we do about that? Break the security cameras so they can't watch?