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A Changed World and Creeping Unease (Kikuchiba) Walkthrough

Being able to escape the Others at the Old OSF Hospital with the help of Fubuki Spring, Yuito and the rest of his team rendezvous at a safe zone within Suoh City Ryujin Ward. They learn more from Fubuki about the experiments that were held in the Old OSF Hospital which resulted in the creatuon of byproducts which tunes the brains of people, resulting in brainwaishing. They also learn about this new byproduct that was used against Naomi Randall which caused her to mutate into an Other - the team then continues on their patrol, hoping to find the rest of the team, and make haste towards Kikuchiba.

Return to Kikuchiba

Upon gaining control of Yuito, at the safe zone, look to your left to find a resource cache containing 600 Kin. And behind is another, containing x1 Forcefield Mk I. After grabbing the items, open the world map and travel to the Mid-Level Shopping District of Kikuchiba to formally begin the quest. (You can also roam around Suoh City if you want, before heading to Kikuchiba).

Upon arriving, you'll notice that it's the same layout of the map that you've encountered during the quest, Trusting the Path to the Future (Kikuchiba).

Proceed to the main street and you'll encounter the first group of enemies, the Marabou Pendu. Use Rising Slash to attack it in the air, or you can also use SAS: Teleportation to execute a teleport attack at it. Take out the enemies and then look to your right, there's a resource cache next to a truck to find x1 Squash Racket.

Continue further and you'll be ambushed by a group of Scummy Rummy enemies, using SAS: Pyrokinesis against the group will easily take them out - after you take out the group, x2 Doppel Pool will spawn next.

The Doppel Pool enemy is quite tricky since it has the power to duplicate itself. So you need to take out the real Doppel Pool so that its duplicates will disappear.  Using SAS: Pyrokinesis against this enemy is good since the AoE effect can attack all of them at once - after defeating the enemies, head up the stairs to reach the second level.

Shopping District: 2nd Level

By the top of the stairs, you'll find Satori the Archivist. Save your game to replenish your HP or check the shop to restock on items. A cutscene will then trigger when you walk up towards the marked objective. This will now be your third boss encounter against Kasane Randall, only this thime, she is accompanied by Arashi Spring and Kagero Donne. The goal here is to take out the two first before you can fight Kasane.

Boss Battle: Kasasne, Arashi, Kagero

Fortunately for this battle, Yuito is amongst his team members, who, during this battle can support him with their unique SAS abilities. This will allow Yuito to go toe to toe with Kasane when trading blows in melee, as Yuito's powerful sword combos enhanced with Hanabi's SAS: Pyrokinesis should deal far superior damage in comparison.

In this particular instance, Yuito and his team must first eliminate Arashi and Kagero before battling Kasane. These two accomplices will only attack in melee, and are capable of performing very quick dashes across the battleground. Focus on them one at a time and chain as many melee attacks on them as possible to keep them pinned down, preventing them using their mobility. Quickly eliminate them in this fashion to kickstart the battle against Kasane.

An additional power that Kasane brings to the battle during this encounter is her Brain Field. Identical to Yuito's, this power will trap all units inside the caster's Brain Field realm, enhancing their Psychokinesis powers while disabling others capable of it from using it. While in this state, players must overcome Kasane with only melee attacks and SAS. Numerous large objects will also conveniently appear around Kasane, allowing her to continuously damage and knockdown targets with devastating throws.

A good way to avoid damage and close the gap is to empower Yuito with SAS: Teleportation, allowing him to blink in and out while damaging Kasane with melee slashes, and avoiding some of Kasane's Psychokinesis attacks. With this strategy the overwhelming amount of Psychokinesis throws from Kasane will become more manageable, allowing Yuito to wait out her Brain Field power. On the flip side, players should use Yuito's own Brain Field power against Kasane when it becomes available when Kasane's health has been reduced to roughly 30-20%. This will greatly speed up the fight and possibly defeat her with heavy damage from augmented Psychokinesis - a cutscene will then trigger after defeating the Kasane.

Standby Phase 5

At the end of the cutscene in Kikuchiba, you'll meet Kodama Melone and you'll receive the OSF Hospital Prescription Drug. From here, you'll return to the Hideout and complete the second quest for Phase 5. During the Stanby Phase, take your time to speak to your allies and check Brain Messages for possible Bond Episodes with the Companions.

 

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