Everyone was in the hangar right after breakfast. Even those not in the shakeup were told to attend since it was their final day. All 9 of their participants were going to be appearing at least once. The morning would see the pairs of Aito and Akio, Haruki and Kenji and then Haruto and Kaito make attempts. It was busy. The afternoon block would be highlighted by Kazuki and Aito followed by Aito switching partners to Akio. It would be a major feat if he could pull it off. After that, it would be Aoi and Jiro for the first time of the day. The evening had Aito and Akio, Haruki and Kenji and then Haruto and Kaito attempting to synchronize. The last scheduled attempt would be with Aoi and Jiro. Everyone aside from Kaito had reached the required 5 successes. Minato, Ryuga and Eiji were there to give their support to their fellow Squad 3 members. It was nothing big. Both of them were already safe. Aito and Jiro were going to be in excellent hands. Really, between Kazuki, Aito and Jiro, they all were going to bookend the last day. Aito was stretching and getting ready for his day. It was going to be tiring.
Calling out to him was Akio. Aito stopped stretching to watch him approach. He approached Squad 3 at his own pace. "Are you ready to go in? You have a really full day today." Akio said. He was not nervous or concerned at all with the whole cohort's eyes on them. He was simply a volunteer for the shakeup. The only thing that he was interested in here was improving his record from the first stage. He had largely accomplished that with Jiro. If it all went well with Aito today, that would be even better for him. Akio did not need it though. The same was true for Aito as well. Kazuki had guided him through the shakeup so far to large success. He was through and this would also only be a boost to his record. Neither had anything to fear, so they were not worrying about synchronizing. All they had to do was give it their best try. Jiro was also visited by Aoi. He was looking better. There were slightly less bags under his eyes. It made Aoi glare at him when Jiro pointed him out. Jiro flinched and raised his hands up. "I don't mean anything bad by it! I just wanted to check in. Make sure you're okay!"
Minato stepped over to the pair and looked at his twin brother. Aoi just gave him a brief shrug. "Don't worry about Aoi. He's not someone who likes to fail. If he's here, he is going to succeed. The only thing you need to do to help is focus on keeping your Black Pulse stable." Minato assured Jiro. Jiro could only give them a wry smile. "Well, if you say so, it must be true. You'd know him the best." he said before chuckling nervously. It was a bit hard to deal with one of the twins. Having them both in the same place was surreal. Kazuki observed that the vibe around them was very different to Haruto and Haruki. Neither Aoi or Minato said anything else to him. It was clear they held themselves above his station. That was the difference between the twins. Aoi and Minato were conceited and dominant. Haruki and Haruto were open and a friendly pair to get to know. Kazuki really disliked the way Minato and Jiro behaved, but he could admit that they were great in their roles. Everyone needed to wait in the hangar until the machine booted up. It would not take too much longer. Then it all would start.
