All research information pertaining to the otaku and their abilities begins to disappear from Renraku-controlled systems around the world. Datastores of urban legend and lore collected by Renraku researchers are deleted when any references to the otaku are found. Research into neurobiology and brain-computer interface based on the existence of the otaku is no more. Renraku emails and news posts about the otaku vanish. Even the word "otaku" disappears from the online dictionaries and encyclopedias maintained by Renraku Corporation.