Hostage Room

**Hostage Room** (人質部屋, *Hitojichi Heya*), sometimes known as **Underground Cell**, is a location featured in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*. It is the real world counterpart to the Somnium world Nonentity Incognito.

Hostage Room is a secret room built beneath the Horadori Institute of Genetics in Chuo District.

## Story

***WARNING!!***
***This article contains spoilers for*AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative *from this point on.Proceed with caution!***

The Hostage Room has been used as part of the underground facility since the first generation of the Horadori Institute of Genetics was established.

In 1996, Chikara Horadori and Tokiko Shigure kidnapped Uru Somezuki and imprisoned him in this basement as Jin Furue's organ donor. Since then, he has lived here for nearly three decades. During these long years, with Tokiko's help, Uru learned Naix's teachings and various knowledge here, and developed the habit of journaling.

When Uru was about to turn 30 years old, Jin came here to visit him and apologized, but Uru refused to accept the apology, punched him and killed Jin with a slicer outside the basement.

Six years later, ABIS intern Mizuki Date came here with Lien Twining and found Uru's diary and the edited video on his computer. Worried that Uru would return at any time and pose a threat to the two, Mizuki left after investigating here.

## Item Dialogue

* Refrigerator
* Vent
* Computer
* Handbook/Diary
* Tank/Thermite Bomb
* Punching Bag
* Training Equipment
* Tire
* Upper Floor Desk
* Lower Floor Desk
* Bookshelf
* Shelves
* Locker
* Sink
* Toilet
* Shower and Bathtub
* Symbol
* Bed
* Non-functioning PC
* Poster
* Oil Drum
* TV
* Sofa

### Refrigerator

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a worn-out refrigerator.*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment (with X-ray):
	1. **Mizuki:** (It's all preserved food inside...)
	 **Aiba:** (The production dates are recent. Someone must have been here not long ago.)
	 **Mizuki:** (Yeah, but why is this stuff in here?)
	 **Mizuki:** (It shouldn't need to be cooled...)
	 **Aiba:** (This refrigerator is broken. The cooling function is not operable.)
	 **Mizuki:** (So this was just being used as a storage box.)
	 **Aiba:** (That seems to be the case.)
	2. *There's a broken refrigerator with preserved foods inside.*

### Vent

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** (That's the only vent.)
	 **Aiba:** (It is safe to assume the average human could not enter or exit through there.)
	2. *There's a small vent.*

### Computer

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** (A shady-looking computer...)
	 **Mizuki:** (Aiba, can you take a look?)
	 **Aiba:** (On it.)
	 **Aiba:** (Internal data has been analyzed.)
	 **Aiba:** (Mizuki, take a look at this.)
	 **Mizuki:** (Is this...?)
	 **Aiba:** (It is the Nirvana Trial video.)
	 **Aiba:** (There are backups and working files on this computer as well.)
	 **Aiba:** (It seems as though that video was produced here.)
	 **Aiba:** (And one more thing...)
	 **Aiba:** (There was some unedited QR footage as well.)
	 **Mizuki:** (But that means...)
	 **Aiba:** (Yes.)
	2. *The QR video and the Nirvana Trial video were both created on this computer.*

### Handbook/Diary

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** (What is this?)
	*I turned the page.*
	*This is what was written there.*
	*"I've been here for ages."*
	*"I'm trapped here, suffering."*
	*"It's all their fault."*
	*"They took so much from me. They used my creation without permission."*
	*"And I'll never forgive them for it. Just writing about it makes me furious."*
	*"I want to kill them."*
	 **Mizuki:** (...)
	 **Aiba:** (It's a diary...)
	 **Aiba:** (There aren't daily entries, but it seems like the person who lived here wrote it.)
	 **Aiba:** (There might be some clues to the case...)
	 **Mizuki:** (Let's keep reading...)
	2. *"Unlike them, Mom is really nice."*
	*"She's taught me a lot of things."*
	*"Naix is wonderful."*
	*"This world is a lie... These things happening to me are a lie."*
	*"Mom said that she's going to tell the truth to everyone."*
	*"I want to help Mom."*
	*"I love Mom."*
	*"But..."*
	*"Why are you nice to him, Mom?"*
	*"I hate him. He needs to pay."*
	3. *It continues...*
	 **Aiba:** (There is a date here.)
	 **Aiba:** (This is from six years ago.)
	*"February 9th."*
	*"He came this morning."*
	*"I thought he was here to mock me."*
	*"He always picks on me."*
	*"But he said that's not why he was here."*
	*"He said he wanted to apologize."*
	*"'I'm so sorry for everything I've done.' I've heard him say it a million times."*
	*"Things turned red all of a sudden. Next thing I knew, he was on the ground."*
	*"I think I hit him. He was bleeding from the mouth and unconscious."*
	*"I thought this was my chance."*
	*"I knew how to get the machine out."*
	*"He basically taught me everything."*
	*"I took the machine out, set the body in..."*
	*"To be split in half alive..."*
	 **Mizuki:** (This description...)
	 **Aiba:** (It is similar to what we reenacted earlier in the room next door.)
	 **Mizuki:** (So the person writing in this diary was "X.")
	 **Mizuki:** (And "he" is probably "T." He got his tooth knocked out...)
	*"2/9 Cont."*
	*"As I looked at his dead body, I thought to myself..."*
	*If I use this, I can help Mom...*
	*"I'd been planning this for a long time. But when I saw that body, the light came on..."*
	*"The intersection between the warp and weft... That's where the seam can occur."*
	*"By creating that, the people of this world... Moksha..."*
	4. *"February 10th."*
	*"Early morning, I went to go see Mom. I told her about my plan."*
	*"She agreed. She even said I can use her money!"*
	*"This has got to work! Ah, Mom, you're so kind!"*
	*"The Nirvana Initiative! I'm going to make it a reality!"*
	*"I decided to proceed with the plan."*
	*"I thought of a new name for myself."*
	*"My name is 'Tearer.' I will start my new life with this new name."*
	 **Aiba:** (...)
	 **Mizuki:** (...)
	*"2/10 Cont."*
	*"How ironic."*
	*"The one thing I needed...was being created in this very facility..."*
	*"TC-PERGE... Such a wonderful virus..."*
	*"But I was told it was still imperfect. More time was needed."*
	*"No need to be rash... I decided to wait with Mom."*
	*"Fortunately, there are tons of Naix members among the researchers."*
	*"When I told them about the plan, they happily obliged."*
	*"Ah, I can't wait! This is going to be so much fun!"*
	5. *"February 11th."*
	*"Someone interfered."*
	*"I put it there, but it was gone."*
	*"Insufferable ingrate..."*
	*"No mercy no mercy no mercy no mercy no mercy no mercy no mercy no mercy"*
	*"I'll find you and I'll kill you."*
	6. *"February 12th."*
	*"I found you."*
	*"Filthy thief."*
	7. *"February 13th."*
	*"I cut the thief in half and then set it up."*
	*"Your fault. Didn't give it back."*
	*"The undoing is done."*
	*"I can finally relax!"*
	 **Aiba:** (February 13th, the "thief" cut in half...)
	 **Mizuki:** (The thief must be...)
	*"2/13 Cont."*
	*"I met the person of my destiny."*
	 **Aiba:** (What...?)
	 **Mizuki:** (Person of my destiny...?)
	8. **Aiba:** (The diary ends on 2/13...)
	 **Aiba:** (It's all from six years ago.)
	 **Mizuki:** (So the diary ends there...)
	9. *It's a diary... Must've been written by the person that was confined here.*

### Tank/Thermite Bomb

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** (Oh no...)
	 **Aiba:** (You've seen this before?)
	 **Mizuki:** (Of course! How could I forget?!)
	 **Mizuki:** (This is what caused my left eye..)
	 **Mizuki:** (And Kizzy...)
	 **Mizuki:** (...)
	 **Aiba:** (It is a thermite bomb.)
	 **Aiba:** (Six years ago, a thermite reaction caused Jin Furue's right half to burn.)
	 **Mizuki:** (I know, I read the report.)
	 **Mizuki:** (Basically, a miniature version of this was set in the body, right?)
	 **Aiba:** (Correct.)
	2. *It's a thermite bomb.*

### Punching Bag

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a punching bag. It's been used quite a lot.*

### Training Equipment

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *Training equipment...*

### Tire

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a tire.*

### Upper Floor Desk

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a desk... There are thick books on it that look difficult to read.*

### Lower Floor Desk

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment (before examining the diary):
	1. *There's something on the desk…*
* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment (after examining the diary):
	1. *A diary on the desk.*

### Bookshelf

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a bookshelf... Lots of pretty advanced books.*

### Shelves

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *The shelf is filled with what looks like drugs and other stuff.*

### Locker

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a locker. A mysterious pattern is drawn on it.*

### Sink

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a stainless steel sink. It's really dirty.*

### Toilet

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a toilet.*

### Shower and Bathtub

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a shower and bath tub. It looks really old.*

### Symbol

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. **Mizuki:** (This is Naix...)
	 **Aiba:** (The Nonuple-X symbol...)
	2. *A Naix flag.*

### Bed

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *A bed.*

### Non-functioning PC

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *A PC. I tried messing with it, but nothing happened.*

### Poster

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *Tons of papers stuck to the wall...*
	*The text on them looks practically random.*
	*It'll take a while to decode this mess.*
	2. *Part of the wall is covered with papers.*

### Oil Drum

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *A steel drum. There's nothing inside.*

### TV

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *An old TV.*

### Sofa

* 2/13: The Expense of Spirit, during the 1:20 AM investigation segment:
	1. *It's a raggedy sofa.*

## Trivia

* The theme music used for the Hostage Room during the investigation here in the chapter 2/13 Mizuki Chapter 3: The Expense of Spirit is exactly the same as the theme used for the same location in Tearer's Somnium, Nonentity Incognito.

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, **Hostage Room**) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers