[brief glance toward Yuri at Ai's confirmation regarding the comaed people, expression sour. he lets out a low, breathy sigh of annoyance.]

It's like what happened to that Tachibana person, isn't it?

[narrows his eyes]

So. We just need to make sure someone gets to the Programmer once he shows his face.

[another glance toward Yuri. perhaps they should deliberately set things up to increase the chances of the bastard surfacing somewhere specific.]