YAMA-NO shakes her head. "I barely knew the initiative was happening at all - mostly because TAR0 processed some related files. When things started going wrong during the standard recharge cycle, it was an easy connection to make. How long has it been?"

"I haven't encountered anyone who knows for sure, but I think I know a way to narrow it down," Naoki says. "What's the last thing your system heard about the Grid?"

"It was overrun by viral code and taken offline. That was several cycles ago, but I don't recall how many."

Naoki nods. "That's still something to go on. The Grid was offline for two hundred cycles - I don't think it's been reconnected to the Network at large yet, but it's been active again for a few cycles as of this time."

YAMA-NO falls silent, but Naoki can't really blame her, after that bombshell.