22.5 First Wipe?

Oookay? Something's clearly wrong now.

"W-what the... It didn't work?"

I could only blink as I watched Guidance hit her enter key again. And again. And again. Her keyboard's repeated clacking kept on going as her face contorted with each key press. Beside her, Shizu's look of concern grew ever so dimmer as the dev's own face of confusion and anger kept growing.

"W-Why isn't this working?!" Guidance screamed, her finger still depressed on the enter key. "The code's sound! And there sure as hell isn't anything stop me from overwriting the damn thing!"

"G-Guidance? I-It's-"

"Why?! Why?!" the dev yelled, tears starting to shimmer in her eyes as she kept on going. "I'm not letting this thing go!"