Intervallo V: Nocturnal Sweeping
Intervallo V: Nocturnal Sweeping is the eighth side story in Limbus Company, taking place between Intervallo V: LCB Regular Check-up and Canto VIII: The Surrendered Witnessing.
It released alongside the event Nocturnal Sweeping on March 20th, 2025.
Summary
The Sinners enter District 8 for the start of their new mission, but are forced to make their way through its Backstreets due to construction work on the road. While there, they are targeted by an Office seeking to assassinate Hong Lu (whose real name is again mentioned to be "Jia Baoyu") in response to the Jia Family's upcoming "Family Hierarch Evaluation". After dealing with them, the LCB runs into returning characters Saude and Pilot. As stated in Canto V: The Evil Defining, Saude is alive, and has been promoted to a managerial position within the LCCB. While the tragedy of Effie's death hangs over the conversation, the Sinners are happy to see her, and Outis is particularly commending of Saude for her promotion. Pilot then introduces the Sinners to a former servant of the Jia family: a brown nosing man named Qingtao, who butters up Hong Lu with almost every word.
Qingtao, a supposed expert on the streets, repeatedly guides the group through dangerous alleyways while insisting he knows what he's doing, as the Sinners are repeatedly jumped by hostile groups. As a result, the LCB grow increasingly suspicious of him and his clearly ingenuine compliments. When Outis' own sycophantic attitude is compared to Qingtao's, she takes it to heart and begins to make a point of getting a grasp of the situation and Qingtao's actions.
Qingtao eventually guides the Sinners to a shabby looking kezhan to rest for the night, where they again run into Jia Xichun and Wei. The two groups decide to stop in the kezhan together, despite the oddity of the place. Dante has a moment with Hong Lu where he reassures them that he is not hiding anything within his heart, and then with his little sister, who Dante finds has a peculiar approach to understanding them. After settling down, the groups are attacked by a set of assassins called the Heishou Pack and must fight them off, with Ryōshū only barely coming into to clutch for Dante's life. It is revealed that the "mastermind" of these events, Shi Yihua, had conspired with Qingtao and brought the Sinners into the kezhan with the intention of killing Hong Lu.
The Sinners prepare to fight Shi Yihua after dealing with the Heishou members, and Qingtao makes a run for it as the Heishou's leader steps into battle in Shi Yihua's place. Suddenly, Ricardo and several eastern-hailing little siblings of the Middle make an appearance, having spent months tracking down the Sinners for Heathcliff's theft of the Big Brother's hair coupons. Ricardo is distracted when Shi Yihua insults his hair, resulting in a spar between him and the Heishou leader Zilu. Zilu and Shi Yihua make their escape, however, after which Ricardo turns his attention back to the Sinners. The "kezhan" everyone had been fighting in then begins to melt, as it is revealed that Shi Yihua had set it up as a trap meant to dissolve and leave the group vulnerable to the Sweepers' nightly appearance.
The Sinners and Middle are forced to combat the nigh-endless Sweepers, but eventually make it through their sweeping waves. It is explained that the buildings of District 8 have a tendency to shift, which results in the Middle being blasted off into the sky, as Ricardo swears he will return. The LCB, exhausted, are again confronted by Shi Yihua, who prepares to have Zilu and the rest of the Heishou Pack finish them off. Just then, another group of people arrive, headed by Jia Qiu, another member of Hong Lu's family. He reveals that he had severed Qingtao's head for betraying his group. Shi Yihua attempted to share secrets of the Shi family in order to get Jia Qiu to spare his life, but a 'Serpent' from another Heishou Pack branch decapitates him before he can confess anything of importance. Jia Qiu ultimately leaves peacefully, and the LCB are also greeted by a retainer of the Jia Family named Zigong before she follows after him.
After the night's adventures, Jia Xichun takes the Sinners out for a celebratory meal, before requesting that they temporarily work under her with the goal of leading her to victory in the Family Hierarch Evaluation. Given that the LCB is not entirely sure what they are meant to do upon arriving at the Jia Family mansion and Hong Lu's lack of interest in becoming hierarch, they agree. Afterwards, Saude and Pilot make their return, with it made clear due to Pilot's screw up in trusting Qingtao, he and Saude will have their pay docked for half a year. Saude then reveals that, by the LCA's orders, Hong Lu will be participating in the Evaluation as a candidate, much to Jia Xichun's fury.
Enemies
- Tri-axe Office
- Strangers
- Heishou Pack - Mao Branch
- The Middle
- Sweepers
Gallery
Trivia
- Upon completing 7.5-25, the "SURVIVED" icon is shown rather than the standard "VICTORY" icon.
- This extends to the Mirror Dungeon variant of that Encounter.
- This is the first story chapter to have battle result icons other than "VICTORY" and "DEFEAT".
- The story was mistakenly revealed on Twitter as "Intervallo V: Nocturnal Sweeping BokGak". This was remedied soon after.
Story Chapters
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