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"Date, Kaname. ABIS Special Agent. Verify identity."
—Somnium description

PSYNCIN' IN THE CHaiN is a dreamworld featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.

It is a Somnium world created from Kaname Date's dream by the Prototype Psync Machine. Saito Sejima entered this Somnium to swap bodies with Date.

Mental Locks[]

Despite appearing as the final Somnium in the entire game, it is quite easy to clear. Since this Somnium represents the state of Date being Psynced by Saito, time will not pass as the player moves on the map, and all options that appear will only consume 0s or 60s, depending on whether to advance the story progress. Performing 6 options that consume 60s and 4 options that consume 0s to clear the Somnium.

For the above reasons, the Retry function is not available in this Somnium, because the Psyncer is not Date himself.

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CHaiN Mental Lock 1

After Saito checks all the Mental Locks, he smashes the screen showing #89, unlocking the Mental Lock without any action from the player.

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CHaiN Mental Lock 2

When Saito's progress advances to Mental Lock #2, as Date, the objects that the player can investigate are quite limited, only Monitor and Exit. When investigating Monitor, there will be 4 options that do not consume time. After selecting any of them, investigate the Monitor again, a knife will appear on it. Select the new option Investigate Knife, and a new object Psync Room Door will appear nearby. Execute Move to go to the Psync Room. Go to the Psync Machine and perform Investigate on it will have this section finished.

In summary, to finish the progress during Mental Lock #2:

  • Any option on Monitor (0s) -> Investigate Knife on Monitor (0s) -> Move on Psync Room Door (60s) -> Investigate on Psync Machine (60s)

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CHaiN Mental Lock 3

After entering Mental Lock #3, the player can only investigate the Psync Machine again, this time with four different options. Just like the Monitor just now, just choose any one. This will make the nearby Door inspectable, and then perform Move, and the player will come to the Chemical Plant.

In summary, to finish the progress during Mental Lock #3:

  • Any option on Psync Gear (0s) -> Move on Door (60s)

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CHaiN Mental Lock 4

After entering Mental Lock #4, the player comes to the Dark Room. The only inspectable object here is Pool of Blood, and four options appear on that. However, unlike before, you can only advance progress if you choose Stick Hand In on it. After doing so, the nearby Mirror will become inspectable, with four options appearing on it. Perform Investigate to have this section finished.

In summary, to finish the progress during Mental Lock #4:

  • Stick Hand In on Pool of Blood (0s) -> Investigate on Mirror (0s)

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CHaiN Mental Lock 5

After entering Mental Lock #5, the player is no longer able to perform any free actions. After the dialog display ends, only the %s!nk option that appears can be selected. This option will appear three times in a row, and the Psync will end after the three selections are done.

In summary, to finish the progress during Mental Lock #5:

  • %s!nk (60s) -> %s!nk the second time (60s) -> %s!nk the third time (60s)

Objects of Interest[]

PSYNCIN' IN THE CHaiN is the most linear Somnium in the game, limiting your interactivity as you progress forward. The Mental Locks in this Somnium are operated by Saito Sejima as he dives deeper into the Psync, so instead, this page measures progress by a set of 11 steps Kaname Date takes as he tries to maneuver through. Additionally, time doesn't progress in this Somnium, and all of the choices are divided into either 0 seconds spent or 60 seconds spent, with a full 360 seconds used by the end of the Somnium. As such, no TIMIEs are featured in this Somnium, as everything is fixed for the player.

Object Description
Availability Action Cost TIMIE Effect
Exit The exit to the %s!nc Room.
Steps 1-3 Open 0s
Detail:

Date tries to open the door, but realizes he can't open it.

Monitor A monitor with the word "sync" displayed. Saito Sejima was seen stabbing a monitor with Falco's face on it, right in the left eye.
Step 1 Hit 0s
Detail:

Date tries to punch the monitor, to no avail. He wonders what is going on in this Psync.

This action clears Step 1.

Erase 0s
Detail:

Date crouches down to turn off the computer, but realizes he can't do so.

This action clears Step 1.

Touch 0s
Detail:

Date attempts to touch the monitor, but for some reason can't seem to tangibly do so.

This action clears Step 1.

Check 0s
Detail:

Date tries to check the monitor, but realizes that, without Aiba to assist, he can't figure the Somnium out.

This action clears Step 1.

Step 2 Investigate Knife 0s
Detail:

Date reaches to grab the knife in front of the monitor, but in a haze, ends up stabbing the monitor with it, as the image of his original face is displayed, knife sticking into his left eye. Wondering what just happened, the Psync Machine activates, and Date witnesses the moment in which he, in the past, switched bodies with Rohan Kumakura. The door to the Psync Room opens slightly.

This action clears Step 2.

Psync Room Door The door to the Psync Room. It opened up when the Psync Machine was activated.
Step 3 Move 60s
Detail:

Date moves to the Psync Room.

This action clears Step 3.

Psync Machine The Psync Machine, resting in the middle of the Psync Room.
Step 4 Investigate 60s
Detail:

Date sees the figure of Saito Sejima in front of the Psync Machine, his hand bleeding from a wound, his left eye socket empty, and the Psync Headgear on his head. Date sees Saito's figure and thinks that it's the image of himself, and wonders what he was doing.

This action clears Step 4.

Psync Gear The Psync gear equipped to the Machine. Saito was seen wearing one on his head.
Step 5 Press Down 0s
Detail:

Date reaches out to touch the Psync Machine, but a wound opens up in his hand instead, reminiscent of Saito's figure before. After that, a memory plays out of Date, in the body of Rohan Kumakura, leaving the Psync Room through an iron door.

This action clears Step 5.

Investigate 0s
Fix 0s
Pull Off 0s
Door An iron set of double doors, in which the memory of Kaname Date, in the body of Rohan Kumakura, uses to leave,. The Psync Room in the real world doesn't have doors like these, which makes Date wonder as to why they're here.
Step 6 Move 60s
Detail:

With some strain, Date manages to open the door and travel through. He appears in a distorted version of the room in the Kabasaki Chemical Plant. In one of the monitors, he sees Saito Sejima drop a picture of Iris and Hitomi in a pool of blood, as the two of them call out for help.

This action clears Step 6.

Pool of Blood A pool of blood in one side of the room. A picture of Iris Sagan and Hitomi Sagan can be located in it.
Step 7 Scoop Up Blood 0s
Detail:

Date tries to scoop up some blood into his hands, but fails to grasp at it.

Investigate 0s
Detail:

Date deduces that it's a pool of blood, not reaching any other conclusion.

Pick Up Picture 0s
Detail:

Date crouches down to pick up the picture, but before he can reach it, it sinks into the pool of blood. Once Date is back up, the picture resurfaces.

Stick Hand In 0s
Detail:

As the picture sinks into the pool of blood, Date tries to reach towards it, but he only pulls out an eyeball instead. From a nearby monitor, a memory plays out in which Saito knocks out Date, in the body of Rohan, down with a single punch. Laughter begins resonating, and the figure of Saito Sejima appears in a full body mirror across the room, laughing maniacally and with his left eye missing.

This action clears Step 7.

Mirror A full body mirror, with the reflection of Saito Sejima in the glass, as he laughs maniacally and with his left eye missing.
Step 8 Investigate 0s
Detail:

Date concludes that the object in front of him is just a mirror. Suddenly, his body takes out the eye in his pocket, and before he can do anything, his arm is forced inside the mirror, placing the eye back into Saito's empty eye socket. Saito begins sinking to the ground, and Date realizes that the entire room is now covered in blood.

This action clears Step 8.

Hit 0s
Detail:

Date tries to punch the figure in the mirror, but it doesn't yield any results.

Touch 0s
Detail:

Date touches the mirror, but nothing happens.

Knock Down 0s
Detail:

Date tries to lift the mirror from the ground, but it is stuck to the ground.

Sinking Date is sinking in a pool of blood.
Step 9 %s!nk 60s
Detail:

Date begins to slowly sink into the pool, his legs already sunk below the surface.

This action clears Step 9.

Step 10
Detail:

Date begins running to the Psync Machine to gain higher ground, but the blood makes it nearly impossible for him to walk.

This action clears Step 10.

Step 11
Detail:

Date almost reahches the Psync Machine, but is pulled back at the last moment, sinking into the blood. He wakes up in a cleaned up version of the room, and witnesses the moment in which Date (in Rohan) and Saito switch bodies. The memory of Date wakes up from his Psync in the body of Saito Sejima, forcibly pulling off the Psync Gear from his eye.

This action clears Step 11, awakening Date from his dream!

Hidden Item[]

  • The hidden item appears once you get to the room with the Prototype Psync Machine. It's right next to the Pool Of Blood, hanging from one of the hooks.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • With every Mental Lock cleared, a notification pops up telling the player that they have reached a checkpoint. Despite this, the "Retry" feature is completely disabled in this Somnium, making the checkpoints useless. It could potentially be an aesthetic choice to show that Saito Sejima has reached a checkpoint himself as he progresses deeper into Date's Somnium.
  • Information on the save data of this Somnium shows "Psyncer: Saito Sejima", unlike other Somnia that show "Subject."
  • The note displayed when acquiring picture to the album is "Day 6: Date A/B", but when flipping through the Album section of FILE, the name is displayed as "Day 6: Saito A/B."
    • Description of the achievement obtained by completing this Somnium is also "Cleared Saito's Somnium."
  • The animation played after the end of this Somnium is the Game Over animation played after the countdown exhausted in other Somnia, which means that the Psync performed by Saito exceeded 6 minutes. Afterwards, another animation will play after it, indicating Date's personality being swapped to his previous body.

Navigation[]

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Media
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Characters
Kaname DateAibaIris Sagan/A-setOta MatsushitaMizuki OkiuraBossPewterNew Cyclops Killer
Hitomi SaganMayumi MatsushitaRenju OkiuraMamaShoko NadamiSo SejimaMoma KumakuraRohan KumakuraCyclops Serial Killer
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Locations
Tokyo
Chiyoda District: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office; Psync Room; Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket
Koto District: Harbor Warehouse District (Cold Storage Warehouse) • Date Residence
Meguro District: Sagan ResidenceTiefblau
Minato District: Sejima ResidenceKumakura OfficeIkume ShrineLemniscateCentral Hospital
Near Kabasaki District: Bloom ParkOld Chemical PlantMatsushita Diner
Shinjuku District: Golden Yokocho (Marble)
Other: Fuchu City (Fuchu Prison) • Akikawa ValleyOkutama MountainsEitoku High
Somnia
SINKIN' IN THE BRaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE PaiN (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE VaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE SWaiN (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE SUSTaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE CAPTaiN (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE CURTaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE REFRaiN (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE VILLaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 1 (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 2 (Spoiler)
PSYNCIN' IN THE MOUNTaiN (Spoiler) • PSYNCIN' IN THE CHaiN (Spoiler)
Chapters
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Yellow Route: syougAIseisAIhiAIsanpAI
Green Route: gumAIjukkAIkikAIjinnAIihAI
Purple Route: keitAIgyoukAIkyuusAIsyuurAIirAIdakkAIkekkAI
Pink Route: kenzAIjutAIkokkAIsousAIhakAIkassAI
Organizations
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (Advanced Brain Investigation Squad) • Ujisaki Family (Kumakura FamilyKumakura Estates) • Secret Society NAIXATLOZForeign Mercenaries
LemniscateSunfish PocketMarbleTiefblauFamiSto8-12Elgorg
Items
Wadjet SystemEvolverLight Synaptic Nerve Connection DeviceDate's CarShovelForgeOdoroki-man ChocolateGeostationary Satellite X00639
Events
Chemical Plant ExplosionOriginal Cyclops Serial KillingsBreak-In at Sagan ResidenceNew Cyclops Serial KillingsIncident at Minato District HighwayDisappearance of Renju OkiuraOperation: Iris Rescue
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