.hack//Link -RISING GEAR- The Calamity of the White Flower

"For the third episode of Chrono Link, see .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 3 Countdown"

.hack//LINK -Chrono Link- The Bloody Flower is a downloadable content season pass to the third episode of Chrono Link which brings never seen before spotlight starring Saika Koshizumi/Amagi as the main protagonist to the DLC Story Scenario which is set after Unknown's Episode III -The Last Chance-.

This will be a first time for female characters to have her own DLC Scenario, and this story will bringing true depths within Saika's story fleshing out her secret development which was never shown of her true feelings in Chrono Link story, and this also brings out her character development into a new fresh start.

Chrono Link -The Bloody Flower- can be purchased, but you need to beat the game to unlock its DLC scenario.

It will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Epic Game Store

Prologue -The Begining of Everything-
Jun Bansyoya the genius programmers and a leader of the Project R.A. Plan has held the experimenting the process in order to search one child who had possessed the phenomenal powers known as Doubleware that could extend its availability to explore the Digital Space in order to continue his plan for the Real Digitalization Project with the release of the Beta version of The Akashic Line.

Saika Amagi, the younger sister of Jyotaro became the main key to this project by using the special PC types of princess known as AIKA in order to guide the player subject to its test for those who hold the power of Doubleware.

Those events cause her to meet someone that very special to him during a test of Akashic Line who succeded its test as the wielder of Doubleware's power, Tokio Kuryuu.

Episode I -A New Life as Transfer Student-
Saika Koshizumi or her real name, Saika Amagi the beautiful girl who transfer student who made her first independent mission after her resignment from CC Corp to restart her path she had no choice but choosing Tokio due to his ability as a Doubleware that he had possessed bringing her intention to use him to achieve her own goal, despite after what happened to him during Geist's royal battle.

To find a way against CyberConnect Corporation she made the hardest choice despite her regrets, she forcing herself to have confidence in him secretly by using Black Copy Disc and transfering Tokio with his actual body into The World in hope to find the Chrono Core that will bring her to the top of Akashic Records, even though she knew if someday his doubleware could reach in risk stake.

Her plan starts in motion, but only a problem is how to manage her new life as an honor student, even though she didn't get used to that title in her school...

Chapters II -Loosely Drown-
During Tokio's mission, Saika being absent from those to find the Chrono Core, but instead relying on Alibaba and Akira to taking care of him and meanwhile, she forced her decision to use ENTIES PCs in order to capture Geist who seems gonna attacking Tokio once again as she predict that CC Corp has made their own moves by using him to obtain Chrono Core.

However, this means that it brings back all the cruel past that she had done, and decide to avoid the fight against Tokio once more, but for Geist and Posaune are very otherwise for that problem...

Chapters III -The Life of the Friendship-
In the time after Akira’s betrayal, She was being separated by Tokio himself and also noticed that AIKA was not there in her mind which possibly being separated from Tokio. She and his friend were arrived in the unknown Lost Ground with no way out and decide to find a way for escapes.

As they proceed, they met with a PC, Phyllo and PKer PC, Midori who were also been trapped in the mysterious Lost Ground and decides to work together to find an escape, but Saika has a problem to performing the teamwork with her friends which led her being isolate, but No.99 decides to find a way to fix the problem.

Sudden turn as they encounter Geist, his intention is very unclear this time, but it seems he has something to do on his sleeve, which secretly aware about his intent.

''Editor Note: The second episode Saika's DLC Story The Life of Friendship will be re-released version from Twilight Brigades Arc (Saika's side) which featured expanded story cutscenes along with additional cutscenes, including added the missing clips that didn't even add-in base game which contains major spoilers from Episode 3 "Countdown" and her true identity as ENTIES. ''

There are also a few mysteries that will be answered in this DLC Episode, and it also expands Saika's point of view that has a connection with RIVES and Unknown episodes, including her Lotus gauge will be usable in this DLC Episode.

Chapters IV -The Lost Sight-
Following Jyotaro became a lost one and learning the truth about Jyotaro’s situation leads her into very depressed and frustrated which leads the decision to disband the Chrono Link guild and disappear from the real world, despite for what she had been through all this time leads her into despair.

At the edge of the sea data, she had nowhere to go and despairingly wish to die in the midst darkness and disappeared in the Digital World, but the mysterious voice had to call her and invited her in the Hidden Forbidden of Bloody Flower.

Because of this, Saika decides to find out where the voice came from while struggling to witness the tragic past and the truth that she didn’t want to see lead her into her insanity.

Final Chapter -The Truth in the Midst of Despair-
After Saika's PC of ENTIES and Panzer became one thus awakening its ultimate form PCs as The Bloody Flower of Saika which causing her personality being term consumed to kill every last one of those who dear to fight her, which revealed that her mental state has gone insane after The White Flower of Nela torturing her mental state thus making her insane for blood.

Right now she going to hunt Nela Piece by Piece, drench by her cold blood thus bringing her insanity goes beyond the limit...

Characters

 * Saika Koshizumi/Amagi
 * AIKA
 * Tokio Kuryuu
 * Akira Yoshinori
 * Ryoko Enoshima
 * Junya Hanamura
 * Himiko Kanae
 * Reiko Saeki
 * Takumi Hino
 * Ninjato
 * Sol
 * No.99
 * Kruger
 * Nishijima81
 * Alibaba
 * Helos-Pierce
 * Seventy-Seven
 * Miki-07
 * Fluegel
 * Cello
 * Metronom
 * Klarinette
 * Orgel
 * Trommel
 * Posaune
 * Geist
 * Durga Fiida Sharma
 * Kite
 * BlackRose
 * Atoli
 * Shadow Saika Amagi
 * Nela, The White Flower.

Gameplay
The gameplay system will be the same as how .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 3 Countdown should be, with a new element combat and exploration system exclusively setting for this downloadable content story mode as well for Saika Amagi, such as: