**Translation made by Windii (Line 936) — Original**
Eggmanland is a space of love and desire (according to the builder).
An insane amusement park area designed by Eggman's scientific technique and aesthetic sense.
The amusement park and the dazzling factory base merge into a vicious defense system that wreaks havoc on visitors, and the amusement park-like playground equipment creates a strong sense of uncanniness. And now that Eggman has been defeated, there is only a vast abandoned area. No one will come near it...
It was a cloudless moonlit night in Eggmanland.
Sonic, who had come to Eggmanland in pursuit of information about the seven-colored shooting star, was more than a little surprised to see the lights shining brightly in the supposedly abandoned Eggmanland.
"Now what's going on here?"
In the past, when the mighty "force" of Dark Gaia was awakened, Eggman used its energy to build this nasty amusement park, which should have ceased to function completely with the end of his ambitions.
Who restarted it, and how...?
Sonic was about to go in and check it out, when a woman's voice descended from above him, mellow, lustrous... and cheerful.
"Oh, Sonic. Nice meeting you out here. ♪"
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When he looked up, there was a familiar figure with wings, slowly descending from the sky against the moonlight...
Rouge the Bat... There was the bewitching figure of a female bat, a treasure hunter specializing in gems and a skilled spy.
Rouge explains that she came to Eggmanland with a request from a certain source to investigate, but when she snuck in, she found that a large number of defense robots had been reactivated and she was completely stuck.
"So could you give me a hand? I want you to use your prized feet as a diversion for the robots. I'll share what I find, and I'll support you! ...Okay?"
There's nothing else to it. She wanted to use Sonic as a decoy and investigate safely herself. Sonic laughed sarcastically, but then he realized that this was the kind of person she was, so he agreed to help with a shrug.
"OK, well, that's fine. I was originally going to do it alone." "Eheh, thanks. ♪ I like perceptive boys, you know?" "Thanks for that."
After handing Sonic an earpiece communicator, Rouge continued, showing him the emerald ring on the middle finger of her left hand.
"I didn't want to screw up this request because I got paid in advance... You're a real lifesaver. ♪"