Chapter 24

Territorial Mark (縄張りのマーク, Nawabari no māku) is the 24th chapter of the Gleipnir manga series.

Characters

 * Claire Aoki
 * Sayaka Koyanagi
 * Shuichi Kagaya
 * Ikeuchi
 * Chihiro Yoshioka
 * Isao Kasuga
 * Miku Aihara
 * Yota Murakami
 * Elena Aoki (flashback)
 * Madoka

Summary
Sayaka team found the location of the spaceship which is deep down the mountain. In the entrance they saw a sign mark. The enemy marked a warning sign as that place is their domain. Claire mocks that if they go any further the enemy will attack. As for the sign mark, they are a tasteless. Ikeuchi babbling at Claire. Then they pass through that. Using Ikeuchi's power the monitor the enemy’s route. They take detour for avoiding unwanted fight with the enemy. Sayak asks her team to rest a bit. At that time Claire asks to her about how she know about her sister Elena. She told her that she was in same class. It was after she killed her teacher she was then changed to new school. There she met Elena and Elena always comes to talk to her. It was the time when Sayaka lost trust in other. Sayak feels must better and came out of her loneliness because of Elena. She was a good girl, whom she would trust completely. Sayaka even have an ulterior motive for her. That is why it was hard for Sayaka to believe that Elena killed her parents, like a serial killer.

Claire responded to her speech that no matter what, people will not change that easily like does Elena. But it was hard for her to bear the burden for her sins. Claire said that she does not understand why Elena give her that coin and why she said that she killed their parent. And only she can save her. So, does she.

Yoshioka thinks of giving her information from what she learned from Elena through talking to her.

Suddenly, Claire stopped everyone and asked them return back because it is dangerous. The place they are seeing for the coins is plain open. Where the enemy can even notice them with naked eyes. Sayaka team found that the marking sign is a trap for them. The enemy implanted that to lure and eliminate the weak team. Ikeuchi noticed that the enemy plotted them from faraway. Them make a run into the forest.

Taguchi counts the number of members in Sayaka's team crew and said that to kill them they have to sacrifice some of their member. Madoka against it and said to caught one of Sayaka team. Using them they can eliminate rest of their teammates. Then they can get more coins.

Trivia
Gleipnir (manga) continous in Young Magazine (3rd).