Kinda sounds like you might’ve figured it out, but…
WEIRD AND UNFORTUNATE THINGS ARE HAPPENING in the city of Daybreak.
Versus
A WEB of intrigue surrounds ZILIF prefecture.
That aside, ECN, and it’s related interface, is pretty much a direct influence from Wild Arms 3‘s encounter cancel system. I’ve this display/system in maybe two previous Ace games, but, this would make it the first occurrence in an MZ game for me.
*EDIT: Thanks for the spelling correction as well.