I will have to restart the game as I overwrote my "base branch" on the slot. But I will restart and check if it happens again.
In the meantime, I created a battle log: https://pastebin.com/VAT5XsDU
Also here are my saves: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g5A1ZHF6IQfemuBpM68OZu9VKxBjBOAu?usp=sha...
I forgot that you mentioned catbox, sorry. I've uploaded them here too if you prefer that:
config: https://files.catbox.moe/14e582.rpgsave
file1 (affected): https://files.catbox.moe/qsvele.rpgsave
file2: https://files.catbox.moe/o5rw77.rpgsave
file30: https://files.catbox.moe/3gztzk.rpgsave
global: https://files.catbox.moe/z1gv19.rpgsave
I tested with File 1, the very first save slot
Thank you so much for the support, especially for this single incident
EDIT: After trying a different route (getting through the gate to the gutter, serving the doberman to get 1000 coins to proceed, I encountered another hyena group, which managed to get me. But this time after using, I got the "confused" image instead of the "done" image. So I guess that must be the section itself, because in my earlier game on that section, I ONLY got the status "done" after getting used. But I'll check if I can replicate it on a new game again