The Duel
–Part 1–
7:30 in the morning… One hour and half minutes left before the Duel…
Dynamo, check; Gear, check; Daily Routine, check.
Alright… Kthulhu is good and ready.
Kthulhu exited his temporary comfort zone, Ammo Knights. Since he has a lot of time before the Duel, he decided to go to a place that he could chill in and mentally prepare for what Yudius will throw at him.
He took a walk around Inkopolis to find a restaurant. He's been walking for only a minute, and he already found a promising looking restaurant. It is called "Cephalon Haven", which I actually a café rather than a fast food chain restaurant you always see across the streets of a city. He entered the café.
Inside the café have a classic ambience, traditional décor and furniture, as well as traditional, yet modern tables that are aligned in straight lines. The music is Squid Sisters, but in instrumental and oriental version of their songs. There are no other squids here, which make sense, since it's still 7:32AM, which is pretty early for a café to start their daily business.
The restaurant was rather fancy, in a traditional way.
A few seconds of Kthuhu observing, Kthulhu noticed a familiar looking squid, sitting across with a squid girl with yellow base color and grey white tips in her short tentacle hair. They seem to be enjoying themselves. The said familiar looking squid is none other than Anthur, his new friend and the teammate he battled with in one of his match yesterday. He still wears the same gear, but his headphones are hanging in his neck.
By the second he noticed Anthur, he noticed as well, and waved at Kthulhu. The squid girl, curious, looked at where Anthur's looking- she's quite the beauty and she looks like a native to where Kthulhu used to live. Her expression morphed from curious to surprise, as she quickly glances back at Anthur, as he looked back at her.
Kthulhu decided to leave them alone for a while, as he goes to the counter. In the menu, there are variety of food and cuisine that can be ordered, most notably are the desserts and drinks; black forest, mousse, many kinds of frappe, and others. He decided to order a slice of mousse cake, and a mocha frappe, and went to the table where Anthur and the- or maybe his squid girl.
"Whattup', K?" Anthur greeted, his tone sounded like he have forgotten about the duel that is about to happen in a few hours, "Get a chair and sit with us, lad, before I introduce you to her." She waved at him, seemingly excited.
Kthulhu nodded, as he grabs a chair from an empty table set, and places it in the southern side of the table, if you're looking at Kthulhu's perspective. He then sits and sets his ordered desserts.
Morning, An-tour, He signed to Anthur.
"Morning to ya' too, lad, oh and meet Leili, the most beautiful girl I ever met, and my fiancé." He introduced in such majestic fashion, he could fit in a romance drama play.
"Ohoho, you're just exaggerating, Anthur." Leili said, as she scratches the back of her head bashfully.
Although he is exaggerating, he is not wrong, she is beautiful…
"Leili here is also a bi- mmph!" He was interrupted abruptly by a blushing Leili cover his mouth, along with his nose somehow, with both of her hands.
"D-don't say it, don't say it please, baka di ko kayanan ng puso ko sa sobrang kaba!" She said frantically in common language and… Lapunian? He did not expect that.
"Ooonahooonah,uncubahmahmawt!" Anthur struggled to say, before Leili uncovered his mouth, "Geez, Leili, do you really have to cover both my nose and mouth?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. DJ Anthur, who doesn't seem respectful to one's privacy," She answered, still blushing.
Lovely couple, Kthulhu thought. There is nothing else to neither say nor sign to describe their relationship.
Anthur cleared his throat before continuing, "Ahem, so, here's Leili, she's a botanist and also a professional battler in the Turf War games. We are here to have breakfast, before we go to our own jobs. Also, she understands sign language, so I will save you the bother of asking that in sign language."
O-K, Kthulhu signed.
"He understands sign language, too?" Leili asked, surprised. She started to sign, So that means your mute?
How many damn times people have asked him that shet?
Yes, I am, and I hope people stop pointing that out, Kthulhu signed.
"Ya mute, m8?" Anthur challenged.
The answer he receive is a menacing blank stare, with random kanjis (ゴゴゴゴゴ) that are menacingly and subconsciously floating in the background around him.
"Just squiddin', just squiddin', K, stop giving me that look."
Kthulhu stopped giving him the menacing blank stare, as he takes a piece of his mousse slice cake.
"So, I heard about the 'duel' you got challenged in," Leili pointed out. Anthur and Kthulhu stopped, expression darkens. Kthulhu signed, So, An-ton, told you, right?
"Yeah, he told. What a predicament you two got in…"
Yeah, pretty much.
"So, K," Anthur started, grabbing Kthulhu and Leili's attention, "Are you prepared for it? Yudius and his bros are rather… violent when it comes to fighting in 3-v-1."
Don't worry. I'll be fine.
"You better be. I don't think I can handle the guilt of dragging you along the Yudius shet-list."
Don't blame yourself for it. This is my choice to help you out.
"I appreciate it."
How do you feel about this situation, L-E-I-L-I? He asked Leili.
"I… don't know what to feel about this…" She admitted, "Somewhat I wanted to be angry at Anthur for messing with the wrong squids."
"Can't help it, they are just salty." Anthur countered.
"While other half of me is worried for both you, since who knows what will Yudius do to you two…"
No need to worry about it. I'll get your fiancé and myself out of this.
"You seem to be controlling the whole situation, Kthulhu." Leili remarks, "If you truly know what you're doing, I'll support you on this, and I'll pray for you to win, for both you and Anthur's sake."
Thanks.
"I'll be rooting for ya, K," Anthur said, "I know you could win this, I saw you battle with me during that match we did yesterday."
That's not really my greatest performance, Kthulhu signed bashfully. He is still not used to praises.
"Ahh you're just modest about it!" He said as he lightly punched his right arm.
"Now, now, boys," Leili grabbed the attention of the two male squids, "Why don't we eat our breakfast? You two must get energize so that we can easily get the funeral over with."
The two boys' shivers of the thought of getting energize for their funerals.
"I'm just joking, don't worry."
Anthur sighs in relief, "Your dark jokes are getting scarier, Leili, don't do that in a situation like this."
"Apologies, I can't help it."
Still not appropriate.
"Anyways," Anthur cracked his fingers, feeling ready for today, or maybe for his funeral, "Like she said, let's eat our breakfast! We need your stomach to be as prepared as it possibly can, K, you can't fight with an empty stomach!"
I guess so.
"Now dig in, m8s! We have jobs to do!"
With high-spirits, they all eat their breakfast, whilst having a conversation with one another.
8:14AM
That would be a good final breakfast before Kthulhu's funeral… would…
The talk with the two love squids helped him increased his determination for this duel. He is determined not to lose this one.
They finished his breakfast, and Kthulhu quickly leaves with the frappe he ordered, signing that he needs to be early in the tower before Yudius got there first. He needed to contact the Masquidteers if what they had planned is already in motion.
He has finished his frappe and threw it to a trash can as he got to the Inkopolis Tower. He sits tight on a spot nearby the entrance of the Battle Lobby, waiting for Yudius and his group of hooligans.
While waiting, he contacted The Masquidteers;
CoolThulhu:
I'm now at the Tower.
You guys good?
BRBSquid:
we gud!
mar n i are d studio
marie:
We are setting everything for your duel.
Everyone here will see it
Including the Officials.
GeekyCamperSniper:
ya' ready tho?
we r rutin' fo ya!
CoolThulhu:
I'm good.
Determined to splat.
marie:
That's the spirit.
Definitely gonna put that in your gravestone.
Oh, cod, not you too Marie…
Just kidding, K.
You can do it.
CoolThulhu:
You are not helping with that joke, Marie.
GeekyCamperSniper:
so is yudius there?
CoolThulhu:
Not yet.
It's still pretty early.
BRBSquid:
its still 8:23AM
so i guess dey will b there in an hour
marie:
Can you wait for an hour for them?
CoolThulhu:
Yeah.
Don't worry.
BTW, where's Verique?
NerdyFashionista:
I'm here.
Just finishing things.
As if in queue, a wild nerdy fashionista suddenly appeared…
BRBSquid:
ya fnished there, ver?
urs r da most important parts needed 4 dis
NerdyFashionista:
I'm done.
BRBSquid:
dats fast, geez
NerdyFashionista:
Don't worry about it
The mic is now implemented for all of the battlers.
Even Kthulhu…
CoolThulhu:
Not necessary…
GeekyCamperSniper:
whatevs,
man, its not like u'll b speakin n shet
so when do u think theyll be in the tower?
Oh, look, its Yudius and his group arrived as soon as Yeran asks. It's now or never…
CoolThulhu:
They are here
GeekyCamperSniper:
gl bro! :D
NerdyFashionista:
Wish ya luck, bekannte :)
BRBSquid:
do ur best, k! ;)
marie:
Kick their asses, K. \ U/
He then puts away his phone, and looks at Yudius' direction. Yudius and Terof still wears the same as last time, but with different weapons, as Yudius has a golden painted Bamboozler, and Terof has the Dual Squelchers that is repainted blue.
Yudius' cocky grin is present, Terof's eyes stayed unreadable while his bandana covers his mouth. Their third teammate, a black squid, wears an aviator shades, school jersey, and white arrows, and carries a Golden Dynamo. He is probably the black squid that got into the Ammo Knights that is wearing a heavy armor, just with different gear.
Despite the dark shade of the aviators, he can see reluctance on the black squid's eyes, perfectly contrasting to his stoic expression. He doesn't know why, but he hoped that he will find it out soon enough.
As soon as Yudius got close to a hearing distance to Kthulhu, he said, "Well, lookie the early birdie, texting his girlfriend goodbye before his defeat… I thought you would just scurry off Inkopolis and refuse to challenge me."
Kthulhu's expression stays neutral and blank. He doesn't want to beat the crab out of him just yet.
"Answered with silence… heh, that's whatcha get for having the wrong parents."
Kthulhu… well, you get the idea, it's kinda hard to tell what he is feeling inside him right now when he has a stone face and deadpanned expression…
"Well, doesn't matter, you'll be out of the city, anyways. So, the rules are simple in this match; Turf doesn't matter, the number of splats matters! Each splat is two points, whatever side has the highest splat points wins! Now, better get your ass in the lobby, Kthulhu, because we are prepared to beat you down!"
Alright, all set; Camera, Live Broadcasting Equipment, Audio Speakers, Camouflage, etc. Now… we have to wait for the battlers to go into Turf War. After they do, I will have to activate the live broadcasting equipment so that we can show the battle to ever Inkling here in Inkopolis.
Including to the hub of the best fighters in the League, and to the Officials…
Hrmm…
So far so good, everything is going according to plan. If they have said to me is true about this guy, Yudius; win or defeat, I'll make sure that they will never harm anymore squids again.
Like what he had done to my friends…
I am now working at Eelectric Wailers, a bar club or a club bar, whatever you want to call it, that is just a few kilometers away from Café Cephalon, a café that my fiancé and I are regulars in. I was making new beats here in my studio room until I heard from a colleague of mine that a duel is coming up on TV, so I immediately stopped mixing and walk to the main hall, as I thought it might be my friend's duel with a certain basher I knew too well.
Despite the small number of squids in this area, there are so many loud murmurs and whispers that are travelling across the bar lounge. This bar is basically a rumor mill; just the rumors are a lot less harsh than the baseless rumors you found on the internet.
In the TV, hanging in the wall the far east side of the lounge (if the view is when you enter through the door, that is) for everyone to see what is going on the TV. Now, every squid's focus is on the TV, because it seems to be what I really expect…
Ooh, boy, it is what I have been expecting to come out…
The Squid Sisters are now preparing their equipment. They have a battle to commentate…
…
…
What a strange chain of events that I got myself into…
But… I am not gonna let this go off the hook…
What Yudius has been doing to the newbie squids here…
…
Everyone…
I will not let you all down… No matter what happens…
Everyone near the Inkopolis Plaza started to gather around the center of the said plaza to see a certain sight on the billboards, with Kthulhu in the Purple team on the left side, and Yudius with his gang in the Green team on the right side.
Like in the bar, murmurs and whispers can be heard all over the plaza; some are about Kthulhu, some are about Yudius, and some about their odds of winning. The squids in the place are having mixed feelings about the whole thing.
Some sympathies, some worries, some hopes for Kthulhu, but mostly worries about him, because since he is alone fighting fearsome opponents in the Turf War League. While some believes that no matter what the odds, Kthulhu will win.
Yeran and Verique, who is wearing Retro Specs instead of the hat, are in the Plaza watching intently and silently at the billboard. Anthur is watching the upcoming battle in the Eelectric Wailers, Leili is watching from her shop, and, true to her word, she prayed for him to succeed. The Squid Sisters are in position in their studio, ready to provide commentary. Sheldon is watching in his shop's story, along with some murmuring customers, and Zrix, his grin is still present. This is gonna be great…
A few seconds after the billboard shows the upcoming battle, the Squid Sisters makes their appearance in the big screens; Callie is on the left and Marie is on the right, the usual position of the Squid Sisters whenever they tell the news and Turf War Stages.
"Well, would you look at this," Callie said first, looking at the battle then directly to the camera, "Looks like a duel is about to start in Port Mackerel!"
"Yep, sis, and looks like the squid in the Purple side, Kthulhu, is battling against a team three squids in the Green side!" Marie followed up.
"Isn't that unfair, folks?!" Callie asks the squids that are watching and listening. The crowd murmured in agreement.
"The match is about to start, so grab your popcorn and drinks, and hope you enjoy the show as we provide commentary for this battle!"
A/N : The Squid Sisters' commentary will not be heard by either teams, neither the voices of the other squids. What the battlers say, though, can be heard by the audience and the Squid Sisters.
Looks like the match is about to start…
Kthulhu prepares the Dynamo as he waits in his spawn point in Port Mackerel, one of the perfect places for chargers and rollers to battle in. This would be tough for Kthulhu, as he is fighting a fast charger, a shooter, and a powerful roller…
Five more seconds before the match starts…
Here he is… 5
It is now or never… 4
3…
2…
1…
FIGHT!
He started making a path made out of ink until he got to the very center of the stage. Since this is not about inking turf, he did not cover his spawn area with his team color. In the center, he meets up with the opponent team; Yudius and Terof, with the black squid absent, for some reason.
"Here we are, Kthulhu," Yudius said, poison tainted his voice, "Looking all proud and strong with that Dynamo in hand." He cackles loudly. Terof remains silent. Kthulhu is still wondering where the heck is that other squid is…
"And how did you even borrow that thing?!" Yudius demanded, "Y'know that you are not fresh enough to wield that damn thing!"
Kthulhu remained, mute and all, and kept his two hands firmly on the Dynamo.
"Oh, yes, you're mute… How could I forget your one and only defect…"
Kthulhu would be satisfied to slam his Dynamo onto his face…
Both sides started to circle around the center, preparing to fight. They circled around for a good few seconds- well, not really a circle, just a eighty-degree walking around the center. After that, they stopped; Kthulhu is behind the left pathway in the yellow team's side, and vice-versa. A second later after they stopped, few drops of ink came out of Kthulhu's right.
In which he realizes, that the black squid is behind him, attempting a surprise attack on Kthulhu with a vertical swings.
=The Battle has Begun=
Kthulhu blocked his attempts with his own Dynamo as he turned around and successfully blocked it, but leaving him vulnerable to be attacked by the other two of his opponents behind him.
Yudius took this opportunity to attack, and quickly charges his shot at an incredible speed. Kthulhu looked behind to see a laser pointed at his face. He immediately let one of his hands, specifically his left hand, takes a splat bomb, and blocks the incoming shot with it. The opponent roller is about to strike him down once more with a vertical flick, but Kthulhu threw the splat bomb directly at the roller's face, staggering him backwards, and backed away before the splat bomb turn him into little bits of inks.
Terof with the Repainted Dual Squelchers started raining ink at Kthulhu, while Yudius started to fire quicker, half-charged shots to create ink that would disrupt his movements. Kthulhu flicks once to create a path that leads towards the two opponent squids, and swims through it, whilst dodging some, but not all, ink that is raining down on him, and slowing him down.
Terof then throws a burst bomb at him as soon as he is closing the distance. It doesn't stop Kthulhu, as soon as he resurfaced from his ink path he made, he hits the burst bomb away from him with his Dynamo, just like he did the first time he fought Yudius and Terof.
He then flicks ink at the two opponent squids, but they quickly scurried away from the direction he is flicking, and created ink paths for them to go with their squid form. They have to do it, as they are running out of ink anyways.
Kthulhu is near Yudius, in the right side in Kthulhu's perspective, and decided to chase after him by creating ink paths and swim through it in his squid form. Luckily, Yudius is slow enough, and didn't notice that Kthulhu is behind him, as he turned back, he saw Kthulhu is already behind, roller raised and ready to smack it down at his face.
Unfortunately, Yudius is also quick, and as he already got fully-charged shot ready, and quickly releases the shot at Kthulhu's chest before he even swings down, staggering him. The opponent roller took this opportunity to hit him with a vertical swing, splatting him and the Green team gains the first splat.
PURPLE – 0
GREEN – 2
A few seconds later, he spawned back to his spawn point in his side.
Hrmm… The one-v-three is not as hard as he originally thought; it's much harder…
In the Inkopolis Plaza
Murmuring… Murmuring… Murmuring…
Murmuring… Murmuring…
Murmuring…
This is not going well… We are hearing murmurs all over the place now… all about what happened…
The Squid Sisters are doing well in providing the crowd some sick commentary, but I know they are not holding well if they see Kthulhu getting splatted, like me and Verique.
C'mon, Kthulhu! You can do this!
He is hearing laughter of amusements…
Only from Yudius…
Kthulhu got back to the center of the stage and comes in from the left pathway of his team's side, seeing the black squid's stoic expression, Terof's amused smile, and hearing Yudius' amused laughter. Yudius stopped laughing as soon as he saw Kthulhu.
"Now that's how ya' do it, ya' salted squid," He mocked, "Next time, better learn from your superior, Kthulhu!"
He flashed his cocky shit-eating grin at him, "Come here, Kthulhu! Show your skills that everyone praises and regarded so highly of!"
He is been thinking about it, but he goes against the idea, for now. He is still waiting for the right moment to show off his skills that he has been training for two years. For now, he has to try to get at least one or two splats on the enemy team, before he destroy and dominates them.
He started to fight by throwing a splat bomb that landed a few feet from Yudius. They scurried away in squid form before it landed; Yudius goes backwards, Terof to his (Terof) right, and the black squid went to his left.
Kthulhu targeted Terof first whom is the closest to him and who is at the right pathway in the Yellow team's side, as he flicks to Terof's direction, creating an ink path to Terof, reaching him in a flash. Terof proceeds to shoot ink at Kthulhu to defend himself. Kthulhu somehow dodged all of the shots, and takes no time to splat Terof with his Dynamo. But after he got splatted, he managed to throw a burst bomb at Kthulhu, damaging him.
The scores are now tied…
PURPLE – 2
GREEN – 2
He then flings once at the puddle of ink he left for him before he got splatted, and submerged there to regain ink. It was cut short though, as Yudius started to fire tap shots at him, almost covering the puddle with the enemy ink. He immediately flings his roller at the direction of his left pathway of his team's side, and swings through the ink.
Halfway through, as he resurface and tried to return to his Inkling form, the black squid is already beside him waiting, his Golden Dynamo raised and ready to splat him once more.
He dodged roll forward, and quickly glanced back to the black squid. He then quickly raised his own Dynamo and swings at him vertically to splat him. The black squid then blocks it with his Golden Dynamo, both rollers' started to clash. Kthulhu has the advantage though, and slowly started to overwhelm the black squid.
They clashed for a good few seconds, until Yudius came out of nowhere, threw a splash wall behind Kthulhu, and immediately shoots a half-charged shot at his right knee, staggering him once more, and gives the black squid the advantage.
That faqin' betch! Kthulhu thought, which is also what the black squid thought.
Thanks to that, Kthulhu is slowly pushed back to the splash wall, and few more inches, he will be instantly splatted by Yudius' splash wall.
And thanks to his temporarily damaged knee, he staggered once more, as the black squid swatted Kthulhu's Dynamo away, and pushed him to the splash wall with his own Golden Dynamo, instantly splatting him.
PURPLE – 2
GREEN – 4
He respawned back to his spawn point. The pain in his right knee is completely gone, but what Yudius did not go off so easily.
That's disrespect for ya'… Kthulhu thought. He ain't gonna let him go so easily now with what he did. Oh well… time to get going…
2:31 time left, and they are on the lead. He needs to win this… no matter what…
Time speeds up…
Kthulhu is having difficulty on getting a point, while Yudius slowly gains up points, whilst mocking him for his… performance. Kthulhu got splatted by an inkstrike, burst bomb, and another Golden Dynamo to the face. The black squid sure has skills, and they are pretty much relies on him finishing Kthulhu off.
Meanwhile, outside, the Squids Sisters continued to provide commentary with ease, but not without getting mentally worked up. Every splat Yudius got, they are slowly showing signs of nervousness. The squids outside the battle are showing the expression of hopelessness, most of them signs of worry. Sheldon is watching with such intensity, with customers are getting louder than the first few seconds of the match. Zrix's grin is still present, but not as wide as it used to.
The bar club Anthur is working stayed quiet, as if watching an intense basketball match, scores are tied, time is running low, and a man shoots the ball in an attempt a buzzer beater. Anthur does not like his situation right now.
Yeran's expression turns to worry, Verique's irritated, with no other explanation why other than Yudius challenged Kthulhu in an unfair one-v-three fight.
The Officials are watching as intently on their monitors to watch the battle that is happening. The League's Powerful Fighters are also watching intently, and they are impressed by Kthulhu's unfazable guts to fight a team of three, despite being the only fighter on his team. They are thinking that if he won and/or survived against them, they would put him in the League.
Kthulhu's friends and the masses have the same questions in their mind that has been plaguing them ever since Kthulhu got spatted for the fourth time;
... Will Kthulhu fall from grace?
… Will Kthulhu be no more?
… Will Kthulhu lose everything?
… Will Kthulhu be at Yudius'/opponent's mercy?
… Will Kthulhu win?
… Or will he lose?
… … …
… …
…
… N O …
… He will not l o s e…
… Even if he is a few points behind …
… He will prevail … his determination prevents him from losing H O P E!
PURPLE – 2
GREEN – 10
TIME – 1:49
That's the fifth time Kthulhu got spatted… Time is running short… He must use all of his skills during his training days…
He is, for the first time, slowly getting frustrated. He can't really help get angry at Yudius for doing such dirty tricks on his sleeve. But he shrugged off those feelings and proceeds to the center of the stage.
As he about to exit the right pathway to the center of the stage, he saw Yudius in the center, and overheard him talking to Terof. This conversation is the thing that sparked the inner flame of his rage.
"Have you ever thought about how Kthulhu and that… uhh, Kyla-gal looked quite alike, Terof?" Yudius asked.
"Yeah," Terof answered, for the first time, in such a monotone voice, "Both are quite hopeless too."
"Yeah, right, I mean, Kyla did tried to fight off three fighters alone to protect her teammates. That's how stupid she is."
"Quite the stubborn fellow, but I like her guts and bravery."
"She is quite the kind chick–"
The narrator AND editor decided to cut the part out for squid's sake… if you want to know what they are talking about, it's about insulting this Kyla and they are plotting something… something that the narrator and editor ain't gonna go through…
Kyla…
Kyla…
KYLA…
The inner flame inside him started to flicker violently and glow so bright it outshines a star, as it grew more violently large.
Yudius has crossed the line…
… How dare HE…
HOW DARE THEY INSULT MY SISTER!
… …
…
No MERCY will be shown, anymore…
I'm DONE playing their game…
It's TIME …
To END this stupid G A M E!
A/U – I'm finished finally! Alright the DUEL is not going well for Kthulhu, but that one conversation sparked his rage, and now, let's how he fights in the upcoming battle in PART 2! (Yes there will be Part 2.)
By the way, I did some changes for the previous chapters and the story in general due to some errors I made when I was making the concept in my notebook, so that it will be relevant for this chapter. Anyway, the next chapter will be around Late March to Middle of April, as I will be busy for the upcoming exams in my school I'm currently attending right now, so I'll see ya soon, in the next chapter!
Before I leave; here's a preview of the final chapter before the bonus one. Enjoy!
The Duel
–Part 2–
Some things are not meant to be heard…
Some things are meant to be kept hidden as a secret…
This is one of them…
And now it is out…
Kthulhu's Spirits of Vengeance…
… Is at loose…
… And it will not show mercy to them…
The squids in the plaza are in shocked silence after hearing Yudius' conversation, even Yeran, even Verique…
The Ammo Knights customers are in shock as well, bringing the whole shop and maybe even the whole Inkopolis in a state of silence. Zrix's grin is completely gone, his lips formed into the expression that represents disbelief, and his white pupils are gone as well, leaving his eyes ominously pitch black.
Anthur is in disbelief, as well as his colleagues. Leili covered her mouth in complete shock…
The League's Guild members are completely frozen in anger. The Officials are angry, and decided that they take action. The Squid Sisters covered their mouths also in disbelief and shock, as they can't believe what they are hearing right now.
Kthulhu's expression darkened.
The black squid's eyes widened, but stayed stoic and resolute.
A few seconds have passed, the squids in Inkopolis has caused what looks like the loudest uproar yet (unfortunately and fortunately, neither Kthulhu nor Yudius' team hears this). The plaza shouts their angry voices at the billboard screens, and at their TVs. Saying they are outraged is… an understatement, let's just say…
Ammo Knights are also filled with said noise even Sheldon joins the uproar. Zrix suddenly disappeared, unnoticed by anyone. Then again, they are too busy shouting angrily to notice him.
The bar club is also filled with such noise, but Anthur did not join, as he need s his voice for somewhere. His expression is just like anyone else.
Leili stayed neutral, as getting angry is not something she wants to feel at this moment.
Yeran and Verique then encouraged the people to shout out Kthulhu's name and hope that he will win no matter what, even if they know he can't hear them, at least which the best they can at the moment. They started to shout out Kthulhu's name and their inner flames are also has been lit, giving them some hope. They want to Kthulhu to beat Yudius down for being a disgrace to the community of squids.
Because of him, they will neither show fear, nor mercy at Yudius…
Kthulhu can't take it anymore…
He can't hold his anger any longer anymore…
His expression darkened – literally, obscuring both of his closed eyes. Then suddenly, two of those eyes are now lit with light and fire, glowing like a star twinkling in a starry night; his left eye is glowing sea green that is representing his immense growth of energy, and right eye is glowing blood red that is representing his anger.
Despite its bright glow, half of his face is still obscured with darkness, and hardly illuminates it.
Yudius breaks off his conversation with Terof as soon as he saw Kthulhu in the right pathway on the Purple side, "Lookie who is -" He was suddenly cut off when he saw Kthulhu's eyes lit.
The black squid notices this two, and he is not feeling well whenever he saw those eyes lit up…
Terof's irises can't get any smaller; neither gets smaller for a long period of time.
"Heh, trying to intimidate us with those colourful eyes, I see," He asked, "Well, it ain't working, y'know."
He kept quiet, and ominously still. His eyes are still glowing; subconscious kanjis (ゴゴゴゴゴ) are floating in the background.
"Whatever, we will end this, Kthulhu, right here, right now!" He then fires a charged shot at Kthulhu.
Everything went in slow motion for Kthulhu…
The Bamboozler shot is slowly getting to its target's face. A burst bomb is also thrown in the air at Kthulhu, which might gonna be the finishing blow for him.
Hrmm…
It will not be over…
He really have now crossed the line…
And now, he will pay the price for his insolence…
Time slowly started to move normally again, as Kthulhu in blinding speed, takes out a splat bomb and used it to stop the incoming shot. He used his Dynamo Roller, with only his right hand that is holding it, and quickly swatted away the burst bomb. He didn't even let them react, as he threw his splat bomb at the opponent roller.
The black squid swatted it away with ease. He knows he can… but what he didn't is that while he tried to swat it way…
Kthulhu is already in front of him, his glowing eyes stares menacingly (ゴゴゴゴゴ) at his own, despite the distance, with his roller ready to swat him next…
That's it for the preview!
Development will be made in – After Exams, During the Middle of March.
Chapter will be uploaded in – Between Late March to Middle of April, either earlier or later.