Chapter 7: Dekao Returns!
10:13 AM (Jawaii Time), Saturday February the 18th…
"… Gattsu?"
Guts Man EXE had been running across a platform within a Cyber World somewhere which was surrounded by water: he suddenly ended up in the limit of the platform and turned around to see Elec Man EXE running towards him.
"Hra~h! Lighting Flare!"
He shot, but Guts Man jumped and avoided it at the last moment: he landed back in the ground unscratched.
"Ice Cannon Ball!"
Elec Man tried to dodge the ball but the spreading floor-freezing caught him as he landed back in the ground and froze his legs.
"What?"
Magic Man EXE levitated above the ground at Elec Man's left all of a sudden and he gasped.
"Magic…" He began.
"Gattsu? Guts Man wondered.
"Magic Sabre!"
He slashed Guts Man with a sabre but a chibi doll appeared on his place.
"Kawarimi?"
Guts Man suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed both of his shoulders.
"What?" He gasped.
Guts Man began to pull both of them upwards.
"What are you going to do?"
Guts Man suddenly turned around 180º: he then headed towards the ground and made Magic Man's head crash into the ground and getting stuck there.
"Waha~h!" Magic Man yelled.
Guts Man got back on his feet: he heard a sound and spotted Colored Man EXE riding atop an Aqua Tower.
"Homing Ball!"
He threw his ball towards Guts Man who barely dodged and stopped it with his right foot.
"Ball!"
Guts Man blocked the ball with his right foot and kicked it back but Colored Man caught it.
"Fire!"
Colored Man shot the ball again but Guts Man stopped it using his left fist this time around.
"Guts!"
"Wawawawa~h!" Colored Man gasped.
He shot it back at Colored Man: the ball hit him and he was sent flying across the Cyber World.
"Huh?"
A circle of fire surrounded him while having come out of nowhere and Fire Man was the culprit.
"Heh, heh, heh…"
"Battle Chip, Count Bomb! Triple Slot In!" Ooyama Dekao instructed.
"Program Advance! Go!"
Fire Man was somewhat surprised: Guts Man then threw the powered-up bomb at the circle of fire and it was broken.
"He put out my flames with a bomb, you say!"
"Hro~h!" Guts Man ran towards him.
"Kuh! Flame Tower!"
Guts Man merely passed his fist through it to stop it and kept running towards Fire Man.
"I-impossible!" Fire Man uttered.
"Battle Chip, Mega Guts Punch! Slot In!"
Guts Man's right fist grew in size as he kept running.
"Mega Guts Punch!"
He sent Fire Man flying.
"Grwra~h!"
He crashed against his three pals and they were all automatically retrieved: a buzzer rang out.
"GUTS! GUTS, GUTS, GUTS, GU~TS!"
Guts Man punched his metallic torso with his own punches.
"… That was a splendid job! You cleared our strict training and you did your best!" Maha Jarama exclaimed in the real world.
"There's nothing else we can teach you! Perfect!" Count Elec made the thumbs up sign.
"Cha rival is our nemesis, the nemesis of the "World Three"!" Iroaya Madoi added.
"Go to Japan! Go and beat Hikari Netto and Rock Man by your own hands!" Hinoken commanded.
"Masters!" Dekao lifted his head from his reverence position.
Heh, heh, heh… I foresee trouble, Ooyama and Guts Man! I, the "witness", tell you so… Let's sit back and watch the drama unfold…
16:08 PM (Japan Time), Monday February the 20th…
"Didn't we have friendly Net Battles last year? Along with Dekao – kun and Yaito – chan, who's gone to study to King Land…"
"You think that good ol' Dekao is doing fine? He suddenly went to Jawaii Island to do "Knight Training"…"
Meiru and Netto were chatting after coming out of the school: Netto looked slightly amused at bringing up the topic.
"Netto…" A voice called out.
They turned to see a mean-looking dude drawn in big rectangular cardboard piece: he had a futuristic-looking gun on his left hand.
Hah, hah, hah! What's that, Ooyama? Your idea of the "Matrix"?
"Get away from my Meiru – chan."
"Who are ya?"
Dekao walked out from behind the cardboard, wearing sunglasses, a black jacket and a green jumper: he also had a star drawn on the right side of his crest.
"Dekao!" Netto greeted.
"Dekao – kun!" Meiru greeted.
He suddenly blushed and abandoned the firm–like pose he had before.
"Meiru – chan…" He sounded like he was excited to meet her again.
He suddenly cleared his throat.
"Ahem…"
He returned to his serious pose again although he was still blushing.
"Even though it has been many a day since we met but you have only grown more beautiful." He said in what could pass as an elegant tone.
"What's with that attitude, Dekao? When did you get back from Jawaii?"
"Niichan! Dekao – niichan!" A familiar voice yelled.
Chisao ran towards him and jumped into Dekao's stomach.
"As I thought! You're really Dekao – niichan! Chu!"
"And you are?" Dekao asked in a bored tone.
Chisao jumped down, surprised.
"What are you saying? Chu? Me! Chu! Chisao! Chu!"
"Who knows? I think there used to be a little brother by that name long ago." He turned around.
"Niichan…" He began to cry.
"Dekao – kun, you used to care so much for your brother…!" Meiru asked while trying to comfort Chisao.
"Oh! I get it! Jawaii's sun has fried your brains!" Netto guessed.
Dekao turned around and took out the sunglasses: he looked mean.
"Shut the trap up, Netto."
"Huh?"
"I'm not the person I used to be. Netto, Rock Man…! Ever since I made that promise… The manly Ooyama Dekao's thrown past away! Thrown his little brother away! He's even shaken off his love for Meiru – chan too!"
Can you really shake off "love" or are you trying to play cool?
Meiru looked uneasy: Netto frowned as Dekao clenched his right fist.
"Together with Guts Man… He struggled through intense training in Jawaii day after day. On the curry shop Maha Niban! Yes, sir! Where the "World Three" is at!" He exclaimed
"THE WORLD THREE?" Both Netto and Meiru asked.
"Right, Netto! I challenge you to a real Net Battle!" He challenged with a broad grin.
"… Thank goodness. We can finally say "good riddance"… To that annoying disciple "applicant"…"
Iroaya finished cleansing around and sighed in relief.
"You're totally right! Said he wanted to help the store to pay for the monthly tuition… The curry was burnt… And the dishes broke!"
"And he mistook the delivery addresses!"
"And he created a lot of deficit!" Maha protested.
Hinoken chuckled.
"I feel sorry for that boy… Because he left so triumphant, thinking he'd gotten stronger…" Count Elec sighed and shrugged.
"… You ready, Netto?"
Dekao had brought Netto and the others to the Game Center "Game Soul" and they were getting ready for a Net Battle.
"Show to me the results of that "special training" at the curry shop that sharpened you!"
"Let's go! Plug In! Guts Man, Transmission!"
"Let's go! Plug In! Rock Man EXE, Transmission!"
"Been a while, Guts Man! I'm glad to have a Net Battle with you again!"
Sure. At least we're having a friendly one and not one where your life is at a stake… Netto sounded relieved.
Yeah. We needed a break.
"Keep on being the confident while ya still can! De guts!"
"That baka niichan! I want 'em to lose! Chu!"
"Do your best, you two!" Meiru encouraged.
"Please look on… Master Hinoken! Master Elec! Mistress Madoi! Master Maha Jarama!" Dekao grinned.
Netto looked on while slightly surprised but, suddenly, his PET beeped with the characteristic beep of a Net Savior call.
"Yikes!"
"Go, Guts Man!"
Rock Man and Guts Man began to run towards each other: Rock Man dodged a slow punching attempt and was suddenly retrieved to Guts Man's surprise.
"What's this about?" Dekao demanded.
"My bad, Dekao! I gotta postpone this showdown!"
"Don't screw around, Netto!"
"Netto!"
"That's cowardly, Netto!"
Nope, Ooyama. The guy's busy. Dream on. If he's beaten those powered-up "Darkloids" then ya are no match.
"… According to the reports… There's an unknown source anomaly in the Akihara City gym's gas system." Meijin explained.
"Anomalies in the gas system?" Netto asked.
"It probably is the handiwork of the "Darkloids"… Rush to the scene ASAP!"
"It's a pain being a "Net Savior"…" Netto muttered.
"What was that?"
"Ah… Roger that! Meiin – san!" Netto replied.
"San wa iranai…" Meijin insisted.
Netto kept on skating down the hill and crossed paths with "K. S." as he wrote something on the notebook: like the other day he seemed to deliberately slow down his pace to allow Netto to get a look at it for some seconds.
What! A list…!
"Known "Darkloids":
. Beast Man (dangerous, thrice encountered, and accounted for)
. Bowl Man (corrupted, once encountered, and accounted for)
. Flash Man (arrogant, once encountered, and accounted for)
. Bubble Man (incompetent, twice encountered, and accounted for)
. Count Dracula "Darkloid": "Shade Man" (accounted for).
. If schedule up until X Day proceeds as calculated, then another 3 "Darkloids" will make their appearances.
Notes written down on Monday 20/02/2005."
Netto inwardly gasped again: but his speed led him far away from "K. S.", down the street and "K. S." soon disappeared from sight.
You look worried. Saito brought up.
That mister… I saw him three days ago in History – Technology Land… He was writing in the notebook… And there was a profile of Meijin – san: he knew he's the Net Savior Commander and all about his career! He'd written down about me and you… And he knew the full names of Commissioner Kifune and that other officer!
What? Something tells me he isn't a member of the Net Police! Saito gasped in surprise.
I got that same vibe. He had notes about all currently known "Darkloids" right now! And he wrote "accounted for" on all of them as if he'd expected them to show up in this order! He'd written about some "X Day" and expects 3 more "Darkloids" to appear until then!
By all the… Can he see the future?
Or maybe he's found a way to spy on them and knows when they're going to strike, who's going to strike and where? Netto suggested next while frowning.
Anyway! Let's settle the mission first.
Alright. Next time we could try taking a photo.
Netto made it to the gym which was deserted due to the abnormal heat levels and even the pool's water was boiling.
"Huh! The pool's boiling! Where can I Plug - In…?"
A bunch of fire Viruses were using flame attacks to cause the abnormal heating up within the Cyber World.
"Bubble Shot!"
The attack deleted some Viruses and Rock Man landed into the area.
"Battle Chip, Aqua Blade! Slot In!"
Rock Man drew the blade.
"Good! Next is…"
A doll of fire came out of a gas pipe near Netto and he had to duck his head to avoid it.
"Battle Chip, Tsunami! Slot In!"
The remaining Viruses were disposed of and Rock Man looked around while sighing in relief.
"You lowlife are Rock Man, then?" A voice questioned close by.
Rock Man barely dodged a burst stream of bluish fire by throwing himself to the ground and he turned to see a "Darkloid" there.
"Who….?" He demanded.
"My name is Burner Man."
"Burner Man?"
"Get close to me… And cha get burnt!"
So! This is a new guy. Flame Attribute! I expected it after seeing Bubble Man and Flash Man and Plant Man.
Burner Man struck as being around a meter and sixty tall or above: red metallic armor was built over his upper body and it had four metallic objects shaped like fangs set over the shoulders: each one had a yellow stripe close to the backwards edge which had a small blackish metallic cover on it.
His head was surrounded by a blood red metallic helmet which had two of those fang-like objects set on both sides of it: his emblem was set on the forehead and its drawing was a simplistic oval-shaped flame colored sky blue.
His eyes didn't have irises on them and were colored blue while a grin covered his face.
His shoulders were oddly placed lower than they should be at, half-way down the upper body: two short black arms without elbows emerged from them and ended in long cylinders colored red with a yellow stripe and having black hands at their end: the emblem was repeated there.
The body below the armor had armor with some vertical stripes set on them: his legs were free of armor until just past the knee: two cylinders with the same coloring pattern as the ones in the arms were set there and two armored feet with black soils emerged from below them.
He aimed the right forearm cannon's muzzle and shot a blue burst stream of flames: Rock Man cut through it with the Aqua Blade and got part of his left arm burnt as a result: he then looked around but Burner Man was not in the same spot as before.
"Netto – kun!" He called out.
I can trace the guy. He's gone for the toy store opposite the street but I dunno why.
The "witness" looked inside of the toy store where one remote-controlled fighter plane was hanging from the ceiling: a small light shone in the Plug - In port before it ignited and broke free of the wires.
Oh crap! The guy now wants to play the military jet pilot? What a meddling jerk!
Netto walked out to the main corridor of the gym and looked around: the plane suddenly broke through the glass wall and almost hit his face so Netto jumped to the ground to avoid while the plane circled around him.
"That! Netto – kun! Otouto!"
"Huh?"
"Burner Man is on that fighter jet!" He warned as he signaled it.
"What did ya say?"
Netto eyed the plane: Burner Man was sitting in the command chair and laughing inside of its Cyber World.
"Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah!"
"Otouto! Let's do the same too." Saito suggested.
"Yeah!"
Netto walked inside of the toy store through the broken glass wall where he spotted a retro fighter plane model.
"Counting on you! Niisan!"
Rock Man entered the plane's Cyber World and ignited it up to give chase.
"Niisan! Take off!"
The plane flew out and both planes chased each other.
"Good luck! Niisan!"
Netto did not spot how Dekao was walking towards him: he shrugged and aimed his PET II and the plane Rock Man was on: Netto saw it, though, and turned.
"Dekao!"
Guts Man suddenly appeared on the plane's Cyber World besides Rock Man.
"Gattsu!"
"Eh? Guts Man?" Rock Man was surprised.
"You won't run away this time! De guts!"
He jumped towards him and the plane began to lose control.
"Stop it, Dekao! Plug Guts Man Out right away!"
"Running away again, Netto? Scared of losing to Guts Man and me?"
"Wrong!" He cursed.
The plane began to spiral down towards the ground and landed on it while Burner Man's plane flew away.
"Heck!" Netto cursed.
Dekao stood there while seemingly perplexed.
"What's his problem?" Dekao wondered aloud.
"Dekao – kun!" Meiru called out.
She walked towards him with a look of worry along with Chisao so Dekao gasped in surprise: they then walked into the playground and Meiru explained while they were sitting down and Chisao began to form a mountain of sand close by.
"…"Net Savior"…?" Dekao asked.
"Yeah… Netto's forbidden from saying it but… As a "Net Savior", who protects peace in the Cyber World, he's fighting the evil "Darkloids"..."
"But despite that you got on his way so Rock Man's enemy escaped!"
"I'm so ashamed, de guts…" Guts Man muttered.
"Heck! I don't care what Netto's identity is: it's unrelated! I must beat Netto!"
"Dekao – kun…" Meiru looked worried.
"But! I'm not gonna forgive those who get in the way of our showdown! We'll beat those! Guts Man!" Dekao stood up and took out his PET II.
"Yeah! We'll beat him! De guts!" He replied.
Time to sneak on Shade Man…
The "witness" silently made his way to the castle and looked into the throne room from a gap in the ceiling: Shade Man was sitting on his armchair and looked like he'd been reflecting: he opened his eyes and smiled.
"In the near future… We "Darkloids" will rule the surface instead of the humans…"
He stood up and unfolded his wings.
"Burner Man! Show the humans our threat! Heh, heh… Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah! Hah, hah, hah!"
If Burner Man's flame – attribute then… I can guess where he'll go cause trouble.
"… System abnormality from Tanks 1 to 6!"
The gas plant operators found themselves in an emergency situation: they began to work to try to contain the situation.
"… Look!"
Their LCD screen displayed descending graphs.
"The underground still gas lines are crystalizing!"
"Can't we stop it?"
"No good! It won't accept any controls!"
"Can't be helped. There's no other way but to close the stopcock."
A torrent of fire burst out of the pipe and he backed up just in time.
"What the hell is this?"
"No good! The city's gas pipes' pressure is steadily increasing!"
"What!"
Oh crap. Better go check on the city….
The gas lines manholes vibrated and a torrent of flames began to burst out heating the environment and starting to melt objects apart from triggering mass chaos: Burner Man looked on from somewhere.
"I'll wipe out the surface's humans…" He grinned.
This moron! I'll show you yet!
"… Not here either."
Rock Man had been inspecting a facility's Cyber World and he returned to the PET to report to Netto.
No. But you'll find him. If the schedule is correct. "K. S." thought as he looked on from afar.
"… Burner Man's surely somewhere from where he can control the gas remotely."
"Huh? Rock Man! Aren't there any other spots he could go to?" Netto asked.
"Huh… A firewall? De guts?"
Dekao had come to inspect some old liquid gas depots and Guts Man stumbled upon an active firewall.
"But it's really weird, Guts Man. Why would there be a firewall in these abandoned gas tanks?"
"Guts, guts."
"Let's check it out. Maybe I can Plug-In… somewhere!" Dekao muttered as he made it through the gap in the bars.
He began to climb up the stairs and spotted an open control panel box attached to a depot: Guts Man entered the system but found it to be gray and inactive as if to indicate its abandoned state: he looked around in a nervous manner.
"Guts…The insides are totally empty! De guts."
"So this isn't it…? Huh?"
Dekao spotted the toy fighter plane several meters below: he gasped in realization.
"Guts Man!"
The Cyber World was suddenly ignited and a circle of lames surrounded Guts Man: he panicked.
"Guts!"
"Don't chicken, Guts Man! You've beaten Fire Man twice! Time to show the special training's results! Program Advance!"
"Program Advance!"
"Battle Chip, Count Bomb! Triple Slot In!"
"Giga Count Bomb!"
The flames were put out by the explosion but they suddenly turned on again burning Guts Man.
"Weird! The Program Advance didn't work!" Dekao gasped in surprise.
Guts Man was sitting on the ground and trying to cool down his right hand when he looked up.
"Guts?"
Trouble. The new Flame-Attribute jerk has come to give you some trouble, Ooyama and Guts Man.
Burner Man's silhouette was visible behind the flames which vanished as he advanced: he grinned.
"Heh, heh!"
He easily punched Guts Man away and sent him skidding across the ground despite his size.
"In that case… Battle Chip, Mega Guts Punch! Slot In!" Dekao decided to fight back.
"Hrua~h!"
Burner Man easily jumped atop the Mega Guts Punch and over Guts Man who gasped as the guy easily landed back and crossed his arms.
"This time around! De guts! Guts, guts, guts, guts, GU~TS!"
He hit the ground and caused a cloud of smoke.
"How was that like? De guts!" He taunted.
However, when the smoke cleared, it was obvious that Burner Man had dodged because he'd only hit a circuitry board.
"Guts…!"
"… A~h! He's so silly~!"
Colored Man and the others were relaxing in their store's Cyber World and looking amused.
"Not telling him that we were letting him win the battles on purpose…"
"That Program Advance thing was incomplete. If I hadn't been holding back my firepower then it'd have zero effect." Fire Man muttered.
"The only thing that makes him phenomenal is his wild strength!"
"His Operator's full of troubles to begin with!" Magic Man added.
"… What's wrong, Guts Man? Don't lose!"
Burner Man kicked Guts Man across the ground again with ease.
"What a crappy Navi… Vanish!" Burner Man was bored already as he aimed his arm cannon at Guts Man.
"Guts Man!"
"Big Water Fountain! Slot In!"
The wall of water protected Guts Man and Rock Man quickly got him out of harm to Burner Man's surprise.
"Huh! What…?"
Heh, heh! You didn't account for Holmes, Steve Dixie?
"Rock Man…!"
Rock Man made a grimace as he helped Guts Man stand.
"Netto…!"
"Battle Chip, Aqua Blade! Slot In!"
"Hra~h!"
"Hmpf! Let's go!"
Burner Man formed a sword of still flames and clashed with Rock Man: he got repulsed after some deadlocking and Rock Man tried to hit him but Burner Man dodged by a very narrow margin.
"Told ya… That you get burnt if you get too close!"
"Ah!"
"What the…?"
"Dunno…"
The gas depots had been to rumble and they suddenly expelled the gas in the form of a bluish burst stream of flames which made them hover and tilt: Netto's backpack slid down the curved platform followed by Dekao and Netto: three Battle Chips (Aqua Sword, Tsunami and Aqua Blade) jumped out his pouch at that moment and Netto gasped.
"The Chips!"
Rock Man nervously stepped back as Burner Man shot another burst stream of flames before drawing two still short bursts: he lifted his arms skywards along with the head and the right leg, bent over his back.
"Burning… JET!"
His five rear exhausts began to vomit out flames along with the forehead exhaust and the arm cannons: he dashed on forward and rammed into Rock Man: he hit the ground and his Aqua Blade was cancelled.
Trouble, trouble AND TROUBLE! By all the! This guy's Trouble Man or WHAT? The "witness" cursed.
Netto and Dekao were holding on as the depots spun in a group and headed down a hill across a forest.
"Don't lose, Netto! I'm the one who is gonna beat ya!"
"… Rock Buster!"
Rock Man tried to shoot Burner Man but he replied with another burst stream of flames: Rock Man threw his body to the ground to dodge while Burner Man grinned.
"Hah, hah, hah… This is the end, alright."
Guts Man suddenly tackled him from the right and Burner Man got annoyed at having forgotten about him.
"YOU LOWLIFE!"
"Are you alright? De guts? Rock Man!"
"Guts Man…!"
"Guts Man will beat Rock Man! De guts! Guys like you…" Guts Man began to say.
What? You wanna beat them?
"…Can't beat Rock Man! De guts!"
"You're but a brainless Navi who only has wild strength…!" He grumbled.
"Rock Man! Hold on me! De guts!"
"Thanks, Guts Man."
Their chest emblems suddenly brightened and Netto grinned.
"Ah! Dekao! I'll borrow Guts Man's power!"
"What?"
"Outta the way!"
He began to bathe both in flames but the familiar white sphere of light formed around them as their chest emblems got interconnected.
"Soul Unison: Guts Soul!"
"Guts Soul" had Rock Man gain reddish armor over the chest: his shoulders were protected with golden spherical armor.
The head gained a box-shaped yellow helmet with a metallic band circling the forehead and two metallic edges to the mouth-guard.
A partial yellow belt ran around the waist.
The forearms had been armored and they had a red stripe near the elbows: the hands' skin was black now.
His boots had become yellow and had a metallic piece on the center edge above the fingers while the soils were metallic.
"What!"
Heh, heh, heh! Good, Rock Man! Good! Beat them! The "witness" formed a smug smile.
"Rock Man and Guts Man fused…!" Dekao gasped.
"GO!"
"Hra~h!"
"Guts Soul" Rock Man hit the ground with the right forearm opening a crevice which Burner Man barely dodged by jumping into the air: he was taken aback.
What power!
"Guts Soul" Rock Man quickly warped next to him catching him with the guard lowered.
"How do you dare do that to my friend?" He yelled.
He punched Burner Man and had him meet the ground: he quickly aimed the arm cannon at him.
"This guy…!"
Rock Man dodged at a bullet-like speed and landed on the ground.
"Rocket Guts Punch!"
A copy of his right forearm detached and flew at top speed for Burner Man who saw it coming but couldn't dodge in time.
"Ah… Ah…! UA~H!"
The blow sent him across the air and he decided to escape: the depots stopped floating and landed on the ground: both gasped in surprise and looked around: Netto grinned at Dekao who did the "thumbs-up" sign but then acted the unimpressed: Netto made an uneasy smile.
Good job!
Netto recorded the data of the "Guts Soul" on a blank Chip as the sunset began to set in.
"… "Soul Unison" with Guts Man, eh? This guy's a strong ally! Dekao!"
"I lost this time."
"Eh? What are cha saying? Hadn't ya and Guts Man been here Rock Man and I wouldn't…"
"Don't forget, Netto."
"Huh?"
"… That the ones who will beat you and Rock Man will be me and Guts Man. Don't lose to those "Darkloids" jerks! Because I won't admit that!" He warned as his eyes became visible through the shades.
"We'll always be ready for you guys' challenge!" Netto called out as Dekao walked into the sunset.
Indeed. Let's write down the "Soul Unisons"…
"K. S." wrote down next entries on the notebook about ten meters from Netto's location:
"Bullet points:
. Burner Man (fire expert: he who plays with fire gets burned. Debut on Monday 20/02/2005. Accounted for.)
List of Soul Unisons:
. Roll Soul (Wednesday 08/02/2005)
. Fire Soul (Wednesday 15/02/2005)
. Guts Soul (Monday 20/02/2005)
Observations:
. The schedule insofar remains stable but there's still a long gap until X Day in which many things can happen. But we believe that "they" won't change anything until X Day.
He closed the notebook and pocketed it while chuckling under his breath: he headed away but purposely snapped a branch on the ground to get for Netto's attention: he just had time to see him walking into the forest at a quick pace and vanishing.
Ah! There, there! The same mister!
Whoa! He was looking at us? But… What's his game?
Dunno.
"Huff, huff… Netto~! Are you alright?" Meiru rushed there.
"Netto! You alright? Chu?"
"Ah! Meiru – chan, Chisao…! Yeah! Thanks to Dekao!" He explained.
"Where's Dekao – kun, then?"
"He left."
"Baka niichan! Chu! Left me alone again! Chu!" Chisao protested.
"Now, now…!" Meiru tried to calm him down.
Be careful, Netto – kun… That man might be another enemy, even…!
15:55 PM (Jawaii Time), Monday January the 20th…
"… Masters!"
"E~H?"
Dekao had come back to Maha Niiban's and was making a reverence while weeping: Hinoken looked out of his wits, Iroaya was leaning on the table as if he couldn't believe her eyes, Count Elec looked exasperated and Maha was sinking his head on the table, defeated as well.
"I'm sorry~!"
"Why did you come back?" Hinoken growled.
"JEEZ!" Iroaya cursed.
"Get out! Get out!" Count Elec snapped.
"We prohibit you from coming back!" Maha tried to shoo him away.
"Shave the top of your head and apologize!" Hinoken tried to order.
A scandal began to mount inside of the store while the "witness" looked on, amused.
Too bad, Ooyama! You should've realized already they've been toying with you to get rid of you!
"Guts! Guts! I'm sorry! De guts!"
"Oh by all the…" Fire Man cursed.
"Nya~h! I feel disgusted!" Colored Man complained.
"T-this IDIOT!" Elec Man yelled.
"Swallow me, sea…" Magic Man grimly muttered.
"SWALLOW US, EARTH!" The Operators sighed in defeat.
Try saying this instead… "Because of this guy… I now feel… RABIDLY! OVERWHELMINGLY! VEHEMENTLY disgusted!" … Heh, heh, heh. Dance to the tune of Time's Ocarina… Look forward to more stuff!
