In case some people are curious as to why grim reapers being called "death gods" in Chinese has any relevance to the former term being an accurate translation for "shinigami", that's because "shinigami" literally translates in "death god" as well.
Chapter 11
Plan It Easy
News of what happened at Pyronicus's clubhouse for fire-related yukkuri abuse had spread throughout the city, courtesy of the people who escaped from the former when the Smashers went there to rescue the yukkuris. What the Smashers did became a huge talk among other people. To abusers, this was an outrageous act, but for people were against abuse, they were glad that there were people who were willing to stand up to this, but some questioned whether or not the Smashers were doing things the right way.
Needless to say, Arnold was filled with rage at what he just read on the newspaper. Slamming it onto his desk, he stood up and said in a loud voice while pointing his hand at the newspaper, "Those accursed outsiders! They're trying to get on our bad side, aren't they?! I'd thought they would no longer be a problem after they've been marked as dangerous people who should be captured, but then they just had to go and do something like this!"
He angrily pressed the button on his desk to make a komarisa appear, and then he smashed it with a folder containing several documents right when it was about to tell him to take it easy.
SMASH!
"They're a fun bunch, aren't they?" said a man with flat-top haircut who was seated in the room's sofa. "And I thought that bird beating the lights out of me was the best they had to offer! Hohoho! Looks like they're capable of more! I look forward to what sort of mischief they will continue cause!"
Arnold looked at him and said, "And you're out of your mind! Who in the right mind would allow himself to be beaten up by an anti-abuser? You have the right to fight back! They're in the wrong here, so there's nothing wrong if you get back at them!"
"Oh, you don't have to be angry about that," the man—Rupert—said as he stood up and went to the golf bag placed near the door and took a golf club from it. He then reached into the pouch and took out a koyukkuri that had its accessories completely removed and all its facial features sealed up, thus making it look like a ball of flour. Its feet were also burned. "I simply wanted to know how far they were willing to go! A bit of beating is nothing to me at all! It's not like they can convince me to change! You know the kind of person I am: I like to abuse yukkuris as much as you!"
He placed the koyukkuri onto a putting green and then positioned himself to get ready to hit the former. "Yukkuri abuse is, like, the most fun thing ever!" he said while keeping his eyes on the koyukkuri. "It's not like a bit of beating and threatening is going to stop me! In fact, I'd rather give up my life than to give up yukkuri abuse!" As the koyukkuri was trying to escape by squirming, Rupert hit it and sent it rolling across the green, and it went into the hole.
After the koyukkuri rolled out of opening at the side, he picked it and tossed it up and down in his hand. "If it were me, I'd let those outsiders continue their antics for a little while longer. What they are doing will eventually bring more and more rage to the public, and it's not long before everyone out there goes after them! By then, we'll be able to see the looks of horror on those outsiders, and they're regret ever trying to interfere with things in our world! Heeheehee!"
"I'd rather do something to put them out of my sight once and for all immediately!" Arnold said. "Those people are going too far for their own good already! Who knows what sort of trouble they're going to come up with? If I ever hear from them again, I'm going to show no mercy towards them! None at all!"
"That's not a bad idea too! As long I get entertained by what I see, I'm also with ya!" Rupert said as he opened the window. "By the way, do you mind?"
"Go ahead. I can get new golf balls whenever I want to with ease," Arnold told him.
Rupert giggled as he went over to a tee and placed the koyukkuri on it. He then raised his golf club and swung at the squirming koyukkuri hard to send it shooting out of the window and into distance. "Fore! Hahahahahaha!"
In a clearing that was surrounded by a fence, several yukkuris were seen scattered throughout the place, snoozing quietly. At one side of the clearing, close to the fence, two figures were seen there, one sitting in a cross-legged position and the other curled up like a sleeping animal. The former was a woman with nine fox tails, while the latter was a young girl with cat ears and tails that came in two.
Set up among the sleeping yukkuris were some tents, each of them quartering the Smashers. Inside one of the tents, Fox was searching up things on a computer laptop, while Falco was lying down within a sleeping bag behind him. The latter turned to him and asked, "You found anything?"
"A lot," Fox replied. "The factory even has its own official site, so gathering information on it is way too easy. Most importantly, I found a map of the entire place, so we should have no problem traveling through it tomorrow."
"Can't wait to get busy tomorrow!" Falco said with enthusiasms. "Tomorrow can't come any sooner!"
FLASHBACK
The Smashers landed the truck on the very same hill they arrived on when they first came to this world. They stepped out from the vehicles and went over to open the back of one of them to reveal four carts inside. "All right," Snake said, "time to open them and let loose the yukkuris."
The Smashers helped each other take out the carts, and then Link opened one of them and was greeted with the eyes of several yukkuris looking up at him and asking if they could come out yet. "Okay," the Hylian replied. "We'll get you out now!" His reply resulted in cheers from the living buns.
Just as the Smashers were going to take out the yukkuris, someone said to them, "I see that you managed to successfully rescue the yukkuris from Pyronicus's place." The Smashers turned around and saw Eiki.
"Oh, you're back-a!" Mario said. "How did da discussion go with da othas?"
"The first person I contacted is Master Hand," she replied. "He understands your situation, but he still needs a week to completely finish the dimension-hopping machine. Once it is done, he is more than willing to help you take all the yukkuris out of this world."
"Good to see that things are going pretty smoothly," Snake said. "How about the ones from Gen… Gensokyo, right? Did you talk to the people there?"
"I only talked to one of them, but she is without doubt the most important person for this plan," Eiki replied. "Right now, she should be talking with two of the top scientists in Gensokyo regarding this. We should wait for them to call back first."
"How long is this going to take?" Link asked.
"It shouldn't take long. I'm sure we can expect them before the end of the day."
"By da way," Mario said to Shiki, "we tried-a our best to not get-a into conflict, but…"
"Yes, I know exactly what happened. You don't have to explain to me everything," Eiki said to him. "Some things are unavoidable, and it is not your fault that Pyronicus died. You tried to help him too, so you do not have to blame yourself for this."
"So… are you going to share with us the details of your plan?" Snake asked. "It's about time you spill the beans."
"Much as I wish to tell you what my plan is," Eiki said, "it all boils down to what idea Master Hand and the others manage to come up with. However, I do highly recommend that you keep the yukkuris you've rescued with you first and not set them free just yet. I foresee that we need to use them in the future."
"Keep the yukkuris with us?" Olimar asked. "I have no problem with that, but I'm sure they want to have a more spacious space than the carts…"
"That can be easily resolved," Eiki told him. "Just build a ranch of sorts for them. Not too far into the woods in front of you is a large clearing suitable for building fences to keep them confined."
Olimar looked at the woods and said, "Wow! You sure know a lot of things! I guess that's because you're the judge of afterlife that you know several things we don't."
"You have to know many things if you're in this position," Eiki told him.
No sooner after she told them about this, the Smashers went into the woods and found a large clearing, just like she said. They let the yukkuris out of the carts and told them not to leave the clearings while they build fences. Because the yukkuris were grateful for being rescued, they happily obeyed the Smashers. They all frolicked around in the clearing; not one of them went into the woods.
"Okay, now that we are planning to build fences to keep the yukkuris from running out of here," Snake said, "I just realized that we don't have the tools for getting the job done… at all…"
"You're right…" Link said. "We can't cut down trees or do anything without some tools… Yes, I have my sword with me, but you can't expect me to do everything myself, do you?"
"On the bright side, these yukkuris don't seem to have the intention of leaving this place," Olimar said. "Still, I do agree that it's best to make something that can confine them here. You'll never know if one of them forgets or unknowingly run out…"
Mario turned to Eiki and asked her, "Do you know what-a to do?"
Just as she was going to reply, a hole suddenly appeared in the air next to her, much to Smashers' surprise. Inside the hole, they could see a purple background that was dotted with several eerie-looking eyes, but what caught their attention the most was the fact that a blond purple-dressed woman coming out of it. "What in the world?!" Snake said in surprise.
"She's here," Eiki said. "The person I told you about that is the most important part of our plan."
The woman came out and looked at the sky while shielding her eyes with her hand. "Nice weather we have here, eh? Hard to think that this is a place where terrible stuff is happening…"
"Yukari," Eiki said to the woman, "I suppose that you have talked to Rikako and Nitori about what I told you, right?"
"Yes I did," the woman named Yukari said while opening her fan and cooling herself with it. "I also went to find Master Hand, telling him the same thing you told me to tell them."
"You went to see Master Hand too?" Link asked.
Yukari turned her eyes to the Smashers and said, "So you people are the Smashers. I've heard a lot about you guys back in our own world. You people really did make a big name for yourselves! Saving the world several times and even getting on the bad side of the government."
"It's their fault for messing with our friend and wanting to use a terrifying weapon capable of destroying the world for world peace," Snake told her. "We were only doing what we think is right."
"Justice is a funny thing, don't you think so?" Yukari asked. "It's something that is supposed to be universally agreed on. Yet, you will find people debating on what things are considered justice and what are not. Some people may have their own justice that is considered unethical by others. It's one thing that people have a hard time coming to an agreement on, just like the yukkuri abuse that is going on in this world. You will find people defending their abusive actions as being justified, but some sees such actions as nothing but an excuse to vent out anger or simply to have fun."
"I can't agree any better than that…" Fox said with a nod.
"So… what's your plan?" Falco asked her. "The judge said you are the most important person for this plan. What exactly makes you so important? You got some unique superpower that can help make our plan a success?"
"Superpower? More like powers that I naturally have as the demon of boundaries," Yukari replied. "You see how I appeared before your eyes just now? My power is to create gaps that allow access to pretty much anywhere I can imagine. I think that should give you an idea of why the judge said I'm the most important person for this plan."
"Creating gaps that allow people to gain access to almost anywhere in the universe?" Pikachu said. "I can definitely see why you're important for this plan now…"
"But even with my powers, transporting all the yukkuris out of this world is too hard and time consuming," Yukari said. "Because of this, extra help is required in order for this to succeed in a short amount of time."
"Which was why I asked her to go and acquire the help of Gensokyo's top scientists," Eiki said. "Since Master Hand created a machine capable of traveling to other dimensions, I believe he is able to help us in this matter as well."
"So… why don't we call them over and see what they managed to come up with?" Yukari suggested. She then pointed her hand to one side to make a gap appear, and then she did the same to the other side, but this one was much larger.
Two girls came out from one of the gaps. The first was an eyeglass-wearing girl with long purple hair and dressed in a lab coat, while the second one was a blue-haired girl wearing a lighter blue dress that had several pockets. Master Hand came out of the larger gap and said, "Well, this ability sure is something! Much better than the machine I created!" The Smashers were happy when they saw their superior. "Hey guys! Nice to see you again! Is everything all right?"
"Would you be coming here if everything really is all right?" Falco asked him.
"Yeah… I know what your problem is. I just wanted to know how you are yourselves, not the situation," the Hand told him.
The Smashers then turned to the two girls, and Eiki said, "These are the two top scientists from Gensokyo I talked about."
The blue-haired girl, shortly after stepping out of the gap, quickly hid behind the purple-haired girl and peeked out with a red face. The purple-haired girl adjusted her eyeglasses and said, "I'm Rikako Asakura."
The blue-haired girl said in a rather soft voice, "He… Hello… I'm Nitori Kawashiro… It's a pleasure… to meet you…"
"She's a bit shy when talking to humans she's unfamiliar with," Rikako explained. "She'll get used to it eventually."
"Talking to humans she's unfamiliar with?" Fox curiously said. "Does that mean she's not human?"
"Right… I'm a kappa…" Nitori replied. "And are you a kitsune?"
"Nah, I'm just an anthropomorphic fox," Fox told her.
"You don't have to be afraid of us," Link told her. "Not all of us here are humans. I'm a Hylian."
"So… have you girls thought of anything?" Yukari asked Rikako and Nitori.
"Honestly saying, what the judge came up with is pretty much an impossible task if it were to be accomplished by the both of us alone," Rikako replied. "Creating machines for traveling to another dimension may not be hard, but to create something that can transport an entire species to another dimension… That's not something you can do easily, but I'm not saying it's impossible either… I did think of one method."
"I did think of one method too," Master Hand said. "Luckily, I came upon this while looking up the book for building the dimension-hopping machine. I didn't give it much thought at first, but when Eiki and Yukari came and told me everything, I suddenly remembered what I read. That method, to put it simple, has to do with detecting the DNA of the species that is being transported to another dimension. In doing that, all the other species with the same DNA will be detected and then transported without the usage of anything at all."
Rikako turned to Master Hand and stared at him for a few seconds before saying, "That was exactly what I had in mind…"
"Great minds think alike, don't they?" the Hand said.
"Transportation by DNA detection?" Fox curiously said. "I think I read about that before…"
"I don't get it…" said a confused Parry.
"Transport one thing, and then everything similar to that thing will automatically be transported," Snake explained to him.
"Oh, that's more understandable for me!" the parrot said. "Thanks for the simple explanation!"
"However, I have to add to the fact that this is no simple task," Rikako said. "While what Master Hand said will without doubt work, the sheer amount of yukkuris in this world makes it so that transporting only one or a few yukkuris will not work. If my estimation is correct, the average amount of yukkuris required for this to work would be around… 900."
"900?!" the Smashers said in shock.
"Yeah, just what she said," Master Hand said. "We're transporting a common species found in this world after all. If we want to transport all the chickens from our world somewhere else, a large amount of chickens must be used as well. According to experts, there are more chickens in our world than humans, humanoids, anthropomorphic animals, and such!"
"So to put it simple, we need to round up at least 900 yukkuris in order to make all the yukkuris in this world disappear?" Pichu asked.
"That's the basic thing to be done," the Hand replied. "However, I'm sure there is still one thing that has to be done…"
"What is it?" Pikachu asked.
"Master Hand is right," Rikako said while adjusting her eyeglasses. "There is still one more thing that has to be done. Will have to look into it more…"
"We'll let you know once we looked into things again," Master Hand said to the Smashers. "In the meantime, you guys start rounding up yukkuris. We will also get to work on making preparations."
"How soon can this be done?" Link asked.
"Not sure, but I can guarantee that it won't take more than a month," the Hand replied.
"As long as it's not over three months, it's fine, I guess…" Fox said.
"Definitely won't go over three months, I guarantee," Master Hand said.
"So… maybe we should start counting the number of yukkuris we rescued from Pyronicus's place now?" Olimar asked.
"Before that, I just thought of something…" Snake said. "If the three of you are going to make a machine that will allow the yukkuris to be sent to another dimension, then what's the point of having Yukari? Doesn't the machine do the exact same thing as her ability?"
Everyone looked at Yukari, and Master Hand said, "Now that I think of it… You do have a point…"
"You can say that I'm here to oversee the whole thing and help in case I'm needed," Yukari replied. "Traveling from one dimension to another is not exactly the safest thing to do in the world. Chances are likely that the transportation messes up, and you guys and the yukkuris end up being trapped in the space between dimensions. As someone who expertise in traveling through dimensions, I have to make sure that such a thing doesn't happen. If it was simply something like walking from one dimension to another, then it's no big deal, but we're talking about sending an entire species to another dimension, something that, to my memory, has never been accomplished by anyone yet."
"So by doing this, we're making ourselves the first people in the world to accomplish such a feat?" Pichu asked.
"That's true," the demon replied with a nod.
"There are still some other things to look into regarding this," Master Hand said. "Therefore, we may still find something more important for Yukari to do. I'm sure her powers will come in handy. So… that's basically our plan for now."
Everyone was silent for a while, wondering what else there was to say. Nitori then asked, "So… can we start building the dimension-hopping machine now?"
"Perhaps I can upgrade my current machine so that it is capable of performing such a feat," Master Hand said. "It saves a lot more time than building a new one from scratch, you know."
"You have a point," Rikako said with a nod.
"Okay, if there's nothing else, then we should start counting the yukkuris we have," Olimar said.
"You have rescued exactly 122 yukkuris," Eiki told him.
"What? You counted them all already?" Luigi asked in surprise. "Oh right… You're the judge of afterlife, so you know, like, everything…"
"If you are looking to find more yukkuris, then I recommend the factory of Yu-Abuse Incorporated," Eiki told the Smashers.
"The factory of that company belonging to that rant-happy chairman?" Falco curiously said.
"Yes," Eiki replied with a nod. "That place is where abuse-related gadgets and devices are made, but at the same time, he carries out various kinds of abuse in that place, some for experimental purposes. Those experiments are cruel and inhuman ones that are unethical. You know how in our world, animals are sometimes used for testing chemicals? The experiments you find in Arnold's factory make the ones in our world look like child's play."
"That guy is sick…" Olimar commented.
"More like demented," Falco said.
"Well, if there's nothing else, then I think we should start getting busy," Rikako said.
"Right," Master Hand agreed. "The sooner we get started, the sooner we can get this done. Even though we have about three months before the deadline is reached, we still need to get things done fast. The sooner we can decrease the death rates here, the better."
"Then let's get to the factory fast!" Falco suggested. "I can't wait to mess up that guy's factory!"
"A lot happened today, and it's almost evening already," Luigi told him. "Can't we call it a day for now and think about that tomorrow? Rushing there now wouldn't be a good idea… We have to learn more about that place first."
"Luigi has point," Fox said. "We've been through quite a bit today already, and I'm sure most of us here are tired. We should deal with that tomorrow. Now, we should think of who should look after these yukkuris while we're gone. Obviously, we can't just leave them here by themselves. You'll never know if they run away or if abusers find them and kill them all."
"If you want to, my servants will look after them for you," Yukari told him.
"Really? Then that would be great!" Fox said. "Thank you very much!"
"Wait a minute… One more thing that really needs to be asked…" Falco said while looking at a particular yukkuri. "Is there any particular reason… why that yukkuri resembles Nitori?"
Everyone turned to the yukkuri he was talking about and saw that it indeed resembled Nitori. They turned to look at Nitori and then at the yukkuri again for comparison, and the kappa became embarrassed from being looked at in such a way. "Um… I don't know… And please don't at me like that… Please…" she said.
"It's one of the mysteries of the universe," Yukari said. "As it turns out, all the yukkuris discovered so far have appearances that look like some of the residents of Gensokyo."
"How is that possible?" Olimar asked. "Is there some kind of connection between this world and Gensokyo?"
"Finding alternate versions of yourselves in other universes are not out of the ordinary. Therefore, the easiest way to explain this is that the yukkuris are, like, the Gensokyo residents of this dimension," Eiki explained. "Who knows? You may even find a yukkuri version of yourself! However, like Yukari said, all the known yukkuris discovered so far resemble residents from Gensokyo."
"Okay… As if living buns are not strange enough…" Snake commented. "Yukkuris seem to get weirder the more you know about them…"
END OF FLASHBACK
"And now the only thing to do left is to print out the map," Fox said, "which is impossible, because Yukari didn't provide us with a printer…"
Early the next morning, Mario came out of his tent while stretching and yawning. A couple of reimus and marisas who happened to be standing nearby cheerfully said to him, "Good morning, nice mister! Did you sleep easy?"
"I did-a! And good-a morning to you too!" Mario said to them.
"Have an easy day today, mister!" the yukkuris said before hopping away.
"Such nice creatures!" Mario thought.
"It's true that these yukkuris are nice," said a woman's voice. Mario looked up and saw the woman with nine fox tails—Ran—standing in front of him. "However, you can say that it's because you rescued them yesterday. Normally, yukkuris are known to be friendly towards people who treat them well. However, there are certain yukkuris that people describe as scum, meaning they are very rude and self-centered, not even being nice to people who treat them kindly."
"I have no idea…" Mario said. "We neva ran into yukkuris like-a that-a yet… All da yukkuris we ran into so far are nice."
"Scum yukkuris are mostly found in alleys and garbage dumps, where the harsh environment drove them to fight against and be rude to each other for survival," Ran explained. "Because of their attitude towards people, they are common victims of abuse too."
"Well, I guess abuses like that-a are justifiable and understandable…" Mario commented.
"The issue with yukkuri abuse probably wouldn't have been a problem if it was only targeted at those kinds of yukkuris," Ran said, "but as you can see, even the innocent and nice ones are common targets of abusers. It is because of this that this world has people with very different views towards yukkuris. Some think that yukkuri abuse of all kinds are plain wrong, some think that only scum yukkuris should be abused, and some want to abuse all kinds of yukkuris, either for fun or for reasons they claim are justified. Yukkuris play a big role in this world."
"I can see that-a…"
Ran then turned to look at the yukkuris frolicking around the place. "The abusing and suffering of these creatures will never come to an end so long as they continue to live here. However, I do also question how the people here are going to continue to live on once yukkuris have disappeared from this world. To some people, it may actually be a good thing, for they can now sleep in peace, knowing that yukkuris are no longer being abused, but for people addicted to abusing…"
"I understand what-a you want-a to say," Mario said, looking at the yukkuris as well. "Change may be hard-a to accept, even eef eet eez for da good-a of something…"
Suddenly, a gap appeared in between them, and Yukari popped out of it. "Morning, everyone!" she said. "I brought breakfast! Let's eat!"
"You woke up early, Mistress Yukari!" said a surprised Ran. "You always wake up late and need someone to wake you up most of the time!"
"Hey, I do wake up early if there is something important to attend to, you know," Yukari told her, "especially if there is no one to wake me up."
After the Smashers were done with breakfast, they were gathered together in front of Yukari and her two servants. "Okay, so I take that you people are ready to get into action, right?" she asked the Smashers. "I hope you are all prepared."
"We're all prepared," Fox told her. "It's all thanks to you for providing us with a computer containing the network of this world and eventually a printer! With maps of the factory, we will have no problem navigating that place."
"They just have to have a room for abuse-related recreation, don't they?" Falco asked, looking at his copy of the map.
"I guess it's something normal in this world," Snake said, looking at his copy. "I wouldn't be surprised if they have this at schools too…"
"Teaching kids to abuse yukkuris?! That is plain wrong!" Olimar said in horror. "They wouldn't do that, would they?"
"Hey, we met parents who apparently taught their kid to abuse yukkuris," Falco reminded him.
"Nah, they don't have anything like that in the schools here," Yukari said. "At least the last time I checked in that particular school… That's not important now… Anyway, I'm thinking of sending someone with you. I'm sure you'll find her helpful."
"Who is it?" Link asked.
Yukari turned to the cat girl and asked her, "Chen, are you willing to lend these people your hand?"
The cat girl named Chen looked at Yukari and curiously said, "Who, me?"
"Yes, I'm giving you a choice," Yukari replied.
"Why are you sending Chen with them, Mistress Yukari?" Ran asked her mistress. "She doesn't have anything to do with…"
Before Ran could finish speaking, Chen said, "Okay! I'll go with them!"
"Chen!" Ran said to her in surprise.
"You don't have to worry about me, Mistress Ran. I'll do my best to help them!" Chen said to her superior.
"The reason I'm sending Chen with you people is because switches for certain machines are sometimes placed in places that are hard to reach without ladders," Yukari explained to the Smashers. "Chen, being a cat, excels in climbing and reaching high places, so I'm sure she will be of help. Plus, she's very stealthy too, so if you need her to spy on anything, she's your girl! You don't have to worry about protecting her; she knows how to defend herself."
"I see," Fox said.
"As long as we don't have to babysit her, she can come with us," Snake said.
At the front gate of Yu-Abuse Inc.'s factory, the gatekeeper saluted when the limousine carrying Arnold came passing through. After the driver parked the limousine, the chairman of the company stepped out of his vehicle and headed into the factory with his secretary. As he walked through the place, various workers greeted him.
A sinister-looking bald old man wearing a lab coat came over to greet and shake hands with him. "It's a pleasure to see you here, Chairman Arnold!" he said.
"I'm here to see the new products, Dr. Blak," Arnold said to him. "Are they ready to be sold to the public yet?"
"They are entering the final stages of testing," the old man named Dr. Blak replied. "After that, we will have to come up with marketing strategies before they can be properly sold to the public. Will you please come and see these new devices?"
"With pleasure," Arnold said before letting Dr. Blak lead him and his secretary down the place.
They came across a yuyuko that was larger than normal yukkuris, but smaller than dosuyukkuris. It was held in place by metal straps, and its mouth was forced to open with no way of closing by a ring gag. They walked past it as if they didn't notice it, and at the same time, a worker came to it, carrying with him a trash can which he emptied into the yuyuko's mouth. The yuyuko cried when it tasted the disgusting trash that went into its stomach and wanted to say something, but the ring gag only allowed it to make incomprehensible cries.
Arnold and his secretary were taken over to a table that had a rectangular box-shaped device with an opening at the front. "The yukkuri crusher that is inspired by can crushers is pretty much ready to be sold," Dr. Blak said to Arnold. "In order to make it so that no cleaning is required after yukkuris are crushed, a special kind of gas is released inside the device that causes the crushed yukkuri to vaporize into thin air completely. The power of the crusher is really strong; even yukkuris with the toughest skin can be crushed completely flat! I will test it using a yoshika, as those kinds have very tough skin."
A worker handed Dr. Blak a yoshika, and the latter put the yukkuri into the device. The yukkuri looked around the place with a smile on its face, unaware of its impending doom. When Dr. Blak pulled the lever that was built at the side of the device, the crusher came down really fast and completely flattened the yoshika. In fact, it came down so fast that the fillings didn't fly out at all.
"See? Not a single mess is made when the crusher comes down," Dr. Blak said to Arnold. "The speed the crusher comes down at is so fast that it keeps anything from flying away. Also, for safety reasons, the machine is designed to detect the kind of things that are put inside. If it detects anything other than yukkuris, it will not come down and will even notify the user with a computerized voice about it."
"That is important," Arnold said with a nod. "We do not want customers complaining to us about how accidents happen when they tried to crush yukkuris, such as accidentally crushing their own hands. Good, this product is ready to go. Coming up with a marketing strategy won't be hard for sure."
After the crusher went back up, grayish gas came out from the sides of the bottom, causing the flattened yoshika to disappear when it got exposed to it.
"We still have some more products we want you to check out," Dr. Blak said to Arnold. "Please come with me." So the old man led him and the latter's secretary to another place.
Meanwhile, the Smashers and Chen were outside the factory, behind the fence and outside the building. They looked at the massive building, and Snake said, "Okay, time to get to work!"
TO BE CONTINUED
The series' most beloved cat girl is getting her chance to shine! Chen is going to have some major roles in the next few chapters, so fans of her are in for a treat!
And yes, that's Rikako from Touhou 3.
Because Yoshika and Chinese zombies in general are known to have tough skin, I imagine yukkuri yoshikas to have tough skin as well.
Also, I heard that there are more chickens on Earth than humans.
