Chapter 12
Going Oversea
Ike, after having told the Smashers that he was going to keep an eye on Nerdro for them, headed over to the warthog's apartment in hope of finding out something. As he was wondering how he was going to spy on him, he noticed a limousine coming out from the apartment's underground parking lot, and he saw through the window Nerdro sitting in there. He wasted no time in getting back into his delivery truck and following the limousine from a distance that wouldn't cause suspicion.
After several minutes of tailing the limousine, Ike found it stopping in front of a travel agency. He parked his truck a bit of a distance away from that place and then followed Nerdro into the building. In there, he grabbed a travel brochure and pretended to read it while standing as close as he could to Nerdro without grabbing his attention to eavesdrop on his conversation with the travel agent.
"I would like to book tickets to Japan, please," Nerdro told the travel agent.
"He's going to Japan?" wondered Ike. He waited to see if he could hear more things from Nerdro's conversation with the travel agent, but he didn't hear anything worthwhile. When he saw Nerdro leaving, he approached him and asked, "You're Nerdro, right? I heard about you! You're all over the news these days!"
"I am! I sure became famous, didn't I?" said Nerdro.
"I'm Ike, and I work for Greil Delivery Service," he told the warthog while shaking his hand. "You might have heard of it."
"I have! They say it's a very reliable delivery service!" Nerdro said to him. "It's supposed to be stationed at Tellius."
"True, but our service goes throughout the world, and I am here in the America for business reasons," Ike told him.
"I do hope that business is going well for you! Please let me know if you need my services to make things better! I am more than willing to help anyone in need of being successful in their businesses!" Nerdro told him.
"We'll let you know! We'll be glad to offer you our services to you as well, so please give us a call if you need something delivered!" Ike told him. "By the way, I overheard you saying you are going to Japan, right?"
"Yes, I am going there for business reasons and also to help some companies that are on the verge of collapsing," replied Nerdro.
"Hope they like your services," said Ike.
"I'm sure they will!" said Nerdro with a smile.
After their conversation ended, Nerdro left the building. He looked back at Ike slightly and said in his head, "I know very well what you did yesterday! I wouldn't be surprised if you're helping the Smashers get information on me! Heeheehee!"
Ike wasted no time in telling the Smashers about this. "So he's heading to Japan?" asked Captain Falcon after hearing about this.
"That's what Ike claimed to have heard from him," said Snake.
"So are we gonna stalk him all the way to that place?" asked Pichu.
"Why not? We don't even live in the same country to begin with, and we already went all the way to America just for him," said Ganondorf. "Going to Japan won't be any different."
"Why is he going to Japan, though?" wondered Pikachu.
"Mister Ike said he wants to spread his business," said Pit.
"Or to kill anyone he deems are terrible businessmen," added Dark Pit.
"I wouldn't disagree with Dark Pit regarding this..." said Young Link. "He wants businesses all over the world to listen to customers after all, so he obviously might think of going to other countries to get the job done."
"Who would be targeting in Japan? Are there any notable businesses known for enraging customers over there?" asked Yoshi.
"I do know a couple of video game companies with practices that made people angry," said Ness. "Compac's main headquarters is there."
"So he's going after Compac? That company can't take a break..." said the green dinosaur.
"Another one I can think of is the creator of the Smasher Brothers series," continued Ness. "Some people are angry at him for not putting in certain characters. Remember the news about K. Rool fanatics invading his office to threaten him?"
"Sounds about right," said Snake. "The Green King even tried to nuke him after all... Is that guy really so despicable?"
"He's either praised nonstop for the series or hated," replied Young Link. "Some people are saying he lost his touch with the third installment, Brawl, when he made that game less competitive than its predecessor, Melee..."
"Whatever the case is, it's best that we head over to Japan to keep an eye on Nerdro," suggested Captain Falcon. "You'll never know what sort of evil he'll do there, and we must make sure to catch him in the act and show it to the whole world if we want to bring him down."
"We'll more than gladly go and get him!" said Wolf. "No way are we going to let him get away with it after all that he did to us!"
"Yeah! I can't wait to show him who's boss!" said Leon with enthusiasm.
That night, Luigi turned on the television and then reclined at the sofa to see if there was anything worth watching. He stumbled upon a news report about a case of violence going on at an anime convention. "Now what...?" he wondered, feeling tired of seeing news reports about things like this.
The news report talked about how Bleach haters ranted angrily about how disappointed they were with the series's ending, which was largely agreed to be underwhelming. They cursed the author of the series nonstop and attacked anyone who didn't agree with them. Things went so out of control that soon, the whole place was in chaos. People beat up each other in brutal ways and angry cries filled the air. There were even reports of people dying.
The chaos was caught on footage, and it was indeed not a pretty sight. "Geez... How crazy can things get...? All this because of an ending that people don't like...?" asked Luigi.
"I'm no longer surprised by stuff like this anymore..." said an unimpressed Game & Watch.
"And you thought internet forum arguments were bad..." said Ness.
The footage showed the chaos going on for a while, and eventually, some of the screaming became monstrous and unnatural-sounding. The eyes of some of the people could be seen turning white, and said people acted more violently than usual, to the point of being completely insane. The footage eventually ended so that the news report could continue properly.
"Did I hear monsters screaming just now?" asked Parry.
"Well, the people in there are pretty much monsters if you ask me..." said Luigi, indicating that he didn't hear that "monstrous" sound earlier or didn't give much thought about it.
That night, Nerdro was packing his luggage, while Puncho looked at him do so from behind. "I'll be gone for a week, so be a good boy and don't get into any trouble, my boy," the former told the latter. "If you do make a mess, make sure to clean things up and hide all the evidences."
"I will, uncle," Puncho told him. "Remember the list I showed you! Teach those terrible people lessons on how business should be done!"
"I will, I will," Nerdro told him. "Rest assure that they will be doing things the way people like it sooner or later!"
"What about the Smashers? Didn't they find out about you going to Japan?" asked Puncho.
"Don't worry; I can handle that myself," Nerdro told him. "They'll never see what's coming!"
At Smash Mansion, the Smashers who decided to go to Japan were preparing as well. It was decided that Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Snake, Samus, Ness, Greninja, and all of Star Wolf would go. Captain Falcon and Ganondorf were two of the most powerful Smashers, and since Nerdro was a powerful opponent, they figured they need powerhouses to deal with him. Snake and Greninja would be in charge of stalking Nerdro and gathering info. Ness claimed that his knowledge of video games and other forms of media would help them identify Nerdro's possible targets, and he would help translate Greninja's "language" as well. Samus was simply there to vent her anger on Nerdro. As for Star Wolf... Do I really need to say why?
"You're not going on a trip, you know...?" Young Link said to Ness, who was busy packing his luggage.
"Who knows how long we'll be staying there? There's no harm in bringing clothes and other stuff to pass time," said Ness while doing his thing.
Marth went to Captain Falcon's room, and the latter was preparing his luggage. "Something just came to me..." said the former.
"What is it?" asked the racer.
"The police claims that the True Fans escaped en route to prison after being arrested at E3, right?" Marth said to him.
"Yeah? What about it?" asked Captain Falcon.
"Ike, Samus, and Snake told the police that Nerdro is behind everything when the True Fans were being arrested again, so if that is the case, shouldn't we be hearing about this on the news by now?" said Marth.
Captain Falcon thought about this silently for a while and then said, "You have a point... The police would surely report about something like this... unless they want to keep things a secret until they have solid evidence..."
"Or the police who arrested them are in league with Nerdro..." said Marth.
"And you're saying that if that is the case, then chances are likely that they told Nerdro about what happened, and now he knows we intend to follow him to Japan?" said Captain Falcon, to which the swordsman nodded in response. "You may be up to something..."
When Captain Falcon and Marth told R.O.B. about this and asked if he could hack into the police database, the robot was able to confirm what they feared. "You are indeed correct in thinking that the police who took the True Fans away never brought them to prison," he said. "Record shows that the True Fans were not brought in on the day they attacked E3 nor were there records of their arrest a few days ago."
"Gotta give it to Nerdro for being this well-prepared..." said Marth.
"I agree..." said Captain Falcon with a nod.
"What is there to be afraid of? He doesn't know that we know about this as well!" said Wolf, who followed them into the lab and heard everything. "If anything, we are the ones who are prepared! He'll never see what's coming if we know that he will be prepared to meet us!"
"You have a point. We do have an advantage knowing that he is expecting us," said Captain Falcon. "I'm sure we'll definitely come up with a way to counter him when we get there."
TO BE CONTINUED
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. I'm having writer's block, so I decided to release this chapter in its current state. I'll try to make up for it in the next chapter.
