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Shigeo's eyes widened. He.. was really going to be killed by Toichiro, wasn't he? He didn't expect this, to be honest. The energy blast he got hit with- it burned. In the end there was silence. That's all Shigeo could hear once the blast engulfed him. Well, not entirely. He could hear screams, were those from his Master or his brother?
"MOB!"
"BROTHER!"
Shigeo didn't want to die. He was scared of leaving others, being apart from them again. But he couldn't do anything about it. Death really was unfair.
Progress To Mob's Explosion: ?%
Shigeo gasped, looking around. Where was Toichiro? Was he dead? Was everybody safe? And- wait, why were there human-animals? The puzzled boy glanced to his sides, blinking a few times. Weird- everything felt too real to be a dream. Everything from the tall, fantasy like building in this.. Market? To the amount of human/animal hybrids that walked past. The hybrids didn't seem like some weird cosplaying either, they simply looked like if animals were shaped like humans, with different body shapes, genders and such. The dumbfounded esper had a multitude of questions, but the most prominent one was definitely
'...Where.. Am I..? What's going on?'
Shigeo had seen many things, heck, he had just fought an esper who destroyed a city. He.. destroyed a city. People's homes would need repair, some might not even have homes- was Toichiro still there? Hopefully his friends and family got away. He didn't even get to say goodbye to any of them.
Progress To Mob's Explosion: 12%
Shigeo wandered around the town, deep in thought. The buildings looked very different compared to the building back in Spice City. They almost looked like something he'd see in a Fantasy movie, it was almost generic. Mob looked down at a few apple-looking fruits. Why hadn't he heard of this place? It had animal people, but everyone spoke in japanese, so it must be somewhere in Japan, right? He couldn't recognize the writing though-
"Kid."
Shigeo looked up. Oh, it was a human. That's.. Refreshing. The man was muscular, and had a body that made that boy feel just a hint of jealousy- He was built like the body improvement club. He had some scars on his face, and green hair.
"Ah, hello there." He greeted the man politely. If he had to be honest, this man intimidated the esper.
"Those are some weird looking clothes. Is your family travelling? Actually, where is your family?" The man asked him, crossing his arms.
Shigeo looked down at his middle school uniform (which was somehow restored to a perfectly intact state.)
"Ah, this is just my school uniform, and-" His family.. Mob decided to change the subject- "W- What are these?" He asked curiously, pointing at a basket of the apple-like fruits
"Oh, those are apppas." The man informed, before clearing his throat. "If you're not going to buy anything, I'm gonna have to ask you not to interfere with my business." He added.
The boy's face went red as he nodded a few times quickly. "Er- R- Right, sorry." He apologized, bowing before he walked away from the stand. This place was.. Weird.
'I forgot to ask for directions to Seasoning City'
Shigeo spent a good half hour wandering this foreign city. He found a few things out, but the most significant of which were that his phone had no reception and that he was in a place called the Kingdom of Lugnica. The esper didn't know what he got himself into, but apparently places like Japan or America didn't exist in this place. Could it be another world? That was his first idea. As insane and as bizarre the idea seemed, the boy assumed it was plausible based on everything he saw. Someone placed a hand on Shigeo's shoulder and-
"Woah-"
Threw him backwards into an alleyway.
"That's a nice metia you got there kid, if you don't want to get hurt, hand it over. And while you're at it, hand over everything else ya have too." A large man said, grinning. He looked smug. Were all men bulky in this place? Apparently not, because there was a kinda skinny guy and a child there next to him.
"Metia..? What's a metia..?" Mob muttered to himself, thinking aloud. "Metia, i haven't heard that term-" He muttered again.
"Looks like that kid is muttering something." He heard one of them say. Wait, he was thinking out loud?
"I'm not sure what that kid is sayin', but i know he's makin' fun of us! Kill him!" Another added. Mobs eyes widened. Wait, kill? He didn't get much time to think until he got uppercutted backwards a few meters by the muscle-y guy. He stood up. One of them had a knife, crap-
"You.. You shouldn't really point knives at people.." Shigeo pointed out, his voice shaking in fear.
The man dashed at him with a knife and slashed upwards, licking his lips with a satisfied smile. Mob just jumped backwards, hoping to avoid the attack. It hit his cheek, piercing his skin.
"Hey, out of my way!" A young sounding girl cried out, jumping on the walls and over them. Shigeo glanced at the girl, but the man with the knives just saw this as a distraction to punch the boy in the face and into the man with the larger build. It didn't take long before Shigeo was on the floor, getting kicked by the trio and being called 'scum'
"That's enough." A feminine voice called out. Shigeo and the robbers all looked in her direction. It was a girl, who was either in her late teens or in her young adult years. Shigeo blinked. Her hair was unnaturally silver, but he had seen someone with green hair not an hour ago, so.. Not the most unnatural color he had seen today.
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Stop now, and I'll let this slide. So just graciously return what you stole." The girl said. Shigeo mentally sighed. So she wasn't here to stop them.. Oh well.
"What we stole..?"
"Now, please. It's Important to me. I'll give up on the other stuff, but i can't let you have that. Be good and hand it over, please." Shigeo wondered what this girl was looking for. After all, she seemed to want it back quite a bit. He guessed it must have had some sentimental value. Maybe that blonde who ran past stole it.
"You didn't come to save the kid?"
"What strange clothes he has.. But if you asked if i had a connection or relation to him, I'd have to say no."
"Then you have no business with us! If anything, that brat who ran past stole it!" The annoyed muscular man said. The kid added on "Yeah! She went that way!" as he pointed towards the street.