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Mirii was holding her smartphone on her right hand, watching its screen carefully. Hun was looking at the sky, while standing in front of the parked car.

Behind the two Inklings, a stone-made road who leads over the only structure in sight, whose shape was round and the ceiling's surface was made entirely of glass.

"... Mirii..." Hun looked at the girl.

"Yes?" She had her eyes on her smartphone, as her right hand lifted the device in front of her face.

"... do I... ..." He sighed. "Do I look... different than before...?"

...

"What do you mean by looking different than before?" Mirii lowered her smartphone, as she turned behind and properly faced Hun. "You wear the usual attire and your shape is..."

The girl examined Hun's arms, then his legs... she blushed a lot, as her mouth flattened.

"H-he is m-much bigger than before...!" Her nose exhaled air in puffs of smoke. "H-his muscles a-are more defined th-than Carlson's and... g-gaaah...!"

"Hmm?" Hun rose his mouth a bit. "Mirii...?"

"Hu-huh?!" Mirii took an improvised breath. "Wh-whaat...?!"

"Mirii..." He lifted his right arm, accidentally flexing his muscle while opening his hand. "Something wrong"

"NOTHING!" Mirii's hands covered both her nose and mouth, as her face went fully red. "Y-your shape is... f-fitter than before!" Her eyes squeezed fully. "It's pure art! Th-the definition of perfection in physique and wellness!"

"Oh... ... thank you." He smiled a bit. "You look fit too." He blushed a little.

"D-do I?!" Her hands fell down, as her eyes sparkled. "Bu-but I didn't even took my time to train properly at the gym!"

"You do move around a lot." He nodded. "That's the important thing you should do."

"Uh?" Mirii's mouth opened a bit. "Wha...?"

"You don't need the gym, if you use your agility during our missions." His left hand went inside his pants' left pocket. "Our goal is to be fit, after all... if we are fit, all its positive sides will come as well." His eyes closed. "If your agility makes you fit, then you shouldn't worry about the gym."

...

Mirii's mouth flattened a bit.

"Oh?" His eyebrows rose a little. "Something wrong?"

"... I never knew you had your own... thoughts about such argument..." Mirii smiled at him.

"Really?" Now Hun was opening his mouth a lot.

"... I was hoping you would become better, Hunley... and apparently, my hopes came true..." Her eyes closed. "You have improved so much, ever since we first met... even your sense of guidance evolved."

"I-I was actually wondering about that...!" Hun rose his right hand.

"... your current knowledge makes you different, Hunley." She giggled, as her eyes opened a little. "I feel you would be able to guide us properly, one day..." She blushed again.

"Ah...!" He also blushed. "I-I... ... do you think I could...?"

"I would double my claim." Mirii rose her head, while folding her arms. "I think you would exceed my own capacities as a leader."

"Eh?!" His blush went farther than his cheeks. "But you are so much wiser than me"

"I may have experience on my side..." Mirii's hands went behind her back. "... but I believe to be limited compared to you."

A flash hit Hun's head, as the boy expanded his eyes.

"... Greta said that I was a better leader..."

"You remembered a past event?!" Mirii bended herself forward, as her eyes almost popped out.

"I did!" Hun smiled widely. "I didn't remember any of that, before!"

"Hunley!" Her eyes went watery, as she dashed towards Hun with her arms wide open.

She hugged him, while some ink fell off her nostrils when her arms were feeling his upper muscles.

"Oh, Hunley..." Mirii sunk her head on his right shoulder, as her face went fully red-

Out of nowhere, Zira hugged Mirii with a grin. Right after, Nick hugged Zira's back, grinning and chuckling as well.

"What are you two doing?!" Mirii frowned a lot, as veins popped out of her forehead and her head did the best it could to turn her head over her right side.

"A group hug!" Zira giggled.

"A what?!" Nick tilted himself away, as he also frowned. "I thought you wanted to grapple them!"

"Get off us, you fools!" Mirii managed to twist behind and push the two Inklings away.

"Mirii..." He sighed, as his eyebrows moved upwards.

The two pushed Inklings ran towards Ana and Enrick, hiding behind them.

"Help me, brother!" Zira trembled. "She wants to bite us!"

"She wants to suck our blood!" Nick was grasping Ana's shirt, as-

SLAP!

The grasped girl hit Nick's left cheek, while her eyes lost her irises and her opened mouth was filled with whiteness.

"I told you to NOT touch my clothing!" Her hands were positioned near her face. "Why is it so hard to talk with you?!"

"Ugh... we start things off nicely, huh..." Enrick bended himself forward, as his arms waved freely and Zira simply moved away from him.

"At all." Mirii rose her head, as her arms wrapped on each other. "Greta and Carlson are late..."

"I just finished talking with her..." Enrick lifted his posture back, as his right hand waved around. "She shouldn't be too far away from us..."

"Then, we should wait for a brienf moment before entering inside the laboratory." Hun walked near Mirii, as he smiled at the other Inkling group.

"Yeah, we have no choice..." Enrick shook his head, before folding his own arms.

"Did someone said our names?" Greta grabbed Enrick, as she rubbed her right fist onto the top of his head.

"Agh!" Enrick closed his right eye, while his hands hovered near hers.

"What is up with that greeting?!" Ana scowled at Greta, as her hands went on her hips. "Why you want to splat him?!"

"Ha ha ha!" Greta freed him, as she threw a pat behind his back. "We are such friends, we can wrestle each other with ease!"

Carlson was positioned a bit farther away from Greta, leaving the car behind him.

"That's torture!" Ana pulled her lips inside her mouth.

"Whatever!" Greta shrugged. "Shall we enter in?"

"Yaaay!" Zira bounced her way towards the building's entrance.

Nick chased after the jumping girl. Enrick sighed loudly, as he adjusted his glasses.

"... another day of excited Zira..." His right hand sunk inside his jeans' right pocket. "Bear with us, ok?"

"... those two will interfere with our plans, if I don't pay attention..." Mirii faced the building. "... hopefully, they will not get themselves into trouble..."


... sir, they are here.

I saw them already.

Ah...

Make sure they enter inside our offices, no matter if they hold the invitation or not.

Wouldn't they grow suspicious?

Ha! They will do anything to get their feet inside... we just have to lure them in room number 20.

Not all personnel are trained for the task, sir...

In fact, I only wanted to consider one employee in particular...

... me?

Don't disappoint! This is our chance to finally defeat Mirii Kelpshell...!

I-I will do my best!

You mean, you will succeed!

Y-yeah! I will succeed!

... look at him go... ... I should keep an eye on him as well...