Wednesday began somewhere else that time. An abandoned laundry resided somewhere nearby Hope's peak academy, but not near enough that it would take five minutes to reach it. For being abandoned, it was rather decently kept, almost converted into an apartment. Three people, all of them being students of Hope's peak academy, resided here. The first one to wake up, or so he thought, was the rockstar himself. After doing every mundane yet mandatory thing needed for a person to prepare themselves for the day, one of the first things he wanted to do is to wake up others with his guitar.
"Ya know, it ain't a morning until you rock the hell out!" Zapatta said it to himself as he picked up his guitar, ready to unleash a heavy riff upon his sleeping colleagues. However, he did not see coming somebody grabbing his guitar, preventing him from unleashing morning music. The person in question was his rapper colleague.
"No!" scowled Suifta at him before she let off the guitar once she knew that he wouldn't do it. The rapper gal always seemed to be one of few people who could put sense back in Zapatta's head.
"Suifta? You're already awake?!" blurted Zapatta, realizing that he wasn't first to wake up at all. In fact, he was the last one.
"Of course I am, since I am already expecting your bullshit in the morning." grumbled Suifta while doing anything to prevent her ears to get the feel of Zapatta's ear blasting riff in the morning.
"Damn! I'm getting kind rusty here!" Zapatta realized that he needs to step up his game of being a pompous annoyance.
"I mean, if you repeat the same things over and over again, you're bound to lose the unpredictability factor." advised Suifta, even though she was basically letting him have an advantage. The way she meant it was more of a life advice than one meant for pranks.
"….Touche. Gotta spice it up. But now, lets see what Figottoni is doing. I swear, if he's eating beans again…" admitted Zapatta before both of them went to the "living room" of the laundry, where their bartender friend was eating a can of spam along with a piece of baguette. Zapatta felt relief that it wasn't beans, since his bartender friend ate nothing but beans for weeks. "Oh...it's just spam now.".
"It is delicious. A British presenter recommended it and I see why was it so popular." Figottoni elaborated the change of his food of choice, hinting at them that he might have watched a video or two of an elderly Dacia Sandero loving TV presenter trying out new sandwiches.
"It's not beans at least, but all you eat is canned food. Ain't that concerning?" noted Zapatta, expressing worry that he didn't eat anything that wasn't out of a can for a while. Other two ate just fine, it was just Figottoni who had unusual habits.
"Not exactly true. I do eat ordinary food as well, but I do enjoy a bit of nostalgia." clarified Figottoni that he was less eating like he was trying to survive, but more eating for enjoyment. Perhaps during his childhood, Figottoni didn't have much choice other than to eat canned food, since it was cheap.
"All you seem to do is enjoy nostalgia!" Zapatta pointed out that it went for weeks.
"I get what Zapatta is saying, but c'mon, it's just his preference. Can't judge him for that." Suifta defended her colleague about his eating habits. He needed energy to maintain any bar he would have, including an improvised one at Hope's peak academy. By the time they debated, Figottoni finished his meal and tidied up the place before he joined them.
"Alright then...each to his own. Anyway, are we all ready?" asked Zapatta if they're all prepared for their day at Hope's peak and enduring their own class. He wasn't looking forward to class 69, but he was welcoming a company of students of other classes, especially Kazuichi and Ibuki.
"Ayy, of course." smirked Suifta, sounding rather relaxed about it. Figottoni just quietly nodded with his head as they all exited the crust filled laundry. They were greeted with a gray cloudy sky along with a decent amount of traffic on the roads. It was Wednesday after all, those days were always the busiest.
As they went on for a walk, they all thought about what could they discuss on their way as multiple cars of various types passed by.
"Okay so, you two, any plans for today?" asked Suifta, curious about if they had anything new on the table.
"Ya know, the usual. Trying to avoid my class as much as possible, roasting the banana bush, pissing off that owl faced rich bastard, stuff like that." said Zapatta, basically confirming he will have the same gig as he always did at Hope's peak.
"Same as always, serving drinks in the dining hall. It's quite comfortable there and discussions with them are pretty relaxing." answered Figottoni, just being satisfied as a bartender for any student. He couldn't ask for more than a bar, drinks and some glasses and, of course, satisfied customers.
"Same things, it seems. Well, I've got something a bit different on the table." noted Suifta before she smirked, revealing that unlike them, she had different plans for that day. "Me and Sayaka are gonna have a beatbox battle.".
"Oh, really? Usually, you do rap battles with Ibuki, but Sayaka? That's new!" Zapatta raised his eyebrow, not expecting that she would challenge Sayaka, despite that girl being a musician, just a different kind of.
"Now I know what you're thinking: "Is her ass fat?"." teased Suifta, remembering well what her friend said about another musician. He fell right for the bait, completely caught off guard that she would bring that up in the first place. The rockstar man couldn't even deny it, neither that he said it nor about his opinion on Ibuki's rear.
"W-what? I mean, Ibuki's different! Have you even seen it?!" Zapatta attempted to explain himself without displaying surprise, but it was clear as a sunny day that his guard has been put down.
"I don't disagree here because...hoooo….you're right, but I'm having a laugh now." chuckled Suifta while also doing a wolf's whistle when mentioning that part of Ibuki. Apparently, just like Zapatta, she has seen it at one point. Not even she could resist it.
"I do wonder on why did you choose Sayaka. Isn't she more suited for J-Pop?" asked Figottoni, curious on letting someone try something rather out of their experience.
"She is J-Pop, but I do want her to experiment a bit with genres. Nowadays, music is just plethora of genres meshed into one song, so nothing wrong with trying out something new." elaborated Suifta on inviting Sayaka to a beatbox battle. Another reason was that she wanted to hang out with her more, since she felt like they haven't been interacting with each other that much.
"It seems like music is like a cocktail. One would not expect that genres could blend in, but the end product ends up to be high quality." noted Figottoni while also connecting music with his own experiences.
"You got that right, Figottoni. Music is much more lenient than people think." approved Suifta, while gaining an idea to combine J-Pop, rap and beatboxing at the same time. Perhaps a collab would do its job.
"In a way yes, but I still prefer more, lets say, "pure" genres. Even if its a subgenre, rock in its rawest form will still be the king." Zapatta expressed his own opinion on the matter, being slightly more traditional about. Ironic, since rock was about breaking the tradition.
"Nothin' wrong with that." Suifta accepted for his opinion for what it was before they continued to discuss all sort of topics on the way, such as more music, their adventures in Hope's peak academy and of course, who was the sexiest girl in the school. In Zapatta's opinion, Ibuki was still winning.
After time has passed, they have finally arrived near Hope's peak academy. The trio saw that every student of class 77-B and class 78th, bar Ludenberg, was waiting in front of the entrance, all gathered around as if they were waiting for a club. They were still far enough that they didn't notice the trio, but those three fellas have already spotted them.
"Oh, here there are! They must be waiting for us!" Zapatta pointed at the group of students, anticipating that he would just be happily greeted by those who he deemed as friends. However, neither Suifta nor Figottoni were as optimistic about it.
"Why are they all together before us? That's rare." Figottoni pointed out what he deemed to be off. Usually, they were one of the first ones to arrive, since their class has a rather odd schedule regarding morning hours, but to have everyone else arrive earlier was a sign of something impending. Something that they did not look forward to it. However, Zapatta rushed off before they could do anything.
"Zapatta, wait!" Suifta attempted to reach for him, but she was too late. The rockstar was already there.
He shouldn't have done that.
"Heyyyyyy booooooysssssss! What's up?! Aren't you all glad to see me?" Zapatta casually greeted them as it were a normal day, ready for shenanigans at school. Little did he know that all of them were already aware of the truth of their purpose. Only responses his greeting gained were disappointed looks and glares. Some even looked saddened by the whole debacle.
"Eh, why silent treatment? You all are much more lively than this!" Zapatta questioned them all, genuinely not knowing on why they were all glaring at him. Soon enough, Suifta and Figottoni followed as they rejoined their rockstar friend. Unlike him, they quickly realized on why the rest of students felt nothing but anger and disappointed at them.
"...Oh shit…" Suifta muttered under her breath while Figottoni just stood, with his irises shrunken. As they all looked around, looks from certain people, such as Ibuki's surprisingly saddened frown and Ryota's empty glare, particularly made them realize the magnitude of their wrongdoing. Only one person, known to Hope's peak as a Daft Capo spy, had to realize it yet.
"C'mon, say something! Did I do something wrong? Did we do something wrong?" bombastically demanded Zapatta for some king of explanation, but then, with just one look, it became all clear to him. All he needed to do was to glance at his friend, Kazuichi, holding his tears back once he knew the truth. Any trace of his showman-esque persona disappeared on sight, instead just quietly pleading to get a picture on what was happening around him. "...Kaz? Kaz, what's going on?".
No one said a word, instead Kyoko just played a recording on her phone to give them an idea on why they were being condemned. The recording in question was the one she sent to everyone the day before, where those trio were talking to the enemy that has stepped on the territory of Hope's peak not too long ago.
"...We will see each other in the Zona, is that cool?…" the recording began with a voice of The Ultimate Scammer.
"...Understood. We shall await for their further orders..." it continued with Figottoni's voice.
"...Alright then. Whatever they say…." Zapatta's voice followed bartender's.
"...Oh boy, I wonder what are these punksters gonna say to us..." Suifta's voice was the final one to be heard before Kyoko paused it, concluding it in the process. It was enough for Suifta and Figottoni to confirm they have been found out. However, Zapatta started sweating, trembling upon hearing a conversation that was only meant for his own colleagues.
"E-eh? What's this? I don't get it!" Zapatta attempted to deny, but him shaking could already made it obvious to everyone that he had no choice.
"Don't you fucking pretend that you do not know what's going on, you treacherous son of a bitch!" condemned Fuyuhiko, with his raised voice filled with nothing short of pure anger. Had it not been for everyone else, he and Peko would have attacked them on sight. Peko, on other hand, remained silent, but her glare was one that could go deep into a soul of a man.
"S-seriously, I d-don't get it!" shivered Zapatta as he started to sweat more thanks to the fear he had after hearing Fuyuhiko's words. Suifta and Figottoni didn't say a word, but watching Zapatta try to deny their connections with the adversary just caused them more pain within.
"Then...then explain it! Explain it how it isn't you!" demanded Kazuichi, who tried his best to sound furious, yet the undertones of utter sadness couldn't be hidden. He didn't want it to be real, yet he couldn't deny it anymore. One of the friends, if not only ones from another class, was working for the enemy.
"I d-don't even know that voic-" Zapatta gave his last shot before a pat on his shoulder stopped him once and for all. Suifta couldn't take it anymore, they had no choice anymore. They have to confirm it to everyone present there.
"Zapatta, stop it. They have already found out." lamented Suifta as she and Figottoni stepped forth, prepared to give them everything they wanted to hear.
"...Giving up already?" calmly noted Gundham, surprised that an enemy known for arrogance would just surrender so quickly.
"Found out...oh….oh no…" Zapatta managed to realize when it was too late.
"I suppose we own you all an explanation." Figottoni began, with a seemingly unshaken expression. Deep down, he was just hiding his true feelings due to maintaining his professional status. Students wanted to make it over as quickly as possible, the sight of them was starting to become painful to look at.
"If you do, don't waste any more time about it. Let me hear everything." demanded Byakuya, the only person who was smirking through out the entire event. Perhaps it was due to his hatred of anyone from Zapatta's class or just his disdain for the rockstar himself.
"Alright…The truth is that we are spies of Daft Capo. We've been ever since day one." revealed Figottoni without any sort of hesitation. Even though they were found out as spies, it still came as a shock to them that they were spies even before they arrived to the Hope's peak academy.
"...S-since day one? All of you have been scheming behind our backs for such long time?" murmured Aoi, still from shock of their confirmation.
"Correct, ever since our days at Hope's peak have started, we've been giving out information to them. What we told them, we cannot tell here." nodded Figottoni, still managing his composure.
"I'm surprised that all of you even knew about Daft Capo in the first place, let alone went out to fight it. Penguins told you about it, right? Forget it, we aren't the ones that have any right to ask." rambled Suifta before she started looking at the floor, not managing to bear their looks of disdain, disappointment and sadness.
"...Scammer told you about them, didn't he?" silently asked Ryota. On outside, he seemed to be unaffected, but deep down, he was one of the people that got shaken by the revelation the most. Any semblance of trust crumbled right in front of him.
"I mean, uh….uh….yeah, he did." Zapatta stopped denying it, just following what Figottoni and Suifta were doing, just telling them the truth.
"...why did you two work together if you HATED EACH OTHER?!" Kazuichi shouted at him as he couldn't hold tears for much longer. All he felt was betrayal, just like everyone else did to an extent. But for him, to have one of his friends be the enemy was overwhelming him.
"I still hate that guy's guts, but….our reasons for working under them are different, just that we are under the same umbrella, ya know. I'm pretty sure you guys also had someone who you disliked a lot, didn't you?" regretfully explained Zapatta while also wondering if they had anyone like that on their side as well. His words did remind class 77-B of their former classmate, although they weren't sure what to feel about it. Should they be angry for seemingly trying to manipulate them by bringing a past experience, or just try to understand them, even though, somehow, their adversaries seemed to be more reasonable than their former classmate.
"...We did, but that doesn't matter now anymore." confirmed Hajime as he redirected focus back on them, their former school goers now enemies.
"It's funny, even thought you were indirectly fighting against us, we never saw you as enemies. In fact, we thought all of you guys were pretty cool. Way better than anyone in our class." solemnly commented Suifta while she also sported a smile. Not a warm one, but a regretful one.
"Fuck off with sentimental bullshit and sod off right now!" Hiyoko suddenly shouted at them, condemning their words due her believing that they were just manipulating them. Others hesitated to say anything, since any word taken from them was taken with the grain of salt.
"Ah, I see….doubted. Should have expected that…" Suifta just kept the smile and slumped with her shoulders, knowing that no matter what they say, it will be all for naught. Once they have established themselves as enemies, it was too late. Figottoni also expected such response, but he held back.
"...I don't think they're lying." Chiaki suddenly spoke up, after observing them for some time. Even though her little frown showed that she held a lot of pain in her upon hearing the revelation, there were some things that she tried to understand. She stepped forth, being only one who tried to approach them.
"Are you seriously believing them because they pulled off mopey faces? God, you're really one naive bitch!" Hiyoko called her out for trying to believe them, despite being their enemies. A lot of students were also confused on why was she trying to get closer to him, but they did know she would never betray them.
"No, it's not that….if they didn't feel regret, they wouldn't have told us about it so easily, would they?" elaborated Chiaki as she told them her observation. Some of them, like Gundham, caught it before she did, but some of them started to get the gist of it.
"Are you implying that our direct enemies feel more remorse than our former classmate did?" asked Peko out of a sudden, confused on the aspect that, somehow, legitimate Daft Capo members had more self inspection regarding their actions than the expelled one did. Those who were interrogated were wondering who that student was.
"What use is there to hide if the decisive evidence known by everyone? I guess what we can do for you all is to answer any questions you have. We can only answer on what we are allowed to speak." admitted Figottoni, knowing that the trio has lost long before.
"Then...was our friendship a lie? Was this something you had to act?" asked Sayaka, just wanting to know if their bonds were genuine. If they were, at the very least it wouldn't hurt as much...but it would even more.
"….No." Zapatta, Suifta and Figottoni took some time to respond as truthfully as they did. Their honesty made other students perplexed. Despite being enemies, they still saw them as friends to the very end and they meant it. A slight glimmer of hope appeared upon that confirmation.
"If that's true...would it be possible to break away from Daft Capo? To call it quits from them and maybe...just be our friends again?" pleaded Chiaki, even putting her hands together to show that she was really desperate of trying to give them another chance. However, that was the breaking point for the interrogated ones. They couldn't handle it anymore, it was simply too much.
"….I'm sorry, everyone…" quietly apologized Suifta for deceiving them so long before all three of them turned their backs and started walking away. It was over. Times where Zapatta, Suifta and Figottoni were deemed as friends were done for.
"Wait, please-" Chiaki begged them to stay as she attempted to reach her arm, but it was too late.
"We cannot betray those who have given us a new lease of life. Loyalty until the very end…." Figottoni said his departing words before they left Hope's peak for good. Once they disappeared from their sights, all that was left was contemplative silence. Disappointment, sadness, anger were all dominant feelings yet all of them were exhausted from it.
"Did you expect them to switch alliances over a mere speech? Don't be idiotic." Byakuya stepped towards her just to belittle her efforts of trying to keep students together. Chiaki had no more energy for any more arguments, she was simply done.
"It's enough. Lets just go inside." retaliated Hajime in defense of his friend as all of them started walking inside to start their day at Hope's peak, even though all they wanted was for the day to be over as quickly as possible. It all went downhill.
"If it only were some folk we didn't know, man…" lamented Kazuichi, with tears rolling down his face. Of all the people, why did have to be him, he thought.
"...I should have seen this coming." said Ryota to himself, shaken to the absolute core. He knew that banking on trust was a bad idea, but what just happened cemented it for him.
However, one person remained outside. Gundham, the leader of The Fellowship of Darkness, thought about the final words of their enemies, thinking on what he should feel about them. In a way, it gave him a bigger picture of Daft Capo as a whole.
"Loyalty until the very end….an admirable trait for our adversary….I hate that I have to think about it." Gundham thought to himself, not liking the fact he had to praise their adversary for what is often deemed as a virtue. He thought about concept of loyalty as a whole and reconsidered their cases with the recently encountered enemies. One was loyal to an abstract concept, other was to an organization. He wondered which one should he condemn more. Gundham returned inside, still contemplating.
Meanwhile, Zapatta, Suifta and Figottoni somberly walked back to their laundry, just feeling anguish for losing their friends.
"Fucking hell, man…" Zapatta wanted to kick something so hard, but there was nothing on the ground. The city kept its pollution to a minimum when it came to littering.
"Maybe in another time, we could hang around with them, but what has happened cannot be changed…" lamented Suifta, wishing that they could just have fun with them, instead of dealing with a reality where they were enemies from the get go. Any future plans they had were canceled, now they had to treat them differently. In a way they didn't particularly like.
"Perhaps it was inevitable." wondered Figottoni, knowing that most secrets do come out on surface once a certain amount of time passes. Very few of them remain a complete mystery until the end of time.
"It shouldn't have been….but what can we do?" questioned Suifta if its even possible to return to the previous status quo.
"We have already fucked up so bad, man. We can't go back-" answered Zapatta but soon, their regretful discussion was cut short by revving of an engine. The rockstar jumped due to being startled by the noise. Then they all looked to the side.
It was a white Ferrari FF with an octopus as a driver. That only meant one thing.
"Hello, fuckers!" Herman happily greeted them once he opened the window.
"...Oh, it's you. Gonna get stuck in a traffic jam or something?" sighed Zapatta while other two were surprised to even see Herman outside of their territory.
"Hahahaha! No ingorgo stradales today! Come join my ride! I'll take you to the Zona quickly!" Herman laughed off as he offered a quicker way to transport them to their territory. He also wanted to experience them the ride of Ferrari, just so that he could flex.
"Offer accepted." nodded Figottoni as they all walked towards the car. Suifta took the front seat while Zapatta and Figottoni, who has, despite being stout, squeezed inside effortlessly, took rear seats. Once doors were closed, Herman stomped on the gas pedal with his tentacle and drove off, letting out a huge roar with his Italian grand tourer.
As they were driving, Herman wondered why were they all so quiet. Usually, there's non-stop debates in drives, especially those instigated by Zapatta. Fortunately, it was just Herman and the trio, if it were for anyone else, it would cause arguments. A lot of arguments.
"Why so down, my bois? Did something happen?" asked Herman while focusing on the road.
"Guess who's been found out by our enemies." regretfully revealed Zapatta to him as he had a slight amount of fear on how will the octopus colleague react.
"Oh, they found you out? Eh, no biggie." nonchalantly reassured Herman, giving them some relief, but confusing them big time.
"No biggie? What exactly do you mean by this?" Suifta raised her eyebrow.
"I mean, you weren't the first one to be found out. In fact, you were second to last. That's pretty good, I hope you got some sweet info prepared for us." revealed Herman while telling them the fate of another member. They quickly realized on who he was talking about.
"...That asshole was found out first, right?" piqued Zapatta with sounds of frustration leaking through his voice.
"Scam guy? Yep, he was. Funny, considering that you guys were for a longer time." casually confirmed Herman.
"That fucker ruined EVERYTHING!" Zapatta slammed his fist on the seat as he started fuming from the sheer implication of the co-worker. Out of all of his classmates, he was the worst according to him, or so he thought.
"I dunno, he told us some pretty interesting stuff. It will be shared with Elite Bois." Herman defended the
"Hold up, Elite Bois are coming? Why?" Suifta raised her finger while knowing that once Elite Bois are called upon, their enemies have little chance of fighting back, perhaps.
"Turns out we have underestimated those scrubs, especially...that noob." Herman's voice shifted from his usual chill himself to a far more irritable one upon mentioning the one student the octopus fella had a grudge upon. None of them knew who was he talking about.
"Noob? Whozzat?" asked Zapatta, demanding a clarification.
"You know that hoe with a baby face, hero complex and ineptitude at life?" Herman gave hints for them, so that they would know who he had on his mind.
"That tells me jack shit! Be more clear about it!" Zapatta further demanded, sounding far more irritated than before.
"Hmmm….we'll discuss more about it in the Zona." Herman decided to hold off the topic of his arch-nemesis until not only they arrive in Zona Daft Capo, but also when the Elite Bois come.
"What happens to us now?" Figottoni had one more question to ask, knowing that their mission became a failure.
"If you have anything useful, feel free to assist. If not, the "Irrelevant Zone" awaits you." answered Herman while reminding them where the so called "useless" Daft Capo members go. It wasn't anything scary, but it was something that no Daft Capo member really wanted.
"….oh boy." sighed Suifta as they all continued their drive to their territory, where they would continue their plans.
Zona Daft Capo, referred to some as "Bosnia of Japan". As of why, it can all be credited to one particular punkster who felt doing whatever, such as butchering swear words. From the aerial view, it looked nothing out of the ordinary for the city. Stores, skyscrapers and traffic were all there. However, if one took a closer look, they would know the difference between the normal parts of the city and Zona. Scammers were in the every corner of the Zona, waiting for clueless schmucks to take their bait. Any service, such as hotels, had jacket up prices (for example, a single game of bowling would cost one thousand dollars per person for the average visitor) unless one were a Daft Capo member, which meant they got any service for free. Only currency accepted in the Zona was American Dollar, although they felt nice enough to have exchange booths placed in a lot of places. The cuisine was particularly European, with spotlight getting Balkan meat dishes and Italian delicacies. Alleyways were dangerous to cross, not because of punksters themselves, but because pigeons jammed to the forbidden genre of music, originating from Eastern Europe. The location of Zona Daft Capo was only disclosed to Daft Capo members.
The drive with Ferrari FF didn't take much time until they arrived to Daft Capo sponsored cafe, where some of known punksters were already waiting for them. The cafe itself was nothing special, except it was ran by punksters. One of those people that awaited Herman was the internal enemy of the rockstar. Ferrari FF stopped right in front of the cafe as all of them stepped out once the engine was shut down.
"Oi, Herman, my man!" greeted the Ultimate Scammer with a raised arm, inviting them to come over to a table where he was.
"Boi! Guess who I have with me!" Herman passed the word to him as they all walked towards his occupied table. When the scammer saw those three, he exploded into a laugh.
"Hahahahaha, look at that! It's the irrelevant trio!" Ultimate Scammer mocked them, but he had true jabbing prepared just for one person only.
"FUCK YOU, YOU SLIMY SWINE FINGERED MONEY HUMPING FUCKFACE! YOU FUCKED UP EVERYTHING!" Zappata completely flipped off as he showed him his middle finger. Not that the Ultimate Scammer was particularly affected by it.
"You just mad cuz you ain't a Swisher Boi!" taunted Ultimate Scammer while flexing as his status as a part of a subgroup owned by one of the Elite Bois. The provocation worked like a hot knife on a butter.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!" shouted Zapatta before their bickering was interrupted by two punksters barging out of the cafe. Those two were none other than Rando and Daitane.
"What the flying fuck is going on here?" Rando demanded to know as he started walking towards their table. He walked as if he was wide (by his definition), full of importance, like a politician as some would say.
"What? You're no longer corrupting swears?!" Daitane glanced over to Rando with an expression that felt like she had a life changing realization before she realized there were others. "Wait, what's going on there?".
Compared to Rando, she just simply dashed to the table. Suifta just raised her hand and went "sup" upon her arrival. She was first to arrive, because Rando was simply too busy walking wide.
"Oh hey, Daitane and….oh not, not this fucking psycho." Zapatta greeted her calmly before he dreaded the arrival of the other colleague. Once he arrived, Rando became confused about Zapatta's statement.
"Psycho? What do you mean, I am pretty chill." Rando calmly debated, oddly enough, about his status as either a "chill person" or an "utter psycho". Despite claiming former, he wasn't convincing.
"I'm sorry but you are not under any definition of chill after we heard you ranting about that." Daitane quickly stepped on Zapatta's side while also calling him out for some of his, lets say, extreme opinions regarding certain topics.
"Was anything I said that day morally objectionable?" Rando raised his eyebrows, curious about counterarguments regarding his statements in that debate.
"Dude, DUDE! You bet the hell it was, with you and your-" Zapatta attempted to give arguments, but was quickly cut short by the very person he was arguing.
"Then tell me about it. What was so appalling with-" insisted Rando before he would mention the topic directly. Daitane knew she had to stop it because otherwise, it would spiral to lengths they were not ready to deal with.
"NOPE, WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THIS NOW! Lets just focus on...what you guys have to say." Daitane ended the conversation with a shout as they all focused on the part where the trio reveals that they've been found out by their enemy.
"They done goofed." Herman quickly announced their failure at Hope's peak, despite lasting rather long, even longer than the earlier spy.
"Yep, we done goofed." Suifta didn't even bother to hide, since everyone knew at that point.
"Nothing to be concerned about. We got a shift in operations anyway, shit's about to go down." Rando reminded them about a plan they had for Hope's peak. They were no longer holding back once they would arrive.
"Elite Bois, right?" Figottoni wanted to confirm if their presence has been guaranteed.
"...Still though, ain't that an overkill?" Zapatta argued that they were perhaps going a little bit overboard. Maybe it was due to thoughts of his former friends that made him feel about it.
"If you were punched in the face by that NOOB, then you would feel the same!" Herman started fuming while also rationalizing his choice on calling the lads.
"Again, who's the noob you are talking about-" Zapatta demanded once again, but his wish got granted, just not by Herman himself.
"Chiaki, that video game junkie." revealed Rando the person that the Elite Boi Herman himself had a grudge against. Zapatta nearly did a spit take without a drink upon hearing it, while even Suifta and Figottoni were startled by the revelation.
"H-HER?! S-she has beaten your ass?!" Zapatta sputtered out, hardly imagining that someone as dopey looking as Chiaki could even be committed to violence, let alone land a hit on a bonafide Daft Capo member.
"That was a side I never saw of her, I must admit." calmly said Figottoni, even though he was visibly surprised.
"Oooh, feisty gal. Didn't know that she had that side to her." Suifta complimented the gal for being unexpectedly capable of a fight, even if it wasn't much.
"Spero che Elite Bois le monti il culo sul muro! Butterò le freccette proprio lì!" Herman's rage mode activated once again as he started to shake like a volcano. It happened every time he thought about the "noob" for more than thirty seconds.
"Bois, he's at it again, so let me take care of it. That was a small thing. Big thing is, however, that those scrubs have not only found out about our plans and some of our locations, but also plan to strike us back." Rando overtook the conversation as he revealed that Hope's peak itself has been making moves on them. Another surprise for the trio.
"...Well now...Didn't expect them to go that far." Suifta scratched her head while realizing that they didn't imagine they would make moves against them at all.
Then, just when they thought surprises would end, another one came.
"Hahahaha, so that albino fucker was of some use after all!" Ultimate Scammer boastfully revealed that, even if for a short amount of time, certain someone provided them more than enough help already.
"Albino fucker...you mean...Nagito?" Suifta realized who it was. For Figottoni, it was cleared up on why was Nagito expelled.
"W-what?! He sold them out?!" stuttered Zapatta, both genuinely surprised and sort of disgusted that he would actually assist their side, even if he was a Daft Capo member. At the very least, he, Suifta and Figottoni didn't really betray Hope's peak, since they were never on their side to begin with.
"What the shit, I thought they were all united against us?" Suifta's irises completely shrunk upon hearing that the sole Hope's peak student actually helped them out in the long run. Like Zapatta, she also had a rather negative feeling towards his action.
"Dude, he has said to me that he would help anyone, as long as they were an Ultimate." Ultimate explained Scammer while remembering Nagito's words rather well. For him, Nagito was, in his words, an useful idiot.
"My plan has worked, although I do wish we could have used him for a bit more." Rando exposed himself as the one who set up the whole thing in the first place. He was glad that in the end, they got some benefit.
"Wait, plan? When did you come up with it, my man?" Herman stopped fuming as he learned that Rando had a secret project behind his back. The octopus lad wasn't mad, just surprised that a person he considered an advisor would come up with such scheme.
"Ever since the guard beat his ass up. I must say, he has done us a favor!" answered Rando with pride and delight.
"Hey, Herman. You've said that there's one more spy at Hope's peak, right?" asked Zapatta before Rando gave him a hint by wiggling his rather thick eyebrows. The punkster himself even had a grin worthy of a movie poster when he did it. Zapatta's jaw dropped when he got the clue. "H-hold the fuck up, YOU ARE?!".
"You'd be amazed how piss easy it is to manipulate the system of Hope's peak. All you need to do is a little forgery and you're there. Of course, I have yet to go there, but once I will…...Mwahahaha, I will show who is based among those scrubs!" Rando explained his scheme to his lads, giving them an advice on how to manipulate Hope's peak itself. Compared to students, Hope's peak's higher ups were a different story.
"Now, look at all that, how much I contributed. What do you have to say for yourselves?" Ultimate Scammer boasted about his "achievement" while also mocking the trio. However, one of them was well prepared for such response, knowing that otherwise they would end in the "Irrelevant zone".
"If you need us for any information, just ask us." Figottoni offered his help to the rest of punksters, startling both Zapatta and Suifta in the process. They believed him that he was friends of Hope's peak folk, but lack of hesitation painted them a different story.
"H-hey, you're not gonna sell them out, right?" Zapatta tried to stop him from selling out his former friends, but the moment he did that, he was met with looks of others. All of them had a particularly cold glare towards him, almost like they were going to beat him up if he stated more. Suifta knew to keep her mouth shut.
"Are you displaying some scrub zone sympathies, my friend?" Rando raised his eyebrow as a threat as he gained attention of other punksters across the street. The rockstar started sweating big time, trembling even, so he decided to back down his claims.
"It's nothing like that...and I'm not your friend!" Zapatta took his words back while denying any claim that he was anything even resembling a friend when it came to Rando.
"Loyalty until the very end, Zapatta." reminded Figottoni, although the tone of his voice implied that he did it out of neccessity, not out of his true feelings. In a way, it was a protection for Suifta and Zapatta that they would be of some use for Daft Capo.
"Elite Bois will need it the most, my man. That would be the perfect time for it." Herman gave him instructions for the following days.
"Understood." nodded Figottoni while Suifta and Zapatta remained silent. After the octopus lad gave his order, he decided to check his rather modern looking phone to see if there's any updates on Elite Bois.
"Now lets see-".
It seemed like fortune has smiled upon him that day.
"YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES! SEX NEWS!"
"...What the fuck?" grimaced Zapatta upon hearing his colleague's excitement.
"Observe, bois!" Herman showed him the messages sent by the Elite Bois themselves. They were as they followed:
Fritz:
"Ayy, I have one more thing to do then I will come soon enough. I've heard things are gonna get real smoky there.".
Tom:
( o _ o) - b
Wile E. Coyote:
"I will be ready once me and Tom deal with this bank. By the way, does the contract regarding my mouth being shut extend to messages as well?".
Dick Dastardly aka Schlongman:
"Gyahahaha! One more race for me to win and then I will arrive as fast as possible!...as long as that flea bag is co-operating, of course!"
"P.S: tell Fritz and Tropy to go somewhere else! I'm not in the mood to deal with them!
Nefarious Tropy :
"Give me some time for me to deal with one more pest then I will arrive shortly. Anticipate my arrival with delight. ETA Thursday."
"Tomorrow, bois! Tomorrow! Hahahahahahahah!" triumphantly laughed Herman, knowing that the rest of Elite Bois will come soon. Punksters nearby, even those on another side, joined in to celebrate the great incoming of their elites.
"THE HYPE IS REAL! WOOOOOOOOO!" Ultimate Scammer threw his hands in the air as he started dancing on the table. Even some of the punksters joined dancing on them, not that anyone minded, since it was their property.
"Hope's peak, you will be destroyed like a pigeon among the falcons!" boasted Rando as he let out a laugh worthy of his people.
Not everyone shared the same excitement though.
"….Oh shit, man." Zapatta and Suifta realized that it was no longer a game. Fun times were over and they were all aware of it. Punksters celebrated in advance because the next day was the day of everything changing. Daft Capo as they knew back at Hope's peak won't be the same enemy anymore. An octopus and some fellow rascals, that was no more. The next day marked a day when Hope's peak academy would face the true power of Daft Capo...as long as they had a plan for it.