On the very same day, Agent 8, Hachi, the octoling girl is snoozing on the train and then mumbles awake.
In front of her is a large isopod in a suit who was watching her behind the shades.
"Eh!?" Hachi exclaimed as she encountered something scary.
"It's okay, young squire, I'm not here to hurt you. I heard you're looking for a way out." The isopod asks with 4 of his arms folded and 1 raised.
To her concern, Hachi gestures a sign while trying to say something to an isopod.
'Where am I?'
"Hm? So you can't speak?" The isopod asks as Hachi confirms by shaking her head horizontally. "Oh. Well, I may not look it, but I know sign language myself."
'Really? That's great!' Hachi gestures with excitement.
The isopod follows along by doing some hand gestures as well as speaking just for Hachi to listen.
"I'm more than interested to see what memories you have, even though I too am looking for a purpose. People call me scary and some people call me childish, but I have these for entertainment purposes." The isopod points out his briefcase full of toys and a crayon set as he's describing himself.
"Ooh…~" Fascinated by the isopod's story, Hachi is prepared to listen.
"I have a knack for collecting Mem Cakes and you brought in some, which is before you met mister Cuttlefish."
He does have a point, Hachi did go through some stations that are dangerous and life threatening.
'Do you want me to get more for you?' Hachi gestures.
"I don't mind. Take your time, young squire. All that stress will exhaust you if you keep on going."
'Thank you, mister.'
After a one on one discussion with an isopod, an old inkling arrives as he takes a seat.
"You want to speak to him? Here." Handing over a drawing book, the isopod is stacked with a lot of them so he can be prepared to have fun.
"Mm!" Hachi pulls a warm smile and then writes on a note.
"Well, Iso Padre, I see you're getting along with Hachi just fine, hm?" Cap'n Cuttlefish rubs his beard out of curiosity.
"This young squire is a kind one just like the young survivor. Not many octolings I met are just like her." Said Iso Padre.
"Well… You could say they're a rude bunch!"
'Not all octolings are like that, gramps!' Hachi raises her sign while pouting.
"Okay, not all, but most." Cap'n Cuttlefish folds his arms while closing his eyes and raising his head.
Hachi then turns on her speaker and checks her CQ-80 by connecting and activating a call towards MC.Princess.
Beep… Beep…
[Hu-... I-… Talk righ-… FUCK!]
Static noises are the only thing theard as something happens to MC.Princess.
Hachi nods as she's preparing herself.
"Well, now. That doesn't sound good. This girl sounds like she's in danger. Agent 8, you know what to do. Which station is it?" Cap'n Cuttlefish asked.
Hachi checks on the map as she finds where MC.Princess is at.
"Snapper Canal? But why is it called Rad Ride Station?" Cap'n Cuttlefish asked.
"Who knows. But you must hurry if you don't want your friend to die." Iso Padre warned.
Both Hachi and Cap'n Cuttlefish nod as Hachi stands up with Octo Roller 0 and requests to stop at station B04.
[Stopping at B04 - Rad Ride Station.] C.Q. Cumber called behind the speakers, leading Hachi to stand in front of the exit.
Inkopolis, Snapper Canal
Also known as Flatfish Riverbed, a place under the bridge was under construction for over 20 years and was delayed due to the unusual summer snow.
What makes things worse is that it's foggy and the sky is yellow which means it's getting dark.
The battlefield is filled with sanitised ink as most of the octolings are splatted, leading a group of 10 octoling boys cheering and surrounding a short inkling girl in a pink hoodie with yellow sleeves.
̶"̶F̶r̶e̶e̶d̶o̶m̶,̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶!̶" The punk haircut octoling stretches himself with happiness.
̶"̶S̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶h̶!̶" A fade haired octoling laughs as he and his crew are looking down at an inkling girl who's trying to get her Hero Dualies back.
This led the octoling to stomp on an inkling girl's arm as she grunted.
"Ow! You dare hurt a princess like me!? Don't fuck with me! I have one of your kind and she's nothing like you dickless clowns!" The inkling girl who was known to be MC.Princess growls.
"She may not be, but you'll be comin' with us! Ya inkling scum makes us sick." The octoling boy with a ponytail said with disgust.
"Since it's snowin' and we're outside, maybe we'll give this princess a little warm up." The fade haired octoling chuckles along with his group.
"Huh!? Implying that you'll humiliate me!? In public!? Fuck right off! I ain't doing this shit!" MC.Princess exclaims as she's flabbergasted.
This causes her to get booted to the face by the lead one with a punk haircut.
"Be quiet, little inksquirt. Potty mouths like ya are better off bein' our slave.
"If it's about the past? Then I have nothing to do with this turf war bullshit! I'm just an inkling with an octoling roommate and we host crap like this!" MC.Princess yelled until she was dragged from the ground and was tossed to the wall.
"Do us a favour, little inkling, strip for us." Said the leader as the other octoling boys are chuckling which did intimidate MC.Princess a little but it fueled her rage to the point that she'll scream through their eardrums.
"How about you suck my tentacle dick!" MC.Princess retorted by flipping her middle finger.
This also led MC.Princess to get booted to the stomach as hard as her badmouth.
"Don't make me say it again. Strip or we'll do it by rippin' your clothes off!" The octoling and his boys are preparing themselves as they crack their knuckles and some are holding their weapons.
"Tch… Y'all will regret this!" MC.Princess grunts as pain is getting to her.
As she starts raising her hood… SPLAT!
"What the!?" The octoling boys exclaimed before witnessing green ink on the ground.
"̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶n̶i̶t̶i̶s̶e̶d̶!̶?̶" The octolocks haired octoling boy shrieks in octarian language as he clings onto the one with an afro.
"̶H̶e̶y̶!̶ ̶G̶e̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶m̶e̶!̶" The afro octoling exclaims.
̶"̶B̶-̶ ̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶!̶"
̶"̶W̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶i̶v̶e̶.̶" The leader holds out his Hydra Splatling and searches for a certain sanitised that killed one of his group.
To MC.Princess' surprise, she can see the eyes through a puddle of ink as the puddle quietly giggles.
"Heh. Go get 'em." MC.Princess chuckles and then sits by the wall to stop the pain.
Luckily MC.Princess was saved by an octoling who she helped earlier.
As for the remaining 9 octolings, the atmosphere around them doesn't feel real to them as if they're in some sort of a nightmare.
"̶L̶-̶ ̶L̶e̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶,̶ ̶Z̶e̶n̶.̶ ̶W̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶f̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶h̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶g̶a̶i̶n̶!̶" Octolocks' voice trembles with fear in the octoling language.
̶"A̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶k̶i̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶e̶!̶?̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶n̶i̶t̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶l̶u̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶s̶!̶" The leader hissed.
"̶T̶r̶u̶e̶.̶.̶.̶"
̶"̶D̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶D̶e̶e̶p̶s̶e̶a̶ ̶M̶e̶t̶r̶o̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶c̶a̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶u̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶a̶g̶a̶i̶n̶s̶t̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶?̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶a̶n̶i̶t̶y̶!̶" The octoling with punk haircut, and was in glasses, asks out of concern.
"̶F̶e̶i̶'̶s̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶,̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶b̶o̶s̶s̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶.̶" The afro octoling said.
The leader, Zen, sighs. "̶F̶i̶n̶e̶.̶ ̶L̶e̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶b̶-̶"
SPLAT!
8 octoling boys shrieks as another one is a victim of the sanitised.
SPLAT! 7 left.
SPLAT! SPLAT! 5 left…
This caused octolocks to scream and run away towards his home, Octo Valley, as he called for his mother in octarian language.
Now that's 4 left.
̶"̶N̶o̶w̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶L̶o̶c̶k̶!̶" The glasses one, Fei, pants as he's shaking his Range Blaster out of fear.
̶"̶S̶t̶a̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶c̶u̶s̶e̶d̶!̶ ̶W̶e̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶f̶r̶a̶i̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶p̶i̶e̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶s̶q̶u̶i̶t̶!̶ ̶S̶H̶O̶W̶ ̶Y̶O̶U̶R̶S̶E̶L̶F̶!̶" Zen yells at the unknown who's trying to kill his friends.
̶"̶I̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶d̶i̶e̶I̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶d̶i̶e̶I̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶d̶i̶e̶I̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶d̶i̶e̶…̶" Whimpering, the ponytailed octoling boy crouches in a fetal position in fright.
"̶D̶a̶m̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶!̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶f̶-̶" SPLAT! The afro is gone as both octoling boys scream in fright.
̶"̶N̶o̶!̶ ̶N̶o̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶n̶o̶!̶ ̶N̶O̶O̶O̶O̶O̶O̶O̶!̶" The ponytailed octoling boy screams as he's following the surviving one.
̶"̶S̶c̶r̶e̶w̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶!̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶t̶a̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶!̶" Fei yells as he too is fleeing away from this battlefield.
Now Zen is all alone, causing him to growl out of pure rage.
Coming out is an octoling girl as her tentacurl hair is blue and her skin is green, leading Zen to encounter a 'sanitised octoling.'
̶"̶Y̶o̶u̶…̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶!̶" Zen clenches his fist on his Hydra Splatling.
"Uuhh…" The 'sanitised' moans as she walks towards him.
She then stops while facing Zen and then reaches her arm as the 'sanitised octoling's' inability to talk is freaking him out.
̶"̶D̶o̶n̶'̶t̶…̶ ̶D̶O̶N̶'̶T̶ ̶F̶-̶" Abrupt from attacking, Zen ends up getting karate chopped to the back of his neck and then collapses face first to the ground.
The 'sanitised octoling girl' gestures her hands 'Forgive me, senpai' to Zen as she's sparing him.
The sanitised is actually Agent 8 disguising herself as she's praying for those she killed after putting down her Range Blaster.
[Way to go, Agent 8! Now we can leave!] Cap'n Cuttlefish praises Agent 8's sneak attack and her use of her own brain by playing tactical.
As Agent 8 fades her ink from blue back to magenta, she turns around and sees MC.Princess approaching with a positive attitude.
"Never thought I would say this, but damn you're good."
Agent 8 sighs and then drops to her backside to rest.
"Hmph. Always tired, huh. Well, Hachi, I'm about to see old man Cuttlefish for a rap battle, even if my identity is leaked by some psycho bitch." MC.Princess turns to her side and watches the octoling boys running away from Deepsea Metro out of fear. "Poor boys… If they weren't such dicks."
"Mm." Agent 8 nods.
"Anyway, considering you're named Hachi, I guess there's no other choice but to introduce myself. I'm Hozuki Hime, but most people call me by my nickname Pearl." Pearl raises her hand with a grin.
Agent 8 gestures to 'Pearl' as a way to address her as her nickname.
Then both Pearl and Agent 8 shake hands as Pearl yanks Agent 8 closer to her face.
"Also, address me as MC.Princess during missions, okay?"
"Mm." Agent 8 agreed.
"Good. Take me to the station, young lady!" Pearl orders as Agent 8 is leading Pearl to Deepsea Metro, even though it's a risky move to invite an inkling with no ID to a place they call hell.
"That's right. Take her to the station because that little midget of a squid owes me one thing." Chuckling from behind and sitting on the bridge is a blue tentacle haired octoling, Shiver.
Shiver pierces her glare straight towards Pearl along with Agent 8 while clenching her Splatana Wiper with her fist.
"Marina Iida, why are you in love with this midget? Why did you betray us?" Shiver asks as she can feel bloodlust kicking in as if she would love to kill not only Pearl, Marina and Agent 8, but the survivor, Agent 4, the octoling who was working with Agent 3.4, even Agent 3.4 himself and was willing to do the same to Callie and Marie.
Those who follow her and betray her must be perished through cold blood.
