'Tikki... what do I do?' Marinette asked yet another time. 'If he really knows who I am... if he tells Adrien... it will be a disaster!'

'Marinette, calm down. Just because he's sure about who you are, it doesn't mean he's right!' Tikki tried to calm her down. 'Many people tried to figure out who Ladybug was; remember Lady Wi-fi?'

'I hope you're right, Tikki... but what if he is right? What if he turns into Chat Blanc? What do I do?'

'Calm down, Marinette. You are the Guardian now; that means things already changed! You can always talk to Chat and tell him about Chat Blanc and why you don't want him to know your identity...'

'That's it!' Marinette perked up. 'And- and I will apologize to him again about Scarabella. Plus, I have a word for Carapace! He can't go around and tell heroes' secret identities to civilians!'

'Exactly! So, are you going to visit him as Ladybug?'

'Yes! Right away! Tikki, spots on!'

In a flash, she transformed and made her way to Nino's place. He was there, making some new playlist, but took off his headphones as he saw her.

'Ladybug? Do you need Carapace?' he asked, oblivious to her anger. Ladybug frowned at him.

'Nino Lahiffe! I have a good source tell me that you shared your identity with a civilian! And not just yours, but Rena Rouge's too!' she said accusingly. Nino raised his hands.

'Dude, it wasn't "a civilian"! It was my best bro Adrien!' he tried to excuse himself. Ladybug's face didn't soften at all.

'Okay, dude, it was just a spur of the moment! He asked me why I think Chat Noir is flirting with Rena, and what else could I tell him? I couldn't exactly see it on Ladyblog...'

Ladybug sighed. Then, she looked straight at him.

'Nino Lahiffe. I hope you understand that... that after this you can't be Carapace anymore. You will never get the Turtle Miraculous ever again.'

Nino looked dejected. Ladybug looked at her yo-yo to check if Chat was transformed - but he wasn't. She saluted to Nino briefly.

'Okay - bug out!' she said and zipped away. Nino slammed his fists against his desk.

'Adrien is my bro! Why would I lie to him?' he spat. He didn't notice a little black and purple butterfly that entered his room by window. He didn't notice it land on his headphones. He didn't notice that his magical charm was left in his drawer after he tossed the pants he was keeping in it to laundry.

But he heard a very familiar voice.

'Best Bro... I am Shadowmoth.'

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