Paradise's underground hideout was in chaos right now. The plan to quickly capture Fujino Hatsu had been foiled due to her secretly bringing the rest of her class along to back her up. To make matters worse, pro heroes would have the entire base swarmed within the hour. Soldiers of the organization were swiftly moving around to hunt down Fujino and block off any attempts to reach Paradise's leader Genjiro, who was no doubt working to secure his escape.
Everything was going according to King's carefully set up plan.
"Ah, I wish I could have seen the boss man's face when his plan fell apart right before his eyes." King said with a chuckle.
"You sure seem pretty nonchalant about this whole situation." Spinner commented. "It won't take long for the pros to get here."
"True, but we'll have our work finished long before they reach us." King told the villain. "Queen and Bishop should be working on directing the Paradise members I've brought to my side to make our escape. All we need to do is deal with the boss man and his annoying secretary, and capture Fujino Hatsu. And that emotional girl is currently running around on her own just as predicted."
"And our job is to keep the other U.A kids busy, right?" Utocha confirmed.
"Precisely. You two will keep them from reaching Fujino, along with Rook and Knight." King then glanced at the Nomu standing by his side. "Then we have this big guy here, who should be able to handle Fujino's Quirk and capture her. Meanwhile, I'll set up the ambush for Genjiro. He dies, we all leave with the girl, and everybody gets what they want."
"Tch, fine." Spinner said as he began to walk away with Utocha to their designated position. "Just be sure you don't screw up."
"Of course. By the end of the night, we'll all be walking home satisfied."
The members of Class 1-C ran through the halls of Paradise's underground base as they searched for Fujino. They did their best to follow the sounds of explosions that went off every now and then, but the complex maze-like layout of the base was making it harder to figure out which path their classmate had taken.
As they reached a branch off in the path, splitting up into three different directions, Daiki let out a sigh. "There's no helping it. We'll have to split up." He glanced around at the group they had gathered. "There's eleven of us here, so we'll split up into three different teams. Two four-man teams, and one three-man team. Pick a path and let's move."
The quick decision making skills the students had picked up through their hero training was coming in handy. They wasted no time in splitting up themselves and rushing through the halls.
One of the teams, consisting of Dan, Marcus, Rekka, and Sakura ran down one of the paths together. Although they had their provisional licenses, it was obvious to each of them that they were more than overstepping their bounds. But that had already been the case in them coming here in the first place, so at this point they didn't have much left to lose.
As they turned a corner, the foursome saw two teens blocking their path. More Paradise soldiers. They wasted little time in knocking them out as Sakura sent multiple vines flying out from her shirt sleeve to restrain one, followed by Marcus knocking him out, while Dan reeled in another soldier with a watery limb before knocking him out with a punch. After confirming the two enemies were knocked out, they pressed on towards a pair of steel doors at the end of the hall.
Bursting through the doors, the group found themselves in a wide empty room, similar to the one they had first met up with Fujino before she had run off. The room itself was lit, albeit dimly. And standing on the other end of the room were a pair of Paradise soldiers. However, unlike the ones they had been fighting up until now, this pair had one person that Sakura recognized.
Knight and Rook. Two of the members of Checkmate.
"Heh, took you losers long enough to show up." Knight said with a cocky grin. "This oughta be fun."
"Careful everyone." Sakura warned. "The kid there is part of the group we fought in the park when we first met Fujino."
"Meaning they're some of the best fighters Paradise has." Marcus realized. "Figures we'd end up running into them."
"Hey! Don't treat me like a little kid!" Knight shouted. He swung his right arm out, transforming it into a blade in the process. "Underestimate me, and you'll end up dead!"
"His Quirk lets him change his arm to any weapon he wants! It can even be a gun, so be careful!" Sakura told her classmates as they each readied themselves for battle.
"So you know about my Quirk, huh? We meet once before or something?" Knight questioned, not bothering to remember Sakura's face from the incident at the park. "Ah whatever. Not like it matters since you'll be dead soon!"
"Let's do this, everyone. We can't afford to take too long here." Dan said.
"Right!"
With that, the four classmates charged together. As he watched them run towards him and his partner, Knight let out a chuckle. "Let's do this. Rook, set up Pattern A for me!"
"Understood." Rook said as he sat down with his legs crossed. He stared forward and one by one, walls of light began to pop up. In a matter of seconds, the four classmates found themselves surrounded by walls of light that flashed for a brief moment before vanishing.
"What the hell?" Marcus questioned, confused as to what had just happened.
Sakura widened her eyes. "I remember this Quirk too! I'm not sure on the specifics, but the other one seems to be able to create walls of light! You won't be able to tell where they are until you touch them!"
The four of them tried to move around, but as they tried to move, it was clear that walls were all around them. But there were paths open, keeping them from being boxed in completely. However, figuring out the exact position of the walls was easier said than done. Dan and Sakura were trapped together while the same seemed to be true for Marcus and Rekka.
Knight ran along a series of walls midair as he closed in on Dan and Sakura first. "Hahahaha! Pretty neat, isn't it! This is Rook's specialty! Invisible Labyrinth! The only ones that know the layout of the mazes he sets up are those of us in Checkmate! Which means you losers are screwed!"
Dan surrounded his arms with water. Without their costumes, Sakura had much less plants to work with. She had thought ahead and brought some small plants to give her vines to control, but it was far less than she would like to have available. So the only one that could fight properly between the two of them was Dan.
Knight dashed over the top wall of the part of the labyrinth Dan and Sakura were in. But to their surprise, there was a small opening that Knight took advantage of as he slid into the corridor near Dan and Sakura.
"Gotcha suckers!"
"Sakura, look out!" Dan exclaimed as he shot his watery arm forward. Knight nimbly dodged the limb however and moved towards Sakura with his bladed arm.
Sakura reacted quickly and maneuvered her body to dodge. She just barely managed to evade a lethal slash, but the tip of the blade still grazed her right arm, leaving a cut along it.
After managing to slightly wound one of his enemies, Knight moved out of the corridor through a slim opening. As Dan and Sakura both used their Quirk to attempt to catch him with their long reach, a new wall of light appeared and blocked off their path.
"Hahahaha, that was fun!" Knight laughed as he leaped onto the ceiling of the maze and ran towards the part Marcus and Rekka were in next. "Let's see what you two have got next!"
Marcus and Rekka readied themselves as their opponent closed in. There was no way to tell where he would come from, which made defending all the more difficult.
Finally Knight moved in and entered through a small crack. He thrusted his blade arm forward, but to his surprise, Marcus managed to catch the blade without it cutting into his skin thanks to transforming his arms into their wyvern form.
"Hate to break it to you, but my scales can't be cut through that easily." Marcus smirked.
"Not bad." Knight said. His expression quickly turned to a grin though. "But can you handle a gunshot at point blank range?"
Suddenly, the blade Marcus was gripping turned into a double-barrel gun. Marcus gasped as he moved his head away just barely in time to avoid taking a bullet to the head, but his momentary shock distracted him enough to fail to see Knight swing his leg in for a kick at his gut. The wyvern teen was forced to let go of Knight's arm. Knight took advantage of the opening to get out of the maze and have Rook close up the opening he escaped through just like before.
As he stood on the ceiling of the maze, Knight had an entertained grin as he looked at the four students. "Man, you U.A guys are way more fun than I thought you'd be! I haven't felt this revved up in weeks!"
Dan, Sakura, Marcus, and Rekka could only stand and try to anticipate Knight's next move as he danced around them. He'd pick a target, enter through a small crack, attack, and then leave before having his escape route covered. They were completely at the mercy of the two Checkmate members.
Yet again, Dan failed to grab Knight with his watery arm. With them being indoors and underground, there wasn't as much moisture in the air to work with so his supply of water was limited. "We need to do something. He's just going to wear us down at this rate."
Sakura glanced over at Rook. The large teen hadn't made a move since throwing up this labyrinth of his. His gaze was solely on Knight.
'He's not playing an offensive role, even though he'd be more than effective for it. Is he staying back to keep a full view of the battlefield? I didn't see him at the park back when they attacked Fujino before either. He must need to see the spots where he puts up his walls. We need to deal with him before we take on the one attacking us. But how?'
Sakura glanced at her surroundings. Rook had total control over this maze. He could create his walls of light with his Quirk wherever he wanted with the wide view he had of the area.
Then it hit her. What if instead of trying to go around the maze, why not go through it instead?
"Dan, try hitting the wall with as much power as you can." Sakura told him. "I want to test a theory."
Dan gave a silent nod. Water surrounded his right arm before freezing it. He then rushed at one of the walls and slammed his fist into it as hard as he could. The recoil of the impact stung a bit as the ice cracked slightly. But there was also a small crack in the wall now too.
'Bingo.' Sakura realized. She shouted out to Marcus and Rekka. "The walls can be broken! Smash through and go for the one creating this maze!"
Knight clicked his tongue in annoyance as he heard Sakura's yell. 'Damn. They figured that out quicker than I expected.'
Quickly following Sarah's advice, Marcus swung one of his talons forward for a punch. It slammed into one of the walls, but only managed to crack it. He knew there was only one way they were going to pull this off.
"Rekka, stand back." Marcus said as he moved back a bit himself. Once Rekka was safely behind him, Marcus took a deep breath. He pooled all of his concentration as his body transformed bit by bit. Soon, he was in the new form he had managed to gain control of during the license exam.
"Ultimate Move: Full Wyvern!"
Although his power was on another level in his new form, Marcus decided not to slam into the wall in front of them. Instead, he used a new trick he had managed to learn with his Full Wyvern mode. He took a deep breath before shooting out a blast of energy from his mouth. The blast shot into the wall of light, shattering it in one go.
"Wyvern Cannon!"
With the wall of light destroyed, Marcus and Rekka emerged outside of the maze Rook had set up. They both sped directly towards Rook at the far end of the room. Rook quickly threw up multiple layers of walls to keep the two at bay.
"That won't stop us!" Marcus shouted. "Have another one! Wyvern Cannon!"
Marcus fired off consecutive blasts of his long range move. Each one slammed into a wall, shattering it. On top of Rook already reaching his limit from using his Quirk so much, the debris created from the blasts made it tough to see. If he didn't have a clear view of the location, he couldn't create a wall there. One after another, Marcus fired off blasts, breaking through a new layer with each shot. But just as he was nearing the last one, his strength was beginning to fade.
'Damnit. Using that move too much shortens my transformation time.' He tried to charge up another blast, but it was no good. His body reverted back to normal and he was forced onto one knee.
Taking advantage of the opening, Knight rushed towards Marcus and Rekka. His arm was in blade form, ready to cut them in two. "You're wide open!"
"Not happening!"
Knight's focus had been solely on the pair that he saw emerge from the maze, that he failed to notice Dan and Sakura break free as well. But that fact became all too apparent when a water tentacle from Dan wrapped around him. "What the?!"
"Take this!" Dan shouted as he swung his watery limb, throwing Knight right into the large wall Rook had put up to protect himself. The wall cracked slightly, but it was still standing.
Knowing that they couldn't give Knight the chance to recover, Rekka rushed forward. "Leave the rest to me!" She reeled her fist back as she closed in on Knight.
Knight shook the dizziness out of his head just in time to see Rekka only a few feet away from him. He thrusted his blade arm forward, but Rekka saw it coming and ducked under it. Now right beside Knight, Rekka swung her fist forward with all her might. She wasn't very strong physically compared to most of Class C's powerhouses. But through her ultimate move training, she had come up with a way to use her Quirk to make up for that.
At the very last second before impact, Rekka used her Quirk as embers appeared right in front of her fist. Her fist touched them in the next instant, causing the embers to detonate.
"Ultimate Move: Combustion Impact!"
The force of the bursting embers at point blank range was more than enough to send Knight crashing through the wall at his back. He collided with Rook, which caused the walls of Rook's Quirk to vanish due to his body moving.
"Ugh… what the hell was that…?" Knight grunted. As the ringing in his ears began to subside, he saw Dan and Sakura closing in to restrain them. "Crap!"
Dan shot out a watery limb that split into multiple tentacles. He managed to snag Rook while using the frozen tip of a tentacle to knock him out, but Knight managed to leap away at the last second.
"You won't get away!" Sakura called out as she sent her vines flying forward. However, Knight once again managed to slip out of their grasp. "Damnit."
Knight leaped back to get some distance between him and the U.A students. "It can't be helped. King won't be happy about this, but it's better than both of us getting caught." Deciding to cut his losses, Knight turned around and ran out of the room, escaping before the battle could continue.
"Drat, he got away." Sakura said.
"At least we managed to grab one of them." Dan pointed out, glancing towards Rook, who was knocked out and tightly wrapped in his water tentacle.
Sakura let out a small sigh, but knew that Dan was right. They were up against two of Paradise's top soldiers. They were lucky enough to all still be alive. She turned her gaze towards Rekka. "That move you used was really someth-"
The rest of the words died on Sakura's tongue as she gasped upon seeing Rekka. The girl was hunched over, seemingly in pain. The source of it wasn't hard to determine. The girl's right arm was severely burned.
"Rekka!" Sakura exclaimed as she and Marcus rushed to the girl's side. "Are you alright?!"
"It's fine…" Rekka grunted.
"It most certainly is not 'fine'." Marcus told her. "Was that the result of your last move?"
Rekka nodded her head. "That move was made with my costume in mind. My costume is extremely heat resistant to allow me to deal with the hot temperatures of my embers at close range."
"Then why use it when you didn't have your costume on?!"
"We couldn't let the fight keep going. Our opponents were too dangerous." Rekka told them. Despite her arm searing with pain, she managed to crack a smile. "Besides… we still need to find Fujino. We can't leave her alone here."
"Regardless, you're not going any farther." Dan told her. "You're in no shape to continue."
"I'll take her back to the entrance with me." Sakura said. "You and Marcus keep going."
Dan shook his head. "No Sakura, you should go with Marcus." He moved towards Rekka and spared what water he could without losing any from the tentacle he had holding Rook, and enveloped Rekka's burned arm with it. A stinging sensation caused Rekka to wince in pain, but a few seconds later the pain was beginning to subside a bit as her arm cooled down. "My Quirk should be able to do some temporary aid for Rekka's burn."
Sakura nodded her head understandingly. "Very well. I'll leave her to you."
After using some of Sakura's vines to fully restrain Rook in case he regained consciousness, the duo of Marcus and Sakura ran out the door Knight escaped through. As for Dan and Rekka, they went back to the entrance with Dan doing what he could to tend to Rekka's burned arm while dragging Rook back with them.
Among the teams Class 1-C split into in order to comb a wider area of Paradise's underground base was the foursome of Hyde, Vivi, Lilina, and Jill. They ran through the halls of the facility as they searched for Fujino. Although finding their classmate before she could walk into any traps and make the situation worse was their primary goal, Hyde couldn't deny that fighting the scattered Paradise agents was giving him plenty of entertainment.
"Eat this, losers!" Hyde shouted as he sent multiple clusters of earth flying at the teens. The Paradise members were well trained, but they were unable to properly block or evade Hyde's attack, resulting in them getting knocked out.
Vivi breathed out a sigh of relief. "It's way too scary how many enemies there are here."
"Well we are basically in their home base." Lilina pointed out. Although she wasn't wearing her costume, she still had her gloves that she used in the entrance exam on to give her something to fight with while using her Quirk.
The team of four continued walking as they burst through a nearby set of doors to find themselves in what seemed to be a mess hall. It seemed to be empty, as would be expected given the current situation right now. Rows of long tables were lined up with boxes of what seemed to be various simple foods in a corner.
"Geez, just how big is this place?" Jill wondered.
"Who knows?" Hyde shrugged.
The group ran further into the room, heading towards the door on the other end. As they ran, Vivi's ears picked up a faint sound as she looked up and gasped.
"Look out!"
The others followed Vivi's gaze and saw the incoming threat just in time. All four of them leaped away as a figure came crashing down onto the ground where they had just been standing. As the debris cleared, another figure jumped down from above, landing next to their partner. The U.A students had been expecting the sudden arrivals to be more Paradise members. But as the dust cleared, they were surprised to see two people whose faces they recognized.
Spinned and Utocha of the League of Villains.
"What the hell…?" Hyde questioned as he and the others stared at the duo in utter disbelief. "What is the League doing here of all places?"
"A good night to you, students of U.A." Spinner said as he brandished his massive weapon. "Apologies, but we can't allow you to go any further."
"Great. As if Paradise wasn't bad enough." Lilina muttered.
Hyde slammed his hand on the ground. "Sorry, but we don't have time to deal with you assholes!"
In an instant, the ground around Spinner and Utocha began to rise up. Within the span of a couple seconds, it closed around them, trapping them in a dome prison of rock.
"That oughta hold 'em for a while."
However, Hyde's statement was proven horribly wrong a few seconds later as a low moan was heard. Out of nowhere, the dome prison burst open and the full scream of Utocha was heard as his apparitions scattered around.
Jill let out an annoyed sigh. "Well that didn't work."
"The darker it is, the stronger my apparitions are." Utocha told the students. "So trapping us like that really won't work."
"Let's see how you handle this then!" Hyde slammed his hand on the ground once again. "Ultimate Move: King's Tomb!"
Spinner and Utocha felt a slight shift in the ground. They both glanced down and reacted quickly, leaping away before the ground began to sink in as if it was a quicksand pit.
Hyde clicked his tongue in annoyance. King's Tomb was meant to be a restraining move, making an opponent sink into the ground nearly up to their neck to keep them from moving. It required a great deal of concentration from Hyde to pull off, but when it worked it could end a fight in an instant.
"That was a close one." Spinner noted. "We gotta watch out for that one. Take him out, Utocha!"
"Leave it to me." Utocha waved his arm and sent his horde of apparitions flying straight towards Hyde.
Hyde got ready to intercept the apparitions flying at him. But before he could make a move, Jill sprang forward, taking out the row of apparitions with a kick.
Although not all of them had been present for the fight with Utocha during the attack on the training camp, they had heard the details of the villain's Quirk from their classmates that were there. Utocha could make a seemingly infinite supply of apparitions with his Quirk. But overusing his Quirk put a strain on his voice. Even with that limit though, Hyde doubted they could last long enough to wear Utocha down while Spinner was there to back him up.
Spinner attempted to move towards Jill to attack, but his advance was thwarted as Lilina came at him, changing the metal lining on the knuckle area of her gloves to diamond. She threw a punch at Spinner, but the villain sidestepped away. Spinner retaliated by swinging his sword, but Lilina evaded. The metal part of her gloves could potentially block Spinner's slashes, but even the slightest error in aim or angle could result in her losing a hand.
'Utocha's the main threat between the two of them. Hyde and Jill are going to need help. But we can't be careless with Spinner either.'
Vivi flew in and tried to hit Spinner from behind, but he shooed her away with a swing of his weapon. Even outside of her tiny fairy form, Vivi's flying speed had increased a great deal due to the past few months of training she had gone through in the hero course. On top of that, she had been taking lessons on the side from Sarah and Alicia in martial arts to further compliment her fighting style. It came in handy in a situation like this, since the only clothes she had that shrunk with her in her fairy form were her costume.
While Lilina and Vivi looked for an opening to defeat Spinner, Hyde and Jill found themselves struggling against Utocha. He screeched out and had his apparitions unleashing a relentless assault on the two students.
Hyde manipulated the terrain as best he could, sending spikes up from the floor to impale the apparitions before letting the spikes sink back into the ground to avoid limiting Jill's movement. Jill dealt with the ones that slipped through Hyde's attacks, but it was all the two of them could do to keep Uotcha at bay. Even in the brief moments Hyde had to attack Utocha directly, the villain showed surprising skill in doding each of Hyde's attacks.
"Can't you kids just give up already?" Utocha complained. "I really hate straining my voice."
"Well too bad! Cause we've got a friend who needs our help!" Jill shouted. She bent her legs in as much as she could before springing straight towards Utocha. She barreled through Utocha's apparitions as she closed the distance between herself and the villain.
"Annoying pests." Utocha took a deep breath before using his Quirk once again. "AHHHHHHHHH!"
As Jill flew towards Utocha, she gasped in shock as a large wave of apparitions appeared out of thin air and came at her. Just as she was about to panic, she saw a pillar shoot up just a bit ahead of her. She quickly saw through Hyde's intentions and managed to jump off of it to get away from Utocha's incoming attack.
Spinner glanced briefly at Utocha's side of the fight before bringing his attention back to the two girls attacking him. His massive weapon was effective at keeping Lilina and Vivi from getting too close, but its bulk was also preventing him from getting a clean hit in on the two nimble girls.
Lilina backflipped away as Vivi flew back with her to avoid a slash from Spinner. "Damn that sword is annoying."
"What do we do?" Vivi asked worriedly. "We can't even get close to him. And I can't go into my fairy form without my costume so I can't increase my speed."
It was certainly a conundrum. Both Lilina and Vivi were forced to see just how much they had been relying on their costumes and support gear to help them in battle. For Lilina, she could only fight half as effectively without her gauntlets and marbles. And for Vivi, she couldn't shrink in normal clothes without ditching her clothes in the process.
Suddenly an idea hit Lilina 'That's it!' She leaned in close to Vivi while hiding her lips with her hand. "Vivi, I've got a plan."
Vivi quietly listened as Lilina gave a brief explanation of her plan before widening her eyes in shock. "What?! B-But I can't do that!"
"We don't have a choice. The longer we stay here, the worse the situation overall will get." Lilina told her. "I'll make the opening for you, so just do it once you're ready."
Not even waiting for a response from Vivi, Lilina kicked off the ground and sped towards Spinner. She knew she was asking a lot of Vivi, but right now she couldn't think of any other way to win.
Lilina ducked under the horizontal slash that came from Spinner's sword. She attempted to knock the villain off his feet with a sweep kick, but Spinner back stepped away to avoid it. Lilina took advantage of the moment to keep up the pressure on her opponent, attacking with a nonstop barrage of kicks and punches. She needed to keep Spinner's attention on her.
Finally, Lilina heard Vivi's voice come up from behind her. "Lilina!"
A grin came to the red-haired girl's lips. "Alright. It's all on you Vivi!"
Lilina dashed to the side, showing Spinner the view of Vivi flying straight at him. He couldn't believe their plan had been something as simple as this. Were they really underestimating him that much? The lizard villain swung his sword down at the incoming Vivi, but to his surprise the girl shrunk out of nowhere. She wasn't gone for long however, as she grew back to normal size barely a second later. But there was one key difference with her now.
The fact that her clothes were falling to the ground away from her.
Spinner was caught completely off guard by the nude teenage girl in front of him. "Wh-What the hell?! What do you think you're doing?!"
Vivi's cheeks were burning red as she covered her chest as best she could with one of her arms. "Stop looking!"
The completely unexpected turn of events left Spinner completely defenseless as he was slapped by Vivi's free arm, knocking him off his feet. As he fell back, Lilina came in and swung full force with a punch to the villain's gut.
"Shame on you for peeking on a girl!"
"What kind of messed up logic is that?!" Spinner yelled out as he was blown back and slammed into the wall.
Utocha looked to his partner. "Spinn- Wait, why is she naked?!"
Hyde and Jill both turned their gazes and stared in shock at the nude Vivi, who was doing her best to cover herself. The fairy girl's blush was redder than ever. "N-No! Don't look!"
Hyde and Utocha both shielded their eyes, being the gentlemen they were. Unfortunately for Utocha, Jill was all too willing to take advantage of the moment of opportunity to spring forward and hit him with a powerful kick.
"What kind of hero pulls a dirty trick like that?" Spinner grunted as he and Utocha moaned in pain.
"Use everything you can to your advantage in a fight." Lilina said with a smirk as she handed Vivi her clothes, which the girl immediately grabbed to begin dressing herself again. "And villains like you really shouldn't be preaching about morals."
"Grr… Damnit all." Spinner cursed as he and Utocha got to their feet. The situation was quickly turning against them. "We've bought enough time, Utocha. Let's go."
"Right." the grey-haired man nodded. He let out a screech. "Ahhhhhhhh!"
A wave of apparitions came flying at the four teens, but they managed to make them vanish in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately those few seconds were all Spinner and Utocha needed to make their escape out the door and deeper into the facility.
Lilina wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Phew. Well, glad we made it through that. Nice job, Vivi."
Vivi however was too preoccupied by the plan she had been forced to participate in due to Lilina. They had won, but at what cost? Her cheeks were still red with embarrassment. "Lilina… Don't ever make me do that again."
"Ah, come on. It wasn't that bad." Lilina told her. "Besides, the only guy here who saw besides the villains was Hyde."
"Yeah… uh, can we not mention this to anyone. Like, ever." Hyde said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'd rather not have bad rumors spread about me."
"My lips are sealed." Lilina told him. "Unless someone pays the right price."
A/N: The battle with Paradise is well underway but there's still plenty of action to come readers. Will Class C manage to help Fujino before she can fall into the enemy's clutches? Will King's coup succeed? The answers... will come in a later chapter. Until then readers.
