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Happy New Year to all! I hope you enjoy this chapter, exciting fights are incoming :)

I am planning to complete this season as soon as possible. I treat this story as a part of my life. Please stay tuned.

Happy 2022. Cheers.

~ Hoho620

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Chapter 16: The Invasion

Now playing: Buddyfight Champions OP 1 - "Champions" by Hoho

https/youtu.be/VFz-WORkKFQ

About an hour ago before the attack. There is a small forest on Golden Island that is not too far from the coastal areas. At the cliff, a boy with grey-white hair and clothes hid on a tree with a high-tech telescope, adjusting his visions at a gang.

In a flash, a shadow dragon formed near him in a white knight mask.

"Any discovery, Geil?"

The boy asked.

"They start to act, moving toward the hill behind the building."

"I see. Looks like we have to begin as well."

Light tapped on his earphone.

"It is Light Kurouzu here. They began showing up near the mountain. There can be many of them."

"This is Iwao, team 2,3,4 waiting for commands." The police force leader Kurokawa Iwao said.

"Roger that. Be careful."

Light tapped on the earphone again.

"We got orders, let's move on."

The special force of buddy police received the call and carefully approached the suspects who were heading to the hostel.

Meanwhile, in an unknown base with several screens, secretly spectating the activities of police from the finger-tip size cameras.

"They are coming for us. What do we do now?"

Titan questioned him greatly. He smiled confidently and smirked.

"I don't see the issue we are having here."

"You can't risk our lives to take them down. Once they find us, this is all over."

He laughed at Titan arrogantly.

"What are you worried about? It is not us who take care of them."

He rested on the chair and relaxed his arms.

"Sit back and enjoy the show..."

The door opened with a key card. The doctor slightly turned his head.

"I am leaving now, I have work to do."

"Tsk, what a guy without taste."

The cops approached the destination.

"What should we eat after the mission?"

"It is your choice, man."

"How about...noodles?"

Iwao sighed as he saw those newbies not cooperating.

"Keep an eye on what happens around you."

The two answered in a moment of startle and nodded right after.

"Yes...yes!"

Iwao hinted at the cops to go and check the area.

"Clear, sir."

"Teams in positions."

The force promptly got into the spot and got armed, waiting for the chance to strike the enemies.

"Suspects incoming, over."

"Aim. Get your trigger ready."

Seeing the gang arrive, Iwao took a deep breath.

"Surround them. Don't leave a single space."

The special force covered the gang like a circle.

"Police! Drop your weapons! Freeze!"

"Don't try to make a move, our snipers have their eyes on you." Iwao said.

Although they said so, the gang did not follow, they stood still instead of being vigilant.

"They have no sense of danger...?"

"Team 3, cast the barrier, now!"

"What's the matter?!"

"Sir, the barrier...it doesn't activate. No matter how many times we have tried."

"How it didn't work...?"

While Iwao munched his lips and tried to figure out the source of the issue, he received another piece of bad news.

"Sir, they have illegal monsters-"

One of the beasts instantaneously laid his hands on a cop and threw him away. He got whacked to the ground and coughed hard. Before he pushed himself up, the beast stood near him and was preparing to give another slam. Iwao commanded his troops to protect him.

"Fire! Don't let your guard down!!"

Another member grabbed him away and shot at the creature's eyes.

"I got you! Move, move! Go, go, go!"

Iwao tapped on his earphone and cast for further assistance, but all he heard were sounds of distortion.

"Light, I can't hear what you are saying, can you hear me? Light! Light!"

"Light...?"

Iwao's tone changed from worried to completely soft, knowing that Light could not hear him.

The other beasts got distracted by the bullets. They roared at the cops irritatedly and pounced. A cop was bounced to the trees and blackout.

"The bullets did nothing to them!"

"They are more ferocious than often!"

"Captain Kurokawa, we can't hold them for longer! They will break through at any time!"

Iwao froze when seeing his members getting hit by the monsters one by one while being helpless.

"Cap, do something!!"

"Captain, pull yourself together!"

As the two young cops yelled at Iwao, he quickly reacted and grabbed his gun tightly.

"Reach the outside and Light Kurouzu, you must tell them about our situations. Bring the injureds to safety!"

"Captain..."

He sighed heavily.

"This is the captain's order."

A hush descended over the cops. They were clear about what he wanted to accomplish and thought deeply.

"Follow captain's order!"

"For the Buddy police!!"

The force shouted into the air and left their captain.

Meanwhile, Light was observing the abnormalities and reporting to squads.

"How's the situation?"

He noticed the sudden distortion and was unable to contact them. Simultaneously, his telescope was getting vague with a few glitches disturbing his sight. Light had no choice but to take it away.

"The enemy's attack?!" Geil asked.

"Something disturbed the signals, the source is unknown. I can't reach Iwao."

Light and Geil broke out in a sweat and considered what they could do next.

"We need to notify the headquarters."

"That would be the best solution, but they don't reply."

"Or is it because we aren't able to give the signals?"

"We have to find out what it is."

"Light, that's too risky. We don't know what might have happened to them, and..."

An explosion interrupted Geil's phrases. Their eyes opened widely along with their mouth. Light swiftly paid attention to the blasted area.

"Crap..."

"I won't let you all go through..."

Iwao stared at the gang, barely standing while trying to balance himself. His weapon was being thrown away and hopeless to reaching it. While his high-tech goggles tried to define the name of the monsters but showed with "£%$24 srd@g0n of he R*ins, Meteor Rain".

"Meteor Rain?! The master of the dungeon...?"

The dragon blasted out flames and they spread to the surroundings. The other three-headed black skeletons gathered the energy and cast a violet-coloured beam.

Surviving those monsters is just a miracle...how long can I keep standing?

"Hey, we are about to leave here."

"How about him? How do we deal with him?"

My mind is dizzy...what are they saying?

"We will just leave him here."

"You sure they won't bite our back?"

"They are injured, they can't bite us forever."

Iwao saw the gang slowly leaving him, he fell to the ground with several injuries and closed his eyes.

In the present, Titan and his members retreated. The doctor ordered him to explain it in his lab.

"There are no surprises. Nothing was ever expected, right?"

He mocked. Titan kept his mouth closed.

"You could have avoided it. But you didn't."

"I know."

"I wonder who put this failure on you."

Titan handed over the memory card (inside the Buddyfight case). He chuckled and turned on the screen.

He clenched his fists and was ready for more punishment. However, the doctor seemed to be filled with satisfaction. He turned his face towards the video and zoomed at someone out of the field gradually. He laughed, louder, and even louder.

"A rock just hit two birds."

Morihito, Kai, Krieger and their buddies were dashing on the way to find their class after the fight with Titan.

Xander asked. "Are you sure they went this way?"

"No doubt, that's gonna be it!" Kai rushed.

"We are just running with no directions, aren't we..." Morihito questioned.

"How did Krieger run so fast? He must have good stamina. I am not staying at the back too!"

Kai fastened his steps and caught up with Krieger at the front. He saw Krieger slowing down suddenly but didn't give much attention to it.

"What's wrong? Huh? Uh...which way should we go?"

"A cross-path. The right side might lead to the coast and another continues the path up the mountain." Blast explained.

"So I guess they went to the left side." Morihito said.

"Why so?" Kai asked.

"If I don't want to get discovered, I would hide in the forest instead of getting seen by people easily on the beach."

"That sounds making a lot of sense." Kai agreed.

"Let's hurry, we can't be too far away from them."

Meanwhile, Kiyoshi heard some footsteps at the front and hid rapidly. He stayed alert for who might come and held his breath. Soon, he saw Terumi leading a group of students and therefore came out of the tall bush.

With an unexpected encounter, Terumi fell to the ground while screaming and swinging her hands at the front.

"AHH! Don't hit me-"

"Uhm...Miss Kuchinawa?"

"Oh! It was you?! Okay...okay."

She tried to calm her breath and thought of something to say.

"You scared me! How are you even here?! Were you hurt?"

"I'm sorry, miss...I got lost in here."

"No time to discuss this one, hurry!"

With Terumi's expression, Kiyoshi understood the "invaders" that the old lady mentioned might have already arrived. Kiyoshi tried his best to stay calm and decided to follow.

"Alright."

As I was afraid, they started it. And we are their targets. Is there even a place to hide on this island?!

"Where are we going?"

"Don't ask me!! They might be at our back!"

"How could you lead us to a place where you don't even know?"

"Do you have a better idea of what a safe spot is?! Huh?"

At that moment, Terumi noticed something glowing in Kiyoshi's pocket and he picked it out. It was a greenish-glowing rock. The whole class was amazed by it.

"A rock?"

His mind was filled with confusion and figuring out how he obtained it.

A rock that shines? Where did it come from? I don't remember having it before my trip. Did she give me this?

In a trice, the rock gleamed and gave out smoke. It filled the area with fog all of a sudden. The class tried to run away from the suspicious smoke.

"Ekkkk?!"

"It caught on fire! FIRE! Put it out, quick!"

"What the...heck?!"

"It is coming this way! Run!"

Light and his buddy Geil observed the situation from the cliff. The results stunned them.

"Did that smoke just devour them?!"

"Oh! It seems the smoke hid them." Light observed.

Eventually, the smoke spread all over and covered the escaping students. They are surprised at how fine they were. The scenario caused Terumi to faint. Kiyoshi caught her before she slipped and fell. He looked around to see if anyone needs help.

"There are stars over my head..." Terumi covered her head.

"What were those?! I am glad that everyone was fine." Kiyoshi thought.

The mysterious mist covered them and went clear promptly. No one knew what was going on. The rock stopped glowing and Kiyoshi picked it up.

The mist...it disappeared!

Kiyoshi approached the front and noticed a bubble-like barrier. He carefully tapped on it, the wave diverged accordingly and spread through the bubble. He pulled his hand back shortly after the shock.

Eh?! Looks like we are trapped inside of something. Is it possible to escape? Is this harmless?

Kiyoshi touched the barrier again. His arms penetrate the invisible walls. He held his breath and went through the barrier. When he came out and turned back, he couldn't see anyone. It was completely muted, like no one who had been here. A butterfly touched the barrier and stayed even though Kiyoshi chased it away.

Kiyoshi couldn't believe his eyes. He stopped and thought of what he just encountered.

Is this something like a barrier that hides people? The good thing is only the ones who know the location can enter, while those who don't won't be able to find us. This might be able to baffle the enemies for a while. I am sure they are very exhausted after the run.

Kiyoshi returned to his class and told the news. The students started toying and testing with the barrier, feeling more secure in the shield.

"Finally we can take a breath..."

"Damn, so this thing is real! I can't believe it! There I go through here...and I come back!"

"Shhh! Idiot! If they see us, we are all over."

I can't believe a rock caused all of these. Maybe this is how the old lady and the villagers hid from the invaders. But this place might not keep us safe forever.

Kiyoshi glanced through the outside of the barrier and took a closer look.

"Is that...it is Kai and Morihito!!"

"Morihito, are you sure they went this way? We have been running for so long." Xander said.

"Weird. We should hear some of their noises. If not, they must be far from us." Morihito thought.

They decided to slow down and take a rest from chasing. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi went down the road and found them.

"The sun is melting me...I need water." Kai said.

"Blast, don't you ever feel hot? How are you not sweating at all?!" Xander wondered.

"My armour allows me to resist heat."

"Seriously?! I thought it causes heat."

Krieger watched the grass moving and found it suspicious.

"Who is there?!"

Kiyoshi walked out of the grass.

"It was me. Don't worry."

"Kiyoshi!"

Both Morihito and Kai were relieved after seeing Kiyoshi being fine. Kai told the incidents they encountered previously.

"Kiyoshi! We were being attacked by a group of gangs and we don't even know why they were here!! Everything was crazy!! Where have you been??" Kai hugged him for a moment, shook his shoulders and asked rapidly.

"I went up to the top...That was a long story. Then I found Miss Kuchinawa and the classes."

"Where're they?" Morihito asked.

"Just right there."

Kiyoshi pointed at the flat ground. Morihito and Kai stared at each other and showed doubtful faces.

"There's nothing there." Kai wondered.

"You will know soon. Follow me."

Kiyoshi approached and raised his arms to the front. His arms went in and out of the barrier. The fellows almost had their mouths and eyes fell off.

"Kiyoshi, WHAT ON EARTH?! Your arms just disappeared and came back again!" Kai had his chin dropped to the ground.

"WHAT–" Xander's eyes broke out of the corner.

"Is something there? It is totally invisible...scary." Morihito pointed with trembling shoulders.

"A permeable wall?!" Krieger asked while sweating.

"Indeed. We are going to pass through it."

They stuck close and followed Kiyoshi step by step. To their surprise, they went through the walls smoothly.

"Welp, that wasn't hard." Xander giggled.

"So we are behind the walls now?" Morihito asked.

"More like inside the walls."

Krieger pointed and they gazed afar.

"It's our student!" Morihito saw the crowd.

"No way...this is so huge!" Kai was astonished.

"Kiyoshi. How did you make these invisible walls?" Morihito asked.

"We need a clear explanation of this barrier."

"I wish I can assist you, boss Xander."

A card echoed and flowed out from Morihito's deck and transformed into a tiny green dragon with a bow.

"Wind dragon?" Morihito noticed he flew out of his deck.

"I had been training in Magic World. I think I can solve it." Wind Dragon explained.

"You know about this barrier?" Xander asked.

"Let's see. This is a great spell that summons a magic barrier, and it must be set by some wizards that contain immense mana in them."

There are magic world monsters that cast spells and saved us? But why would they do that?

"To my hypothesis, there is the root of the barrier to support such a huge spell. It can be a gem, a tower, a sorcery mark on the floor, and more. Else, it won't last for long."

"You must be referring to this."

Kiyoshi grabbed the glowing rock in his pocket and handed it to Wind Dragon. Everyone is astonished by it.

"I thought they are just in fantasy. I can't believe they are actually real." Morihito thought.

"This is...! Unbelievable, this was all set by only one sorcerer!"

"That means who created the spell is a very talented wizard. And he intended to help us." Blast guessed.

"So he's our ally?" Kai asked curiously.

"Can be. There are too many possibilities."

"Do you know the owner of this rock?" Wind Dragon asked Kiyoshi.

"I met an old lady while I was escaping, I think she gave it to me."

"...but it can't be a human."

"Maybe she's non-human?" Kai suggested.

They imagined an old lady wearing witch customs and handed the rock to Kiyoshi.

"No, that can't be true." Morihito thought.

"If she is, why wouldn't she directly come to help us?" Krieger made an assumption.

They mused and tried to make the matter less complicated.

"The old lady told me about a powerful dragon that saved their village by casting a barrier, but the invaders broke it and attacked them." Kiyoshi explained.

"So it's a dragon wizard, huh." Xander put his hand under the chin.

"Thank you, Wind Dragon." Morihito smiled softly.

"That's my pleasure."

He squeezed into a card form and flew into Morihito's deck.

"More important than investigating who he is, we should find a way out. Now we are trapped on the island and the police can't find us." Kiyoshi defined.

"Do you know the cause of it?" Morihito asked.

"My first hypothesis is they have the technology to separate the signals between us and the city."

"I don't quite understand this..." Kai felt like he was back in college again.

"Secondly, we should not return to the campsite but stay at this circle temporarily. The places have likely been occupied. Third, there is a high chance their original goal of this trip was to capture us, and they prepared it all along from the beginning. Finally, if we can't leave, we will run out of supplies or they will discover us." Kiyoshi analyzed.

"The staff in the hostel, or even Aibo Academy itself...I can't believe it." Morihito sighed.

"Other than blaming whoever is guilty, we should plan to escape." Krieger said.

"Indeed. But my idea was the opposite." Kiyoshi thought.

Almost everyone was freaked out by Kiyoshi's idea. "Opposite?"

"I think we should do an "invasion". We will head to their base and..."

"What?!"

"That's way too risky." Krieger thought.

"It might sound extremely insane. But please think of the situation we are in now, we can't swim all across the ocean to reach the coast. No one can contact us if we don't send help to the outside. This only method was halted. And the solution is to break their energy source, just a moment is enough."

"Won't we get hurt? They will capture us right away!" Kai could imagine them being locked up in cells.

"That's my second theory. They seemed to have no intention in awfully injuring anyone except adults." Kiyoshi explained.

"That might make sense...but they wanted to murder us! They put their knives near our necks!!"

Kai yelled at Kiyoshi. He couldn't be more irritated by what the criminals did to everyone.

"Isn't that right, Morihito?"

"I would say it is half-half. That's true they threatened us horribly, but why did one of their allies allow us to flee?"

"Morihito, we can't trust the man we saw earlier. Remember, he is our enemy. They will return and search for us anytime." Krieger warned.

"That's the point. They wait for our appearance and deploy around the island. Their force is separated and thus the base becomes weaker. They can't predict or prepare for our instantaneous arrival."

"Kiyoshi, are you serious? You want us to invade their headquarters? How are we supposed to do that?"

"I am sure our buddy monsters are the best helpers."

"Using buddy monsters?! I won't forgive myself if they are wounded." Morihito thought.

"Same here." Kai agreed.

"Morihito..." Xander stared at him.

"Do we have a safer solution?" Kai wondered.

"There is another. We can try to throw our belongings into the sea and wait for rescue. But the chance of someone discovering it is minimal. Second is it takes an unknown period to wash up to the coast. We might get caught too."

"Not an effective solution either." Morihito guessed.

Kiyoshi sighed.

"I can't think of other solutions at this moment. Despite that, I have a clear mindset in invading the base. Do you believe me?"

They stared at each other.

"We would like to have a listen." Krieger nodded, also Kiyoshi.

"First, we need to find out where their base is. It should be surrounding this island. As they have no sign on the spotted area. So I believe they hid in the forest behind our hostel. Moreover, it was where they come from. It is the perfect spot for a hidden base."

"You sure about the direction?" Morihito questioned.

"This is my guess. I can be wrong. Our main goal is to disrupt their power source."

"So we need to break into their base? If it isn't, we will be in trouble." Morihito thought.

"To my observations, my phone signals have improved when I am far away from the hostel, although I was not able to make a call. Their "device" could have a range, we can use this to measure where it is."

"I see. That's why you were specific about the enemies' locations." Krieger tried to understand Kiyoshi's plan as well.

"We need to search for the spots with the worst connection so that we could remove them. And finally, we will wait for the police's arrival and leave this place."

"Sounds not bad, maybe." Kai nodded.

"We should ask for more plans." Morihito suggested.

They made a line of sight to their classmates.

Rouga and Tetsuya followed and entered the barrier. Tetsuya patted Terumi's shoulders, she yawned lightly and rubbed her eyes.

"Terumi! Please don't scare me!!"

He grasped her hand.

"Where...am I?" Terumi mumbled softly.

"It's me! I returned with Rouga!"

Terumi thought she dreamed of Tetsuya in his younger self. She touched Tetsuya's face and noticed it wasn't, therefore snatched him instead.

"Ouchhh!! Why did you grab me so hard!"

She then expeditiously embraced Tetsuya.

"I am glad you are here..."

"Well...Terumi, your class is here."

Terumi roared with a red face and punched Tetsuya away in shock. He hit the ground straight.

"How long have I fallen asleep?! Are the kids safe?"

Rouga pointed at the crowd.

"So they are all here...thank you. I remember there was a stone emitted mist and covered us."

"It generated a shield that fits the environment change." Rouga observed.

"The only one who can cast magic...Asmodai made it?" Terumi asked.

"No idea!" Asomodai shook his head.

"But we only have one magic world buddy monster yo!"

"I think we can explain it."

Kiyoshi and his friends found Miss Kuchinawa. They nodded at her as respect. Rouga noticed Krieger stared at him longer than the others.

In the meantime, Kiyoshi told his plan and hoped for someone to understand him. But many thought it was all nonsense.

"Don't be silly! There is no way to fight them back!"

"It's too dangerous...I will never do it."

"There is no evidence for such theory. You're only leading us to death."

The students shouted at Kiyoshi for causing trouble. Morihito and Kai comforted him. Cerberus landed near Rouga shortly after.

"Rouga, the kid is right. There were lots of traces in the woods. It looks like they had combat in there. They may not be far from us."

"Cerberus, we're leaving."

"Roger that!"

Rouga and Cerberus disappeared in a shade.

"It seems Kiyoshi's words are true. We can escape in this way." Krieger thought.

"The problem is we don't have many supporters." Morihito suggested.

They sighed.

"You still have us! We can protect you." Xander said.

Four adorable mini dragons popped from Morihito's deck.

"We all heard that!!"

"This time we will help too!" Pirate Drago shined his cutlass.

"Assist boss Xander!!" Red Dragon said with burning fists.

"They come out in excitement. I couldn't stop them." Wind Dragon sweated.

Frost Dragon nodded as he agreed.

"Kai, stay close to me during the raid." Blast said.

"No problem."

"Siegfried, we will protect people with our strength!"

"NO! Wait!! I can't let you all act so perilously!! Have you ever thought of the consequences?!"

Terumi interrupted them with open arms, yelling at them with apprehension. Tetsuya approached her and pat her shoulder.

"They will be fine. Asmodai, please guard them at all costs."

Asmodai summoned his clones with a fire pillar.

"Each of you, keep both of your eyes open!"

Terumi knew she couldn't stop their determination of solving the crisis. She took a deep breath and cried out.

"You four must stick close. If you encounter anything dubious, return as fast as possible no matter what!! Okay?"

"Yes Miss Kuchinawa!!"

All of them answered firmly.

Before acting, Kiyoshi asked Morihito, Kai and Krieger to repeat his plan.

"Are you all clear?"

"First, find the spots with the worst mobile signals with our devices. Approached the targets with careful observations and while finding hiding spots in the forest." Morihito explained.

"Always keep in low volume. Do not try to trace the strangers individually." Krieger said.

"If we find anything suspicious, follow what Miss Kuchinawa said. We must work together to search for solutions." Kai reported.

"Lastly, stay safe." Kiyoshi said.

The buddies put their hands together.

In the meantime, Light was anxious about fixing the mess. He couldn't find any candidate until he saw a tall man dashing around with a three-head, heavily armed wolf. Light pretended to be a student from the middle school of Aibo Academy and stalked him at the back. However, Rouga noticed him promptly and slowed his steps.

"Show yourself. I know you are there."

Rouga spoke to Light behind the tree. Cerberus glanced at the mark and growled. Light had no choice but to walk out with his hands lifted high.

"You've got me."

"A child?"

Light acted chill.

"Why aren't you with them?" Rouga asked.

"Welp, you see, I got lost with my class."

"Just get straight to the point."

Rouga understood the young at his front were unlike the others, who might want something from him. He decided to stay alert. Unsurprisingly, Light told him the truth.

"Woo, you must have a great sense!" He laughed.

Light picked up his buddy's police profile card and presented it to Rouga with an optimistic smile.

"I have to bother you a while."

"Police were here?"

"That's the issue we are having. I have no idea where they went."

The sign of conflict, now this is confirmed. The police team may be injured.

"What now?" Cerberus asked.

"Head deeper into the forest."

Light followed Rouga for the investigation.

Kiyoshi led his friends to the forest.

"So many leaves here, be careful not to slip off." Morihito cautioned.

"I want to say...won't they be a little too obvious?" Xander told.

They stared at some cartoon looking bushes.

"Definitely, huh." Morihito stared.

"We aren't being discovered, are we?"

"They looked at this way!"

"AHH!!"

Morihito and Xander grabbed the horns of Asmodai's clones.

"Two Asmodai?!" Kai looked away.

"I had a feeling that we were being stalked since we began our trip. Now things are crystal clear." Krieger thought.

"Miss Kuchinawa must be worried."

Kiyoshi kept tracking the connection speed on the screen. It dropped markedly.

"Looks like we are getting closer. It might be somewhere here."

They remained vigilant. However, they hadn't realized they were the prey in a ring.

"Got them."

"What a surprise, they even dared to return!"

They left a long sweat on their faces and glanced at the enemies with dread.

"Oh no!!" Kai shouted.

"Crap!! How did they find us so easily?!" Morihito chewed his teeth tightly and frowned.

Our plan failed...but I must take them to safety! Kiyoshi thought while trying to stay calm.

"You won't be able to escape this time!"

The criminals commanded the monsters to capture them. Asmodai clones in red and blue cloth teleported and chained their necks with arms.

"Watch you back!"

The beasts swung them off forcefully and banged to the floor. The clones were vanished into nothingness. The pressure swept the leaves off in the air.

"They're coming!" Krieger warned.

They rushed between gaps but got surrounded finally. The vicious monsters pounced with growling dashingly. Xander and Blast grabbed their swords and obstructed them.

"We won't let you!" They said it together.

The gang munched his lips but smirked after.

"Same trick doesn't work twice."

He discharged the bullets at Xander and Blast. The bullets stunned them and they knocked over on the ground. The electricity shock charged, making them unable to move their fingers.

"Was that?!" Blast saw the device but it was too late.

"UrghHh...!! You dirty cheater!"

"Xander, Blast!!" Morihito and Kai called their names in terror.

"Kahhhhhhhh!"

The four tiny dragons guarded for Xander but got shot after and fell on the ground in sequence.

"I can't..."

"Hold..."

"Them..."

"Anymore..."

The gang aimed at Kiyoshi, Siegfried and Krieger.

"Who's next?!"

"Damn it..." Krieger munched his lips.

Stun guns? Did I see this model somewhere?

Kiyoshi identified the model of the stun guns. The findings chilled his sense.

It can't be, this is the only type of gun when Buddy Police capture illegal monsters! Why is it on their hands?! Don't tell me they have been using this on humans.

"If you want to live, don't try to make a move."

We have to flee from this scenario, there must be a way! Morihito tried his best to figure out a solution to the mess.

Morihito, Kiyoshi and everyone...is this the end? Kai's mind went completely blank.

At that moment, Kiyoshi stood and approached the gang unsuspectingly. His friends stared at him dumbfounded with eyes fixed.

"Wait. Please hear what I say"

"Huh?"

"If you eliminate us now, you will never be able to know the information."

He froze for a few seconds and giggled.

"You won't die this quickly."

As I thought, their leader ordered them not to kill us.

"Where are we going?!" Kai screamed.

"Oh? That is a secret. It is none of my business anyway. So kid, I'm quite interested in your 'information' you mentioned."

What is Kiyoshi thinking of? Morihito stared at Kiyoshi with a startled gaze.

"Kiyoshi? What are you trying to..." Kai asked with a slightly shivering voice.

"I know the location of all the students. In exchange, you must let four of us live."

The words chilled into everyone's bones, what replaced after was a shattered heart.

"Kiyoshi, you...you have planned this all along?!" Morihito broke a cold sweat.

"Kiyoshi, why..." Kai didn't know how to react to this scene anymore.

"What an answer."

"But first, you aren't in charge of it, shouldn't you bring me to your commander?"

"Uhm..."

He thought of it a while.

"You few, bring those three. Others, follow me."

"Kiyoshi, no!! We can't do that!" Morihito shouted.

"Kiyoshi!! Do you hear me?! Kiyoshi!!" Kai said in a more furious tone.

They called his name, but he didn't look back. The gangsters seized and took them away separately.

The gang spoke to the speaker.

"We found four."

Meanwhile, the doctor received the call. He ordered Titian to open it on an enormous screen.

"I just heard it. Show them to me."

He gazed at it, bursting out of laughter like insanity.

"Unbelievable, how could you treat the special guest like that?! Bring him to me."

The voice went silent for a short moment and answered.

"Roger."

"We'll meet very soon, right? The dear son of Akira."

[To be continued...]

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Ending 1 - Tomorrow

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Morihito: I can't believe what Kiyoshi did to us.

Kai: Kiyoshi isn't what you think! He is our friend! We all knew it!

Xander: Can we trust him?

Morihito: Maybe, it was a self-sacrificing act?

Morihito and fellows were separated. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi received hallucinations. Someone was echoing in his ears, luring his attention. He was unaware of the resonance of the gem in his pocket.

"Come to me...young, I need your help. Please."

Kai and Krieger tried to find a way to escape. Morihito met the leader of the whole event.

Xander: So he's the big jerk?! Morihito, we'll take him down!

Morihito: This man is...! Next episode, "Symbol of Hopeless, Excrucia", buddyfight!


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