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"Hunley!" Mirii's eyes closed for a moment, while turning towards the boy and smiling.
She starts walking a bit, stopping in front of him.
"Tell me, how are you?" Mirii tilts her head to her right a bit, keeping her smile.
"I'm tired…" He sighed. "I can't wait to relax a bit."
"Was your job as exhausting as Kelly said?" Mirii's mouth downturned.
"I guess…" He turns his head around. "… excuse me for a moment, Mirii, but me and Fara need to find a little boy called John: he's the only one who can talk with a Shrine Legend."
John jumped, as sweat jumped out of his head. A left hand pushed him from his back: he turns behind, seeing Kelly smiling at him.
"Please, help the Masters." Her eyes closed. "You got to help the sweeter waters, since the whole city is under attack."
John kept looking at her sister: he nodded, as he turns his sight towards the two Inklings. His eyes fell on Fara: suddenly, he blushes a lot as his eyes expanded. Fara's eyes landed on him: her cheeks blushed a bit too. Her left hand picked Hun's right sleeve, pulling him a bit.
"Mayb' I foun' him!" Her right hand pointed at John.
Hun turns to his right, seeing John.
"Oh?"
Slowly, John walks a bit with his hands behind his back: his irises kept bouncing between Fara and a random point of the floor. He took a deep breath, before facing the two Inklings. He starts talking, using different words.
"… huh?" Hun's right eyebrow rose. "Wait… did he said to be John?" His head lowered to his right, seeing his sister.
"I undrstood tha' too, big bro!" Fara's mouth opened wide. "Bu' he wasn' speakin' normally…"
John kept talking, as he nodded and moved his arms a bit around.
"… we can understand him because we belong to the Shrine…" Hun's right hand was scratching the top of his head.
"… bu' 'is language can't be riprduced by no 'ne, excep' thos' who born wi' such skill…?" Fara's eyes blinked rapidly for a moment.
John nodded, while smiling and looking at Fara: he blushes a bit.
"Chie did mention something like that…" Hun folds his arms.
"Can ya undirstood us? Can ya evn talk like us?" Fara's eyebrows rose, as her mouth opened a bit.
John's mouth waved.
"… a… a…" His eyes squeezed, while trembling. "… m… m…"
He exhales air, as his eyes grew for a moment. His irises turned to his right, as his head lowered and his mouth pronounced more words.
"Oh… ya can't do tha'…" Fara's mouth downturned. "I 'an understand tha'… I'm talkin' in a spicial way too."
John's mouth opened: his mouth downturned, as he said more words.
"… I see…" Fara smiled a bit. "At list I 'an hear ya quite well." Her eyes closed.
John smiled widely, blushing a lot.
"Now, it's better you come with us inside the room behind us: they said that the room is the only one who can host Shrine Legends… aside that, me and my sister can't wait too much since we are rather tired and need some rest."
"Hunley, do you want to sleep?" Mirii's mouth opened.
"No no, just to sit down and relax!" He turns his head towards Mirii, nodding and smiling. "I don't want to leave just yet, since me and my sister have to summon the Shrine Legend… such creature will definitively help stopping that attack affecting the whole city. It's in our duty to protect the city too! Many innocents are counting on us, after all… also…"
Hun blushes while looking at Mirii.
"… I can't wait watching the movie with you, without thinking I didn't do my job…" He nodded.
Mirii blushes a lot, as her mouth opened wide. She smiles widely, nodding.
"I-I can't wait too…" Mirii's eyes closed.
Hun's smile increased.
"Well, let's get this done with." He turns behind, walking towards the opened room.
John reached Fara's left side, as both Inklings walked together inside the room: John turned behind, closing the shoji. The other Inklings were watching, with their mouths closed.
"So." Mirii turned to her right, seeing Ninja Mirii. "If possible, try picking a very similar outfit as I'm wearing right now: not only that would be indeed something I would wear, my image would not be ruined."
"Ok." Ninja Mirii nodded.
"One more thing." Mirii's head lowered, as her eyebrows lowered slightly. "While disguising as myself, keep thinking about following perfection: that's a major element of myself, aside being a crucial element for my reputation since I'm well known for being able to carry perfect performances in missions."
"Ah, right!" Ninja Mirii's mouth opened. "How am I going to infiltrate inside that building you live in?"
"… Kelly." Mirii turns behind, as her right hand took her right tentacle, caressing it. "Can you leave that piece of paper"
"Yes I can!" Kelly's eyes closed, while smiling widely. "With that said, I should also make one inside the Masters' room as well, so the other ninja can come out from their room as well, without getting noticed!" Her head tilted to her right. "Was this the idea, right?"
"Correct." Mirii nodded. "That would also mean I cannot get out of the room from the door… I'm sure I can through the piece of paper still standing in my room." Mirii's head rose. "I need to find a way to communicate with this ninja: I do not want coming out of the room and being caught in such huge contradiction. I could warn Tonna about this: she might help everyone in making this plan much easier to"
Mirii's mouth opened a bit.
"... should I really take such risk?" She turns behind, watching herself wearing a ninja outfit. "Grina still has her smartphone… I could use hers to send a message to Tonna's smartphone, so I could effectively warn about the situation and she might do something about this."
Darkness covered everything except Mirii.
"However, I also don't want the other chiefs to suspect her smartphone too: a message like this, caught by them, would instantly ruin the whole cover-up for the team! No, I can't decide this all by myself… I'm sure there is more behind this matter, which others might point out."
Darkness faded away around Mirii: her head turned over Grina which was looking at Bars while talking.
"Grina?"
She turns to her left with her eyebrows down and her smile wide.
"Yeah?"
"Listen, I do think that Tonna must be aware of this ninja plan Hunley announced." Mirii's head rose. "Do you still have your smartphone with you?"
"Sure!" Grina's eyes closed. "Do you want to send her a message?"
"Actually, I'm not sure…" Mirii's head lowered, as her eyebrows went up. "What if the other chiefs discover that message? The plan for stopping the attack and Project Neo might end in failure… and that's definitively a result I don't want to see, since it's possible to learn a lot more about Project Neo inside the Headquarters!"
"Really?" Grina shrugged. "How can you say that for sure…?" Her right arm opened, bending a bit, with her right palm pointing at the ceiling. "I mean, I can understand that if the chiefs are keeping an eye on her smartphone all the time."
"What if they are doing that?!" Mirii bended forward, while frowning and gritting her teeth a bit. "Th-the risk is indeed humongous for"
"Then, tell me what you get for not sending a message to Tonna?" Grina's left hand pushed her left tentacle back.
"… the ninjas don't know her… they don't even know where to go!" Sweat covered her face. "They can't venture around the Headquarters… those Agents will get too suspicious about looking for an office I know rather well!"
"You do bring a good point, there." A sweat drop appears on Ninja Mirii's left side of her head. "I could utilize my invisibility skill, but I'm still learning that and I don't really want to run huge risks… I'm really regretting skipping most of the ninja lessons for dedicating more time with bonsai lessons. Remaining invisible would really simplified the whole problem…"
More sweat drops appeared on her face, as her eyes closed.
"If I knew I would end up specializing in this role anyway, I would skip the bonsai lessons instead!"
"Don't worry… I will save the situation." FUM!
A large puff of smoke appears: after dissolving, Mirii stared at Hun while wearing a black ninja outfit.
"… even Hunley looks better wearing that ninja outfit." She blushes. "I really should consider buying those ninja costumes one day… it will just improve our image and reputation, reaching perfection levels."
"Oh hi!" Ninja Mirii's hands clasped, as her eyes closed and her smiling mouth opened. "Where were you?! I was looking all over the place, before!" Her eyes opened. "You always seem to know what to do next… right now, I really need that!" Her head turned over Mirii. "I can't use well my invisibility… you already know that, though!"
"Yes, I do." He nodded. "No need to think too much about this…" His arms were bending back and forth in front of Ninja Mirii. "… I know exactly what to do."
"Then speak." Mirii folds her arms, smiling a bit.
"Easy: simply tell us what to do tomorrow. Which floor we have to reach, which person we are looking for." His eyes closed, as his palms clapped. "Information. Plain and simple."
Mirii's mouth sealed: her eyebrows went down.
"… it is rather easy… technically speaking." Her head rose. "But the Headquarters' hallways aren't as intuitive as you think…"
"It doesn't matter." Ninja Hun's right hand opened, pointing at Mirii, while his eyebrows downturned. "A ninja job is to acquire information and make some sense." He nodded. "Speak at us without thinking we might not understand… trust our abilities till the very end and you will see positive results."
Mirii's eyes squeezed.
"… he does seem sure about this… hmpf, might as well give him a chance." Her eyes closed. "It's not like this method has any drawbacks…" Her eyes reopened. "Alright, I'll explain the path… she's usually found in her"
Mirii's eyes expanded for a moment.
"Wait… are you going to stay ahead of my other self?!"
"… is there a problem with that?" His hands clapped, as his eyes closed.
"Th-there is!" Mirii's left forefinger pointed at Ninja Hun. "Hunley is known to not have a huge memory… in fact, I usually lead him the way to make sure he doesn't accidentally take the wrong turns!"
"Speaking of that, I do remember Hunry getting lost quite easily in those two previous days…" Grina's eyes were closed, her smile a bit twitching to her left side and a sweat drop was resting on her head's left side. "If it wasn't for Fara, he would have still been walking around the hallways."
"Wh-what about you two?!" Mirii frowned, while bending forward. "Did you purposely thought of your own affairs?!"
"Kinda…" Grina's eyes opened a bit, as her hands fell on her hips. "We were thinking about some fresh ways to have fun, since boredom was still getting our minds… at the end we kind of did a marathon of movies and some videogames." She grins a bit. "Aside for those two being classic methods, I knew I would find a simple, innocent videogame to enjoy… and get to play it whenever I'm stuck in my room."
"Did you two kept watching movies and play videogames in all this time…?" Mirii's eyes squeezed while frowning.
"We also hang out the building, taking walks in the park and even kicking an empty soda can around like soccer players!" She chuckles as she turns to her right. "That was way too fun, by the way! We should redo that!"
Bars chuckles, while nodding.
"Like, we could do that now: I'm thirsty, actually." His mouth opened and closed rapidly.
Mirii shakes her head, while sighing.
"In any case…" Her irises turned towards Ninja Hun. "Your information strategy does not meet the requirements… and I do not intend changing any of them, since they are all crucial elements."
"Then, explain that to me!" Ninja Mirii stepped forward, with her fists clenching.
Mirii's head rose, looking at herself wearing a ninja outfit.
"Can you really remember as well as him…?" Her eyes squeezed a bit.
Sweat starts jumping out from Ninja Mirii's head.
"Ha ha… I don't know…" She swallows silently, trembling a bit. "… but on second thought, maybe it's the best to not attempt such thing, since I never really tried this… although I couldn't resist seeing if effectively I already have incredible memory and hearing skills: those count as honors too, which is a nice promotion to have and show to all your friends!"
"Hmpf." Mirii folded her arms. "I prefer your attention of choosing correctly being used more: I do not tolerate such failures from my part… not even from those who are disguising as me!"
A piece of paper and a brush moved in front of Mirii's face: she gasped, as her head turned to her right seeing Kelly smiling.
"What in the world are you thinking?!" She frowned. "Don't you ever try that stunt ever again…" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "You could seriously injure someone."
"Oops!" Kelly opened her smiling mouth, as her eyes were closed and sweat covered her forehead. "I couldn't help being this enthusiast: I absolutely know exactly what to do in order to solve the problem!"
Her hands moved a bit forward, grasping Kelly's drawing tools.
"Why don't you draw a map?
"A map…?" Mirii's head rose. "But Agents would notice that"
Mirii's irises shrunk a bit.
"Wait… unless that piece of paper is invisible in front of their eyes!" Her mouth opened, as her irises returned staring at Kelly. "Why… that small idea is much more effective than I thought!"
"You see?!" Kelly chuckled. "Problem solved!" She starts dancing and jumping in place. "Hurray for me! Hurray for me!"
"Then I'll draw a map… while putting the paper on a table and sitting properly." Mirii nodded while closing her eyes. "The whole presentation must reflect my own image: precise, certain and correct."
"Do you want a table and a chair?! Coming right up!" Kelly starts drawing on the top paper rather rapidly, while smiling widely.
POOF!
A wooden table and a chair appeared on Mirii's left side, with a pile of papers and a brush identical to the ones held by Kelly on the table. Bars and Grina's eyes expanded. Kelly took the top paper, putting it below the pile.
"W-wow!" Grina's irises shrunk. "Talk about getting whatever you want!"
She dashes towards Kelly, bending down on her right knee.
"My dear friend, would you mind drawing a pair of soda cans for me and Barsy?!" Grina's hands clasped. "We are thirsty for taste!"
"Sure I can!" Kelly nodded, while smiling. "But stand up please… I don't want to think to be an authority."
Grina stands up, bending her back forward and still clasping her hands.
"Alright! Now"
"I'm drawing both of you holding a soda can!" Kelly closes her eyes for a moment, lifting her tools.
Her head lowered, as her right hand starts moving the brush on the top, blank paper.
POOF! POOF!
Bars and Grina were both holding a soda can on their right hands: both were smiling widely.
"Like, what's this?" Bars twisted the can a bit. "… huh, no brand? Girl, would have been better to drink a branded one since it really spells out quality… but hey, throwing valuable stuff like this doesn't spell my name correctly!"
His right fingers opened the can, as he pours the can towards his mouth. Grina was drinking from her soda can too. Her eyes were sparkling, while lowering the soda can.
"W-wow, what kind of brand did you take?!" Grina turns to her right, facing Kelly. "I'm going to rob all their soda cans: this stuff goes beyond amazing!"
"Like, that's weird I never drank anything like this…" His mouth opened and closed, while his irises looked up. "Usually I drink almost all sodas, so I can pull off a chart from my mind and remember the best ones… but this drink is so good, that's bad it never got famous! I would drink this all day." He took a quick sip from the can. "Like, I already feel to lift giant boxes of them!"
"Drawers reproduce items according to what they remember about them." Ninja Mirii nodded. "Kelly must have great memories about that soda can… that's why you are liking it so much."
Bars chuckles.
"Like, it does taste a bit sugary for a soda can…" He shrugged. "But you can ignore it, since it does great overall."
"I'll rob even all the toothpaste, if that means to drink a bit more of this soda than usual!" Grina grins, starting to drink from the can. "Aaaah! Wow, this stuff is making me so happy…"
"When I'm a bit down, I usually draw something I really liked!" Kelly tilts the pile of papers towards Grina. "That's me drinking that awesome soda!" Her eyes closed. "I don't remember its name… but I came up with one: The Soda of Happiness!"
"I think a certain Squid might need that…" Grina turns more to her right, facing Mirii. "… so she can smile a bit more often than usual."
Mirii's head was down, as her eyes were staring at a paper, which was standing on a smaller pile of papers, and her right hand was grasping a brush. A taller pile was resting on the left side of the paper. Lines were appearing from behind the brush's trail.
"I told you many times about this…" Mirii kept drawing. "I do not drink soda: they are unhealthy for my teeth and my overall health."
"Wait… speaking of health." Grina returns her face towards Kelly. "Does this stuff count as a real soda for us?"
"Oh sure!" Kelly nodded, while smiling. "… actually…" Her mouth flattened a bit, as her eyebrows rose. "… I remember that after drinking the soda, my stomach really starts to hurt…" Kelly's hands were standing on her stomach, as she bended a bit down.
Grina's mouth opened, as her eyes expanded: her face starts grimacing.
"Ow… ooowwwww!" Her arms hugged her stomach. "Ouch, ouch! M-my stomach is hurting as if someone punched it!" She grits her teeth.
"Ooooohh, shhiiiiip!" Bars bended down, as his left hand stands on his stomach and his feet starts walking in place. "Like, ooooh man… I never felt this bad, since I ate all that candies I got for Squidsmas."
"I-I'm sorry!" Rapidly, Kelly starts drawing on another top paper, as her eyes were slightly watery. "I-I always forget that side effect!"
POOF! POOF!
Bars and Grina were now holding each with both of their hands, a blue and white porcelain bowl: the drawing of a waves was stretching around it. Both lowered their heads: inside the bowl, a greenish liquid.
"Please, drink that!" Kelly bended forward, as her fists were clenching and her eyebrows went up. "It's a medical soup made by my grandma: it cures headaches and stomach aches in a jiffy!"
"But…" Grina's mouth was waving. "… it looks way too funky for my tastes…" She swallows silently. "I-I really don't want to"
"That's the only thing I can do to help you out." Kelly nodded. "Pl-please… don't be afraid!"
Bars sighed.
"Like… here goes nothing." He starts drinking the soup.
Immediately he lowered the bowl, as his cheeks were puffed and his face was turning green. He swallows loudly.
"Oooooooohhh…!" He grimaces, turning his head to his left. "That's the nastiest thing I ever drank!"
Grina pours the bowl towards her mouth, as she sips a bit of soup. Her face was turning green.
"… urgh…" She lowered her bowl. "… after this, I think I will drink water a bit more than usual…" Her eyes squeezed. "… so I'll never have to drink this putrid stuff, ever again."
"I can understand that…" Kelly's hands lowered, as her mouth downturned. "I'm so sorry, everyone…" She bowed down. "I'm sorry!"
"Th-that's fine…" Grina took another sip from the soup. "You forgot that… no reason to get mad at it." She grimaces.
"You two." Mirii rose her head, looking at the two ninjas. "Please, come."
Ninja Hun and Ninja Mirii walked together, stopping in front of the table and lowering their heads.
"I'll explain to you the first phase of this plan…" Mirii's right hand flipped the paper and her left forefinger pointed at a word reading MS. "Once 7 AM hits, the woman ninja will move out of my room and start going down here… following this path." Her left forefinger was moving along the line. "You must reach point HR, which is Hunley's room."
Her head tilted a bit to her left, watching Ninja Hun.
"You, which is disguising as Hunley, you will wait right in this room for your colleague to pick you up. Together must come back to MR point, without entering inside my room again." Her left forefinger tapped the word NO ENTER located on MR's right side. "From there, follow exactly the pattern line I drew: you will reach a room where stairs are located."
Mirii flips her page upside down.
"Flip the page and starts climbing the stairs: pass the first door you see, by climbing more stairs." Her left forefinger was sliding under the same words she's saying. "Once you see a second one, exit by taking that door."
Her left forefinger landed on SP.
"This SP means Starting Point: this is where you will be once out of the stairs. From here, follow the line here reported until you reach this word." Her left forefinger rested on the word Goal, tapping it. "This is where Tonna's office is: knock on her door and wait until she lets you enter the office."
Her head tilted a bit left and right.
"During this time, don't try looking the map for too long or else the other Agents will grow suspicious… and I do not want any more of that behind my back." She frowned slightly for a moment. "They are already suspicious of me, as it is… anyway, aside from not looking at this map for too long, try to also appear as if you know as much as me and Hunley do: that will also help you scrolling off any accuses on your regards."
Both ninjas nodded.
"Remember to wear as the proper Inklings you are disguising as." Mirii stands up, picking her paper and giving it to herself wearing a ninja outfit. "If you have any questions regarding this plan, do not hesitate asking them right now." She nodded. "Committing errors in such plan will cost the team, the chance of learning anything about Project Neo and stopping it."
Her head rose.
"Am I clear?" Her arms folded.
"Yes!" Both ninja said while smiling and closing their eyes.
"Good." Mirii nodded. "Now"
"Dear friends!" Kelly starts jumping in place, while smiling widely. "Would you like to join me and all the others for a nice movie to watch together? It's going to be so entertaining and fun!"
Mirii's tentacles zigzagged, as her irises shrunk and her mouth opened a bit while her eyebrows lowered.
"A movie? Sure, why not?" Ninja Hun turned his head to his left, while smiling and closing his eyes. "I was wondering what I could do after this meeting…"
"Count me in as well!" Ninja Mirii nodded, as her hands clapped and remained together. "I never watched a movie with a large group of Inklings like this… you can't even imagine how many live reactions will happen at once, as an important scene takes place!" Her hands were resting on her cheeks, as her eyes closed.
"You…" Mirii's forehead was covered in sweat, as her hands were grasping her own tentacles. "… this is my room, not a public cinema." She released her tentacles, while folding her arms. "I'll be the one deciding whatever more people can enter inside my room and watch this movie." Her eyes squeezed a bit. "I have the right of"
The shoji opened, as Hun walked out followed by Fara and John. Mirii turns over the boy, as her mouth opened. Hun smiled.
"Alright… everything is done!" He nodded. "Let's go watch that movie!"