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The door opened: Mirii stepped inside a room, followed by Bars. Her eyes were pointing at the desk, which had a closed laptop on it, a mouse on its right side sitting above a mousepad depicting a moon on a nighty sky, watching over several buildings with almost all their windows covered in darkness.
Bars pushed the door back in a click.
"Like, what about gettin' some weapons to use?" His mouth rose, as he took some steps forward. "Like, I wanna roll over the competition, instead of helplessly squidding away!"
"I prefer showing myself in a friendly way, so I can solve this situation with the previously-mentioned use of intelligence." Mirii bended forward, with her head above the closed laptop.
Her right hand picked up a paper depicting the Shrine, sitting behind the laptop. Her hand brought the paper in front of her shoulders, tilted towards her lowered head.
"I know the Shrine isn't that hostile… besides, I would finish this rapidly enough to focus on our remaining tasks." She bended her knees down, putting the paper on the floor. "I must get back into the Project Neo affair and continue opposing it with the use of evidence."
She stands upwards, with her head turned towards the boy.
"During this time, you must promise me to not let any of your antics get in my way." Mirii nodded. "I need calmness and not stress, if I want to successfully convince those Squids from the Shrine to release Hunley and get him back to me."
"… as long as I don't have to run away from some scary monsters…" Bars shrugged, while chuckling.
SWISH!
"Uhm?!" Mirii's head returned forward: her irises shrunk a bit. "Wh-wha"
Her eyes were staring at the floor.
"Eh eh eh eh eh!"
Mirii's head rose, while frowning: the Inkling girl with her long tentacles tied in two ponytails was floating near the ceiling, as her left hand was holding the paper. Her eyes were closed, her mouth was smiling and her left hand began waving the paper near her face's right side.
"Aaaahh… I just needed some nice fresh air…!" Her mouth was slightly wavy.
"Wh-who are you?!" Mirii bended forward, while staring at the girl.
Bars walked near Mirii's right side, while frowning and looking back at the floating girl.
"… uhm? What's that buzz?" The girl's right eye opened to the middle. "Oh… it's just a bug."
"H-HOW DARE YOU!" Several veins popped out from Mirii's forehead, as her right fist clenched and her teeth gritted.
Mirii growled.
"… are you trying to imitate a fly?" She snorted, as her arms folded and her head rose.
A vein popped out from the floating girl's right side of her forehead.
"Hmmm! Not bad that insult…" She descended a bit, as she stretched her legs down, while her right fist stood on her right side. "… unlike you though, I don't even care about paybacks!" She grinned.
"Give me back that paper… whoever you are." Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit.
"Eh eh eh eh eh!" The girl bended forward. "… or else what?"
"Or else I'll splat you right in this instant…" Mirii's head turned to her left, watching her closet.
"Like, I could hold her quite easily!" Bars grins, as his arms folded.
"Save your breath, shorty: I already sealed that closet…" The girl closed her eyes.
Mirii's right hand landed on the closet handle, as she stretched her right arm for a moment. The girl turned behind, as her arms folded and her head rose.
"Are you the reason why Hunley was forced to leave the HQ…?"
"At all." The girl's head shook. "In fact, I was just enjoying myself watching your boyfriend leave his room…"
"Wh-what?!" Mirii blushes brightly, as her eyes expanded and her irises shrunk a bit.
"Eh eh eh… with his sister stuck inside the paper world too, we Demon Squids have all the time to finally begin the conquering operations…" The girl's arms stretched a bit forward, as both her hands opened.
Her irises shrunk, her eyebrows were down and her smile was wide.
"However, unlike my idiotic friends, I don't get any of my jobs half-done! I would hate it so much to be beaten by stupid details such as you… that's why I'm here: to make sure you are not interfering to my plans!"
"Hmpf… do you really think that perfection can be stopped?" Mirii's head rose. "Try doing that… you will only see me achieving another victory over those who wish to stop me."
The floating girl left the paper falling towards the floor.
"Eh eeeh, ah aaah!" She grinned. "All those magical papers cannot be used to get inside the Shrine… courtesy of mine!"
"No!" Mirii's eyes expanded, as she dashed towards the paper.
She jumped, turning into a Squid in midair and falling on the paper.
"Ah ah ah!" The floating girl's hands went on her stomach. "I kept that paper long enough, so you wouldn't enter inside the Shrine!"
Mirii returned into her humanoid form, as her right forefinger pointed at the floating girl.
"You disgusting fiend! I order you to let me inside the Shrine!" She frowned, snorting for a moment. "Don't make me rely on violence, in order to stop you!"
"Ooooh nooo, I'm so scared!" The floating girl's hands went in front of her chest, as her eyes expanded. "Shorty is gonna give me the boo-hoo!"
"Sgrumph!" Mirii's head turned to her right, watching Bars. "Get her, since you are taller than me!"
"Ookie-dookie!" Bars grinned widely, as he jumped towards the floating girl.
Instantly, the girl disappeared into thin air: Bars landed on Mirii's bed.
"Curses!" Mirii bended forward, as her head twisted left and right. "My smartphone will help me out!"
Her right hand went down, returning back with a smartphone. The screen lights up, showing the current hour and minute and a background of moving bubbles. Her thumbs began pressing rapidly on the screen, especially on numbers which were each surrounded by an empty circle.
Her right thumb pressed a square showing an Inkling girl covered in darkness, while wearing a bright miko.
"I hope it works as the developer promises…!" A single sweat fell from Mirii's right side of her head.
Tin-tin-tiiinn…
Her right hand rose: the smartphone's screen was showing her closet, the room's floor and a chair under a grey tone. Mirii turned the smartphone to her right, while tilting upwards: the ponytail-styled girl was floating above the bed. Mirii frowned a bit.
"Hmpf!" Her right thumb pressed on the screen, while it was pointing the girl down.
Pon-poooon! Pon-poooon!
"Yeouch!" The floating girl appears, as her hands were covering her ears and her eyes were closed. "What's that obnoxious sound?!"
"The sound of technology." Mirii's head rose, as her eyelids lowered to the middle. "Prepare to be defeated by the rules of perfection!" Her right arm stretched towards the floating girl, while her right hand was grasping her smartphone tightly.
Pon-poooon! Pon-poooon!
"Aaaaaah!" The floating girl's head rose, while screaming loudly and squeezing her eyes. "Make it stoooopp!"
Pon-poooon! Pon-poooon!
"Eeeeeeeeppp!" Kelly's eyes opened wide, as she began breathing loudly.
"Kelly!" Tom's eyebrows went up, as he was bending forward.
"… eh… eh?" Kelly's eyes blinked.
The woman was resting on the bed, with her hands on it.
"Are you fine?" The man bended down, as his hands fell over the bed.
"… so-so…" She smiled, as her head turned towards Tom. "… you?"
"Yes, I am…" Tom nodded. "What happened? Why you screamed…?"
"Uuugghh, I-I don't want to think about iiitt…" The woman's hands covered her ears. "That sound was so bad…"
"S-sorry!" Tom grinned a bit, as his eyebrows went up and a sweat drop appears on his head's left side.
"… sigh…" Slowly, her hands fell from her ears, while her irises moved down. "I can't use that power anymore… and I didn't learned much…"
"Don't despair, Kelly!" Tom frowned a bit. "Try telling everything you can remember…"
The woman's mouth sealed: Kelly's irises went upwards. A single sweat formed on his head's left side, as his eyes blinked once.
"… uhm…" Kelly's mouth rose. "… Mirii… she was trying to reach Master Hun… she met Virgilia… Bars tried to stop her… Mirii… she used that thing she keeps on carrying with her… … sigh…" Her irises went down, as her mouth downturned. "I… I don't remember much else…"
"Who's Virgilia?" Tom stands up.
"She's a Demon Squid… I know her, but I don't feel like talking about that…" Her eyes closed. "To be honest, I don't feel like doing anything at all… I just want to sleep…"
"K-Kelly, don't do that!" Tom bended down, as his right hand went on Kelly's left shoulder and his left hand went on her left elbow. "Snap out of it!"
"Eh eh… don't worry… I'm fine…" Kelly's left eye winked slowly, as she rose slowly. "You see…?" Her head tilted to her left side. "I'm not that tired… I just need a quick nap." She giggled, as her eyes closed.
"Are you sure?!" His head went up and down, as his eyes expanded a bit.
"… Tom… I-I remembered something new!" Kelly's hands clasped. "A name… Aga."
"Aga…?" His right eyebrow rose.
Kelly nodded.
"I remember that this woman knows something very important… … could you please find her?" She nodded.
"… I don't know if it would be a good idea leaving you behind…" Tom frowned a bit.
"Tee hee… don't worry." Her eyes closed, while smiling and shrugging. "I'll be fine… I'm already getting better…"
Tom's mouth sealed.
"She did mentioned that her form might be permanent… … might as well find Aga and talk with her." He stands up, as his fists clenched. "Ok, I'll go… I know her." He nodded.
"You do?" Kelly's mouth opened.
"She's my friend's wife… I have met both Aga and Harry several times!" He smiled. "I'll pay her a visit and get this information out of her."
"Thank you…!" Kelly's smiling mouth opened wide, as her eyes closed. "Please, go find this woman and solve this mystery once and for all…!"
"Sure, leave it to me!" Tom turned behind, as he began walking towards the door.
Clac!
Kelly kept staring at the door, as she sighed while smiling.
"Eh eh eh eh!"
"Ah!" Kelly's head rose, while returning forward and frowning.
Out of nowhere, the floating girl appears with her fists on her sides.
"You little sneaky Squid…" Her eyes squeezed a bit, while smiling widely. "… I thought your Age up would had stopped you from interfering in our plans…"
"Yo-you monster!" Kelly jumped out from the bed, while still staring at the girl. "What have you done to Master Hun's friends?!"
"… so, you checked for real…" The floating girl's right hand went in front of her mouth, as her eyelids lowered to the middle. "… eh eh eh eh!" She bended forward, while grinning. "Shouldn't you care more about your situation, dancy?!"
"I care more about it than you…" Kelly's hands went behind her back. "Tom is going to find Mirii, which will stop all your mischiefs!"
"Eh eh eh, ah ah aaaah!" The floating girl's hands went on her stomach, while tilting backwards and closing her eyes, as her legs kept kicking quickly. "Poor, little dancy… she doesn't know the whole truth, doesn't she?!" She returned to her previous posture. "Eh eh eh… wanna get some update?"
"… I-I don't like it…" Kelly tilted a bit backwards, while her arms went on her stomach, a sweat appears on her head's right side, her mouth was waving and her eyebrows were downturned slightly.
"Even better!" The girl coughed loudly. "That shorty and her idiotic friends…" Her eyes closed. "… they are all splatted down for good."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" Kelly bended forward, as her eyes expanded.
"Eh eh eh!" The girl grinned. "Where did you last arrived to"
"Mirii must be fine, if I can still see her with the paper powers!"
…
"… uhm?" The floating girl's eyes shrunk, while turning white.
"Tee hee hee! Didn't you know?" Kelly bended forward, as her hands went behind her back, while smiling and closing her eyes. "You can only see memories from living Squids!"
"W-w-w-wait a-a-a minute!" Sweat was jumping out from the girl's head, as her arms kept moving up and down. "Ho-how can you say th-that?! I-I-I mean, yo-you are just"
"I'm not worried about it… at all." Kelly nodded. "In fact, I'll still continue to search Mirii and her friends…"
"G-grrrrr!" The floating girl was frowning a lot, while clenching her fists. "Yo-your luck helped you out again, darn dancy!" Her right forefinger pointed at the woman. "Bu-but I did beat her up, that's for darn sure!"
"How?" Kelly's mouth opened, as her posture lifted. "She used that terrible sound…"
"Well, I tried to dash against her…" The floating girl folded her arms, while puffing her cheeks and turning her head to her left, as her eyebrows were down and her eyelids were slightly down. "… I knocked her down, but that good for nothing got me from the back! I was forced to leave the room and hide… … WHAT AM I DOING?!" Her hands went on her head. "WHY I TOLD YOU THIS?!"
"Tee hee hee!" Kelly smiled widely, while opening her mouth and closing her eyes. "Thank you so much for that information, Virgilia! Could you please tell me more?"
"Grrrrr…!" Virgilia gritted her teeth, while frowning a lot and clenching her fists, as her shoulders rose. "I lost all the momentum, darn it!" Gradually, she disappears.
Mark my words, dancy: I'll stop your boyfriend from reaching that silly woman!
"N-no!" Kelly faced the door, as her mouth opened wide. "I'll not let you do that!" She dashed towards the door.
Her hands grabbed the door handle.
Taka-ta-ka.
"Oh no!" Kelly's eyes expanded, as they were pointed at the door handle.
Eh eh eh eh! You will stay on the bed, like a good little Squid… while I'm about to destroy your plans! Eh eh, ah ah aaaaaah!
Sweat covered Kelly's forehead, as she took some steps backwards.
"… I can't use my powers, again… … what happened before? Will I ever know…?" Her hands clasped.