After Mimosa's show was canceled, the group returned to Peppermint's hideout, but things were about to be revealed as very complicated.
"Now that we have Mimosa's passkey, we only have two remaining to claim so we can deactivate SPECTRA," Lysithea explained. "The one belonging to Kale himself, and the one in possession of the Head of Finance, Rougefort."
"They're both in Vandelay Tower, and almost all security robots on the island have formed a ring around the building," Korsica added in.
"How do you know that?" Macaron asked.
"I got an email. Apparently, no one's removed me from the management mailing list yet." Korsica answered.
"And even an ego as big as Mister Chai's can't overpower that kind of defense!" CNMN added.
"Not to mention there's only four of us going out there on the front lines. Even if Connor suits up in his Symphogear, we don't have the heavy artillery we need to break that line." Hilda piped in.
"Heavy artillery…" Chai repeated.
"Why are you suspiciously repeating those words?" Peppermint asked.
"I think… I may have a plan." Chai answered.
So it was then, that it was Chai's turn to come up with a plan. There was no time to break through every single inch of Vandleays Security's defensive perimeter. Chai needed to come up with a way around it, or in this case… over it.
Thus, he took Peppermint's sarcastic remark about shooting Chai out of a cannon right to their next destination literally. The fireworks exploding over Mimosas concert stage had to come from somewhere. It turns out it was from on top of the QA Center in production. But Chai decided it was time for them to use it… shooting him into Vandelay Tower and right into Roquefort's office.
The plan was airtight, but there was one small flaw… the cannon could only fit one person. Luckily, Connor stepped in with an alternative. His Symphogear could produce large two large rockets to be launched generally at anybody targeted, and people could ride on them. Chai liked the idea, and with the team in agreement, the quartet headed out and snuck through Production in the night….
The roof of QA, Vandelay Production Department…
Loud crashing sounds were heard as Chai, Connor, Hilda, and Lysithea arrived on the roof coming off a very intense fight.
"Was throwing ourselves into that massive battle supposed to be your idea of sneaking around, Chai?" Lysithea asked.
"No, it wasn't, but man, was it a wild battle, or what?" Chai asked.
"I can't believe you all survived that!" Macaron said through 808.
"That was the most….amazing thing I've ever seen!" Korsica added through 808.
"Yeah, and let's never mention this again." Chai told the three heroes for hire as 808 transformed into her Beat configuration. "But hey, we're here now!"
"Anyway, Connor… I need you to suit up and get into firing position. Once you're all set, sync up with 808." Peppermint instructed.
"Once I have temporary access, we can work together to calculate from both our positions." CNMN added.
"Got it." Connor nodded.
(Cue: Let's Hope This Works- Hi-Fi Rush OST)
Connor ran to the edge of the QA platform and got on top of the cannon Chai was originally going to use to fire himself at Vandelay Tower. Once there, Connor activated his relic and suited up in his Symphogear. 808 then floated nearby and established a temporary host connection.
"I'm hooked up. Let's get crackin', CNMN." Connor said.
"Guys just got an email, they know you're there," Korsica advised. "Wow, they should really take me off the security alerts!"
"CNMN, how long till' Connors prepped?" Chai asked.
"My apologies, Mister Chai, but I might need a moment," CNMN replied. Alarms then sounded as an ES-101 and an SES-103 spawned in with a SBR.
"We'll give you TWO moments." Chai replied.
Though Connor wasn't available to fight since he had to get ready to fire the missiles the quartet had to ride, it was easy for Chai to work with Hilda and Lysithea to send their ambushers to the scrap heap.
"My preparations for Mister Connor's artillery strike have been completed! Now to begin the careful adjustments." CNMN said as the Cannon Connor was on began slowly moving into an optimal firing position.
"Can't you go any faster, CNMN?" Hilda asked.
"Miss Hilda, precision is paramount. I made a helpful visual guide to let you all know my progress!" CNMN said as a progress meter popped up on Hilda and Lysithea's HUDs. "Boop! There it is! I hope you both like my design!"
"Stop that cannon!" an ES-101 ordered over the loudspeakers as more security bots spawned in, GNRs aiming to destroy the cannon and take Connor out with it.
"Keep 'em off me! Don't let 'em break the cannon!" Connor called.
"That would be worse than BREAKING my concentration." CNMN joked.
"CNMN, you're picking up the worst habits." Peppermint groaned.
Chai, Hilda, and Lysithea then fought the oncoming waves of security bots, making sure the GNRs in each wave targeting the cannon were taken care of as a priority while dealing with the heavies. While the three of them junked the oncoming waves of robots, the cannons moving progressed smoothly, but it suddenly stopped just when it was almost finished.
"CNMN, it's stuck at 99%. What's going on?" Korsisa asked.
"How odd. My signal is cut off. Might something be interfering with it?" CNMN followed up.
A loud screech then pierced the air, as a new type of flying robot appeared in the air. Its design was similar to the VU-TOR1, but it had a red paint job, and flames burned within its chassis.
"I think we just found the interference!" Hilda asked.
"Fantasic, Miss Hilda!" CNMN replied.
"No! Not fantastic!" Chai retorted.
"You got this, guys! Wreck that thing, and CNMN and Connor are in the clear!" Peppermint encouraged.
The VU-REV had lots of different attacks to use on the group, from using its wings like boomerangs, to dive bombing with its firey body. All the while, it flew high in the air.
"You'll all need to bring it down to the ground for me to put out the flames," Korsica said.
"That's where I come in!" Peppermint added.
"Your turn then, Peppermint!" Chai said as Peppermint was called in.
"Light 'em up!" Peppermint said as she blasted the VU-REV, bringing it down.
"Do it, Korsica!" Lysithea said as Korsica tagged in.
"Leave it to me!" Korsica acknowledged as she blew out the flames inside the VU-REV with her cyclone attack, leaving it open.
"Alright ladies, let's finish this!" Chai said, executing one of his special attacks as he rapidly slashed the firebird robot from every direction. "Overdrive Slash!"
"Have a taste of your own medicine! Apocalyptic Flame!" Hilda said, blasting the VU-REV with a pillar of fire.
"Now get reduced to scrap metal! Dark Spikes Theta!" Lysithea finished, impaling the bot with dark magic spikes, making it explode.
"My access has returned! With only moderate suffering from Mister Chai!" CNMN said.
The cannon was now in perfect position for Connor to aim right at Vandelay tower, and with CNMNs calculations, he had the right angle to their target.
"Mister Connor now has the right angle to fire at Rogueforts office. Only the payload is required." CNMN said.
"Just call us payload." Connor declared before using his Symphogear to manifest a launcher with two large missiles on both his sides, ready to fire.
MEGA DETH FUGA
Chai then got on the missile-armed on the right side, while Hilda and Lysithea boarded the one on the left.
"This is the greatest plan ever!" Chai declared, seeing how epic this version of his plan was.
"This is the dumbest plan ever." Peppermint, Korsica, Macaron, and CNMN said at the same time.
"For your sake and aim Connor, let's hope this works." Peppermint then went on.
"Don't worry, I got this," Connor said as he aimed right at Roquefort's office and let the missiles fly, Chai using his magnet grab to pull Connor onto the missile he was riding right after they launched.
(song fades)
"Whooo-hoooo!" Chai cheered as they rocketed through the air. But his joy quickly turned to concern when he caught sight of something. "Uh, gang? What's that?"
That something was a giant blimp that just so happened to be passing by at that very moment, and the missiles were headed right
"Not good…!" Hilda said.
"Abandon rockets!" Lysithea called as they jumped off the missiles just before they hit the blimp, but the resulting force of the impending explosion caused the quartet to be blasted off course, and everyone watching the scene to cringe.
"Oh my. That was not in my calculations." CNMN commented, writing recalculations on his arm as Chai mostly flailed in the air. "Good news. They'll still hit the tower…just not exactly where we planned," he explained, as Chai unfortunately was first headed right for a window.
(Cue: Invaders Must Die by The Prodigy)
Chai smashed through the window and fell flat on his face with 808 landing on his head. Connor, Hilda, and Lysithea followed, landing on their feet for the most part.
"Well, we're in. Hope no one noticed…" Chai said as he quickly recovered… only to stop in his tracks after looking at where they were.
Unfortunately for the quartet, after their launch path was messed up, they landed right in Vandelay Towers Cafeteria, where a bunch of Security Bots were eating, and their optics all landed on the quartet awkwardly.
An ES-101 then looked at them, then up to a screen showing a wanted billboard of them, with Chai in the same position he was locked in front of them. After a bit of back and forth, the security bots finally got the picture.
"Uh…." Chai tried to come up with something, but it was too late, as all the robots stood up from their seats. Now they were hungry for battle.
"Get them!" the ES-101 commanded.
"...Crap." Chai merely said before a massive cafe brawl ensued.
Using all the skills they had at their disposal, the group first cleared out the group of bots that were eating. Connor disengaged his Symphogear for the moment and gunned down the SBRs and ES-101 together with Chai, while Lysithea took down the BA-B00 with assistance from Peppermint, all the while destroying all the tables in the cafeteria as the robots were junked.
"Roquefort! Clean up this mess!" Kale ordered over the PA system.
"Let's make this quick," Lysithea said as she brushed her hair back and flipped through the pages in Suttungr's Mystery a bit before getting back to the fight.
Another wave of Security bots soon dropped in from the hatches in the cafe, consisting of one GNR, a SEN-C0, an ES-101, and an SES-103. The SES-103 was no match for Hilda and Macaron's combined might, as Chai singled out the SEN-C0 to prevent it from covering its allies with its shield lance. Lysithea junked the ES-101, and Connor easily defeated the GNR in a shootout.
After that squad was scrapped, Chai tried to go upstairs to the second level of the Cafe, but his route was blocked off by an army of HG-0Gs.
"Nope!" Chai didn't want any part of them, but suddenly a KEM-0N0 pounced right for him. Luckily, Peppermint warped in just in time to blast it with her plasma shotgun, sending it into the HG-0G armada and knocking them down like dominos. Smirking at her work, Peppermint warped out of the hot zone as Macaron swapped in.
"You all gotta get out of here!" Macaron said before tossing Chai into the air. He soon landed on Korsica's escrima staff, having swapped with Macaron.
"Ready?" Korsica asked.
"What?" Chai could only ask before he was launched up to the second floor. Connor, Hilda, and Lysithea made their way up just in time to see a WA-ES-2 bust its way through the wall nearby, wearing a chef's apron and hat, and using a frying pan it was most likely using to cook with before the fight started as a weapon.
"No one messes with Vandelay cuisine." it declared.
Fighting this chef-dressed WA-ES-2 wasn't any different than facing it in any other situation, but even using cooking utensils, it could strike just as hard as with Plasma Katanas. Even still, they could outmaneuver it and take it down after parrying its Poetic Blade attack.
"We look so cool doing this," Chai said, swinging his guitar around before the next wave came.
"Get in there and eat these kids for lunch!" Roquefort commanded as in came a BRUT-1L, alongside an ES-101 and squad of SBRs and GNRs.
"I'm not a child!" Lysithea insisted, hitting the SBR and GNR squad with her magic and marking them with darkness, before blasting them all with her Cursed Expulsion, pulling them all back to her and destroying them all with one good fireball.
After that, it was easy to junk the ES-101, and then everyone ganged up on the BRUT-1L, damaging it all at once before Chai took it down by Rythm Parrying its Spinning Slash.
"Phew…that was one heck of a fight." Connor caught his breath.
"Sir Macaron passed out, but he's on his feet again." CNMN reported.
"Everyone, you're doing it! The towers unguarded, were headed your way." Korsica piped in.
"Guys, Rogueforts office is a couple floors above you. Get up there and kick his ass!" Peppermint said as they got moving. As they did, all other routes were being locked down fast. It was then they saw Roquefort on hologram in the next room close to the cafe.
Roquefort was a dark-skinned elderly man, having a bald spot with black hair curving out to his sides. Alongside a monocle, Roquefort wore a dark purple vest with a red-and-pink tie and yellow suspenders. Out of all the company heads in Vandelay, Roquefort was the most modified, having noticeable adjustments on his head and arms.
"Roquefort here. Shut this place down! Protect Finance at all costs!" Roquefort ordered but then chuckled. "Heh, I said 'costs'!" That earned a long groan from Peppermint.
The group made their way through the hallways from the cafe, any paths in front of them locking down according to Roquefort's orders. However, they managed to find alternate routes along the way, and soon slid their way through a vent and into another room.
"Incoming, everyone!" Korsica said as soon as they got inside, something smashing through the leftmost door on the second floor and landing. It was a bot that looked similar to the KEM-0N0, but this was green and had a design almost like that of an Armadillo, with armor and weapons oriented towards defense. It even had Z-Shielding on its limbs.
The ARM-D11 attacked with its claws and plasma grabbers, and was even able to ram the group by rolling into a ball.
"Let me and Hilda at those Shields, guys!" Macaron advised.
"Get 'em, Macaron!" Chai said as Macaron warped in.
"Here's the old one-two!" Macaron said as he smashed into the shields and weakened them.
The ARM-D11 revved up and tried to bounce back with a triple spin dash strike, but Chai parried all three attacks as it fell flat on its back.
"Hilda, break 'em apart!" Connor directed Hilda next.
"You asked for it!" Hilda said, slamming Freikugel onto the ARM-D11 and breaking its shields.
Chai dealt it some damage from there, backed up by Connor's salvo of gunshots. But the armadillo bot soon had enough, taking a defensive stance with its plasma claws as it was poised to block every attack, which Chai found out when his guitar bounced off it.
"It's guarding everything!" Chai said.
"I'll break its defense!" Lysithea volunteered.
"Give it to this thing then, Lys!" Connor nodded.
"You will regret this!" Lysithea said as she cast Luna Lambda, which nullified the ARM-D11s resistance, allowing her and Chai to get a couple more powerful hits in before it revved up into its last resort attack.
REV LAUNCHER
It then charged up five hits before delaying an additional 6th, before dashing right at Chai. He parried all of them and finished it off with one good strike, sending it to the scrap heap.
"Phew… Peppermint, we have to be close to Roquefort's office by now, right?" Hilda asked.
"Kinda? Looks like it's across from an atrium you're all coming up to." Peppermint said.
"If you find any shortcuts before we do, let us know, OK?" Chai asked.
(Music Shift: Let's Hope This Works (Atrium Mix)- Hi-Fi Rush OST)
The group soon reached said atrium and they saw a large statue of Kale in the center.
"Welcome to the future of technology— Vandelay!" Kales's voice came over the PA System.
"We're here at the Atrium. Now where's Roquefort holing himself up?" Connor asked.
"Look up to the left." Peppermint directed, the group seeing a large entranceway to the Finance department, which was all decked out in gold, and "Finance" Spelled out in gold too.
"Yup, that's definitely the entrance to Finance." Hilda nodded.
"Roquefort's office is right on that balcony." Korsica piped in.
"Ooh, dope! We got this, guys." Chai said to the trio.
The group made their way across the hovering platforms containing buildings and office spaces, all the while dealing with additional security. All the while, a VUL-TOR1 was hounding them to prevent them from reaching Finance. However, the group managed to make it to the department in question by scaling the gigantic Kale statue to thier destination, junking the VUL-TOR1 in the process. They soon entered Finance as they saw a phone ringing.
"A phone? This is new…" Chai said.
"Pick it up..?" Peppermint asked.
Connor was the one to answer the phone, putting it on speaker. "Connor Trav Yukine, boss of team revival speaking. How may i help you?"
"You and your friends sure made an entrance, lad. If youve come for me… I'd walk away." Roquefort responded on the other line.
"You trying to make a deal? Come on, man." Chai piped in.
"You think I'll let you all spoil our plan? Leave profits on the table?" Roquefort asked.
"This isn't about money, Roquefort." Lysithea said.
"It always is!" the Head of Finance retorted. "You all get in our way, you'll see red!" he warned as the phone call ended and the doors to his office opened one by one.
"He's just letting us in?" Macaron asked.
"This guy seems like a total pushover." Chai smirked.
"I wouldn't be too sure, Chai. He wouldn't let us in willingly unless he knew he could take us on himself." Lysithea replied.
"Lysithea's got a point, Chai. Roquefort had a bad rep around the office. Something about a 'wolf in sheep's clothes'?" Korsica said.
"Keep that confidence in check, guys." Peppermint warned.
(Song fade)
And so, the group walked into Roquefort's office. They saw he spared no expense in decking out his room. 10 inactive WA-ES-2s were in glass cases making their way in, and the office was just as spacious as Rekka's, though Roquefort had a bit of a golden theme going. Lining the walls were screens showing multiple financial gains, and on the walls was the slogan "Time is money" written in all gold caps.
The group soon approached Roquefort, who was sitting at his desk.
"Alright, Roquefort! It's 4 against one! Give us your SPECTRA passkey and we won't have to hurt you!" Hilda demanded.
"Oh yeah, sure, take it!" Roquefort sarcastically responded, before scoffing. "What do you think i am, an IDIOT?!"
"Well, it was worth it for her to ask!" Chai said.
The head of finance growled. "You're all making me angry. I was on my deathbed when Kale saved me. I was smart but weak. He fixed that."
"So you sold out to him after he saved your life, is what you're saying," Lysithea said. "I wouldn't expect anything less of someone as greedy and heartless as you!"
"This is a waste of time. And do any of you know what time is? MONEY! And I'm not gonna waste any more of that." Roquefort said.
"Too bad. Because we're not going anywhere except straight at you." Connor said.
"And we're gonna waste YOU." Chai added.
"Well, tell me how it feels to underestimate someone…"
(Cue: Wolfgang's 5th Symphony by Wolfgang Gartner)
After he said that, Roquefort smirked. Then, the encased WA-ES-2s on the left suddenly retreated into the floor, followed by the ones on the right as the music kicked in. Then, the roof cleared up, Roqguefort hopped up on his desk… and he gave a long, menacing howl like an actual wolf as all the blue lights on his body turned red, and a strange symbol appeared on his forehead.
Right before everyone's eyes, he then started transforming. His fully cybernetic body increased in size, gaining crimson red glowing razor-sharp claws and a tail, before he was fully armored up and encased inside a massive metal body. And soon enough before the group's very eyes, was Roquefort, now standing before them as a giant, silver chrome plated and glowing red-lined wolf, standing on two legs and dressed in Roqueforts tie, ripped pants, and monocle.
"Hey, guys…" Chai nervously said as Roquefort towered over them
"Where's your confidence now, kids?" Roquefort asked.
"Korsica? That wolf thing… WAS NOT AN EXPRESSION!" Chai yelled, shaking 808.
Roquefort then leaped over the quartet to the other side of the room as he slammed down, turning to them.
"You wanna get to Kale?" Roquefort asked, licking his fangs. "You gotta get through me." he answered menacingly before letting loose another mighty howl, meaning he meant business.
Vs. Roquefort
FIGHT!
Roquefort, despite his size in his transformed state, was incredibly fast, as he dashed around the room and delivered strong claw strikes. The group hit back at him, but he was also incredibly durable and shrugged off blows like they were nothing.
"He's tough… we aren't making a dent in him!" Hilda said.
"He can't endure our attacks forever, or stay transformed for long." Lysithea said. "Keep attacking him, and he'll eventually be vulnerable!"
Following Lysitheas's instructions, the group attacked Roquefort while dodging his attacks.
"Money…. Is POWER!" Roquefort declared, howling and dashing around the room before the group barely parried a swipe of his claws.
"Take this!" Lysithea said, blasting Roquefort with dark magic when he was open.
Connor blasted Roquefort from afar with his guns, assisted by Peppermint, while Chai and Hilda got in close and hit him with their weapons, backed up by Korsica's stunning attack.
After wailing on Roquefort with so many different attacks and avoiding his deadly claws and unique arsenal of moves in his werewolf form, such as cyclones from his claws and a spinning dash attack, he eventually changed back to human form because he couldn't take so many hits.
"Get away from me!" Roquefort insisted, trying to keep his distance.
"You brought this upon yourself with your own greed!" Lysithea said, casting Swarm Zeta, which hit the Head of Finance hard.
Roquefort employed many other defenses to protect himself, like barriers and Z-Shields, which only were destroyed by Hilda and Peppermint. Eventually, the group knocked Roquefort back, who was down on his knees and defeated… or so they thought.
"You're only making me angrier." Roquefort declared.
"Is that even possible?!" Chai asked.
Roquefort rushed at the group with reinvigorated energy, transforming back into his wolf state as he did so, and caught the group completely off guard as he slammed Chai into a safe door.
"Let's take this someplace a bit more secure. So we don't disturb the neighbors…" Roquefort said, breathing on Chai's face before smashing them through the vault door and into another area, where they quickly recovered and got ready for round 2.
The group fought back against Roquefort, as he attacked them with more of the same attacks, this time including a rapid-fire claw barrage. They were able to get some hits on him, but suddenly Roquefort howled and initiated a special attack.
BIG BAD WOLF
"He's gonna try to huff and puff and blow us all down!" Hilda warned.
"Watch out, guys!" Macaron called.
"Call me in! Let me help!" Korsica advised.
"Alright, Korsica!" Hilda said as Korsica jumped into the fight just before Roquefort could charge up his breath attack. Right as he blasted, she matched him with a powerful blast of wind of her own. From there, Chai assisted Korsica as he smashed incoming rings accompanied by Roquefort's attack. With this assistance, Korsica was successfully able to overpower Roquefort and stun him for quite a long time, as she and Chai then hi-fived.
"He's wide open!" Hilda asked.
"Take 'em down!" Connor ordered as they attacked Roquefort as they did before in his office, wearing him down. They rinsed and repeated parrying and attacking, and fending off one more Big Bad Wolf attack before he was finally worn out.
Roquefort then reverted and jumped into a hatch before popping out of another one at the other end of the room as he then activated a laser grid. The group dodged the laser grid according to how it was positioned to the beat of the music Chai's MP3 was playing. They were able to dodge the grid and the turrets and hit Roquefort some more before he was knocked back close to the window leading to the vault, flat on his stomach.
"SPECTRA… The profits we'd leave on the table…" Roquefort groaned as he recovered.
"The numbers are in Roquefort… and they're saying you're out." Connor said, pointing one of his revolvers at him.
"Wow. That makes no sense, you idiot!" Roquefort said.
Chai then stanced up before tossing his guitar at Roquefort, it spinning around him like a boomerang and distracting him. This allowed Hilda to get in close and whack him with a mighty swing of Freikugel, sending him through the window behind him and into the vault, splashing down in a massive mound of money. The others followed suir, jumping into the vault as Roquefort rose out of it, adjusting his suit.
"I put my stock in futures…but not any of yours, kids." Roquefort said before he transformed again.
"This wolf thing's getting really old… where's he getting this from?" Hilda asked.
"I dunno, but there's something about that form that seems familiar…" Connor mused, before Roquefort attacked again. While he was doing his attack routine, Connor suddenly got a flash of something in his head. He heard a young girls voice in his head.
"We've always, always been surrounded by walls, excluded from the human race. Used, betrayed... But still...we believed that someday we could find a way to bury this loneliness…" he heard the voice say, before a howl was heard as Roquefort almost hit him with his tail tornadoes. "If I'm going to end up as a monster... It would've been better if I never knew kindness!"
After hearing this flashback, Roquefort dived into his own money gains as if he were Uncle Scrooge and attacked the group from below, popping in and out of his own coin.
"Connor, get your head in the game!" Hilda said.
"Sorry! It's just… I think there's something inside Roquefort that's making him so strong, and it's not just anger issues!" Connor said.
"So you think there's a program embedded in his hardware? Or something else?" Lysithea asked. "Because I do get the feeling there's something off about his enhancements. Almost as if there's something…living, inside him."
"Must be some sorta program inside him…but we won't know for sure until I get close. Let's wear him down, then I can get in and take whatever's inside him." Connor said.
The group then resumed their attack on Roquefort. He dived into his money pile again, but this time, the group took advantage of a stack of gold bars lying around to make him slam into it head-first. This stunned him so the group could wail at him. After he had taken enough damage, he prepared for one last attempt at his Big Bad Wolf attack.
"This is our chance, everyone!" Korsica called.
"Give it to 'em, Korsica!" Connor called as she was called in, matching her cyclone against Roqueforts. Chai helped her out, beating back the wind's sound waves. This struggle was longer than the previous two, but eventually, they were able to prevail and send Roquefort blasting back into a pipe as he banged against it.
As Roquefort's real body revealed itself from inside his wolf form, Connor ran up and jumped on top of him, taking out an extraction device and jamming a needle into Roquefort's head, right where the strange symbol was. From there, he downloaded some kind of data onto it, as the colors of Roquefort's lights turned from red, back to blue as the download was complete before he leaped back to the others.
"Give up yet, wolfy?" Connor asked.
Roquefort merely laughed at that question. "The funny thing is… you think you can win. But as long as you all keep making me mad…." Roquefort said before he sealed himself inside his Wolf form again. "I'm not going anywhere. Time to cash my check by taking you all ou-!" he started to say before he was buried under large amounts of gold.
"Quarter three earnings delivered. Watch out for falling profits." LU-C11LE announced, too little too late for Roquefort to notice. A gold-plated statue of kale then popped its way out of the pipe, and onto the pile, knocking Roquefort's pass key loose near the other's feet.
(end song)
"Well, that was anti-climactic," Hilda said. "But it kinda serves him right."
"His greed was his own undoing," Lysithea said as Chai recovered the Passkey.
"Only one more to go… and it's about damn time," Connor said. "Beyond that door behind Roquefort earlier? That's our man."
"Kale himself. We won't let him get away with his scheme, whatever it is." Lysithea said.
"Then let's get ready for the final boss battle, as they say!" Hilda nodded.
"Yeah. Were comin' for ya Kale. Don't get too cozy in your ivory tower." Connor declared.