Back with Franz, he was waiting for Aelita to return from school. Suddenly, the entire group entered the Hermitage.
"How do you think she's going to handle it all?" Ulrich queried.
Yumi shook her head.
"I could never imagine being placed on house arrest." Yumi commented.
"I can imagine it's a huge pain." Jeremy joked.
"You know, I think I just found a pattern." Aelita spoke.
"Oh really? For what?" Yumi asked.
"Ulrich and Odd fight like Copen and Naomi." Aelita theorized.
"Hey! We do not!" Ulrich and Odd denied in unison.
"Naomi is on house arrest?" Franz questioned.
Yumi nodded.
"Some man was yelling about how Naomi and Copen were on permanent house arrest." Yumi elucidated.
"That's very odd of him. I never thought he would do something like this." Franz muttered.
"Well neither did I." Naomi added.
Everyone then looked at Naomi.
"How did you escape?" Ulrich wondered.
Naomi then pointed at her head just above her left ear with her left index finger before speaking.
"My dad may be an extremely smart scientist, but my clones can dupe the best of the best." Naomi smiled while putting both her thumbs up and smiling.
"Wait, how can you make duplicates of yourself?" Ulrich pondered.
"I just use a hair and when I'm done I can revert the clone to its original form. So, I can keep my hair for tags." Naomi notified.
Naomi then looked at her watch.
"Well, I've got seven hours to kill. So, what should we do?" Naomi spoke.
"Um, can I have some help with my homework?" Odd pleaded.
Naomi nodded.
"Sure, what's the subject?" Naomi questioned.
Suddenly, Naomi's watch rang.
"Hi?" Naomi greeted.
"We've recently found out about a cargo ship and Jota will be there along with Carrera. They plan on transporting weaponry to foreign nations to help them deal with Adepts." Asimov notified.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Naomi informed before turning off her watch and headset.
"Who was that?" Yumi interrogated.
"Asimov. He found out that there's a Sumeragi cargo ship supposed to head out. Darn it! He didn't tell me when and where though! I hate it when I'm not fully informed!" Naomi answered.
Naomi then practically slammed the headset on her head before pressing the buttons on her watch extremely hard.
"Hello?" Moniqa spoke.
"Hey, me again. Do you know the when and where that cargo ship case is going down because apparently Asimov doesn't." Naomi snarled.
"Two o'clock at the Takashima marina." Moniqa informed.
"Ok, thanks. And could you do me a solid?" Naomi pleased.
"Sure, what is it?" Moniqa pondered.
"Tell Asimov to be better informed so we can be better informed." Naomi growled.
Moniqa turned off the communications.
"I said some things I should've never said." Naomi muttered to herself.
Naomi then went to the marina before hacking coms.
"Is the payload ready?" Nova questioned.
"Absolutely master Nova." Carrera answered.
"Excellent. What about Joule and Mytyl?" Nova wondered.
"They are in a box labeled 'fragile' and has holes in it. It has a taller height as well so we can differentiate." Jota informed.
"Perfect. Naomi will fall directly into my trap. She will think Joule and Mytyl are here while they, in reality, are there with you." Nova smiled.
"I shall make sure the package is taken care of." Carrera assured before the call was ended rather curtly by Jota.
"Oh, I see where this is going. Game on Nova." Naomi spoke.
Back at Kadic, the group was just talking.
"Well, apparently Naomi's mad." Odd sighed.
"Yeah, she's probably not in a negotiating mood." Yumi agreed.
Naomi then ran into the Hermitage before skidding to a halt at the kitchen table.
"Sorry to ask something so weirdly and quickly. But, can I borrow your bathroom?" Naomi squeaked nervously.
Franz nodded.
Naomi ran upstairs then to change. When she was done, Naomi was wearing an orange dress with white spots, tan sandals and a fancy straw hat with an orange ribbon tied on it. Immediately after she changed, Naomi teleported back to the marina.
Out of the corner of her eye, Naomi saw Arson. He was wearing a smirk and raising his eyebrows at her suggestively. Naomi rolled her eyes.
"Ugh, not him again." Naomi growled while folding her arms.
Arson then walked over to Naomi before doing something completely unexpected. He offered Naomi his right arm. Naomi looked at his arm questioningly, concerned if Arson needed bedrest. However, Naomi decided to just accept and linked her left arm.
Arson and Naomi then looked at the sea over the edge of the boat, smiling in content. Jota then walked over to Naomi and Arson. Jota was most specifically walking towards Naomi from her left.
"Excuse me." Jota spoke.
Naomi then turned and looked up at Jota.
'No, I can't just arrest her here in public. The other travelers will be alarmed and mass panic will ensue.' Jota thought.
Jota then shook his head.
"My apologies, I believed you were someone I knew." Jota finished curtly before walking over to Carrera who's ear Jota whispered in.
"Knock the captain comatose so I can take control. I want to invite Naomi and Arson to the captain's table for lunch. Then I'll show them to the bottom of the ship and lock them in there." Jota notified.