Greetings everyone!

It's me, William DeGrave and I'm terribly sorry for the late chapter.

I know that you all are being impatient and I understand.

More will be explained why I'm terribly late but for now

Enjoy the chapter!

The pair are riding on camels as until the camera shows a beautiful city nestled between two mountains, the pair has reached Port Bagghar.

Tintin notices the Karaboudjan as she says to Haddock, "She's here."

Tintin shows Haddock the ship, showing that they arrived first.

"Alright! Tintin and Haddock made it!" Aruru said, happy that Tintin and Haddock made it to Bagghar first.

The scene changes into a busy marketplace as the duo is in a marketplace.

It shows that the city is experiencing a water shortage, seeing how there's a long line of people waiting to get their water.

The girls felt sad that the city is experiencing a water shortage.

"Those poor people….. They're trying to get some water." Shiori said, sad that the people are getting more and more thirsty.

"It's no good. They could be anywhere." Haddock said to Tintin when she turned her back.

"Captain. Don't look now, we're being followed." Tintin said, as their supposed stalkers are none other than Thomson and Thompson.

"We're finally here!" Lalafin and Ichie cried with joy, seeing that Thomson and Thompson made it to Bagghar.

"Hey guys! What took you so long!" Aruru said to them, making the duo chuckle.

"Sorry we're late! But most importantly! We're here to help!" Ichie said, puffing her chest with pride.

The captain turns around, making it look like she's sightseeing the old buildings as she said to Tintin, "Yes, we are."

The scene changes as Tintin and Haddock trip their stalkers.

Tintin said to them, "What do you want? Why are you following us?"

Suddenly, Haddock pushes Tintin aside and starts to slam their stalkers to the ground.

"Who are you working for?" Haddock said, while slamming Thomson and Thompson to the ground.

"Oh come on Aruru! Are you trying to hurt us!?" Lalafin and Ichie said in unison.

Aruru immediately stands up and begins to bow.

"I'm so sorry, gals! Please forgive my counterpart!" Aruru said, hoping that Lalafin and Ichie accepted her apology.

Some of the girls chuckled as Junna said, "Well, in Haddock's case, she hasn't met Thomson and Thompson, so I guess that's the reason why she's attacking them."

Tintin immediately grabs Haddock and said to her, "Captain, stop! Stop!"

"Thompson and Thomson!" Tintin said as she got the detectives back to their feet.

"Not so loud!"

"We're in disguise!"

"So I see. You got the message I sent from the ship?" Tintin said to the detectives.

"Yes, well, a bit of a long story, that." Thompson said as her partner replied, "The upshot is we caught the thief, retrieved your wallet, and then hopped on the next plane to Bagghar."

"Yes, that pocket picker has picked her last pocket." Thompson said.

"Looks like you finally caught me," Yuyuko said as she yawned, "At least my counterpart has a nice bed to sleep in."

"Alright, Lalafin-chan! We nabbed our first criminal!" Ichie said in joy.

"All criminals shall beware of the detective duo for they will face justice!" Lalafin declared.

Thompson grabs a wallet as she hands it over to Tintin.

"There. Don't worry. She didn't take any money." Thompson said, giving the lass her wallet.

"It's not the money I'm worried about." Tintin said as she rummaged through her wallet.

She finally grabbed her scroll with a smile and said, "The odds are even."

"Looks like Sakharine and Tintin now have their respective scrolls. Now it's a race to get the last one!" Karen said, anticipating the possible battle in getting the last scroll.

"Come on Tintin! You can do it! Get the last scroll before Sakharine gets it!" Rui said in determination.

Tintin puts the scroll back into her pocket as she said, "Now to find the next two scrolls."

As she puts it away, she notices a banner that spells, "THE MILANESE NIGHTINGALE".

"The Milanese Nightingale." Tintin said, only to reveal it as none other than Shizuha Kocho as Bianca Castafiore, the world's famous opera star!

"Shizuha!?" the Frontier girls (excluding Shizuha) said in shock.

"Oh my….. So I'm Miss Sakharine's secret weapon." Shizuha said, mildly surprised that her counterpart is an opera singer.

"But…. but…. How can she be Sakharine's secret weapon!?" Claudine said, confused on why Sakharine would use an opera singer as her secret weapon.

"Oh! Maybe she's Sakharine's secret spy!" Karen said in excitement.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Karen-chan. I don't think Shizuha's counterpart is a secret spy." Mahiru said to the brunette, leaving her dejected.

"But even so, I do wonder what my role in the story is about." Shizuha said, curious about what her counterpart does in the story.

"That's her secret weapon?" Tintin said, bewildered on Sakharine's secret weapon.

"My!" the detectives reply, seeing the beautiful lady on the poster.

"What a dish!" Haddock exclaimed.

When Haddock called Bianca a dish, the girls were a bit confused until Edward said, "In that timeline, if a man or woman calls you a dish, it means you're handsome or beautiful."

"Well if that's the case, thank you for the kind comment, Aruru." Shizuha said with a smile.

"Aw, Thanks Shizuha-chan!" Aruru said, happy that her counterpart is complimenting Shizuha's counterpart's beauty.

Meanwhile, sporting a red dress, Bianca is having her photoshoot. During the photo shoot, she's showing off her singing voice to the photographers.

"You look beautiful in that dress, Shizuha-chan!" Tsukasa said to her classmate.

"She's right! You look like a beautiful princess!" Lalafin said.

Shizuha giggled at her classmates' compliments, seeing how her counterpart is getting the attention of her classmates.

Suddenly, Ben Salaad and his assistant appeared as the sheikh said, "Enchanted, signora! Benvenuto! Welcome! Marhaba!"

Bianca noticed him as she made her presence known to the shiekh.

"We are blessed with your presence." Ben Salaad said.

Bianca chuckled at him and reached out her hand and said, "Yes. Indeed, Signor Salad!"

Some of the girls snickered at what Shizuha's counterpart had said.

"Pfft…. Salad…" Misora said, snickering at how Bianca said Salad but not Salaad.

"I wonder what would happen if Bianca were to meet us. It'll be a bit funny if she said our names wrong." Futaba said.

The rest of the girls giggled from Futaba's answer as they too imagined what would happen if Bianca said their names wrong.

Ben Salaad kissed her hand but when his assistant tried to kiss her hand, Bianca swatted it away and said, "What charming peasants!"

The girls laughed at the assistant, seeing how he put his hand back.

"Sorry Mr. Assistant. I only let prestigious men kiss my hand." Shizuha said in a pompous manner, making most of the girls laugh.

"Oh how true! No ordinary man can grace Lady Shizuha's hand." Tsukasa said in an exaggerated tone.

Bianca turns around and said, "May I introduce my escort, Madame Shuggair Addeitiff."

Sakharine appears from behind Bianca and bows to the shiekh in respect.

"She's been very….. Passionate in her support for this concert," Bianca said to the shiekh, "It's my first visit to the Third World."

"So that's Sakharine's plan. She's using Bianca's concert as an excuse to take the third scroll!" Junna said as the rest of the girls now understand why this is her master plan.

"Now the big question is…. How will Sakharine be able to take the scroll?" Yachiyo said.

After that, many of the Stage Girls are pondering on what Sakharine's next step would be.

Karen and Aruru thought Sakharine might steal the ship at night while Akira and Michiru discussed an inside job.

Nevertheless, Edward finds it interesting that the Stage Girls are thinking about Sakharine's next step in her plan.

"Please forgive me. I must escort madam to her dressing room," Sakharine said to the sheikh, "Excuse us."

Sakharine and Bianca walk away as the sheikh and his assistant applauds the songstress.

The reporters followed the two of them when Sakharine saw her prize; The Unicorn encased in a bulletproof container.

"Looks like Sakharine is much closer to her goal than I thought." Akira said,

Back at the entrance, some of the remaining guests are waiting in line when Tintin pulls out the scroll and says, "Here, I want you to look after this."

Haddock is taken aback at what Tintin said, leading the reporter to say, "What are you doing?"

"Me?" Haddock said

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

Aruru groaned at the captain's response as she said, "Oh come on, Haddock! Tintin's placing her trust on you!"

"I agree! She saw your determination in getting the last scroll and you're going to back out!?" Mei Fan said in annoyance.

"Maybe it's too much for her," Tamao said, prompting Rui to say to her, "What do you mean, Tamao-senpai?"

"Haddock's afraid that she might make an even bigger mess if she has the scroll." Tamao explained to the girls, "She's afraid that Sakharine's men might get to her first."

"But even so….. She could at least try her best in guarding the scroll." Rui said, annoyed that Haddock won't even try to protect their scroll.

"If I'm caught, I don't want them to find this on me." Tintin said as she gave the scroll to Haddock, "Look, just keep it hidden."

Haddock kneels and says to Tintin, "I will guard this with my life!"

Weirded out by Haddock's pledge, Tintin immediately tells Haddock to get up before some of the guests might notice them as the view changes to a view of the shiekh's estate.

The girls chuckled at Haddock's overdramatic pledge, making Aruru reenact it.

"Oh Tintin, until the end of days, I solemnly swear to protect the scroll!" Aruru said in a dramatically, making some of the girls laugh while Misora shakes her head with a grin.

Then, classic music begins to play as the guests make their way to their seats.

Then, the music changes into a triumphant tone as Bianca appears as she's now wearing a beautiful purple dress.

Soon enough, the audience fills the estate with their applause, welcoming the songstress.

"Wow, Shizuha-chan! I can't believe you got another beautiful dress to wear!" Lalafin said, eyes sparkling of how beautiful the dress Shizuha's counterpart is wearing.

"I agree…. Your figure is perfect with that stunning dress…" Yachiyo said, whilst admiring the dress.

"Wow…. Maybe I should try wearing dresses whenever there are special occasions…" Shizuha thought to herself.

"It's her." Haddock said while clapping as Bianca made her way to the stage.

While the audience is clapping, Tintin notices "The Unicorn" in a glass case, making her use theater binoculars to check it out.

"Eyes on the prize, Tintin. Eyes on the prize." Aruru said, believing that Tintin can get the ship before Haddock.

"Claude-chan. What's Tintin using?" Karen said, curious about what Tintin's holding.

"I think that's one of those opera glasses I believe. It's used whenever people want to have a closer look at the actors at play." Claudine said to the brunette.

"I'm surprised that you know this kind of trivia, Saijo-san." Maya said as Claudine huffed with pride, "Well I am an expert on opera houses so I should know these kinds of things."

Then, the sheikh waves his hand, allowing Bianca to begin.

Suddenly, Bianca sings on a high note but slowly but surely, she lowers her tone until….. She begins to sing her piece.

When the girls heard Bianca sing, they were instantly mesmerized. Never have they heard such a beautiful voice! No wonder Bianca's called one of the world's greatest opera singers.

"She's amazing! I never imagined her singing would be this good!" Junna said, impressed by her singing voice.

"I know right! Her vocal range is astounding if she's able to change the pitch of her voice." Claudine said with a smile.

"Ohhhh! Now I'm even more pumped to become a Top Star like her!" Karen said in confidence.

While Bianca is singing, the sheikh is instantly enamored, like the rest of the audience but for Haddock, it was becoming unpleasant for her.

"Blistering barnacles!" Haddock said as she's twisting her ears with her finger, "What's that noise?"

Bianca keeps on singing majestically until Haddock realizes where the noise is coming from.

"My ears, they're bleeding." Haddock said in horror as Tintin said to her "No they're not."

When the girls notice that Haddock is acting strange because of Bianca, they are annoyed that Haddock is getting a migraine due to Bianca's singing.

"Is she serious!? Did Haddock not even realize the beauty of Bianca's voice!" Claudine said, annoyed at how Haddock thinks Bianca's voice is tearing her apart.

"I'm afraid Haddock is not that used to operas so to speak. After all, she is a sailor." Maya said, sad that Haddock can't enjoy operas.

Bianca is still singing, mesmerizing the shiekh. Unfortunately for Haddock, it was so annoying that it made her bang her head on a chair, making the guests uncomfortable.

"Captain!" Tintin said quietly to the captain.

Unknown to her, Snowy starts to whine, due to Bianca's singing as well.

"Snowy!" Tintin said to the dog.

"Can someone get this buffoon out of there!" Claudine angrily said, annoyed that Haddock's actions are ruining the afternoon.

"Poor Snowy…. I think his ears can't handle Bianca's singing…" Shiori said, pitying the terrier.

Bianca then raises her voice in singing until Haddock finally has had it.

"Oh, Columbus, it's every woman for herself! Make way!" Haddock said as she made her way out of the villa, "Make way! Medical emergency."

Plugging her ears, Haddock quickly grabs a tablecloth and immediately covers herself until she gets out of the pavilion with a sigh.

She then grabs a drink from her pocket when suddenly, the scroll comes out of her coat.

Noticing the scroll that came out of her pocket, Haddock tries to grab the fluttering scroll until she manages to grab it.

Aruru sighs in relief that Haddock was able to grab the scroll.

"Thank goodness, she grabbed the scroll." Tamao said in relief.

"But still, I hope she won't even try to get herself drunk again." Rui said, hoping that Haddock won't do her usual drinking.

After grabbing the scroll, Haddock looks at both of them, until she immediately puts the bottle down, knowing that this isn't the time to drink.

"That was close." Haddock said to herself.

Some of the girls begin to clap for Haddock, seeing that she's beginning to control herself from drinking alcohol.

"Nice work Captain Haddock! You're beginning to learn some self-control!" Tamao said, happy that the captain knows that she needs to guard the scroll.

Suddenly, someone's hand grabbed Haddock's bottle when Tom arrived saying, "Hello, captain."

"You!" Haddock exclaimed, when Elma smashed the bottle at Haddock's head, knocking her out.

"Oh no! Elma and Tom!" Tamao said in horror that the pair was able to ambush Haddock.

"Fortunately for them, they'll be able to get Tintin's scroll." Akira said in a serious tone.

Back in the pavilion, Bianca is currently serenading the shiekh when Tintin notices Sakharine from the balcony.

With steely eyes, Sakharine observes Bianca, who is beginning to raise her pitch, leading her to perch on her glove.

Tintin notices it and begins to check on Sakharine who is with her falcon, making her realize Sakharine's master plan.

"Oh, no!" Tintin said as she moved her glasses to the case, which was strangely vibrating.

Tintin immediately stood up and exclaimed, "Sakharine!"

Then, the case begins to vibrate faster when various glassware begins to break, including the shiekh's glasses.

"Hey! Why are the glasses shattering!?" Lalafin said in confusion until Claudine realized why Sakharine brought Bianca to Bagghar.

"Oh…. Oh no!" Claudine said in shock, making the rest of the Stage Girls surprised by Claudine's outburst.

Then, Bianca keeps on raising her pitch, until…..

Bianca sang the last note in her highest pitch, making the bulletproof case shatter!

"What!?" some of the Stage Girls said in shock, seeing that Bianca's voice was able to shatter the Unicorn's bulletproof case.

"How did…. How did this happen!?" Tamao said in shock.

"It's her voice…. Bianca's voice shattered the case!" Claudine said, making most of the Stage Girls realize how it happened.

"Wait a second! Are you telling me that Bianca's singing was so strong that it shattered the case!?" Mei Fan said to the Frenchwoman.

"But that's impossible! How is this even possible!?" Junna said until Edward said to them, "It's possible."

The girls immediately turned to the host as Edward said to them, "If you can match the glass' frequency with the pitch of 100 decibels and above, you can actually shatter glass. It's been tested and proven."

When the girls heard about Edward's theory, they were even more surprised that it's possible to shatter glass if you can sing at the highest pitch.

"Whoa! Now that's something!" Karen said in amazement.

The shiekh immediately took notice of his ship when Sakharine let her falcon loose.

The falcon dived in the air to grab the ship, scaring Bianca as chaos ensued across the pavilion.

"The falcon! Snowy, after him!" Tintin said to her dog when Haddock arrived saying, "Tintin! Tintin!".

Sakharine took notice of them and immediately said, "Those two! There! They're here to steal your ship!"

"You've got it all wrong! They're not thieves! She is!" Aruru cried out while pointing her finger at Sakahrine.

"It's no use Aruru. The sheikh would only believe in Sakharine since she's the guest of honor." Misora said to her friend, leading Aruru to say, "Oh man!"

"No, no, no, no, no, we're not!" Tintin said, pleading with the guards who are pointing their guns at her.

"Arrest her! The ugly one!" the shiekh angrily said, making Haddock reply to him, "Who me!?"

"Yes!"

"Hey, don't call her ugly!" Aruru said, making Lalafin, "Yeah! She's far better than you!"

"Thief, arrest her!" the shiekh said, as the guards are surrounding Haddock.

Meanwhile, Snowy is making his way to the ship when the falcon grabs the ship and drops it.

Snowy tries to reach for the bird but the falcon was able to slip away with the metal tube, leaving Snowy to bark at it.

The falcon flies over the crowd, landing at his master's glove as Sakharine has the final scroll.

"Dang it! Sakharine got the last scroll!" Futaba said in an annoyed tone.

"It's not over yet Futaba-san! I still believe that Tintin and Haddock can get the last scroll!" Rui said.

Struggling with the guards, Haddock knocked them out as Tintin called the captain from the crowd.

During the scuffle, Sakharine immediately leaves before the pair gets to her.

The pair escapes the pavilion as the two of them are walking out.

"Sakharine's got the scroll!" Tintin said as Haddock sadly said to her, "It's worse than that."

"What do you mean?" Tintin said.

"They took your scroll, Tintin. It's gone." Haddock said as the reporter stopped in horror.

"How? What happened?" Tintin said in bewilderment as Haddock sadly said, "It was Elma. She knobbled me in the garden, and then there was a bottle of alcohol and…."

"There always is." Tintin said, annoyed that Haddock had wasted his opportunity.

"Oh come on, Tintin, Elma just knocked her out!" Aruru said, angry that Tintin thinks that the captain is not taking her job seriously.

Haddock grabs Tintin by the shoulders and says, "No, no! No, not like that."

Tintin puts Haddock's arms in frustration and says to the captain, "I can smell it from you."

Tintin storms off as Haddock looks away sadly.

"Poor captain. Tintin thinks Haddock is not guarding the scroll that well." Tamao said.

"Oh…. I hope Tintin and Haddock get the scrolls back." Rui said in a worrying tone.

Meanwhile, Sakharine and Elma are on a jeep as it zooms away from the estate.

Sakharine is inspecting each of the scrolls with a smile on her face.

"Hurry. Back to the boat." Sakharine said, instructing Tom to make the jeep go faster.

Meanwhile, Tintin punches another guard as Haddock walks towards Tintin and says, "Tintin! Where are you going?"

"I'm going after Sakharine!" Tintin said to the captain.

"By yourself?" Haddock said.

"Yes! Come on Snowy!" Tintin said to her dog when Haddock grabs a rocket launcher from the guard and inadvertently knocks the guard out.

The girls chuckled at Haddock's clumsiness but were able to knock the guard out.

"Looks like we're going for another chase. But this time, on a vehicle!" Futaba said in excitement.

"Catch them! Catch them!" the shiekh said in anger, but it was too late, Tintin and Haddock got on the motorcycle as they sped off of the property.

The pair makes their way on the jeep when Tom notices them from the rearview mirror.

Sakharine notices them and immediately says to Elma, "Lose them! Get her off our tail!"

Elma immediately fires her sub-machine gun as bullets bounce off the sidecar, narrowly missing Snowy.

"Snowy, watch out!" Shiori said in horror.

"Don't worry Shiori-chan! I'll protect him!" Aruru said with a smile.

Snowy immediately retreated to the sidecar as Haddock readied the missile launcher.

Aiming at the jeep, Haddock fires the launcher, not knowing that she aimed it in the opposite direction!

"Oh come on! Seriously!" Fumi said in annoyance.

"It seems that Captain Haddock doesn't know how to use that launcher. More or less on where it will fire, no doubt." Junna said whilst rubbing her temples.

"Did you hit anything?" Tintin asked the captain.

Arsenia noticed that she fired at the dam's mechanism making her drop the launcher and said, "Oh dear."

Soon enough, without the mechanism, water burst forth from the dam.

Sakharine notices that they're still on the trail, making her frustrated, and said, "Faster you idiot! Faster!"

Tintin and Haddock began to pick up speed as the water flowed from the dam to the city.

"Hey gals! I just realized something!" Karen abruptly said, surprising some of her friends.

"What is it Karen-san?" Tamao said to the brunette, making Karen reply to Tamao, "The reason why there's a water shortage is because of the dam!"

"The dam?" Mei Fan said in confusion.

Soon enough, Junna realized why Karen mentioned the dam making her say, "I think I get it. The reason why there was a water shortage is because of the dam!"

After Junna's explanation, most of the Stage Girls finally understand why there was a water shortage in Bagghar. Some of them were mad at the shiekh for not helping his people while the rest were glad that the people were able to get some water.

Elma reloaded her gun when suddenly Snowy lept from the bike and attacked Elma.

"Not again!" Elma cried out, as Snowy jumped at Sakharine, forcing her to block Snowy from getting the scrolls.

Suddenly, Tintin snatched the scrolls from Sakharine and said, "I'll have those thank you.'"

"Come on, Snowy!" Haddock said as the dog jumped back into the motorcycle.

"No!" Sakharine screamed in anger.

"She did it! Tintin's got the scrolls!" Rui said in happiness.

"Go Tintin, go!" Aruru said, cheering on Rui's counterpart.

"Incoming falcon at four o'clock!" Haddock cried out as the falcon swooped onto Tintin where it barely grabbed the scrolls.

Suddenly, due to their speed, the motorcycle briefly soars in the air as it lands at the town square when a tank with a building is moving towards Tintin and Haddock!

"What is that tank doing here!?" Kaoruko said in shock.

"It's the shiekh! He must be so mad that he brought a tank to capture Tintin and Haddock!" Aruru said in shock.

"Seriously! Just how obsessed is he with that ship!" Mei Fan said, appalled of how the shiekh is mad over a model ship.

Tintin immediately revs the engine, making Haddock scream at her, "Tintin, faster!"

Then, the tank's main gun snags Haddock by her coat, lifting her in the air!

"Captain!" Aruru screamed in horror.

"Tintin, get her off the tank!" Karen screamed at the screen.

Tintin notices Haddock being lifted when suddenly, the motorcycle hits a speed bump, causing Tintin to lose her grip on the scrolls!

"No, the scrolls!" Tintin said.

"Tintin, grab the scrolls! Hurry!" Karen screamed, making some of the girls annoyed at her.

"Karen-chan, can you calm down. You're disturbing the rest of the students." Mahiru said in a calming tone.

"Sorry about that Mahiru-chan." Karen said to her roommate.

"I got one, two…" Haddock said, grabbing two of the scrolls, making Snowy snatch the last scroll with his jaw.

"And three!" Tintin said, when the tank fired its rounds, splitting the motorbike from the sidecar.

"Snowy!" Tintin said, as the sidecar moved away.

Snowy and Tintin went their separate ways when the tank stopped over the edge, with Haddock hanging over the barrel!

"Captain, hold on!" Aruru said.

Haddock screams until her coat slips off the gun as she falls off the tank.

Luckily, she landed on the clotheslines, slipping on a nightgown, making her fall less painful.

Haddock notices the falcon grab the scroll and says, "Oh, no! Not again!"

Haddock rushes towards the fluttering scroll and reaches her hand, saying "Come here my beauty."

Haddock tries to grab the scroll but unfortunately, the falcon snatches it instead.

"Ack! So close!" Lalafin said.

"Ten thousand thundering typhoons!" Haddock said while grabbing the gown like a Cancan dancer, not noticing Tintin behind her.

"Come here you pilfering parakeet!" Haddock said when Tintin bumped her, making her stuck at the front.

"Captain, the bird! Grab it!" Tintin said to the captain as the falcon flew over the bridge.

Suddenly, Snowy's still on the sidecar and pins the bird with his paws.

"Alright Snowy!" Shiori said with a smile.

"Haddock now's your chance!" Aruru said with a smile.

"Nice work, Snowy! Don't let him go!" Tintin said as the pair rushed towards Snowy.

Recklessly, Haddock immediately jumped at the sidecar, not knowing that she missed, launching Snowy and the bird into a nearby building.

The falcon tries to fly with the extra weight wherein the captain is dragging herself inside.

"You blue blistering barnacles!" Haddock said, grabbing a rope from the two men pulling the barrel.

One of the men tried to grab the rope, removing the nightgown instead. as she flew through the air.

"Hang on, Snowy! Snowy, I'm coming!" Haddock said as she grabbed Snowy before the falcon was able to grab the last scroll.

The falcon flies away when Sakharine's group notices the bird, making Sakharine say, "There he is, stop!"

"Oh no, Sakharine!" Karen said in horror.

"Tintin, where are you!" Aruru and Rui said in unison.

Sakharine readies herself as she says, "That's right, that's right, come to Mommy. Come to Mommy."

The falcon flies towards his master when Tintin arrives, breaking a spice stall as she grabs the bird before Sakharine does.

"Gotcha!" Tintin said, grabbing two of the scrolls from the falcon.

"She made it!" Karen and Aruru said.

"Tintin, don't let him go!" Rui said, cheering her other self from her seat.

But then, the falcon frees itself, as Tintin says, "No!"

Tintin starts her motorcycle again as Sakharine chases the bird, not knowing that Haddock swings from the building.

"Geronimo!" Arsenia said as landed on the jeep, punching Tom in the face.

"You double-dealing, pilfering parasites!" Haddock said, attacking Sakharine's group.

"Come on Haddock, beat them to the ground!" Futaba said.

"Show them no mercy!" Mei Fan said with a grin on her face.

Meanwhile, Tintin is still chasing the bird as they make their way to another building.

"Excuse me! Pardon me! Sorry!" Tintin said to the building's occupants when a chunk of the building collapsed.

Tintin revs up the bike, chasing the falcon until the bike breaks from the wall as the front wheel lands on the wire, making Tintin ride it like a zipline.

Tintin soars through the air on the makeshift slope. But as the last part of the bike breaks, Tintin lands on one of the lanterns as she lands on a building.

With breakneck speed, Tintin tackles the door open and jumps from the ledge, miraculously grabbing the falcon, landing on a floating platform.

"Gotcha!" Tintin said while grabbing onto the bird.

"That was awesome! Did you see how Tintin kept on going!" Karen said, seeing how Tintin was able to keep up with the bird.

"I know right! That jump was the best moment in the story for me!" Futaba said grinning.

Kaoruko sighs at her childhood friend, seeing that the only thing that makes Futaba excited are action scenes.

As Tintin holds onto the bird, she notices the scrolls lining up.

"The scrolls are lining up," Tintin said in wonder as numbers begin to form, "These are hidden numbers."

"Those are numbers!?" Karen said in shock.

"It's another clue to the Unicorn's treasure!" Aruru said in joy.

Sakharine notices Tintin is holding onto her falcon as Tintin notices what the numbers mean, "What does it say?"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Sakharine said to Tintin, making the reporter turn around, seeing that Elma is dangling Haddock from the dock!

"Captain Haddock!" some of the girls said in shock.

"Let the bird go." Sakharine said to Tintin, as the falcon tried to fly away.

"What do you value more, those scrolls or Haddock's life?" Sakharine said, revealing that Haddock is tied up along with Snowy.

"Snowy!" Shiori said in horror.

"You coward! Let them go!" Fumi said in anger.

"Don't listen to her," Haddock said to Tintin, turning around to Sakharine and said, "You'll get away with this, you sour-faced sassonack!"

"I will kill her!" Sakharine said, forcing Snowy to bark at his master with pleading eyes.

"What should Tintin do!? Should she give up the scrolls or what!?" Rui said in worry.

"Oh man, this has gone from bad to worse!" Misora said, biting her thumb in suspense.

"Don't worry about me, Tintin, I'm fine." Haddock said to the reporter.

"Let the bird go now, or this woman dies!" Sakharine said, warning Tintin for the last time.

"Haddock, please! Don't risk it!" Aruru said, hoping that her counterpart won't agitate Sakharine further.

"No! Wait!" Tintin said in horror.

Haddock looks at Sakharine with burning hatred and says, "You two-timing troglodyte! You simpering son of a po-faced profiteer!"

"Perhaps we should put it to the test," Sakharine said, waving Haddock goodbye saying, "Here's mud in your eye."

"Fathead!" Haddock screamed before Elma pushed her to the ocean.

"Captain/Captain!" Tintin and some of the Stage Girls said as the reporter lets the bird go and dives into the ocean to save the pair.

The falcon flies back into Sakharine's hand as her group walks away.

"Dang it! They were so close! So close!" Karen said, burying her face with her hands.

"There has to be some other way! They can't lose like that!" Rui said with anger.

"Edward-san! Is this how their story will end!?" Aruru said to the host.

"Don't worry Aruru. The story is not yet over, because….. The finale is nearing." Edward said to the Frontier student as Tintin's story is about to end.

And cut!

Whew! Finally, this chapter is done.

And before I say anything, I deeply apologize for not making up to my promise.

Once again, a combination of school and procrastination killed my time to write this chapter, even though it's a mere 20 minutes.

Anyway, from now on, please expect that this story will update at random times whether it's fast or slow.

Also, advanced happy birthday to Seisho's 99th class representative, Hoshimi Junna!

-Yours truly

William DeGrave