Green Stache and The World of Blue

by GuyFromTheWeb64

A green man with a gorgeous stache ends up in the advanced city of Kivotos. As he interacts with the inhabitants of the land, he finds himself as part of the extrajudicial club Schale, uncovering secrets about the city's true nature. Join him during his intriguing journey of self-discovery as he uncovers the truth with the help of his Poltergust and his loyal pet, Polterpup.

7. World 1-F: Possession

World 1-F: Possession

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As we await Rin to arrive, I decide to rest a bit, sitting on one of Schale's benches on the plaza.

"Phew… I'm-a tired!" I sigh after experiencing the chaos Kivotos can show in one single day… Is this a daily occurrence? I hope not.

Soon, Polterpup and the girls join me on it, slowly sitting next to me.

"Good work, Sensei. It's the first time I see those delinquents all running away in unison." Hasumi says, holding a can of soda that she bought from the nearby vending machine.

"I mean, have you seen what Sensei is capable of? If I was against him, I would be scared as well." Yuuka says nonchalantly as she sits beside me.

"It's so impressive! I barely even used my medical equipment." Chinatsu compliments me on my performance while petting Polterpup, who is sitting on her lap once more.

"Sensei really showed them who's boss, that's for sure! He was so cool!" Suzumi voices her excitement of my combat prowess, although hers is much better than mine for sure.

… I'm happy that the girls see my value.

Seeing the girls genuinely impressed by what I did makes me question everything I have done until now while I was back home, at least most of it… ghost hunting, although extremely scary for me, it had its merits and it
wasn't that bad. It was the first time that I saved someone important to me: Mario.

I keep remembering the adventures I went along with Mario... and how the world can be cruel at times.

I mean, sure. They were amazing and I'm sure Mario appreciated my company, but in reality… I think everything could have been solved without me tagging along for the ride to be honest.

So many times I have heard how "The great Super Mario" saved the entire world and such, but me? I barely got what Mario achieved. Heck, Mario is well known by every single Toad back home while me? I was simply "The brother of Mario", "Green Stache" or "The Green Mario".

Ugh, now I remember why I left our home. It was after a few Toads showed up at our house and asked for a plumber job. I told them I could do it if they wanted but they shot me down instantly, asking for Mario instead. It probably didn't seem like much for anyone, but something inside me just screamed "That's it".

The same day, I packed up my stuff and almost left without Mario knowing… But then he came back home just in time to catch me leaving.

Of course, he stopped me and asked what was wrong. We talked but I told him nothing was going to change my mind, I needed to find myself elsewhere. It was either my small mansion close to Boo Woods or I would have moved to Sarasaland.

Ever since that adventure with the paper folk from another dimension, I feel like people didn't treat me with respect anymore, even if it was just teasing.

Perhaps what I wanted was for people to rely on me more or maybe respect me for at least trying to do what Mario could do easily. Perhaps what I'm looking for is here in Kivotos.

A chance for a new beginning.

I simply sigh. Thinking too hard about the past only comes with regret and disappointment with yourself.

Polterpup barks. Perhaps to take me out of my depressing state I was in.

"Sensei?" I hear the girls calling me out.

Yeah… Let's not focus on the past.

"Yes?" I ask them, smiling to the future that awaits me as Rin arrives at the Schale building.

"It's time to finish this mission, Sensei." Yuuka claims, putting her hand in front of me as the others nod.

"Mhm! Let's-a go!" I grab her hands and get up as Rin descends from the helicopter she was in.

And I could swear, I think I saw a bit of red in Yuuka's face just now. Is she okay?

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Wakamo's POV:

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…

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There's nothing here!

I looked everywhere!

The offices, the dorms, the classrooms! Nothing of value!

Was the GSC mocking me when they made this place?! They knew I would come for revenge?!

Impossible, they aren't that reliable to show a strategy of that capability!

…

There's only one place I haven't gone to yet…

The basement.

It's only a matter of time before the GSC arrives at this place with reinforcements, curses! If I don't find anything of value there, I'll just blow this place to the ground!

I run towards the door to the basement and kick the door open… only to feel… a weird aura lurking around this place. Something eerie and… scary?

Me, scared?! This is not possible! What is going on?! Destruction follows me around like a magnet and suddenly this place is making it seem useless in comparison?!

There must be something here! I know it!

I quickly ran inside the room.

…

There's a weird floating stone in the middle of the room. But that's about it? Where's the source of the weird aura?

"…OoOoOOoooOo…" I hear a weird sound, immediately going to a fighting stance.

…

Was it my imagination?

"Damn it! What am I even supposed to destroy in this useless building?!" I say out loud, losing my patience...

"… OoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOooOoOooOoO…!" The noises are getting stronger, what's going on?!

".. YoU… FiLled… wItH… FeAr… DeSpAiR…!" It's like this thing is speaking directly to my mind!

"W-Who are you?! S-Show yourself!" With my eyes wide open, I try to locate the source of these noises, but to no avail.

"... aTtRaCtEd… bY… yOuR… aUrA…"

"…sO… mUcH… hAtReD… wIThIn…"

"yOu… aRe… tHe… pErFecT… vEsSeL…!"

"D-don't play with me! I-I take orders from no one!" I angrily shouted, trying to intimidate the voice while looking behind my shoulder.

"… YoUr… EfForTs… fUtIlE…"

"… mY… nAmE…" A shade appears under me and grabs my legs.

I try shooting the floor, only for my bullets to phase through the shadowy hands.

I try to use might to break free, but these things are too strong! Am I losing in ranks of strength?!

"W-What's going on?! W-Why is it not working?!" I nervously try to break free, but I can't even touch the damn thing!

"…iS… bOgMiRe…!" What happens next shakes me to the core.

It's a purple thing that resembles a Crystal Haniwa but this thing has a large mouth, yellow eyes, and thin, constantly outstretched arms.

I-Its approaching me…! I-I-I'm scared…! I-It's not from this world…!

"… AnD… yOu… aRe… mInE…!"

This thing is covering me with his body?! I-I can't feel my body...!

"G-G-Gyahhhhhhhhhhhh! W-What's happening?!" I scream, hoping that someone, even the GSC hears it… But no one does.

"S-Some… one… h-help… me….!" One last plea comes out of my mouth.

…Only for no one to come. Once again I was abandoned…

Everything went dark.

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Back to Luigi POV:

As we entered the club room, it's clear that this place wasn't really taken care of… it's filled with spiderwebs and heaps of dust here and there. Ugh, I'm totally sure this place would not pass the white glove test and this makes me a bit upset!

The structure was also lacking in the energy department, strangely as it sounds. It was devoid of any light sources except for a hexagonal monument in the center of the lounge area. I quickly bring my flashlight out and shine our way through the entrance.

After Rin collects some backup flashlights from the classroom close to where we were, she informs us of our next mission.

"The Fox of Calamity is still inside this building… But my radar is not picking up any signals of her on this floor." Rin tells everyone.

"Hasumi, Yuuka. You guys are coming with me to the upper floor. Chinatsu and Suzumi will follow Luigi Sensei to the basement. Is that alright?"

The girls nod in unison as Rin gets surprised by the sudden obedience of the former stubborn representatives as she looks at me. I swear I didn't do anything, so could you stop looking at me like that, Rin?

"Remember, the fox can be quite unpredictable so always be cautious. It took a specialized military team to capture her, after all."

The more Rin talks about what it was necessary to contain this certain student, the more curious I get… If I don't recall, Chinatsu said "Seven" prisoners before?

An entire military to stop one of these seven students? No wonder people call her a calamity, but I can't shake the feeling that she's just misunderstood…

But as I thought about it, Rin, Yuuka and Hasumi had already left us behind as Polterpup barks to catch my attention. Soon I turn around to see both the students waiting for me.

"Sensei?" Chinatsu calls me. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes, Chinatsu. I was-a lost in thought for a bit." I tell her. "I'm-a just curious about a few-a things." I can always do a bit of research on them later. Let's focus on the task ahead of me now.

I picked up the rectangle Rin gave me. It doesn't really have a lot of functions apart from being able to communicate with her, huh?

I then decide to get and open my Dual Scream 3D. I wonder if this thing can download the layout of this place… Gotcha! A map of the building appears on E. Gadd's small handheld. This will save us a lot of time!

I have to be honest. E. Gadd never fails to surprise me even in other worlds.

"Sensei, you're going to play video games right now?" Suzumi asks, pointing at my Dual Scream.

So, this world knows the concept of games? That's good to know…

"Not-a really, Suzumi. Here." I show her the map of Schale. "It's a little-a apparatus created by an old friend of mine. It will show us where-a to go." Both her and Chinatsu stare at the gear in my hands curiously.

Suzumi's eyes shine at the sight of this unknown handheld machine and its screen. It's like a little kid discovering a new toy to play with. I giggle at this sight alongside Chinatsu.

As I mark our destination point on the map, I just can't help but have a bad feeling that something is going to happen… I just hope I'm wrong.

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As we reach the door to the basement, it feels so… uncanny.

There's some kind of purple smoke leaking through it, as if it was telling us that after this door… Danger lurks. Something so strong, the girls here might have a hard time dealing with this.

This is not just the Fox of Calamity. It's something else, I'm sure of it.

The girls behind me are feeling the same, if not, more anxiety than myself. I don't want to put them through some tough times, but it is necessary…

I tried using the communicator Rin gave, but only to hear static on the other side. This is not good, something is jamming the signal… I have no other choice.

"Chinatsu." I call her out, startling her.

"Y-Yes, Sensei?" Her voice comes out, trembling a bit.

Chinatsu, although being of great help with her medical equipment and knowledge, won't do much against what is lurking in there and I do not wish for her to get hurt like this. We need backup.

"It seems that-a the communicator Rin gave me is not-a working… I need you to call-a her and the others to this place immediately, alright-y?" I ask her, trying to show as much confidence as I can.

"Me and Suzumi will-a await here… We do not know if what is inside this place is just the Fox." I nervously ask her.

"V-Very well, Sensei…" She seems disappointed, but I can tell.

She's scared. Chinatsu and the girls were terrified of the Fox's presence once she showed up on the rooftops, but this? It's a mix of hers and something far more sinister. And the worst part is that… I feel like I know this aura. I have seen and even felt it in my skin before.

… It couldn't be… right? I shake my head, pleading that it is not what I think it is.

Only to be interrupted by two things… my Dual Scream, beeping like crazy and Polterpup snarling at the door. Oh no, it can only mean one thing!

This is bad. Extremely bad!

"Polterpup, guide-a Chinatsu out-a here! NOW!" I scream, hoping that Polterpup would listen to me.

Thankfully, he hears me and runs towards Chinatsu, taking her towards the stairways to the top floor. The problem now is that Suzumi is here with me.

"Suzumi!" I speak out loud, hoping that she will listen to my ramblings.

"Y-Yes, Sensei?!" She gets startled by my sudden change of mood. I'll have to apologize to her later.

"My Dual Scream has-a the function to detect paranormal activities! Right-a now the levels are increasing at a rapid pace and-a coming this way!" I say it as seriously as I could.

"W-What?" She questions it confused… But before she could say anything, the door to the basement burst open, the entryway launched towards the outside, breaking the windows of the building.

"IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A G–G-G-G-G-G-GHOST HERE! AND A STRONG-A ONE AT THAT!" I scream at her with my eyes wide open, no longer holding my emotions.

A huge purple ghostly hand surges from the door, propping me to scream out loud at the appearance of it. I hope I haven't destroyed my image of a hero to Suzumi with this…

Wait, this is not the time to care for my public image! I take a look at Suzumi… Oh no, she's completely frozen in place!

With this, I'm totally sure now. There were no ghosts here before the Portrait Ghosts arrived in Kivotos! The girls don't know how to deal with this new menace!

Before I could help Suzumi, the hand opens itself as if to slap the ground before us.

I quickly jump towards Suzumi, taking her out of the way before the hand hits the floor, destroying it.

"Suzumi, snap-a out of it!" I shake her a bit, trying to break her free from her current condition.

"E-Eh?" Thankfully, she answers me back, snapping out of her fear state.

Before I have a chance to react to its next move, I'm grabbed by my collar by what seems to be a shadowy purple figure with a bushy tail. It drags me through the window, breaking it in the process.

"Whuh—AAAAAAAAAAHHHH?! Suzumi, please help me!" I scream, fearing that I might be at a really bad spot right now.

"Sensei!" Suzumi screams, trying to get up but failing to do so due to the lingering effects of the fear she felt. "Damn it!" She curses, hitting the floor with her fist.

All I can do is scream as the figure launches me to the garden of the Schale building, making me hit the dirt floor with my face.

I quickly dig my face from the ground and look around. This is not good. This is way too familiar! Even the sky has become unstable, almost as if it is going to rain with the numbers of black clouds forming above the garden.

This reminds me of the graveyard of the first mansion, just without the graves. And that ghost that attacked me once I was there.

What was his name again? I remember E. Gadd told me about him before. I believe he said it was…

"...GrEeN sTaChE…!" I hear a voice coming from behind me, filled with anger as if it covers the entire garden with a chilling and sinister atmosphere. I stiff my back and freeze in place.

I don't want to turn around… But I have to. I slowly turn around…

To see that girl with black kimono from before! What's going on? She didn't speak like this before… Something is clearly wrong!

"...DiDn'T ThOuGhT i WoUlD gEt My ReVeNgE sO sOoN…!" Her body is surrounded by that purple aura from the basement… and the weird goopy wings behind her back…!

Ah! I remember now! The ghost from the mansion's graveyard! The one with weird looking hands that resemble wings!

"I-I-It's you! B-B-B-Bogmire!" I say it out loud, still very scared of the presence in front of me.

"...sO yOu ReMeMbEr Me…? I'm DeLigHtEd…" He says. I can completely sense the smugness in his voice.

But I don't understand! He wasn't capable of doing this back at the mansion!

"W-w-w-what did you do to her? I angrily question him, trying to comprehend what's in front of me.

"... InTrIgUeD bY tHiS nEwFoUnD pOwEr…? IT's NoT sO sPeCiaL… aS aLl Of Us MaNaGeD tO dEvEloP tHiS nEw sKiLl…!"

"... ItS cAlLeD… pOsSeSsiOn! hAhAhAhAhA!" He laughs, maniacally.

Are. You. Kidding. Me?! This should have been a skill only Possessors have! This doesn't make any sense!

And now all the Portrait Ghosts have it?! You are telling me they could be possessing anyone in this huge academy city with millions of students?!

Worst part of all, he took one of my students as a hostage! I won't stand for this!

…

Gosh, I knew I was in for a ride, but this is ridiculous!

But before I could ponder more about it, the sinister aura in the form of a tail hurled towards me, coming from the Fox of Calamity's back.

I quickly evade, utilizing the Burst function of my Poltergust to boost me out there. This girl sure has a lot of brute force, not going to lie.

"... GrRrRrR… EvEn In ThIs PaRaDiSe… ThAt DrEaDfUl MaChInE cHaSeS aFtEr Us…!" He curses the Poltergust, showing extreme scorn towards it.

"... It MuSt Be DeStRoYeD…!" His sinister aura covers the entire Schale area. "... aLoNgSiDe YoU, gReEn MaN…!

E-Ehehe… T-This is gonna be awful to deal with, isn't it?

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Suzumi's POV:

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My body is so heavy right now… It doesn't want to get up… My mind is a mess right now.

…

I tried getting up, only for my arms to give up before I could even raise my back.

Damn it… Why is it that my body gave up on me…? Am I… scared? But what about Sensei? He's fighting that sinister figure right now, probably as scared as I am while I'm here trembling in fear… No, I'm sure that he's being brave instead. He has shown me how amazing he is, after all.

…

This is so humiliating. What would the members of the Vigilante Crew think if they saw me like this…?

What would Reisa think of me…

Heh… She would probably try to cheer me up or something with her big smile and charisma…

…

No.

"Get up." I tell myself.

My body doesn't react. It's terrified of whatever that thing outside is.

"Get up!" I increase the tone of my voice.

Slowly, my body tries to respond to my demands.

It hurts like hell. Like my whole body is being shocked and my muscles are being stimulated by it.

But I don't want to accept it. I won't allow this fear to control me!

I grit my teeth, my vision swimming, but I refuse to fall. Not yet.

"GET UP!" I scream, forcing my body to listen to me.

I kneel, using the buttstock of my weapon to balance myself.

"C'MON! GET UP ALREADY!" I say it loudly.

My body manages to raise me into my two feets, but my legs continue to shake violently.

I try walking… It's so painful.

I breathe heavily as I use the wall as my support. I slowly make it to the exit to the garden area of Schale… but I stop…

I can't… It hurts so bad… my legs are giving up… my vision… is going… blank…

"... Mi!" I hear someone.

"Suzumi!" It's Hasumi and the others… Hehe, Chinatsu and Polterpup did it…

Before I fall onto the floor, Hasumi manages to grab me just in time.

"What happened?!" Hasumi asks, worried like a mother would be with her child.

"G…h…o…" My voice is too weak right now…

"Do not speak, Suzumi. Let me treat you first." Chinatsu takes a syringe out of her medical bag and injects something to me.

I start to feel a bit better thanks to that.

"It's… a ghost…!" I say, catching everybody off guard.

"A ghost like Polterpup here?!" Yuuka exclaims as Polterpup tilts his head to the side.

I nod. "But… more dangerous…!" I angrily say.

"Wait, where's Luigi Sensei?!" Rin says while looking around worried.

The other girls start looking as well, only for Polterpup to start barking towards the garden.

"The ghostly figure… took him to the garden…" I tell them.

As I relay this information to them, a huge purple aura emerges from the garden, giving a haunting feeling to those close to it… That means us.

The others can't help but shake to the intense energy coming from the area.

"W-What is this… scary power…!" Hasumi questions, not understanding where it comes from.

"A-And Sensei is there… By himself?!" Chinatsu said worriedly.

Rin curses. She probably didn't think something so powerful and scary was hiding inside of the club room.

I try to stand up again… holding the wall close to the door as my legs continue to wobble around.

"H-Hey! You aren't thinking about going there like this, right?!" Yuuka holds my arm, stopping me from moving.

"That's right… You need rest, Suzumi." Hasumi holds my other arm.

I know they mean well, but…!

"But… Sensei needs our help." I say it, looking determined in their eyes.

Everyone stays in silence for a moment.

…

"Sheesh. Are all Trinity students a handful to deal with?" Yuuka says while sighing, preparing her guns.

"Hehe. Just a few, but they always make us ready to deal with any trouble it comes our way." Hasumi helps me get up. "Chinatsu, could you help her walk?"

"On it." She slowly puts my arm around her shoulders. "If you want to help, make sure to not overdo, alright?" She gives me a smile.

"... I will." I return the smile back at her.

"Alright, students!" Rin exclaims. "I have a new mission to give you all! Assist Luigi Sensei in defeating the new menace ahead of us!"

"Yes!" They shout, determined.

Polterpup rushes ahead of us, leading us to what may be one of our strangest battles we ever had in all of Kivotos… But, I feel we can manage just fine.

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Rin's POV:

As I run behind the students, one single thought doesn't want to leave my head.

All the representatives are working together without any complaints at all.

Usually, you see small bickering here and there. I can't believe it.

And the most important… Trinity and Gehenna students are working together…

Although they are from the security clubs of each academy… They are working in unison.

…

President, I take back my opinion about what you said before.

Luigi Sensei may be the solution to our problems.

…

He may as well make your dream of the Eden Treaty come to fruition.

Perhaps this is… hope? Hehehe. That's a first in a while.

I can't help but smile.

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Back to Luigi's POV:

"U-Uwaaaahhhh!" I jump out of the way as the gigantic goopy wings of the ghostly possession ahead of me try to hit me at full force.

"... StAnD sTiLl YoU wOrM…!" Bogmire exclaims, irritated by my constant evading of his attacks.

Dang it! This situation has to be the worst possible… How am I supposed to defeat him while helping Wakamo? I have no power-ups right now and my options are limited.

I can always aim for the incapacitation route, but I do not wish to hurt the girl he's controlling, even if she has one of those resistance halos.

Capture her using the Poltergust? This could work, but she would still be possessed by Bogmire, so it's useless.

I have to try something!

I run around the possessed girl, going for her blind spot. As it comes into view, I try shooting her with my gun… But with no effect as the compressed air is blocked by the ghostly aura surrounding her body.

"... HuMpF… yOuR pAtHeTiC LitTlE aIr mAcHiNe WoN't Be AbLe To Do HaRm tO mE…!" He grunts, unamused by my performance.

He covers the girl's fox tail with his sinister aura and quickly swings it at me, nearly connecting to me as I jump to the side to avoid the hit.

… Wait. As I observe more closely, the purple aura covering Wakamo… It's circling around like a current inside the ocean or something…! It's focusing where I'm aiming!

That's it! I need to get rid of this ectoplasmic forcefield around her to be able to stop her movements and free her! Perhaps using the Poltergust to suck chunks of it will work?

I got to put this into work.

I do the same thing as before, shooting compressed air to her back to entice the ghost to use his tail once more and it works. He smashes the ground floor next to me, stopping a bit.

As quickly as possible, I call Gooigi to help me and start sucking her tail together. Soon, both our Poltergusts are stuck on it, leaving us to utilize a special skill.

"Double Slam!"

Both me and Gooigi raise the ghostly figure up to the sky and quickly slam him side to side as it staggers. It's time to do it!

I quickly suck part of the ectoplasm as Bogmire recovers from my little trick, angrier than I've ever seen it before.

"... StUpId LiTtLe TrIcKs…!" He complains as he starts shrinking his essence, his wings disappearing to Wakamo's body.

"... EnOuGh PlAyInG aRoUnD…!" The ghost roars, annoyed by failed attempts to incapacitate me as I take off his ghostly energy from his newly acquired vessel.

"... DoPpElGaNgErS… EmErGe…!"

Out of nowhere, shadowy translucent copies of Wakamo start appearing throughout the area as they start dashing towards me at full speed, trying to hit me with punches and kicks.

I have no choice except to dodge or tank the haunting doppelgangers, utilizing my arms and hands to block their attacks, the thud of each connection loudly being heard through the battlefield as my breathing starts to become gasping.

"T-There's too many of them!" I blurt it out as their attacks become more frantic… Until one of their kicks collided to my stomach, sending me flying backwards.

As I landed on the dirt floor, I quickly get up while holding the spot where the powerful kick smacked me with my hand…

Only to see the original close to me with her fist ready to strike me.

"... GoTcHa GrEeN oNe…!" He lunges his strike with all his might, or at least Wakamo's, towards my face.

Aw man… This is gonna hurt…

I close my eyes and prepare to suffer what appears to be one hell of a nose breaker… Except I don't feel anything. Why is that?

As I open my eyes, I see something unexpected. Polterpup is in front of me… More specifically, in front of the attack that was going for me.

"... WhAt Is GoInG oN…?" Bogmire pronounces his confusion, trying to move his fist, but failing.

"Bark, Bark, Bark!" The small pup speaks as he licks the knuckle in front of him.

Once that happens, Wakamo puts her hands on her head and starts clenching it hard.

"U-U-Ugh…! I'm not hurting an innocent animal…!" She proclaims, refusing to continue the onslaught ordered by her possessor.

"... CeAsE ThIs PiTiFuL sTrUgGlE nOw…!" He demands of her, but she continues to fight against his control.

That's great! Wakamo is still there! We can free her!

"Hang on, Wakamo! I'm-a gonna set you free from this-a ghost!"

The fox's ear twitches as she hears it. Did she perhaps hear my call?

"Sensei! Are you alright?" I hear voices coming from behind me! It's Rin and co.!

Thank the stars! Backup has arrived at last… Now this situation can be turned around for sure!

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"... IrRiTtAtInG… DoPpElGaNgErS aTtAcK…!" He summons the shadowy clones once again as he knocks Wakamo out with his own aura. It's our chance to strike!

As they rush towards us, they are met with a heavy rush of bullet bills coming from Yuuka's and Suzumi's guns, dissipating back to the shadows.

"Sensei, I know we are in the middle of a fight… BUT WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Yuuka screams, trying to make sense of the infinite shadow Wakamos attacking us.

"Umm… Looks-a like that-a The Fox of Calamity kinda got-a… Possessed by a frightful old-a enemy of-a mine." I said while grinning nervously, still in shock from her screaming.

"Huh… Great. Now we have ghosts that can enter our bodies, that's absolutely great!" She says with somber in her eyes and a smile.

"A-Are you a-okay, Yuuka?" I asked, worried that the stress might be getting to her.

'I'M FINE, SENSEI!" She screams at me once more.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiii!" I quickly become frightened as I crouch and hide my face inside of my hat, my body trembling as I await the inevitable punishment for enraging her.

Polterpup starts barking at her, almost as if to say "Don't bully him" or something.

Note to self: These girls are scary! Don't make them angry at all!

"There, there Yuuka… We are already fighting something fearsome, there's no need to add more to the scary factor." Hasumi tells her as she shoots her weapon towards the real Wakamo, only for her bullet to bounce off.

"Tsk… No effect…" A face of concern appears on Hasumi. But after saying that, Suzumi seems to have thrown that light pipe from before onto the ghostly figure, hitting it right in the face.

"... AhHhHhHhHhHhH mY eYeS…!" The ectoplasmic creature screams out of pain, covering its eyes as it starts hitting everything around it with extreme force.

… Oh yeah! Bogmire is currently inside of a person so of course a light pipe would work!

We can monetize this situation before it recovers!

"Girls! Distract the shadows! I'll try to suck-a bit of its shielding aura!" I tell them as I run towards the struggling fox.

"W-Wait, you can't just…! Grrrrr!" I can feel Yuuka's anger being directed to me… I'm sorry!

Hasumi can't help but laugh while Chinatsu facepalms.

"I just hope what you are doing will work, Sensei…" Suzumi is a bit worried, not knowing what will happen next, but it's hopeful that it will go as intended.

---

As I dodge the shadows and rush towards the possessed fox, it opens one of its eyes and starts cursing.

"... DaMn YoU gReEn StAcHe…!" It rushes towards me like a torpedo, hoping to hit me at full speed and force.

I carefully dodge each slam, utilizing the Burst function and my finest jumps to differentiate my distance between the ghostly threat and myself. Heck, I even get some nice counters by jumping on its face at the right time, hehe!

But it seems that Bogmire is not a huge fan of those as it prepares a huge attack… By turning his aura into a huge hammer?! Ah, crap! I don't have my hammer, what now?!

I quickly run towards the menace in front of me and charge a Strobulb charge.

"C'mon…" The gigaton hammer starts dropping towards the floor.

"C'mon, charge already!" It's slowly dropping above me. Even Polterpup tries to stop it by biting its hands, but to no effect.

"There!" I let my thumb go off the charge button on my flashlight, releasing a huge light bomb from it. This caused the ghost to stumble backwards trying to close his eyes with her hands, making the hammer disappear.

Thank the stars, I thought.

No way in heck I would have come unscathed from that. Probably would have needed a Mushroom to get back from that.

I fastly let Gooigi out of his glass container and started sucking the aura around her, only leaving a portion of it behind as the figure fixes itself in place.

"... DoN't ThInK tHiS iS oVeR… I'm StIlL iN cOnTrOl…!" He furiously remarks, only to feel Wakamo's hands trying to pull her mask away from her face as she awakens again trying to break free.

" ...GrRrRrRrRrR! I cOmMaNd YoU tO LiStEn…!" He slams the back of her face with his remaining aura, putting her out of commission.

Dang it! As much as I want to stop him from doing that… Wakamo has given me a big clue! Bogmire is using the Mask as a controller for the possession. If I take the mask off, we will be able to save her!

The ghost manages to get control once again, focusing all his aura around the mask.

"... GrRrRrRrRrR! So YoU gOt PeAsHoOtErs! I cAn Do ThE SaMe…!"

As it calls one of the many shadows to his side, it pulls a rifle from one of the shadows he summons… Wakamo was carrying during the rocket attack back in the streets, I remember.

He observes the gun attentively and not a second later, makes his shadowy clones transform into the same gun and aim them at me.

"... ThIs Is ThE eNd GrEeN sTaChE… YoUr SoUl iS mInE…!" A firestorm of bullets come out from the guns, aiming in every direction, causing massive destruction to the entire garden.

I rush back to Rin and the others with Polterpup under my arms, leaping into one of the covers created by its tails' strikes from before, standing beside Suzumi and Chinatsu on the left side while the others are hiding on the right side.

"Sensei, are you alright?" Rin asks through the communicator.

"Fine and dandy, Rin! Just-a bit tired from all the running and dodging." I give her a thumbs up, making her calm a bit. "Also, I got-a great news, girls!"

They all look at me as I look at them. They are tired and bruised… especially Suzumi, whose body is still trembling from the fear factor from before. Although their halos protect them from lethal damage, it doesn't stop accumulated physical or mental damage.

I need to finish this fight here and now.

"See Wakamo's mask? That's-a where all the ghost's power is accumulated." I tell them.

"What does it mean, Sensei?" Chinatsu asks, confused.

"It means that if we take that mask off her face, we can stop the ghost's rampage!" Yuuka answers her through the communicator as I nod to her. She gives out a smug smile.

"This will prove to be rather difficult however… We can't move from our position." Hasumi elaborates. "I'm afraid there's no end to these ghost bullets."

One of said bullets graze my head as the covers are almost destroyed. We need a plan of action.

"Suzumi." I ask the angel girl beside me. "Do you still have one more of those light tubes?"

"You mean the flashbangs? I got…" She checks her pockets. "One more left." She answers me.

One shot. We got one single shot. We can do this.

We need to make this count, otherwise this will prove to be a lot more difficult than I thought.

I nod. "Alright-y. Let's-a make this count." I rise from the spot I'm in and hold my hand in front of Suzumi.

"Together." I tell her.

"... Yeah, let's do this Sensei!" She grabs my hand, determined.

---

Suzumi's POV:

As I see Luigi Sensei's hand in front of me, my heart stops.

What can I do? I'm so weak and afraid…

…

But then I see it. Sensei's arm.

It's trembling. Sensei is as frightened as me.

He can be very strong and capable… But even he is not made of steel.

Sensei is scared. Just like us…

…

Heh… Hehehehehe.

Why was I so scared in the first place? I don't even remember.

I grab Sensei's hand with determination.

"... Yeah, let's do this Sensei!"

If it is him… We will be alright. For sure.

I rise, no longer letting that fear control me no more.

---

"Any plans, anyone?" Rin asks curiously. "Our barriers will be destroyed in a few moments!"

We think for a moment as Yuuka raises her hand.

"Sensei, can you use your vacuum cleaner to spread dust again, like you did with the delinquents from before?" Yuuka questions me to which I nod.

"Then we can use it to confuse the ghost by using someone as bait." Yuuka finishes, looking at me.

"E-Ehh? M-Me?" I say, trembling a bit.

"Well, duh? That thing seems to have a lot of hatred towards you, Sensei. You're the most logical person to be used as bait." Yuuka crosses her arms.

Although she says that, I can see how uncomfortable she is to send me as bait by the movements of her fingers.

"A-Alright-y, I can do the bait thingy." I say it while trying to be brave, but my cowardice leaks out.

"His guns are still doppelgangers, shoot them down first and afterwards focus on the fox… Alright." Hasumi reassures herself.

"I'm almost out of healing items, so please be careful everyone." Chinatsu asks us as we nod.

Polterpup barks excitedly.

Both Yuuka and Suzumi reload their rifles and nod to me. It's time to begin the final assault!

I spread the dirt dust around our area with the Poltergust, quickly covering our current position. As it grows, I quickly run to the left, making Bogmire pay attention to me only.

"... PfFfF… GiVeN uP, HaVeN't YoU…! ThEn PeRiSh…!" It focuses the firepower of his shadow guns in my direction and starts shooting uncontrollably.

That's exactly what I wanted.

"Now!" I scream, letting the girls know what's going on.

They leave the dust cloud to the right side and start shooting the floating guns, taking down each with astounding aim.

The ghost starts aiming the remaining guns towards the girls… Which means it's step 2!

"Suzumi! Now!" I warn the white winged girl.

" Yes, Sensei!" She picks up the last flashbang thingie she has and throws it onto Bogmire's face. It hits him directly, making him scream in pain while holding his eyes with his hands.

Time for step 3!

I start sucking the shadowy guns with Poltergust, turning them into a big ball of darkness, just like in the graveyard with his own shadow clones.

"And-a with-a this…!" Grinning nervously, I suck the giant shadowy ball and aim towards the possessed girl. "Will finish this once-and-a for all!" I launch it at full force towards the fox.

It tries to block blindly, but Hasumi is quicker than the spectral creature. Her bullet bill hits Wakamo's mask right in the forehead area, making her flinch.

Soon, the black ball of darkness hits Wakamo head-on and covers her in it.

It's my chance!

I approach Wakamo's paralyzed body, aiming my Poltergust straight to the mask.

"... t-ThIs C-cAn'T Be…! I bEcAmE sO mUcH sTrOnGeR… JuSt To LoSe AgAiN…?!" He curses, knowing that his plans are over.

The Poltergust begins to pull the mask from Wakamo's face, its vacuum roaring back to life as it sucks it, my feet begin to steel itself across the dirt floor of the garden, making sure to not leave the spot I'm in.

"... CuRsE YoU pLuMbEr AnD yOu MeDdLiNg KiDs…!" He angrily shouts before he loses his last bits of strength and loses the will to fight back.

I pull the mask off Wakamo's face, making the black fox fall onto the floor unconscious as the mask flies a few centimeters away from her.

Silence befalls the battlefield for a few moments. Not even I seem to know if the battle really ended… until someone opens their mouths and speaks.

"... Did… we win?" Rin speaks to the empty space, a single sweat dripping from her face.

"I… think so." Chinatsu responds as surprised as I am.

"... Thank god… I'm out of ammo as well." Hasumi remarks this. This could have been bad if it was a second too late.

"Hahaha…" Yuuka simply laughs, not believing in all that happened until now, I suppose.

"... We…" Suzumi starts.

"We did it!" Suzumi then screams our victory to the world as the dark clouds in the sky are slowly drifting away.

"Bark, Bark, Bark!" Polterpup wags his tails side to side rapidly.

We cheer happily knowing that a major threat is finally down. But there's still things to do.

I approach the unconscious fox and her mask… I knew it.

"... UgH…" The mask lets out a grunt, meaning one last thing…

Bogmire is still inside the mask.

"Huh… I thought-a you would-a ran away like-a the other ghosts did-a before." I ask him, legit confused by his boldness.

"... I… CaN't…" He says.

"Wha?" My confusion only rises with what he says.

"... ThE PoSsEsSiOn SkIlL hAs A hUgE dRaWbAcK… wE lOsE oUr FrEeDoM… bUt We GeT iMmEsUaBlE pOwEr…" He explained it to me.

"... My WiSh FoR vEnGeAnCe WaS sTrOnGeR…"

"... i KnEw I sHoUlDn'T hAvE tRuStEd ThAt HeAdLeSs MaN aNd HiS pOrTrAiT fAcE aNd ThAt TwO-hEaDeD MaNnEqUin…" He says as he falls into a state of hibernation.

T-T-Two headed m-m-mannequin?! H-H-Headless man a-and a p-p-portrait f-f-face?! Y-Y-You telling me there's even more horrors in this place that I do not know of…?!

C-Courage, Luigi! I-If it is to protect your students, you will have to face these eventually! B-But I'm not ready for it at all… Uhuhul…

I'll just keep this mask away from any student… I don't wanna know what may happen if this gets into the wrong hands. I put it inside my suitcase.

"No matter worrying about-a it now!" I say it out loud, getting the attention of everybody as I look at the fox. She's filled with bruises and wounds.

With no questions asked, I lift the fox and princess-carry her.

"S-Sensei?! W-What are you doing?!" Yuuka points at me, or more specifically, to the girl I'm carrying with a huge red tinge of color on her cheeks.

"She's hurt, Yuuka. I'm-a going to take her to a place to rest-a well." I answered her without delay.

"B-But Sensei! She's one of the Seven Prisoners, it's dangerous!" Chinatsu intervenes, trying to make sense of my decision to help a literal terrorist.

"Plus she was just under the control of an unknown entity, we need to put her into custody as quickly as we can!" Hasumi backs Chinatsu up.

Suzumi tries to calm them both, but simply fails.

"It does-a not matter to me. She's a student, just like-a all of you. If she needs-a my help, I shall-a help her as well." I tell them with the most serious face I have done.

After seeing how serious I was, the girls quickly turned silent as Suzumi sighs in relaxation.

"Rin." I call her out.

"Yes, Sensei?" She asks.

"Let's-a leave her resting in-a resting area… Then we will-a go to the basement, alright-y?"

"..." Rin just nods.

She guides me and girls inside the residential area of Schale. Hopefully soon, everybody will be able to go back home all safe and sound.

---

After leaving Wakamo resting on the sofa of the lounge inside the residential area, I asked the girls to rest as well while checking on the fox girl. They decided it was the best choice and nodded.

Before leaving, I can see Polterpup resting beside the fox girl… Hehe. Little rascal already wants to befriend her, huh?

…

Now, Rin and I are slowly walking to the basement of the Schale building.

"So… You're telling me things like that from before happen all the time in your homeland?" Rin asks, worried that my home town might be way too dangerous for my own sake.

"Well… Not-a all the time… But there are places where-a ummm…" I think about it a bit and I just shiver. "...Where the location is-a infested with ghosts."

No need for them to learn about the Boos… Or even worse. Him. The one who has caused me so much trouble back home…

But it's okay! He's not here, nor his spooky minions! It's just the Portrait Ghosts! Please, I beg you, God or whoever you are in Kivotos!

Rin just looks at me with a worried look. Perhaps it would be better to keep things from my world a secret to the people here.

The ghosts caused a lot of damage and they most likely will cause more in the future, so I'll need to be prepared for it.

…

Soon, we reached… well, what remained of the entrance to the basement of the Schale building. After all that hand smashing caused by Bogmire transformed this place to a broken mess filled with broken glass shards and debris everywhere.

"... Sensei." Rin calls me.

"Y-Yes, Rin?" I answer her.

"... I'm sorry for the unsightly display in front of you." She sighs.

"B-But it was-a the ghost's fault! No need-a to apologize!" I shake my hands, showing that Rin wasn't in the wrong here.

" Heh… Thanks Sensei. But it was my fault for not sending a team to make sure this place was secured before you arrived." She shakes her head.

"So I apologize on behalf of the General Student Council!" She bows her head towards me.

… A girl as young as her is trying her best to keep everybody secure in this chaotic city. If this was the Mushroom Kingdom, I would totally say that she's part of Peach's or Daisy's family, hehe.

"Now now, Rin." I hold my hand on her shoulder. "As long-a as you're learning from all-a this, it's good enough for-a me." I smile at her.

"..." She looks at me, with a small smile. "... Thank you, Sensei."

Haha! Now that's what I wanted to see. A Nanagami Rin smiling, what a rare sight!

"Sensei, you aren't thinking of something weird about me, aren't you?" She says while looking at me with disgust.

"N-No! Of-a course not!" She got me there…!

"L-Let's-a get down to the basement, y-yes?" I try to run away by changing locations, so please don't hit me…!

She sighs but quickly composes herself. "Hopefully, the item is intact…"

She goes first as I follow her downstairs.

---

The basement of the building… it looks like it should, to be honest. Completely wrecked.

It seems that Wakamo may have fought Bogmire before he possessed her or even tried to negate his control, resulting in this… Wasteland-type of scenario.

A medium size room, with bookshelves, sofas and a table… which unfortunately, are all destroyed, either by her gun or sheer force of Bogmire's aura.

But what surprises me is the floating stone in the middle of the room! It's like the floating platforms from back home… But how and why is something akin to my home here?

"Oh no…!" Rin runs towards one of the many broken bookshelves, digging through them with her hands. "Please, be intact!" She says in desperation.

"Rin, stop right-a now!" I hit her head with a weak karate chop. "Doing this-a will only result in your hands being-a hurt."

"B-But!" She tries to argue, only to be interrupted again by me.

"Remember, Rin." I raise my Poltergust. "We do have-a the best vacuum cleaner science could-a create!"

I start sucking all the wooden debris in front of us, leaving everything cleaned… Until a strange device stops the vacuum by being stuck in the nozzle.

It's a bigger version of the communicator Rin gave me earlier today, like a big screen that you can hold in your hand or something.

"Oh thank heavens, it's still intact!" Rin beams up in happiness.

Wait, THIS is what we were looking for? A small machine? …Kinda anticlimactic, if you ask me… I expected to be like a Star Spirit from Mario's tales or a god like my master from Oho Oasis.

"Here." Rin calls me after cleaning the screen of the apparatus a bit.

"Thankfully, it doesn't have a scratch on it."

She gives me the strange mechanical rectangle.

"This is the item the General Student Council president left behind for you, Luigi Sensei."

"The Shittim Chest."

Huh… This name… Kinda feels familiar for some reason. I don't know why.

"It may seem similar to the other technology you have seen around, but this tablet's origins are a complete mystery. Its manufacturer, OS, system structure and components are completely unknown."

… I didn't understand anything she said, but it must be something smart!

"And the president left it to you, Sensei. She said that you would be able to take control of the Sanctum Tower with it."

… Wait, really?

B-But can I really be given such an amazing tool?!

"None of our members or even our best hackers, the team from Veritas, managed to crack open the Shittim Chest. We hope that you are able to figure out how to open it, but if not…"

Then chaos and destruction will continue to reign supreme on Kivotos…

Damn it… I wasn't ready to be given such a task…

I can't stop sweating…!

I clench my fist.

"... Rin." I call her.

"Yes, Sensei." She responds.

"Give-a me some time alone with-a this thing, please…" I ask her.

"I'll… Try my best!" I tell her, trying not to lose hope while I grit my teeth.

"... Mhm. I'll be waiting for you at the lounge area, Sensei." Rin acknowledges it and decides to trust me, giving me a small smile in return.

---

After Rin leaves, I stare at the rectangle in my hands.

It's a white and blue machine that has a huge screen, meaning this is used for something akin to communication. I have seen many inventions before thanks to E. Gadd… but for some reason, I know for a fact that the Shittim Chest doesn't even compare to it. It far surpasses E. Gadd's technology…!

Heck, I would even say that makes his inventions look like toys in comparison!

Whoever created this thing… is a genius that only comes once every millenia or so!

…

Now… How do I even open this thing?

I touch the screen. Nothing.

I observe the sides. No button.

… I try to see if there's anything akin to a power button with my Dual Scream…

I compare the two… There's a button on each machine. Perhaps it is this big button below the screen?

I press it.

…!

Suddenly the machine shines brightly as it comes to life to a new image in front of me.

[...]

[... Connecting to Shittim Chest…]

[Please enter the system password.]

…

Password?! Wait, do I even know anything that seems to be a password in any way?!

Oh god! W-W-What do I do?!

I run in circles thinking what could be this mysterious password, but I can't think of anything!

Uhhhhhh…!

Ok! Relax, Luigi! You can do this! If anything, you can guess the password!

I breathe in and out.

I look once again at the screen.

[Please enter the system password.]

I touch the screen and what seems to be a virtual keyboard appears.

… What should I try typing now…?

Ugh, I have no idea… I'll try…!

The password is… Super Star!

But what I type is not that… I type another thing… a phrase.

[We thirst for the seven wailings. We bear the koan of Jericho.] and pressed Enter without paying attention.

What just happened?! That wasn't what I typed!

Please don't lock me out, I beg you!

[...]

I wait in desperation.

[Password accepted. User identified as Luigi. Confirmed.]

Huuuuuuuuuuuuh?! It worked?! How?!

[Welcome to the Shittim Chest, Luigi Sensei.]

I-I-I mean, Thank the stars it worked! Woohoo!

[Converting to operating system ARONA for biological authentication and generation of verification certificate.]

Suddenly, a bright light comes from the apparatus, catching me off-guard.

But what happens… makes me amazingly confused.

I fear that I… teleported to an unknown place. A really strange place.

I think this is a classroom… But the walls are broken and there are school tables piled on themselves, creating a mountain of it.

And I can see… a huge ocean. So big and far as the eye can see. It's beautiful, just like the vast ocean of home.

Am I getting homesick already? Hehe…

"Zzz…"

… Did I just hear snoring?

I turn around from the broken wall to see… a little girl sleeping?

It's a small girl with short sky blue and violet hair with bangs covering her left eye, a white headband with a large bow, and braids tied to her left side and her halo is a simple blue ring above her head.

I approach the girl slowly, after all I don't know what she's capable of…

"Zzz…" She's fast asleep.

"Zzz…" I don't think she's going to wake up right…

"Hmmm…" Oh? Is she going to wake up?

"*now* Castella cake… Banana milk… goes better than strawberry milk…" The little one says during her sleep.

"Zzz…" And then goes back to sleep.

… I don't want to be annoying, but I'm kinda in a hurry right now so…

I decided to poke her cheek.

It doesn't work.

She is still asleep. I poke her again.

It doesn't work.

She is still sound asleep. I poke her again.

It doesn't work.

She's definitely still asleep. I poke her again.

It doesn't work.

I think she's sawing logs in her dreams. I poke her again.

It doesn't work.

She couldn't be more asleep. I poke her again.

It doesn't work.

She's counting halos. I poke her again.

She woke… Nah, she's still asleep. It didn't work.

She's sleeping like a little baby. I poke once more.

It doesn't work.

She doesn't even budge, my goodness. I poke her one more time.

It doesn't work.

She's still snoring away. Maybe one more time…!

"... Huh?" She answers.

Oh my god, it took a while, huh?

"H-Huh?!" The girl starts to freak out, quickly standing up from the table she was using to sleep on.

"W-What's going on?! W-Who-" She stutters as she looks at me.

"W-Wait! Green hat and green shirt with blue overalls… with a great moustache…!"

"S-Sensei?! Are you Luigi Sensei?!" She asks me, trying to understand the current situation.

"That's-a me, yes. But-a who are you, little one?" I question her.

"Oh god, I was right?! O-Ok… Calm down…" She breathes in and out.

"Alright… Oh! Let me introduce myself!" She brushes her dress a bit and fixes her white ribbon a bit.

"My name is Arona! I'm the system manager that lives inside the Shittim Chest. I serve as its main OS! Think of me as your trusty secretary, Sensei!" She introduces herself to me.

Wait… I'm inside the Shittim Chest? Well… I ended up in a lot of unusual places so it doesn't really happen often but still…

And a secretary? Now that's something new… I never had a secretary before, unless the boys from my adventure on the Eclair Kingdom count as that.

"I'm so glad I finally got to meet you! I missed you for a long time!" She beams a big smile at me. She's adorable, hehe.

"But-a… weren't you asleep just-a now?" I tease Arona.

"I-I might have dozed off while waiting for you… Ehehe…" She scratches the back of her head.

This little girl was waiting for me for so long, it's only fair for me to accept it as well.

"Nice-a to meet you, Arona. I'm-a Luigi!" I tell her, head petting her in the process.

She's like a little daughter, hehe.

"Ehehe~ This is nice~." It seems she likes headpets… Oh, her halo changes appearances with her emotions as well. Her halo turned into the shape of a heart… Must be happiness then.

"A-Anyway! I'll be glad to be useful to you, Sensei. But we need to finish the biological authentication first!" She says it, blushing a little bit.

"What-a we need to do, Arona?" I ask her.

"All we need to do is…" She approaches me and raises her hand and her point finger. "Is to place our fingertips together!" She says, full of energy.

Well, it's not that bad. Here we go!

I touch her fingertip with mine, connecting both of us onto something… akin to something like a promise or something.

"Hehe, it looks like we are making a promise, isn't it?" She cheerfully says.

Hahaha! Perhaps we really are!

A few moments pass as Arona successfully registers me as the new master of the Shittim Chest. I spend those moments telling Arona what has been happening to the city while she was asleep.

"All done~!" She says happily as I nod.

"So… a lot has happened, huh? The GSC president has gone missing and the access to the Sanctum Tower was cut off…" She says, understanding the present situation.

"Do you know-a anything about the GSC president or her twin sister, Arona?" I asked, curious to see if she has any info about this mysterious girl.

"I have a lot of data about Kivotos, but there's little to none info about them… It's like it was taken out of my database without me knowing." She puts her hand on her chin, thinking.

"I'm sorry for not being of much help…" She apologizes, her halo becoming dark blue and little teardrops coming out of it.

"No! It's-a okie, Arona." I try to cheer her up, working as she wants to help me some more.

"Well, I can't help with the president and her twin, but I can help with the Sanctum Tower problem!" She cheerfully announces, her halo becoming a bright green color.

She can?! Thank goodness, that's what I was aiming for!

"Thank you so much, Arona!" I thanked her with a big smile.

"Hehe~. Just let me restore the access permissions to the Sanctum Tower. It should take only a few minutes." She says smiling to me.

---

After a few moments, Arona comes back to me.

"Sanctum Tower's Admin access permission acquired." She says, excitedly.

"We've successfully regained the Sanctum Tower, Sensei! The tower is all under my control!"

R-Really? Arona is… kinda scary, seeing how she easily managed to enter the tower's security system without any problems.

"You know what that means, Sensei?" She asks me.

"Not-a really…" I answered her.

"It means you have all of Kivotos in the palm of your hand, Sensei!"

"... Yeah… No thanks, can you transfer the control-a to the GSC instead?" I tell her to do it.

"B-But Sensei, you will be giving them full control of the tower to them! Are you really sure, Sensei?" She asks me, just to make sure.

"Arona, my dearest… I'm-a just a plumber. I can't-a be the president or owner of-a city that I barely know, alright-y? They will-a do just fine with-a it." I headpet her and ask her to transfer it.

"Plus-uh…" I remember all the bad decisions I made during that game of monopoly and buying estates back at home from that circus tour… As much as I know what I'm doing, taking care of a huge city like Kivotos is not on my to-do list. "I'm-a not good with management." I tell her.

"Alright, Sensei! Control of the Sanctum Tower will now be transferred to the General Student Council." She acknowledges my decision.

She closes her eyes.

"Done!"

"Great-a job, Arona!" I pet her head more.

"Ehehe~"

"But-a now, I need to go back-a to where I came from… Do you know how I can-a do that, Arona?"

"Hmm… I can try, Sensei. But um…"

"Yes, Arona?"

"Can you… come back here and play with me more…?" She asks while looking at me shyly.

God, I feel like a father spoiling her daughter already, hehe. Is this what happened when I always carried my baby self around? Must have been.

"Of-a course, Arona." I put my hand on her shoulder. "If you continue to do a good-a job, I'll even-a give you a delicious treat!"

"T-Treat?! L-Like a Castella cake with strawberry milk?!"

"Yup! No problemo for-a me!"

"Yay!" She rushes and hugs me. "Thank you, Sensei!"

Wow… This is something new, but… a welcome one.

I smile and hug her back.

…

After hugging me, she lets me go.

"Alright, Sensei. I'll take you out for now. I'll do my best to help you!" She says as a white light covers me…

I'm back in the destroyed basement room of the Schale building… Except the lights are on! It worked!

"Sensei!" I look at the Shittim Chest. It's Arona. She really is inside the machine… That means I was really inside the Shittim Chest this whole time, huh…

"If you need help, feel free to call me! I'll give you any information if it is available to me! I'll be resting for now, ok?" She gives me a smile to confirm it.

"Roger that, Arona! I'll be relying-a on you from-a now on!" I tell her, making her even happier than before.

The Shittim Chest turns off as she confirms it.

…

Now with the situation done with, I need to talk with Rin.

I climb the stairs of the basement room and return to the lounge area where everybody is to explain what we can do from now on.

---

As I enter the area where everybody is resting, I'm received by Rin as the other girls are talking on their small communicators, finishing some calls.

"Sensei, welcome back." Rin calls me. "We're just received confirmation of the Sanctum Tower control transfer to the GSC."

"This will allow us to manage the academy city without the presence of the missing president."

"Sensei. On behalf of the General Student Council, I thank you for preventing Kivotos from becoming utter chaos." She bows to me, surprising all the academy representatives.

"Hehe, I told-a you I would do my best, Rin." I place my hand on top of her shoulder and give her a thumbs up with a big grin on my face as she lets out a small smile.

"Not too shabby, Sensei!" Yuuka calls me as the girls approach me, after finishing their calls.

"We just received confirmation from our academies that the power has returned. Things should be going back to normal thanks to you, Sensei." She says while the others nod in agreement.

"Everybody in Kivotos will be talking about you, Sensei. It's all on social media."

…What's social media?

"Um… Not-a being difficult but-a… What's social media?" I ask the girls about it… And they are looking at me weird.

"Umm… You don't have a phone, Sensei?" Hasumi asks.

"Is that the small rectangle you girls gave me before?" I show them the communicator Rin gave me before.

"No, that's a comm… Your home didn't have any phones or social media?" Chinatsu tries to understand the situation a bit better.

"Nope. Our-a homes were always close-a by and we have TV for news-a and stuff and we have the best-a postal service someone could-a have asked for so… I probably think-a it wasn't-a necessary…?" I tell them, dumbfounding them to the point they leave their jaws a bit open.

"Sensei, here." Suzumi shows me her phone thingy. What appears on it is some kind of broadcast… Wait, is this my fight with the delinquents… My fight with the rocketeers… My thunderhand attack on the tank… and our fight with Bogmire?! B-But how?!

"It's all over social media. It seems the thugs had a person focusing completely on recording all the action for their online Kivotube channel." Suzumi tells me.

"Oh my goodness. It has more than 500.000 views already? But our fight was 1 hour ago." Hasumi says, thinking about how to use this video to her advantage, most likely.

Ugh… There goes my plan on keeping my abilities and powers as well the fact that the ghosts from my world came to this place hidden from the public. Sigh.

And now I have to pay attention to this social media thing? I'll have to ask Arona to help me out with that.

"Well… now with that all sorted out, I guess it's time for us to go back to our academies, isn't it? We still need to take care of the mess accumulated on them." Yuuka says it as the girls do get worried about what remains of the problems they came here to solve.

"Sensei, once you have a phone of your own, make sure to visit us at Millenium Science Academy! We will be waiting for you, alright?" Yuuka says with a bright smile.

"But-a of course, Yuuka! I'll-a be happy to visit." I tell her and shake her hand, making her blush a little for some reason.

"Indeed. We'll have to say goodbye for now, but know that Trinity General School will welcome you with open arms, Sensei." Hasumi raises her hand and shakes my hand as well.

"Sensei, I learned a lot with you! I hope we can meet again as well!" Suzumi says, excited for our next meeting. "I hope I'll be able to introduce my team to you another time."

I nod, shaking her hand as well. "Okie dokie! I'll-a make sure to visit your school as well, you two!"

"I'll make sure to report about you to the head prefect. You will always be welcome to Gehenna Academy, Sensei." Chinatsu smiles as she looks at Polterpup, who seems to be sleeping next to Wakamo. "... Can I visit Schale to see Polterpup as well?"

"Hehe! You are welcome to do-a so, Chinatsu! I'll make sure to visit your academy as-a well!" I shake her hand as her face brightens up more than the sun.

…

With all that said, the four leave the residential area of Schale while waving goodbye to me and hopefully, they will get back to their homes and have a deserved rest for the efforts today.

"Sensei, now… About the fox." Rin asks.

"Yes, Rin?" I answer her.

"What are we going to do about her? I could call Valkyrie to take her away immediately if you-" She tries to finish it, but I stop her.

"Nah, I'll-a take care of her. She needs-a total rest right-a now. She must-a be exhausted right-a now."

"But Sensei…!" Rin tries to change my mind, but…

"Shhhhh… You're going to wake-a Polterpup up." I try giving the cheesiest excuse to let her know I'm not letting them do anything to Wakamo.

"Sigh… Very well, Sensei. I just hope you know what you're doing." She looks at me extremely tired. Today was a ride for all of us.

"At least let me show you the building while we're here and the activities you will be doing from now on." She asks me.

I nod to her.

"I'll show you around then. Follow me, please." She tells me.

Soon we were discussing my activities as the club advisor of the Independent Federal Investigation Club, or Schale to shorten it as we visited each facility inside the building.

And after a while, she takes me to a medium size office, located behind a huge theater screen in the cinema room.

The room has a lot of cardboard boxes and bookshelves, a whiteboard, a gun cabinet and a table with two sets of twin computer screens, one being for me and another for an assistant of some sorts?

It's pretty cozy, but this place will need a nice cleaning once I have the time to do so.

"And this is the place you will be working from now on, Sensei."

There, I learned a few things from Rin.

One. Schale has extrajudicial authority, meaning that if I deem it necessary, I might act on any conflict or confrontation that might go out of control. Hopefully I won't need to for a long time… But knowing how this place is, I'll probably have to use this a lot. And it doesn't make me very happy about it.

Two. Although it doesn't have an important mission given to yet, Schale has the duty to help out students in need or have any sort of problem, so long as they send a request of help to me that is. Thanks to this, the club has received the authority to enter any academy district freely, meaning I can visit the girls without any problems.

Most of the problems vary from requests for support materials, pet rescues, helping a student out with her studies, saving other clubs, and so on.

Knowing how much free time I have now and how the GSC is probably full of important stuff to solve right now, I'll gladly help out the students, it might even allow me to meet more new places to visit and meet new faces altogether.

Three. I can register students to join Schale, since this is a club. They will help me as assistants both with paperwork and in the field. They just need to apply through the website, and I shall call the applied students for a quick talk.

"If you ever need help, feel free to visit us at the GSC Headquarters or call us once you have a cellphone, ok?" Rin asks me.

I nod. "I will, Rin. Thanks for the explanation, but-a please go home and rest-a well. Today was-a really tiresome for all-a of us." I tell her, worried that she might overwork herself while I'm not looking.

"..." She looks at me surprised. She wasn't expecting me to be worried about her? Nope, good lady, I'll worry.

"... I will, Sensei. Thank you." She smiles.

After that, Rin leaves the building and goes back to the GSC headquarters using the same helicopter from before.

I wave goodbye to her.

The only thing left to do before ending this stressful day is to check Wakamo.

Knowing how everybody was calling her dangerous and strong, she most likely woke up by now.

I start making my way to the lounge area, hoping nothing bad might happen.

---

Wakamo's POV:

…

It's so dark.

…

What made me want destruction and anarchy so badly…?

Was it that incident in Hyakkiyako that nobody decided to trust me?

After that, all the people I trusted betrayed me, the promises we made broken easily like glass.

I was so damn tired…

Tired of being used, tired of being told broken promises, tired of everybody and everything.

…

Then I blew up.

I wanted to burn everything.

I wanted every single person who wronged me to pay for the crimes.

And so I did.

And I loved it.

The smell of smoke. The voices of anguish as my victims scream for help. The destruction left behind by me only filled me with joy and happiness.

Something they stole from me.

It's like a drug.

I can't live without it.

I don't have anything to live for without it.

…

I was labeled a terrorist in their eyes.

Good.

That's what I wanted.

I'm different from the sorry excuses of people that only lie their way to victory… I hunt victory with my own bare hands.

…

I was caught. SRT's Fox Squad.

By my own kin.

I was betrayed once again.

I hate it.

…

Then that girl appeared.

That blond little girl with a smug on her face.

Told us to follow her as she freed us during the beautiful chaos that was the disappearance of the GSC president.

I didn't trust her at all.

But the others labeled like me did.

Of course, why did I think these people would be like me?

Another betrayal for the book, ha!

I left them behind.

…

I'm all alone.

Nobody will follow me.

That's why I'll search for the destruction of everything.

Only then will I see the answer of what I'm looking for.

…

The scary purple aura happened.

I can't move.

I can't break free.

My strength, to which I was so proud of, betrayed me.

It wanted to use me, like those bastards from before.

It wanted me to hurt an innocent dog.

I hate it.

I hate it!

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…

I fought him and he beat me… I was betrayed by myself.

…

But then I heard his voice.

["Hang on, Wakamo! I'm-a gonna set you free from this-a ghost!"]

…

There was something in this mysterious voice.

I do not know how to describe it.

It's a feeling lost to me.

…

Was it…

Warm?

Confort?

…

Why?

Why was I feeling… happiness by that voice?

Somehow… I feel like… This voice will not betray me, for some reason.

…

Soon the darkness that surrounded me started to be dominated by the light, creating a sea of flowers below me.

A figure appeared before me, putting his arm in front of me.

The light is too intense for me to see his face.

He wants to help me get up.

…

I raise my hand and take his hand…

And I wake up. Inside of the Schale building… more specifically, in the lounge area of the residential area.

And beside me there's an adorable puppy… Although he looks a little pale?

I looked around this part before I went to the basement… Why am I here?

I try to get up. My body hurts too much for that.

I touch my face.

Where's my beloved mask?! I look around, trying to find it.

I need to find it, otherwise I…!

"Looking for-a this?" I heard a voice… no, a familiar voice.

"There's a ghost inside-a of it. I don't recommend-a you using it." He says.

The pale pup approaches the man as I turn around, following the puppy to the figure.

I see a tall figure. It's the green man from before holding my beloved mask in his hand!

But… something's different. He's… He's…!

He's so handsome! My face is becoming so hot out of nowhere!

Oh my god, no matter where I look, everything about him is gorgeous!

His blue roundy eyes… His long head… His amazing moustache…!

C-C-Calm down, Kosaka Wakamo! T-This is happening way too fast…!

My heart is beating too fast just by looking at him!

I-I'm not ready for all this! I want to run away, but my body still hurts!

Gyahhhhhhhhhh! I don't know if I can handle such sexiness in front of me!

"Umm… Wakamo?" His voice calls for me.

"Y-Yes?" I respond, trying to keep my calm as my face reddens more.

"Are you alright? Being possessed by-a ghost is-a not-a a walk in-a park, you know? I'm-a worried about you."

… Oh my god! Oh my god! This handsome moustached man is worried about me?!

D-D-Do I really deserve to be wanted safe?!

"I-I'm fine, umm… Who are you, moustached man?

"Me? I'm-a Luigi, the new Sensei of the Schale club." He tells me in a voice I can only describe as beautiful music to my fluffy ears.

"Luigi Sensei…" I look at him more and more… I can't get enough of it.

"Yup, nice to meet-a you, Wakamo." He puts his hand in front of me.

I-I don't know if I can do this…! Can my hands really touch the marvelous things that are Luigi Sensei's white gloves?

Ah, whatever! I'm going for the kill!

I grab onto Luigi Sensei's gloves with both my hands.

… The sensation is indescribable. It's amazing. I haven't felt like this in a long while.

Gyahhhhhh! I feel like I'm gonna die from embarrassment alone! But… Ehehehe~ It was worth it…!

"Haha! I can see-a you are already feeling-a lotsa better, aren't you?" He gives me the brightest smile I have seen someone give me.

I can die happy now… No! I must not die! I need to make sure Luigi Sensei is fine and well!

…

I found a new reason to live. Not just destruction, but my beloved's protection!

Ehehehehehe~

I'm so happy right now~ I found someone I can trust with my heart… My sweet darling~!

---

Back to Luigi's POV:

Well, it's nice that the fox is feeling better, but not being able to move must be agonizing… Maybe I still have mushrooms in my suitcase?

I look inside my suitcase one more time to see if I have one…

Oh! I have one!

I take it out and take a good look at it.

It seems to be a normal red mushroom, perfect to heal Wakamo's wounds.

"Wakamo." I call her.

"Y-Yes, darling!" She calls me a weird nickname… I don't know how to feel about this.

"I want you to eat-a this mushroom for-a me." I tell her.

… And I just realized that it must be so weird to be asked to eat a mushroom… I understand if she doesn't want to do that.

"Or maybe-a not, ehehe…"

"I'll do it!" She screams. "If it is from you darling, then it must be something amazing!" She says with sparkly eyes.

"...Okie dokie then." I shrug as I give her the mushroom.

And she immediately shoves the whole thing down her throat, catching me off guard as I widen my eyes in worry.

Thankfully she didn't choke on it as she gulped the whole thing down.

And surprisingly, its effects work just as intended as Wakamo's wounds and bruises quickly start to disappear.

Wakamo can feel her wounds healing, getting up from the sofa she was lying down on.

"W-Wow…! This is stronger than that rat's drugs! Darling, you are amazing~!" She tells me.

Rat? drugs…? It's better not to ask for now, I'm too tired for this. Too much information on one single day, and this is still not my first day on the job!

Polterpup approaches her and barks. She then gets on her knees and starts playing with him.

This mischievous pup can become friends with anybody this quick, haha.

And that also reveals something very important. This proves that the power-ups from the Mushroom Kingdom also affects the students… Although it was kind of obvious since the ghosts from there can possess them…

If only I had a way to obtain those power-ups…

Although I'm still curious about the Two headed mannequin, the headless man and the face inside of a portrait and how they managed to teach the Portrait Ghosts on how to use the Possession skill…

But before I can do anything, Wakamo snatches the mask from my hand and quickly heads to the window of the room.

"Darling~! Thank you so much for everything~! I'll make sure to repay you for everything you did for me~!" She says, with a big smile.

"Just-a make sure to not cause-a too much destruction from now on, alright-y? Your face-a is too pretty to have-a any scars on it!" I give her a bright smile as I tell her.

Usually when I say this to Daisy, she always looks at me funny. Daisy always gave me that "What are you saying?" before moving her head to the opposite side of mine. I always wondered why she does that…

Must have been embarrassing as I see Wakamo's face becoming even redder as I say that.

"I-I-I-I will be going now…!" She says with her voice trembling for some reason. Maybe a side effect of the mushroom?

She leaves the building giggling without a single trace of her presence in here.

Polterpup whimpers a bit as I get down and pet his head. "No worries, Pup… She will-a be fine. I'm-a sure of it."

"We will-a see her again sometime in-a future, not-a far from here."

I leave the lounge area and think about what to do before going to bed…

I look at the clock on the Shittim Chest. 5:36 PM. I still got time to clean stuff up while night falls.

"Arona. Are you there?" I call my AI assistant.

"Yes, Sensei. Super Assistant Arona is ready to help!" The Shittim Chest brightens up and Arona appears, thrilled to be of help to me.

"Say, how about-a we talk-a about ourselves while-a I clean my office? I want-a learn more about you, Arona." I say with a happy smile.

She gasps but quickly recomposes herself. "Yes!" Exhilarated, she accepts.

We talked about a lot of things before I finished. I told her stories from back home, my adventures with my brother, my skill and abilities while Arona told me a few interesting things. I even told her about my weapons and equipment.

But what surprised me is that she was more interested in the Dual Scream. She asked me if I could lend it to her during my free time, to which I agreed. Nothing wrong with that… right?

She told me what she liked, which was sweets of course. It's interesting because she is supposed to be virtual, right? How does a virtual AI have a need for food?

Another interesting thing she told me is that she can create a shield around me so long as she is with me. Does that mean I have a shield that's equivalent to the students' haloes now? Feels kind of broken but, I'm not complaining.

After finishing tidying things up, I look at the clock. 10:12 PM.

Perhaps it's time for me to rest. It was one of those days after all.

I call Polterpup and decide to look for a room for me to call it a day.

---

Wakamo's POV:

I ran.

I couldn't stay for much longer there.

I felt like my heart was going to explode!

But I just couldn't stop giggling like an idiot~!

…

I stop after running for about 10 minutes in an empty alleyway and just sit down on the concrete floor.

Sigh… I legit think I would have died if I couldn't control my emotions.

But… Sensei… was so handsome I couldn't control it. And the fact that his smile is still in my head makes me want him even more~! Darling~!

…

He must be protected. If anything happens to me, I don't know what will happen to me. I think I'll go crazy without him!

I'll kill anyone who brings harm to my darling.

I'll start with this.

I picked up the beloved mask my darling was holding. He said that the ghost bastard that was possessing me is still here.

Well… Time for me to get me a little servant.

"You." I speak dominatingly. I will not take insubordination from a fool like this pitiful ghost.

"..." No response. Trying to fool me, aren't you?

I point my gun at the mask. "Feel like talking now, ghost?"

"... UgH… dOn'T sHoOt…" He answers it without complaining. Must be really painful for them to have their possessed object hit by something, huh.

This will be useful.

"Good boy. Now answer my questions or I'll blast you to oblivion." I threaten him without mercy. This ghost has tried to hurt my darling, so I'll make him pay.

"...oK…" He begrudgingly accepts.

I give him one of my best sadistic smiles.

"I'm going to make it simple for you, little ghost."

I change to a serious face, my eyes looking at it with disgust.

"You want to harm my darling, but I won't allow that. You will now work for me and not hunt him down any more, capiche?"

"... WhO dO yOu ThInK yOu ArE-" Before he can finish, I hit him with the back of my gun.

I look at him with anger in my eyes, enough to kill even the smallest animal with just a glare.

That seems to work fine, as I feel him shrinking in fear.

"I'm not asking. I'm demanding it! And if you don't comply, well… Let's just say you will wish you weren't reborn as a ghost." As I tell him that, I crush a small rock with my bare hands.

"HiIiIiI!" The ghost cries out in fear. Good.

"You will learn about me as I learn more about you, ghost~! So let's get along from now on~!" I give him the most sadistic smile I could do.

"Y-YeS…! M-MaStEr!" See? He even started speaking like a normal person in my presence, ehehe…~

This will be fun~.

---

Bogmire's POV:

I once thought that nothing would be able to scare me.

I was wrong.

For the first time in my ghostly life… I'm fearing something. And it is a goddamn fox girl of all things! The humiliation!

I'll get you for this, Green Stache…

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Author's Notes:

That's it folks! We finally managed to finish the Prologue/Tutorial level of Blue Archive! Originally I was going to make it more chapters, but I thought to myself... "I want to make it a big ending."

Needless to say, 15k words and 3 weeks of hard work have paid off beautifully.

Thank you so much for my beta readers "random boat" and "Soundwave" on discord once again! If it wasn't for them, this would have been a grammar disaster!

I wonder what Luigi's first day at work will be, as this day was chaotic to the extreme, haha!

Thank you so much for reading this little story! I made sure to put some nice references in here, so tell me them if you find them!