Meanwhile, at the same time as Kaito backs away from Quroe. He stops after being 3 meters away from him.
“Your opponent is me, uuhhh, whatever your name was!”
Celia also jumped down from the rooftop, and she landed right in front of him.
“CENTI-CHAN!!”
She commanded her giant centipede, which also jumped down from the rooftop, standing next to her, to lunge at Kaito at close range.
“KREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”
*GRABS*
But Kaito quickly summoned his summoned being, and the knight grabbed the giant centipede right at its mandible.
“KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!”
The giant centipede exerts all of its strength to break free, yet it doesn’t budge the knight’s hand even a bit.
“As expected, your summoned being is very strong, from the way it could even catch and react to Celio’s chameleon’s tongue speed.”
*SNAP*
Celia snaps her finger, and her giant chameleon, which still stands on the rooftop, moves a bit to the left, stretches its tongue out at Kaito from an angle.
*KA-BAM*
“Eh?”
Kaito has transformed both of his hands into his summoned being’s armored arm, complete with the shield and the sword. He blocked the giant chameleon’s tongue in time, as he already anticipated this.
“Are you an amateur or something? You said you’ve been living in the Underworld, yet tactics like this are so basic that anyone could come up with this. Are you perhaps lying??”
*!*
Celia’s facial expression froze upon hearing Kaito’s words.
“Or is it something like your twin brother, being the one who did everything to help you two survive in the underworld?”
“. . .”
Celia’s heart skips a beat. What Kaito is saying seems to strike right at her core.
“SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP!!!”
Celia shouts in frustration. She transforms her right hand into the giant centipede’s head.
*CCCCSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH*
And she shoots the giant centipede’s acid at Kaito’s summoned being.
*CSSSSSHHHHHH*
Kaito’s summoned being was completely drenched in its acid as he couldn’t move from its current position, yet the acid did not react at all with all of the summoned being’s armor across its entire body.
*ZRAASSHH*
Kaito cuts the giant chameleon’s tongue with his long sword, and then he immediately runs towards Celia.
“GO AWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!”
Celia transforms the giant centipede’s head in her right arm into the giant chameleon’s head. She shoots out the tongue at Kaito’s stomach.
*KA-BAANNGG*
But Kaito dismissed his arm armors and equipped the knight’s armors on his torso instead, and he received very minimal damage despite the speed of the tongue stretching.
“(This looks disgusting, but--!)”
*GRABS*
Kaito grabs the tongue with his bare hands.
“AAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
And he pulls back the tongue along with Celia herself with all of his bodily strength.
*GRABS*
*BAAMMM*
“AAAAKKKHH!!!”
Kaito grabs Celia by her neck when she reaches him and slams her to the ground, though he holds back a lot of his strength.
“Please stand down! It is uncomfortable to hit a young girl like you, like I’m supposed to, given that you’re a terrorist!”
“Ukh. . . CENTI-CHAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!”
“KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”
She resummoned her giant centipede to her side, to free it from the knight’s hold, and commanded it to spray its acid right at Kaito at point-blank range.
*ZRRRAAASSSSHHHH*
“KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”
But Kaito’s summoned being moved according to Kaito’s will and cuts the giant centipede in two from behind.
*thud thud*
The giant centipede falls to the ground, and it no longer moves.
“CENTI-CHAAAAAANN!!”
“It's not dead, you know.”
“LEON-CHAAAAAAANNN!!!”
“Huh? Leon-chan?”
The giant chameleon was resummoned into her side as well, to the right of Kaito and her. It shoots out its tongue at close range to blow Kaito away.
*BANG*
But Kaito’s summoned being moved fast and moved to Kaito’s side and blocked the tongue with its shield.
*ZRAASSSHH*
The knight approaches the giant chameleon and cuts it in half.
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*thud thud*
The cut giant chameleon falls to the ground, and it stops moving as well.
“NOOOOOOOO!!! LEON-CHAAAAAAANNN!!!”
“Oh, Leon as in chameLEON. Now I get it!”
“HUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! CELIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”
“. . .C-Crying? Now you’re crying? Are you really someone from the Underworld?”
“*sobs sobs* It is as you’ve said *sobs sobs* I just tagged along with Celio *sobs sobs* and he did everything to protect me from any danger *sobs sobs*.”
“I can hardly believe what I just heard. Why didn’t you leave the Underworld?”
“We were born there *sniff sniff* so it doesn’t feel right to leave.”
“What happened to your parents?”
“I don’t know *sobs sobs* Celio said that we’re orphans *sobs sobs*”
“Hmm, alright, please stay down. Stop fighting back. I think your Unification is running out soon. Prepared yourself for the consequences.”
“*sobs sobs* alright.” Celia agrees and replies with teary eyes.
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One minute later, both Celia and Celio have finished experiencing the excruciatingly painful heart attacks as a result of Unification.
Quroe has carried Celio and places him next to Celia. They’re lying side by side on the ground.
“Celia. You’re okay?”
*pant pant*
“Celio! *Sobs sobs* I am okay!”
*pant pant*
They both are rightfully out of breath. They face each other while lying on the ground. Celia is crying while Celio is trying to calm her down.
“Celiooooooo!!!”
“It’s okay, Celia! I won’t let them hurt you, no matter what!”
“Can you not talk as if we’re not here? Also, we’re not gonna hurt you!” said Kaito.
“As a matter of fact, we need information. You, boy! Tell us anything you know about the Game Master! Background, real name, details of his Faith power, and such as.” said Quroe.
“. . .We don’t know. We just joined in on this operation, thinking we might finally have a chance to escape the Underworld.” answers Celio.
“Huh? But your twin sister just then said that you two don’t really wanna leave because you were born in the Underworld?” said Kaito.
“That was what I said to her because I didn’t know how to escape.”
“What is this about not being able to escape? Are you two working under someone?”
“. . .You could say it like that.”
“So, I take it that person is here?”
“Yes. He asked us to patrol this area to fend off the police and other nuisances that might try to disturb the killing game.”
“Wait, so there are others just like you waiting on the outside?”
“Yes. This area was specifically entrusted to us to watch over it.”
“Who’s the one that you two worked for??”
“His name was Darius. People call him the Bond Cutter. When we met him for the first time, he completely toyed with us with his scary, strong Faith power. From the outside, he looks just like any guy you come across on the street. But on the inside, he’s a sick serial killer who enjoys targeting people who are together on a lonely street. I pleaded with him not to kill us both, and the agreement was that we would both do everything he says and become, essentially, his assistants.”
“Have you tried fighting him again since the first one?”
“No. We never dared to. I know how his Faith power works. Both of us are Summoner types, and he is a more experienced Armament type. We’re not delusional enough to think that we could take him.”
“I see.”
“. . .”
“Quroe-san.”
Kaito and Quroe walk a few meters away from the two twin siblings lying on the ground. They begin whispering to each other.
“Quroe-san, we should help them! I’m beginning to feel sorry for them. They seem to be simply at the wrong time and wrong place, even from birth. And now we know that someone else is forcing them to obey him.”
“I understand. Once this is all over, we’ll pinpoint that Darius guy, and we’ll force him to release them. For the time being, let’s get as much information out of them. They seem to be willing to talk to us now.”
“Alright!”
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“COME HERE!!”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GO AWAAAYYY!!!!”
Inside the amusement park, on the northeast side of the room, near the bumper car ride area, there is a man in his 20s chasing after a woman who’s also in her 20s. The man is carrying a small hammer. He’s planning to kill this woman because he saw her separated and all alone from the others. His murderous instinct quickly seeped in, thinking that he had found such an easy target, so that he could get out of here.
“HEEEEEEEELLLPPP!!! SOMEONE HEEEELLPPPP!!!”
“COME BACK HEREEEEEEEEEE!!!”
The distance between the man and the woman is only 1 meter. The man almost catches up to the woman easily.
*GRABS*
“AAAAAAAAAA!!!”
*THUD THUD*
“AAAAAARRGGHH!!!”
The man lunges forward and grabs the woman by the leg, and they both fall to the ground. The woman is screaming in pain from the impact.
“GOT YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
The man crawls towards the woman, lifting his hammer to hit the woman’s legs.
*ZAP*
*ZZZRRRTTT*
“AAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHHH!!!”
*thud*
Suddenly, the man was zapped by a taser on his hand, hurting him as well as making him drop the hammer.
“Mister! Please stop this madness! We should not throw away who we are and commit murder amidst the situation!”
Luna suddenly arrived and tased the man with her taser.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
The woman screams in panic and quickly crawls away from the man.
“Ma’am! Calm down!”
Luna goes over to the woman and helps her stand.
“Thank you, young lady. You are a lot calmer than I am, given our age. You’re amazing!”
“Ma’am! And you too, mister! Listen, I have my comrade here with us in this room! She is a Believer, and she is very strong! She wasn’t even part of the clown’s killing game. She came here from the outside! She’s going to defeat the clown and stop this killing game!”
*!!*
“A-Are you serious, young lady?” asks the woman.
“Yes! She already wounded the clown once, but he ran away! She’s currently tracking him down. Please share this with everyone in this room! If we can get everyone to join us, the chance of taking down the clown will become even bigger by the second!”
“I-I see!” said the man as he slowly got up.
*SLAP*
“OUCH!!”
*THUD*
The woman immediately slapped the man, and he fell back down to the ground.
“THAT IS FOR TRYING TO KILL ME!! AS A MATTER OF FACT--”
The woman bends down and picks up the hammer. She points the hammer at the man’s head.
“--I AM GOING TO KILL YOU NOW FOR TRYING TO KILL ME!!”
“P-PLEASE!! SPARE ME!! I HAVE NO GRUDGE AGAINST YOU!! BUT MY WIFE IS OUT THERE ALL ALONE!! SHE MIGHT’VE BEEN ALREADY KILLED!! I HAVE TO CHECK ON HER, OR AT LEAST I WANNA HOLD HER BODY UNTIL THIS NIGHTMARE IS OVER!!”
“SCREW YOUR WIFE!! I AM FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHE COULD EVER BE!! I AM A MEMBER OF THE BIGGEST POLITICAL PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY!! I CANNOT AFFORD TO DIE!!! ONCE I GET OUT, I AM GOING TO SUE YOU AND MAKE YOU LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN JAIL!! I HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT GIVEN MY POSITION! I AM NOT BACKING DOWN FROM THIS DECISION!! I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT!!”
“HUH? ABUSING YOUR POWER AND POSITION? FORGET IT!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU NOW!!”
The man was immediately enraged and quickly stood up and lunged towards the woman.
*ZAP*
*ZRRRTT*
*ZAP*
*ZRRRTTT*
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGHHHH!!!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHH!!”
*THUD THUD*
Luna zaps both of them to stop their hateful confrontation, and they fall to the ground.
“I almost puke hearing your conversation. Listen! Whatever or whoever you are right now doesn’t matter! If we don’t work together, we’re never going to get out and return to our regular lives. I’ll zap you over and over again until you two calm down!”
“. . .”
“. . .”
Both of the adults are listening carefully to what Luna said. She now crouches down to their level.
“I came to this city with two people, and one of them is a Believer who’s so strong, he can defeat anyone inside this whole game with ease. But it seems to me that he’s not inside this maze otherwise, he would’ve immediately made his way towards the Game Master and ended this whole stupid game a long time ago. But the fact that the game is still going on for a while now means we’re completely isolated from the world outside, and he has no means to enter this maze.”
“. . .”
“Or would you two prefer to fight it out now, and then, I’m going to tase whoever wins until either of you agrees to follow my plan.”
“. . .”
They both think for a few minutes and come to a realization.
“Please forget all of your selfish desires and help me gather people up to help my friend stop the clown. It would be great as well if you find another Believer who can help defeat the clown.” adds Luna.
The two adults stand up, and their facial expressions have changed.
“I can’t believe I need to be lectured by a kid to do the correct thing! I’ll start sharing this plan with anyone I come across! Thanks, kid!”
The man immediately left after thanking Luna.
“He is right. I am ashamed to be an adult like this. Letting a mere kid talk me out of my stupid ego. I’ll spread the word! You help us spread the word as well, kid! Let’s get out of here together!”
And then the woman left.
“*Phew* That went great, BUT STOP CALLING ME A KID!! I AM 15 YEARS OLD!! LAST I CHECK, 15-YEAR-OLD ARE CALLED TEENS, NOT KIDS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
After Luna let out her silly frustration, she regained her composure with a hopeful look in her eyes.
“(After this, we can find Hana-san, and we’ll spread the news out to everyone in the maze! Once we are all on the same page, we can thwart this whole game! We’ll gang up on every one of his officers together! We can win this!)”
Luna smiles as she finally realizes the possibility of success regarding this plan that she came up with. She raises her right fist above her head and shouts.
“UNITED WE RISE, DIVIDED WE FALL!!”
“(Quroe-san! I feel like I’m finally being useful! Me and Kasumi will return to your side so we can finally proceed to the south to fulfil our deal!)”
