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"Hu - ? Some terrorist took over the university, it seems," Zenmei replied.
"Y...eah," Zenmei said. "I don't get it either, but this teddy bear somehow turned it into one big prison."
"I see..." Chaperon said, looking down in concern. She then turned her gaze back up to Zenmei and Bundowski. "Well, I won't let this go by lightly! Not on Fantasma's soil! Alastor, I think it's time we paid this...teddy bear a visit!"
"As you wish, milady," Alastor said.
"Wait - I'll come, too," Zenmei volunteered. "I don't get it yet, but I'm sure I was given these wings for a purpose. I may as well fulfill it!"
"Hm...alright. We are in agreement, then. Let us liberate the university! {to Bundowski} Wish us luck, sir!" With that, Zenmei, Chaperon, and Alastor left the hospital, and are en route to the university.
Let's see 'em dodge this. Kongo thought as he sent them flying towards the two girls. Unlike the fireballs, Kongo would be guiding the snakes to follow the girls if they tried to move out of the way.
"This is no good...He's just gonna steer those fire snakes at us!" Samson said.
"Then we should throw off his focus somehow!" Filia said.
"On it!" Ekiyu said, sprinting up to Kongo and striking him in the head with a Shoumen'uchi blow.
"Smile!" Ekiyu said, using her blessed camera to take Kongo's picture (and casting Exposé on him), planting what looks like phantasmal crosshairs on him - this is actually a weak-point amplifier!
Together, Ekiyu, Filia, and Samson delivered three hard punches to Kongo into the crosshairs, dealing extra-critical damage!
This is not gonna help my street cred. He thought, as he laid on the concrete.
"Hehe! Just another lint speck," Samson chuckled.
"I'm just glad that's over with," Filia said.
Just then, a booming noise was heard from the university. Over it is a dimensional rift, getting struck by a big star of some kind.
"(!) Now what??" Ekiyu groaned.
"(?) Now what's a rift doing above the school?" Samson pondered. "This don't add up..."
"If someone's over there...!" Filia began to worry about whoever may be in the school at the time. She hurried toward the university before anyone could react.
"(!) Filia, wait for me!" Ekiyu said, running after.
"Hi, brother!" Saffron chimed.
"Hello, Saffron. Um, I already washed up, so you can use the shower now," Jigsaw said.
"Thanks~ Oh! By the way, here." Saffron gave the bag to Jigsaw. Inside, he found a white teddy bear with a blue ribbon tied in the back of its head and a big pink heart image on its chest.
"A...teddy bear? Saffron, you know I'm practically a grown-up now."
"I know, but...well, if you're having nightmares, having a doll in hand will make your dreams better. Think of her as a guardian angel!"
"A guardian angel? Ehehe...sure, we'll call her that."
"Okay. Good night, Cerulean~!" Saffron headed to the shower.
Jigsaw looked at the teddy for a bit, then headed to his bed. "...Alright, guardian angel, you and me. Let's tackle these ruddy nightmares togeth..." And just like that, he fell asleep on the mattress, bear in his arms.
"Ta-da! Welcome to Peacock's home away from home," she said.
Jigsaw woke up alertly at Saffron's call.
"W-Wha - ?"
"Brother, you overslept! It's morning now!" Saffron chided.
"(?) It is? Already...?"
Jigsaw got up from his bed, looking out the window.
"Anyway, at least your face isn't all sweaty like yesterday. I guess that teddy did her job right, didn't she?"
"Te...? Oh! Oh, yes, she...I guess she did." Jigsaw looked again to the white teddy bear in his bed. Something was all too familiar about it...
"Heyoo?" Steve scratched his head.
"Come on! You now have a place to live in. It's better than living next to Oscar the Grouch, right?"
"Have you guys been up all night?" Peacock said. "Y'know, I'm all for being a spazz, but we all gotta recharge our batteries at some point."
Then Claptrap falls on the ground. Yep... his batteries ran out. Steve picks Claptrap up and placed him on a charger pad.
"Oh no you don't. Get back here," said the person pulling him back into the alley. It was a young man wearing a red do-rag, white tank top, red jogging pants, and blue sneakers.
"I'M SORRY!" the man getting pulled back said. There were bruises across his face and his jacket was torn in different places.
"Quit whinin'! You're the guy who thought it was a good idea to mug me. You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, so don't start crying the second things go south," The first person said, pulling the other guy back in the alley.
"HELP ME!" he yelled.
Nankoro paused when she saw the interaction between the youth and the mugger.
"...Meh, he's got it handled," she said as she proceeded down the street.
"Pink, red, blue, and purple shooting stars, falling from out of nowhere..." Chaperon said, looking at the report. "Hm, after the Tower Key incident, who knows what this could mean."
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Meanwhile, at Tracgam Hospital, someone arrived, garbed in a trenchcoat, boots, a knit cap, and sunglasses.
"Yes, may I request the aid of Dr. Aloysious Steinbeck?" he said to a receptionist. "There's someone in Shafton City who could use his aid."
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