The biker descends into the prison to collect Manya and the man by the name of Yamamoto Kenzo”
As he descends into the gold mines, despair creeps over him.
The deeper he goes down, the deeper anxiety burrows into the depths of his mind.
The atmosphere gets thicker. Now, the air is almost viscous, thickened by anguish.
At last, he arrives, as if he’d walked into the abyss of hell itself.
First, he walks up to a cage with only one inhabitant. A young man sits calmly, chains and clamps are all around his body, despite him already being locked up. His hair is a crimson red that strikes through the darkness.
The biker regains his composure.
"Aight Kenzo, you're comin' up." The biker commands.
He picks up a modified trash picker. It has a key strategically placed on one of the grasping jaws, allowing him to open the cell without touching it and getting burned by the Azure.
He meticulously manoeuvres the jaws so that the key slides in the lock and then twists, unlocking the cell. He then extracts the key from the lock and clasps the cold Azure bars with the grasping jaws, pulling the cell open.
"Follow me. I gotta get this other idiot." He mocks.
The biker escorts Kenzo out of the jail cell and walks further down the dimly lit tunnel. Finally, they arrive at Manya's cell.
The sight is unbelievable.
"What the hell is going on!" he screams, terror drains the life from his face.
They’re all gone.
Only a few prisoners are left, sitting cowardly in the corner of the cell.
The cell they were in has been unrecognisably destroyed.
The biker runs down the tunnel, up through the mines and onto the surface, yanking Kenzo along with him.
The culprits are standing at the entrance of the mine as the sun casts their silhouettes.
They stand confidently, holding Manya up.
Waiting.
"Hey dipshit! Take me to the guy that locked me in that smelly cell with a bunch of dudes! I'M GONNA KICK HIS ASS!!" Manya furiously exclaims.
From head to toe Manya is completely covered in bandages, only revealing his eyes and mouth.
"Don't try and act cool after the freakshow we just witnessed, damn mummy!" The prisoners are visibly displeased.
"You ungrateful pieces of-"
30 mins ago in the underground prison...
"I- s-so how do you suppose we get out?"
"Well I think I have an idea. But it'll be really annoying…” Manya cracked his neck.
He continued “If you wanna be included in my master plan, then it’ll come with a price! Kekeke!”
Manya took a few deep breaths, raised his arms above his head whilst locking his fingers and stretched to the sky.
The prisoners were watching in complete immersion, invested in what may unfold. He then stuck one arm through the metal bars.
He paused.
Suddenly, he contorted and dislocated the rest of his body, shoving it through the tiny gap in between two cell bars.
The prisoners were watching in utter disgust.
Manya then popped out on the other side of the cell. His shoulders, rib cage and neck were sticking out in unusual places.
"Now... I'll let you guys out next. But you gotta take me up to the boss in return..." His voice was laced with agony.
"Th-the b-b-boss!?"
"W-we can't do that!" the prisoner stammered.
"Alright then, see ya." Manya began limping away.
The villagers panicked.
"Okay fine! I wanna see my family again, so... I-if you guys w-wanna stay here, so be it. B-but I'm leaving!" A prisoner boldly stood up.
"That's more like it. At least one of you has some balls." Manya retorted.
The prisoners were visibly displeased.
The prisoners began to gain more and more confidence and eventually, a majority were onboard with the idea.
"Great! Those of you willing to remain trapped… I hope you’re at peace with your decision." Manya was disappointed.
Manya then regathered his mangled body, got a large run up and ran straight into the cell bars.
Clang!
"Are you okay baggy pants guy!?" a prisoner shouted.
This didn't seem to bother him however. Instead, a signal pulsed through his body. He repeated this a few times.
"I think the pain made him go crazy..." the prisoners whispered amongst themselves.
Finally Manya took another run up, this time much, much further than the other ones. He accelerated at an incredible speed. His mangled body flailed through the air.
"EVERYBODY GET BACK!!!" Manya screamed as he charged into the cell bars.
BOOM!
The cell bars were torn to pieces from the impact. Manya then toppled to the ground like a ragdoll, his body was still twisted and turned from squeezing through them.
The present…
The prisoners gang up on the biker and tie him up, taking him along with them. Kenzo sees this as an opportunity. Weakened and tired, he walks away.
"Hey, who the hell is that guy!? Why would you let him get away!" Manya shouts.
"Don't be tossing out orders while we have to carry you around! Anyway, he's not with the biker club I don't think. He's a prisoner like us."
The group begin to make their way to the motor park from the outer city. Carrying Manya's mummified body, and dragging the biker along with them. As they're sprinting towards the biker park, they find Kenzo passed out on the floor.
"It's that guy again!" A prisoner says.
"He looks completely worn out…Let's take him with us, he might be useful." Manya replies.
One of the bigger prisoners heaves Kenzo's lifeless body over his shoulder.
The group continues running.
"Mr I understand that you wanna fight the boss, but how are we going to fight the other bikers. They all have their limiters removed. we're no match..." A prisoner speaks up from the group.
The prisoners stop running and start muttering amongst themselves.
"Who cares about that, let's just go!"
The prisoners carefully place Manya's body on the ground.
"Look, you feel safe because you're seemingly immune to azure. We don't have that luxury. We have families who need to see us alive. If you plan to just lead me to my death then we're done here. The rest of you guys can stay and die if you want." The prisoner continues.
The other prisoners all seem to agree with this statement and start walking away.
"Wait! I thought we had a deal!!" Manya exclaims, wriggling around in his bandages.
"Sorry baggy pants guy.."
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice speaks up.
"...He's...He's in the garage. You wanna fight right? Their extraction expert stays in the garage!" Kenzo strains his voice trying to speak.
Everyone is alarmed by Kenzo's sudden outspokenness.
"See? I knew it would work out kekeke!" Manya replies.
He continues, "Then to the garage!"
The prisoners are visibly displeased.
"Don't give us orders!" the prisoners reluctantly change course, picking Manya back up.
Meanwhile at The Mönkhbat Motor Park.
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"What's taking him so long!? I don't have time for this, I need to mourn my failure!" Jochi says, impatiently tapping his toes.
He continues, "Khon!"
"Boss!" Khon replies
"Go check on him." Jochi commands.
"On it boss!" She rapidly sprints towards the Outer City.
Her footsteps echo throughout the landscape.
Her animal-like sounds shear through the bustle.
"The hell is that noise?" Manya questions.
"...I-it’s… Khon." The prisoners are petrified.
"What is a Kho-!?"
Before Manya can finish his thought a giant argali plummets from the sky and drop kicks him, tearing the bandages apart.
BOOM!
A gust of steam explodes from the impact, knocking all of the prisoners away.
"Mememe!" Khon, cackles.
As she lands it is clear what stands before them. A giant argali stood upright, rearing her horns above the group.
"There is no way you can beat the intelligence of a human and the brawn of a argali. Mememe! That is the impossible power of『 Bright as a Button 』!!!"
"So you’re a talking sheep? Lame." Manya replies.
He emerges from the steam discarding the bandages. All of his injuries are suddenly healed.
"Baggy pants guy! You shouldn't be moving in that condition!" A concerned prisoner shouts.
"Keke. Don’t worry, I redirected the kinetic energy into my wounds. That’s the power of『 What Goes Around Comes Around 』!"
"You guys go ahead, I'll deal with the sheep and catch up." Manya says boldly.
He catches a stick from the crowd of prisoners and firmly grips in both of his hands, taking a「 Silambam 」stance.
~ END ~
