Immediately the civilians panic, running for cover.
Discarding Lando, Manya lunges on top of the monarch and brings him to the ground.
Suddenly, a barrage of bullets fires at the stage. Shielding the monarch, Manya picks up a nearby rock and flings it at the direction the shots are coming from. The shooting stops.
"Kenzo!" Manya yells.
"Right." Kenzo replies.
In haste, Kenzo bites his forearm and draws blood.
"『 Blood is Thicker than Water 』: RYUU!!!" He exclaims.
The blood from his forearm rapidly forms a dragon, with Kenzo sitting on its head. It claws up Lando before flying towards the stage and getting Manya and the monarch too. Finally, the blood-dragon soars into the distance.
"The monarch has been kidnapped!!" The civilians scream whilst still panicking and looking for cover.
Meanwhile, Manya, Kenzo, Lando and the monarch are soaring through the sky on the blood-dragon.
"I'm at my limit..." Kenzo whispers.
As these words leave his mouth, the blood-dragon loses its shape and the four of them begin plummeting to the ground. The note left by King slides out of Manya's pocket. As it floats through the sky, it is stolen by the wind.
SMACK!
The four of them smash into the ground.
"So…What now?" Lando pants, as the four of them lie on the floor,.
"I've got no clue!! Kekeke!!" Manya cackles.
"Well this has been great but I'm gonna head home. Thanks very much for your help." The monarch adds, before pulling a navigator out of his pocket and walking away.
"Wait, hold on a sec." Manya replies.
The monarch stops walking.
"I didn't get your name, what is it?" Manya asks.
"Bogdan Mozarella."
"Hmm… you know a guy called King?" Manya replies.
"Are you a fan? That’s my brother you know!" He says proudly.
Manya reaches into his pocket and rummages round. He then checks his other pocket. Suddenly, his relaxed demeanor vanishes as he frantically digs his hand into each pocket.
"I LOST IT!!" Manya shouts.
"If that's all, I really need to head back. They’ll think I've been kidnapped."
"Shit, shit shit. WHERE IS IT!?" Manya continues to panic.
"Let's look around the area, maybe it fell out of your pocket." Lando adds, palming his face.
"Good idea." Manya replies.
They all begin searching.
Minutes of searching later...
"You guys!! Over here, come quick!" Bogdan shouts.
Manya, and Kenzo rush towards him.
"It's a girl..." Manya says.
Hearing Manya's words, Lando’s ears twitch.
"Hm?... Girl?"
He appears next to them so fast it's as if he teleported.
Lando observes what lies before him.
Long pastel pink hair, innocent silver eyes, soft rosy skin.
It's love at first sight.
She lies lifelessly in the snow.
Blood is oozing out of her skull, staining the snow crimson red.
"We need to help her!" Lando shouts, smitten.
“So now you feel like helping people?” Kenzo asks.
“I’m always helpful!”
“... Right.”
Kenzo kneels down placing two of his fingers on her neck, then on her wrist.
"Careful..!" Lando panics.
"She's still alive." Kenzo says.
Lando sighs in relief.
He continues, "I can tend to her wounds, But I need proper equipment and we would need to get her out of the snow, I don't even know if we can make it in time… It's a pain in the ass, I say we leave her. "
"Agreed… Let's go guys." Manya agrees.
"I’m not leaving." Lando replies as a serious look morphs his face.
Manya looks at him. Then looks at the girl. Then back at him. Then back at the girl. Then back at him.
"UUUUGH fine!" Manya sighs.
"Sigh...I really don't have time for this." Bogdan ponders.
"Alright let's go then." Bogdan replies.
"Go where?" Lando asks.
"You wanted to help her right? Let's hurry." Bogdan replies.
He pulls out his navigator and begins jogging.
"Don't fall behind!" He shouts.
Manya and Kenzo follow along as Lando lifts the girl on his back, before jogging along also.
Meanwhile, on the west shore of Para Island...
"I reckon they ain't gonna show up." Captain Buffalo says.
"I already sent the message to HQ. They should respond soon." Captain Mann replies.
Suddenly, a drone whizzes towards them. It lands right at their feet and opens up, unleashing a letter.
"Hm, faster than expected. East Commander Wukong works quite efficiently." Captain Mann says as he opens the letter.
He begins reading, "Ahem...'Yamamoto Kenzo, or commonly known as "Blood Samurai Kenzo" And Zakuya Manya are no longer on Para Island as they have made use of Albert Apfel's One Way System technology to quickly escape. They are now in Sepentria. Meaning, they are now out of our jurisdiction. You will be picked up and taken back to heaven as soon as possible. You will then join the forces Blockading the gates of hell in case they leave.'"
"We have truly failed,
the enemy got passed us,
In failure we go.
~~
We shall return home,
so unsuccessful and weak,
The enemy wins." Captain Yamato replies.
"Dunno what that means but that letter got me feelin' shitter than shit!" Captain Buffalo chips in.
"Although I have a lot of respect for the east commander, I cannot accept this. This is a matter of pride."
Captain Mann begins writing a letter and places it in the drone. The drone closes back up and whizzes off.
"I have informed him that we will not be leaving Hell so he shouldn't bother sending the ride back. We will go to Dice Island, and when they eventually show up, we will kill them on sight."
~ END ~
