Boboiboy Galactic Heroes: Arc 1 - The Awakening of Acainobot

Chapter 4 (Beneath the Iron Bars)

Previous Sense: Boboiboy and friends went to planet GogoBugi to save Captain Kaizo from a hypnosis effect. And they saved him. But at the end of the battle, something paranormal happened to Captain Kaizo which our heroes are eager to find out.
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In a shadowy lair, voices whispered conspiratorially.

One voice hissed with disdain, "Oh, that Kaizo brat wasn't even enough to control the power of Acainobot."

Another voice responded, "Then we should take a person who is also accustomed to the power of Acainobot."

There was a moment of silence before the first voice replied, "You don't mean..."

"Yes," the second voice confirmed, sinister satisfaction dripping from the word.

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In TAPOPS Headquarters, each member of the team was absorbed in their own activity. Gopal was intensely focused on his video game. Fang reveled in his popularity online, Yuvi sketched a space landscape with deep concentration, and Yaya and Ying were engrossed in a romance novel. Meanwhile, Boboiboy was flipping through his childhood album.

"Hmmm... look, Ochobot, I was so cute," Boboiboy remarked, a nostalgic smile on his face.

Ochobot chuckled. "Hehe... you still look cute."

The compliment brought a faint smile to Boboiboy's lips, but then his expression turned somber. "Thanks..." He sighed, his thoughts drifting.

Ochobot tilted his head in concern. "Anything wrong?"

"Just missing my parents. I haven't met them in at least six years," Boboiboy admitted, his voice tinged with sadness.

"Where do they live?" Ochobot inquired gently.

"At Kuala Lumpur," Boboiboy replied, closing the album abruptly.

Ochobot's curious eyes scanned the photos. "I don't see any picture with your mom. I mean, I just saw her with your elder brother and sister."

Boboiboy fell silent for a few seconds before responding, "Ochobot, let's do something else, okay?" He closed the album, the weight of unspoken memories lingering in the air.

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Back in the shadowy lair, the voices continued their plotting.

"You don't mean that we are going to use the planet Kurei," one voice questioned, a hint of apprehension in the tone.

"Of course!" The second voice was resolute. "Master, you remember the last time you attacked planet Kurei for the Acaino stone. One of them was powerful enough to stand against me. After that big sudden attack, he was sent to TAPOPS Prison."

The first voice sighed heavily. "Yeah, you're right. We didn't have to attack planet Kurei if only I had possessed that woman"

The second voice replied with a touch of sarcasm, "My my! Are you feeling pity? Also that was because of your careless mind, my majesty."

"What are you?! Calling me dumb then majesty at the same time!" the first voice snapped.

The second voice laughed softly. "Sorry, my dumb majesty. By the way, what exactly happened that night? Why did you kill her?"

"Well, 16 years ago, that night I was at Kuala Lumpur. That was the mother of three children. Her husband was a TAPOPS elite member. When I tried to possess her, the newborn baby cried. What was his name? Umm... I forgot. The baby started to cry. Then her eldest child screamed when it saw me near the newborn baby. My plan was to use that newborn so that Madinah would give her powers to me. She wasn't a TAPOPS member, but she was the only one who could handle the full power of the Acaino stone. Yeah, so when Madinah's eldest child screamed, Madinah and her husband came running towards me. At that time, I was afraid of her. I planned to kill that baby, but then Madinah came and stood in front of my blade, and then you know what happened... After that, I escaped that house as soon as possible, not even taking her power."