"𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨?" 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐨.
"𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐰." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐨.
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧. 𝐄𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥.
"𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐚." 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬.
"𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐮, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐬." 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐒𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐩𝐨. 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐚𝐧.
𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐰 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐰 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐨. 𝐍𝐚-𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧.
"𝐇𝐞𝐲. 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚." 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧.
"𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐮! 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐮! 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐚!" 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐧! 𝐘𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐨!" 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨. 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧. 𝐒𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐧! 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐮𝐮𝐰𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐲𝐮𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐲." 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐢! 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐛𝐞!" 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐋𝐞𝐳𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐩𝐬! 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐚'𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠."
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