"𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐡𝐡𝐡!!!"
𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦. 𝐏𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧.
"𝐉𝐚𝐲!" 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐤𝐨. 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞.
"𝐒𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬." 𝐍𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧.
"𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨!" 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚. 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐚.
"𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦!" 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞.
"𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐞𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨?! 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨! 𝐒𝐩𝐲 𝐤𝐚 𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐡?!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚."
"𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩!" 𝐈 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
"𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐮𝐧." 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤.
"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨. 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚." 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐲𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐨 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡."
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