Killing Game Busters

Compromise

"Very carefully... and then..." Miu said to herself.

She could feel herself sweating... with her hands moving in deadly precision. She had to concentrate really hard. Her pride was on the line here after all. She would-

Tick, tick, bzzt...

"No..." Miu moaned, "And so close! I just-"

"Iruma-chan..." Kokichi interrupted her moaning.

"Yes, I know. I know!" Miu spluttered, and proceeded to give him a 100 Monocoins for failing the bet that she could lockpick faster than Kokichi with her inventions. Gonta opened the doors of the Ultimate Inventor's Lab as they let themselves in.

"Is that really necessary?" Gonta asked.

"She needed to be taken down a notch or ten," Kokichi said.

"I couldn't let him insult my inventing skills, especially after what I pulled off with Kiibs. My pride was on the line!" Miu exclaimed.

"And why did you have to bet on this?" Gonta asked.

"What's a little bet to spice things up? I finally have enough for the Electric Tempest," Kokichi said, his hands rubbing in anticipation for his prize.

"Tch, and I was so close to having enough for the Work Chair Of Doom..." Miu said bitterly.

Gonta now looked at both of them with his eyes void of any discernible expression before he shook his head and simply said nothing. Anyone who didn't know the slightest thing about them would think they would be seeing a father being more or less fed up with the antics of his two kids arguing over something childish. Knowing the three as they are, it's just a very weird comparison.

For the record, this all happened because of Kokichi, definitely not Miu. It all began with Kiibo's operation.

"You want to put me in Sleep Mode?" Kiibo asked.

"Yes, I think it would be the safest option, if you worry so much about that Protocol of yours. Your functions would be temporarily shut down so if Protocol was accidentally activated, a scenario that could possibly never happen but only if, you would need time to reboot your functions, enough time for the rest of us to defend ourselves for whatever might come," Miu said.

"Iruma-san, I don't think-" Kiibo started but Miu fiercely interrupted him.

"What? This Ultimate Inventor has a stronghold of inventions that could defend a solid fortress, Kiibs. You think I don't make some stuff for my own self-defense?! And I have backup!"

Kiibo looked at both Gonta and Kokichi who were still sticking around. While Gonta could be counted as back-up, Kokichi was a stretch.

"I know what those eyes are for. I'm perfectly capable back-up. Look at my biceps~" Kokichi said, flexing his non-existent biceps.

"Oh yeah, do I need a microscope?" Miu heckled, always looking for ways to one up Kokichi considering he insults her too often and needs a taste of his own medicine.

"Oh sure, you need more than that to see anything past those big lumps of fats of yours."

"Ha, you are just jealous that you would never to get the feel of my boo-"