Yo-kai Watch 2: The Yo-kai War (Book 2 of the Rewrite Series)

Chapter 6: Mega Watch Misadventures

After lunch, Nate had gone upstairs to put away his raincoat since the sun was going to be out for the rest of the day and as Nate walked downstairs, he happened to hear a news report about some crows stealing food and shiny objects from people recently.

"Nate, please be careful while you're outside today, okay?"

Nate nodded, hoping that his Yo-kai Watch or his necklace wasn't shiny enough to be stolen by those crows.

Bleh, this reminds of Peckpocket. I hope he's not involved in anyway this time. I mean, I know it's natural for birds to like shiny objects, but fighting a Yo-kai bird that steals stuff has unfortunately made me suspicious of him being involved in or taking advantage of things like this.

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Seeing that the shop was open, Nate and Katie walked into Timer's and More and saw Mr. Goodsight frantically looking for something.

"I just had it yesterday! Where did I put that screwdriver?!"

The kids had a feeling they were going to have to run another errand to get their upgrade again.

"Mr. Goodsight? Is there anything we can do to help?"

Mr. Goodsight looked up from his search and said,

"Can you run down to the herbal shop here in Blossom Heights and pick up something for me? I was going to get it myself, but I noticed my screwdriver was missing from my pocket while I was walking back to the shop and I don't feel comfortable without it nearby!"

"Yeah, we can do that for you."

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After walking to the herbal shop known as Chloro-Phil Good, they walked inside the shop and said,

"We're here to pick up something for Mr. Goodsight?"

The man behind the counter handed them a small box.

"Don't worry about paying for it. Mr. Goodsight already put it on his tab."

They nodded and walked back to Timer's and More.

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When they got back to Timer's and More, Mr. Goodsight was putting things back in their usual places and he leaned on the counter with a sad sigh. They handed the small box to Mr. Goodsight and he went to his worktable, where a mug of hot water was resting. He picked up the mug, taking it to the counter, and dumped the contents of the box into the mug, which turned the water into a shining gold. He stirred the mixture and sipped from the mug.

"Nothing like some Ancient Herbs to help calm the nerves..."

"So you didn't find your screwdriver?"

"Actually, while you were out, I got a call from Whatta Find. It turns out that I accidently dropped it there while I was picking up something. The problem is, they're only open at night and I'm an old Yo-kai. I may be able to go out at night without fear of activating Terror Time, but I'm afraid that someone will sneak out of their home tonight and indirectly put me in danger."

"But if we went to get it, Terror Time will still be activated, regardless of whether or not we have Baku and Whapir in our places in bed and while we could just ask our parents to take us there, which wouldn't activate Terror Time, I can't think of a reasonable excuse to convince them to take us to Whatta Find so that we can get the screwdriver."

"Yeah...but we also wanted to investigate that giant skeleton at your school and he only seems to appear when no one else is around, which means early evening to late at night and even if you could convince your parents to take you to Whatta Find, there's no way you can convince them to take you two to the school that late at night."