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I gotta say, Missy, we've been in this city for days now, and I haven't once seen you up to meet Miss Lin.

After all that talking about how you'd sneak up on her and scare her lights out.

You want an ice cream?

I'll take three scoops. Mint, strawberry, chocolate.

You're gonna get so fat.

A triple, boss—VANILLA, strawberry, chocolate. And a quadruple, those three plus lemon.

Sure thing.

Who's gonna get fat now?

Lin Yühsia went through government channels, nothing like us. You're riding my coattails to get the VIP treatment.

And I gotta say, I think the dummy's still probably on her way here, hahaha!

Vacation won't end any time soon. Let's enjoy the wait.

Shitty rat, sneaking her way into such a nice vacation spot. When I find you, you're done for.

Hey, Missy. Don't forget what this vacation cost you.

It's all my annual leave plus a month of one-day weekends after I get back. Isn't that it? It's fine, I'll be fine.

Once you include my vacation days to keep your trouble in check, yeah, that's it.

Oh, jeez, I'll pay you back later.

Sure, sure.

Hm?

Uh?

Huh?!

Wha-? Did you see her?

Not just Lin Yühsia. Someone you'd never guess with her.

Who the...

Haah?

Careful with your ice cream! You're gonna drop it! Hey!

Hah... how the hell did this happen?

Huff... pant... finally found you.

Weren't the two of you pursuing them? Why are you here in the Smash Splash now?

If I didn't spot you on the TV back in the streets, I would've missed you.

It was an accident.

Well, now what? Are you going to team up and enter the championship?

I was going to enter, but not with her.

There's a coincidence. I was thinking the same thing.

Ch'en Hui-chieh, you're free to pick a different prelim.

No can do. This one is the very last one.

I guess it's time to settle who's the bigger woman.

I'm sorry to have to tell you, half the city is watching through their screens, right now.

You might as well enter together. It'll be good to have each other's backs, too.

...Fine.

Alright. I'll help you out.

After all, I'm your guide. If she heard you joined and I was nowhere around, the Mayor wouldn't let me off easy.

I might not be as strong in a fight as you two, but I'm still a local. I'm sure I can be of assistance.

Will they let us bring a plus-one?

Sure. Team size limit is seven. As long as you complete your registration before the official championship, even finding teammates after winning is fair game.

To be honest, it's a competition where more teammates net you a greater advantage.

One more beats one fewer. Any complaints, Lin Yühsia?

Suit yourself.

We're still two days out from the official start. You're allowed to go recruit more.

No need. We'll go with us three.

Excuse me, er, you two, can I ask you to head up on stage?

Add one more. We're three total now.

Alright, let's give our prelim winners the greatest round of applause!

Have you come up with a name for your team?

How do you figure?

You decide.

Then we're calling it... LUNG wRATh. All caps. Except the 'w' and 'h'.

You told me to decide.

Hold on.

Er... alright, then, LUNG wRATh! Now, here to give you your awards for making it out of the prelims, we have Mr. Pancho!

I see Candela brought us two incredible young ladies.

You know us?

Who doesn't know how the Mayor welcomed two young Lungmenites?

Ernesto, you've been dutiful with our guests, haven't you?

It's an undertaking from Ms. Candela herself, Father. Of course I'm doing all I can.

Fine, good.

This is your father?

I am.

Here's your award. Take it.

A pure gold statue...

You get this sort of award just for beating a prelim?

Yes. Remember where you are. This is the Dossoles way.

You have your fun, youngsters.

Thank you...

Alright, we're all looking forward to LUNG wRATh's performance in the official championship!

Haaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa! Missy, did you hear that? LUNG wRATh, haaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa!

Laugh a little quieter, I dare you.

You have to see the pout on Miss Lin's face. Ch'en totally came up with that name on the spot.

No, forget that! What is Ch'en Hui-chieh doing here too? The nerve of the woman! And they entered together! Did the little rat only even come because she knew Ch'en would be here?

Heh heh heh, you've got guts, Lin Yühsia, keeping all this from me...

Hey, Missy. Don't get carried away.

You said it was Chief Wei who arranged Lin Yühsia's business here. So it follows that Ch'en's here for the Chief too... right?

Fine... I guess you've got a point.

Also... may as well suggest it. Miss Lin's here, and so's Ch'en. Let's go say hi?

Hmph... I have an even better plan.

The two of them teamed up to join the competition, right? Perfect.

The whole championship's going to be broadcast live from start to finish. Let's hold off on saying hello. We'll watch them compete, and then when they lose, we'll go laugh in their faces.

Ha, now you hate Ch'en too, on top of everything.

Hmph. She came here on a vacation without so much as a word. Aren't you pissed off?

You know, I'm glad Ch'en's doing well. Words can't express how happy I am for her.

Ugh, are we speaking different languages here? Agree with me or not, come on.

I'm your bodyguard here. Your word is law.

That's more like it.

Not my fault if we run across them though, okay?

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it!

Hey, look! They're the ones who just won the scrimmage preliminaries, right?

Keep it up, LUNG wRATh! You've got me on your side already!

Well, then, I'll just...

Ernesto, in this city, I've noticed a lot of military personnel.

Your intuition's on the mark. The truth is, not everyone's allowed into Dossoles.

If you want to come vacation here, you need to have enough money. If you want to come live here, you need even more money.