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Penguin Logistics Lungmen Crib

Eh? Ehhh? Now this isn't right!

You lost.

I'm done. This is no fun. You win every time.

Alright.

Why don't we watch a movie instead.

Want any snacks?

The usual.

You got it.

Here, your favorite biscuits.

Thanks.

Hmm... The explosion in this scene isn't quite up to snuff. It's nowhere as good as what I put together back in school.

The Ursus actress playing the lead looks kinda familiar though...

Yeah.

Hmm? You blew stuff up before too?

You could say that.

Huh, how come you never told me about it. What's the story?

It's not worth talking about.

Come on, tell me. I promise I won't tell anyone.

Did you blow up a school? An assembly hall? Something else, hm?

I think it was a tower...

You blew up a tower?!

Yeah, a tower. A leaning tower, to be precise.

It was kinda... a landmark there.

Whoa, I bet you didn't get out of that one easy.

I did it for the Family.

Not like you, still blowing things up left and right even after you were reprimanded.

Oh, about that.

School's meant to be fun. Of course I had to do the most fun thing I could possibly do.

Besides, I don't actually want to get anything blown up. It's just...

Just what?

I have these little accidents whenever I'm pulling my pranks...

Let's take that one time with Mostima for example.

I was just going to give her a little scare.

Scare who? Mostima?

Yeah, we went to the same school, and she was a real model student. She would give these speeches...

And so this one time, I installed a little spring platform on the way up to the podium, and, uh...

She got sprung right up?

Of course not. She leaped over it and got through without a scratch.

The other girl who was right behind her wasn't so lucky, though.

What does that have to do with blowing stuff up?

I'm getting to that.

I guess you wouldn't know, but, in Laterano, we carry guns and live rounds to these events as a show of respect.

And, well, it just so happens that girl was carrying a heavy weapon.

I'm not sure if she did that out of instinct or experience, but she fired her weapon to propel herself and land safely.

The thing is, there was a load-bearing column where she shot her grenade, so that blew open a corner of the assembly hall.

Were you really just playing a prank?

I was! I didn't mean to at all!

Hah... If you dared pull something like that in Siracusa, you would've been killed the very next day.

Getting your head chopped off is the best deal. You hardly feel any pain that way.

If you embarrass somebody in public, things won't be as easy.

You might get your hands and legs chopped off, gagged, and tossed in the river—

Eek!

—They might even fish you out just to hang your corpse up on the streetcorner to warn anyone who might come up with a funny idea like you.

Hahaha...

You're kidding, right...?

I'm not.

Stop scaring me... I didn't know better when I was still in school. I wouldn't dare do anything like that these days!

Oh?

I'm a hardworking girl nowadays. You won't find me giving anyone any trouble.

It's just... sometimes... Uh...

I kinda wanna do something just to pull a prank on the boss. What do you think?

Considering how destructive your pranks get, I suggest you—

Oh... Bo—

Hyah!

Ah!

Who just slapped—

Oh, hey, Boss. You're early today. Ahaha...

What? I got nothin' else to do, might as well check on my girls.

Turns out we don't have any work now either. Haha.

No work? Here's something for you, then.

Aha, here we go.

Get your ass movin' and deliver this for me.

Here's the address.

Hmm...

Alright, I got it. I'm leaving now.

Texas, you go too. It's from the stinkin' old rat. You know what a pain that crusty-ass mouse is.

Got it...

Come back quick. The vinyls those bitches owe me are gonna be here soon. You two are haulin' that shit for me.

Alright.

You can count on us!

Ugh, why is there a traffic jam at this time of the day?

It doesn't make sense.

Did the guys from that other company crash their street racers again?

Eh, Texas, you've been spacing out the whole time. Something on your mind?

Texas?

(Going by the address, this package is for the Siracusan mafia we ran into last time.)

(But they don't work for the Rat King anymore. Why does he want us to deliver their packages?)

T—e—x—a—s—

Huh?! What's wrong? An ambush?!

Nothing but cars here. No room for an ambush.

Sorry...

Hmm...

Texas, is this package for those guys in black we beat up a few months ago?

How'd you figure?

I mean, we're in logistics. We catch wind of lots of things on the job.

Whenever I deliver to that area, it's usually Lupos signing for the goods.

Besides, a lot of the people there hang up black hats and black jackets at home. It's not hard to tell.

Pretty sure they're the only ones in Lungmen who dress like that.

Yeah.