Man - So she came. You're an employee here and his granddaughter, right? It just so happens that we've been waiting for you.

Kebamister - No! Please! I run this place, if you want anything, it's only from me!

Man - Shut up!

The thug kicked the old man in the head, closing his mouth.

Man - Yesterday, another group came to collect the payment, but we found that they were defeated and the money was returned to you. So now, in exchange for what happened, your debt tripled. But you're lucky. Our boss is understanding and knows that you won't get this sum so quickly, so you have time until tomorrow.

After hearing how much time they have, Makio got scared. It was like a dream, like a nightmare. She couldn't believe what she heard. Their whole lives fell at their feet.

Makio - Huh!? It is impossible! We won't make it, we didn't even have enough to pay the normal sum.

Man - What do we care? You have time until tomorrow, although it would be more accurate to say your grandfather has time until tomorrow.

Makio - Eh?

They started approaching her. She didn't know what was going on or what she should do. She took a step back in fear. And that's when they pounced on her.

Makio - What are you going to do to me!?

One of the thugs grabbed her arm.

Makio - No! Leave me!

She struggled as more of them grabbed her. They put her to the ground. Her tail was curled and her fur bristled.

Man - Don't struggle, you'll be fine. ..... Until tomorrow, you'll be fine.

The thug signaled again that the time to collect the money ends tomorrow. Men felt satisfaction by bullying the weaker. They started laughing disgustingly.

Kabamister - No! Please don't take her! Don't hurt her! Please!

Man - If you don't want anything to happen to her, there's supposed to be 60,000 ter here tomorrow. Haha!

He started laughing again with a creepy smile.

Maki - No! Sto-

-p wanted to say, but one of the men punched her hard enough that the woman lost consciousness.

Kebamister - No!

The old man couldn't sit still. Even though he knew he had no chance, he decided to act.

He bared his canine fangs in anger and ran to them. He grabbed the shirt closest to him, trying to pull him away from his granddaughter, but he was quickly pushed away. He was already weak and old, and after being pushed, he fell to the cold floor, and it was difficult for him to get up.

After he fell, everyone started making fun of him and laughing.

Man - You have time until 7pm tomorrow, you better have that money.

The thugs left with the unconscious Makio. The races standing outside noticed the girl, and guessed what had happened, but no one dared to react. Nobody wanted to stand up to the mafia.

The old man was left alone. He was sitting on the floor of his place. He cringed and couldn't hold back his tears. Even though he was old and had been through a lot, he cried like a baby.

Kebamister - What am I going to do now, hlick?

He was talking to himself, pausing from time to time to cry.

Kabamister - And what am I going to tell my son and daughter-in-law now, hlip?

Makio's mother was ill. At the moment, she was upstairs in her room, most likely in bed. She had no idea about the problems her family was facing. Nobody wanted to worry her about these things. Makio's father worked in another part of the city, and it is mainly from his earnings that the family can afford medicines for his mother. He would come home late in the evening and leave early in the morning, and while he knew about some of the problems, he had no idea how big they were.

Kebamister - I'll have to tell him. Hlip. We'll take all the savings, ask the neighbors, hlip. We'll ask the other grandparents if they can give something, hlip.... Maybe...maybe something will come up, hlip.

He tried to cheer himself up, but no matter how long he kept saying it, he had little hope that it would work.

Curled up, taking no further action, he sat on the floor in silence for a few more minutes. All he could hear was murmurs from the street and the occasional hiccup he had from crying.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps and the door to the restaurant opened.

Fi, Feli - Kebamister! Kebamakio! We came....

They started shouting in cheerful voices, but their joy quickly passed when they saw an old man sitting on the floor. His head was bruised, with traces of blood visible from one spot. His eyes were red from crying and he looked miserable.

Trix - What happened, old man!?

Trix immediately ran over to him, checking his condition.

Kebamister - Ah, this? That's nothing...

He said so, but then something got stuck in his throat.

Kebamister - [Is this supposed to be nothing? It's supposed to be nothing!? What am I saying!?]

His thoughts took on an angry form and his face changed from shattered and sad to angrier.

Kebamister - They took Makio! They took her and won't give her back until I have the money for tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomorrow they will kill her!

Trix - Who? What happened?

Kebamister - It's...

The old man grabbed his forehead and slowly got to his feet. He walked over to Fi and grabbed him by the shoulders with both hands.

Kebamister - These are the people you beat up yesterday! Now they want even more than yesterday! And they took Makio! If only yesterday you hadn't done anything to them!

He let out his anger by shouting at the boy. He shook his shoulders and looked like he wanted to hit him.

Trix - Old Man! I don't know what happened, but don't you dare blame Fi! He didn't hurt you and he didn't take Makio!

The girl immediately defended her friend, whom she considered almost a brother. She knew that no matter what Fi did, he didn't mean it badly.

Trix - Do you know where Makio is now? Where did they take her? We can save her ourselves.

Kabamister - Don't talk nonsense! You're just kids! You can't do anything, it's the whole gang, the whole mafia!

He immediately dismissed the thought of saving her. As an older man, he knew how cruel life could be. He knew a suicide mission wouldn't help in this situation.

Coin was listening to the whole conversation. On the one hand, he knew it wasn't his problem, on the other hand, he couldn't just let it go.

Coin - Em,.... sorry to butt in, but is this "gang" called "Blue Cobra"?

He spoke uninvited.

Kebamister - Yes... yes, that's what they were called, and are you?

Coin - The blue cobra is a gang run by this Asil's father.

He ignored the old man's question and hurried to explain.

Coin - Their base is the same place I told you about.

Trix - So can we find Makio there?

Coin - I think so. But don't even try to go there! I'll tell my brother what's going on, he'll mobilize the guard and-

Fi - Kebamister!

The boy, as if not hearing what Coin was saying, approached the old man.

Fi - It's really my fault this time, so I'll bring Makio back, I promise!

He was sure of what he promised. Without waiting for an answer, Fi grabbed his sister's hand and ran out of the building.

Feli - Me too, I promise!

Just like her brother, she promised to bring Makio back.

Fi - Trix, where is it?

Trix ran right after them, also not listening to what the old man behind her had to say.

Trix - Their base is on the surface, we have to run up. But first, I want to get my toys out of the house.

She smiled at the thought of using the devices she was working on. Likewise, Fi and Feli became very excited about the use of "toys". Their eyes shone with curiosity, and completely forgetting the seriousness of the situation, they unanimously exclaimed,

Fi, Feli - Toys!

They rushed to Trix's apartment, which was in the same building and on the same floor as Fi and Feli. They entered her room. It was much tidier than the siblings' room. The room was decorated in a bold style, in red colors. There was one guitar on the wall, and some ornaments around it.

Trix walked over to the cupboard and opened the lowest drawer. She took out several spherical and strange-looking objects. Fi and Feli looked at them with great interest, but Trix gave them nothing.

Trix - So now, to the rescue of Makio!

They left the apartment and then the column. They reached the stairs and ran up them to the surface. While the average person would take about 40 minutes to climb these stairs, they were at the top in less than 10 minutes. Remembering what Coin had said, Trix led everyone to the periphery of the dome, where they found the building they were looking for.

They hid behind one of the buildings and watched the base.

It was cut off by a high fence, and there were several guards inside. At first glance, they looked vulnerable, but that was just appearances. They hid their weapons so that the city guards would not notice them, although it was probably only by arrangement, because the guards probably knew about this place, they were only bribed not to do anything about it.

Trix - Well, it's time to use my beauties.

Trix took from her bag a certain device, spherical but uneven in shape. It was painted neon pink.

Trix - Ready?

Fi, Feli-Ye-! I means yes!

At first they were about to scream out loud their excitement, but after a while they shut up and did it in a whisper so that they wouldn't be heard.

Trix - So here we go,

Trix came out of hiding and immediately, so that the guards did not notice her, she threw the device behind the gate. As soon as it fell, it started spinning and making a hissing sound. Immediately after that, huge clouds of pink smoke began to fly from the device. It was a smoke bomb.

With the cover of smoke and the confusion of the guards, Trix, Fi and Feli easily jumped over the fence, and the action began.