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A cold wind from the dark and gloomy forest wakes up the unconscious EAT. He comes to his senses and looks around.

"That's weird... My whole body hurts, but I can't remember. Why am I here? Why does it hurt so much? What was I doing to end up like this?"

He racks his brain for a long time, but nothing comes to mind. He seems to have lost his memory for a moment due to the impact.

He tries his best, squeezing his head, but just as nothing comes to mind—behind EAT's back, a gigantic Barak raises his fist into the air.

He is about to finish EAT off under Dod's command. When Dod gives the signal, the gigantic fist descends vertically from the sky towards EAT's head.

A desperate situation! It was then—from an immeasurably far distance, someone with the eyes of an eagle was floating in the air, watching them. He fires a pink beam at the Barak.

The thin beam of light, surprisingly, lightly severs the gigantic Barak's arm. The brown eagle in a hooded cloak—he is pleased with the result of his long-range shot and mutters to himself.

And suddenly, he moves at an incredible speed towards where EAT is.
Brown Cloak: "Yo~ All set? Let's finish this quickly. Lord Polun is coming."

The person in the dark purple cloak who had already arrived had created three energy spheres. The spheres emitted an ominous black-purple light.

Purple Cloak: "I got it! All set."
[He glances at the Baraks]

The Baraks who were watching this are horrified.
Dod: "O... O... Olfin is here!"
[He screams]

Purple Cloak: "No time. Lord Polun is coming. Disappear, bugs!"

He simultaneously hurls the three prepared spheres at the Baraks. The spheres fly in a circle towards Mond and Dod.

Mond and Dod tremble in fear. Only the flying Dod spreads his wings and soars high into the sky.

Mond, who was watching Dod, looks enviously at his wings and extends his hand.
"Then what about us..."

But Dod has already disappeared far away. At that moment, the gigantic Barak—Ugu—sensing Mond's danger, unhesitatingly rushes over and wraps his body around Mond.

Mond: "Oh dear, Ugu... What are we going to do now?"
Ugu: "Ugu... Uguugu..."

The first sphere touches Mond's back. There is no big explosion.
With a loud PYOP! (a bursting pop), the sphere stretches out flat and a purple-glowing circle appears on the ground.

Unknown beams of light shoot upward from that circle, and Ugu, who is touched by the light, feels an unbearable, extreme pain deep inside his body.

Mond is heartbroken as he watches Ugu's body fluids flow out like tears, and Ugu also looks at Mond with sad eyes.

The Purple Cloak, who was watching this, is speechless with surprise and wonder. Usually, Baraks sense danger and run away or hide. They were no different from ordinary bugs.

But Ugu was different. Seeing him trying to protect Mond to the very end despite the extreme pain, the Purple Cloak wonders, 'Why?'

Before he can find an answer, he involuntarily moves his body and, with his two hands, musters all his strength to try and change the trajectory of the third sphere.

The second sphere has already touched Ugu's tail, and Ugu screams. Yet, he doesn't run away.

He succeeds in concentrating his power and changing the course of the remaining third sphere.
With a brief pause, the sphere suddenly accelerates with an explosive PYOP! (a bursting pop), then shoots away into the night sky like a cannon.

And from the direction the sphere flew, Dod's scream is heard shortly after.

"Nice shot~"

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After the study class ends, the children gather at a spot [where a stream once flowed, but is now disused, inside the village]. The children are explaining 'Story Play' to Rogi.

It's Dabi's turn to tell the story today, and the title is 「Space Hero」. The story is currently just before the ending, with Leo and Elly playing the parts of the Space Demon King. The remaining children, as Space Heroes, were in the middle of their final battle with Leo, riding in powerful robots. They couldn't finish in time, and today was the final chapter.

Rogi: "Okay, I get it so far. So what do I do?"
Dabi: "Then, when the story starts, Rogi, you immediately turn around and put on your battle suit! And your equipment..."

Pie interrupts Dabi's hasty explanation to add the detailed order.
Pie: "Hold on! Before we start, we have to open the story's door. The command to open the door is 'Dotori'."
Rogi: "Dotori? Is it 'Dotori' because this is Dotori Village? Hehe"
Yona: "'Dotori' is a word made by combining 'dotori' (acorn) and 'story'. You have to shout 'Dotori' before we start."
Rogi: "Aha~ So I just have to shout 'Dotori'?"
Yona: "The name of the command to open the door is 'Dotori', and when you open the door..."
Pie: "You shout 'Dori-tori Toris'!"
Rogi: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Leo: "In the end, it's all part of the 'Dotori' story. It's our secret code."
Rogi: "Oh, I see. I have to shout 'Dotori' to open the door, and 'Dotori' is 'Dori-tori Toris'."
Elly: "Well, let's just start. It's faster to learn as we go."
All together: "Okay! Then let's start! Alright, everyone get to your positions~"

The children move busily. They seem to have their own designated spots. Leo and Elly, as the demon king team, ran to the opposite side. The remaining children moved to hide behind some discarded wooden barricades.

Rogi just stood in a random spot and looked around awkwardly. Finding a few discarded branches and a pot, Rogi thought this might be what the children meant by 'equipment,' so she put the pot on her head and took a branch as a weapon, walking towards the other children.

Just as they were about to start the story and shout 'Dotori', Dabi saw Rogi walking slowly with a pot on her head and started to laugh, holding his stomach.

Dabi: "Wahahahaha~~"

Pie and Yona looked at Dabi and asked him what was wrong, but Dabi was too busy laughing.

Pie: "What's wrong?"
Yona: "Dabi, what is it?"

Dabi: "Oh my, ahahaha~"
Dabi laughed and pointed a finger at Rogi. The children all looked at Rogi but didn't really laugh.

They thought it was nothing, but Dabi alone was laughing so loudly, collapsing into laughter, saying, "What is that?"

Pie: "Dabi, stop it!"
Dabi: "Ahahaha~"

Rogi suddenly stood stock still, then threw the pot she was wearing on her head at Dabi and shouted.
"What! I'm not doing it! I'm not playing!"
[She also threw the branch she was holding]

Then she ran away without looking back and said.
"No one follow me!"

The children looked at Rogi, feeling worried and sorry for her. In the midst of this, Dabi picked up the pot while holding his stomach and started laughing again.

Pie, who was watching Dabi, felt a surge of anger.
Pie: "Dabi, I said stop!!"
[She shouted loudly]
Dabi: "Huh?"

Dabi didn't understand why the children were looking at him with resentful eyes. Why? Dabi couldn't understand.

Pie started scolding Dabi.
Pie: "What's wrong with you, laughing until the other person feels bad? Do you have any sense or not?!"
Leo: "Dabi, you went too far. What are you going to do now?"
Eti: "Big bro, you're the worst~"
Dabi: "Huh? What did I do wrong?"
Pie: "What?!"
[She loses her temper]

Sensing that Pie was genuinely angry, Dabi started to run away from Pie. Chasing Dabi, Pie kept screaming at him.

Pie: "Dabi! You're dead when I catch you~"

The children looked at Dabi with pity.
Dabi: "Ah~~ Why are you all doing this to me~"
Pie: "Are you asking because you don't know???"
Dabi: "I don't know!!"
Pie: "How can you not know!! Just wait until I catch you~"
Dabi: "Aaaaah~ Help me, guys!"

...No one wanted to help Dabi.