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The next afternoon~ after eating lunch at the study room, the children were moving to the vacant lot. Just like yesterday….. but very different. The children had already become complete friends with Rogi. There was no awkwardness, and as they headed toward their destination, they laughed until their stomachs hurt, talking about the conversations from last night.

After a while, they arrived at the destination. Again, just like yesterday, they moved to their positions. While walking from the study room to the vacant lot and also during the talk last night, the friends had explained many things to Rogi about the story-play. But Rogi still didn’t really understand. Was it some kind of imagination game? That was all she could guess.

Yona shouted loudly. “Then let’s begin~” At that moment, Dabi spoke to Rogi once more. “Rogi, the moment you put on the suit~ you must come straight to where I am!”

Rogi nodded that she understood. But she was puzzled about what kind of suit she was supposed to wear. In fact, Rogi was only planning to pretend to put it on and just run over to her friends. Dabi shouted again. “Start!” Then all the children shouted together.

“Doritori Toris!”

At that moment, Rogi turned around to move toward the position her friends had told her and started running. As she turned back in a hurry~ in Rogi’s eyes, indescribable mysterious things were happening. Rogi saw a huge structure that she couldn’t see just moments ago, and inside it were many unknown mechanical devices. Shocked Rogi suddenly found pink flower petals fluttering down around her~ and scattered debris from explosions lay all over. Without even a chance to admire this wonder, explosions rang out everywhere. 

[BOOM] [BOOM BOOM] 

Rogi screamed and hid her body in any part of the structure she could see. At the same time, she searched for her friends...

The friends were already wearing suits like spacesuits and holding unknown weapons? in their hands. The puzzle of all those things the friends had awkwardly explained last night, which she hadn’t understood, started to come together in order. Rogi looked toward where Leo and Elly were, and both the sky and the ground—every terrain—was in a form Rogi had never seen before. The sky was a mixture of pink, blue, and red, and in that sky, someone was flying. And~ that being was sending something repeatedly toward the children gathered near Dabi. As Rogi looked carefully, it was Elly!

Rogi: “What? Flying in the sky?” [Rogi’s eyes widened.]

Rogi: “What on earth is going on? Kyaa~” [Rogi screamed in fright at something flying toward her.]

Dabi: “Rogi, what are you doing! Hurry inside and put on the suit!”

Rogi: “Eh?” [Rogi was surprised and confused, but her body was already running toward the place her friends had told her, screaming.]

Rogi: “Kyaaaa~”

At the place Rogi arrived, there were various buttons, among which she found the roundest one with a person’s picture drawn on it, just as her friends had told her. It was a green button. She placed her hand on it. The machine moved. Inside, a small box-like thing opened and something flat the size of a tennis ball appeared. Rogi immediately picked it up, held it with both hands, and brought it under her chin. Then that thing jumped above her head and, like a liquid, wrapped around Rogi, clothing her body with the suit.

Far, far away........ Leo, wearing a black cape, black armor, and a black helmet with horns on both sides, shouted.

Leo: “Dabi, give up! There is not much time left~ Elly and I will be the winners!”

[Dabi, as if the nonsense was impossible, shouted back at Leo.]

Dabi: “No~ we’ve already won!! Your stamina is gone~~ and there’s still plenty of time!”

[At that moment, Rogi was running over toward Dabi.]

Rogi: “Guys, I’m here!”

Pie: “Rogi~” [smiling brightly] “You came! You must’ve been so surprised, right?”

Eti: “Sister~ it looks really good on you.” [Excitedly laughing Eti]

Rogi: “ㅋㅋㅋ What is this? What on earth is going on? This… this is the story-play you guys were talking about!” [Rogi, who had been screaming in fright, relaxed once she came to her friends, and now everything was just exciting and thrilling.]

Even in the midst of this, Dabi was firing the ray gun in his hand wildly at Leo and Elly, and Leo and Elly didn’t stop their attacks either...... Explosions continued to echo everywhere. However, none of the children looked scared or trembling—only happy and excited.