Chapter Three:
[Yonsharin]: "What is the matter, Mr. President?"
The President sighed and spoke briefly.
[The President]: "Quickly, my children have been kidnapped... certainly by the Turtle Brothers, demanding the cessation of human resistance to the occupation as a ransom for their return."
[The President]: "Now, all of you prepare to board the submarine to set off to... to the Silver Caves area."
The President said his words while looking sharply. Oshnirai was surprised by his words.
[Oshnirai]: "Ah... so all this time, the area of activity for the Turtle Brothers and their gangs was those Silver Caves."
[Oshnirai]: "What is the reason that makes them reveal their location?"
[Yoriki]: "Most likely the place is booby-trapped in anticipation of any trouble; there is definitely a catch in the matter."
[The President]: "Enough wasting time."
Everyone left the President's office, including the President himself, heading somewhere. In a place where a large number of submarines appeared, all of them were lemon-yellow. The President and the rest reached the place and approached one of the submarines. The submarine bore the name Oshi Ahi in green; the word did not seem machine-made but made by a human, as it was in spray paint. They entered it, and the submarine was spacious, more like a small room; the driver's seat of the submarine was clear. Oshnirai sat in the driver's seat, and Chyohana sat in a seat near the driver's seat, then everyone sat in their places. The President stood in the middle, speaking.
[The President]: "First, I will tell you a little about my children's descriptions. First, the eldest son, Enyojo, 18 years old; his hair color is the same as my hair color and with exactly the same color as my eyes, gray. The daughter, Hinawaka, 15 years old, with the same descriptions as the eldest son. Finally, the youngest son, Kinojo, 10 years old, with black hair color and gray eyes."
[The President]: "Also, of course, you must rescue the other abductees because there is no doubt that there are other abductees. I repeat our slogan: Your commitment to your mood is your strength. My greetings to you."
[Everyone]: "Understood, Mr. President."
The President left the submarine, and the submarine began to move from where the rest of the submarines were. Upon its exit, it dashed off quickly, with the President gazing at it while smiling, hoping for their success in the mission assigned to them.
Inside the submarine, the rooster Gwankai spoke angrily.
[Gwankai]: "People are staying up tonight celebrating New Year's Eve, and we are going to stay up for work. Why didn't they kidnap his children on another day? We are almost every New Year's Eve going on some mission as if they swore not to let us celebrate even for one year."
[Oshnirai]: "The police and security groups are all deprived of what we are deprived of, Gwankai; it's not just us."
Gwankai looked at the ground in anger. The hen Yonsharin's head turned toward him.
[Yonsharin]: "Calm down, we will compensate for the night in one of the restaurants."
[Yoriki]: "But tonight's celebration night is not like any other night."
Yonsharin looked at Yoriki with sharp anger.
[Yonsharin]: "No one asked for your opinion."
[Gwankai]: "He is right, sister, and exactly so."
Yonsharin redirected her gaze to Yoriki sharply, gesturing her anger at him. Yoriki was terrified by her look. Chyohana looked at them.
[Chyohana]: "So, we must prepare a plan for what's coming. Surely we won't attack them directly."
[Chyohana]: "By the way, Oshi, the percentage of our rescue of the situation for what happened in the morning during the invaders' attack... the percentage of our success in stopping their attack was 50%, while the percentage of our failure was also 50%. The reason is that a large part of the city indeed drowned, but the positive percentage is because we were able to prevent it from drowning completely."
[Chyohana]: "Which places the burden on the Suction Agency to suck the percentage of the sea that took over the part of the city that drowned."
Oshnirai looked with disdain at Chyohana.
[Oshnirai]: "Are you trying to say that our intervention and the spoiling of our outing was useless or what?"
[Chyohana]: "No, of course. I wanted to clarify to you that preventing what happened in the morning requires more than two individuals."
[Oshnirai]: "This means you mean that if we find an attack like this again and we are only two, it's better for us not to intervene, isn't that so?"
[Chyohana]: "You are understanding me wrongly, Oshi."
[Gwankai]: "Aaaah! So you two are the ones who intervened in that then. I heard that in the news; it was said that the frogs attacked the city. But this time, and for the first time in the world, they encountered an intervention preventing them from the drowning process. But why didn't they mention your names?"
Yoriki replied to him in a humorous way.
[Yoriki]: "Maybe the reason lies in the fact that part of the city indeed drowned as Chyoha said; the broadcasters didn't want to embarrass them in front of millions of news followers."
[Chyohana]: "This is something of what I tried to clarify to you, Oshi. Next time we must arrange a firm plan before we attack."
Yonsharin looked at them with disdain.
[Yonsharin]: "But there won't be a next time because they won't fall again into the same mistake that made the drowning operation fail. Remember, this is the first time they have been stopped from a drowning operation, so just like holidays and occasions don't happen every day, the same thing regarding catching them again."
[Yonsharin]: "What happened today will not happen again, ever. They won't commit another grave mistake."
In one of the sea places where three caves with silver rocks appear, groups of humans and amphibians who have human form appear near them. It is clear they do not have any good intentions. There were groups: a group wearing a red scarf, another group wearing a purple scarf, and another group wearing an orange scarf. One of these groups was talking among themselves; they were wrapping the purple scarf around their necks. One of them spoke.
[Gang Member]: "Certainly, the ransom of stopping the resistance is impossible to respond to from the agency's side, because neither the agency, nor the government, nor the world will agree to stop the resistance for three individuals, even if they were the children of an institution president."
Another gang member spoke.
[Gang Member]: "There is no doubt that there is a catch in the matter, otherwise why would our leaders ask for something like this that is impossible to implement?"
Inside one of the caves, a group of kidnapped people appears, some of whom are interspersed with some amphibians with human forms. One of the abductees spoke.
[The Abductee]: "How much longer will I stay here? I have been kidnapped for 10 days; I suspect my family has forgotten about my matter."
Another abductee spoke to him.
[The Abductee]: "You have been here for ten days and I have been here for two months. Also, what they are asking for is not cash or paper money, nor gold; the ransom they are asking for is jewels and pearls, so it is difficult to find each of them."
[The Abductee]: "So no doubt the reason your family hasn't asked about you is because they haven't found each of the jewels and pearls."
[The Abductee]: "Then they abandoned me and forgot me because they didn't find what was required in exchange for my release. There is no choice but to wait for death or try to escape."
[The Abductee]: "It seems you forgot that our prison is not built of metals, but it is an atomic prison; everyone who touches it evaporates. And if you think you will dig and escape, certainly they have accounted for this, and this explains why we as a group are locked in one cell."
[The Abductee]: "So our fate is certain death; we will be sold as food for the humanized sharks."
[The Abductee]: "No... I feel that our liberation is near. Not just near, but very near, meters away."
[The Abductee]: "Dream on until you find yourself digested in the stomach of one of the sharks."
A voice came from a dark corner of the cell; it was clearly that of an old man.
[The Man]: "I heard from one of the gang members that they succeeded in kidnapping the children of a president of an agency. I don't know which agency's president's children—the Protection Agency, or the Suction Agency, or the Relief Agency—but what I know and am sure of is that they will be sent to rescue the children of that president."
[The Abductee]: "I didn't understand, whom do you mean by those who will be sent?"
The man emerged from the darkness; he appeared as an elderly man with cold features, orange hair streaked with a lot of white hair, and black eyes.
[The Man]: "What I mean is that they will be sent... the Kaijin."
[The Abductee]: "Ooh yes, I forgot about them. The Kaijin as a last hope. What is the reason for them not coming until now?"
[The Abductee]: "Did you see? I told you there is a near hope... Sir, you are very mature, how did you not succeed in escaping their kidnapping of you?"
[The Man]: "At that time when I was outside, I was in a bad condition, and because of my condition they succeeded in catching me, and here I am for two years."
Everyone in the place was surprised by his words due to the long duration he had remained kidnapped.
In one of the sea places where the submarine appears, Oshnirai continues her driving until she is surprised.
[Oshnirai]: "Huh... we have approached the caves. Let's stop here in a place where our submarine cannot be seen, and even if explosions occur, they won't reach it."
Oshnirai parked the submarine in a far hidden place, and the five descended from it and advanced toward the silver caves, then approached one of the large rocks opposite the caves.
[Yonsharin]: "So, you see that each group there wraps a scarf of a certain color around their necks: red, purple, orange. Now each of us must catch one of them and take his scarf so that each of us can infiltrate among them in an easier way, with caution of course."
[Chyohana]: "Fine, let's set off."
Each of them went in a direction, except for Oshnirai and Chyohana, who went together in the same direction. Suddenly, everyone's features changed to features of extreme coldness.
[Yoriki]: "Triple Clones."
Yoriki showed three clones of himself and distributed them to each of the members of his group, while his third clone returned to the large rock opposite the caves. Oshnirai, Chyohana, and Yoriki headed behind the middle cave.
[Chyohana]: "Now how will we lure one of the gang members here?"
[Oshnirai]: "No worry about that, we will surely find the way."
Yoriki looked at a group of small rocks and went toward them. He picked up three of them and returned to where he was.
[Yoriki]: "I have found the way to lure them, Chyohana. We will throw these rocks in my hand with enough force to attract even the attention of the dead. After one of them sees the rock being launched from our direction, someone will surely come to see the cause of that."
Each of them took a rock to start the plan. Yoriki threw his rock forcefully; it appeared in front of one of the gang members. The member headed toward the area from which the rock appeared, wondering. Yoriki saw him coming and prepared to pounce on him. The gang member grabbed his sword, and as soon as he approached, Yoriki pulled him by his feet and planted the gang member's head into the ground to prevent him from making a sound. The member had a red scarf. Yoriki broke his neck, finishing him off, and was able to obtain his scarf, then wrapped it around his neck.
Upon the end of Yoriki's turn in throwing his rock and the success of the operation, it was Chyohana's turn. She brought out her very long tongue, wrapped her rock around her tongue, then launched her rock far away. She attracted the attention of two of the gang members. The two gang members set off quickly toward the appearance of the rock. The two members were surprised to see the trio; their features changed to coldness quickly and they attacked them. Oshnirai drew her spear and thrust it into the head of one of them; he was also wearing a red scarf.
The other one dashed away fleeing. Chyohana quickly pulled her umbrella and directed it toward him. The member entered inside the umbrella, and Chyohana threw him on the ground dead; he was also wearing a red scarf. Both Oshnirai and Chyohana took the two scarves from their necks and put them around their own necks. Oshnirai looked at Chyohana with her cold features.
[Oshnirai]: "And so I didn't have to throw my rock. You applied the literal meaning of the phrase 'killing two birds with one stone'."
[Chyohana]: "And so I saved you the trouble."
[Yoriki]: "By the way, Oshi, if you pass by them now they will discover your matter quickly by everyone, because certainly there is no member among them who is an old woman."
[Oshnirai]: "And for this reason we must pass very quickly so they don't notice us. Let's set off, come on."
The trio set off toward the entrance of the middle cave between the three caves; the three of them entered quickly. Inside one of the caves, Gwankai appears with Yoriki's clone, and each of them was wearing the purple scarf; the features of their faces were cold, and they set off into some entrance.
In another cave, Yonsharin appears with Yoriki's clone as they are running, and what was wrapped around their necks was the orange scarf, and the groaning of someone could be heard in the place.
[Yonsharin]: "This sound... no doubt one of the abductees is suffering. We might find a group of kidnapped people in addition to the possibility of finding one of the President's children among them."
Indeed, one of the gang members with the orange scarf was torturing one of the abductees, and the abductee was a child. The abductees' room was spacious, buzzing with people. The gang member was inside that room, which was closed with a red coral door. The gang member was torturing the child with a wooden stick.
[Gang Member]: "When will your family come to take you? You! Your stay with us has been long—for 8 months. We kidnapped you to get jewels, not for you to grow up with us."
The rest of the abductees felt sad for the child and at the same time afraid that their turn would come. While the gang member continued beating the child, the stick flew from his hand and hit the door of the room. The stick stuck to the door; the stick eroded by the action of the coral as if the coral were a living creature. The abductees were terrified by the sight.
[Gang Member]: "Damn it, now I will have to wait for my master to open the door for me to bring another stick. But while I wait, I will torture the rest physically."
Yonsharin was watching the scene through the holes in the coral door. She immediately realized that she must not touch the door. She moved away from the door, preparing to launch a technique at it.
[Yonsharin]: "Lightning Ball Charge!"
A large lightning bolt occurred on the door, attracting the attention of those inside. The lightning charge caused the almost complete destruction of the coral door, and some smoke emerged.
[Gang Member] shouting: "What is there? Who is there?"
[Gang Member] to himself: "Is this by one of my colleagues? No, I don't know any of my colleagues who is a lightning user."
The smoke caused by the lightning charge began to disappear until everything appeared. The gang member saw Yonsharin.
[Gang Member]: "Since when was a hen employed among us?"
The gang member was surprised by the matter, but he soon realized the truth—that she was not one of the members.
To be continued in the next chapter Nunaima Ajiki ©