![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"How, how did this happen no...?" |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"No way no. Impossible no. I don't know what happened no." |
The battle was decided after Phnom Penh and Penang Hill's brainwash (?) had been lifted. |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Now now, you've done whatever you wanted." |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Eh, that's normal for us Flamarinians. So to speak, you've finally become one of us." |
Penang Hill, now returned to normal, laughed sarcastically. |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"However, jokes to the side. You'll have to pay for your misdeeds, aye?" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"I won't hold back just because you're a friend of Lil Al's. I'm going to spank your ass♪" |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"Augh... You can't, no. Even my own sister has never hit me!" |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"If you don't like being hit, then drown? Umm~, but Acapulco, you have Mermaid Blood, don't you?" |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"If that's the case, can big sis here choke you instead? Dreams do come true! Nothing is impossible for humanity♪" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Hey Pooh, you sure you really came back to your senses...?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Mhmhm. I think she returned! That's why she's our favourite Phnom Penh~♪" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Eh, that's true. Pooh drowns people as a way to express her affection, and if we really don't like it, she does actually stop." |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"You sure? Maybe that's just my plan to catch people off guard?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Don't be afraid to say it~ Love and peace, that's what Flamarinians are all about~" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"--Miss Acapulco." |
Dr. Gloria walked up to Acapulco, demoralised, while she glanced the older sisters from the sides, having a friendly and innocent exchange. |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"What, do you want no? Are you making fun of me for losing so miserably no...?" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Never." |
Dr. Gloria shook her head and hugged Darkness Acapulco with love and empathy. Even though they were born in different worlds, there must be something they can communicate with each other. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"You may not agree with me, though. But Doctor understands how you feel." |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"......" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Doctor too, you know, has always felt so miserable." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"I tried, and tried, and tried, but it didn't pay off, I didn't get what I wanted at all. I felt like no one loved me, I was alone and lonely." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"So I sulked, twisted and turned to... evil." |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"Like... myself now?" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Just like you are now." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"But you know what? After I cried a lot, I looked up and found a lot of kind people around me." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"The person who picked and loved me like a child, me, who was an incomprehensible otherworldly stranger, was my mommy. The people who protected me, is Whisper and Bright, and everyone from the Doc Squad." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Even though Doctor attacked and tried to hurt him, the person who forgave me and accepted me as family, is my Big Brother." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Doctor was supposed to be all alone, yet I had so many kind people around me." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Doctor is sure that you, too, have many such people in your life--" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"So many that people would envy you beyond comparison." |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"Me, too?" |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"Are there? Are there people like that at all...?" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Of course. You don't have to be clever to know that." |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Yeah yeah. If you start saying things like, 'No one loves me!', Lil Al will turn red and lose her temper if she heard you, yeah?" |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"Yes. Look look! Even a weirdo like me, big sis here has such good friends." |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"That's right~ You don't have to be lonely at all." |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Open that box that's shutting yourself in and look around, Acapulco." |
![Story Darkness Acapulco.png](/images/b/b1/Story_Darkness_Acapulco.png) Darkness Acapulco |
"I am-" |
All of us embraced Acapulco, who sobbed and trembled. Our love and magic circulates through each of our bodies, wiping away the darkness that consumed Acapulco. |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"I... I... Huh?" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"Wha-what have I been doing?" |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"Wow☆ did Acapulco go back to her original self?" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Hey, you alright? Not feeling sick or anything?" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"Eh? Eh? Huh? What am I doing? Where, where am I no...?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Oh my my~. Don't you remember anything~, Acapulco?" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"Uh, umm... I, I was supposed to be in the secret laboratory of the Underwater Temple just now." |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"I, I don't know what's going on no." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Nyuhuhuhuhu. There's a lot going on, such as--" |
The Doctor summarised all the events up to this point to her. |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"It's a lie! It's impossible, surely Dr. Gloria is lying because you hate me!" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"No, no I'm not lying. Don't you all?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Yes~ Acapulco, you went on a rampage calling yourself Darkness Acapulco~♪" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"WHAT IS DARKNESS ACAPULCO NO!?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"I'm the one asking the question~?" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"AAAH! I DON'T LIKE IT NO, IT'S ALL FAKE NO, THIS IS NOT REALITY NO! SOMEONE, TELL ME THIS IS NOT REAL NO! THIS IS ALL A LIE, A DREAM NOOO!" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"Ha ha. It's okay to be that way sometimes♪" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Yes~ Everyone has been through that phase at least once as a child, dressing up in a cool outfit and having fun~♪" |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"Yes, yes, it's like measles. Even at the secondary school in Flamarine where big-sis here teach these days--" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"No, no no! I'm not that kind of a chuunibyou no! Everything is, um, probably because of the Phantom Mist or something no!" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"You don't have to be shy~ Doctor still wears a mask and goes on rampages even if I'm about the same age as you." |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"I, I really don't want everyone to think I behave like you no...!" |
Puerto Rico |
"-No, Baby Aca, that's bad no! You'll lose all your friends if you talk like that you know?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"Eh? Was that voice...?" |
As we all looked around in surprise, a crack appeared in the immediate chasm. From behind came a strange sound like a large animal repeatedly rushing forward. |
Puerto Rico |
"Baby Aca~! Everyone~! Are you there no?" |
![Story Puerto Rico.png](/images/4/49/Story_Puerto_Rico.png) Puerto Rico |
"There was some kind of crack in the chasm left by the submerged laboratory no! According to Lady Rica's explanation, everyone must have passed through here to the otherworlds...!" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Yes, that's right! Doctor and everyone else has been sent to another world because the new Gate went haywire!" |
![Story Penang HillSS2.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Penang_HillSS2.png) Penang Hill |
"I don't know how all of this happened, in the end." |
![Story Phnom PenhSS2.png](/images/c/cb/Story_Phnom_PenhSS2.png) Phnom Penh |
"Right? Strange, isn't it?" |
![Story Kuala LumSS2.png](/images/3/37/Story_Kuala_LumSS2.png) Kuala Lum |
"It's usually the Phantom Mist that causes strange things~" |
Conductor |
We were talking to each other and then was sucked into the crack through chasm. If this Gate that connects us to otherworlds disappears, we will be stuck here forever. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Yes. Let's go home, everyone." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Once we return, I will thoroughly investigate the cause of this situation. Doctor may be a genius, but in fact I always make mistakes..." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Miss Acapulco. If you like, can you lend me your wisdom and help?" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"... Only if Darkness Acapulco and all that other stuff is never talked about again." |
![Story Puerto Rico.png](/images/4/49/Story_Puerto_Rico.png) Puerto Rico |
"What is everyone doing no!? Please hurry up no! Something is blurring the cracks of this chasm, you have to hurry or you'll disappear!" |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"Mm-mhm. I don't need my stupid sister to tell me that no." |
![Story Acapulco.png](/images/3/38/Story_Acapulco.png) Acapulco |
"I will always come home to where you are waiting for me no." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"......" |
Thus we returned safely to our world. |
Doctor said 'I will thoroughly investigate the cause of this situation', and we are now on our way to the nearby laboratory, via the Mist Train, which we missed so much. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Nyuhuhu. I've borrowed a lot of phones, PC and stuff, so I can actually do my research anywhere." |
Dr. Gloria smiled as she pulled out a phone out of nowhere, as if she has a toolbox connected to the fourth dimension or something. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"But. If I wanted to be accurate, I'd want to use more proper lab equipment or something like that." |
Conductor |
Don't overwork too hard, sister. You've had a strange experience travelling to an otherworld and you've just been in a tough battle. |
Conductor |
It's impossible for everyone not to be tired, and even Kuala Lum and the rest, who have fought a hundred battles, are now sleeping soundly in the nap room to recover. Even more so for you, who is new to SSS duty. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"But. This is all Doctor's fault. If only Doctor had been able to complete a proper new Gate--" |
Conductor |
I don't think it was all your fault, Doctor. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Yes. Again, maybe the root cause is the Mist." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"It's still at the stage of hypothesis. It seems that something bad is accumulating between worlds and interstellar chasm." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"That's probably, what caused this incident." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"I think, when we travelled across worlds, Acapulco and the rest were tainted by the interdimensional Mist... that which taints humans and all things evil." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"So they became the bad guys and tried to destroy everything." |
Conductor |
A Phantom Mist that exists between worlds and interstellar chasm, that taints everything with evil? |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Yes. Maybe that's the origin of the Phantom Mist." |
Conductor |
What do you mean? |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"It could be that the vortex in-between interstellar chasm is, in fact, the source of the Phantom Mist." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"The countless tragedies that have occurred in countless other worlds, the sorrow, despair and hatred that have arisen there - have accumulated and congealed in the interstellar chasm between worlds." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"That is the true nature of the Phantom Mist." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"What is leaking out into this world of Iris Cloud may even be only a small part of it". |
Conductor |
...... |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"This is all hypothetical, though. I haven't given up on the development of the new Gate, and I will continue to do more and more research." |
Conductor |
Really, don't overwork too hard. You're still a little girl. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"Oh gosh, you treat me like a child? You're making me angry, Big Brother!" |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"-But it's okay." |
Conductor |
After her joking complaints, Dr. Gloria rested her head on my shoulder. My sister then, whom we have miraculously met at such close quarters as family, told me. |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"It's not a big deal now. Compared to those days when I was lost and alone in a strange world I didn't understand." |
Conductor |
It's a little late to ask now, but are you glad that you came back to this world? Did you have any regrets about your birthplace? |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"For Doctor, this world is my home." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"This home is where Doctor belongs, with the people I care about and love." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"I, Doctor, as a member of the SSS, will protect this world that I love so much. I don't forget what I learnt from the older sisters of the SSS this time." |
![Story Dr. Gloria.png](/images/b/bf/Story_Dr._Gloria.png) Dr. Gloria |
"No one needs to cry anymore, for the sake of the world." |
Her smile as she said this was much more mature than when we first met. |
Conductor |
We will grow up. We will all support each other to not be destroyed by the Phantom Mist, and we will all move forward with hope. |