Main Scenario/Family Reunion

MS Transcontinental Race Episode
23-1	Protagonist's Arrogance
23-2	Phony and Genuine
23-3	Suspicious Stepsister
23-4	Family Reunion
23-5	Trans-MS Race
23-6	Get Set, Go
23-7	The Usual Promises
23-8	Midnight Secret Talk
23-9	Running Monstrosity
23-10	The True Hero

A few days later. Columbia, who's always ready to do what she says, had started to take action to solve the case. And, in a daring way that no one could have predicted.
Columbia	"Good day to you, citizens of M. St. Iris...♪"
Columbia	"You know me, I am the world's protagonist - Columbia."
Columbia	"If you don't know who I am, you're missing out, so please keep my name and my existence carefully in mind. You won't regret it, ever."
Dr. Gloria	"Gosh, how can you behave so grandly in a town you've never been to before?"
Dr Gloria, who was paroled from prison, made a reluctant face as she listened to Columbia's broadcast ringing through the town. In her hand was the ice cream I bought her earlier.
Dr. Gloria	"Lick lick♪ This ice cream is de~licious! Thank you for buying it for me, Big Brother, I love it!"
Paddington	"I-I too-"
Paddington wanted to say something, then blushed and shook her head, perhaps she was caught up in Dr Gloria's carefree display of affection.
Paddington	"I-I think the ice cream is delicious."
Dr. Gloria	"Am I right? Ehehe, you've got good taste... Paddy♪"
Dr. Gloria	"But, gosh, weather's so warm, isn't it? Are we starting a festival?"
Paddington	"Huh... We've been summoned to the festival without knowing what we're doing."
Dr. Gloria	"I, the Doctor, is glad to be out of the prison for the first time in a long time, though."
Paddington	"You're still on parole at the moment. Don't do anything too crazy- Eh, eheh, Eddie♪"
Dr. Gloria	"Yes♪ I know. I'm not going to trouble you and Big Brother!"
While they chat amiably with each other over ice cream, I looked around. Here and there in the town, where happy people were parading around, there were photos of Colombia with her perfect smile on display.
On the photos, the printed words read -- [Trans-MS (Metro St. Iris) Race]
Dr. Gloria	"Race huh... Sounds like fun to both compete and spectate, though..."
Dr. Gloria	"How does this have anything to do to solving this case?"
Columbia	"Oh, you don't know? I thought you were a genius, Eddie."
Dr. Gloria	"GYAAAAAH! STAY AWAY!"
Dr. Gloria cried and hid behind us, threatening her like a dog. Columbia only smiled, and looked at her with the eyes of a loving little animal.
Columbia	"Pffhaha. Gee, you look like you've seen a ghost."
Dr. Gloria	"Y-you're scarier than a ghost! I thought you were broadcasting just now? Why are you here?"
Columbia	"That's a recorded voice. I don't want to screw it up, in case I don't make it, and there's no way I'm going to do it live."
Woking	"Raaaawr~ a monster's here♪"
Dr. Gloria	"HYAAAAAAAAAH!"
Woking unexpectedly manifested from Dr. Gloria's shadow. She has a special ability to move from shadow to shadow, and she calls it 'shadow crossing'.
Dr. Gloria	"S-S-S-STOP SCARING ME!"
Woking	"I'm sorry. My President's likability is at the bottom of the barrel. I thought it was necessary for me, the squire to be equally disliked."
Columbia	"Your thoughtfulness sure makes me weep."
Woking	"I only said that as a joke-"
Woking pulled something out from the shadows, with a blank face, her expression unfathomable. It was a familiar group of Doggan Gang leaders who, like the Doctor, were supposed to have been inmates in the prison.
Bright	"Mwah? What is this? What's happening?"
Whisper	"Ghyah, we're really in the middle of nowhere! What kind of magic trick is this?"
Woking	"It's not really a magic trick, more of a psychic power. I can carry at least one other passenger with me, besides myself, with my shadow-walking ability."
Bright	"Hmm. So you carried me and Whisper with you. It must have been difficult for you to carry both of us, I'm sorry for the strain."
Woking	"No, no, robots are just considered as cargo, so you're fine. I was actually a little surprised that I could carry two individuals with the strength of one."
Whisper	"Ahyahhyah, you're cargo! Ya~hyah~hy, Bright's a cargo♪"
Bright	"I-I'm neither a cargo nor a robot! I hesitate to speak this way to my benefactor, but I demand correction!"
Dr. Gloria	"YOU GUYS!"
The Doctor cried, and leaped towards her Doggan Gang subordinates, who were still bustling and jeering each other.
Dr. Gloria	"UWAAAAAAH! I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"
Dr. Gloria	"Idiots, idiots! You two have always been so selfish...!"
Paddington	"Huh? Why do I feel like it's been a while since you've all seen each other? I thought the Doggan Gang were all imprisoned together in Oshioki Prison..."
Dr. Gloria	No! These idiots appealed for a commutation of Doctor's sentence! They wanted their sentences to be heavier instead..."
Dr. Gloria	"So they were imprisoned in a place called Ezo Prison, where they served harsher sentences!"
Dr. Gloria	"Idiots! I'm not at all happy to have my crimes shrugged off like that! Waaah~!"
Bright	"Come now, I was originally sealed up in a corner of the ruins. Compared to the centuries of boredom I endured in that time, prison punishment seems like a pleasant pastime."
Whisper	"Yes. I mean, the reason the Doggan Gang were given such heavy sentences, was because I was the most wanted criminal in the world."
Whisper	"The worst criminals get the heaviest punishment. That's the way it's supposed to be, really."
Whisper	"You didn't do anything that bad, you know -- Eddie♪"
Dr. Gloria	"Even if you did! You two are guilty of the most serious crime of all, being separated from me! Please don't ever go away from me again without my permission, that's an order!"
Pouting and angry, the Doctor embraced her precious friends enthusiastically. Observing how all the Doggan Gang members huddled like a family, Columbia turned away sulkily.
Woking	"Heh. You look envious eh, President? Take a look at all them Doggan members-- If you ever get sued for libel or something and end up imprisoned, I'll take the blame for your crimes too♪"
Columbia	"No one wants that to happen."
After pinching her own squire's cheek, who whispered to her mischievously, Columbia turns on her heel and walked briskly away.
Columbia	"Well, whatever. I'll explain everything to you and stuff, and you guys follow me."
Columbia	"I have to tell you something. I have temporarily released you all, the Doggan Gang, on parole by my extrajudicial authority. You are not to run away or misbehave."
Columbia	"If you betray my trust, or if you do anything to offend me, I will make you all pay for it."
Dr. Gloria	"Yes! Eheheh, even if it's only temporarily, even if there's something going on behind your back... I thank you for letting me see my Doggan family again. Um, Miss Columbia?"
Columbia	"Hmph. That should have been a 'Thank you, big sis', shouldn't it?"

MS Transcontinental Race Episode
23-1	Protagonist's Arrogance
23-2	Phony and Genuine
23-3	Suspicious Stepsister
23-4	Family Reunion
23-5	Trans-MS Race
23-6	Get Set, Go
23-7	The Usual Promises
23-8	Midnight Secret Talk
23-9	Running Monstrosity
23-10	The True Hero