Ono Riku's POV:
After that girl Su disappeared, I frantically searched for her whereabouts as I wanted to apologize for my outburst and beg for her to reveal the secrets behind the high purity pills. However, it took quite a while as she seemed to be incredibly adept at hiding her presence as I couldn't sense her anywhere, even when I expanded my sixth sense to cover the entire building. I eventually noticed something was strange as I kept getting blocked by the staff as I tried to enter a certain women's dressing room backstage. I let it go as I still had many other places I hadn't looked, but I did find it rather strange how many were inside there, but I've learned through experience not to pry into people's private life. It is none of my business what that woman who left the room did with how many people. However, with nowhere left to look, I decided to brush aside the men guarding the door to reach for the handle.
*BANG*
However, I was immediately slapped by the door as someone inside burst through it.
"AH! Right on queue! We don't have a lot of time so let's get started!" A cheerful voice spoke as I was suddenly pulled into the smelly dressing room.
"So, here are your lyrics, and here is the dance moves I want you to do! I know it might be your first time so I made it simple!"
"Huh? What?! Miss Su?!"
I was a bit bewildered by the words and papers that were suddenly thrown at me by the person I was searching for. My surroundings were also a bit odd as the entire room was painted red with blood.
"Okay, so the orange colored text is your lines, the black ones are mine, and the green is both of us! Now, le-!"
"Hold on!" I said, cutting off the spitfire of words she threw at me.
"Sorry, am I going to fast! Okay, ssoo iiff wwee caann-!" She said, as she literally started speaking slower.
"I wanted to apologize for my earlier outburst!" I said as I bowed my head in apology.
"Sure! Now on to th-!"
"BUT PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU! I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST TELL ME HOW YOU MADE THOSE PILLS!!!" I screamed as I immediately went into a full kowtow while grabbing at her feet and begging for her secrets to be revealed.
"Anything?"
"YES!"
And that was how I ended up on stage, singing and dancing while crossdressing in clothes too small for my liking. What's worse is that because of that bastard Akira egging this rainbow girl on, I really have to go through each and every song and dance she had me memorize before we stepped out on stage. This is the most humiliating moment of my life as I am currently shaking my behind for the amusement of my cocky superior.
*Swoosh*
Just as I thought things couldn't get worse, a sudden gust of wind caused by that girl's special effect artifacts blew up my skirt, making this so much worse as everyone saw the pink panties that girl made me wear along with this dress.
*Clap**Clap**Clap*
"Thank you! This has been the 'magical alchemy girls'! We hope to see you on the moon for our next concert as we fight the forces of evil! Good night!" She said, as the lights finally went out.
I left the stage immediately to go change out of this ridiculous outfit. This must be the single worst thing I've done for the sake of furthering my knowledge of alchemy. Even eating dung was more tolerable than this shameful song and dance.
"Oh, that's so much better! How do women wear these things every day!" I said, as I took off the high heels.
Since the moment I put them on, I have been feeling them digging into my feet with every step as I stumbled around the place. How that girl managed to hop around like an acrobat in those things is beyond me.
"Speaking of! I need to go collect my reward!" I muttered.
I felt my earlier shame fade into joy and excitement as I skipped down the hall towards the stage. However, I suddenly detected the smell of something burning as I opened the door.
"Oh, don't be sad junky wonky! This magical alchemist promises she will carry on your dreams of drug making all the way to the moo-!"
*SMACK*
*CRASH*
When I entered the room, I witnessed Miss Su, the high-heeled acrobat, getting slapped so hard she flew through the wall and out of the building.
"HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME YOU BITCH!" She screamed.
It was only when I saw the burning fragments of what used to be an alchemy furnace that I realized what had happened. I had been so focused on enduring that shameful experience that I had forgotten that this was originally an alchemy contest, and if I had to guess, the angry woman most likely lost and is lashing out at her opponent. It's a common sight in these kinds of events, so the guards can take care of her, while I go aid that miss Su. I just happen to have some bruise ointment on hand, so I might be able to bargain for more information should she have injured her face.
"WHAT THE-!"
*BOOM*
Just as I started making my way towards the hole in the wall, the sore loser suddenly launched a wind-qi attack that blew me, the wall and my pagoda next door, down.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU FOOLS DOING! GET HER!!!" I screamed as I stood up from the debris.
The guards who should have been trained to deal with such situations, had just been standing there, doing nothing to stop this rampaging woman from tearing apart the building as she launched her next attack.
*BOOM*
I may be a grand alchemist, but I have barely done any cultivation since I became a nascent soul, so I am still just a red core. Meanwhile, that woman is at the peak of yellow core, so a direct attack from her could kill me instantly. These fools should know that, so why the hell aren't they doing anything.
"Oh, you got here just in time magical girl B! My face is to broken to go on stage, so its up to you to cheer up junky wonky!" Miss Su said to me as her head suddenly popped out of the rubble.
"WHOA! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!"
I was relieved to see she was alive, but the state of her face startled me. Her face kept changing rapidly as it distorted and changed colors rapidly. I could feel my head hurting just from looking at it.
"DIE!!!"
"QUICK! SHOW HER YOUR PANTIES!"
"OH NO!"
The unsettling condition of Su's face had distracted me from the maniac attacking us right now. I quickly tried to jump out of the line of fire while protecting my head
*Thud*
"Hm? Where's the impact?" I muttered as I was sure she was about to attack just now.
Raising my head to look at what happened, I was surprised to find that someone had come to our rescue. Surprisingly enough, the person pinning that mad woman to the ground was not a guard, but that arrogant green palace lord, Mori Akira.