Suddenly, someone drops from the mall roof.
Niššīku looks up slowly while still holding Axia's head.
Renai drops in a T pose at a rapid pace.
"More humans? More for me to feast." Niššīku says.
Niššīku throws Axia away and slowly puts his arm up to block Renai's drop.
"The artist of justice is HERE!!" Renai yells.
Renai crashes down on Niššīku, the weight of his drop crushing the entire left side of Niššīku's body.
Niššīku snap steps out of the way to avoid further injury.
'What was that?!' Niššīku thinks in shock.
Renai does a hero stance and stands tall.
"As the artist of justice, I will eliminate evil from this world!!"
Niššīku stares at Renai, angered.
"Behold! My two wonderful students!" Renai shouts, pointing at Niššīku.
A young man with pink hair and silver earrings carrying Axia walks in behind Renai.
"Sup'..."
Following the hole by the entrance of the mall, a blue, red, and black masked man with bright white eyes in a denim jacket and a black Lycra bodysuit under walks in.
"Mime, speaking." He says, carrying healed Plaster on his shoulder.
Renai turns around to his students.
"Alright!! Yves!! Show me what you're truly capable of!!"
Yves gently drops Axia down.
"Me? Why me? Can't Mime go?" Yves argues.
Mime joins the two after laying Plaster down to safety.
"Don't talk about me behind my back, Yves."
"YVES!! The students of justice never back down from a fight!!"
Niššīku regenerates half of his body in an instant, still annoyed.
'These humans… Are not taking me serious.'
"But I think I have a stomach ache… and I didn't really sleep the night before…" Yves continues making excuses.
"Can Mime at least assist me? Why do I have to do it alone?" Yves asks.
With tremendous speed, Niššīku leaps at the trio, his claws aiming to take someone's head off.
The three dodge just in time without trouble, Niššīku lands some distance away.
Yves steps up with his hands in his pockets, hunched over.
"Another nobody to fight? Ugh, being good at everything is exhausting."
"Calling it 'nobody' might be premature…" Mime says from a distance, snatching a drink from the store and attempting to drink it from a straw through his mask.
Renai walks up to him.
"Did you pay for that?"
...
Niššīku starts surging blue mana.
"I'm going to end you, little boy."
"Cool…" Yves responds, unbothered.
"Will he really be alright, Master Renai?" Mime asks.
Time feels like it stops around them. Niššīku and Yves about to face off.
Talent alone isn't enough. But when you're Yves… it actually is.
Niššīku crouches and drives his weight forward to lunge.
Suddenly, Yves blink steps and appears in front of Niššīku.
"Nice to meet you, ant king."
Niššīku barely manages to react before Yves tackles him up in the air.
'What the?!' Niššīku thinks in shock midair.
Before Niššīku can collect himself, Yves shoots upward straight through his guard and knees him in the chest.
Yves plants his feet on the roof and lunges himself down, flipping into a fast axe kick.
His heel strikes Niššīku in the shoulder and sends him crashing into the mall wall.
Niššīku quickly recomposes himself,
'Where is he?!' Niššīku thinks as he struggles to find Yves.
Yves is already at his left side. He drives a powered up body shot into Nissiku's torso, the blow strong enough to launch the ant lord out of the mall.
Niššīku slides across the street, his body digging into the pavement until he finally slows down.
He rises unsteady, stunned by the sequence of combo he just took.
'There are humans like this out in the world!? No… It can't be…!'
Yves stands on the roof of the mall, staring Niššīku down.
Inside the mall, Renai and Mime are currently making their way outside.
"Master Renai, how did you meet Yves?"
"Hm? Through a good friend of mine named Nas. Nas was actually supposed to be his master but he wasn't accepting students anymore because he found it annoying to train teenagers." Renai explains.
"Then I came in and swooped him up, I will always remember our first interaction. At first, I tried motivating him to join me, I said
'Imagine it. Just you and me on the grand stage of SMFC, the largest mana arena on the planet. Millions of eyes watching us, waiting for the first strike and every split second decision made in a heated battle,'
'Picture a match so powerful that the world remembers it for centuries. If you stood your ground and won against me there, your name would rise through every city and every clan.'
'I'm telling you this because I can help you reach that level of power, imagine if you had the power to take anybody down. You don't have to, All you have to do is choose it.'"
Mime stops and looks at Renai with wide eyes.
"Do you want to know what he replied?"
Mime nods enthusiastically.
"He was quiet… I then asked, 'Did my speech not excite you?'"
"He gave me a very serious look and said,
'No. It didn't. Because beating you on the biggest stage of them all is something I can imagine without any trouble.'"
Renai starts laughing after telling the story.
"He then heard how famous I was and decided to join me shortly after for his own reasons, something about wanting an entourage of women."
Mime shakes his head.
"Of course he did."
They finally reach outside, Yves drops from the roof unbothered.
"Sup."
Niššīku stares at the three, undaring to move.
"I inflicted some damage on him, am I free now?" Yves asks,
Renai flashes a heroic pose.
"You did great, yes. My boy!!"
Suddenly, Niššīku's body erupts in pink mana, sending shockwaves throughout the entire country.
Mime tilts his head.
"Pink? The mana is like yours, Yves." Mime says.
Yves whistles with wide eyes.
Renai slowly turns his head, staring deep into Yves eyes.
"Hey… Yves… did… you… hit… it… with… mana… without… knowing… it's… abilities…?"
Yves stares back at Renai, biting his lip with a smile.
"I mean, it's technically your fault, you told me to fight him, so I did… pfft… it's not my fault… hehe…"
Renai sighs, then turns his attention to Niššīku.
"Alright. The artist of justice is taking over."
…