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Chapter 33: How I Crashed the Casino (Screeching Ends)

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Chapter 33: How I Crashed the Casino (Screeching Ends)

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"SO I'M WARNING YOU..."

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DO NOT BE DECEIVED....

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POW!

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P threw an entire heavy wooden table with his right hand straight at Arthur's chest, snapping him violently out of the memory as glasses smashed and shattered across the floor.

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KKKRIIISSHNNNNN.........K!

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"Hurgh!" Arthur grunted, spitting blood as shock overtook him. In slow motion, the blurry figure of P standing before him cleared just a fraction more as reality crashed back in.

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KAPOW!

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The force sent Arthur flying downward, hitting his back before skidding onto his knees. His left hand dragged across the slick floor to catch his balance.

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ROLL...

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SLID......

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TMP.

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"Kik— The damn table...!" Arthur muttered in absolute fury and agony, his bloodshot eyes screaming a single question:

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HOW DOES THAT EVEN HURT ME?!

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TMP. TMP. TMP.

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BUAK...!

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P launched an airborne right kick, his left arm swinging up and back for balance. Arthur gritted his teeth, barely throwing up his left arm to block the blow as the momentum drove him backward.

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...I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS! Arthur raged internally.

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He lunged forward with a sharp right kick, taking a few fast paces back to set up an open counter.

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KICK...!

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KICK—

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P fired his left leg straight back into Arthur's shin.

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DEATH COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS— the master's voice echoed in Arthur's head once more.

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"Tsk— DAMN YOU!" Arthur roared.

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STEP.

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SWING!

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Arthur threw a full-power right punch, but P ducked under it effortlessly, leaving Arthur's fist to strike empty air.

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PUNCH...

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WEAVE.

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P weaved smoothly past Arthur's left side, pivoting forward to clamp his hand down on Arthur's wrist.

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TMP.

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GRAB!

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SWING!

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Gripping Arthur's wrist tight, P yanked him over his shoulder in a sweeping hip toss.

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SLAM...!

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Arthur slammed back-first into the concrete floor. "Hargh—!" he choked out.

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Arthur opened his eyes wide—and through the static of his fading vision, the blurry silhouette cleared just enough to show the sole of a shoe descending straight for his face.

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DEATH COMES $$&&&---;!!+_-(&&))!:"— his mind glitched out.

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...I won't die by this monkey's hand... NEVER! Arthur screamed in his thoughts.

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He vanished from the carpet just a fraction of a second before impact.

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STOMP!

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"Huh?" P blinked, dumbfounded.

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WHOOSH!

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Arthur materialized at P's left side, his face twisted in pure rage, his teeth bared as a dangerous crimson aura exploded around him. He drove a right punch straight into P's shocked face while P's golden eyes side-glanced to track him—

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POW!

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"G-Rk...!" P grunted.

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FLASH!

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BOOM...!

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P was launched sideways, crashing hard into the grand staircase.

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FLASH!

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Arthur appeared before him in a flash of red aura, bringing a left hook swinging down like a sledgehammer. P leaped down the stairs just in time.

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BOOM...!

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Arthur's punch smashed directly into the stairs, causing the concrete structure to crack, crumble, and nearly collapse.

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"Gargh...!" Arthur grunted, completely infuriated.

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WHOOSH!

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TMP.

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P landed flat on both feet at the base of the staircase.

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"He's getting faster... and stronger," P thought, immediately dropping back into his fighting stance.

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"YAAAAAAAH......!" Arthur roared at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing off the high ceilings.

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BOOM!

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The crimson aura around Arthur flared violently, radiating suffocating heat as he charged up to his absolute limit.

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"YOU LITTLE MONKEY...! I WON'T FORGIVE YOUR IMPUDENCE! I WILL KILL YOU AND WIPE OUT THE REST OF YOUR INFERIOR RACE! I CURSE YOU...! YOU WILL DIE BY MY HANDS... MONKEEEEEY......!" Arthur screamed in a desperate, unhinged cocktail of hate and rage.

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"Curses don't work on me, ALIEN," P said with a slow blink, gazing up at the aura-cloaked figure on the shattered stairs.

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FLASH!

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BOOM!

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"YAAAAH.....!"

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Arthur lunged down from the stairs, driving a right fist forward. P planted his feet and threw a left fist straight to meet it.

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DIM.

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Both fists collided directly in mid-air.

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BZZZT!

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BAM!

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BOOM...!

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The shockwave blasted outward, pulverizing the remaining tables, chairs, and casino fixtures across the lower floor. Cracks spider-webbed through the concrete pillars.

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BOOOM...!

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"GAAAAAH...!" Arthur screamed through gritted teeth, pushing all his energy into another heavy right punch.

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BAM!

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P ignored the incoming hit and drove a sharp right punch straight into Arthur's gut.

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WHIIISH...!

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GRAB!

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SWING!

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SLAM..!

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P pivoted, grabbed Arthur by the collar, and threw him overhead, slamming his back onto the ground. Arthur bounced off the floor with a hollow gasp. "Gah...!"

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"Get out... YOU DAMN RACIST!" P barked.

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P swung his leg around, landing a heavy kick directly to Arthur's spine that launched him through the air, sending him flying straight out of the casino's main entrance.

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WHACK!

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CRASH!

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BOOM!

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KKKRIIISHINNKILINNNNK........

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The floor-to-ceiling glass windows and double-doors shattered into millions of sparkling shards, cascading to the ground in slow motion.

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"Tsk... I'm attracting way too much attention," P thought, glancing around the ruined hall.

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CRACKLINSHINKIN...

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Outside on the pavement, small glass shards crunched underfoot as Arthur slowly staggered back up. He shook his head violently, trying to clear the haze.

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"Hurgh..." Arthur shrugged, dark static text filling his mind once more:

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D€ATH $-π π&#

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()7)--$shh

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".HNNN...!" He grabbed his head, groaning in agony.

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BZZT!

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"MON-KEEEEEEEEEY.....!" Arthur bellowed, his voice tearing raw as the red aura exploded outward one last time.

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BOOM...!

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P's eyes locked in dead serious. "...I have to end this right now," he thought, bracing his legs for impact.

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BLAM!

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BOOM!

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Arthur burst back through the ruined window frame, crossing the distance in a fraction of a millisecond. Before P could even track the trajectory—

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"Heh—" P muttered, taken off guard.

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WHOOSH!

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GRAB!

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Arthur grabbed P by his right ankle with his right hand, lifted him off the floor, and began violently slamming him into the ground back and forth in a blind rage!

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SLAM! SLAM!

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SLAM! SLAM!

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FLING...!

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Arthur hurled P across the hall, sending him skidding hard against the lower floor.

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SMACK!

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"Hurgh—" P grunted as his back slammed against the floor tiles.

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STOMP!

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Arthur leaped forward, bringing his boot coming straight down for P's face.

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ROLL.

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P rolled to the side, letting the stomp shatter the floor where his head had just been.

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TMP.

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FLIP.

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P pushed off the floor with his hands, flipping up into the air beside Arthur.

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STOMP.

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P landed gracefully and immediately slipped into a defensive rhythm, weaving smoothly past Arthur's frantic, mindless punches.

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WEAVE. WEAVE.

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WHACK...!

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P delivered a heavy left roundhouse kick straight into Arthur's ribcage, launching him backward across the room.

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THUD! FLOP! THUD!

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ROLL... ROLL...

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Arthur tumbled across the carpet, tapped the floor with his hand, and flipped back onto his feet.

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TAP! FLIP! TMP.

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"How is he still keeping up with me...?!" Arthur thought, his eyes burning with red aura.

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TMP TMP.

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TMP TMP.

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P bounced lightly on his toes, swinging his arms casually to loosen his shoulders. He cracked his neck left and right while jogging in place.

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TMP TMP.

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CRACK. CRACK.

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P stomped his lead foot down and brought his hands up into a clean, traditional stance.

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STOMP.

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FWISH.

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"Come on," P ordered, flashing a quick smirk.

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"GAAAAAAAAHH!" Arthur roared, charging forward like a wounded beast.

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"HMPH."

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P set his base and threw a left punch just as Arthur threw his right.

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BZZZZZXT!

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CRACK!

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BOOM!

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Fist met fist once again.

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RUBBLE RUBBLE...

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The entire lower level shook violently from the sheer kinetic force. They began trading blows in rapid succession—neither yielding an inch, neither holding the upper hand for more than a second.

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P delivered a punch that was about to launch Arthur backward, but right as Arthur's body started to lift—

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GRAB!

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P snatched Arthur's wrist mid-air, catching him in slow motion.

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PULL!

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WHAM!

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P yanked Arthur back in and slammed a brutal headbutt straight into his nose!

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"HARGH!" Arthur stumbled back, clutching his face as blood poured down his chin.

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"WHAT IS THIS...?! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I CAN'T DIE! DEATH IS AN ILLUSION! YOU'RE JUST A WEAK MORTAL! I'M IMMORTAL! I'M A GOD! I'M AN ELOHIIIIM! I'M INVINCIBLE!" Arthur shrieked, his mind completely shattering.

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"YAAAAAAAH!" he screamed at the top of his lungs.

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CLICK.

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Everything went pitch black.

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CLICK.

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The scene opened again.

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WOOOOO.....

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The wind blew gently through the open night sky. All Arthur could see was the dark... and the full moon shining brightly above.

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WOOOOOSH....

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Arthur stared up, mesmerized and dazed. "...Again... I couldn't see..."

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BEYOND THAT WHICH WE CANNOT SEE...

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CLICK.

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Arthur's vision snapped back to a blurry image of the bottom of a shoe coming down from above. A dark figure with glowing golden eyes emerged right behind it.

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MY EYES... Arthur thought in horror.

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"I &---++$ WEAK +#+$++#DO," P muttered, his voice warped and unintelligible.

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STOMP!

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DIMM...

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KAPOW!

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Arthur was smashed from the roof, crashing down heavily through the upper level floor.

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"HNNEEEE.....!" echoed the screams of patrons hiding on the upper level as panic broke out.

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Arthur continued plunging down through the ceiling back onto the third floor—the main floor where their fight had started.

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CRASH!

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BOOOM...!

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RUBBLE RUBBLE.

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The entire structure groaned as Arthur impacted the ground.

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KRAAAA!

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BOOOM...!

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A second figure slammed down beside him, throwing up another cloud of dust.

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RUBBLE...

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Thick, rusty concrete dust filled the air.

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"Hurgh— Hahh..." P grunted, staggering up while cracking his back. "I'm really not used to these high-altitude landings yet..." he muttered, holding his lower back.

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"Is he dead...?" P squinted through the cloud of dust to locate Arthur's body.

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"Tsk— I probably should have gone easy on him..." P thought.

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STEP. STEP.

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"I NEED ANSWERS!" P thought, stepping deeper into the fog.

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STEP. STEP.

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The dust slowly cleared.

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