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P21
[silhouettes]
So it was that Reggg and her nakama spammed their ways past opponent after opponent without a thought on the danger heading their way…
Meiling:
“What’s this danger you’re scribbling about? Is it Xagor?”
Ex-TT:
“Shhh… Don’t think about it.”
[Xagor’s silhouette]
Until…
Xagor:
“You there! I challenge you to a duel!”
[no text: Reggg, Meiling and Ex-TT turn and stare.]
[Full length figures: Xagor in chibi form]
Xagor:
“I challenge you to a…”
Reggg:
Is it OK to fight him? It’d be like picking on the weak. Would I really be a spammer for justice if I…
P22
Xagor:
“You shouldn’t judge people by their height!”
Reggg:
“We’re not. What makes you think we are?”
Meiling [pats Xagor’s head]:
“Here, have a lolly.”
Ex-TT:
“Here’s a teddy. I’ve named it Snoopy, but you can change it if you like.”
Reggg:
“What are you guys doing?!”
Xagor:
“I’m not a child! This is just my chibi form!”
Meiling:
“Look, Snoopy bear’s got a removable jacket.”
Ex-TT:
“This lolly is quite good.”
Reggg:
“That’s not for you! Stealing from a child is bad! Spit it out! Spit it out this second!”
Xagor:
“Are you deaf? If you’re going to be like that, then I’ll just have to…
SAY IT IN A BIGGER VOICE!
Break the law of thermodynamics, Atem!
NYORERO~N!!”
Reggg:
He knows the name of his spampaktou…
What is it? The thing around his neck?
P23
[no text: Xagor chomps on smoked cheese]
[no text: Xagor chomps on smoked cheese, which remains the same size, and grows into a bigger chibi]
Reggg:
Don’t tell me his spampaktou is…
“What kind of name is Atem for a block of cheese? Shouldn’t it be Edam? That’s definitely smoked edam, isn’t it?”
Giant Xagor:
“AS I WAS SAYING, HOW ABOUT A DUEL?”
Meiling:
“Good luck Reggg!”
Ex-TT:
“You can do it Reggg!”
Reggg:
“If you really think so, why are you…
…running away?”
P24
Giant Xagor:
“Whoever wins this game of cards will win
the right to spam!”
Meiling [return]:
Card game? Then size has nothing to do with it.
Ex-TT [return]:
It’s all about wit.
Meiling and Ex-TT:
Reggg can win this!
Reggg:
I can win this!
“OK, I accept, and the loser will…”
Meiling:
“…have to give me a free loli and buy me some cup-men.”
Ex-TT:
“…have to hang on the ceiling for three days, scream ‘Galaxian Explosion’ every hour, and buy me a strip of sukombu.”
Reggg:
“…What kind of request is that? …will lose the right to spam! (And buy me 2 litres of strawberry milk. No? 1 litre will do as well.)”
Xagor:
“Whatever you say. It just means you’re buying me 3 kilos of smoked cheese. Nyoro~n.”
Reggg:
“As if I’m going to lose!”
Xagor:
“You’re buying me 3 kilos of smoked cheese.”
P25
Xagor:
“Because you’re still a newbie, we’ll play by these rules: we’ll start with 2000 points…
[scoreboards: 2000, 2000]
the one who gets to 0 first loses.
[card shuffle]
I’ll lend you half my deck of cards.”
Reggg:
“OK. I’ll go first!”
Xagor:
“Nyoro~n…”
Reggg:
“Blu…”
Xagor:
N… Nyoro~n… Don’t tell me…
The newbie got Blue Eyes White Dragon on her first go?!
No wonder no one’s been able to defeat her so far, but she won’t get past me, because…
Reggg:
[shows card]
“No. It’s just blu.”
Ex-TT:
“Amazing move, Reggg!”
Meiling:
“Post number: super-high! Lurker level: super-high!”
Xagor:
“NYORO~N! It’s the wrong deck! Why is it the forum deck?! Did I put it back in the wrong box?!”
Reggg:
“Heh. Looks like it’s my win. There’s no way to win against blu.”
Xagor:
“No, there is one card with a higher Post Count…”
P26
Xagor:
[Millenium puzzle glows]
“firesock!”
[Xagor throws down AnnGinger]
Level: n00blet
[no text]
Reggg:
“It’s all over! Blu, attack!”
Xagor:
“Did you just say attack? Nyorero~n!
It really is all over…
FOR YOU!”
Reggg:
“WHAT?!”
Xagor:
“Look at the scoreboard.
You’re already on 0.”
P27
[scoreboard]
[bigger picture: Meiling and Ex-TT by scoreboard (back view)]
Xagor: 2000
Reggg: 0
[Meiling and Ex-TT turn head]
[Meiling and Ex-TT: guilty]
Reggg:
“What did you two do?
Did you betray me?
Have we already got to Reggg X: Trust and Betrayal?”
Xagor:
“I think not. Nyorero~n!
They merely fell into my trap.”
Reggg:
“Trap?”
Xagor:
“That’s right.
This is a battle of wits.
Knowing the enemies weakness is the true road to victory.”
Reggg:
“Our… weakness
?!”
P28
Reggg:
Don’t tell me…
This is…
[Reggg approaches scoreboard]
This is…
Xagor:
“You’ve finally noticed.
That’s right! The first three digits of your score was made from
[crumbs around Meiling and Ex-TT’s mouths]
POCKY and SUKOMBU!!
[no text: Reggg in shock]
Xagor:
“Nyoro~n! That’s the true difference in level between
you and me!”
Reggg:
Why?
Why did I lose?
Haven’t I found my nakama? (Although they weren’t much good.)
Haven’t I got both perseverance AND friendship?
Where is my victory?
29
Xagor:
“Do you really think you can spam without using your head?
Do you really think you can out-spam
ME?”
Reggg:
“Why?”
Xagor:
“Nyoro~n!
Who the hell do you think I am?
I am Xagor!
This is my spampktou, which has spammed a post over 5000 words!
Don’t believe in yourself!
Believe in the me who don’t believe in you!
Your spampaktou will NEVER pierce through the roof of my post count!
NYORERO~N!!”
P30
Reggg:
Don’t believe in…
My spam power is slipping away…
It’s better this way.
The way of the spam?
What’s that?
It’s as if I’m already half gone, and…
Meiling:
“Preferably with blue hair.”
Reggg:
“What?”
Meiling:
“I want a blue-haired loli. Long blue hair.”
Ex-TT:
“Which ceiling is best, do you reckon?”
Reggg:
“What are you doing? Are you S? You should have it written on your forehead! Look, Meiling’s got M on her hat.”
Ex-TT:
“Don’t put it that way. It’s embarrassing.”
[Reggg, Meiling and Ex-TT argue]
Xagor:
N… Nyoro~n…
After two and a half pages of silence, I thought I’d extinguished her spam power for good, but she’s already recovered it!
What is this newbie?
If she obtains spamkai, then…
I should put an end to it right now!
BUT…
[Memory bubble: “You’re buying me 3 kilos of smoked cheese.”]
Nyoro~n…