In today's "Endless Eight Corridor: Caribbean Swimsuit Empire"...
I'm still your bard.
Rohacchi said this...
While this time, Sophia seems to have become Ms. Exposition.
Good day. This is the Director++ Explosive Set you ordered.
Time to pick up where we left off. Let's continue the story of swimsuits and battles.
Weeeell then, let's-a-go!
What about your opening theme song?
Who listens to the theme song more than once?! I'm skipping it!
After the long trek of a day and a night, "Lucia" finally arrives...
...Finally.
Lucia finally arrives at the pantheon known as a "waterpark."
——Who dares disturb the peace afore the gates——
Before she knew, numerous dark shades have already surrounded "Lucia".
When did you...
You need not know.
...You're right. I'll just fight my way through anyway.
"Lucia" slashes forward, but the blade does not catch anything substantial.
Pointless.
Weapons cannot defeat me.
Only truth can repel me.
...
Does this "truth" count?
...?
...Was that an attempt at humor?
Looks like semantics don't count.
...I'll be going then.
The truth is... you only have to answer me one question true, 'ere the other side you see.
?
Strange traveler, tell me...
What, is your quest?
...?
Heh. Easy. I seek to plunder from the guardians all their swimsuits.
Very honest... I shall grant you a chance to prove yourself...
Any more than that and it's out of my job description... I'll be leaving now...
...?
——Who goes there summoning——
——The guardians of summer respond——
1. The swimsuit will adjudicate this eternal summer.
Liv, the Lady of the Deep. Responding to the summons.
2. Leave history in the summer sea through the swimsuit.
The Rational Rammer. Lee.
3. Swimsuits have to make heads turn... No, wait, I mean burn!
Burning Musume, Karenina!
Good. The whole trinity's here, eh? Saves me the effort. Come at me!
The brink of battle, any moment now——
...
But hey, that might be too standard.
It's a story after all. We need to soak it in more creative juices!
So...
...
...
...
What is it that the guardians saw, that turned them silent?
W-what is it...?
My child!
...What?!
...Let's ignore the "I am your father" bit first. But there's three of you here!
A-ahem... By child, we don't mean you.
From the looks of it, you must be the wearer of that "swimsuit."
Show us your "swimsuit" first. And we'll explain.
Henswim sequence skipped.
Lazy.
Neigh, stuff it! It takes too much effort!
Lazybones.
A-ahem... Anyhow, Lucia's done henswimming.
——Set complete!
I will be the one to end all swimsuits.
Do you "have" to say this line every time she henswims?
Without this line, it doesn't cut well into the ads!
Ads?
What one man can invent, another can discover.
I'm not passing the ball! They don't respect the fairness that serves as the foundation of sport! They're all using them new Asimov legs!
Full moon, half moon...
Total eclipse.
——There are many different TV channels.
——But the best is Channel K!
——Because only we, can get people of different tastes glued to the same TV screen!
——With our special polarized glasses, many-shows-one-screen is no longer a dream! Couple it with a Bluetooth earpiece for the audio as well!
What ads are these?
Iunno, found it in a hard drive in some ruins.
In the last scene we...
Ah, whatever, I'm skipping it. The ad didn't play for that long anyways.
I will be the one to end all swimsuits.
So it is you indeed... Leviathan.
You... know this swimsuit?
How could we not? After all...
That swimsuit is our child.
Impossible. I remember nothing of the sort.
That is only natural. After all, a filthy, thieving rascal stole you from us.
Levi, don't trust any of their nonsense!
What are you getting all riled up about? We aren't saying you took her from us.
Or is it you?! Are you the thief?! Get ready for a beating if you are!
Lucia...
Levi, enough!
I don't have any memories of me being made by someone...
Levi! Stop it! Shut up!
...But when I first opened my eyes. It was you that I saw...
...
So tell me. What happened... on that day?
That day...
Very well. I'll tell you...
Is it time for another ad?
Stop popping out all of a sudden! I'm ad lib—I mean writing already!
Lah, lah-la-la, lah-lah-lah...
Huh? What's this?
This is, of course... a swimsuit.
Who are you?
I'm X.
Wow, this fake name you came up with is... X-tra lame.
Ngh?! You wound me, child!
But back to the point.
——Take the swimsuit, child.
——For this is your fate.
My mommy said I shouldn't listen to ominous sounding people trying to get you into pyramid schemes.
What's a pyramid scheme?
Probably something real bad from the Golden Age.
Oh. I see.
N-no, I'm not trying to sell you travel club licenses...
Child, do you know what that swimsuit before you is?
That thing, child, is what will protect you in the eternal summer to come.
...Really?
Of course. Everything I say is true.
And, not only so...
On that day, I meant to just leave that mysterious and ominous voice behind...
But the candies he promised were just too many...
?
?
Stop making me recall such an embarrassing story...
...So did you at least get the candies?
What do you think I'm traveling through the worlds for?
My heart... It's aching.
Maybe you should take Leviathan with you?
...Of course, that is if you still want the candies that X promised you.