The atmosphere was tense as Yuuki and Nagisa saw how serious Aoba and her friends were. The boys soon glanced at each other. They needed to defuse the situation and gather more info. Soon Yuuki was the one who broke the silence.

"Nee-chan, how did you know I was in Mato?"

"Heh, I felt my brother's presence, of course."

"You can actually sense that? It's just that you said my most defining trait was being the most handsome man, it got confusing."

The moment Aoba asked this, Koko and Naon sweat dropped at the situation. The two of them looked at Nagisa for a second because going by Aoba's criteria, they thought he would be her brother. The moment he caught their glances, Nagisa merely shook his head and mouthed to them that they should play a long. Seeing this, Naon and Koko both responded.

"Sure."

"Attaboy, Yuuki."

"Brocon Aoba strikes again. Hey, you still owe me 500 yen by the way. Since you're alive, I don't have to feel guilty about collecting what you owe me, right?"

"Nagi-chan! Can't you let it slide this one time, please?"

"That would make the fifteenth time I let it slide. If you want, I can add interest."

Yuuki couldn't help but chuckle at Nagisa and Aoba's antics. Truth be told, they were always like this. Aoba kept asking Nagisa for help to the point that everytime they met, he always asked her if she had five-hundred yen. Sometimes he multipled the amount by ten everytime he asked her just to see her reaction. Soon Aoba sighed as she looked at her brother and best friend.

"Well, since the tension is gone, it's about time we introduce them to you."

The moment she said this, Aoba snapped her fingers as three shuuki appeared from the ground. First was the one-horned shuuki that dressed as if it was a samurai, next was the bear-like shuuki that Nagisa fought when Koko first tried to capture him, and finally there was six-legged shuuki with a body that looked like a black cloak.

Seeing the three shuuki in front of him acting domestic, Nagisa slowly walked forward in order to touch their heads out of curiosity. However, the moment that he took a step forward, both Akura and Kuma backed away as they were seen shaking. Seeing this reaction, both Koko and Naon thought to themselves.

"You know, considering how he pretty much handled them with no difficulty and how badly hurt Kuma got........"

"..........yeah, I think Nagisa might have given them a little bit of trauma."

"............I........i'm not disliked, am I?"

"Is he actually pouting?!"

Both Koko and Naon were in shock with how Nagisa was acting. Was this really the same terrifying guy that they fought earlier? It was starting to get a little hard to believe this was the same guy who gave them so much trouble with just his bare hands. Seeing his reaction, Aoba smirked as she started to rub Nagisa's head.

"What's this? Is Tomioka Nagisa actually a softie? What kind of gap now is this?"

"You got 500 yen?"

"N-Nagi-chan, we can talk about this."

"Got 5000 yen?"

As Nagisa said this, he was slowly unsheathing his katana as he stared directly at Aoba with a smile. In just a matter of moments, Nagisa was chasing Aoba around while swinging his katana at the girl. While Kidomaru was chasing Nagisa to stop him, Akura and Kuma were still hiding from Nagisa. Seeing this, Yuuki could only smile.

"I wonder if Nagisa noticed he's actually smiling right now."

~Meanwhile~
Inside of the 7th Unit's base, Himari was seen wrapping up Shushu's left hand in bandages. Truth be told, everyone was worried about Yuuki after he was taken away. Seeing how worried Shushu was, Himari tried to cheer her up and in turn, cheer herself up.

"Don't worry, they went through the trouble of laying down a trap. Plus the moment they got Yuuki, they ran with their tail between their legs. I'm sure Yuuki is alive."

"Yeah....there's no way Yuukey would just die so easily."

"But one thing does surprise me. How did Tomika get captured? It may seem like he was only a tactician during the Mato Games, but he's obviously way stronger than Yuuki and has more experience fighting. Plus he was close to reaching the 6th Unit base so he could've gotten back up."

While Himari was trying to piece things together, her thoughts were interrupted as they saw both Nei and Kyouka enter the room. The moment they asked if she found where Yuuki was, Kyouka simply nodded her head.

"My body started moving on its own. That means...."

"Yuuki's transformation was undone. Now it's time to give him compensation due to your peach ability."

"This body that searches to give him his reward will serve as a radar to find Yuuki. Nei will stay here and watch the battle from afar as well as reporting every detail."

As Nei nods her head, Kyouka and the rest of the 7th unit turned around as they saw a portal appear. The moment they did, they saw three familiar faces exiting the portal as they also had a reason for wanting to lend support to them.

"We heard your call and came just in the nick of time."

~Meanwhile~
As he was sipping his tea from the cup in his left hand, Bang let a sigh escape from his lips. Once again, Ren had decided to visit the dojo again after hearing Nagisa returned here for more training. However, the young woman was slightly disappointed to see that he already left.

"What a shame, it seems I keep on missing him. Just when I was about to ask him about the Mato Cradle Ark Incident."

"It seems you have poor timing as always."

"By the way, I would like to know something, Bang. Aren't you right handed, why are you drinking tea with your left?"

As Ren asked this question, Bang put down his cup of tea. When he ripped off the right sleeve of his shirt, Ren was surprised to see what happened. Bang's right arm was broken, the man known as Japan's martial arts treasure was injured to such a degree.

"What caused this? Did you fight shuuki in Mato again?"

"No. This is simply the result of training."

"Training what exactly?"

The moment Ren asked this, Bang remembered what happened during Nagisa's stay here. During his last day of training, the two of them were sparring to see how far Nagisa's techniques had come. Bang effortlessly destroyed his practiced sword, countered his strikes, and knocked the boy out cold. However, it was after knocking out Nagisa did he realize something. The moment Nagisa had stood up again and opened his eyes, for the first time in years, Bang actually put up his guard.

"What did I train you ask? I trained........"

"............a monster."