"No, Ninja-chan, I'm pretty sure this is exactly what we need to be doing." Akira said, pounding a fist into his palm for emphasis. "Doing what needs to be done. Asking the hard questions."

He was impressed by Mitsuki's inventory question. Sadly the only item that could have been of use to him was currently wherever iPears go when they disappear off the face of the earth, but it showed she was getting the hang of the game. Akira was about to remind her that only the protagonist got a legit inventory when the lights went out.

Akira's left hand exploded with pain, and he let out a distinctly unheroic yelp. When the lights came back on, they found him collapsed to his knees, clutching his hand. "I, uh," he stammered at Mitsuki, face deathly pale, "Think I pissed something off."