Nobuo kept silent and followed the others. He had his trust towards Ba'al for now, at least until he confirms his suspicions, but so far, the lich and him haven't set off the Sentai hero in him. Then again, even if it gets set off, how would he be able to transform? Would he assume the Z-Cune would even work?

His mind was distracted when they entered the Oasis. The name didn't set off any warning flags for him, at least not right now. He listened in on Whitney and Nonon chatting, with Nonon claiming the former has something known as...

Eighth Grader Syndrome.

Nobuo had heard of this for a while. A pseudo-mental illness in which children aged fourteen begin to delude themselves into things like having a cursed eye or believing that they are a master of the dark flames. Nobuo tried to think if he was ever 'diagnosed' with it... Possibly. He [i]did[/i] lapse into delusions of being a Sentai hero, even to his age of twenty-nine.

He had no time to dwell on it though. The group had arrived into the Oasis and spot a magician. After a scuffle, the magician introduced himself as The Viewer... And how he can grant wishes.

"OOOOOH! I know what my wish is!" Nobuo rushed to the front of the crowd. He hasn't caught the part where he had to [i]work[/i] for it though... He had caught the part where the wishes can most certainly than not not be what the wisher wanted, even if he was really smart with the wish. Regardless, this one wish was worth any risk. Any consequence. While the Viewer may not want to hear his wish until [i]after[/i] the Trials are done, Nobuo wanted him to hear it regardless.

"My wish is to finally have my wife be in real life! My beloved Aoi-Tan~!" Nobuo said before he began to fantasize about holding Aoi-Tan as a normal human being, in his arms. He was like this for quite a while.