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[color=tomato]"Calm down dude, there’s no damage component in that melody."[/color]

[color=888888] -Oros the Mad[/color]

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Oros had found that with most women, it was best to just let them air their grievances so that things could move on. She was very careful not to smile too much or do anything that might provoke her further. And, for at least a little while. It seemed to be working. 

But in the end, after the revelations, it seemed that Xiangfei still very much wished to fight, even though she was willing to pay for all the damages. Or whoever that card belonged to. Was that guy even alive? She’d beaten up so many people today she got tired of checking their pulses. Either way this mess seemed like something a goon for a prestigious gang could clean up quickly if they needed to. 

[color=ff6347]"I got others if you need them!"[/color] was almost what Oros had said before Xiangfei started to explain that, actually, this didn’t clear up everything. But before she could finish, Mika’s melody appeared to smash into the truck. Oros knew the melody couldn’t do any damage though, as the melody had no damage component. But melodies were just as flashy as any special move a fighter could throw, and so the presence of spectral shattered glass or the loud crash from the melody activating were just flashy effects. Oros didn’t even stir. 

[color=ff6347]"We’re safe, babe."[/color] Oros had to weigh her options carefully. Unlike Mika, she understood these people a bit better. Or at least she thought she did. Thinly veiled threats wouldn’t work, since everyone and their brother lived to display their fighting prowess. It was time for plan B, and this was a good one. [color=ff6347]"Okay, so, say I bring in some new customers to replace the ones I defeated? Like maybe I could spin a sign or write on my chest with permanent marker. Then I could lift my shirt and be like ‘come eat here’ or something."[/color] 

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[color=tomato]"I got him to swear."[/color]

[color=888888] -Mika Fang[/color]

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[sub][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kla9n9dhdk&list=PLU7NOYXOjyljG3ISy1hrVHpn1_tEJ5kyH]Yasuhisa Watanabe - In The World
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[b]MP: 10/10[/b]
[s]Swan Gauge: ???%[/s]
[b]Magic Sense Buff: 5 turns left[/b]
[b]Transform [Bear’s Strength] Buff: 5 turns left[/b]

Given the sudden shift in the blond man’s demeanor, Mika had to assume that she finally got him to take her seriously. If she were younger this fact might have made her smile, but she was smarter than that now. People that saw you as a threat seldom backed down, and in a town where people worshiped fighting like this one, it meant that they were going to have to fight that much harder. She had no idea who Geese was, of course. But given that her true target was a goat man, why wouldn’t one of his rivals be some avian creature?

[color=ff6347]"It’s about time you took me seriously."[/color]

And it was about time Mika took him seriously too. They prepared their next attacks, which were going to be a bit special. But Mika started preparing a melody. While they could be channeled while performing any other action, they were slower to emerge, and Terry beat her out by a fraction of a second. 

It was a misconception that powerful fighters were usually slow. Terry’s Burn knuckle practically carried him through the air towards his target, and if Mika didn’t already have her hands up, he’d have likely knocked her front teeth out of her head. His fist collided with her knife, shoving it into her forearm with enough force that the tip of her blade cut into her skin. Like before, she swung her heel to the side and allowed Terry’s momentum to carry him through the deflection, positioning the side of his body in front of cloaked fighter. Unlike before though, Terry immediately defended his face, just as Mika’s melody went off.

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The strength of a bear, for the moment, coursed through Mika’s body. She had also activated her metaphorical third eye, and would no longer be surprised by the wily fighter’s special effects, but would still be oblivious to any non-magical attacks. She threw a right hook punch that struck Terry’s arm, and he could likely feel that it was stronger than last time. 

But Mika wasn’t content with that. She decided to take a page out her opponent’s book and followed up by throwing her right knee towards his stomach, before using her left hand to drive the butt of her knife into his ribs. All while Mika’s next melody was starting to charge up.