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Tomimi, are you okay?
I won't let you leave!
Huh? Why?
B-because I don't want to be without you again!
Huh?
I wanted to become Great Chief so I could force you to stay...
Does that mean you're the one who organized the ceremony this time?
Yes. If you didn't show up in the middle of it, I'd have become the Great Chief.
...I see.
Huh? What are you guys talking about?
It was very odd to have the ceremony at all.
Hm? What are you talking about, Doctor? What's that about the ceremony?
You're pretty smart, outsider.
Just think about it for a minute, Gavial.
Ever since you left, most of the tribes dissolved into the many smaller tribes we know today. Without a central leader, the tribes couldn't come together to do anything at all.
So how could we suddenly put on a ceremony? There had to be someone organizing things behind the scenes.
Hm? Wasn't it you who organized the ceremony?
It wasn't me. The Big Ugly still needed an engine. It wasn't done. I was planning to wait another year before contacting the other tribes to hold the ceremony, but then, all of a sudden, it was happening.
It was unexpected, but I didn't mind. I thought that, even an incomplete Big Ugly could have shocked the world.
The unexpected part was you coming back.
Now that you mention it, Tomimi was the one who asked me to return.
So you really did orchestrate everything.
...Yes.
I've been studying for years to learn what I would need to convince the other tribes to make me the Great Chief.
But, it's not too late...The tribes under my command are waiting out there, and the Big Ugly has been defeated. No one can stop me from making Gavial stay!
Why do you want me here so badly?
B-Because...
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W-Where am I...?
Waahh... aahhh... I want to go home...
Agh!
Hey, Tomimi. Are you okay?
Gavial...
You're such a pain. I let you out of my sight for one second and you run off to a place like this.
Gavial, you're bleeding!
Huh? It's fine, it's just a little cut.
Come on, let's go home.
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Gavial saved my life! I love her more than anyone!
A-And, Gavial is the strongest. As long as Gavial is our Great Chief, she can lead everyone!
Here I was thinking that you're all grown up now, but you haven't changed a bit...
I've got important work to do, Tomimi. You can't stop me.
...The books said: 'If I can't capture his heart, then I'll keep him close to me.' The books also said: 'As long as he is by my side, it doesn't matter if he hates me.'
S-So, even if you hate me, Gavial, I still want you here!
Whew... She's been slurping down trashy romance novels with a straw...
Now the Big Ugly is down, and you're exhausted. You can't beat me!
If you surrender, I-I won't hurt you!
You can't keep me here, Tomimi.
...T-That's not up to you!
Everyone, attack!
