Mona entered the room and saw Oliver struggling to hold back a horde of junoi trying to break free.
"H-hey, Bela! Can you handle your junoi for a sec?!" Oliver shouted.
"Hold on, hold on. Ugh, where is it?" Bela kept pulling out more junoi from a red aura circle in front of her.
After a moment, she grabbed something from inside the circle. "Ah, finally!" Bela yanked it out, revealing a sleeping, face-bearing octopus-like junoi. "Oh, never mind. Wrong one."
Without hesitation, Bela tossed the octopus junoi backward-and it landed right on Oliver's head.
"WAAAAHHH!!!" Instantly, Oliver was zapped by a massive electric surge, his body lighting up like a torch.
As Oliver collapsed, the swarm of junoi rushed toward the door-where Mona was standing.
"H-hey, wait-wait. Hey, you can't leave!" Mona shouted, both hands raised in a command to stop.
But the junoi didn't halt and kept charging forward.
Suddenly-"Aha, found it!" Bela pulled out a junoi shaped like a sparrow. "Lala," its name was. Bela placed Lala on her shoulder, then turned toward the fleeing junoi. "Alright, you naughty kids, time to come back!"
The aura circle in front of Bela expanded and began sucking in all the roaming junoi. Once every last one was swallowed up, the hole sealed shut.
"Whew. Alright Lala, give me something," said Bela.
Lala, perched on her shoulder, then spat out a large syringe from its mouth-one so big it dwarfed Lala itself.
"Hmm, let's try this one!" Bela exclaimed.
"Huh? That syringe can fit in its mouth?" Mona asked, wide-eyed.
"Of course it can!" Bela replied.
Before long, Aruta began to open his eyes. At first, everything was blurry. But slowly, his vision grew clearer. He saw a beautiful girl standing before him. Quite a lovely sight in a moment like this.
"Where am I?" Aruta murmured.
His vision sharpened further, and finally, he could see clearly-Bela holding a giant syringe.
"Eh?!"
"Hiyah!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
Bela swung her syringe and injected it right into Aruta's butt.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Mwehehe~ he'll definitely recover immediately after this," Bela said, closing her eyes and grinning confidently.
But suddenly, she felt Lala pecking at her cheek.
"Eh?" Bela opened her eyes. She stared at Lala for a moment before looking back at Aruta. There she saw Aruta had transformed into a rabbit with human hair.
"Eeeeehhhh?!" Bela gasped in shock and immediately checked her syringe. Written on it was "Bunny Serum."
"Hey! Why did you give me this?!" Bela shouted at Lala.
"Prr prr prr! (You asked unclearly earlier!)"
"But at least look at what the situation needs!"
"Prr prr! (Whatever. Your fault anyway!)"
"She can talk to birds?" Mona murmured.
Not long after, Oliver began to regain consciousness, and the octopus junoi that hadn't been sucked into Bela's portal fell rolling onto the floor.
"What happened?" Oliver said, sitting up while holding his head.
"I don't know. Bela was talking to... a bird?" Mona replied.
"Ah, that's normal," Oliver said.
Meanwhile, Bela and Lala were still scowling at each other, but finally, Bela spoke, "Huff, fine, fine. Give me the right syringe this time."
Lala side-eyed Bela briefly before finally producing another syringe, just as large as the previous one. Bela glanced at it and saw the words "AlunanRembulan (Moonlight Melody)" written on it. The liquid inside was also crystal clear.
"Alright, since it was your fault earlier..." Bela said, turning to Lala but still bending down to pick up the syringe. But because she wasn't paying attention, she accidentally grabbed the rolling octopus junoi instead. "Now you're the one who's gonna inject," she continued.
"Prr prr prr?! (Why me?!)" Lala flapped its wings frantically.
"Prr prr prr (Ugh whatever, your call)" Lala grabbed what Bela was holding with its feet and immediately darted toward Mono.
"Hey Bela!" Oliver and Mona shouted simultaneously.
"Huh?" Bela turned toward Lala and saw it carrying the octopus junoi.
"Heehh?! Lala! Stop!" Bela screamed.
At that moment, Mono regained consciousness and said, "Ugh my head hurts so bad. What's all this noise?"
But moments later, Lala directly planted the octopus junoi on Mono's butt. Right then, Lala - who initially thought it was carrying a syringe and was about to inject it - finally realized what it was actually holding. And...
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mono got electrocuted, his body lighting up like a torch. When the electric shock finally subsided...
"Oh man, instead of getting better he's in more pain now," Oliver remarked.
"Idiot! Why did you take the octopus instead?" Bela shouted at Lala.
"Prr prr prr prr! (But you're the one who gave it to me!)"
"I don't care! It's definitely your fault-"
"Enough! Let me do the injection!" Mona yelled as she swiftly grabbed the syringe under Bela and continued running toward Sako.
Sako herself began opening her eyes and saw Mona running toward her. "Huh?"
But unexpectedly, the octopus junoi had rolled right into Mona's path. Mona was startled but couldn't dodge in time. She stepped on the slippery octopus, slipped, and accidentally plunged the entire large syringe into Sako's butt. To make matters worse, after the needle pierced Sako's butt, it broke off.
"HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTS!!!!!!!!!!"
Bela and Lala immediately shouted at Mona simultaneously, "YOU'RE JUST AS BAD!"
"Well, it seems you've turned them all into sardines now," Oliver said as he approached.
The three teens lay collapsed side by side. Mono who was charred, Aruta who had turned into a rabbit, and Sako lying face down with the broken needle still stuck in her butt.
"Ugh. You guys step back for a moment. Let me handle them. Time to get serious!" Bela declared.
Bela proceeded to remove the needle from Sako's butt and transform Aruta back to his normal form.
"Give me three syringes like before," Bela said, and Lala promptly spat out three syringes from its mouth.
Bela then injected each of the teens. After finishing everything, she sat cross-legged in front of the three still-collapsed children, with Lala perched quietly on her shoulder. A momentary silence fell over the scene.
The room became completely still. Bela just sat motionless with both hands on her knees.
"What is she doing?" Mona whispered to Oliver amid the silence.
"You've never been on a mission with her before. Just watch," Oliver replied softly.
Bela took a deep breath and finally began to sing.
"Bila malam t'lahdatang (When night has come)
Dan kau takut di balik selimut (And you're afraid beneath the sheets)
Ingatlah anak ku sayang (Remember, my dear child)
Janganlah engkau takut (You mustn't be afraid)
Bak indahnya rembulan (Like the beautiful moon)
pasti ada, keindahan di balik kegelapan (There's always beauty beyond the darkness)
Kini kau merasakan rembulan yang terang (Now you feel the bright moonlight)
Maka tidurlah dengan tenang (So sleep peacefully tonight)."
Bela sang it so beautifully and softly. Mona was even mesmerized by her singing. Oliver also smiled while folding his arms.
Unconsciously, all the wounds on the three teens vanished without a trace, and they all began to wake up.
"Ouch... huh? Where are my wounds?" Aruta asked in confusion.
"Heehee, I'm the one who healed you!" Bela said.
"Oh really? Thanks then!" Aruta replied.
"Hey Bela. Your singing earlier was so beautiful. Where did you learn it?" Mona asked.
"Back in my village, my mother used to sing it. So I ended up liking that song too," Bela answered.
"Oh right, I'm still curious about the liquid you injected," Oliver said. "What was that?"
Bela then replied, "I don't know either. But Mr. Kuroto said my singing can heal people affected by this water. But if you look at it, it just seems like regular water."
"Well, whatever it is, what matters is our three deadly kids are safe," Oliver said.
"Well, even if the method was kinda brutal," Aruta said while holding his butt.
"Hey I still remember who plunged that syringe so deep earlier," Sako said, side-eyeing Mona.
"Eh... hehe sorry-sorry," Mona replied.
"As an apology, I've got some puddings stocked in the fridge. I'll give you some," Bela offered.
***
Meanwhile, Mr. Kuroto who heard this from outside immediately choked on the pudding he was eating. He quickly gathered all the empty pudding wrappers and gave the last remaining pudding to Mr. Gren.
"Gren, here's pudding," Mr. Kuroto said, practically forcing it on him.
"E-eh? You rarely share like this," Mr. Gren remarked.
"Wise, come with me for a moment," Mr. Kuroto said, suddenly grabbing Mr. Wise's wrist and dragging him out of the mansion.
"H-hey! What?" Mr. Wise was swiftly dragged out by Mr. Kuroto.
***
"Wow? Seriously??" Aruta and Sako immediately approached Bela.
"Of course!" Bela answered with hands on her hips, head slightly raised, and grinning.
"I'll cook something for you all too!" Mona said.
"No thanks. Don't bother," Bela and Mono said simultaneously. Bela's tone suddenly did a complete 180.
"Eeeeh?? Why?" Mona asked.
"What's wrong?" Aruta inquired.
"Well, you'll probably find out soon enough," Oliver remarked.
"Rather than wasting more time, let's raid our kitchen fridge first!" Bela exclaimed.
"Let's go!" Sako and Aruta shouted back.
Bela, Sako, and Aruta immediately ran toward the kitchen while the others walked normally.
And upon opening the fridge...
"Huh? Where are the puddings???" Bela's shocked cry made Aruta and Sako scream too.
Bela glanced outside the kitchen and saw Mr. Gren happily eating pudding while reading comics and wearing earphones. In the middle of his enjoyment, he suddenly felt someone yank the earphones from his ears. Mr. Gren turned and saw Bela standing beside him with a terrifying expression.
"MR. GREEEEEEEEEENNNNNNN!!!" Bela screamed.
"WAAAH?!!"
"WHY DID YOU EAT ALL THE PUDDINGS? YOU GLUTTON! LOSER! TACKY!" Bela scolded while hitting him repeatedly with a pillow.
"H-hey but I was gi-" Before Mr. Gren could finish his sentence, Bela suddenly interrupted.
"I don't need your excuses! Now go buy new ones. Three times the previous stock!" Bela shouted.
"Eeeeehhh?!"
"No 'buts'!"
"My money..."