“He didn't say anything useful, then?” Daisuke summed up.
Hiroshi shrugged. “He didn't give us the answers on a plate, but we couldn't expect that. You and Yuka do anything interesting?”
Daisuke scowled. “Knowing what she's thinking doesn't help when she knows I know.”
“I didn't mean that,” Hiroshi said, smiling, then glanced across the school yard to the two girls. “Have you thought about what would happen if you got anywhere with Yuka, or anyone?”
Daisuke stared at him. “Do I look five? Of course I've thought about it. We've talked-”
“Not the physical,” Hiroshi said quickly. “If the girl doesn't get emotional, you're doing it wrong.”
Realisation dawning, Daisuke swore.
“There might be a way round it,” Hiroshi said, “but you've got to remember to be careful, or the lucky girl's emotions will burn themselves into your mind.”
“Think that priest would tell us how?” Daisuke asked doubtfully.
Hiroshi shook his head, then changed the subject. “What I actually meant was, did you two do anything ... out of the ordinary.”
“No. Are you sure we trust Nabiki?”
Hiroshi hesitated. “For now, we can. The way she reacted, I think that priest told her uncomfortable truths she could not deny. Eventually, she might convince herself that it was just a trick, but not this fast. Right now, she's not her normal self.”
“Oh,” Daisuke said, then shrugged. “More drugged take away tonight then?”
“We can't keep doing that,” Hiroshi said, then frowned thoughtfully. “It might help with the brothel though.”
“Sayuri's in trouble at home too,” Yuka said. “Skipping out on school twice in a week ...”
“Just us two, then,” Daisuke said. “Think we can do it?”
“Seems simple enough,” Yuka said. “Put everyone in our way to sleep and destroy Noboru's PC. I just wish there were an easy way to get them to the temple.”
“We could shrink them into living dolls, then post them there.”
“Any good easy way,” Yuka clarified, glaring at him.
Daisuke quickly nodded. “Hiroshi says they're all locked down, but we'll think of something. We'll have plenty of time.”
If they were really lucky, the girls Noboru was using wouldn't need to go to the temple at all, they'd recover from their experience unaided, but they'd all agreed they couldn't plan on luck.
Yuka scowled. “Leaving the whole building frozen in time doesn't sound very good either, but I suppose it'll have to do.”
Daisuke smiled, feeling at the button in his pocket. “Let's go.”
Yuka glanced at the bouncer. “In the front entrance?”
“We've got magic buttons,” Daisuke reminded her. Generated by the Master PC, they made the pair unnoticeable, and would knock everyone nearby out when pressed. That should be more than enough.
“I don't want to rely on them. Let's go round the back, find a window to climb in.”
Daisuke thought a moment, then nodded.
As Yuka clambered on to his shoulders, Daisuke smiled. He hadn't been able to see much, with the alley being so dark, but he'd felt plenty as she climbed over him.
“Room's empty,” Yuka said, pushing the window open. “Stupid of them.”
“He's got a Master PC,” Daisuke said. “Why would he worry about security?”
“I'm in,” Yuka said. “Um, how are you getting up?”
Daisuke looked up to see her backside sticking out the window, legs dangling.
“I climb up you,” he said, “unless you can see some rope in there.”
“Bedsheets,” Yuka said. “They should work.”
Disappointed, Daisuke waited while she tossed the sheet down, then started climbing.
When he was half way up, Yuka leaned out of the window to help him up.
Behind her, a man laughed. “New recruits for my stable. A bit plain, but I can fix that.”
“Noboru?” Daisuke guessed, climbing through the window.
“And you're the wrong sex,” Noboru said, “but that too can be fixed. My clients won't know.”
“You're not having us,” Daisuke said, trying the magic button.
Unaffected, Noboru pulled out a phallic wand. “One touch of this, and you'll be on your knees, begging to serve.”
Daisuke smiled. “Go ahead.”
There was nothing to worry about. Hiroshi had made sure they were protected against magic, not just the Master PC. Noboru must have done the same for himself, or the button would have worked with him.
Noboru jabbed Daisuke with the wand, then stared at it when nothing happened.
“Get him,” Daisuke said. Noboru was bigger than him, but he was only one guy, and there was no record of him ever studying martial arts. Two fit teenagers ought to be able to beat him up.
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