Suddenly, both of the pufferfish, Kanodo and Zakano, appeared before everyone at the edge of the gate opening, distributing their smiles to those in front of them, carrying the karaoke microphone in their hands.
[ Zakano ]: Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize most sincerely for making you wait, but the matter is simply our preparing the tables and chairs for your seating.
[ Kanodo ]: We hope from your presence that you prepare to kindly enter, for Lord Shark Ehawan is waiting for you all.
Voices of joy distributed among the crowds, preparing to board the ship, and at that time, both Zakano and Kanodo moved away from the edge of the entrance so that those who were outside began ascending the stairs of the ship, entering into it, and their entry was like the movement of soldiers marching, including the group of seven.
[ Chyohana ]: Since they said there are tables, we must sit at the very last one, far from the eyes of Ehawan.
They finished ascending the stairs to enter inside, and it becomes clear that a large number of circular tables covered with white then blue sheets have been distributed, around each one five chairs. As for the table cornered near the walls of the ship itself carrying the commercial goods, near each one of them approached a sea creature, among them fish, eels, and crabs with a bluish shell, as it appears on them that they are the traders of the commercial goods. And at that time, everyone who entered began gathering around a table, among them the group of seven who indeed chose a table placed in the distant part of the place, so they became behind everyone, and both Yoriki and Gwankai remained standing.
[ Yoriki ]: Wait a moment, I will bring two chairs for us, O Gwan, perhaps there is an empty table.
And in moments, each of them appears on a chair, and at the same time and on the platform, each of Zakano, Kanodo, and Ehawan appears behind the platform desk, and near him his son and his daughter, the five of them broad smiles emerging from their faces, until Ehawan began delivering his speech through the microphone that is on the desk.
[ Ehawan ]: Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored by your attendance at my ship hotel for the "General Trade" campaign.....
[ Ehawan ]: Surely you are wondering, why general trade? What does it mean? We came to procure the potions only, what is the meaning of all this?.... I will answer these questions, which is that I am not alone who will trade, for I have agreed with some traders from the middle class to sell some of their goods with me. As you see near the walls, those tables carrying what I mean, and near them their traders, therefore this place will be like a small market, keeping in mind that their goods were made by the hands of humans, meaning they are materials somewhat different from our materials.... I hope now that you have understood well why it was named general trade.
Everyone turned to where the tables of goods are, and its condition, they began talking among themselves, creating a gathering of talk. At that time, the frog with the red skin returned his attention to Ehawan.
[ The Red Frog ]: Lord Ehawan, I did not notice among the goods the presence of what we all came for, what is the reason?
[ Ehawan ]: A good, rather an excellent question.... Of course, my goods will not be in the same locations, even I will sell them in a very, very, very special way.
Everyone returned their attention to him, and they had stopped the talk among themselves.
[ Ehawan ]: Now the most important thing, the hybridization potions, or by its real name, the "Humanization Serum," since it endows us with the features of a human. You must pay attention to every word I will say because it is very important regarding your obtaining the potions....
[ Yonsharin ]: Ah. He has arrived at the most important part, pay close attention to his words just as he said.
[ Ehawan ]: The humanization serum that you came for will never be sold to you in the traditional way, it will not be just an exchange with jewel currencies only, but rather..... jewel currencies and physical exertion as well.
Everyone over there, except for the group of seven, signs of astonishment appeared on their faces, including both the red and the blue frog.
[ The Red Frog ]: What do you mean by that, O Lord Ehawan? And I hope from you that your different way of selling will not be compulsory for everyone.
[ Ehawan ]: A good question, I will begin then the explanation in tedious detail.... You know that in competitions, usually there are prizes after winning in each challenge. Well, I will do almost the same thing, for I have exploited the one hundred rooms of this hotel to be wrestling arenas among yourselves. Why will you wrestle? What you will do will be for the sake of your obtaining the humanization serums because I.... will lower their price; instead of paying a whole jewel in order to obtain it, it will be sold to the winner in exchange for half a jewel, or jewel currencies in the number of half a jewel, and that after your defeating your opponents first as I said, then searching for it where I placed it inside the room itself. Upon finding it, you will obtain it at half the price, and all this is in order that the owners of the class lower than us can purchase it, since it is difficult for them to obtain a whole jewel.
[ Ehawan ]: I know that you have not understood anything yet, so the time has come for the explanation in precision.... Firstly, surely you were thinking that you would buy what you came for and leave directly like any ordinary trade, but in my ship, this ordinary trade will only be over there at that table which carries goods that their owners display, while I will give you an entertainment to obtain my goods by means of your fighting each other, and at the same time, you test the extent of your strength, on condition that no killing happens among yourselves, this is completely forbidden to you, you only have to knock your opponents to the ground defeated. After the defeat, search for the potions; upon finding them, they will be sold to you then at half the price, and as I said, this is in the rooms, and they themselves you will stay overnight in them. For in each room, I hid a bottle or bottles of humanization serum, and for your information, it might be in a part of the room. And likewise, this competition is not compulsory of course, as you can buy the potions at their full price without a fight or exertion, but... after the end of the competition, and it will start and last from today until the end of the week..... Now the number of overnight rooms is 100 rooms, and the number of you in unanimity after you were counted is 99. Of course, it is known that the families and those who came together will stay in the same room, and at that time, one room will remain empty, and it, like the rest, was equipped with the potions, but since your number is less, it has been vacated now, meaning it became ordinary, even the surveillance camera that was in it was disposed of since no fight will happen in it...
[ Ehawan ]: Have you understood everything now? I hope that my explanation was clear.
Bright and some of them cunning smiles appeared on the faces of everyone, and at that time, one of them decided to stand up, and he is a snail who has acquired of course the form of a human with his shell that penetrates his suit, and even he was not alone at the table, where it appears that with him is another adult snail, clear from the Victorian women's dress that she is a female, and two small snails. There exist near the standing snail two large travel bags, he places his hands behind him with all confidence, staring at Ehawan.
[ The Snail ]: Wonderful, O Lord Ehawan, your explanation was detailed, and your way of selling your goods will truly give a pleasant touch instead of being just a sophisticated shopping. Do you know, most of us indeed were prepared to fight you or deceive you, for we as a whole know you well, O Ehawan, as all your actions, as we have been accustomed, you perform them in an unnatural manner, therefore we expected that we would not obtain our desire with that ease, and we likewise will not let anyone defeat us easily, and we have brought with us our weapons as a backup for the sake of that, or between brackets for protection from your deception. And I want to say also that I am among those who will participate in the competition, of course for me and my likes, not for the sake of discounts but for entertainment only, and you are right here, we will test our strength to what extent it will reach.
Each of the snail and Ehawan glanced at each other with sharp looks until the snail returned to sit in his place.
[ Ehawan ]: Thank you for your words, O my lord..... So, so the servants will come after a short while to distribute to you the room numbers that you will stay in during this period, or rather your military zones, you can name them like this because what will happen will be like a light war, you penetrate each other. And keeping in mind, those who will not participate, a banner will be placed on it his room number of red color indicating that he is not a participant and not one of the opponents, therefore avoid it, and the non-participating rooms will be vacated of the potions. Okay, I think that my words are clear.... and beware of performing things that destroy my hotel, for if you did, the price will not be the jewel currencies nor your wealth, but something else bigger than them, and I and you know well that you do not wish to lose that thing, and it is that which connects between your life or your death, meaning please be careful, there is no need for techniques and attacks that destroy the ceiling or the ground. As for the furniture and anything else, I do not care about its matter. And thank you very much for the generosity of listening.
The whole nodded their opinion in agreement to him, and finally a group of servants came wearing the usual servants' uniforms, and all of them are sea creatures of the type of deep-sea dragonfish, and they were appearing like soldiers from an opening that exists in the ground near the platform, each one of them carrying in his hand a tray upon which are cards, and each card, a certain number is written in it, once number 1, and once number 13, and once number 63, as if they follow serial numbers. The servants arrived at the tables of the guests, placing on each table a number card. A card with number 13 was delivered to the group of seven, and Eyanka proceeded to take it, reading in it, and at that time, she gave her attention to those with her.
[ Eyanka ]: So we will all be in one room with number 13.
[ Oshnirai ]: And it is that which will be in the capacity of our military point.
[ Yonsharin ]: Did you hear this coup? In the end, we will not be forced to be quiet during our performing our work, we can create any noise because everyone will emit it. He has indeed facilitated the mission for us somewhat.
[ Gwankai ]: It means that we will deal with everyone and not with the guards of the place, and thus the quality of the mission rose instead of our fighting in a point I was certain it would contain some darkness.
[ Eno-Eyosho ]: I wonder, what is he planning.... that cheating shark?
His words made them pay attention to him.
[ Gwankai ]: What do you mean by your words?
[ Eno-Eyosho ]: He is a walking deception. In your opinion, quite simply, what is the reason that makes him allow us to perform the operations of attack and defense in the rooms without caring about what exists of furniture and other things? We seven were thinking of how to perform what is upon us without causing a single scratch in the walls even, and now he says that it is permitted to do anything there.
[ Yoriki ]: You are right there, indeed regarding his actions, that snail did not err in describing him as a deceiver... and therefore listen to what I will say, I will give you the plan of attack, and without our opponents knowing from which room we came.
[ Oshnirai ]: Kindly speak, O Riki.
[ Yoriki ]: Listen well... We will not attack first the rooms that are very close to our room or our military point, each two of us must set out to the military points belonging to others and distant, and we must be super-fast in entry and exit so that, as I said, they do not know from which room we came. And upon finishing with the distant ones, we begin approaching little by little to those close to us, and after that, we will begin searching in our own place, but we must deceive everyone who enters our zone that we found the required potions so that they do not search at our place before us..... and this was all I have until now.
The atmosphere remained silent among them for moments until Eno-Eyosho decided to break the silence.
[ Eno-Eyosho ]: Listen, O Gwan, the last words of Riki, we will not apply them completely. Everyone who enters, we will indeed fight him, defeat him or he defeats us, and this is what we will not allow of course, and at that time, we deceive him, whoever he is, with the fake reality, meaning that each time, two of us will be the guards of our room and so on. And I do not want to be just a guard, I think you understood what I am trying to hint at with my words.
[ Gwankai ]: Okay, I understood you, and from it, I will not miss the opportunity of meeting that chicken. Finally, I saw another humanized chicken like me, certainly I will not waste this.
[ Yonsharin ]: Unfortunately, she was spotted by your eyes, I had hoped that you would not notice her, but unfortunate you saw her, and here you are wanting to see her, for you are a little perverted as we all know, and you might lose your psychological balance if you saw her, and at that time, you will get hurt, you idiot.
[ Yonsharin ]: O Eno, I request from you that you do not allow him to fight her, or move away from that room which she will be present in if you two notice her there.
Eno-Eyosho looked at her and brought out a sigh, directing his eyes to Gwankai.
[ Eno-Eyosho ]: With that chicken, I noticed also near her a rooster... I hope you understood my point, O Gwan.
[ Gwankai ]: Unfortunately, I completely forgot about the matter of that rooster.
[ Gwankai ]: He is the first one I will eliminate, this action of mine might give me the opportunity of obtaining that chicken, and that by crushing him outside this hotel.
All the servants finished distributing the numbered cards, which those who obtained them were occupied with them, and all the servants returned to the opening which they appeared from previously, until a voice came from the microphone with the return of Ehawan to talking.
[ Ehawan ]: Now after they finished the operation of distribution, you can move from your chairs in order to enjoy procuring some things from those goods over there. As for the competition, it will begin precisely after half an hour, and it is eight o'clock and thirty minutes. Before you is this time to stroll and prepare for what is coming.
The condition of his finishing talking, everyone began moving away from the chairs to gather near where the commercial products exist. As for the group of seven, it is the only one that did not move, and at the same time, another table close to them on which both the dolphin and the raccoon are sitting, and both of them are staring at them, and they likewise stood up from their seating.
[ The Dolphin ]: Do you see? some of them came by coincidence after we were intending to come to that agency, as they call it.
[ The Raccoon ]: When will the time come to meet them and deal with them?
[ The Dolphin ]: Do not worry, as soon as they enter into their own room, we will meet them then, but we must monitor them to see in which room they will stay.
Both the dolphin and the raccoon have masculine voices, and they turned their sights away from them to begin heading toward where the selling of the products is.
[ The Dolphin ]: Very wonderful.... Soon we will establish our projects and our companies and become among the rich, only... more patience.
And at the group of seven, where Eno-Eyosho decided to stand up from his place, carrying in his right hand three jewels that have a shining whiteness and of small sizes.