>>6180526“Yes sir.” the older demon replies, throwing out a large scroll that unfolds into a massive map held in place in midair. It shows three hollow spheres encircling one another, then zooms in to the outermost layer, switching to a more typical grid.
“So over here, my Principality’s been set up.” Beelzebub begins, floating up and pointing to a little area that bears his face. “It’s snuggled up right next to the Demon Realm Gate that connects to here and Earth. Majin Ozotto set up shop over here…” The map zooms out again, very, very far, and then zooms in on a spiky area near what looks like an opening between the third outer layered world and the second. Ozotto’s ugly mug is added to the map, doing a little animation of him laughing.
It kinda makes you want to punch it.
“...Why’s he in the third plane like you?” Haru Haru asks, raising an eyebrow at him.
“Father’s allowed him to set up there in preparation of whatever his ‘Promised Day’ plans are.” the little demon prince clarifies. “Of course I don’t think he’s ONLY here. I’ve heard tell of him snooping around the old Glind planet, and I’m pretty sure he’s snooping around in the first realm too. What I mean by ‘set up shop’ is this.” He taps the map… and nothing happens. With a glare he taps it again, and then does it a third time with a bit more force, finally showing... oh. Oh. That’s a castle directly in the shape of Majin Ozotto.
Krillin lets out a nervous chuckle. “Eheheh… he ain’t exactly trying to hide where he is, is he?”
“Why do I have the strangest sense of deja vu…?” Yamcha questions aloud.
“Tell me about it.” Acer agrees.
“You believe Master Tien is in there though, right?” Keli gets right to the point.
“Yeah. We’ve seen some people who’ve already fallen out of favor with my father be brought there and never come out.” Beelzebub looks over to the girl with twintails, a forlorn expression on her face. “Even if he got swallowed up, Ozotto would want a place to keep the people who’ve proven nuisances or particularly notable foes on display.”
“So we sneak in there, grab Tien, and get out before Ozotto returns?” Lao asks.
“Ideally… but this won’t be as easy as that sounds.” Beelzebub bonks the map again. Several soldiers are stationed around it, and there are structures on some of the floating rock structures in the air. “Sneaking in will take some exceptional stealth. Once there we can probably get some others teleported to your location.”
Attention from your friends and allies turns toward you. “Think that means you’ll have to lead this one, Peppa.” Videl says with grin. “Up for it?”
(cont.)
