cleared his throat audibly to hide his embarrassment. "I promised your father that I would listen to his request. So, let's get started!"
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Koenma turned his hat back and forth a few times and transformed into a teenager in front of her eyes. Uranai Baba pursed his lips in appreciation because that older version of him looked really cool, but the pacifier kind of spoiled the whole picture.<br />
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"I think it sounds better when I tell the story in this way. Is there perhaps an armchair or something for us here? This journey through the portal of realities is really no walk in the park.
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"Sure!", Enma waved domineeringly and immediately a couple of demons dragged two comfortable armchairs, which King Enma himself put on the table, as far away as possible from the still open vortex.
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Botan pushed himself up with the help of her oar and fell gratefully into the chair. "A glass of water, please..."
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One of the demons got it in no time and Botan drank it greedily. "This trip is really a horror."
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"Did I understand correctly, you come from another reality?" Gokou asked curiously.
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"That's right," nodded Koenma, who had also been thrown a glass of water and drank it half empty in one gulp. "We came here because we urgently need help.A catastrophe is looming for us. "
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“And what kind of disaster is that?” Master Kaio's feelers twitched excitedly.
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Koenma looked carefully at Master Kaio, then wandered over to Gokou. "You are both not human, are you? Are you youkai?"
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"So please!" Came from below, where the real demons and devils were listening to the conversation. "Horns are our trademark and they don't have any, right?"
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Koenma shook her head. “Our realities are very different.” Botan nodded. "In addition to the gods and their servants, there are people, youkai and the souls of the deceased. They are spread over the human world, the afterlife and the realm of demons, whereby the borders are sometimes quite permeable and youkai like people in my service stand."
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"Ah ... so in your reality the earth is the only planet that has intelligent life, isn't it?" Asked Master Kaio.<br />
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"Are there still others?" Asked Botan, astonished.
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"But yes, here with us in the hereafter we have the souls of the dead from different worlds, so they often look different. Gokou here, is a Saiyan, they are similar to humans but much stronger."
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"And he's dead, isn't he?" asked Koenma.
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"Yes, he sacrificed himself to save the world. Therefore, he was allowed to keep his body and all his strength. There is no stronger fighter in the whole universe than him."
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"What about you?" Asked Botan politely. "Were you a hero too?"
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"Well," Master Kaio adjusted his sunglasses. "I'm Gokou's trainer and mentor. I also died in his last fight. Normally that doesn't happen to us Kaios, because we're at home here in the afterlife. We could be called gods. But actually we are above the god of the earth."
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"I guess we don't have enough time to discuss the differences exactly," Koenma sighed with regret."We came because we are looking for a couple of strong warriors who, along with my people, will stand up to the greatest threat that has ever befallen our reality."
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He let this remark hang in the air for a while and then added: "Sooner or later it will spill over into all realities that have an afterlife with an enma at their head."
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"And what does this threat look like now?" Urged Master Kaio.
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"Exactly," said Uranai Baba, "we all want to know that."
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Koenma leaned back and closed her eyes. "It all started about three weeks ago ..."
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"Koenma-sama! Koenma-sama!", Koenma's most loyal assistant stormed into the office, where Koenma listlessly stamped one application after the other without even looking at it.
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It had become boring in the afterlife since Yusuke was back on earth and the demons in their world mostly peacefully smashed each other's heads.Even Hiei and Kurama only came by now and then, because there weren't any jobs for them at the moment. Koenma had already toyed with the idea of ​​deliberately loosening the boundaries a little so that there was something for Yusuke and his friends to do in the human world again, but in view of the punishment his father would have given him (probably a thousand slaps on that Butt together with three hundred bowls of spinach and cod liver oil mix) he had then omitted.
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So he was more than pleased to see his loyal assistant so turned up, it promised a change.
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"What's going on?" He asked, pushing the stack of papers (all marked "very urgent") aside.
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"The DVD ... the gold DVD ... is gone," gasped the blue devil, rubbing the sweat from his forehead. "If your father notices that, all hell is going on here!"
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“Ahhh!” Koenma lost her balance in shock and plopped back into his swivel chair, which rolled backwards due to the momentum and crashed into the wall.<br />
"The ... the golden one? Are you sure about that too? It is more closely guarded than my father's stamp!"
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"That's right, but the seal is still there and the DVD is not."
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"Where are the DVD guards?"
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"You're standing outside, but you can't remember anything out of the ordinary, Koenma-sama," assured the blue demon eagerly.
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"I want to question you right now!"
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He had never seen the son and deputy of the King of the Underworld so seriously. With a deep bow, he moved back to the door and yanked it open.
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"In with you unhappy demons, Konema-sama wants to question you."
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Two red demons, trembling all over their bodies, crept in. "Please forgive us, Koenma-sama!" They moaned in a duet. "We didn't notice!"
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Koenma had changed into his teenage form. A clear sign of how important the matter was to him. It wasn't often that he appeared like this in his office; he usually preferred the infant figure because it allowed him to take on more foolishness.<br />
"You know what it means if the DVD doesn't come back, right?"
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The two demons nodded and trembled even more.
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"You never left the door for a moment, didn't take a smoke break, didn't go to the toilet or had a coffee, right?"
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"No, Koenma-sama, never. Not within the three-hour shift," assured the more muscular of the two demons.
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"And when you started your shift, the DVD was still there, wasn't it?"
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"We made the usual checks of the room, Konema-Sama. The showcase was lit, the gold DVD was on the black pillow, there was no one anywhere in the room," said the slender demon on his fingers. "Everything was as usual."
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“Really everything?” Koenma had jumped from the chair and was pacing up and down the room frantically.
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"Think carefully!"
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Both demons frowned and finally the bigger one said hesitantly."Well ... yes, I don't think it's important ..."
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"It's important. Everything is important!" Urged Koenma. "What was it?"
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"It smelled so strange ... like ... like ... a little bit like strawberries."
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"And after mint," added the second quickly. "And chocolate, too."
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Koenma's step stopped. “Are you sure about that?” The two demons nodded.
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Enma took the bell that was on his desk and rang. Immediately a fat, green demon came jumping. "What can I do for you, Koenma-sama?"
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"Bring me the two demons who stood guard in front of this one and then Kurama calls me. He knows that best."
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The green demon nodded and disappeared.
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A short time later, Kurama appeared and bowed briefly to Koenma. "What is so important that you get me out of class?"
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Koenma briefly summarized what had happened and had the two demons repeat their statement about the smell.<br />
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"What did you have for dessert tonight?" Kurama asked urgently.
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"Um ... strawberries with cream," said the big demon.
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"Peppermint ice cream with chocolate icing," came the hesitant from the other.
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Kurama and Koenma exchanged a long look. "You could be right ... Koenma-sama. But I have to see the room first, if possible."
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"Shouldn't be a problem.", Konema said and was about to ring the bell again when the green demon stumbled in. "Koenma ... Koenma-sama", he gasped, "the two guardian demons have disappeared. Nobody has seen them since the replacement."
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Koenma drew her eyebrows together. "Light is slowly coming into the matter."
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The two demons looked at each other questioningly. Was that a good sign or a bad sign for you?
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Koenma escorted Kurama into the vault. Kurama closed the door behind him, closed his eyes, and told Koenma to do the same.
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"What do you smell, Koenma-sama?" Kurama asked eagerly.
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"Absolutely nothing."
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"Well, the effect was short-lived. I guess it was on the glass in the showcase."
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"I can't think of a better place. Can it be proven?"
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"If you can get powder of night nettle seeds ..."
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“No problem.” Koenma had taken the bell with her as a precaution, pushed the safe door open again and rang like crazy. Several demons came rushing up. "Get me the powder of night nettle seeds!" Ordered Koenma.
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They ran away in all directions. Only one found what he was looking for and came back with a glass bottle of blue-black powder. Kurama took it and sprinkled it on the glass lid of the display case. At one point the powder began to smoke and turned reddish in color.
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"No question! Lugwort juice and a rather strong one,"