Death game of Venice Part 3

In the golden ball, a tall lanky man wearing a beret, scowled as he stared at the participant list. "Non! We ave made a big mistake!"

"What do you mean, LaFleaur?" Jester growled.

"Zis man! He was never knocked out, nor captured. And I thought I saw him before! Look at zis!"

Jester lazily glanced over, and but quickly fell out of his chair in shock as he recognized the man. "OH F***! We gotta fire a missile at Madoka then run for it! I'm not getting blown up, dammit!"

"Huh? Why you so jumpy, wah?"

"HE'S HERE!"

…

Madoka frantically ran through the alleys as she searched for Yuni.

“No, No! Where is she! I’m running out of time,” Madoka thought as she ran into a plaza.

Suddenly, a chill went down her back. She turned to see the frightening dark dragon beast with a fixed grin from the dinner casually approaching her.

“Wah! You’re that creepy guy from the party,” Madoka stammered as the Dark Dragon guy approached her.

“Muwahaha! Yeah, and you’re Ryokoa's crepe goddess.”

"Wait! I recognize that voice! You're the chuuni guy with the dark flames and shit."

"Right you are, the man chuckled as he reverted to human form.

The man was known as Nero and had been a collegue of Mimi Ginkawa back when she was a spy.

“If you’re looking for your friend, she’s not in an alley.”

“But the pizza guy said she’ll get banged if I don’t save her in time.”

“Well, you’re in the right place, she’s in Piazza San Marco.”

“Really? Hmm. There’s nothing here that stands out though.”

“I’ll give you a hint, she’s not in the Campanile, though my friend is. Though your friend’s location does bear a great similarity to the Campanile. Oh, and I'll handle that pizza shit.”

Madoka began thinking as the Dark Dragon vanished.

“Where could she be? Piazza San Marco Let me look it up.”

Madoka quickly pulled out her phone and began searching.

“AH! The Clock tower! It’s got two large statues with hammers!”

Madoka ran up as fast as she could. When she reached the top, she saw Yuni restrained and gagged to the bell between the statues of two giant men with hammers.

Yuni slowly opened her eyes as Madoka freed her.

“I’m here Yuni,” Madoka smiled.

“Madoka? What’s going on? Why do you look so distraught? I thought this was planned.” Yuni said.

Before Madoka could answer, a loud voice thundered throughout Venice.

"Congrats, Escape Witch team, you win. Now, let's get that bombastic gold firework out of here," Nero snickered as he flew towards the golden ball and flipped it off. The sheer physical force of his flip sent the ball and all its occupants hurdeling towards the stratosphere at breakneck speed.

“What the hell was that!? Serika yelled as she watched the ordeal with Emeri.

Suddenly, an anime theme song began playing throughout the city.

"OI! THE HELL'S THIS SONG!?" Jester shouted as the ball finally came to a halt.

"It's MY themesong. Now, Jester, time for your stratospheric beatdown," Nero snickered as a plume of dark black flames swarmed around his clenched fist.

Jester and the others began frantically screaming, but it was no use.

"Dark Dragon's Ultra-super-mega-grandiose-bravissimo-badass-secret art-omega-super ultra-motherfucking universe wrecking- FUCK YOU 0MNI-SMASH!"

With a mighty middle finger flick, the golden ball exploded, sending Jester, Vincenzo, Stromboli, Lafleur, and Piazzo all flying into space.

"FUCK YOU! MURAMASA JOUZU!" Jester wailed as he struggled to put out the black flames clinging to him.

"And that's the game. Guess he won't be bothering them for the rest of the journey," Nero snickered as he began floating back down towards Venice.

The girls eventually reunited and walked back to their hotel. They also ran into Nero, who informed them of what happened to Jester. Serika was glad Stromboli had been dealt with, but a question weighed on Madoka's mind.

"How are things back in Japan?"

"Great. Japan's my turf after all. In fact, I was just there cleaning up," Nero snickered.

"So then it's safe to go back to Japan?"

"Yeah, Illumous can't touch it now, thanks to me, though feel free to enjoy your vacation. Your mother is in Norway, but will likely head back once she hears the news. And before I leave, I've got some people, I'd like you to meet."

Three women along with a man emerged from behind the wall. Yuni's eyes widened as she recognized the woman with short pink hair.

"Ugh, why'd I have to see her again?" the woman grumbled.

Tears began to well up in Yuni's eyes as she began running towards the woman. "Nika!"