Nuo and Mk listens as Tang narrates about the legendary Monkey King defeating against the Demon Bull King. But Nuo is not fully listening as she is remembering the day when she first met Mk's friends and getting used to this city.

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~ FLASHBACK ~

Nuo was hanging out with Mei for their girl time as Mei would call it as she was in Mei's Dragon House she had ever seen. She was amazed at the sight and really wanted to reveal herself as a water dragon, but she has some trust issues and is learning to trust Mei. They are in Mei's room as she asked Nuo about herself as she told her half-truth about herself. When she mentioned how she enjoy the city of Megapolis, which led Nuo to look sad as she told her what happened when Mk was giving her a tour. Mei was very mad.

"WHAT?!! How dare they?! You look absolutely beautiful, I mean, look at your hair! Tell me..."

She suddenly pulls out her phone to reveal a red button as her eyes are shadowed with a red glint in her eyes.

"Where are they?"

Immediately catching on what she is asking, she shook her head and waved her hands rapidly.

"No, no, no! It's fine! They're not worth it. Though, I do look... a little hideous..."

Mei frowned to see her doubting herself before her eyes widened as light bulb popped out of her head.

"What if... you prove them wrong?"

Nuo looked at her in confusion.

"Huh?"

"Let's get you a new makeover. A new you! A new Nuo that no one will ever recognize! Well, except me and your friends!"

"I think... I'm starting to get what you're getting. But... will it be worth it?"

"Yes! I know just a person who can help!!" Mei grinned.

She dialed a number and placed her phone by her ear.

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Before Nuo knew it, she's standing next to Mei as a woman and two men walk into the room.

"Lucy!! So great to see you!" Mei squealed, hugging her.

"It's good to see you, too!" Lucy chuckled, hugging back.

Lucy is a female code-breaker with yellow skin and black dot eyes. She had black hair with fuchsia and neon blue highlights. She has freckles and wears pink lipstick. She wears a black hoodie with neon blue and fuchsia stripes on it.

"Alright! Let's not waste time! Let the work begin!" Mei said, pulling away.

"Of course! Where is your friend?" Lucy asked.

"My friend, Nuo!"

Mei gestured to Nuo besides her. Lucy turned to face Nuo and nearly yelped at the sight of her hair with a bit of messy clothes she had ever seen.

"Oh my! Let us take a closer look."

Lucy takes a closer look at her face then to her hair.

"Hmm... Alright. Let's see what we can do. Boys, we're going to need lots of makeover and some brand-new clothes for her. It needs to match her and her personality. Hustle!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The men immediately head out to grab the things. Lucy guided Nuo to the changing room and Nuo looked back at Mei, who gives her thumbs up and mouthing 'good luck'. Lucy made Nuo sit down in front of the mirror as the two men placed her hands in the sink for them to wash as they scrub them before rinsing and drying them. Lucy pulls out hair blower and hair curler and smirks as she stands behind Nuo. She brings out a hand as she commands the men to hand her a brush in foreign language.

"So we begin, Nuo. In Lucy's hands, remember, you will be beautiful."

She begins brushing Nuo's hair, though she's having a hard time since they're a little messy and too curly. The brush gets stuck in her hair.

"You have thick hair. Like a wolf." she joked, struggling to pull the brush down.

"Ow." Nuo winced, feeling her hair tangled.

"It's alright."

With an amount of strength, the brush was broken in half. This made Nuo wince even more. Lucy shrugged it off, knowing this will be harder than she thought. After taking out the brush in her hair, Lucy was looking at her eyes.

"Do you wear contact lenses?"

"No. Never. What are they?"

"Well, it helps you see better if you have bad eyesight."

"I see."

"Good thing I have extra."

Lucy pulls out contact lenses and carefully places them in her eyes as she instructed Nuo to keep her eyes open before allowing her to blink as they're inside. She looks around, seeing everything clear and good.

"Wow."

"Wow, indeed." Lucy smiled before calling the men in foreign language.

The men start plucking out the eyebrows. Each pull made Nuo wince as the men did their work.

"I love your eyebrows. We'll call them Frida and Kahlo. If Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx, their child would have your eyebrows."

The next thing, Nuo had her hair wrapped in a towel and her hands and feet being cleaned and trimmed as Lucy placed two cucumbers over her eyes as they covered them.

"You want to know a big secret?"

"Tell me."

"The cucumber does nothing. This is something we make up." Lucy joked before laughing, making the men roll their eyes.

Nuo felt relaxed as the three did their work. She felt someone placing a cream on her face as they smeared on her. Lucy pulled out some clothes from the hangar and tossed them away after finding it not perfect until she eventually found something that made her nod.

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Mei sits there as she sees two pictures of Nuo covering someone behind it and a black blanket covering up their body. Lucy looks a little exhausted as she smiles at her.

"You know, Mei, this is the first time I've done a makeover on this young lady, and I am exhausted. But I can take this and this,"

She pointed to the two pictures.

"...and give you... "

"A perfect woman." the men said in unison.

They pulled the pictures and the blanket away to reveal Nuo looking completely different. Her hair is now straight down and curly. Her eyebrows nice and trimmed, along with light makeup she's wearing with light pink lipstick.

She wears a hooded jacket with two dragons half light blue and half white, black shorts, and white running shoes.

Nuo smiles shyly as she rubs her arm.

"So, how do I look?"

Mei's eyes sparkles in glee.

"Better. Much better. Why don't we go and have a wonderful cup of tea? As a thank you for doing such an amazing job!"

"Sure!"

"Thank you for everything." Nuo said.

"How do you feel?" Mei asked.

"Like a different person."

"That's a spirit. Be confident on what you look." Lucy said.

"Yeah."

Nuo looks at herself in the mirror and was surprised before smiling. She may look different on the outside, but she's still the same Nuo on the inside. She gets up and joins Mei and Lucy for a tea.

~ FLASHBACK ENDS ~

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Nuo was snapped out of her trance to hear Mk gushing out loud.

"Oh, that's so good! Monkey King's so cool! He's so strong and handsome-"

"Oh, MK. And you thought you knew all the Monkey King stories." Tang chuckled almost pridefully.

Mk pulls out his book to show pictures of Monkey King, the places, etc.

"Oh, but I do. I got his whole life documented extensively in this unauthorized autobiography of Monkey King. Written and illustrated by yours truly. Like I knew he was born from a stone and live behind a waterfall with his sweet little baby monkey friends! And- and- and oh!"

Nuo giggles at his excitement.

"It's nice to know someone's taking in all these stories. Pearls of wisdom, dripping from my lips."

Tang clears his throat.

"Well, you know the deal: one story, one free bowl of Zha jiang mian. Hmm?"

"Huh? Oh right, free noodles! Yep, on it. How heavy do you think a mountain is? Compare to like-"

"Uh, I don't think that's a good idea, Mk." Nuo said.

Mk ignores her warning and attempts to grab the bowl, but someone throws a spoon at him.

"Free noodles?!"

Pigsy takes the noodles.

"No one gets a free meal at Pigsy's! I'm not running a charity here, Tang!"

"Ah, but Pigsy. I was paying with wisdom."

"Yeah? Well, wisdom don't pay the rent, you freeloader! And you!"

Pigsy points angrily at Mk.

"You've been slacking off all morning! I've got a dozen orders that need to go out, so quit slacking and get packing!"

"Yeah. I was about to take my break. So..."

Those words made Pigsy mad even more.

"Break? Break?! There's no break in war! I need workers. Soldiers in the army of Pigsy's Noodles, home of the world's longest noodles. How else am I gonna expand my business into enemy territory?"

"You mean across the street?" Nuo asked.

Pigsy glares at the other pig man from his shop as he glares back.

"I stand by my statement! Now, hurry up!"

He notices Tang with a bowl of noodles behind him. He grabs a spoon to attack Tang with it.

"Hey, get back here, you coward!"

"No, Pigsy!"

"I want my money!"

Nuo shakes her head and she and Mk walks out of the restaurant to deliver noodles as they hop onto the cart. Nuo whistles softly as Chiang comes out from the alley next to Pigsy's restaurant and hops in the cart.

"Uhh, you sure it's a good idea to bring her here?" Mk asked.

Nuo mentioned to Mk that Chiang is a girl when they're in his home.

"Yeah. She needs a fresh air." Nuo said, petting her.

"Okay..."

Mk puts on his headphones and starts the engine. He drives across Megapolis to deliver the noodles as Nuo, and Chiang looks around in awe until they stop at a construction site. Nuo was concerned about this place and gets the bad feeling. She urged Chiang to stay here and looked at Mk who looked oblivious to their surroundings, as he was listening to music. Mk danced towards the elevator, with a nervous and cautious Nuo following him.

When they reached the bottom, the two walked into an underground mine shaft. Nuo looked around at her surroundings, keeping her guard up. She kept a close eye on an oblivious Mk who was too busy listening to music and dancing to notice. Neither of them noticed a golden bird was watching them. That is until they hear a voice of a woman and a boy.

"It feels like I've waited an eternity for this moment. Is everything in order?"

"Just making the final adjustments, Mother."

Mk and Nuo quickly hides behind a few rocks. Nuo looks over to see a woman with long, black hair, with part of it in a top bun, another part done in an updo that resembles a bull's horns and two hair loops at her ears with the rest of it loose. She wears red lipstick and has a beauty mark on the right side of her face.

Besides her is a boy with red hair tied into a high ponytail, a section of it stands up at his widows peak with a yellow highlight resembling fire. He also has a 'X' shaped scar on his right cheek and a red dot on his forehead.

They both held malice auras and a hint of red evil glow in their eyes. They were surrounded by bull clone robots.

"Finally, after all this time, we have the means to lift Monkey King's legendary staff."

Mk and Nuo looked over and gasped at what they saw. Before them was a small mountain that had a tree and sticking out at the top was a beautiful ornate staff that was covered in vines.

"Wow. Monkey King's staff."

He goes up to the pipes and looks on top from there to get a better look with Nuo following him. As soon they're onto some pipes, startling the golden bird, they gave it an apologetic glance and looked back down at the mother and son duo.

"My love will finally be returned, once we remove the staff."

The woman and the boy notice something.

"Huh?"

The bull robot named Bob gets on top of the mountain and attempt to pull the Golden Staff off of it. His arms ripped off.

"Ahh!"

He falls down. He looks at his arms to realize that they're gone. The red-haired boy laughed at him cruelly.

"You fool. You think we didn't try that already? It's going to take more than a few robots to lift the Monkey King's staff. Only those deemed worthy can wield it."

He summons the Power Glove.

"But I, Red Son, have designed this gauntlet to bend it to my will."

He gets on top of the mountain and grasps it with the Power Glove. Mk gasped but lost his grip but steadied himself. He struggles to pull it off as the demon boy's hair flamed up as he pulled with all his might while his mother looked on with and evil grin.

The vines that covered the staff started to decay and vanished and the earth cracked open, releasing the staff.

"Yes! I did it!"

The Bull Clones applaud while Bob looks down in dismay. Nothing happens.

"What?! Why isn't anything happening?!"

He jumps down from the mountain towards his mother.

"Mother, are you sure this is the right mountain?" he asked in annoyed tone.

"No, maybe it was that other mountain with a magical staff sealing away my husband!" she spat back sarcastically.

They both noticed that the mountain breaks as it burst open in a green light. Dust and rocks were blown everywhere.

Red Son and his mother had evil smiles on their faces as a giant bull demon rose up from the ground.

"Yes, Father! Rise! Rise!" Red Son laughed evilly.

Mk and Nuo watched in horror as the Demon Bull King rise up from the ground, eyes glowing menacing green. The shaking and the blast caused Mk to lose his grip on the pipe.

"Mk!" Nuo softly shouted.

She quickly grabbed him by his wrist and pulled him up and held him by his waist. Demon Bull King stood tall, looking at himself.

"Flesh. Bone. I have returned to the realm of the living."

The sound of something lightly hopping alone the pipe made Mk and Nuo look up to see the golden bird looking at them. Nuo froze when the bird looked at her, then to her hand, and back again. She did the same immediately realizes what it's going to do as it leans over her hand.

"No! Shoo! Go away!" she whispers shouted, trying to swat it away.

The bird doesn't listen and starts pecking Nuo's hand.

"Ow! Stop that!"

"Nuo! What's going on?!" Mk gasped in worry.

"This bird won't stop pecking my hand! It wants us to fall off!"

His eyes widen in horror and grip onto her.

"What?! Don't let it! Be strong!"

"I'm trying!" she said before yelping to feel sharper jab.

The woman stepped forward with a fond smile on her face.

"Oh, Demon Bull king! How I've missed you."

DBK smile back at her.

"Princess Iron Fan! The years have been kind. How did you free me?"

Princess Iron Fan was about to answer when Red Son interrupted her, much to her annoyance.

"Actually, it was I, Father. I moved the staff. I learned how to harness it, to make its power mi-"

He stopped when the Demon Bull King loomed over him.

"O-our power. Oh, and one more thing I like to give to you."

Red Son pulls out something that Nuo and Mk gasp. There in his hand is the piece of the Dragon Gem.

"It's not that much, but this should power you up in no time!"

DBK's eyes widen in recognition before smirking.

"Excellent."

Red son smiled, happy that he was praised by his father, then chuckled evilly and raised the staff above his head.

"Now, we, the Demon Bull Family, will plunge the world into eternal darkness!"

Nuo struggled to keep a hold of the pipes while enduring every sharp jab. The bird glare at Nuo at her stubbornness and with a soft shriek, the bird gave a couple extra hard pecks on Nuo's hand that could pierce her skin. Nuo glares at the bird and shows her dragon eyes with a hint of low growl as a warning to back off. The bird flinches and scoots back. Nuo was relieved for a moment, thinking it will leave for good until the bird flies up to her head and pecks her there. She yelped and accidentally let go of the pipe, causing them to fall on top of Red Son and making him drop the Dragon Gem. Mk gets up sees the Demon Bull Family and the Bull Clones in front of him. He laughs nervously and holds up the plastic bag.

"Someone ordered some noodles?"

Nuo looks up and gulps a little. Red Son looks angry and throws the two off of him.

"Get off me, you idiots! Argh, did you two know what you just did?! You ruined my moment!" he yelled as flames burst out from his hair.

DBK stomped over to them.

"The little eavesdroppers has fallen into our midst. It seems a waste to crush something so insignificant as my first act as ruler of this new world, but so be it."

He raised his foot ready to crush Mk and Nuo when Red Son jumps in front of them.

"Wait, Father."

DBK looks surprised.

"What is this?"

Red Son lightly pushes his foot away.

"Ahem. Waste not your energy on these... peasants. Please, allow me to show you how powerful I have become in your absence!"

"...As you wish." DBK said.

"Maybe we can use this chance to get away." Mk whispered.

Nuo nodded and the two were about to escape when Red Son turned to them.

"In some ways, you're very fortunate, Noodle Boy and Random Blue Haired Girl! Not many insects are lucky enough to be stamped out by the Demon Bull Family."

Nuo glared at him while Mk crawled backward in fear when he heard a voice behind him.

"Monkey King's staff."

He noticed that it is indeed a staff and Nuo noticed it as well. He goes in to grab it while Nuo sees the piece of the Dragon Gem and was about to grab it when Red Son caught them not paying attention.

"Are you two even listening to me?! I, Red Son, will not be disrespected! Your history!"

Red Son proceeds to punch MK with the Power Gloves, but MK blocks it by lifting the Golden Staff.

"Good block, Mk!" Nuo praised.

Red Son's eyes widened in shock and backed away.

"No way! How could you possibly lift Monkey King's staff?"

"This is impossible." Princess Iron Fan breathed while DBK growled a bit.

"I don't know what's going on here, but I'm about to end it. That staff is mine!" Red Son yelled.

One of his fists become engulfed in flames while multiple of bull clones came behind along with DBK. Nuo quickly grabbed the piece of the Dragon Gem from the ground and mists were being made as they cover the whole area.

"What the?!" Red Son exclaimed, looking around while trying to fan the mist away.

Suddenly, loud grunts and yells were being heard along with a thump. As the mist clears, Red Son, Princess Iron Fan, and DBK could see the bull clones are torn and damaged. Then the mist revealed Nuo in her dragon form as she growls at them, curling her body protectively around Mk.

"Stay away from my friend!"

"No way..." Red Son breathed.

"A dragon..." Princess Iron Fan gasped.

"One of the legendary Celestial Dragons..." DBK said.

Red Son noticed Nuo is holding onto the two pieces of the Dragon Gem.

"Nice one, Nuo!" Mk smiled, feeling safe.

Princess Iron Fan shakes her head and hits the ground with her Magic Fan.

"I don't care if you're a dragon. That staff doesn't belong to you, little boy. Hand it over."

Mk looked at the staff in his hand.

"Mmm... no?"

The staff plants itself into the ground. Nuo gets a feeling and quickly took a hold of the staff.

"Okay, I didn't even move that t-"

The staff launches Mk and Nuo into the air.

"They can't escape with that staff!" Princess Iron Fan shouted.

"Along with the pieces of the Dragon Gem!" Red Son added.

"What?!"

"Centuries trapped in oblivion, plotting my revenge and all of it thwarted by little thieves?! I will tear the flesh from their bones!" DBK growled.

"Father, allow me. I won't fail you a second time."

DBK glared at him.

"See that you don't. My patience is past its end!"

"Of course, Father."

Red Son gets into his Inferno Truck and goes after Mk and Nuo. As soon as they're out, Mk gets back on the cart and leaves along with Nuo, who shapeshifts back into a human, and rides Chiang. The Inferno Truck bursts out of the construction site and goes after Mk and Nuo.

"Alright, Noodle Boy, Blue Dragon Girl, hand them over!"

"Never!" Nuo yelled back with Chiang growling.

"Also, where did you get that big cat?!" Red Son asked.

"Nunya!"

"What the heck is 'nunya'?"

"Nunya business!!"

"Grrr!!!" Red Son growled in annoyance.

Mk looks for something to stop Red Son until he brings out a bowl of noodles.

"I'm sorry, valued customer. You won't be getting your noodles."

He throws the noodles at the Inferno Truck, hitting the windshield.

"Dang it."

Red Son uses the windshield wipers to wipe off the noodles.

"Fine! Have it your way!"

"Ah! You're really scary!" Mk shrieked.

The Inferno Truck's windshield wipers hit the back of the tuk-tuk, causing the Golden Staff to activate again and launching Mk to the sky. The the-tuk falls on a building, bouncing Mk from building to building. Chiang climbs up to the building with Nuo holding on. Once she's on top of the building, Chiang jumps over from building to building to follow after Mk as they're close behind.

"Would you get down here so I can kill you?!" Red Son demanded, driving on the road besides them.

"Never!" Mk yelled back until he falls into one of the buildings.

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

"Very, very sorry!" Nuo said, rushing past the person who yelped.

Mk and Nuo bursts out of the wall of the building and lands back on the streets.

"I think we lost him!" Mk laughed.

Thought it quickly died down when the cart falls down and breaks. Nuo made Chiang skid to a stop as Mk gets out of the cart and runs around it, trying to get it started again.

"Oh, Come on! Come on! Come on, old girl! You got this! Oh, don't do this to me! Oh, man, Pigsy's gonna kill me."

Suddenly, they hear the sound of engine and turn to see the Inferno Truck behind them as Red Son's laughter can be heard.

"Ah!" Mk shrieked.

"Jump on!" Nuo yelled, bringing out her hand.

He immediately takes her hand and she made him sit behind her before urging her Serlot to run as she did. Nuo and Mk blaze outta there on Chiang's back through the streets towards the alley just before the Inferno Truck hits them as it drives after them.

"I'm coming to get you, Noodle Boy and Blue Dragon Girl!" Red Son laughed out.

They quickly run toward a low hanging sign.

"Jump!" Nuo shouted.

She and Mk jump off Chiang, narrowly dodge the sign, and land back on Chiang as they kept on going until the Inferno Truck gets stuck in a narrow street as the vehicle is too large to fit through as they gotten into a smaller alleyway.

"See ya!" Mk called, laughing before Chiang picked up the pace.

Nuo urge Chiang pass through a truck as they did.

"Hoodlum!" Truck Driver yelled.

They eventually made it to an unfinished road before the sound of motorcycle reached their ears. They turn and noticed Red Son with the race car.

"What the?!" Nuo questioned in shock.

"Come on, where did you get that!?" Mk yelled in frustration.

"What? You think I drive anything that doesn't at least have one complex transformation?" Red Son gloated.

He flicks three levers and punches a button, speeding up the race car as he caught up with them and attempted to crush them. Chiang glares in determination and runs as fast as her legs can take. Nuo looks back at Mk then to Red Son before getting an idea. She looks at Chiang.

"Chiang, jump!"

Chiang nodded and jumped as she did as they landed on top of the race car, surprising Red Son and Mk. Mk then sighs in relief until he notices the end of the road along with Nuo and Chiang.

"Oh, boy..." Nuo gulped.

"Ahhh!" Mk screamed along with Chiang.

Mk, Nuo, Chiang and Red Son fall off of the road until someone with a white helmet and white motorcycle suit with a green dragon on it appeared in their motorcycle. They pressed buttons to make their motorcycle create a sidecar attached to it and pulled Chiang, Nuo, and Mk onto it.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Red Son cried, looking at the person behind the helmet.

Whoever was driving landed back on terra firma and drove faster to get away from him. Red Son notices a building right in front of him and screams as he crashes into the building.

"Noodle Boy! Blue Dragon Girl! When I find you, I'm gonna bust you two into little bits! And your stupid big cat, too!"

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They then land outside Pigsy's Noodles. Chiang shakily gets out of the sidecar attached to the motorcycle as Mk and Nuo hopped off of it along with the mysterious person as their helmet and suit deactivated to reveal Mei as she pulled out her phone and held it up, doing a peace sign.

"Nailed it!"

"Mei!!" Mk and Nuo called in unison as the both of them joined in the photo right before it was taken.

"Mhm! That was an intense game of tag. You guys looked like you were having so much fun. I wanted to join in too! Also, where did you get such a cool big cat?!" Mei said as she helped Mk up to his feet before petting Chiang, who purrs.

"Actually, we almost died back there." Mk said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yeah, we did. And that's Chiang, she's a Serlot. I'll explain to you later." Nuo said.

"But you two didn't. So let's celebrate with a round of Monkey Mech!"

Mei points to the arcade machine.

"You should invite your new edgy friend, too."

"Uh, about that..." Nuo started.

"Yeah, he was trying to kill us." Mk finished her sentence.

"Well in that case-"

Mei pulls out her phone to reveal a dark screen with a red button on it and turns to look at Mk and Nuo darkly.

"...where does he live?" she asked creepily, causing Nuo to shiver.

Pigsy stomps out of his shop and spots Mk.

"Mk! Where are you, you punk? You mind telling me why some bozo left a zero-star review on Pigsy's Noodles?"

He hold up his phone, showing no star review.

"Oh! Uh, yeah. So, uh, here's what I think happened with that-" Mk tried to explain, but was interrupted by Mei.

"Woah, zero stars! Congrats! That's better than nothing, right?"

Pigsy turned to Mei.

"That's not how it works, Mei! And you! I-"

He turns back to Mk to see that he has gone.

"Where'd he go?"

"Over there." Nuo pointed to where Mk is running into the noodle shop.

"Mr. Tang!"

"Don't you run away when I'm trying to scold you! Get back-"

The door covering falls down, cutting Pigsy off. He tuned and yelped at the sight of Chiang, who's looking at her blankly.

"What is that thing?!"

"Uh... I can explain." Nuo said nervously.

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Down below to the Flaming Foundry, where Bull Clones clones and armor are being made. Demon Bull King sits on a throne, wearing new armor made by Red Son as he did a finishing touch.

"And... that should about do it!"

DBK flex his muscles.

"It's... heavy." he commented before standing.

"That's because it isn't powered up, yet. The suit absorbs energy to create energy. And what better source than the magic staff and the pieces of the Dragon Gem that kept you underground?" Red Son stammered.

"You mean the staff and the Dragon Gem that you lost?" DBK glared.

"Uh, yeah- it was the Noodle Boy and the Blue Dragon Girl! I-"

Princess Iron Fan starts laughing while gliding over to them.

"Oh, don't toy with him, my love. We will get it back. I have Bull Clones scouring the city. It's only a matter of time."

"And while we wait, the furnace can convert other things into energy."

Red Son throws his face shielding into the furnace as it erupts into flames, and the Demon Bull King roars loudly, feeling the power radiating off of him.

"The more rare the item, the more powerful Father will become. And once we have that staff and all the pieces of the Dragon Gem, he will be unstoppable!"

Once DBK is calmed down, he sits back down and starts browsing through shops.

"Now to find something rare and expensive. Something to give me the power I deserve. And you, Red Son, find as much of the pieces of the Dragon Gem. I need them to make me even more powerful. I don't care who you have to go through, make it happen!"

"Yes, father." Red Son nodded before leaving.

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Tang is sitting in Pigsy's Noodles, drinking his noodles when he's interrupted by Mk, causing him to spit his soup everywhere.

"Mr. Tang!"

"Hmm?" Tang said, wiping his mouth.

Mk starts frantically searching all over the counter.

"Remember the story you told me this morning? About the Demon Bull King? Argh, where is it? Where is it? Where is it?"

He spots his book underneath a pile of bowls, swiping it and causing the pile to fall.

"Ah, there it is. The Demon Bull King, see?"

Pigsy is being held back by Mei and Nuo as soon as he sees Mk knocking over the bowls.

"Argh, kid! What are you doing to my kitchen?"

Tang looks disinterested.

"Yeah?"

He sips his noodles.

"What about him?"

Mk leaps onto Tang.

"The Demon Bull King is back! The legend is real! The Monkey King's staff is removed! We have to find him! It's the only way to save everyone before the world is destr-"

Tang pushes MK back with his chopsticks.

"Boy, relax. You're getting spittle in my soup. Besides, you're delusional. It's just a story."

"Delusional, huh? Would you call this delusional?"

Mk reveals the Golden Staff.

"Wow, Mk. You found a stick!" Mei said.

"No, it's Monkey King's staff!" Mk said.

"It's true. I saw it with my own eyes. Chiang saw it too."

Pigsy, Tang, and Mei all burst into laughter.

"Guys! This isn't funny! It's serious!" Nuo shouted, looking mad that they didn't believe him.

"You aren't listening! Demon Bull King is out there. We have to get the staff back to the Monkey King! It's the real deal. I'll prove it." Mk said.

"Oh, yeah? How?" Pigsy asked.

"Uh..."

The staff extends itself, crushing the table Tang and Mei are sitting at. Everyone was speechless for a moment until Tang starts to get into his fanboy mode.

"M-M-M-Monkey King's staff! I knew it all along! The legendary weapon that only he could wield to seal away evil!" he cried, holding Mk's arm that was holding the staff up.

"Wait a minute. Why do you have it?"

"Not only did he find the staff, I also have this."

Nuo showed them the two shards of the Dragon Gem that glows. Tang gets even more excited as he takes them and gets a better look.

"Seriously?! The one that the four Celestial Dragons used to combine their powers to put the Druun away?! Where did you find them?! Also, why is that big giant cat here?" he asked, pointing at Chiang.

"Uh... out of pure luck? And I'll explain about the cat later." Nuo said nervously, still not ready to reveal that she's a dragon.

Mk caught onto that and understood why she said that.

"Alright, I'll bite. If the staff is here along with the pieces of the Dragon Gem, then where is the demon punk now?" Pigsy asked.

Mei holds up her phone after taking a quick pic of Nuo in her dragon form.

"He's at the shoe store."

"What?!" everyone chorused.

"This is better not be another one of your puppy videos, Mei!" Pigsy said as everyone crowded around Mei.

She laughs while scrolling through her phone.

"There's always time for the puppy video, but no. Look what just started trending. Hashtag Demon Bull King!"

She showed them the pictures and videos of DBK and Red Son scaring everyone out of the shoe store. Nuo's eyes widened to see that they also have some more shards of the Dragon Gem.