Part 32: IdeaSpy 2.5: Episode 9

Communicator Entertainment Program "IdeaSpy 2.5 (Two-point-five)" Episode 9! <In the previous episode....> 2.5 has infiltrated the junk factory of that catalogue of conspiracy, J.E. Corporation, and finally reached the possible location of 'D-People-E-O, Fine Humanoid Robot for the Home,' only to find himself under machine gun fire from an unseen enemy! Can Call have betrayed him!? Hang in there, 2.5 (Two-point-five)!
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Ow.... damn....

Two! Are you all right, Two!?

Uh-huh. Strange.... I don't seem to have been hit anywhere.

Ha-ha-ha! How do you like it, Two-point-five! It's the music of J.E. Corporation's 'Mini-Mole'!?

'Mini-Mole?'

The Mini-Mole digger, the <professional grade, no-brainer answer to home rock excavation needs>!
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Couldn't you give it a less confusing sound? And anyway, what home excavation needs!?

Be quiet! Or else, take this!
Bang! B-bang!

Jeez!

You all right, Two!?

What is it this time!?

<Studies show: pigeons hate the sound of balloons breaking! The pest-scaring 'Boom-Boom Balloon' breaks three times as easily and makes five times as much noise as conventional balloons. Recommended by Dr. Koppelthorn!>

What kind of a weak late-night sarsaparilla is that!?

And who the hell is Dr. Koppelthorn?

Besides, what do you base the claims about all that three and five-times stuff on!?

Speaking of which, do pigeons really.... Damn it, there's too many holes to pick that I can't get to it all! Two, what are we going to do!?

I can't do anything unless I can see where he is.... I got it! I'll just crumple up this piece of cellophane and....
Crackle, crackle....

What's going on, Two? Sounds like something burning.

Ssh! If you crumple up cellophane and roll it between your palms, it sounds like fire burning. Now if only he hears this noise....
Crackle, crackle....

Oh no! Fire!? Damn you, Two-point-five! We'll continue this some other time! Go, go, go!
Pit-a-pat-a-pit-a-pat!

(Sigh) Looks like they're gone.

Good job, Two.....But what's happened to Call Now?

You're right. Where did Call go!?

Oh, it's you, Two-point-five. That was fast.

Call? Where were you?

I was on the elevator and it made my ears really hurt. It was so bad I had to go and sit down for a bit. Sorry -- did I make you wait?

So that was why.... Call, you have to swallow when that happens.

Oh? Thank you, Two-point-five.

Two, I told you that...

I know.

Come on, let's get going.
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To be continued.