第7話: Enが質屋を捜査している間、FujitaはCaimanと対峙するためにライバル病院の野球試合に潜入する

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En buys the magic pawn shop and has Shin and Noi investigate it, discovering that Ebisu has sold her magic powder there several times; he orders her stocked powder to be examined to learn her magical specialism. Despite his help, En reveals he has been unable to find Fujita a replacement partner. A bitter Fujita heads to Hole, plotting to find and kill Caiman with a pistol; while initially taunting his unpopularity, Ebisu follows him to help. Shortly afterwards, a worker returning with Ebisu's magic powder trips, accidentally throwing the vial and smashing it on Noi, causing her to scream. Vaux, visiting The Hungry Bug, bemoans that they lack a required ninth needed player for their baseball match against a rival hospital; Thirteen, a regular at Nikaido's restaurant, volunteers himself. Across Hole, Fujita applies at the rival hospital for their pitcher position to get closer to Caiman, with Ebisu being taken as their mascot. Preparing to pitch, Fujita is horrified to see their first batsman is Matsumura, his corpse reanimated by Kasukabe (à la Frankenstein's monster) and kept docile using electricity. The rival hospital begins cheating to try and win the match, with Ebisu drugging their remaining pitchers; in response Kasukabe uses Johnson, domesticated and controllable through elecro-shocking, to regain the lead. Fujita then begins sipping a drink that increases his smoke output, allowing him to affect the speed of the ball; Nikaido, skilled enough to bat the shot, accidentally concusses the rival hospital director, allowing Fujita to escape with Matsumura during the confusion. Shin follows Noi, who has turned into a reptilian humanoid due to Ebisu's magic and began an uncontrollable rampage. Shin narrowly manages to incapacitate Noi, getting seriously maimed in the process. En has Shin carry Noi up to a man called Chota, a sorcerer obsessively infatuated with En who restores Noi to normal by mixing a dispelling potion. Elsewhere in the mansion, Ebisu complains her head hurts from stealing Fujita's smoke-enhancing drink, only to be attacked by the undead Matsumura, who has become violent without his shock treatment. Overwhelmed and under attack, Ebisu emits a huge amount of magic and transforms herself into a huge dinosaur, causing her to crush Matsumura's remains into a paste in a rage. (Source: Wikipedia) I’m not synoptic, but we can still have fun with the creatures drinking lots of O+ and AB-!