Part 26: Scale

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"This is our esteemed headquarters." Miri said, standing in front of a massive skyscraper topped with giant replicas of the heroes' heads. "The building apparently originally belonged to some cult." He commented. "The Church of Heroes absorbed the cult and everything, building and all! Awesome, right!? We vanquished evil!" Miri smiled.

"MAGNIFICENT!!!!" Power cheered, raising a fist. Next to her, stood (Y/N), Legs, and Denji. Denji looked bored, while (Y/N) and Legs didn't look surprised in the slightest.

"(Y/N), what the hell are we doin' here, anyway? I thought we weren't messing with these guys..." Denji muttered.

"I want to do some recon." (Y/N) said, lowering his voice. "I also want to meet this 'doppleganger' of mine." (Y/N) said, remembering the uncannily similar face the church's decoy had.

"Wait, but-"

"The other one." Legs grunted.

"Miri, as the actual heroes of hell, think we could meet our stand-ins?" (Y/N) asked, wanting to get straight to the point.

(Y/N) and Legs immediately noticed Miri tense, before relaxing. 

"Take it easy. We'll get to that. Short stuff's gonna give y'all the tour first.." Miri said, turning to face them. 

"I must say this building is befitting of someone of my stature. I do also enjoy that you've built a statue commemorating my-"

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"Wait..." Power said. "Wh-Where's my face...?" Power murmured, realizing only Chainsaw Man and Frog Dude had their heads displayed at the top of the tower.

"There he is." Miri said, his gaze falling on a smaller figure standing outside the building.

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"Um...!" The shy student from the aquarium incident stuttered. "I'll be, um... your guide!" He said. "Y-Your guide... Nobana Higashiyama!" He said.

"Oh hey, it's you again." Legs said, smirking.

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"GYAAAAAH!!!" Nobana shrieked, nearly leaping backward as he recognized Legs. "Y-You're that Yakuza enforcer that stole my lighter...!" He squeaked, quaking in his boots.

"He's what?" (Y/N) turned to face Legs.

"Long story." Legs chuckled.

"Relax, he's cool." Miri said.

"Totally." Legs said. "Here." Legs pulled the lighter from his pocket, tossing it to Nobana.

"Ah... Th-Thank you, I guess...?" Nobana said. "W-Well, if all the things are in order, and you aren't going to h-hurt me... Then I guess we can get this tour underway...!" Nobana tried to sound cheery.

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Nobana led the quintet through the main lobby of the church, its decorated halls filled with bustling students and teenagers.

"Dude, it's almost all students." Denji grunted.

"G-Good eye!" Nobana said. "You see, the Church of Heroes is run by a body of students rather than adults!" He said. "The adults' mental faculties are diminished because of an American ultraviolet weapon in Japan's air! That's why we students are forming the Church of Heroes together!" Nobana explained.

"America's the freaking worst!" Miri said.

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"Are you for real...?" Denji asked.

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