Giana’s medical advice was that I rest more, so we did something completely new. Noelle constructed a mini bus with her 7t mode, and she was driving us to the nearest AA to take a teleport gate.

  Wohoo go faster!

  “Raishin, please strap yourself in…”

  This thing is so slow… can I give driving a try, Noelle?

  “Did someone say something?” Noelle said while ignoring me.

  Can I have a shot at driving big sis…

  “Ohh that’s better! Sure lil’ bro!”

  Can you even drive Agnis?

  Of course, I can drive! Why wouldn’t I be able to drive?

  I still vividly remember that dolphin race on that yacht…

  Silly Greg, a coffin on wheels is different from a yacht! More importantly, I have driven a bigger bus than this before!

  Ooh that dolphin race was so cool! We should do that again!

  Absolutely not! It's one of the worst moments in my life!

  You sure have a rosy life if that was your worst moment…

  Giana tugged on my sleeve. “Hey Deca! We want to know what that race was about! Show us!”

  Turning our lives into entertainment, eh? Sure.

  “Wait lil’ bro! I want to see it too!” Noelle said and stopped the minibus. “You can drive and show us, right?”

  Of course!

  I took the driver's seat, and the illusion of our dolphin race started.

  Time to put some speed behind this!

  The vehicle accelerated, and my team started screaming.

  Hahaha! This is more like it! I also don’t have to be afraid of the steering wheel breaking! Those other vehicles sure were fragile!

  We were in a familiar area. Not too far from where I drove the bus with my wimpy students years ago. The idols were enjoying the dolphin race, but somehow not enjoying the ride.

  “Deca, please go easy…”

  I feel sick…

  Bunch of wimps!

  The Denga jungle was posing an obstacle. We could go through it or around it. Around it would take forever. I decided to take a shortcut, and a shockwave traveled through the bus as we entered the jungle.

  “Lil’ bro, what was that? What could possibly shake my bus this much?”

  It’s fine, just some monkeys that didn’t look left and right before crossing the road.

  More monkeys showed defiance and started flinging rocks and poo at us.

  Foolish monkeys! This vehicle is invincible!

  I pulled on the wheel and swerved to evade an enormous turd, and a familiar situation occurred as the steering wheel broke.

  Uh oh.

  I hate those words. Is it possible that you can allow us to see what’s going on besides this illusion?

  Uhh, no, how about you guys also watch what happened in the labyrinth of the breathless?

  So I got overconfident in Noelle’s creation and might have been a bit rough. The vehicle was currently speeding and plowing through the jungle vegetation without me being able to control it.

  Hey, sis, does this vehicle have alternative fuel sources?

  “Just mana, why do you ask?”

  Just wondering if it ran on bananas or something, as there are a lot of monkeys here.

  “Monkeys? On the road? You are still on the road, right? It’s unusually bumpy.”

  Focus more on the underwater shenanigans! We might get into something like that too!

  It might not be a good idea to tell the team that I took the jungle shortcut, which was… not a shortcut anymore. We were quite off course, and the monkeys kept throwing poop at the windshield. I could look through it, but it wasn’t a pleasant sight.

  Another problem…I was running out of mana. I had dumped most of it in the magic circle of [Foxfire Lunacy]. It was unlikely this minibus could go far without mana... Why does this keep happening to me?

  The vehicle made a strange sound and came to a halt. A brief inspection revealed that vines had been caught up on the axle and blocked the wheels from turning so I added ‘a comfortable feeling of a driving car’ to the illusion.

  Now that nobody will figure out that I fucked up… how do I fix this? And without mana. Nilah is also out of mana. Beat up some monkeys, and then what? I’m not a mechanic. My illusions don’t work well on things I don’t understand. Ooh this is bad. I might never get to drive another bus if this comes out.

  “Oh it feels like you made it back to the road, I’m proud to be your sister!”

  Oof, now I really have to fix this.

  More jungle animals started to surround or assault the bus. This bus is tough, but probably not made to handle bullshit like this. I need to complain to the Yttroz Industries; they should build roads through the jungle! Losing precious time because of monkeys is also bullshit, though. Maybe they didn’t want to deal with these pooslingers.

  An assaulter got zapped and fled. I wanted to assess the situation when an enormous tiger locked onto our vehicle.

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  I will never sit behind a steer again, will I? I should have taken the road…

  “Ooh, so that’s how you beat that seasnake! I had to kill it from the inside…” Giana said in awe.

  Huh? You could’ve just used fire like us!

  Didn’t you 2 make clear that it was an extremely dangerous type of fire and that no sane person would attempt it?

  Hey nobody said anything about that last part!

  “That labyrinth was a nuisance, I acknowledge that, but Giana or I would have trivialized it.” Noelle said proudly.

  “I couldn’t do anything there…” Yv said softly.

  “Hey, Yv, at least you were more useful than Io, Vinny or Kyle! When will the tentacle monster appear, Deca?”

  Uhh, after we get split up.

  “Split up? You got split up in a labyrinth?! I also don’t like how this loser keeps trying to get your attention. Too bad for her, she has no charm magic. Try all you want, Deca is mine hahaha!”

  Has dealing with Agnis finally made her insane?

  Possibly.

  They got to the part where we got split up by the moving labyrinth. Giana and Yv were calling Hayley an opportunist.

  Back to reality. This tiger seems to think we’re some exotic snack.

  Raishin, random question? How would you distract a tiger?

  Boobs.

  And something normal…

  Uhh, pizza?

  Raishin is useless. I created an illusion of a juicy antelope, but the tiger ignored it. Of course! Antelopes aren’t jungle animals! So I created an illusion of a juicy monkey. The juicy monkey shook her boobs and offered the tiger pizza, but the monkey got ignored. As expected, Raishin was useless.

  The tiger pounced on the bus and scraping sounds filled the bus as it was violently shaking and rocking the bus. My tail used [Dragonvein: Drowning Pulse] and [Flushed] the poo and tiger off the bus. The bus wasn’t waterproof, though… Noelle and Greg might kill me when they get out of this… the bus was half filled with water as it wouldn’t float. I forgot that Noelle and Greg were quite dense…

  Agnis, can you make these illusions a bit less realistic? I don’t need to feel wet.

  I added ‘dry’ to the illusions.

  “Wow you came up with that solution just from that vague comment?”

  I also contributed to the solution.

  “Good for you.” Yv said disinterested as her aura had shifted a bit.

  They were currently at the part where we were figuring out that clownfiesta.

  But on hindsight, Woofus was a menace indeed.

  I wonder what he’s up to now.

  Hey, let the idols figure that out by themselves.

  The water had been drained, but the vehicle was still stuck. Do I just torch this area? I could get away with it if I controlled the fire.

  A localized [Fire Pillar] took all my remaining mana and got rid of anything plant-based. The bus was sturdy enough to deal with it, but I had to use frost magic as the bus had turned into an oven. A strange smell permeated the bus. An unfamiliar scent, but it stank.

  Ugh, sis, how do I open the windows?

  “A button on the door will lower the window when pressed down and will raise it when pressed up.

  I located a button that could be pressed up and down. The scent of poop came in the moment I opened the window, so I closed it again. Is this [Poison Gas]?

  Something smells weird. I don’t remember that room you made smelling that weird.

  “Ha look at those humans fawning over my Deca! Your chest isn’t even as big as mine! Not because you get to touch his tails means he wants you!” Giana had turned into a proud and toxic vixen, mocking any failed attempt of Crissy to draw my attention.

  What if I steal mana from Raishin? He’s probably the only one who wouldn’t notice. I chucked a frost ice cube on his lap and gently sapped his mana. Slowly, but surely, I got enough mana to restart this coffin on wheels. The engine sputtered, a different sound came out, and the bad smell intensified which had me gasping for air. What the fuck is this? An evolved [Poison Gas]?! Poo smell it is then!

  The windows went back open, and I inspected the vehicle. My [Fire Pillar] seemed to have melted the tires… It’s over…I will never be allowed behind a wheel again…

  I gave up as there was no point and curled in my tails. Maybe they will forgive me if I’m a ball of fur.

  They clapped as we escaped the labyrinth.

  Oh ooh! Show them how we blew up the whale!

  It was just postponing my execution, but why not? I showed them how we blew up the stomach of the whale, my secret weapon stunt and how we got spat out.

  “What a crazy adventure. Agnis wasn’t kidding when he said that strange things happen to you guys.” Noelle yelped and got excited when Raishin one shot the whale. I tried to force myself to go to sleep, but I couldn't manage, so I did my best to pretend.

  The illusion lifted, and everyone gasped, followed by some screams.

  “Lil’ bro… what happened?! Ugh, it stinks!” I heard the sound of a door opening and another scream. “Ewww! Why is there poop everywhere! Lil’ bro!”

  I think he’s sleeping but ugh, it stinks!

  Are you sure he’s not pretending?

  “Why are we in the jungle? Weren’t we supposed to be on the road? Noelle, did you tell him to go through the jungle?”

  “I didn’t, Yv… lil’ bro! Wake up!”

  “Let him be Noelle, he must be tired. Let him sleep; he also seems to have run out of mana.”

  I can always count on Giana.

  “How did he even destroy this bus?! I made it extra sturdy!” Several stomps shook the bus. “Ugh, it's totaled! Yv, Giana, can you help me clear this area and wash away this junk and stink?! I need to make a new one…”

  I heard people moving, and I got lifted out of the bus.

  Several minutes and stomps later, we were in a new armored vehicle with Noelle behind the wheel. “Giana, tell him when he wakes up that I want him to show me the illusion of how he wrecked this bus! I’m a failure of a sister if I can’t make ‘little brother-proof’ vehicles!”

  You’re taking it awfully seriously, aren’t you? Isn’t it his fault for crashing us?

  “If it broke, it’s my fault! Things that I make aren’t supposed to break! Let’s get out of this jungle. Who even uses a jungle as a shortcut…”

  I feel bad for Noelle. Greg is right, this is my fault, but am I going to admit it? Nope! I will feign ignorance and innocence till the day I die!

  The bumpy ride soon transitioned into a smooth ride. “Finally, back on the road!”