"Come on, after that winged bastard!" I commanded, "Sab, you coming with or nah?!"

"Hey, hold on a second!" He worried, "Where exactly are you going? Tell me that first!"

"No time!" GaLi dragged him along by the wrist, "We'll explain as we go, so hop to it!"

"Bwaah, then you're not even giving me a choice, dammit!"

That flying douchebag almost killed us with that fall of his. He interrogates me and then gets mad and leaves, like that's not suspicious enough to warrant us chasing him as is! His wings seem really useful, but more importantly...

"That man, he knew me." I muttered.

"Sure did seem that way." GaLi agreed, "So you were awake before today, huh?"

"No, in fact I don't remember anything after my talk with the Divine Voice." I replied.

"Eh? Divine Voice?" Sab looked like he realized something, "Then, could you be...?"

"Step aside, comin' through!" GaLi kept pushing all the bystanders aside, "Come on, you two! Unless the dude with wings stopped by for some grub, then there's no way we'll ever catch up at this rate!"

"Coming!" I hollered before turning to Sab, "We shouldn't waste our energy on talking. Let's focus on finding the winged guy first."

"No, but..." He furrowed his brows, "You said you'd tell me more about who we're chasing and why during the run, and now you're telling me we're not gonna talk at all?"

"Ah, I guess we owe you that much..." I chuckled awkwardly, "Some guy with wings crashed next to us, asked me about my name, and then up and flew off."

"That sounds... fun." He tried to piece together why this happened, "So you're going after him why, exactly?"

"He's suspicious!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, but like..." He tilted his head, "Did he tell you to follow him or something? And even if you did find him, what'd that accomplish?"

What a stupid question! It'd, uhm... Wait a second, this guy's actually kind of right! The winged guy knew me, but it's not like he really wanted anything else from me. There's also that thing he said after I refused to give out my name... Does he even know me, actually? No, but I'd still like those wings regardless.

"We told you what you wanted to know, so if you don't wanna follow along, then by all means!" GaLi answered back for me, "But it's answers you're looking for, then I think the person we're after is your best bet!"

"Y-Yeah! You said you were doing your own private investigation of this place, so our goals kind of align!" I added, "Come on, Sab, don't be a party breaker!"

"Hm, I guess..." He pouted.

Well, we said all that, but it looks like we couldn't find out where our target was after all. He was flying at incredible speeds, to the point where mere running just could never even hope to catch up. By now, who knows where he went, so we eventually just gave up on it. I know, not very detective-like of us, but what other options did we have?

"Ugh, khack! Whuh..." GaLi coughed and wheezed from the excessive exercise, "Let's... Let's just try and get wings another way."

"And what would that be?" I asked, just as tired.

"Well, there's gotta be an order to it." Sab resolved, "Maybe it's like a game. You can't get the best equipment from the start, after all!"

"Game?" I tilted my head, "Equipment?"

"I think I get what you mean." GaLi glanced down at our bodies, "We really ought to find some equipment."

"Well, it's not like any of us have anything to hide." I shrugged, "Our private parts don't exist anymore."

"So why are you wearing those shorts, then?" Sab raised a suspicious Eyebrow at me.

"Well." I thought about it as well, "I guess something's better than nothing."

"Guys, no need to argue." GaLi pointed with a wry grin, "Check it. She probably got that from that guy."

We both turned around to see—A clothes shop. Hm, what an odd thing to find in Heaven, but I guess it makes sense. Place a bunch of people together all of a sudden and tell them to walk around in the nude, and someone's bound to dislike it. Guess the Gods aren't as cruel as I originally thought. Stepping in front of the counter, we didn't even get a friendly greeting in before the shopkeeper glared at us heavily.

"Mgh...!" He gave the nastiest stink Eye he could, "Take those fugly covers off."

"Eh? Yeah, I came here to get something better." I was surprised by his bold tone, "So like, is there a changing room somewhere or...?"

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"Strip." His Eyes peered deep into my very essence, "Now. I'll prepare something better for you in the meantime."

I glanced at GaLi and Sab to see what they thought of him, but the shopkeeper just yelled at them as well.

"Stop gawking at her, you morons! Don't you know girls don't like getting stared at while they're changing!?" He yelled.

"No one likes that, dipass!" GaLi wanted to argue, but Sab cut those two off.

"Come on, give her some privacy." He covered both of their Eyes, "It's already awkward enough as is, so no need to make it any worse."

I was pretty uncertain about this, just changing out of my clothes in the middle of the street, but Sab's words really did help me feel better. Looking behind me, the bystanders also don't even seem to be taking glances this way, much less looking at me. I bet they wouldn't even notice, and besides, not like they'd have anything to see if they did... Sigh, let's just get this over wi-

"Ghack!" I had a bunch of clothes tossed over me, "I didn't finish changing, dammit!"

"On second thought, just wear those hideous rags under my beautiful clothes." The shopkeeper suggested, "If I waited for you to make up your mind, we'd be here all cycle!"

"Cycle...?"

Well, that settles that, I guess. I got new clothes now—A Red shirt with tan baggy pants. It feels... familiar, I guess? But I was expecting something more lady-like, like a dress or something.

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"...What?" The shopkeeper kept glaring, "You're in Heaven 2.0, not a damned ball. Comfort wins out in this scenario!"

"I guess that's true..." I looked over at the other two as they finished putting their clothes on too, "Looking good, you two."

"Old timey, I like it!" Sab chuckled, "I feel like an adventurer!"

"This has to be a joke..." GaLi's irked expression gave away his disgust as he put on the frilly top, "You sure you didn't switch mine and Magnes' clothes, sir?"

"You calling me an amateur?" The shopkeeper could hardly keep his laughter in, "The pink frills look girly, but pfft! T-They're... They're there for... Bahaha!"

"Dammit, gimme something normal!" GaLi flexed once, tearing the clothes to shreds with the sheer power of anger.

"Tch, you're abusing the fact these clothes come free of charge..." The shopkeeper sighed, "Fine, this should be better, right?"

Tossing the White shirt over his head, we inspected the inscriptions on it before bursting out laughing. The burly, frowning angel named GaLi gave us a nasty glare which completely contrasted with the cute little unicorn drawn on his shirt, with the words "I LOVE HEAVEN!" written in bold under it.

"Hrnghh...!!!"

"No! Don't ruin that one too!" We stopped him hastily, "Look, it's better than before, just wear it!"

"...Over my dead body." He scowled, tearing it off with ease, "I guess the pants are normal at least. I'll just take these thank you."

With a tired sigh, we waved the shopkeeper off as we continued on with our walk. To recount, I had a Red shirt on with tan baggy pants. Sab had a bit of an old timey adventurer's look, equipped with all sorts of belts and pockets—And GaLi had Green trousers.

"They kind of accentuate your butt." Sab inspected his behind, "You really should've just taken the shirt."

"I'd rather die!"

"Hm, whatever." Sab gave up, "If you wanna look like a male stripper, then by all means."

"Well maybe I do!" GaLi pouted, crossing his arms tightly.

Oof, that's... He's actually offended by it. What do I do? I'd step in to defend him, but it's true that he should've just taken the shirt. Ah, but now that he's like this, I don't know... I guess I'll try and let him off easy.

"GaLi..." I patted him on the shoulder.

"What?!" He shouted back.

"Your..." I bit my tongue, tears streaming down my cheeks as I struggled to tell him.

"Magnes...!" He turned around worriedly, "What's wrong?"

"Your...!" I sobbed, "Your butt really is distracting! I'm not even interested, but I can't keep my Eyes away!"

"You monster." Sab returned a stern look.

"You guys are the worst!" He fussed, "Stop making fun of my butt!"

"Stop having a big butt!" I shot back.

Having taken a large hit to his pride, GaLi ran off in front of us in shambles. He was a strong man, yet his butt was stronger... Such tragedy! If only the shopkeeper didn't give him such a tight pair of trousers! We truly do live in a society... Okay, enough about GaLi's ass cheeks. Look at the bright side, at least they're covered. Within every crack of darkness lies a ray of light. And I mean crack literally.

"Yaaaahhhh!" A man flew by us, making us stop dead in our tracks.

"What's with everyone crashing near us?" I asked, more out of curiosity than fear.

"Guess they must like us." GaLi joked.

Alas, the man that flew past us and struck the nearby building wasn't the main star of the show. No, that title belonged to the man that tossed him there. A burly, muscular man with arms of pure gold from the shoulders down. Appearance wise, he was the same as any other male angel around, but those arms really made him look tougher. Best not to get involved.

"Hm? Mn... Oh!" The aggressive bro looked around before settling his gaze on us, "You next! I ain't going down without a fight!"

"Wah?! Fight!?" I yelped.

"Incoming!" GaLi and Sab pushed me aside, both getting tackled in my stead, "Gah!"

Immediately, the two fell to the floor dazed as he jumped on top of them. Brutally pummeling them to a pulp, they were helpless to even lift a finger against him, despite not feeling any of the pain you'd tend to expect from a beating of such magnitude. Scary! I would've jumped in to help them if I didn't know they were immune to damage! ...Well, maybe I'd be too scared to do so.

"No matter how hard I hit, no matter how many I hit..." The torturer continued, "No matter the weapon, the method, they just never die! None of them!"

"Ghack, the fuck, man!?" GaLi shouted before getting a stern kick to the face.

"Shut up, shut up!" The guy kept yelling, "You're not humans, I've seen it! White Monsters all around! One good look at their hideous faces and you go crazy! Crazy, I tell you!"

"Well thanks for the warning!" I stood in between them, "So in return for your generosity, let me enlighten you with what I know—We're not whatever the hell those nightmares in your head are!"

"Liar! Liar, I've seen them!" He turned to clobber me next, "I hate it here. I hate it so much, I wanna go back home..."

Eh? Is this guy's hatred maybe just misplaced? Maybe...

"Home..." I muttered.

"Yeah, sniffle." He calmed himself down, "But that place is impossible to go back to. I'm not dumb, I died and got sent here."

"Same as us." GaLi muttered before getting stomped on, "Ghack!"

"...Which is why I'm gonna make this my new home." The assailant declared, "And home is a place that houses none of you White Monsters."

Hoo boy, we've got a problem child on our hands.