Walton danced in the air, shaking his butt like a puppet on strings. The cringe crept through Lucy’s skin.

“Ow inna di great voodoo yuh escape, grandfather?” Tashina shouted.

Byron raised an eyebrow at her. “Grandfather?”

Tashina giggled like a rattlesnake. “It a lang story, sweetie.”

Walton/Boogaloo laughed. “Dis foolish cat knock mi off yuh desk like a drunken buffoon. Once mi taste mi freedom, mi immediately possess fi him bady an kill fi him crew. It did easy wen fi him crew get drunk inna dem celebration. Now mi wi kill yuh an kip dis ship tuh myself! HAHAHAHAHA!!!”

“What have you done with Charles!?” Lucy growled under her breath. “If you kill him-”

“HAHAHAHAHA!!! Mi did nothing! Him run away like a uhman wid har tail between har legs! Him probably swim tuh dat dark island outside.”

Lucy sighed. Her heart would be broken if she failed the quest. If Charles remains on the unknown island, she can rescue him immediately.

“But none of yuh wi si him afta mi kill you!” The former dungeon boss shouted. “An mi wi personally enjoy it!”

“Please grandfatha, yuh being ridiculous,” said Tashina. “Wi grateful yuh liberated di ship, but yuh nuh haffi kill wi.”

Walton’s glowing eyes glared. “Wah mek should mi nuh kill you?”

Tashina snarled. "Yuh fool! Mi tink wi ave a gud relationship now!"

Boogaloo laughed louder. "Di ongle relationship mi ave wid yuh being yuh slave! Once mi kill yuh mi ago bi free forever! Wah-hahahaha!"

Tashina rolled her eyes. "Looks like mi wi haffi imprison yuh again tuh teach yuh matters!" She turned to Lucy and Byron. "Distract him while mi grab sup'm."

"Killing him would be easy," Byron suggested.

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Tashina giggled and rubbed her paw on his chest. "Him still mi grandfatha. Him may be stubborn, but mi cya contain him."

"How will you catch him?" Lucy asked.

A mischievous grin spread across Tashina’s muzzle. “Memba ow mi catch him laas time? Hmmmm?”

When Lucy and her friends first encountered the dungeon boss, Chief Boogaloo possessed her. To avoid hurting Lucy, Tashina challenged her grandfather to a dance-off. However, it wasn’t a normal dance-off she performed. It was an exorcist ritual that transferred Boogaloo’s spirit into a skull. If Tashina planned to use the same trick, she will have to perform the exorcist dance without Boogaloo’s notice. And she will need a new item to trap him inside.

Lucy grinned. “Please hurry.”

The hyena woman nodded and dashed off through the orlop deck.

Chief Boogaloo watched as he snarled. “A mi foolish granddaughta a chicken now? HAHAHAHAHA!”

Lucy and Byron rose from their cover. They stepped toward him with their weapons out.

“You’ll have to deal with us first if you want to know where she is going,” said Lucy, pointing her cutlass at the floating cat.

Byron’s skin turned rubbery as his muscles expanded and his body grew taller. His shark fin tail grew out behind him and his head morphed into a large shark head with razor-sharp teeth.

“Careful, I bite,” he growled with a soft chuckle.

Boogaloo shrugged. “Mi fear nuttin, but mi duh like shark meat.”

He drew a short sword, which almost looked like a kitchen knife on a hilt. When he charged in the air, Lucy and Byron spread apart.

Boogaloo came toward Lucy. She ducked from his swing and blocked his next strike.

“You know how to fight with a sword?” Lucy asked.

Boogaloo chuckled. “Mi learn from possess bodies. Dis cat knows from tuh fight gud.”

Byron charged behind Boogaloo and tackled him to the floor. He hugged the cat, but Boogaloo slid out freely from the wereshark’s arms and poked his blade at the shark’s face.

Byron HP: 90/100

While Byron crawled back, rubbing his face, Lucy charged with his blade raised. Boogaloo swung around and blocked her attack.

He pushed back as he chuckled. “Careful now, dear. Yuh cud cut sum'ady like dat.”

Lucy glared. “Isn’t that the point in a sword fight?”

Boogaloo laughed. “Nuh eff yuh willing tuh kill dis cat.”

Lucy grimaced. Tashina! You better hurry before I send your stupid grandfather to the Undersea!