"Easy does it, easy...!" We helped Freddy set up the parking, "Alright, SLOWLY lower the airbike and..."

"Ah screw it." He said as he turned the motor off.

Crash! The airbike fell hard onto the concrete below, with the propellers coming to a slow halt a few moments later. Ow, why is he so impatient when it comes to parking? Does he want all our privates to get slammed flat? Hell, I even noticed Sandy adjusting her pants once we got off the airbike, for Gods' sake! That's how you know it hurts!

"Ni hao, China!" Freddy waved madly at the mountainous terrain in front of us, "I'm gonna be honest, I missed this place. I skipped it the last few times I went around the world, but it's one of the better countries when it comes to visiting it as a tourist."

"Uncle, if you continue to park like that, I don't think any wished-for perfect girlfriend will enjoy a man with flattened balls..." Issei rubbed his sore groin.

"Don't worry about me." He flashed a reassuring thumbs up, "The driver's seat is super padded, so I don't feel any pain at all!"

"What the hell? You selfish jackass!" Sandy chewed him out more than any one of us, "What kind of a rat-airbike didn't account for proper passenger seats!? No wonder you don't have a girlfriend, you stupid loner - She doesn't even have anywhere to sit properly!"

"Ow, geez..." He awkwardly scratched his cheek, "I-I never thought of that..."

"That's not the reason you're single." I patted him on the back, albeit stopping to tightly grip his shoulder at the end, "But if you don't let us down easily even once more after this, you're getting a kick in the balls from each of us just to get a taste of our pain."

"It makes sense to equal it out, isn't that right amigo?" Juavez too grabbed his other shoulder menacingly, "I wonder whose kick hurts the worst? Lune and I have experience in the field, but garota's livid."

"Eep!" Freddy squirmed, "I-Issei, help your uncle out here!"

"Mnnn..." Issei tapped his finger on his chin as he reasoned, "Well, don't be so sure, Juavez. My kicks aren't all that by themselves, but if you were to add, say - A Disconnect Leg Brace to it..."

"You're gonna hit me too, nephew!?"

Heheh, we're just joking... for now. But it doesn't really matter for now, cause after this stop we only have to fly back to Japan to make our wishes. Granted, the wishes can be made anywhere, but it'd probably be better for the girls to show up at their destination from the start rather than in the middle of nowhere. This is another reason why I absolutely despise Freddy's haphazard parking, because even though the propellers are protected by the metal legs underneath them, it's still kinda scary hearing all those nasty scratching sounds whenever we land. Just hope nothing happens now, at the home stretch...

"So where are we now?" I asked as I gawked at the futuristic cityscape.

"Beijing, the capital of China." Sandy explained, "Though if our goal is the Great Wall, then I don't know what we're doing here."

"It's cause you aren't allowed to fly around it, so we can't go there directly." Issei then opened up his phone, "See? Says so right here."

"You gonna believe everything the Internet tells you, JP?" She jeered.

"You gonna fuck around with Chinese law?" He retorted, "Besides, the nearest strip of the 21,000 kilometer Wall is just a short taxi fare away."

"21 thousand kilometers!?" I jolted, "Who the hell were they trying to keep out!?"

"Enemies?" Juavez answered logically, "Duh?"

"Hrm..." I grunted, "Alright, I'll give you that, but one very large issue still remains - What is considered the World Wonder?"

Hearing my worries, they too began to ponder the question with increasing levels of anxiety. Thinking about it logically, our main issues with touching all these World Wonders was that not every part of the structure actually emits Wonder light upon making direct contact. For Macchu Pichu, it was one of the mossy cobblestone ruins half submerged into the terrain beneath. For Petra, it took us over a day of searching before we could finally find it. But even then, all the previous Wonders together pale in comparison to this one's size. What if we have to trek the entire length of this final World Wonder before we can put an end to this journey, and how long will it take?

"Well, no use worrying about it now." Freddy steeled his resolve and urged us to do the same, "Worst case scenario, we'll have one hell of a stroll, which if I'm being honest - Doesn't sound too bad with the five of us."

"Oh shut up." Sandy groaned, "Don't get all sappy now, Nyork."

"When will you start calling people by their names...?" He sighed.

"I only call family members like that." She explained her ruleset, "Otherwise it'd be confusing since we'd all get the nickname Peru."

"Oh." I did a double-take, "Wait, you're from Peru? I thought you were a tourist-?"

"Taxi!" She flagged one down, or at least tried to.

"That's... not gonna work." Freddy snickered, "This isn't "Nyork", after all. You call a cab using the app on your phone."

"How convenient..." She blushed, embarrassed as could be at the blunder.

A few minutes of waiting later, and the driver showed up just in time. That being the case, he was the type of local that didn't know any English at all, so we had to somehow convey to him our destination through an online translator on Issei's phone.

"GREAT. WALL." Issei kept punching the letters in, "OF... CHINA."

I think I remember Marina doing this same tactic once, except she was talking to the actual person and not a phone.

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"Alright boys!" Issei stood arms akimbo at the very beginning of the path that was to come.

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"Ahem." Sandy coughed.

"...And girl."

"That's better."

"You should've gone with dudes, it's a gender neutral term." I whispered.

"Dude isn't at all gender neutral. It's definitely male only." Juavez corrected me, "I could justify guys, but dudes? Nope."

"If anything, wouldn't guys be worse?" Sandy rolled her Eyes, "Either way, what's so bad about saying boys and girls? It doesn't exclude anyone that way."

"Hey, now that I think about it..." Freddy asked, "Is there even a way to casually refer to a group of ladies? It's all women, girls, ladies..."

"Maybe gals?" I shrugged.

"WHO THE HELL CARES!" Issei interrupted us with a loud shout, "You guys ruined the moment!"

"Ah, sorry. You can start over."

"Well now I can't, you ruined it." He pouted and crossed his arms, "I wanted to hype everyone up for this momentous occasion, but I can't do that now that you guys focused too much on gender terms."

"Oh don't be like that, amigo. Come on, spit a verse!"

"Ooh, we singing now?" Freddy started rhythmically clapping.

"Stop that." Only for Sandy to immediately end the beat prematurely.

"Guys, this is the last World Wonder of our three's journey." Issei explained, "After this, we'll get our wishes, go back to Japan to make them reality, and everything will be right in the world."

"Well, now that you mention it, I guess we were being a bit too casual about this." I scratched my cheek, "But you know, even if you make a grand speech to commemorate this moment, it could take weeks or even up to a month before we find the Wonder light."

"That's all the more reason to motivate us!" Issei stomped the floor furiously.

"Meh, I guess I could see your point, but you guys fail to realize that Brazil and I still have to go back to some of the locations to check them off for ourselves." Sandy shrugged.

"Well, it shouldn't take long now that we know each Wonder light's location." Juavez figured, "With vovô's airbike, it should be over in but a couple of weeks."

"Hm?" Freddy craned his head slowly at that one, "I'm sorry, did you just assume I'll be the one chauffeuring you around after this?"

"Here we go..." Issei and I covered our ears in advance at the ensuing chaos that was to come.

"What the hell do you mean, Nyork!" Sandy lifted him by the cuffs, "You WILL be taking us to visit all the World Wonders and get our wishes, aren't you?"

"Hell no, I'll be too busy having fun with my girlfriend by then!" Freddy shook her off.

"But we will not be able to make it without your airbike, amigo." Juavez pleaded.

"Right! Didn't you hear what Brazil told you before? His poor family is suffering, and you're just gonna turn a blind Eye to that!?" Sandy added, "For shame, Nyork, I didn't expect this of you..."

"My hands are tied." Freddy apologetically shrugged, "Nothing I can do about it."

"You can lend us your airbike."

"Absolutely not. I wouldn't give it to my mother!" He made an X with his arms, "Where'd you even get such a stupid idea, Sands?"

"We'll give it back to you after, we promise!" She begged and pleaded, "Come on, you guys were the ones that told us about the wishes, so take responsibility!"

"I don't wanna hear that phrase in this context!" Freddy shoved her away before berating Issei, "And besides, it was nephew who told you, not me! Pester him!"

"What can he do for us, amigo?" Juavez clicked his tongue, thus setting off Issei.

"You calling me useless!? Y'know, I was actually willing to use my wish to help you guys get your own, but now that you offended me, I changed my mind!"

"Like hell you did, you Slanted Eyed idiot!"

Well, so much for the momentous occasion. I'm just glad I'm not part of the scuffle, but I do feel bad for both sides. Juavez and Sandy probably feel like they got jipped after being told they can accomplish basically anything, but then not being helped to get that opportunity, and Freddy and Issei have already done their part, so they deserve to rest after this journey.

"Guys, guys!" I tried politely calming them down before giving up and shouting at the top of my lungs, "Everybody shut up!"

"......."

"Thank you!" I then proceeded with my own take, "Look, Freddy has to take you guys back home at the very least anyways, right? So how about you guys stay and rest with them in Japan for a while before setting off with Freddy after he's taken a long enough break?"

"We can't wait that long!" Sandy puffed her cheeks out.

"Why not? The Wonders are huge, they won't be growing out legs and running away anytime soon." I chuckled, "And look, if money is an issue, I'll just take some extra time to Materialize a bunch of megavolts in advance before leaving. We all get our wishes, and we all get time to sort things out accordingly."

Hearing me use this more sensible solution to the problem had them lose all the steam coming out of their heads as they bashfully looked down to the ground, unsure of what to say to keep their arguments afloat. Thus, they had all heaved a heavy sigh before apologizing to each other, and with that, the entire issue has been resolved. Goes to show you that there's no issue you can't put off for tomorrow!

"But before that, we gotta first find this damned Wonder light." Freddy said as we all turned back to face the giant road ahead.

"Then, everyone." Issei nodded with a confident smile, "Shall we take the first step together?"

"Heh, gotta make everything flashy, don't you?" Sandy smirked, "Guess I'll let it be. It's for my future airbike, after all."

"You're the type of guy I fear my little brothers will meet in life the most, amigo." Juavez slipped in one last jab at me, "But you're a damned good guy when it comes to solving disputes."

"That's the best backhanded compliment I've heard yet." I grinned, "Then everyone, let's take the first step on this long road, togethe-"

"Ah, that was the Green light just now." Freddy looked down at all of our feet, "Guess the entire length of the Wall was considered the Wonder after all."

Ehe, m-mission accomplished...?