The Cervello started their countdown, but before they got to 'one' there's two gunshots, and the Cervello fall to the ground. Soichi lets out a whine, and in a blink of an eye his whole demeanor just seems to change. He takes off his coat and flops back on his rear because his knees are shaking so bad. He then follows up by praising them on their ability to get this far, and that he was waiting as their ally.

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And then all the brain cells in Gokudera's head just stalled.