Jemima. Lazarus. Fergus. These were the last gatekeepers of the 3 remaining parts of the EVP Blueprints. The Dark Rizzards had obtained two pieces, but they also knew that time was limited.
The moment Sally completely downloaded the Blueprints and left the Secret Islands, then that was when the ARSES would escape, leaving the Dark Rizzards unable to fully reconstruct the EVP Technology.
Accordingly, the Dark Rizzards decided it was time to split their forces as they originally planned.
Itvasme and Ly Ly would go down towards the South-East Point of the Secret-Island Star and track down Jemima, whilst Itvashim and Hugo would intercept Lazarus, and all going well, they would then pincer Fergus for the final piece.
From their previous encounter at the World Ball, the Dark Rizzards believed that Sally was extremely dangerous, and so they reasoned (quite reasonably) that taking on Fergus would be the smarter move…
That said, Itvashim was of course still hoping to run into Sally to bring some closure to his wounded, fragile and questioning heart if they got the chance…?!
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