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Ha!

Doo-doo-doo-doo! Doo-doo-doo-doo!

Doo, doo-doo-doo-doo!

Ooh. I'm starving.

Let's see what's on the menu.

Blimey, it's true. The buffet is packed to the rafters.

It's my lucky day.

Nom, nom, mmmm.

Classy. Mmm, nom.

(GLASS SMASHES) Huh?

Someone there?

(COUGHS)

Nom, nom, mmm, nom.

(STONE SCRAPES)

Aaagh!

(STONE SCRAPES) Ah, the welcoming staff. (CHUCKLES)

(STONE SCRAPES)

(GROWLS) Argh!

I, uh... Is it invitation only?

(GROWLS) Argh!

(GROWLS)

Aaagh! Let me go!

Aaagh!

Ouch!

Caw!

(GROWLS)

Aaagh!

Hee-yah!

Alright! I am a ninja!

So, have you mastered the arts of invisibility and walking on water?

The control of natural elements, maybe?

Fwah! Go ahead and make fun.

I don't do the natural elements thing,

but I'm an expert in camouflage and cunning.

My speciality - furtiveness.

Oh, I would like to see that.

OK, I'll disappear before you in a cloud of smoke.

Like a ninja!

Hee-yah! (COUGHS)

Whoa. This cacao is...

..poison.

I'd say you got the cloud part right, but not the disappearing.

Aaagh! Aaagh!

Quick, quick, quick. Come on.

Ugh. Ooh! We have a client!

Let's furtively go see what they want.

Oh, very funny.

Oh, Clever,

I unwillingly got mixed up in the biggest mystery

one of Her Majesty's pigeons has ever known.

Alfred, if this is the slice of pizza

that disappeared in the trashcan mystery again, I...

No!

This time it's...

..a supernatural case.

(SIGHS) OK, I'm listening.

Yah! Argh!

The ninja falls from the sky like lightning!

Bro, are you crazy?!

Sorry, I haven't yet mastered the terror effect

I create when I appear.

And that's nothing compared to the effect that gargoyle had on me.

Gargoyle?

Alive and kicking.

It attacked me last night at the old Royal Aviary.

It pinned me to the ground, but I managed to escape.

A statue comes to life to ward off pigeons from an old aviary. Hmm.

Supernatural, indeed.

I believe this calls for a visit to the palace.

I'll take you. But where's Bro?

Here! Argh!

(THUD)

Uh...ninja.

Visit the old aviary? Is this related to the cases underway.

Uh, what cases, Majesty?

Uh...

Hermes isn't here?

Mercury, my twin brother.

He'll be staying in London for a while.

And while Hermes is off sick, he's in charge of security.

There have been thefts at the palace.

Valuable objects like my sister's golden bowl.

Detective McFlare is in charge of the investigation.

While waiting for security backups,

no one can visit the grounds without authorisation.

Well, the two cases might very well be connected.

Allow us to inspect the aviary,

and we will inform the detective of our conclusions.

Great idea.

Very well. But you must respect the security protocol.

An escort is required while visiting the palace grounds.

Great. Follow me. I'll take you.

Ms Clever, escorting the best detective in the world

to hunt down a monster is utterly thrilling.

It's not every day that you escort the best ninja either.

Absolutely right, Bro-san. Gomen nasai.

Whoa! You speak ninja?

Japanese. I live in Tokyo.

No way! How lucky!

And yet here you are, back at the palace.

Yes. My master is an ambassador.

He needs to stay in London from time to time.

And this is the best address in town.

Well, usually.

Hmmm.

Simple sculptures.

I think I'd rather wait for you here.

Don't worry, Alfred.

Ninja Bro is on the case.

He'll take care of this gargoyle for you.

Huh?

Hmm. Bro!

Tiny glass splinters.

Strange. Do you know what that might be?

The glass is particularly thin.

It'd be a small object, like a light bulb.

(SNIFFS) Hmm.

Hee-yah! Wha-ha!

Yah, yah, yah! (GLASS SMASHES)

(COUGHS)

The enemy is attacking!

(GROWLS)

It's impossible.

Clever! Hurry. Stand behind me.

(GROWLS) Rowr!

Argh!

(GROWLS)

Hey, you! Come over here.

(GROWLS)

Ninja hamster's secret weapon!

It's time to disappear!

Whoa!

(GROWLS)

Clever, Bro, this way!

(HISSES)

Oh, Mercury, you're hurt!

Oh, it's nothing. We must leave!

(GASPS) Alfred! He's gone!

Hmm.

Whoa.

There is necessarily a link between the missing valuable objects

and the aviary, which is guarded by a monster.

Hmm, it was not a monster.

It fought like one, but it was merely a disguised pigeon.

And I'm afraid it might be your friend Alfred.

What?!

You're getting Alfred mixed up with the horned, middle-aged pigeon.

Alfred would have no interest in playing this game.

It doesn't make sense.

I'm sorry, Ms Clever, but he insisted on staying outside alone.

I saw the creature from close up during my one-on-one combat,

and I clearly recognised the disguised pigeon.

And that would explain his disappearance.

Look!

I do confirm that is indeed a pigeon-claw scratch.

If he's connected to the recent thefts,

maybe he wanted to create a diversion.

Are you sure you know him that well?

Hmm. We must find this Alfred at once.

I can vouch for Alfred.

If it was a disguised pigeon who attacked us,

it was certainly not Alfred.

He must be in danger.

And I'm sure I saw a real gargoyle made of real articulated stone.

Clever, Bro, you've done your job, and we thank you.

Detective, I'm counting on you to find this Alfred and question him.

But, but...

Ohhh.

Very well, Your Highness. Thank you for your time.

Uh, why are they turning down a ninja's services?

And now we have to walk home.

A ninja who walks. How lame.

Why didn't I see that it was a disguised pigeon?

Well, Mercury saw him from closer up

and you don't always see everything.

That's the point, I do always see everything.

(BOTH COUGH)

Wait a minute.

Bingo! I found it!

A gas! (COUGHS)

Can you be more specific?

When the gargoyle appeared we both coughed.

The splinters were from a glass receptacle

containing an odourless gas that causes hallucinations.

We thought we were seeing the gargoyle come to life,

but it was actually our imagination which distorted a disguised pigeon.

But if Mercury inhaled the gas

he should have seen a real gargoyle, too.

I know this will seem unconceivable, but there's no other explanation.

Mercury is involved.

Oh, no! Not him!

He must have known exactly when the gas was going to be diffused.

He held his breath to protect himself from its effects.

(GLASS SMASHES)

Then he pretended to fall out of sight.

He easily had enough time to knock Alfred out

before coming back to save us.

But his wound, that was real.

Oh, he does have nerve.

He must have used Alfred's foot to scratch himself

and create false proof.

The Queen's brother? Oh, but it's impossible!

Don't forget, he's only been at the palace for a short time

and the thefts began right after his arrival.

OK. But it's not going to be easy to prove to the Queen

that her own brother is a liar and a thief.

We need proof.

Tonight we're going back to the aviary

in furtive mode.

Ninja!

There he is!

Let's follow him.

(WHISPERS) Ninja!

(STONE SLIDES)

(STONE SLIDES)

Ninj...

The next time you say ninja, I swear I'll make you disappear.

Banzai.

(GASPS)

Aaagh! Aaagh!

Shh! Shh!

(WHISTLES)

Something wrong, Alfred?

I know it's not... (PHONE RINGS)

Give me a few seconds, please.

Is everything going according to plan?

Yes, Master.

Everything is ready, as you wished.

And the Queen's necklace?

The theft takes place tonight, Master.

Afterwards, all the stolen objects will be taken out of the palace

through the storm-water pipe system

which comes out in the street outside the palace.

Perfect! For the cause.

For the cause!

BRO: We know enough now to warn McFlare and give him proof.

We'll leave quietly. This is the moment to be ninjas.

Discretion, tact, grace.

Whoa! (CRASHING)

Clever, Bro, you found my private little club.

You truly are talented.

Alfred, my poor pigeon,

I cannot say the same for you.

(GLASS SMASHES)

Bro, fan!

(SNIFFS)

Ha, ha, ha!

Nice try, but I've been immunised for ages.

(LAUGHS)

Argh!

This way!

Alfred, give us a push!

Watch out! Coming through!

(COUGHS)

Grrr!

Argh! Argh!

Woohoo!

(GASPS)

Aaagh! Aaagh!

(GLASS SMASHES)

(COUGHS)

Watch out! He just dropped Mercury's gas.

(GROWLS)

Argh! The gargoyle!

I can't look!

(GROWLS)

(GROWLS)

Wait! I'm a ninja!

I can fight with my eyes shut!

Yah! Yah! Hee-yah!

Ah, yi, yi, yi, yi! Come on. You can do it.

You can do it. You can...

Oh!

Ka-pow!

It's just a pigeon in disguise!

Hmm? Err?

Hmm.

(GROWLS) Arrrrgh!

What?

Yah!

Argh!

Oooh...

Alfred, you're experiencing a hallucination!

Tell yourself it's just a pigeon, like you.

Are you sure?

A pigeon in disguise?

(ROARS)

Argh!

Boss, help me! They knocked my mask off.

You are the rare animals able to resist my chemical formula.

It's a product I found in Japan.

Usually very efficient.

You simply need to know that you're not seeing reality.

After that, you can deduce what's behind the distortions.

You are truly surprising, Miss.

But I can't let you get away.

Bro! Shuriken, go!

Argh! Oof!

Alfred, it's not real!

BRO: Come help us!

I'm just hallucinating. I'm just hallucinating.

Aaagh!

Mercury gave up the game?

That's odd.

Hmm.

Clever, Bro,

and you too, Alfred.

I'm sorry, but you are under arrest for the theft of royal objects.

Hang on. We found her objects. We didn't steal them.

He's the one who...

Matter of fact, Mercury warned us earlier today

that you would try and exfiltrate the golden bowl

from the palace through this passageway.

Your Majesty, I...

Don't listen to her sister. She's lying.

After our meeting this morning, I decided to follow her.

And what I discovered...

Oh, the evil knight.

From the very start, this was a trap to discredit me

in the eyes of the Queen and neutralise me.

Someone told Alfred to go have dinner at the Royal Aviary

to lure him into a trap.

Mercury stood in for Hermes, the Queen's advisor.

He must have doctored his food to make him sick.

I wasn't careful enough. He must have known we were coming.

He incited us to leave with the golden bowl

through the storm-water pipe system

that goes out to the street exactly where he wanted us.

..that communicates with the street.

That's how Clever and her accomplices

exfiltrate the stolen objects.

As proof, she has your golden bowl in her hands.

You're no ninja.

You're just a thief-poisoner.

QUEEN: I can't believe it. Clever?

I know, it's inconceivable.

But there's no other possible explanation.

Take them to Greenside.

I'm very sorry, Clever.

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

We're innocent!

Mercury lied!

If that's the case, I'll prove it.

But for now, the best thing for you to do

is watch your step at Greenside.

I have no choice. I must obey orders.

I understand, McFlare,

but my sis and I are going to disappear in a cloud of smoke.

Yah!

Whoa!

(BOTH COUGH)

We can still catch them, boss.

Hmm. Let's give them a few minutes advance.

With a bit of luck,

that will be enough to avoid a terrible judicial error.

Oh, how are we going to persuade the Queen?

As soon as she sees us, she'll have us arrested.

She needs to see her brother in the act of stealing her necklace

and recognise him.

Oh, but he'll use his product

so that she sees a monstrous, distorted creature.

So, we have to find a way for her not to inhale the gas.

Alfred! You escaped!

Have you turned into a ninja too?

Clever slipped me a cocoa bomb when she saw the welcoming committee.

She said we'd meet up here as soon as possible.

And now? We're going to capture a gargoyle.

Oh, Clever could not have betrayed me.

Don't think about it anymore.

You need to sleep.

The detective has everything under control.

(LAUGHS)

Sweet dreams.

Ohhh.

(GLASS SMASHES)

Huh?

(SNORES)

Huh?!

(GROWLS)

Mercury, is that you?

Mercury, what's wrong with you?!

Uhh...but you're not...

Huh?

Clever?

I'll explain it all, Majesty.

These glass splinters should have been from a marble

filled with neurotoxic gas

that induces terrifying hallucinations when you inhale it.

Mercury uses them to frighten off anyone

who comes too close to the aviary, where he has his hiding place,

and on his enemies.

Clever, you are fabulous.

But you won't get me.

Sorry, sis, but I need this more than you.

Police! Don't move!

(GROWLING)

Mercury, explain yourself!

Why are you doing this!

Oh, sis, I never wanted to hurt you.

But I must serve the cause to the best of my ability.

Mercury has been enlisted in the service of the evil knight.

His role was to steal precious objects from the palace

to finance the knight's plans.

But how did you save the Queen from inhaling the gas?

I had a hunch that Mercury's accomplice

would shoot the marbles through the window.

BRO: Then all we had to do was intercept the accomplice pigeon

in ninja mode.

Boss, help!

He's tied up in the garden outside.

Alfred shot an empty vial into the room.

Then we let Mercury reveal himself all alone.

Mercury, I can't believe it.

How could you?

I'm sorry, sis, but I'm sure one day you'll join us.

Oh, Mercury.

Oh, Clever, Bro, I am so sorry I doubted you for even one second.

How can you ever forgive me?

Ah, easy!

Just dub me Her Majesty's greatest ninja.

(GIGGLES)

I am going to disappear in a breath,

like a ninja!

Incredible! Wait till he does something.

Oh, I saw your preparation and it'll work.

Only maybe a bit too much.

I am Her Majesty's greatest ninja!

Hee-yah! (BOOM!)

(COUGHING)

Wow! He evaporated into thin air, like a real ninja!

Uh, more like...

Her Majesty's greatest squashed ninja.

(ALL LAUGH)

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