Master Tooth pedals along on the trike he got from Gallis, heading up the mountains, trying to get to Titania. He meets a chihuahua Gallee who assaults Master Tooth for not returning the trike His method of assault? Biting Tooth hard on the tail and not letting go! Tooth tries various methods to dislodge the little dog, but at last resorts to shooting some hot spicy sauce up the Gallee's nose, then drop-kicking him as soon as he lets go. Tooth then finds the dog caught in a tree with fermenting fruit, and stuffs some of the fermented fruit into the dog's mouth … and into his own as well. Once they're both intoxicated, the Gallee tells Tooth of his ambition to win the Emperor's Challenge, and have his wish be granted that no head in the Nagai Empire shall be higher than his. (Rumor has it that the Emperor, if Atilla wins, plans to put the dog's head on a pike at the top of the Imperial Palace.) Bidding a tearful farewell to the dog, Tooth heads for the airship that Atilla came in, as a faster means of transport to Titania.
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