Falling

Chapter 18 starts with Nyarai defeating Adelgund, ending the Masato Match.

## Chapter Info

**Chapter 18: Falling** is the eighteenth chapter of Furry Fight Chronicles.

## Summary

The chapter starts with Adelgund being sent into the air by Nyarai's final kick. Her unconscious body falls into the mat while Nyarai backflips gracefully on her feet. Nyarai then stomps on Adelgund's face to make a victory pose after dedicating her victory to someone named Lenny. The narration describes Nyarai's victory over Adelgund as the equivalent of her bringing down a mountain.

Shun Gonfano enters the ring, earning a glare from Cookie when he looks at her. Shun asks Nyarai why she's so serious. Nyarai replies that she's confused at people cheering for her despite their hatred for Wilds. Shun gives Nyarai the Masato Belt, telling her that she's the hero of the match. Nyarai laughs, amused at the thought. The Cyclone Crushers congratulate Nyarai while the Exe-Cutie-Ves tend to Adelgund and cry over her injured body. Muko is left stunned after the incident, frozen by what just happened.

Backstage, Cookie confronts Dinedon, demanding him to give her back the money she gave him. Dinedon points out that Cookie gave it to him as a gift, therefore it's his to keep. Cookie calls Dinedon out for selling off Peki to a sumiguza and exposing her despite meaning the end of his career. Feeling he owes her an explanation, Dinedon tells Cookie why he betrayed her.

The day after meeting Cookie, Shun went to Dinedon's bureau with a suitcase full of money. He states that he betrayed Cookie because Shun offered him a better deal. Cookie states that she's never break a deal despite her greed. Dinedon counters by asking Cookie if justice was served this night. He praises Shun for breaking kayfabe and making two Wilds the stars of the match, offending Cookie because Shun stole her idea.

Shun meets Miho, the latest member of the Exe-Cutie-Ves, who tells Shun that she slept with Adelgund while making sure Peki watched. Shun praises Miho for doing a good job and pays her with stacks of cash. Dinedon narrates how people don't care about morality but strength, how they crave real violence rather than a show, and how the last few years the nationalism and hatred of the people caused them to ask for war or escape into entertainment. Dinedon concludes that he retires from furry fighting because he doesn't understand the world anymore. Cookie tells him to rot in hell because his way of thinking prevents the world from changing for the better.

Cookie enters into the shower rooms in an attempt to cheer up Muko. She pays Muko for her performance, promising that she will do better next time. A stunned Muko asks Cookie if she killed anyone as she remembers Nyarai's words during their fight. Cookie confesses that she used to have another agency called the Fortune Factory. While she managed many Combagals, there was one whose talents far surpassed the other ones. Her name was Freydar, whose talent was big enough to eventually surpass Donkizari. Cookie overworked Freydar, making her fight in many matches and turning a blind eye to the painkillers she took to deal with the pain and stress of too much fighting. This lead to a tragedy that caused Cookie to lose everything she built.

Cookie states that Freydar's body reached her limit when she fought at Trilamity Day. She sustained an injury that was going to make her blind if she fought again. She left Cookie after her rehabilitation to join Shun's agency to be a trainer. Cookie's Combagals, who blamed her for Freydar's retirement left her to join the Cyclone Crushers while Cookie was hated by the fans because it was her overworking of Freydar that led to her accident. She informs Muko that the Combagals who stood on Shun's side used to be her clients until she lost their trust.

Muko is relieved that Cookie is not a killer, being mildly disappointed at Cookie for hiding the truth from her. Cookie tries to convince Muko to have a solo career, even if she's not her manager anymore. Muko points out that it doesn't matter since she realizes that she was the most unimportant person in the ring. Muko scolds herself for her weak performance and for joining furry fighting for selfish reasons. She sadly tells Cookie that she's done pretending to be a Combagal and must therefore quit.

Hearing Muko's words, Cookie is left surprised as a wave of water surrounds her, causing her to metaphorically drown in a sea of despair. The chapter ends with a flashback of a younger Adelgund and Peki going out on a date, symbolizing how their loving relationship was torn apart by the end of the Masato Match.

## Continuity

* Cookie talks to Muko about Freydar after Muko questions her about Nyarai's words in Chapter 14.

## Trivia

* With this chapter, the Masato Match ends at eight chapters long.