Chapter 24

## Plot

Goggles has ended up in an underground facility, An Octoling sees him and then, a bunch of octarians attack them! So the Octoling defeats them with his blaster, He checks to see if Goggles is alright and he’s fine, Goggles asks him questions but when he asks about the Octarians, He doesn’t answer, a voice from behind them tells them that the Octoling has lost his memory, And that guy was Cap’n Cuttlefish: leader of the original Squidbeak Splatoon, He easily recognises Goggles who didn’t see him for a while since the end of Chapter 9. He takes them to his tent and gives Goggles a rice ball, Cuttlefish tells him that the Octoling is Agent 8 as he doesn’t know what his real name is. His wristband read No. 10,008 so Cuttlefish decides to call the octoling Agent 8, Then Goggles decides that his name is Eight! and introduces himself. He likes the name.

Goggles is confused about his whereabouts and Eight told him he fell through the hole above the tent and Cuttlefish says that they’re deep underground! Apparently Goggles got washed away after his Salmon Run part time job and he has to go back! but Cuttlefish doesn’t know how to get back and Eight thinks the station is disused.

Before Goggles ended up in the underground facility, Cuttlefish and Agent 8 have been there for a few days already. They were at Octo Valley and then were suddenly attacked by someone and then, they ended up in that place. That is how Eight lost his memory. He doesn’t remember anything but he feels like he wanted to go somewhere.

The trio begin their journey to the surface, As they exit the tent, they were surrounded by a group of Octarians! Goggles asks Eight if they were his friends and he says that they’re not because they keep attacking! Goggles isn’t armed and he’s also naked! so Cuttlefish gives Goggles an outfit to wear and Eight gives him a Splattershot which he found and fixed it. Goggles puts on the outfit, which is a suit and joins the other 2 in defeating the Octarians.

Soon after, the Octarians are down, Cuttlefish explains about the suit and the badge equipped on it, which makes Goggles looks like a spy. Eight sees a doorway which he thinks is the exit, They go through it and end up in a huge train station! They find a telephone and decided to call for help, But Goggles decides to order ramen and Cuttlefish orders fried rice

Then the phone speaks to them who knew Eight’s applicant number, tells them the items required to ride the train and they are in Deepsea Metro Central station The train arrives and Goggles and Eight get on while Cuttlefish stays behind, and the phone wishes them good luck with their journey to the promised land.

On board the train, Goggles and Eight see a lot of people and they think the journey is really fun! Then the conductor, who is a sea cucumber, He tells them that they’re in a vast underground facility operated by the Kamabo Corporation, It’s a series of test chambers connected by the Deepsea Metro System. The sea cucumber recognises the CQ-80 and he tells them they’re headed for the Promised Land! Goggles asks him how to get there and he tells him to reach it, they must pass a test at each Deepsea Metro Station. and they must find and collect the four thangs and then the door to the Promised Land will open. These are what they need to do to get back home! The train arrives at the station and the sea cucumber tells them to keep going and reach the goal at the very end!

Goggles and Hachi set off for the Goal and venture into a forest, which is odd because they were at a station just a moment ago! Two sanitized Octolings stand in their way and Goggles and Hachi realizes that the octolings have pale faces too! The octolings attack them, They’re ill but they’re strong! Hachi doesn’t think they’re ill, he thinks something happened to them. Goggles offers them a pickled plum because he thinks they have a cold but they have no choice. Goggles and Hachi defeat the Octolings and are able to move forward, but not after Goggles ticks them into bed even though they are acting strange and Hachi placed ice packs on their heads. They move on and are confronted by four Octolings with Carbon Rollers and umbrellas! They might have a cold and Hachi has prepared more ice packs for them, Then two more Octolings appear using Inkjets! The Octolings attack them and Goggles and Hachi are in trouble!! Goggles decides to do something and moves around incredibly fast, fooling the Octolings that they have plenty of people on their side too! The Octolings are confused and Goggles and Hachi seek their chance! They defeat the Octolings and passed the first station! They keep moving, defeating Octarians and collected the first thang; a blender base! The sea cucumber tells them to find three more to reach the Promised Land. Goggles and Hachi pushed it to Central Station and Hachi felt something strange, He felt like that he could remember something important to him…

Meanwhile on Mount Nantai, Pearl and Marina were exploring when they heard a voice, Pearl picked it up and they heard Cuttlefish on the two-way radio.

## Characters

### Squidbeak Splatoon

* Goggles
* Eight/Hachi
* Cap’n Cuttlefish

### Off the Hook

* Pearl
* Marina

## Trivia

* Hachi is the first friendly octoling that Goggles encounters
* This is the first chapter we see Pearl and Marina not in their usual band clothing