Constant Dropping Wears Away a Stone. is the 13th episode of Tiger and Bunny 2.
Plot[]
Years ago, after helping out young Mugan and Fugan, Nicolai Brahe offers them to come live with him. They agree, but after joining the other kids, they don't like it and wish to live with Nicolai. Six months ago, Nicolai proposes them to defeat some heroes like L.L. Audun and prove they are stronger. Mugan and Fugan believe that Nicolai asked them because Ouroboros ordered him and decide to do it for him. Nicolai was indeed ordered, but tried to explain that Mugan and Fugan are still children and they may not do well against the heroes, however, as the organization sees them as pawns, they didn't care if Mugan and Fugan would die.
As Tiger gets knocked out, Barnaby gets angry and starts attacking Fugan. Yuri and the heroes believe that the defeat of Tiger clouded his judgement, but barely moving Tiger states that Barnaby must have a plan. After repetitiously punching Fugan, Barnaby unleashes his Hyper Good Luck Mode and hits Fugan, who after absorbing all those attacks, excitingly states he had never absorbed so much power before. Barnaby is worn out and Mugan and Fugan easily pick him up. Fugan then unleashes his attack on him, shattering Barnaby's helm. Seeing that, Black believes that Barnaby didn't had a plan. However, Fugan states that he broke his arm and can't clench a fist anymore. Fugan explains that because of the drug, he took more power than his body can handle when attacking. Mugan is surprised, but says that he still have his right arm, however, Fugan reveals he broke it already when he punched Tiger earlier. Yuri comments that Barnaby likely figured it out and excessively attacked Fugan and then sacrificed himself to destroy Fugan's left arm. Mugan suggests they run, but Fugan states that they might get angry at Nicolai.
Nicolai hears gunshots and goes to check out. He finds Sigourney with a gunshot wound on her arm, who tells Nicolai that Gregory managed to get a hold of a gun and escape. Gregory runs away with the drug and Nicolai heads after him.
Mugan suggests that Fugan uses less power and they take out the heroes little by little. Cat suggest they stand with their backs to each other, but Mugan easily breaks their formation and start beating Cat, Black and Thomas. Black states they can't defeat them like this and they need to use all of their power and the rest join him into provoking Mugan and Fugan. Annoyed, Fugan doesn't care about his body anymore and asks Mugan to attack him, stating he can heal later. Mugan starts shooting at Fugan and then they attack Thomas, but Black gets in the way and takes on the kick from Fugan, stating that Thomas has the strongest offense attack and he needs to protect him. Fugan ends up breaking his leg, but state they need to defeat Thomas and asks Mugan to charge him up again. Cat sees the charm that Kid gave her and opens it up to see a message from Kid saying that she can do it. Regaining her confidence, Cat attacks Mugan and Fugan as they were about to attack Thomas. Annoyed, Fugan states they should defeat her before Thomas, but he then sees Mugan had hit a fence which pierced him from behind. Mugan is bleeding and states he can't warp at the moment. Fugan tells him he will join him soon, and heads towards Cat. Her attack has no effect on him and he approaches and hits her, knocking her out. Fugan then takes the gun and shoots at himself, charging himself up. As he finishes, Tiger grabs his hands, making Fugan wonder what he is doing, but Tiger states he isn't doing anything and looks at Thomas, he using his powers had started controlling Tiger. Realizing what is going on, Fugan tells Thomas that he is a horrible person and is using everyone as shield to protect himself. Fugan gets angry, but realizes that Tiger is starting to use force. In that moment, he realizes that Thomas isn't controlling Tiger, but Barnaby, who comes floating and kicks Fugan, who ends up hitting himself with his power and defeating himself.
Tiger and Barnaby approach the barely speaking Fugan, who asks them when they came up with this plan. Tiger explains that while he was charging himself, he never used his hands to attack himself, making them realize that his power can hit him. Tiger wants Fugan to tell them how to undo the petrification, but Fugan doesn't wish to tell. Tiger and Barbany state that Mugan and Fugan where the strongest opponents they had and wish to hurry and help them, but both Mugan and Fugan feel its too late. Mugan manages to warp to Fugan and the two say their goodbyes and wrap away.
Fugan and Mugan then wrap to Nicolai, wanting to say their goodbyes with him. As they thank him for everything, Nicolai starts crying. Gregory then shoots Fugan and Mugan in the head, making Nicolai angry, but he proceeds to shoot him in the chest before he runs away. Barely alive, Nicolai removes his glove, revealing to have an active NEXT power. As he deactivates it to pet Mugan and Fugan, the petrification of the heroes is undone.
Later at the hospital, Agnes explains they got a call from Mattia and they were able to find the bodies of Mugan, Fugan and one more man. Cat tells Kid that she saw what's inside the charm and that helped it. Thomas thanks Black for protecting him, but Black acts like he didn't hear it as he didn't do it for gratitude. Tiger states that while Mugan and Fugan were weird, he can't bring himself to hate them. He reminds Barnaby of their promise and wishes they go out tonight.
In the last scene, Gregory is walking with the stolen suitcase containing the NEXT boosting drug before he stops and fixes his hair where he flicks the front part forward. He then takes out a vial of the stolen drug and kisses it before he walks away cackling.