Who else but her best friend?!

"Wait!" Shuichi shouted out, trying to stop what he could tell was about to happen. "Tenko, I get it, but-"

"How can you ask me to wait, you heartless male?!" The martial artist shouted back at him in a panic, waving her arms in meaningless circles with tears in her eyes. "Himiko is... Himiko is drowning! She might already be-!"

"I know we've got to hurry, but you can't-"

"I can't what?! I have the power of Neo-Aikido, and luh... Luh... G-g-good friendship! I have those on my side, two things all your smarty-pants detective skills have taught you nothing about! Just wait, Himiko! Hold on and wait for your rescue! I'm cooomiiing...!!"

"Did you record that last part, the last thing she said?!" Kokichi asked K1-B0, elbowing him painfully in the side. "Guys like the Detective here love to hear women shout those kinds of passionate war cries!"

Shuichi had no spare attention for the smaller boy's antics. One more time, he tried to warn Tenko as she took a dynamic crouching pose, took a deep breath... then, took a leap of faith in her Neo-Aikido, flying into the air with her bare chest exposed and a look of determination on her face.

She hit the water belly-first with a thud, then sank into the swampy pool. Just the shock of the impact seemed to have been enough to snap the bottom she was wearing, and when her butt disappeared below the water, the remains of the bikini were floating there on the surface. There wasn't the same kind of suspenseful build-up as there had been with Himiko: instead, she immediately resurfaced and began thrashing around and spitting out water. She'd sink for a second, only to reappear with a wail and thrash her arms violently.

"Tenko cannot swim," K1-B0 stated the obvious, still watching with his recording eyes. "Humans are fragile... I can hardly believe they are not teaching their progeny basic survival skills like swimming!"

"Yeah, stupid humans!" Kokichi shouted with a look of concern. "We need an advanced rescue robot to go in and save them! A robot like that would be really, super useful right now!"

K1-B0 remained silent a moment. "Um... I am waterproof. However, I am afraid I am composed of dense metals which will not allow me to swim... And furthermore, I cannot risk the fruits of Professor Idabashi's AI research by submerging myself in an unknown chemical compound."

"Surprisingly useless, as usual! How about you, Detective? Are you just gonna sit there while this becomes a **** case?!"

Shuichi thought to ask why Kokichi wasn't doing something himself in a situation like this. However, there was no time to argue. There probably wasn't even time for him to call anyone! He'd have to do it himself...

The boy took a deep breath... Then, with a pensive frown, he pulled down his swim trunks down his slender legs, revealing his pale ass to the other two as he covered his junk with his hands.

"Woooah!" Kokichi called with a cheery smile. "That's a detective for you! I was sure you were gonna forget about that! Kee-boy, make sure you get a good look at his courage. We've gotta preserve this so we can show everyone what an inspiring hero he is!"

"D-don't record it, Keebo!" Shuichi shouted back at him with a flush across his face as he slid his lower body into the gross water.

"I cannot comply, Shuichi!" the robot called back, although the Ultimate Detective probably didn't hear him. "If I do not record this, I will not have a purpose here, and such misappropriation of my technology cannot be allowed to stand!"

"Geez, Kee-boy," Kokichi muttered with a wry smirk, crossing his arms behind his head casually in spite of the dangerous situation. "Guess you don't understand human shame yet, huh?"