Aさん：「I have some terrible news. The secret to time travel that we have protected so well, has been stolen. We thought we were prepared, but it happened before we knew it.」
Zさん："いつのまにか。"
Aさん：「Exactly. Our arch enemy, Dr. Monica Akuma, stole the secret and immediately used a temporal bridge to jump to some other era in time. We don't know when, maybe the Jurassic Period, maybe the Stone Age, maybe the future.」
Zさん："Monicaいつの？"
Aさん：「Indeed. Well, let's go find her and bring her to justice. いくぞ！」
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Z-san explains: "いつのまにか means 'before we knew it'. Monicaいつの means 'when is Monica' -- a time traveling question. The two sound alike."
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