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The Shortcut · Ch.1
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Outside a workshop, a smug inventor unveils a street-moving machine while his skeptical neighbor watches. The device drags a bakery and nearby houses toward them, moving the neighbor’s house too.
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Outside a workshop, a smug inventor unveils a street-moving machine while his skeptical neighbor watches. The device drags a bakery and nearby houses toward them, moving the neighbor’s house too.
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A pastry run gets shorter when the inventor makes the entire neighborhood move.

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Panel 1 — Inventor: “Two whole blocks for a pastry? Outrageous.” Panel 2 — Inventor: “Behold—the Shortcut!” Panel 3 — Sound effect: “KRRRUNCH!” The machine shifts whole city blocks. Panel 4 — Neighbor: “You moved my house.” Inventor: “I saved you a trip, too.”

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