NERYA

V-1 C-1 P-8 "Phase Two(1)"

"That was almost." Said Alice with a bowed limp on the Bar table.

"Squeak, it's just lemonade." Eiri protested in an annoyed tone after drinking a drink brought by the bartender at Yampiee's request which had previously been conveyed to Alice.

"Stay with it until our mission is complete. It was a drink ordered by Yampiee specifically for you Eiri. I'll charge you later after this mission is over." Alice then got up and ordered a drink. "Excuse me, are you guys providing Co-s"

"Get him the same drink as me." Cut Eiri.

"I understand." Answer the Bartender.

"Wait, Eiri... Are you angry? I just did what Yampiee told me to do." Whisper Alice with a troubled look.

"angry? Whatchu mean? You should realize a lowly drink like Cola can't be here. If you order a lowly drink like Cola your disguise will be threatened and this mission will become so dangerous that it could potentially fail." Reveal Eiri with a flat face while drinking his lemon water.

"I think it would be much more dangerous if you were already drunk." Mumbled Alice.

"You said something?"

"It's nothing."

The bartender then came with Alice's drink.

"Please, Miss." The bartender said politely.

"Thank you." Alice answered with a friendly smile.

Alice took the drink with a slight disappointment. He twirled his drinking glass with a troubled-looking face. Alice really didn't want it, she thought about not drinking it. But seeing Eiri who looks like he is enjoying his drink, he starts to get curious about the taste. His heart still refused to drink it. He still wants to be loyal to Cola. Curiosity finally defeated him. With a heavy feeling, Alice then drank it.

"...!!" Alice was really surprised by the lemonade. "What does lemon water combine with soda? It seems quite refreshing. I really don't suspect it. But when compared to Cola, of course Cola is still the best."

"More precisely this is a combination of citric acid, water, fruit juice, sugar, soda water, and carbon dioxide." Eiri.

Alice responded to Eiri's explanation with a mutter.

Neither Alice nor Eiri must they both resist their will so that their mission does not fail. But that's not a big deal for either of them. It's just a trivial matter. They are professionals. They are members of NERIYA.

While Alice and Eiri were enjoying their lemonade, Neil finally came and joined them.

"Yes." Say hello to Neil with a happy smile while raising one of his hands towards the two of them.

"Take care of your attitude and your speech." Eiri Strictly.

"I understand."

Neil immediately changed his style a little. He began to correct his posture a little until he looked standing more firmly, he also lowered his hands and then took care of him, his smile also began to turn into a small smile full of hospitality, this is Neil's polite style.

"Good night, ladies." Says Neil back in a soft tone. "May I?"

"... Ouhh, yeah, sure, please." Said Alice with a little stammering invite to sit down.

"Thank you." Neil was sitting beside Eiri quietly.

Alice was slightly dazed by Neil's sudden change in attitude. Neil was able to change his attitude and style so quickly. Alice can do that, too. Even every NERIYA member can do that. But the changes made by Neil are the most perfect among the other NERIYA members. Alice herself has been a member of NERIYA for a long time, but she is still not used to it. Meanwhile Eiri remained silent with a flat facial expression.

Neil looked at Eiri's glass and realized that the drink Eiri was drinking was not alcohol, it was lemonade. He realized that Yampiee was the one who had forbidden Eiri to drink alcohol. He also had time to look at Alice's glass, and saw that Alice's drink was the same as Eiri's. Neil again realized that the drink that Alice was drinking now must be Eiri who ordered it. After he finished interpreting all the events that had happened to them before he came into his head appropriately. A sense of a little bit of debauchery Eiri began to appear in Neil's mind.

"Excuse me."

"Yes, sir?"

"I want to drink something. But I feel a little confused. You got any recommendations?"

"What about 'El Presidente', sir?"

"Hmmmmm..."

"Is there a problem, sir?"

"I think I want to drink wine."

Alice who had very clearly heard what Neil said the look on her face started to turn into a problem. Alice continued to wave her hands frantically, telling Neil not to do so. But Neil didn't talk about it at all. Meanwhile, Eiri remained silent as if he did not care.

"We've got some pretty good bottles of wine, sir, would you like to give it a try?"

"Yes, I want to try it."

"Good, sir."

Meanwhile, somewhere else...

Ian along with River had been on the 3rd floor of the basement with Yampiee guiding them through their communication channel. Passing through the quite dark passageway and the continuous plumbing dripped beside them in a servant's shirt they had not yet changed. Several beds of lights hung above them but only a few were still functioning and illuminated the passageway.

River walked in front with a flashlight, while Ian walked in behind. There are several reasons why Ian chose to walk in the back and also chose not to bring a flashlight. The first reason Ian could see in the dark. Ian's eyes were already used to the darkness. The second was to keep River from getting lost again.

"If we hadn't taken a wrong turn, we might have gotten to the safe by now." Ian thought softly.

River can get lost easily. He could not read the map properly. It took a long time for River to understand a map or plan. But after he memorized it, he would continue to remember it. River only had time to see the plan of the Sentrik mansion once, which was at the meeting. So that makes River not memorized by the location of the location of the safe belonging to Sentrik. It took River a week to remember where he was working as a member of NERIYA.

Ian himself as chairman forgot to give the plan Sentrik directly to River so that he could learn and understand the plan. And it makes Ian can't blame River for the circumstances that are happening to them now.

"For now you just need to be straight until it looks like a turn, then we turn." Ian tried to give directions.

"Good."

"Yampiee, can you hear me?"

"Yes? What's up?" Yampiee Response.

"How's Eiri's team doing there?" Ian asked as he continued to watch River's back in case he suddenly disappeared.

"They're still waiting at the bar." Answer Yampiee.

"Neil's disguise still hasn't been revealed?" Ask Ian again.

"Yet. But it doesn't seem to last long. Looks like they've realized that the clothes Neil wore were the clothes they had stolen." Reveal Yampiee immediately.

"I get. Soon we'll be in the safe to run the second phase."

"All right." Yampiee Response. "Did River get you lost again, chief?"

"That's how." Ian Reveals.

"It's not my fault I can get lost too." Deny River suddenly.

"You should learn more, or Alice will beat you."

"Defeated me? It's too early for him to beat you." Firmly River with an arrogant tone.

"The truth is he has defeated you. He had even recalled the entire District 1 region." Reveal Ian with a convincing tone.

"... That kid has potential, I admit." River admitted then smiled in satisfaction.

River still remembers the first day of how Alice became a member of NERIYA. He's too young. His mind was still very naive and also unstable. Can't control his emotions. Always in a hurry. Sloppy. Can't judge every situation. Slackers. Long ago, he had no experience at all. But compared to the one now Alice was already a little different.

"of course. I've never been wrong in recruiting someone to join NERIYA." Ian proudly boasted of himself.

River just kept quiet in response to Ian's arrogance. River realized one thing that until now makes it sometimes still feel awkward when looking at Alice.

"He still reminds me of that woman." Think River. While River was daydreaming Ian suddenly held both of his shoulders.

"All right, now turn." Ian said as he controlled River's body to turn.

"Damn it, you don't have to do something like that." River protested while wriggling his body for Ian to release his shoulder.

"Who are you!?" Shouted one of the guards to River and Ian right after they turned. "Reply report this!"

"Good!" Answer one of his colleagues. "There are two intruders on the floor of three basements in front of the safe! There are two intruders!!"

"Alright, according to the plan." Ian's orders to River with a happy smile.

River immediately confirmed the position of his body, and his maid suit. Then take a breath.

"I understand." River answered with a serious look.

"Yampiee, are you still there?" Ian asked, taking off his servant's vest.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Start 'Second phase', now." Ian Reveals.

"Good." Respond Yampiee immediately.