The Core of Evil
Towards Area 25
{{{ Next Day }}}
{{ Planet Lasenta }}
'I have to go, Azure. Amitha requested a report from me about the Maledicts we're dealing with'
While I was facing directly with the four enemies we were still carried by the spacecraft to the nearest planet
Huh... The Venia apparently insisted that I stay punished...
This must be Amitha's fault. He may have made the Venias agree that my sentence continues...
Hid. Venia Gunther is useless. He was the leader, but even Amitha acted like a tyrant. I'd feel better if our original chief was the one who behaved like a tyrant rather than the glasses guy
"And why does this planet have to be...!!??"
I may complain too much, but all my complaints are perfectly valid
I mean, the planet is so hot! He was too close to a star, so it felt like we were in the grill right now
I even had to take my jacket off because it feels so hot right now. My sweat won't stop at all...!!!
"You're here!"
That slightly disturbing voice also made me look towards the person who spoke
It seemed that Jay was approaching me who had been sitting alone since earlier in the open VIP room
"It looks like your clothes are getting too wet..." He said again, before sitting not far from me
Why do you think try, you abnormal heat resistant human...?
"It's my favorite dress, too...!" I said to reply, grimacing while trying to dry the shirt at least a little
"It looks like the staff of this plane didn't allow the AC system to be switched on"
"They were afraid that damage would occur when using a charged device in too hot a temperature"
And even if their arguments sound logical...
"But if it goes on like this, we might boil first...!"
I know I'm complaining like a kid, but I'm wrong?
"It looks like we're going to get free brown leather" Jay joked
"That's not funny. I'm happy with my white manicured skin"
I'm happy because my skin is well-groomed even though I work too long in the workshop every day. I also prefer something natural
...
"Why did you leave the clinic? You should have stayed there for a while to heal yourself" I said to him
The impact on his head did not open the wound, but made a fairly severe lump. The girl accidentally dropped him too hard on the floor when he was unconscious...
Even he had to wear a bandage to suppress the swelling of the lump for a while...
"It's okay. I'm more worried about your condition because I've been forced to talk to four people"
Huh... Though he was the one who was hurt worse, while I was not even scratched in the slightest. Well, minus when Flair poked me on the back while dragging me into the control room
"They didn't hurt me at all. They're just saying some things that just make me curious..."
"... Curious...?"
I can't lie to Jay. I'd better just tell him and make him a secret
I have to trust him
"Actually-"
*bluk!*
...
...
...
The sound did not come from the two of us
We looked at the third person in the room. He sat cross-legged on the sofa opposite us, while enjoying a snack of chips served to us
His eyes that look big it indicates that he has been watching us for quite a while, and now it is wide-eyed because it has been caught due to the sound of chips that he just chewed once
And that guy is...
"Well...?"
...
Both of us were immediately panicked by the unexpected presence of our enemy
"AZURE!!" Jay yelled at me
"Good! Alrighty! Where's that button??" I was screaming
"I've ruined it" Noah casually said
Noah then pointed to the emergency alarm in the room, and just behind the seat. It was completely broken, remaining only the wires that let out the occasional stream of electricity
"Since when???" I just asked that question
"Since that orange-haired fellow walked into the room, perhaps?"
Ugh-h!
...
Ignoring Jay who was on alert and panicked, I had one guess as to why he was here
"Don't tell me you still want to persuade me to join you guys...?"
"Huh?"
Jay had not remembered anything about this, so I only smiled while vaguely asking him to observe first
"Slightly inappropriately" Noah said with his mouth half-full and instead added to the contents again. "We all want you to come with me somewhere" He then said again, as the sound of chewing continued to be heard
"Something's a place..."
If they say so, it means only one
"Area 25" I muttered
"Don't say-?!"
Jay...
Jay knew about the area, but had no idea what it contained. I understand he was worried because the punishment of breaking into the area was fatal, but...
Jay's eyes then stared furiously at Noah who was still sitting casually but started to be wary of him
"After all, this man is an enemy. You can't believe what he said...!"
...
In situations like this, I would usually listen to my friends
Jay always gave me a good warning with his good instincts. Jun is the person I can trust the most. Then, Aurora usually has advice that I can take well
But...
I held Jay's hand slowly, lowering her grip from my shoulder until she was turned back towards my face which went down
From what he saw on my face, Jay understood one thing...
I won't listen to him for now. The look in my eyes that had no light made him understand...
"I need to know, Jay. I wonder what all of us Venia are hiding. I honestly began to doubt my trust in them. So then...
Sorry"
And with the end of that sentence, Noah who was suddenly behind Jay also brushed his neck until he was unconscious, fell into my lap
...
...
...
"It has. We have to hurry before anyone realizes" Noah said
"... I don't understand why you guys are in such a hurry...?" I asked
"Because of this and that, so hurry! Our time is running out!"
...
I hope my thoughts won't change later. I hope what Hector said is wrong
But if my mind changes...
I'm sorry, friend...
Bye then. May we meet again...
I will wait for that day to come, every day we part...
A portal in the form of space rips again appeared before me and Noah. This is the second time I've come across that fragment of space, so I was still a little surprised when it happened
"... You know something about the lab in area 25, Noah?"
"No. I don't know at all. Hector, the chairman, and that woman alone knows"
That lady? He can't talk about Flair, can he?
...
I wonder why they sent people who didn't know anything to guide me
But I don't have to debate that issue anymore. Like Noah said...
Our time is running low right now
And with me ready, Noah nodded, leading me into that fragment of space
Huff...
I hope I won't do anything when I walk through a fragment of space
"yeah. Better to find out, right?"
I held my breath as I ran into the portal
But at the other end right in front of the portal, Noah who was standing in front of him actually hit from behind by accident until we both fell to the ground
"Why did you try to hit me??" He shouted after raising his face from above the ground
"You stand in front of the portal! I didn't even know I was going to be taken to the end of the portal!" I just retaliated
I thought I would pass through the empty dimension as I imagined, but instead sent straight to the point of having to bump into this person...!
My head...
"Wake up! We have arrived!"
I haven't gotten up yet, Noah did it first. I who was still lying on his back earlier now fell to the ground until this time my buttocks that hurt
"You really don't know how to do things slowly huh...??" I protested
"I told you we have to hurry, didn't I?"
...
We here...
We're outside Arcadia's main base. Right on the cliff where we can see the whole area 25
Touching the 10-meter-thick concrete fence that surrounds it is strictly prohibited for all personnel under the Primus post. But right now, I'm going to break through it to see something hidden in there
"... I'll go first" I said to Noah
"Please if you want to die fast"
"At least this is better than letting a careless person like you go first"
After all, I know very well every area plan that is in the main headquarters
I grew up here. And even though I can't see the whole thing directly, I can still figure out how this base is shaped
"Alright, Einstein. Tell me how to get in there right now"
"... You got melee weapons?"
Noah paused for a moment before reaching into the contents of the module that came out of his pocket
He apparently has an expensive module like this too hm...?
"There was. But, this weapon uses a psychic system"
Psychic system huh...
It was better than what I wanted from him just now
"Give me. Then use whatever melee weapon you think suits you"
Because psychic weapons need people who are not simple-minded to use them. Rarely could I find a weapon that made me happy
