Unit HAZE

Part 4

Part 4
Outside, the S.I.D.V.A was still waiting.
After taking them back to the underground, and then a quick train ride, they ended up in England again.
Transportation there was just that fast.
Haruke guided them all to the English 'face' of the Harmony cube.
Each of them could do one calculation. Or rather, four calculations could be done, and then the cubes access terminal would lock. A certain passcode was required to do calculations normally. Anything else could be done though, like searching the remote history.
Haruke and Keisaku both used their turns first.
Izuka stepped up for his turn.
After he finished, he ordered a printout with the results.
"Marika-chan, you're next. You can ask anything you want."
"I want to give it to you."
"Huh!? Why?"
"Firstly, I don't know how to use that thing. Second, I feel that you need it more than me. Just promise that it'll protect you somehow."
"........of course."
Izuka's fingers vigorously tapped on the keyboard at a speed faster than Marika's eyes could follow. Amongst the seemingly random letters he typed, she could pick out words like 'heart' and 'power'. What he was asking for was a mystery beyond that.
Once he was finished, he received yet another printout.
"Done."
With that, the computer screen full of digit chains changed to a login screen. No further calculations or simulations could be run by anyone but the higher ups now.
"So that must mean, the one who ran the simulations Haruke mentioned-"
"-Is one of the higher ups." They deduced.
"That would also explain why the Earls were inactive. So it's one of those eight.........."
"Who says it's just one of them?" Marika added.
All they could do at this point is ponder and speculate.
But they had narrowed down their search to eight suspects.
"I suppose we're at a standstill again."
"I shall see the results of Tatsuro's examination." Keisaku split off from the others and headed to the train station.
"I'm gonna do some digging into Cerebra." Haruke just went in any random direction.
So it was just Izuka and Marika.
"I suppose this may sound odd, but should we head back to the hotel? It's paid for three days."
"Sure."
"I just want to get a few things from the supply room, so you can go ahead."
"Actually, could I just stay with you?" She didn't want to admit it, but the main reason for her wanting to stay was her fear of getting lost.
"U-umm......... S-sure. Whatever you want." Even he did not know why he was stuttering. As a force of habit, he grabbed Marika's hand and guided her through the pure white hallways.
"How do you not get lost? Don't you live in the Japan place?"
"The layout's basically the same, so it's no problem."
Once they came to a room labeled as 'mechanical supplies', Izuka wandered in, and a few minutes later came out with a disposable bag full of..............junk.
"What is that stuff for?"
"I'm building some stuff, thanks to these calculations." He gestured to the crumpled up papers in his back pocket.
"What are you making?"
"You'll see."
"?"
Marika could only ponder at the ambiguous answer he gave her.

Once back at the hotel, Izuka did nothing but tinker with the pieces of metal and wires using some tools he got from somewhere.
In the meantime, Marika thought it best to prepare some food. She did not want to disturb Izuka, so she took some money and went out alone to buy something. Even she could buy food, using the little English she knew.
She walked the streets with a bag in her hands, containing some random frozen food she picked out.
(Why am I accepting all this so readily?)
She paid not attention to where she was going. Just thinking.
(Everything...............I know nothing about Izuka-kun!)
She struggled to simply hold back her shout.
(Can we really go on like this? Can we really have a normal life together?)
But that's when it hit her.
He had been trying to do that all along. Somehow managing to do his job and maintain his relationship with Marika at the same time. Now that Marika knew, a great weight must've been lifted from his shoulders.
(I'm such an idiot.) she smiled to herself. (If I don't know, I just need to find out. He's done so much for me, so I just need to help him as best I can right now!)
She looked around.
"Wait, where am I?"