◇ Glass Core ◇

Chapter 6: Ironlite River

◇ Location: Kiffel City // District 23 // Ironlight Hideout

◇ Time: Midnight

During the midnight, there seemed to be three people within their garage. Their hideout is next to a running stream through this district. Although it wasn't a very purified water source and instead, seemed to be a place where bodies are dumped, and lost things would flow in it.

"Byeo, this machine! Look what it has! It's full of rich fuel and components. I think this should last for a week or two." A cyborg man with all his body parts replaced with metals and technology. His head still remained intact with a robotic mask over his face. He took out a fuel tank with two hands, revealing the content of half-filled oil within its sturdy glass.

A man sat on the broken mech's shoulder, playing around with his knife and a revolver. His right arm and left hip were mechanical but everything else about him is muscular. He looked at his friend, salvaging the mech.

"Anything else inside the mech? How about its stabilization, surge, and hydraulic core?"

"It seemed like... Huh—that's strange, there seemed to be only the surge core inside here that seemed like it's salvageable. The stabilization and hydraulic are heavily damage. But wait, for some reason there's..." He reached his hand deeper in the mech. "Holy happy end of this world, there's a secret gun in here!"

"There is? A gun where the cores is at?"

"Not really. It's more in between the core containers and the cockpit. It seemed to be a sniper rifle. A design that I've never seen before." He took the gun out and show it to his friend. The sniper rifle seemed to be fully black steel. It's averagely huge and seemed more like a railgun with a scope on top.

Suddenly, a cloaked figure entered into their hideout with a brown backpack. The person put the bag off the side and took its content out. A few water bottles, sandwiches, a toolbox, and cookies. When the mysterious person took their hood off, it revealed a moderately long hair and a pitch-black mask covering the face.

The man sitting on the mech pointed. "And it seemed like dinner's here. Welcome back, Meiya. How was your trip outside District 23?"

"It went well." The female voice came out from the mask. She slowly took off the mask and revealed her elegant face, her eyes aren't visually opened. "I went through District 25, 24, and 22 from morning till evening then head home and it seemed that District 22 have abundance of salvageable good in the south area."

"Hooo-e-yeah!" The cyborg in the cockpit cheered before tossing the gun to the girl. "And here's a special present. It's a sniper rifle that was in this mech."

"A sniper rifle? B-but this is expensive and we need the money." Meiya caught it and observed every part of it.

"And? You said you wanted a gun and here you go. Besides, I like salvaging big robot." He laughed and got out of the mech.

Byeo on the mech shoulder flipped his knife and then grabbed the handle before sliding down onto the ground. He sheathed his weapon and the revolver, walking over to the two with a grin. "After tomorrow morning, when me and Oako finished exploring and getting whatever, we can from the south area of District 22. How about we got to a proper restaurant to dine."

"I would love. Just be safe!" Meiya smiled and aimed her sniper rifle. "Is there bullet for this in the cockpit?"

"Let me go check." Oako went back up the mech...

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◇ Location: Kiffel City // District 22