Honkai Impact: The Serpent's Tale

Chapter 29: Insecurities

Night time on that day would arrive as the trio would step out as it was time to head back out and check out some ware houses that had been reported has having puppet sightings.

Alex and Mei would turn back to at the bar as Raven closed the door and locked it for potentially the last time.

After a lengthy walk, the three would enter the warehouse from an upper floor as they'd look down below and saw puppeteered mechs.

"This is the third warehouse in the report." Said Raven.

"Doesn't seem to be much different compared to the other two." Said Alex.

"Well, all the warehouses in this area seem to look the same after all." Said Mei.

"Anyways, those out of control mechs are throwing quite the bash down there. You two know what to do. Calm them down but don't tear the place up." Stated Raven.

"That's odd to hear. How come?" Asked Mei.

"I promised an old friend who owns the neighborhood. I can here to confirm something with me." Explained Raven.

"You certainly have some solid connections teach." Said Alex.

"We just help scratch each other's backs. Nothing more than that. Well then, you two go on. I have some intel to acquire."

Alex and Mei nodded as they started making their way through the warehouse.

They'd take on the mechs and just like the ones back in the Theater, these were also controlled by a core.

Thankfully these enemies weren't as strong like they were in the Theater.

The two would continue going through this lower floor until reaching an elevator as they'd get surrounded by some puppeteered Honkai Zombies.

Before they could attack, Alex saw something faintly glow out of the corner of his eye.

"Get down." He said to Mei as the ducked.

Right as they did, the zombies would be shot down and defeated as the two looked up to see Raven at a vantage point with her firearms.

"You certainly got done fast." Said Alex.

"Didn't feel like wasting time after getting the intel. Is the whole place still intact?" She asked.

"The place is fine." Said Mei as Raven would jump down to where they were.

"So this intel, what's it about?" Asked the boy.

"Is it about the puppet?" Added Mei as Raven nodded.

"I learned something quite interesting. Remember how Gray Serpent said that it was a weird one? It doesn't act alone." Said Raven.

This information shocked Mei though Alex already knew this after seeing it first hand, though he couldn't admit that since they'd obviously question how he came across all of this info.

"There are other puppets helping?" Asked Mei.

"Not quite. More like, actual humans. I've pinpointed the next crime scene. The culprit works at night meaning we have plenty of time to prepare for tommorow. With that being the case, let's book a place to stay for the night. I got something special to take you two tommorow morning." Said Raven.

The two nodded, leaving the warehouse and calling it a night.

[The Next Morning]

Paradise.

That was the word that could perfectly describe where the two were as they stood in a gorgeous forest on a private island that was guarded, though upon seeing Raven they'd ease up and let them pass through.