Honkai Impact: The Serpent's Tale

Chapter 33: Return to the Theater

Here they were.

The trio had entered the 4th and final warehouse which was by the shore as they went in through a secret entrance and scoped the area up ahead as they hid behind a corner.

"Lot of security mechs this time around." Said Alex.

"They must've heard about the prior three warehouse incidents." Said Mei before she turned to Raven. "You sure our target will take a chance this big tonight?"

"I'm fairly certain they will. These puppets, the Herrscher of Dominance struck me as a group of lunatics who'd risk anything to achieve their goals." She said.

"I do wonder, how would the puppets even get in without being detected by the guards?" Asked Alex.

"Who knows. Probably a secret passage I guess. Anyways, let's get a move on. Try to avoid getting caught."

The trio would begin to sneak their way through the warehouse, avoiding detection from the security mechs and they would've taken up too much time to deal with compared to Honkai Zombies.

After getting through the initial floor, they'd head up a flight of stairs and into a narrow hallway with stacks of boxes as they hid behind those to avoid detection.

They'd then enter through a passage to their left which led them to another section of the warehouse as they were met with a winding hallway, this time with smaller mechs on guard.

This allowed the trio to pick them off from ease from behind as after leaving the winding hallway, they went down the stairs and saw an adult man with a green polo shirt and khaki pants as he stood at the corner of the room.

"Is that the guy?" Whispered Alex as Raven nodded.

The trio would carefully approach him as Raven then stepped ahead of the two pulled out her firearm, aiming it at him.

"Step away from the box. Now." She demanded.

This startled the man as he turned around to see Raven aimed at him along with Alex and Mei slowly grabbing the handles of their blades.

"W-Who are you!? What.........what're you gonna do with my sister!?" Asked the man, clearly on edge. "N-No! I refuse to let anyone hurt my sister! I'll-!"

In an instant, the man was rendered silent as Mei would quickly strike him down in a flash of lightning, leaving Alex and Raven a little impressed.

"Well, that settles it. I hope you didn't kill him." Said Raven as Alex kneeled by the body and checked his pulse.

"He's good. Just out cold." Said Alex.

"You two saw how delirious he was. We weren't gonna be able to get anything out of him right now. Tie him up." Said Mei.

Raven nodded as she tied him up and tossed him by the wall.

"He mentioned something about his sister right? That seemed to be why he was acting really strange." Said Alex.

"Maybe that could be the puppet potentially inside the box that he was guarding. He must've thought that it's his sister." Said Mei.

"Do you two wanna open it now?" Asked Raven.

Alex was a little hesitant but Mei nodded as the two approached the box, grabbing the top.

Right as they were about to pull it off, Alex felt his infected left arm sense something as he gasped.

'Wait, shit!' He thought as he tried to reach and stop them.

"Mei, Sensei, DON-!"

A bright white flash enveloped the three's field of vision as Alex's mind went blank.