Night Raid: Reborn

Chapter 67: The Hidden Laboratory

"Devious bastard!" Leone said.

"Hey Tomas... Gemma. Are you okay?" Lubbock said.

"We would've seen him if he'd taken to the sky." Kurome said. "He's on foot somewhere down here, scurrying like the insect he is."

Drone #10 was blazing through the rocks.

"So that old man is Techno-Drone? Because his brain was totally on display." Gemma said.

"Yeah, he was a Techno-Drone, what about it?" Bulat.

"That's weird, Professor Rumi was human before." Tomas said.

"What?" Akame said.

"Rumi?!" Najenda said.

"Yeah, we seen him science journals." Gemma said. "He must've converted himself."

"Hey! Tomas and Gemma said that old looking Techno-Drone was really Professor Rumi!" Lubbock said.

"That was him?" Future TJ.

"What? That can't be." Seryu said.

"Trust us, it's the same guy." Gemma said.

"We're just surprised as you guys." Tomas said. "Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu destroyed the Gold Diamond Nation back when they all were kids. How he's even alive? We have no idea."

"Everything you told us has been wrong!" Seryu said as pointed at Future TJ. "What the hell are you playing at?! You said Rumi was killed off by his own damned Drones. The ones we've been fighting weren't the right ones, were they?"

"Yeah, it's true. Events are unfolding differently than I thought they would." Future TJ said. "Me messing with the past is probably what's responsible."

"He said something about numbers Seven and Eight. Those are the ones from your future, aren't they?" Esdeath said. "Quickly now, tell us what they look like, can't keep being careless any longer."

"Yes, you're right." Future TJ said. "Number Seven is a young man with black hair to his shoulders and a bomb-shaped tattoo on his right hand. Number Eight is woman with short blonde hair, if she wasn't evil, I might call her cute."

"Woah, a girl, wasn't expecting that." Lubbock said.

"They both wear the same round silver earrings, that might help you identify them, and their eyes are as blue as an ocean." Future TJ said.

"Right. Do they also absorb power through their hands?" Leone asked.

"Absorb? No, they are much worse." Future TJ said. "The Drone's powers last forever..."

"No. Infinite power is just a myth; you just need to try harder." Seryu said.

"We can argue about their specks later, where's Tatsumi?" Future TJ asked.

"Remember that heart disease from Incursio you told us he was going to get? Turns out he only came down with it now." Chelsea said.

"What? Seriously?" Gemma exclaimed.

"Yeah, he's really sick right now." Wave said.

"Where is he?!" Tomas said.

"He's at our hideout, but if you're going to see him, make sure you take some of that medicine, he has a virus, meaning it's contagious." Najenda said.

"Right." Gemma nodded.

"Oh, and by the way Professor Rumi's laboratory is somewhere in the northern mountains." Tomas said.

"Really? Thanks, that helps a lot." Leone said.

"You're welcome." Gemma said.

Tomas and Gemma then flew off to Night's Hideout.