𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡 ♥︎

Chapter 22: Century Fight

Not good...

Not good at all...

Fuck, I can see Eunhwa screaming from the other side, but her voice doesn't reach us.

These people really are airheads. How do you even have the firepower to destroy an entire bridge in one shot?

''Should I shoot them, Commander?'' Rapi whispered into my ear.

''Wha- No!'' I refused. ''... At least not now. I'll tell you when.''

While Drake was busy laughing her ass off at the sight of The Hero's (Laplace's) miscalculation, Maxwell was now wondering about what to do.

''What happened here?!'' Shifty suddenly appeared in her hologram form. ''There was a surge in temperature around the area, was there an explosion?!''

''...'' Maxwell looked at her. ''Why don't you ask that blue air-head? Huh? Since she keeps on doing these types of stuff.''

Oh, and she looked pissed. Really pissed.

''Great!'' Shifty sighed. ''Just great! And on my lunch break to-''

''What the absolute hell is going on here!?'' Ingrid appeared in her holographic form. ''Why did you all stop advancin- What is Matis doing here?!''

Uh oh.

''Uh oh, indeed.''

''Oh... Hey Ingrid!'' I waved to her. ''You see, it's quite simple actually.''

''I don't give one damn about how simple it is!'' She once again did her angry face. ''This isn't acceptable! After the countless times I've told that little loli to stop tailing Absolute, and she just doesn't give up!''

''Wait, you know about th-'' Maxwell's eyes widened briefly.

''The Absolute Investigation Tracker in the Missiless HQ? Yes.'' Ingrid sighed. ''Oh, how many times have I told her to get rid of it. I'll slap her with a lawsuit and she won't even know what hit her.''

''M-Miss Ingrid, could you please go on another line? This one is only meant for one person...'' Shifty tried to resurface but then was blocked by another hologram.

''What in God's name did you call us?'' Syuen appeared, her hologram next to Ingrid's.

''There you are, you little shit bag.'' Ingrid scoffed, looking at the hologram. ''Of course you were listening. It'd be out of your style if you weren't.''

''This shit bag runs the most successful company in The Ark, unlike your dumbass of a company not being able to produce one good line of Nikkes these days.'' Syuen bites back.

''Were Absolute not enough for you, huh?'' A vein appears on Ingrid's forehead. ''Fine then. I admit that we are taking our time to develop something ne-''

''Oh! We ArE tAkInG oUr TiMe To DeVeLoP sOmEtHiNg NeW!!!'' Syuen imitated mockingly. ''Just admit that your shit-for-brains researchers have run out of ideas.''

''Listen here you little shit!'' Ingrid's eye twitched as she grinded her teeth. ''Let's not forget about the fact that your company created one of, if not the only Nikke squad that went haywire without the need for corruption!''

''How many times must I tell you, we no longer associate ourselves with Exo-''

''OooHHH! HoW mAnY tImEs MuSt I tElL yOu ThAt We No LoNgEr AsSoCiATe OuRsElVeS wItH eXoTiC!'' Now, Ingrid was mocking. ''Just admit that you have no control over them!''

''Ugh, your voice is piercing my brain...'' Syuen rubs her head. ''Gosh, what did I do to deserve this?

I can name a lot of things, honestly.