𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚗𝚎...

ᴅᴇᴛᴏᴜʀ...

Welcome back to TRO. Sorry for being inactive for the past week and a half (I think). I've been having problems that affected me in real-time, so I wasn't in the best shape to upload anything. Also, I may have another Genshin story cooking up in the kitchen. I'm not going to spoil that, since it's in the pot, and I have to add the right flavors. Anyway, enough about Genshin. It's Honkai time. Enjoy.

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Great Mine...

The Astral Express, with Bronya in tow, were led by Seele to the Great Mine, where March saw Natalia in the commotion that was occurring.

"Huh? Isn't that the doctor lady?" March asked, pointing toward the commotion.

"What's Natasha doing here...?" Seele asked, mainly to herself.

'Things must be worse than I thought if she's around...'

The group then approaches Natasha, and she notices everyone's presence.

"Nat! Didn't think you'd be here. Where's Master Geto?" Seele asked Natasha.

"Hey, Seele and... Sampo's guests. It looks like you've already met, I assume," Natasha replies.

"As for you Seele, I haven't seen Geto, but the miners said they saw him take a group further in."

"Then we're going in," Gojo said, finally speaking for the first time since the news.

"First, what's even going on?" Stelle asked Natasha.

"I heard the miners had been having violent clashes with the local thugs, with significant numbers of wounded. I hurried over to see if I could help," Natasha explained.

"Those people behind us want explanations from the instigators. This area up ahead is a vagrant swelling, but they've sealed off the entrance. I guess they're afraid that angry minors might try to take revenge."

"The kids want revenge too?" Gojo asked.

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"No. The miners Gojo," Natasha corrected.

"Yeah, the kids."

"The working miners Gojo," Stelle said, "Also, why was the first thought a child...?"

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Just then, as if in the shadows, a dark-skinned man with a vine crown and white undergarments stared at Gojo with a scowl, as if he were his new prey.

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'Scary...' Gojo thought.

"How could the situation become a mess so quickly?" Seele asked Natasha.

"I heard that..."

As Natasha explained the situation to them, Gojo noticed something was off... way off. He looked around the area with his Six Eyes and found an odd-looking fly hovering over them. 

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'No doubt... he's here.'

Gojo shot a Red at the fly, killing it with a single blow, getting his peer's and junior's attention. They were about to ask what was the big deal, but they saw the ashes of a mutant fly.

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"I hate bugs," Gojo comments.

"I can tell," Natasha replied.