Drettonus(English Version)

36. Sun Tower

    Under the starry night sky, Hayato's mini-airship flies over the ocean. He and Princess Reiko have been chasing the airship of the hooded men who captured Vektor for some time now.

    After Reiko contacts her father, Hayato spots a small deserted island on the horizon.

   "Looks like we're getting closer to our destination..."

   "I just reported the current situation to my father. Netern Island should return to normal very soon. However, we can't say that everything will return to normal until we save all the missing people."

   "So it all depends on the two of us... I admit it doesn't feel as good as I thought it would. I think it's better to continue investing in my career as an evildoer."

   "You can think about that later. For now, focus on the rescue."

   "Okay... Hey, look! There's a tower on that island!"

    Looking towards the deserted island ahead, Reiko notices the existence of a cylindrical metallic tower in the center of the island.

   "Is that the... Sun Tower?!"

   "Sun Tower? Shouldn't that place be deserted? Why would they go there?"

   "They're probably using the area around the tower as a hideout. If the kidnapping was premeditated, it would make perfect sense if that were the case."

   "I'll land at the top of the tower. Let's investigate the island from there."

    The mini-airship lands carefully on top of the tower, where the kidnappers' airship is parked. The top has a perfectly flat metal floor.

   "Their airship is here... Did they get into the tower? But how? No one has ever been able to discover the entrance to the Sun Tower..."

    As Reiko thinks aloud, the central platform at the top of the tower opens. Hayato and Reiko stand guard as they watch the two hooded men ascending a floating platform used as an elevator.

    Before they are noticed, Hayato and Reiko discreetly use their Etykiran powers to attack the men in their blind spots and knock them out. Hayato simply runs with his super speed, while Reiko creates a light clone and switches places with it.

    After knocking out the hooded men, the two carry their bodies to the enemy airship and steal some type of remote control used by them to control the elevator.

    They then take the elevator down to the interior of the Sun Tower, and find themselves on the top floor of the tower, a large room that automatically lights up upon their arrival.

    In this room, there are 20 separate capsules for sealing people, with 9 of them being used. Only one of these capsules has a transparent visor, as it has not yet been clouded by the humidity inside the capsule. The one being held inside is Vektor Drenn. The princess does not hide her astonishment:

   "So that's why they brought him here... how horrendous."

   "What do we do? Call for backup?"

   "No... That would take too long. We don't know what's going on in these capsules, and more of those men could show up at any moment. For now, let's free Vektor and analyze his condition. If there's no problem, we'll free everyone else and escape from here as soon as possible."

   "So we'll use him as a guinea pig... Well, I'm not against it."

    Hayato and Reiko then open Vektor's capsule, which releases low-temperature water vapor, presumably to keep his body in a healthy condition. The two free him from the capsule and remove all the equipment connected to his body.