Angel Beats! A Step Closer

Act III Chapter 9: Genuine

From pitch black, the lights within the room Hinata selected flashed rapidly from the lowest brightness to the familiar pure white illumination. An electrical roar originated in the long bulbs of lights, indicating that the lights are fully powered, possibly with a generator that was more than capable of handling just a couple of lights. The composition of the room consisted of metal plates with bolts running along each side. The bolts weren't just screws but were, in fact, a somewhat flattened surface almost to the same pattern as rivets. With the origins of these plates unknown, one would be safe to assume they have a purpose to fill. By no means was the battlefront's base and it's subsequent rooms were constructed by some amateur architect. The designs of the metal platings were awfully similar to how the armory in the afterlife was protected.

The room itself had a controlled environment. Alongside the electrical roar was the constant sound of airflow, most likely from an industrial air conditioner. The room itself was kept a bit cold in order to preserve the weapons as much as possible in their current state. In any case, these details were ignored. Instead, they looked for the battlefront's tools of resolve.

The prized possessions lay within the locked metal cabinets that stood in an organized fashion in front of both Otonashi and Hinata. With a repeating diamond pattern throughout the doors, with the exception of the middle part, it allows anyone to view the weapons that are currently inside. While all the same in design and composition, the cabinets are above half as tall as Otonashi to fit a larger variety of weapons.

The armory itself was not just a room with cabinets that lined the walls but was rather a maze that had similar consistencies to a locker room, with rows of lockers that stood perpendicular to the occupants. This allowed them the back view of the room, which was a long horizontal counter that stretched nearly across the entire room, with an entrance that lacked a door on the right side, allowing easy in-and-out access to whatever was behind it.

On the wall behind the counter was mounted weapons of various handguns. A lot of those handguns were of the Austrian varietals: The Glock series. Known to be one of the most reliable pistols on the market, they are favored by different organizations and groups, which extended from lowly thugs, criminal organizations, and law enforcement agencies to special operations forces worldwide. Each of the Glocks varied in how it's set up. Some Glocks were different models, had a flashlight, some had an RMR on top of it, some had flared mag wells, some were different generations, and so forth.

Compared to the armory back in the afterlife, this easily took first place in terms of size. The lockers that were on the left half of the room held mainly assault rifles of every kind, ranging from the familiar AK alternatives to the AR platform. The right half of the room instead held weapons that were not a handgun or assault rifle. Otonashi determined that the lockers themselves had been sectioned off, clearly identified through a sign on the ceiling that was almost comparable to a grocery store telling one where the snacks were. Sniper rifles, shotguns, submachine guns. The armory had most of the firearms used by law enforcement and militaries. It was a gun enthusiast's dream and a doomsday prepper's fantasy.

Amazed and in awe due to the quantity and variations of weapons, Otonashi didn't think of the possible consequences of having such a vast arsenal. Instead, he walked forward, his ears slightly moving as the footsteps on the concrete floor echoed through the metal-plated armory. Entering the middle row with Hinata just behind him, he slowly turned his head to the locked weapons to his left. He looked down, and a laminated white label on the top of the locker displayed the kind of weapon it was. The label read, "G36". Originating from Germany, it's a popular weapon by Heckler and Koch that was meant to replace another weapon, the G3. It lay resting in the appropriate spot, the barrel facing completely up, indicating it's not resting at an angle.