Chapter 4

"Gai told me to give you this." Tsugumi reluctantly hands over plans for Shu and Kido's escape. I read. It's long, complicated, but extremely well thought-out.

"Who wrote this?" I ask, not expecting a reply.

"Gai. He's a tactical mastermind. Every situation, every case is analyzed and wrote down in that plan. " she replies, looking in the other direction.

"Well, our job is to manage the enclave?" I say, reading off the plan. "I've never done that before, you're gonna have to teach me."
"No, that's my job. Yours is to get into their mainframe and shut off the power for as long as possible." Tsugumi replies, still looking away. "The enclave is something you'd never be able to handle."
"I-" realizing that arguing would only further damage our already strained relationship, I kept shut on the fact that I could probably learn how to control an enclave in a week. "Yeah, I probably wouldn't be able to manage that." she looks a little less tense.

We take the truck all the way back to the supposed HQ. There, the plan started.

"Alright, Tsugumi. Let's do this!" I hear Ayase's voice in the background.

"Ok, Ayase!" Tsugumi replies, just as whole-heartedly.

"Hey, can you pipe it down? I'm trying to-"
"Shut up, you hack." Tsugumi replies harshly. "Enclave starts now, Ayase!"
"Just please, lower your voice a little-"
"You're not in a position to be asking for demands, so shut up!"
"Tsugumi, a little help!" Ayase cries.

"Oh, sorry, I got distracted."
"I can tell!" Ayase screams.
I'm gonna lose my mind. I'm used to complete silence- minus the keyboard and mouse clicking.

Take a breath, Saul. Count to 10, Saul. Don't murder this girl, Saul.

"... Is there any other room I can move to, or-"
"SHUT UP!"
"YOU LITTLE-"
"TSUGUMI STAY FOCUSED!" Ayase cries out in pain.

"Shit! Sorry, Ayase, I'm so sorry, are you alright?"
"Barely! Now concentrate, dammit!"

I'm nearly done getting into the power.

"Tsugumi, when do you want me to cut the power?"
"Do it on the signal!"
"What was the signal?"
"DID YOU NOT READ THE PLAN?"
"It was so long, and I-"
"Ah!" Ayase yelps in pain.
Tsugumi quickly recalibrates the system. "It's when you see the second group move into-"
"You know what? Just click this mouse button on that square right there when you need to, alright? I'm gone." I say, leaving the room. God, it was so noisy, how do people live with this shit!?

I angrily walk out of the room, livid. I can't work with a talkative, noisy brat like her!

"Hey! Come back! I'll tell you when, just get your body over here!" she shouts, while keeping focus on her mechanisms.

"What, so you can scream at me again!?" I shout from the other side.

"Just please come back! Only you can do this shit!" she yells, louder than before.

"Blah, blah, blah blah blah, I caaaaaan't hear you!" I scream, putting on headphones. Please tell me skrillex at max volume is enough to block that voice out.

"GOD DAMMIT!" I faintly hear, just loud enough.

Hope that operation's going just fine, I think, playing Candy Crush.