As the dust settled down, Aoi shakes hands with what appears to be the commander and chief of the station. Hibiki and Chirs smile at each other at their efforts, and Minami gives Hibiki a congratulatory high-five for her plan.
"So that's why people call you the Lunar heroes, it's no wonder how you're all considered great heroes." Dr. Ver exclaims.
Minami and Hibiki's eyes widen at someone praising their actions so highly.
"Heroes us?" She points at herself in surprise. She rubs the back of her head in a false sense of modesty "Wow, no one ever compliments me, don-t tell-actually tell me a lot more-" Chirs interrupts her with a chop aimed at her head.
"You dummy, that's the reason no one ever does."
"That hurts, Chris-chan." Hibiki rubs her head.
You're Minami Kotaro, son of Kita Kohtaro." Dr. Ver ask
"I never knew him…" Minami gave a deadpan tone.
"He was a great scientist, some consider him a hero."
gives a smile that contorts to the corner of his face while his eyes shut. "We all desire to be heroes, heroes for the people to look up to. A hero to be able to change the world. Thanks to your efforts on transporting the Staff of Solomon."
"Aw, you're flattering me." Hibiki
"I'll make sure what you protected will be put to good use." bows his head.
"So please take good care of it." Hibiki bows her head.
"We're counting on you," Chirs says with her arms crossed.
Minami nods and starts walking away. "We look forward to seeing Akizumi's legacy." Minami turns his head back and glares.
The four proceed to exit the premises.
Minami walks with his hands behind his head and leaning back after with a loud sigh.
"Glad we took care of things so quickly."
"It was strange how he was so eager to talk about you," Chirs added.
"What my family was involved with is long behind me, it doesn't matter now."
"Well, we just have to hope something works out for us here on out." Hibiki gave an optimistic outlook on the previous exchange. Minami couldn't help but smile and pat Hibiki's head. "Yeah, we have a lot of things to look forward to." Chirs still looks uneasy, she couldn't describe why. As the trio, accompanied by Aoi were about to exit the premises, a loud roar was heard nearby.
"More noise!?" Minam jumped in front of his friends to shield them.
"Wait! Don't leave yet!"
The trio's departure is cut short by a man riding on a motorcycle. He brakes in front of the trio, blocking their path towards the exit. After hoping off the motorcycle, he approaches them on foot to ask them questions. Hibiki raises an eyebrow in confusion, Chris's eyebrows furrow, and Minami's face remains in a neutral expression.
"You're the Symphogears?" They nod.
"And you're, Minami Kotaro?" He nods.
"Perfect, I can give your bike now." the scientist applauds.
He approaches Minami to shake his hand. "Kotaro-Kun, I'm doctor Yoichi Daimon." He gave a comforting smile, but the bags on his eyes was noticeable from arm's length.
"Your father funded my dream project, and I wanted to give my thanks." Those words made Minami face downwards. "That's good to hear." Chris's eyes widened a bit, and her lips started to curl a bit seeing Minami's doubt. A strange
He still was recovering after the loss of his family and the events that transpired these past months.
Minami approached the bike to inspect it.
"The road sector is a bike, designed to be a weapon to fight against the noise. The only problem is finding users who can handle its incredible power. You, Minami Kotaro, should be able to draw the power of your relic, and be able to utilize Road Secter's full potential." The scientist's volume raised with each sentence. This bike was his life's work, he felt the need to explain every detail to Minami right away, with each second. Minami places a hand on the bike's front. He slides him across the headlight, all the way towards its tail. With a brief sigh, he turns towards the scientist who created it for him. "The bike looks great," he says half-heartedly. The scientist's face gave a proud look off his face. Mostly due to the fact the bike was completed even in the first place.
Hibiki adds to the sentence."Minami-chan, does that mean you'll use the new bike?" She asked out of curiosity.
"Maybe later, I'm just not in the mood for another bike," Kotaro says dryly.
The scientist's smile slowly disappears. The smile slowly turns into a frown before the man jumps towards Minami in a fit of anger.
"What!? Do you know how long we've worked on this bike? The dozen of man-power we've spent designing a bike that not only runs coordinates with the gear but can be called to at any given location?! Don't you know how much blood, sweat, and tears were shed to create a working prototype?! Are you mad Minami Kotaro?!
The scientist continued shaking Minami by his shoulders until one of the girls intervene.
"Excuse me, sir, he's just going through some hard times this past month, he means well." Hibiki nudges between the two.
"Oh, I see." His tone takes a juxtaposition to a much calmer tone to Hibiki. As he sets his sights back to Minami," I'm so sorry! How could I be so insensitive?!" He hugs Minami as the waterworks flow over his shoulder.
"No, it was my mistake, please don't cry." In an awkward position, Minami struggles to break the ice.
Chris looked more annoyed at each exchange, causing her to pull Minami from the scientist's hands.
"He says he'll take the bike. We have a concert to go to!" Chirs shouts at the scientist but gives Minami a scowl for escalating the situation.
The scientist "Oh I see, you three kids have fun now. I remember when I first took my wife to a concert." Tears pour out as he shields his eyes with his forearm.
"It's not like that." Minami and Chris say in unison. After realizing they were in sync, they turned away from each other as their faces turned red. Chris still looked annoyed, while Minami's eyebrows remained straight, giving off a blank expression.
Now that everything was wrapping up, the trio walked away from the building. Minami walks next to the motorcycle when he
"Now we could make it to Tsubasa-san's concert. Can you give us a ride Minami?" Hibiki asks in excitement.
"I don't think I can do that, I mean, it's brand new." Minami scratches the back of his head. "Besides, why drive when we could just fly there.
Chris's eyebrows curled inwards. "If you're so scared about riding a bike, we'll just find another way."
"Don't worry, we can take the helicopter." Aoi pulls up the remote.
"Perfect, we can make it to Tsubasa's concert in no time!" Hibiki's eyes sparkled.
BANG
As they looked back, the laboratory was engulfed in flames by a large orb of fire that spread.
"Seriously?" Hibiki screams in annoyance
"Seriously!" Chris yells as she runs back.
"Seriously." Minami raises both hands up, as he leaves Road Sector parked.
