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"HOLD IT!"
Mirii turns behind, frowning a bit: Tonna was standing on her legs, with her eyebrows up.
"What are you thinking, Mirii?! You can't go to those studios!" She rapidly walks towards the Inklings.
"Reason." Mirii folds her arms, tilting her head up.
"Aside the fact that if Agents spot you near the studios, you can bet to be brought back to the Headquarters for questions…" The woman closes her eyes for a moment, sighing. "… Rangers can't step out of the Headquarters, since they could be called by the chief in any minute and receive new missions."
"New missions?" Grina left her mouth open, as her left forefinger rotates her left tentacle a bit. "I thought we had to save the Cap'n!"
"But none of us know where he went…" Tonna lifts her glasses a bit. "Agent 1 and 2 are searching around Inkopolis and that city you found last time: zero results, at the moment." She shrugs, shaking her head.
"Total bogus!" Grina stomped the floor with her right foot. "I wonder what those living tentacles are even thinking: their weirdness is too much out of this world!" She stretches her arms a bit, while bending down. "How can you have a conversation with giant Squids, like it's totally mundane?!"
"Like, totally agree with you, girl!" Bars rose his left hand. "If I get to see a giant monster in the city, I'd depart for another dimension!"
"But there is something to be said..." Mirii lowers her head, with her eyes closed. "Even if a creature is exceeding the size of a building, you must concentrate and try to understand the situation you are facing."
"Sure thing, genius!" Grina smiles, with her eyes closed. "Especially when they flattened you with their feet."
"Hmpf!" Mirii rose her head, frowning and opening her eyes. "I'll not let any large beast crush me like an useless bug… size can't compare to pure intelligence, which I possess thanks to perfection."
Mirii's left hand grabbed the door handle.
"In any case, we must go." Mirii lowered her eyebrows, while looking at the woman. "Tonna, I completely understand the importance of the rules, but this show is an alternative method to run experiments for Project Neo. Do you know the truth behind that project?"
"Grina told me everything you heard about the project." Her head turns over the tall girl.
Grina grins, nodding. Tonna turns back over Mirii, with her hands on her hips.
"Although, I don't see why the show should have any connections with Project Neo."
"What are you implying?!" Mirii bends forward, frowning a bit. "Why would Hunley participate to a new show?! Who even knows him in the first place?!"
"Yeah…" Tonna smiles, while her eyes closed. "… would you care to answer those questions, Mirii?"
"Tsk." Mirii squeezes her eyes a little. "Hunley got back from the labs, after staying there for many hours." She clenches her fists. "The next day he's being called to participate this new challenge show… it can't be just"
"Actually… how about you show me some proof?" Tonna lowers her eyebrows, while keeping her smile, this time with her eyes open. She stretches her left arm with her hand open.
"Wh-what?!" Mirii moved backwards a bit, with her irises shrunk.
"Eh eh…" Tonna's wrists stood on her hips. "Weren't you the Squid who wanted to trust evidences, rather than theories?"
"No…" Mirii grits her teeth, her eyebrows skyrocketed on her forehead, as sweat was forming. "… nnnnnggghhhh!"
"You don't have any, don't you?" Tonna lowered her eyelids to the middle. "Then, your claim is nothing but fears for your dear friend."
"I'M FEARLESS!" Mirii growls, frowning a lot. "Fear is reserved for the weak! I proved many times to deliver perfect performances in those previous missions, without even considering a retreat!"
"Yet, you can't really prove your theory…" Tonna opens her arms, shaking her head. "For me, it might be an attempt to help Hun becoming famous and receive all the money he needs."
"Now, THAT…" Grina points her forefinger at the woman. "… sounds like some common sense!"
"Indeed." Tonna nods, as she lifts her nose a bit. "What we can do later is to watch the program and"
"ARE YOU CRAZY, GRINA?!" Mirii stands in front of the girl, gritting her teeth and frowning to no end. "Why are you trusting so mindlessly the activities of those labs?!"
Grina downturned her mouth a little, which rose a bit. Her eyelids were in the middle, while her hands were on her hips.
"Of course I don't trust any words of those mad scientists." She closed her eyes. "But while I heard Tonna's speech, I kinda realized something… I mean, what if Hunry stood in those labs just because the cure against that black ink wasn't made sooner?"
"N-NO!" Mirii walked backwards, with her left arm bended ahead and her eyebrows up. "Yo-you can't prove that…"
"And SO you can't prove your theories!" Grina bends forward, frowning a bit. "Face it, Mirii: you were getting all scared about"
"It wasn't an attack of fear…" Mirii grabbed her own tentacles, as smoke came out from her ears. "… I just want to see if Hunley is truly alright."
Grina sealed her mouth, slowly raising her back.
"You could deny my claims just as easily as I can do with your claims… but I prefer solving this mindless dilemma with the wise use of evidences." Mirii turns over Tonna, frowning.
"What evidence!" Tonna moves her arm down, frowning too. "You just said to not have any!"
"It doesn't mean I couldn't search for them…" Mirii slightly rose her head.
"… what do you mean?" The woman tilts her head to the left.
"As I said earlier, this endless compilation of words can only be ended by using definitive evidences." Mirii caresses both her tentacles with her hands. "The only way to gather one is to find Hunley and"
"Out of question!" Tonna moves her right arm sideway. "This is risky, Mirii! If Agents find you"
"I just need to talk with Hunley!" Mirii bends forward, gritting her teeth. "I'll ask him some questions… and based on his answers, I'm sure to"
"And how are you suppose to talk with him?" Tonna lifts her glasses. "The only way would be through a phone… but he doesn't even remember what a phone is."
Suddenly, Grina's eyes were seeing the wall: gradually, she smiles and lowered her eyebrows.
"Uhm… you know what…" Grina stretches upwards, same for her arms. "It wouldn't be too bad of an idea, going to the studios."
Her eyes sparkled, as her fists were standing below her chin.
"Do you have any ideas how many autographs I could snatch from?! Talk about being so close to total fame! Who doesn't want to be famous, actually?!"
"Grina, snap out of it." Tonna grabbed her left elbow with her right hand. "There is no way the Headquarters"
"Aaaah, right!" Grina steps in front of Tonna, grinning. "I almost forgot the little deal I have for this living rulebook." She clasps her own hands, rubbing them.
"Wh-what deal…?" Tonna rose her left eyebrow, as her eyes expanded.
"Eh eh eh…" Grina closes her eyes. "Tonna, Tonna… for once you weren't bonking your head on some, tsk, score!"
Tonna left her mouth open.
"Now… wasn't that guy working in the studios?" Only Grina's left eye opened.
The woman blushes a lot, as her right hand covered her mouth.
"Yeah… too bad you can't leave the Headquarters, am I right Tonna?" Grina's head tilted towards the ceiling with her arms open. "But we could do a little tour of the studios…"
The girl bends forward, with her right hand standing next to her mouth.
"… and I can tell you all about this guy." The girl whispered while nodding and grinning.
The woman's right hand grasps her mouth even more.
"Of course if we are stuck inside this boredom of a building..." Grina lifts her posture, shaking her head. "I guess that your Rank level is all ya got."
Tonna's eyes were getting watery…
"… no answer?" Grina shrugs. "Well, that sure was a disappointment!" She turns over the door. "I thought you got your true call, Tonna… I don't think your little achievements are much of a company for you: you can't talk with them, you can't share anything with them, you can only stare at them like a statue in a lonely park."
The girl begins to walk.
"WAIT!" Tonna stretches her right arm. "PLEASE, GRINA!"
Grina stops, slowly turning behind while smiling.
"Yes?"
Tonna's mouth trembles a lot, as sweat was drenching her face.
"… so… you are going to the studios, huh…" Her hands were on her back, as her face lowered down.
Mirii looks at Grina, with her mouth open. The girl nods, as her hands clapped.
"Why yes! I didn't expect"
"No no no!" Tonna's right forefinger tilted left and right, as her left wrist dried her forehead. "Don't you dare to think that I don't care about the rules anymore!"
Her eyes squeezes a little.
"What you are doing is just turfing stupid! You three got such a splendid job… yet, you treat it like trash! You didn't even got the job by passing the trial, so seeing you three risking your Ranger ranks like this is even offending every serious Agents and Rangers working here… and that includes me!"
"… sheesh, Tonna!" Grina rolls her eyes. "Would it have been too hard to just say no?"
"W-wait!" Her left hand stood on her mouth, as her open right hand was quickly tilting left and right. "I-I wasn't really saying that you couldn't go there…"
"Hmpf." Mirii folds her arms, as her head rose a little. "I'll make sure that my position as a Ranger will not be removed… I'm interested to master the top ranks and prove to the entire team of Agents who's the real legend: that's what true perfection is."
The girl walks towards the door, as her right hand grabbed the door handle.
"Forgive my hastiness, Tonna: we must reach the studios as quickly as possible." Her eyes closed.
"Don't worry!" Grina rose her right thumb, while grinning. "I'll find that guy and do a little chit-chat!"
Tonna smiles, nodding.
"I remember him wearing sunglasses…" The woman's irises look the ceiling.
"Yeah, yeah, that detail is well stored!" The girl points at her forehead, as she walks over the door.
"Ah, right!" Her hands were on her back. "I'll write a justification report for your absence. Just try to not get caught…"
"… no attempts are permitted. Only musts." Mirii pushes down the door handle.
Bars walks behind Grina, as he scratches the back of his head.