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"Despite those loud noises, Bars and Grina still keep talking with each other... unfortunately, it seems I'm approaching the end of the bushes."
Still walking while her knees were down, Mirii kept pushing the leafs on the sides: some faint light rests on the leafs and soon on the girl's hands. She stops walking, as her irises bounced left and right. In front of her, the road going sideways, with a bench on the sidewalk: on the left a wooden trashcan, on the right a street lamp.
"Like, are we there yet?" Bars' voice was coming from the left.
"Almost! Just less than 200 meters to eat up with our feet!" Grina chuckled a bit.
Mirii walks backwards a bit: entering in her sight, the two Inklings who kept forming words and sentences.
"Grina might be full of ego at times, but she must not be underestimated: if I walk in the open, she'll probably turn behind and discover me!" She frowns a bit, slightly gritting her teeth. "In times like this, thinking carefully has never been so important: without it, I'll probably get caught…"
Mirii's irises moved to the right, as her mouth downturns and closes.
"Maybe I could use one of my sophisticated gadgets…" Her right hand sunk inside her jacket's right pocket. "If I'm not mistaken, I should have Microchip sound repeaters right with me."
Her hand pulls out a blowgun and a clear, plastic bag as small as her little finger: inside there are three green microchips. Her hands open the bag, as her right hand picked up one of the microchips and puts it inside the blowgun.
Her right hand grasps the blowgun, as the girl slowly rose up from the bush: almost half of her head emerged from the collection of leafs. Her right eye looks through a small scope attached on the top of the blowgun, which was aimed on a tree's branch a bit covered by the darkness.
Ptu!
"… yes, the microchip is attached on the branch." She smiles, immerging back inside the bush as her left hand was holding her smartphone. "Let's see…" Her irises were down, as her left thumb was pressing a square with a musical note on it. "What kind of animal I could let the microchip reproduce in a time like this…? … ah yes! I'm sure it'll keep those two distracted." She nods, still with her eyes on the touch screen.
After her left thumb pressed once, the girl puts the smartphone back as she slightly bends forward: her head turns to her right, with her eyes watching Bars and Grina still walking.
Whoooo.
"Huh?!" Grina stops, as her head looks up over the tree. "Did you hear that, Barsy?!"
"Who?" He bends his neck a bit, as he was looking at the girl, shaking his head a bit.
Whoooo.
Grina gasps as her hands covered her mouth.
"Oh my! OH MY!" She walks in place. "Why, there is a cute little owl in this tree!" Her eyes sparkled, as her hands clasped.
Bars smiles, as he turns his head up over the tree.
"Like, are you seeing that animal?" He tilts left and right. "Ship, like this tree really needs some Zap fish around…!"
Grina stands on tiptoes, tilting left and right.
"Come out, little fella! Greta wants to give you a quick cuddle!" She smiles.
Mirii comes out of the bush, walking past the road while bending on her knees.
Whoooo.
"Girl, like don't you think we should get going?" The boy rose his eyebrows, as his mouth downturns. "You are going to be truly kicked out, if you get there in time out…"
"Naaah! We are not that far away, Barsy!" She jumps a little. "Besides, owls are too awesome! Do you have any idea how much cool I would get to say stuff like: yeah, I totally own this kickbutter!"
"Heh… actually, people would get all envy and stuff." He folds his arms, while nodding and smiling.
"Tsk." Mirii keeps walking through other bushes right behind the bench. "Dreaming with the eyes open can throw people in dangerous situations… luckily I never received any splatting tasks or else those two were done for."
Mirii's left hand was holding her smartphone, as her left thumb presses on the screen several times.
"Now that I'm here… I have a suspicion that those bushes will lead me closer to"
"HEY!"
Mirii turns her head over her right.
"Huh?!" She was frowning.
"Whoa, girl!" Bars hugs Grina, as he was staring at the tree. "Like, what's up with that?!"
Grina frowns a lot.
"That tree… there isn't any owl at all!" She grits her teeth.
"WHAT?! HOW DID SHE FOUND THE MICROCHIP?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Her forehead was covered in sweat, as the girl starts breathing rapidly.
"Instead… I saw the green lights of a Stealth Goggles!" Grina clenches her fists.
Mirii stops breathing, as her eyes almost popped out.
"Really?! Like…" Bars looks left and right over the tree. "I'm not seeing ship!"
"They appeared for a brief moment…" Grina moved forward, as her head tilts upwards even more. "Was this a stupid joke? Who goes around wearing those things in a time like this?!"
"But… bu-but I thought…" Mirii's eyes were watching the entire situation, as her right wrist drenches her forehead. "If she didn't entered that pad before… wh-what did she"
"Here they are again!" Grina's wrists stood on her hips. "Alright, stealth fanatic! You can get down here and receive your congratulations for hiding like a coward!"
Some leaf sounds were coming from the tree.
"Well?! Too coward even to admit it?" Grina snorted.
Suddenly, a green laser point rests on Grina's head.
"Do you want to get splatted?"
She gasps, as the girl rolls to her right, bending on her knees.
"Turf! A Charger!" Bars ducks down, quickly moving in front of Grina.
"Wh-what do you want from us?!" Grina frowns a lot, still with her eyes looking at the tree.
"… nothing. You are useless." A woman's voice was coming from inside the tree. "Don't stay in my way."
"Are you an Agent?!" Grina stands up, with her arms down. "As a matter of fact, we are Rangers"
BLAM!
Grina jumped, as green ink stops right before her feet.
"This is my last warning…" Green lights are coming from near the branch. "Don't stay in my way."
The girl seals her mouth, as a sweat slides down from her forehead's right side. The green laser points towards the bushes in front of the tree.
"Nnnnggghhhh!" Mirii was breathing quickly. "Calm down, Mirii… calm down!"
"I see you decided into trying to outsmart me… am I right, Mirii Kelpshell?" The green lights were pointed towards the bushes, as an Inkling woman's shape bending on her right knee was partially visible.
Bars and Grina immediately look around, saying Mirii's name together.
"Be quiet, Mirii…! Pretend she's not talking about you…!" Mirii's head was looking down, as her teeth were gritted and her eyes were wide.
"I didn't expect to see your courage bringing you this far." Her weapon moves a bit. "If it wasn't for your microchip, your friends wouldn't find my hiding position."
"No…" Mirii rose her head, with her eyebrows rose. "Who in the world is this woman?!"
"At the end, this doesn't matter… I wanted to stop you from reaching the stage, ever since you got out of the facility." She breathes loudly once. "Answer me now, Mirii Kelpshell: do you truly want to participate in that show?"
"… why she cares so much about this…?" Mirii swallows silently.
"If you don't answer me, I'm going to splat you instantly." The green laser point rests on Mirii's left tentacle.
"… I don't need to lie about this…" Mirii slowly stands up. "No matter what tactics she has in mind… I'm going to solve this matter, once and for all." She rose her head, while frowning. "No, that wasn't my intention."
"WHAT THE?!" Bars' hands were on his head, as his eyes expanded. "MIRII?!"
"Wh-what were you doing behind that bush?!" Grina's jaw dropped with her hands moving backwards.
"I wanted to find you, because I thought you were inside the stage waiting to see if I was around…" Mirii walks out of the bush. "… threatening Hun's life in the process."
"Are those your true reasons?" The green laser points on Mirii's head.
"Yes." She nods. "As you just heard, I told you the truth… but now, I expect to hear your reasons behind this ridiculous blackmailing threat."
Mirii points over the semi-visible Stealth Goggles with her right forefinger.
"Don't try to escape this time! Who are you and why are you menacing me?!" She frowns a bit, while breathing a bit quickly.
Her ears were hearing her own breaths. Bars hugs Grina, as his eyes were staring at the partially visible left tentacle's tip. Grina's hands were resting on his arms, as she frowns down over the tree.
"… Mirii, if there is one thing you truly excel is your endless amount of courage." Leaf noises were coming from her side. "Despite the fact I'm here and nowhere near around Hun, you still ignore the fact I'm holding a real weapon and not those you find in Turf Wars..."
Mirii's mouth was sealed, her eyes still looking at the tree.
"If you keep hunting me down like this, I'll be forced to splat you. What's your choice?" The woman steps forward on the branch.
The girl rose her head a little.
"Simple: Auto-destruction Mode." She squeezes her eyes.
BOOM!
The microchip exploded: the branch flies forward, as the woman flies up in the air with her weapon falling down. The Inkling fell on her feet, with her left hand on the road: the weapon falls inside the nearby bushes. She began to sprint, immediately Mirii starts running down the road.
"I ORDER YOU TO STOP, FIEND!" She frowns a lot, as her legs accelerate more.
The woman, which was carrying a bag on her back, jumps with her right leg stretching forward and her left leg stretching backwards, passing above a bush. Mirii jumps with both her feet still moving in the air, landing past the bush.
The woman turns to her left, as she faces a building with lights coming from the windows located above a large door: a red carpet extends for some meters, touching the edge of the sidewalk. Surrounding the carpet, a collection of silver poles on each sides.
The woman's right hand sunk in her right pocket, pulling out a black gun with a grappling hook on the muzzle: she points it towards the building's edge.
POW!
The grappling flies at high speed, carrying a rope just behind: it latches on the edge. The woman presses the trigger, as she's pulled rapidly while the gun eats back the rope. Mirii kept dashing, with her hands behind: the wall of cement was on her sight, with two windows lighten up.
Her right foot touches the wall, right before the left one does: the girl was running upwards by stepping on the wall. Her shoe's back suddenly starts flashing a small red light, followed by a beeping sound: Mirii increases her frown, as her teeth gritted.
She jumps out of the wall, landing on her feet. The woman turns her back, as her mouth opened.
"You?!" She completely turns over the girl.
"Correct." Mirii rose her head a bit, while folding her arms. "I'll not let useless cowards running away, who will never be brave enough to challenge anyone in a fight."
The woman clenches her fists.
"Your insults are really starting to make me lose my patience… same for your easy-to-use gadgets!" She bends forward, gritting her teeth.
"Hmpf. Your grappling hook seems a bit too convenient for the situation…" Mirii lowers her head, as her eyes closed. "It's no surprise you had to examine this whole area, before daring to throw menaces at me: this is considered an advantage from any normal beings." She rose her head back, as her eyes opened.
"Your technology makes everyone a winner, while they still remain completely wimps!" Her hands went behind, standing on the bag. "If you want to be someone, you must utilize more difficult equipments such as the good ol' grappling hook!"
Her hands returned: her left one was holding a Burst Bomb, which rose up in the air.
"Do you still want to challenge me, stupid kid?!"
Mirii squeezes her eyes, as her arms stretched downwards.
"Stupidity is your whole behavior." Mirii rose her head a bit. "Adults who fail to keep their emotions will always be the weaker ones, but that doesn't mean I underestimate my enemies."
Mirii frowns a lot.
"No matter which weapons you possess…" She bends forward. "They are nothing against pure intelligence, the real element who let true experts win their battles."
The girl kept looking at the woman: Bars and Grina were standing near the large door, as their heads were tilted upwards.