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Mirii's eyes were looking at her smartphone screen, which was showing the time and temperature.
"… it's been about 20 minutes, since Grina said her story. Not to mention, she stopped sobbing earlier…" Her irises moved up, pointed at the front-right seat. "At this point, I don't care she doesn't feel like hearing my orders: I'm the leader of this team and I'll not let any overpowered emotions, hinder the Inkinators' progress."
The girl lifts her posture, raising her head a bit.
"It's time to discuss about the mission."
She seals her mouth, as her ears were hearing only the engine roaring. Her head turns to her left: Hun was staring back at her, while bending a bit forward. He smiles a bit: the girl smiles a bit too. Turning her head to the right, Tonna had her fingers above the laptop's keyboard, as her head was pointed at the girl. Mirii returns looking forward.
"Since I'm the team's leader, I would like to hear all members confirming that they are ready to listen."
"I'm ready!" Hun's voice entered inside Mirii's left ear.
"Yes, just a moment I set back the map to the warehouse area…" Tonna slides her right forefinger on a small pad, on her laptop.
"Like, I got my ears up girl!" Bars' eyes were staring at the road, as his hands rotate the steering wheel slightly on the right.
At the end of the road, turn left.
Mirii turns her head over the boy, sitting on the driver seat.
"Bars, considering the fact you are following the navigator's directions and I don't have much to say about you, please focus on the road and listen carefully about any directions you hear."
"Alright, alright…" Bars turns the steering wheel to the left.
"Very well." Mirii turns her head to the right.
Continue on this road.
The girl squeezes her eyes a little.
"Grina…"
Grina snorted loudly.
"What do you want, now…?"
"Your cooperation." Mirii rose her head, as her eyebrows lowered a bit. "In order to complete this mission with the best results, we"
"I feel tired, Mirii… I wanna take a quick nap." Grina's voice decreases in volume.
"Napping during a mission?!" Mirii frowns even more, as she bends forward. "How dare you showing disinterest at an assigned task?!"
Grina groaned.
"Shut up, Mirii…"
Smoke came out from Mirii's ears.
"… what did you said to me…?" She clenches her fists.
"Mirii, no."
The girl turns to her right, seeing Tonna shaking her head with her eyes closed.
"We already have a hard mission in our hands. If you start a quarrel with Grina, we'll achieve absolutely nothing if not damage at the team." Her eyebrows lowered a bit.
Mirii grits her teeth, as her eyes squeezed.
"No one ever dared to shut me up, Tonna… in quality of the leader, I order to receive my rightful respect."
"Then people would hate you, if your role as a leader is used for any of your egoistical purposes…" Tonna snorted faintly.
"Egoistic is that girl who refuses to help the team for an important task." Mirii rose her head, as she frowns. "With a person less, there is no way this team can deploy more strategies… it will not even possible to change them in the moment."
Tonna's right hand rests on her forehead, as she looks down. She rose back her head, retreating her hand.
"Mirii, listen…" Her hands fell on her legs. "Being a leader doesn't just mean to speak for hours about strategies… or even pretending to have the exclusive right of absolute respect." Her right fingers pushed her glasses a bit up. "It's all about being appreciated by others."
"I'm appreciated." Mirii rose her head.
"Not too much…" Tonna turns her head to her right. "You know very well, what Grina was passing before… if I was in you, I wouldn't really said to her anything about her work problems. Instead, I would apologize for that phrase I shouted out loud."
The girl rose her eyebrows.
"I… I-I didn't said that?" Her irises moved to her right.
"No, you didn't…" Tonna sighs. "Maybe you should do that right now: even though you don't get too much from it, at least Grina understands that you are there to help her like a friend… same for Hun, me and Bars."
Mirii sealed her mouth, as her irises now move down. She turns her head forward, with her eyes now pointing at the front-right seat.
"Grina… I…" She swallows silently. "I-I understand how it was difficult for you to deal with a job who requires almost all the time available… after all, you were a young kid: at that age, kids usually receive rather easy tasks, since"
A cough was heard: Mirii turns to her right. Tonna was moving her mouth in silence.
"She's saying… to just say my apologies…" Mirii nods, as she quickly twists back ahead. "Grina, I would like to apologize for that shout I said earlier. I-I couldn't imagine how you really hated acting in general… also, I-I regret talking more on the argument, since you clearly didn't want to hear it anymore."
The engine varied its sounds.
About 200 meters, turn to the right.
"… wow…"
"Hmm?!" Mirii rose her eyebrows.
"Am I dreaming this? Mirii… apologizing?" Grina turns behind from her left, as she was smiling. "You really thought to be wrong?!"
"… yes, of course." Mirii rose her head. "I admit to have committed a mistake."
"… well... what can I say?" Grina closes her eyes. "There is a reason why I cared so much about the Inkinators team: you are all truly my best friends, who would help me out if I'm down!" She grins.
Mirii smiles.
"I can't believe you dropped the perfection part, just to help me out… yeah, speaking of perfection, how about you don't think about it at all?" She shrugs, while shaking her head.
"Wh-what are you stating now?!" Mirii frowns a lot. "I can't abandon perfection, since"
"Wait a moment, Mirii: just let me talk for a bit too!" Her right hand waves up and down. "I mean, I heard your speech about me and my… admittedly problems with work in general." Her irises moved to her right, for a moment. "Now, how about I get the turn to speak philosophically?!"
"Nnnngghhh!" Mirii tilts backwards, as her eyes expanded. "You… you want to insult me?!"
"Naaaah." Her right hand moves down. "Instead, it's more about an advice…" She closes her eyes.
"I already understood the entire situation, Grina." Mirii took her right tentacle, as she pets it with her right hand.
"No, it's not about that…" Grina sighs. "Really, let me talk for a moment, Mirii!"
The girl sealed her mouth.
"You know, this perfection stuff you keep saying… it just feels like a weird restriction you are applying to yourself." Grina nods.
"A restriction?" Mirii left her mouth open.
"Yeah, are you noticing that? You want to bring that boulder at all cost, but it's just crushing you like a bug…" Grina's mouth downturns a bit.
"Hmpf. How can you tell a boulder is crushing me?" Mirii squeezes her eyes. "With my perfect skills, I would probably carry that massive amount of rock with the pure powers of science."
"Well… here's the thing: you would never accept doing that." Grina opens her arms, shrugging. "Since when you found excuses for your perfection theories?"
"They are NOT theories!" Mirii grits her teeth, growling a bit. "They are the undeniable truth!"
"The truth here is that you don't need perfection at all." Grina frowns a bit. "All you need is to utilize your kindness even more than rage or an attempt to be a Queen Ice… especially in front of Hunry."
"Bu-but I'm already kind!" Mirii's eyebrows rose. "Perfection let me achieve such results!"
Grina lowers her head, shaking it slowly.
"Siiiigh…" Grina returns with her back on her seat, as her left hand went between the two front seats. "Maybe I did overrated your improvement… but whatever, I got tired talking about this anyway."
"Then…" Mirii folds her arms, as her head rose. "Grina, is there another problem you have right in this very instant?"
"No, no…" Her left hand lifts up, rotating almost counter-clockwise. "Why don't you start talking about your strategies with Hunry?"
Mirii immediately turns to her left, seeing Hun blushing a bit: she blushes a lot.
"… Hunley…" Her irises fell down, as her eyebrows glued on her forehead. "… listen, I-I have to ask you a question regarding…" She swallows silently. "… the weapon of your choice." Her irises pointed back at the boy.
"A weapon?" He looks up. "Hmm… I don't know, Mirii." He downturns his mouth. "I don't even know what those weapons are…"
"You must be kidding, Hunley!" Mirii bends forward, as her teeth gritted. "The chief just showed us some of the weapons we can use for this mission!"
"Actually, Hun doesn't need a weapon."
Mirii turns behind, seeing Tonna.
"What do you mean?!" Her hands covered her head's sides. "Hunley can't just use his Squid abilities: he must rely on a main weapon, a sub weapon and a special weapon."
"You three need those: Hun tried once the Target Practice with a Splattershot…" Tonna took a quick breath. "Well, his average score per target was around 30%, which is the lowest percentage ever recorded in the Headquarters."
Mirii gasped, as her right hand covered her mouth: she starts frowning.
"Delete that pathetic record." She almost completely squeezes her eyes. "Hunley is a fast learner: let him practice more with the Splattershot and the average will be refreshed to fully 100%."
"I-I don't have it!" Tonna rose her hands, as sweat jumped out from her forehead. "I don't even think it's possible to delete something considered important!"
"… tsk." Mirii's face almost grimaced. "After we are done with this mission, I'll make sure those insulting documents will be completely disappeared."
"S-stop saying that, Mirii!" Tonna looks left and right. "You would destroy your Agent career in seconds!"
"Then, I would like to see a suitable weapon for Hunley, ready to be used…" Mirii rose her head, while closing her eyes. "Otherwise, I'll be the one completing this process. For now, Grina and Bars must answers some questions related to the mission."
Mirii first looks at Bars, then Grina.