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Mirii and Hun turned behind: the ninja was throwing punches and kicks against a Stingling ninja.
"Curses!" Mirii's back tilted backwards, as her irises shrunk.
Hun frowns, while bending down.
"Hunley, no!" Mirii frowns while looking at him and folding her arms. "You are not eligible to hold fights."
"Huh?!" He turns over the girl. "Wh-what are you talking about"
"Hunley!" Her head lowered, with her irises still looking at him. "Don't make me repeat myself… we are not Squids capable to stop criminals."
Hun opened his mouth a bit: he nods a bit.
"Yeah… sorry, I forgot!" He chuckles, as his right hand was scratching the back of his head.
Mirii smiles a bit. Montres passed in front of the girl.
"Get yourself out of this!" His right hand pushed Mirii back a bit. "Pros are in the way."
"Nnmm!" Her eyebrows went down, her eyes expanded, her irises shrunk, while staring down the man. Her left hand was holding her right shoulder. "How dare you"
"Haaaa! On guard!" Xandra rushes past the girl.
Mirii's head turned over the woman: Clari was walking in front of her, with her mouth sealed and her eyebrows up, while bending a bit forward.
Hun turned to the left: Montres and the Inkling ninja were both throwing punches and kicks against the Stingling ninja, which was mostly jumping left and right.
"Hey, wizard warrior! How 'bout you slice that piece of ship down?!" Montres was panting, while frowning.
"A ninja doesn't slice another ninja." The man dashed forward, as the Stingling jumped over him. "That's a rule, every ninja follows."
The Stingling rans to the left.
"Turf, he's escaping!" Montres starts sprinting in that direction. "Thanks a lot for the teamwork, you two!"
"Hey, I didn't want to hit you by accident!" Xandra was right behind him. "Then you would get even madder than before!"
"I-I was too scared… forgive me…" Clari was behind Xandra, while trembling.
FUM!
Smoke was covering the ninja, dissolving into thin air: now there was only a plain, metallic wall. Mirii and Hun's head turned over each other.
"… the timing is perfect." Mirii rose her head.
"For what?" His right eyebrow was up.
"For searching around the ship…" The girl was turning around. "… and retrieving the vase."
"Ehm…" His mouth downturned. "You know… we should just get out of here."
"No." Mirii frowns a bit, looking down the boy. "That vase is mine, Hunley. It's absolutely essential"
"Forget about that!" He bends forward, while opening his arms.
Mirii's back went a bit behind, as her mouth opened.
"Don't you realize the situation we are in?! There are people out there wanting to splat US for good and those Agents were almost finding out our occupation… you still want to roam around this place?! Without any weapon to defend yourself with?!"
The girl sealed her mouth. Hun turned to his left.
"Grina is not even here… our friends might be in trouble!" He returns looking at Mirii. "Let's look for them, Mirii!"
"… Mirii Hanache… giving up?" Her right fingers stood on her forehead.
"Huh?" His eyes squeezed a bit, as his neck bended backwards slightly.
"No… no, that's not conceivable…" Her head shook slowly left and right. "Perfection doesn't tolerate any retreats…" She turns towards the door. "We are going to find our friends… and the vase."
"Where is that thing, anyway?!" Hun bends forward, while his knees were bending down. "Do you even know if the vase is here?!"
"I'm sure it's here…" She walks out of the room. "Who else could have attacked the two scientists…?"
"I mean the room!" He walks out of the room, standing on Mirii's left side. "Which room has this vase?"
"It must be a room protected by a security code panel." She walks to the right. "They know its importance… it's connected to Project Neo."
"Mirii…" He sighs loudly. "I don't think this is a good idea… it makes me worry a lot."
Suddenly, the girl stops. Hun stops too, turning his head towards Mirii.
"… retreat that statement, Hunley." Her head turns over him. "You are not someone who let an emotion getting the best of you."
"Huh?!" He tilts a bit back. "Wh-why?! I-I'm worried about the situation!"
"Of course you are not worried…" Her eyes squeezed, as her eyebrows went down.
"W-wait, I-I said"
"You said, you are ready to defeat any mischievous being trying to splat us." She turns behind.
"But"
"No more interruptions, Hunley." She walks forward. "You'll never be ready, if you keep getting distracted like this…"
Hun turns his head to the right for a moment, as his shoulders rose: he returns forward, running a bit and reaching Mirii's left side.
"Sooo, where are we going?" His head turned over the girl.
"We are going towards perfection." Mirii went to the right, passing a small container. "We'll move to the left and"
Suddenly, her ears rose as her legs stopped.
"… I hear steps…" Her irises went to the right.
"I hear them"
Mirii shushes loudly: her back went against the wall, sliding forward. Step sounds were gradually getting louder…
"… Hunley… get ready to run…" Her nose inhales air slowly and silently, while her voice was whispering. "I'm afraid that a greater danger is coming in our way…"
"Oh no…" Hun turns behind, seeing the path on his left. "S-stay close to me, ok?"
Mirii blushed.
"Hmm!" She nodded.
Her body was leaning to the right, as her right irises went to her eyes' right corner: a large group of male and female Stinglings was marching forward, while holding their weapons.
"I thought those ninjas took care of them… hmpf, useless attempt." Her fingers bended a bit, as the tips were resting on the wall. "If only I had my Charger weapon…"
"Wait, come to think of it…" Hun was looking up, while folding his arms. "The Stinglings don't want to splat us… because they want to capture us!" He nods.
"After the jailbreak, I'm afraid they received a different order." Mirii was bending forward. "Enough talking. We'll start running in 3… 2… 1…"
Mirii starts sprinting to the left: yells and battle cries were coming from the right. Hun immediately began running, staying only behind the girl. He turns his shoulders to the left: many Stinglings were shouting incomprehensive words, while frowning a lot.
"Yikes!" Hun accelerates, while returning forward. "Let's get out of here!"
FUM!
A Stingling ninja and a red-tentacle being one appeared from the smokes: one was sitting on a container to the left, the other one was leaning on a large box while folding his arms.
"YOU COWARDS!" Mirii grits her teeth, while frowning even more. "DARING TO ATTACK US IN A TIME LIKE THIS!"
Her legs accelerated: she jumped while thrusting her left leg towards the red-tentacle ninja.
FUM!
"Curses!" The girl jumps out of the smoke. "It was a ridiculous clone!"
"Phew! One problem less!" Hun's eyes closed, while smiling, as a sweat drop appears on his head's left side.
The Stinglings were accelerating, eating some distance from the two Inklings. Mirii turns behind, as her eyes grew.
"Nnngghh!" Her eyebrows rose. "I-I don't deserve failure…!"
Hun's head rose: a metallic pipe was exposing from the top-right wall.
"Mirii! Our escape route!" His right forefinger was pointing the pipe down.
Mirii returned forward, while raising her head.
"A genial idea, Hunley!" She smiles.
The girl jumped to the left, as her feet stood on a medium-sized box covered in white sheet. From there, Mirii dived inside the pipe. Hun slides forward, while jumping and grabbing the pipe's edge.
"Aaaaah!" His irises shrunk, as his legs kept kicking the air.
Mirii's hands grabbed his, while gradually pulling him: a female Stingling jumped, as her arms swings in the air, while Hun's feet entered inside the pipe. The two Inklings start crawling forward.
"This is not a victory!" Mirii panted twice. "The pipe isn't that inaccessible… soon, we'll find Stingrays behind us!"
"In other words, keep on moving?!" Hun's eyebrows were up, panting loudly.
"You guessed it again, Hunley." She smiles a bit. "Your intelligence is truly delighting on the path!"
"A-are you sure?!" His eyebrows went up.
"If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't deserve the right to follow the perfection path." Her mouth opened.
Her eyes were seeing a small, round and metallic wall.
"Once I get on the main deck, I'll come up with a plan… I must conceive a plan as soon as possible, before I'd truly face a fatal failure." She grits her teeth.