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Where are you now?
"On the Squid Jr." Mirii's back was resting on the seat's backrest, as her irises were still looking to her right side. "In other words, the smart car modified and authorized by me, Mirii Hanache."
Wait, isn't this car being certified by the department of motor vehicles?!
"That would be a detail I choose to not reveal…" Mirii's eyes closed. "Aside from this being a personal matter, there is this emergency you mentioned earlier.
Yo-you can't seriously suggest that the Squid Jr. is an illegal car! Do you have any idea how much you risk, if the police sees
"TONNA, EXPLAIN THE EMERGENCY!" Mirii's eyes expanded, as her eyebrows went down and her irises shrunk. "YOUR RANT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION!"
Sheesh, there is no need to shout on my ear…! Ahem! Alright… well, it appears that goo is spread throughout the city!
"Goo…?" Mirii's eyes squeezed a bit. "Is this another attack coming from the Stingrays…?"
Seems like it! However, Agents didn't found any traces of them… at all! Yes yes, I know… a very, very odd situation if you ask me! That's why I wanted you four to
"Wait a second, Tonna." Mirii's right hand lowered, as her smartphone was in front of her chest.
Her right thumb pressed a speaker symbol inside a black circle: the circle turned white.
"Please, explain once again the mission: after all, the Inkinators are involved into this… they must know too as well as I!" Mirii nodded.
"There wasn't any need for that." Grina's voice was coming from the front right seat, as her left elbow was popping out from the top left side. "Since Miss Ex-Rules loves to shout every time, you should had kept the volume to normal mode, so our eardrums don't go full-metal on us!"
"I wasn't really hearing that well, actually…" Hun's eyes closed, as a sweat drop appears on his head's right side. "… I think Mirii's solution is still needed."
Mirii's head turned to her right, as she smiled.
"Thank you, Hunley!" Her head tilted to her right a bit, as her eyes closed. "You can truly recognize perfection as much as I do." She blushed, as her eyes reopened.
Hun's head turned to his left, as his mouth smiled and his cheeks blushed a bit.
So, can you all hear my voice clearly?
"Yes." Mirii nodded. "Explain now: we are almost reaching the treehouse."
As I was saying, goo is spread throughout the
"WHOA!" Bars bended forward, as his eyes expanded.
SCREEEEEEEEECH!
The car turned to the right a bit, as it stops in front of a large pond of goo. Mirii fell down on her seat, as her eyes were wide and her mouth was flattened.
What happened?! … hello?! Mirii?!
Hun bended down, as his right hand picked up Mirii's smartphone.
"Yes?" His eyebrows were up, as his head pointed towards the girl, while his mouth was downturned.
Hun, can you tell me what's going on?!
"The car stopped in front of the goo…" His irises turned to his right a bit. "There is a lot of that."
… darn those Stingrays! How did they accomplished this?!
"Like, I guess we gotta leave the car watching the goo…" Bars' back landed on his seat's backrest. "No way we are gonna pass this funkiness."
"Bars, let me handle the situation…" Mirii bended forward, as her eyebrows went down a bit. "… obstacles are nothing more than a chance to use one of the prodigies I personally installed." She nodded. "Activate the Roller mode."
"Roller mode…?" Bars' head turned to his right, as his right eyebrow rose. "Liiikee… this toy has somethin' like that?"
"Ooooh, what are you doing asking the obvious?!" Grina turned towards the boy, as her mouth was grinning widely, her fists were in front of her chest and her irises were shrunk. "Get the fun started! This is unseen action from us 4! It's going to be so extreme too!" She nodded quickly.
"Of course I know generally what the Roller mode will do…" Mirii's right forefinger was pointing at a button, which had a Roller sign. "The button is located on the bottom-right side of the steering wheel: can you see it?"
"This one?" Bars' right thumb pushed the buttom.
Vvvvsssss…
From the car's front side, a rectangular door went slowly down: an orange-covered paint roller moved out of the hole at the same pace, slowly turning sideways and landing on the road. Bars and Grina were both bending forward, with the mouths wide opened.
"… wow… to think that the Roller drawin' was like a nice decoration for me…!" Bars smiled widely, as his back returned on the backrest. "Girl, can I drive like this?! I mean, as if I'm the one who's holdin' the weapon?!"
"The Squid Jr. is equipped to be handled as a giant version of different weapons…" Mirii's eyes closed. "A Roller, a Splattershot and a Splat Charger to be exact: add-ons personally inserted after receiving all the necessary from the Inknet…"
"Why you didn't told us about this sooner?!" Grina turned her shoulders to her left, facing down Mirii while smiling widely. "There were so many situations where we could had used those fresh features!" She nodded, as her eyes closed. "For example, that time when the Stingrays were using that ship!"
"Temanga wanted to come with us at the time…" Mirii's eyes opened, as her arms folded. "The Squid Jr. wasn't designed to keep many Squids… and I preferred to respect this limitation in particular."
"Well…" Grina's irises went down and right. "… you got a point." Her back returned on her own backrest. "But still! Why you didn't told us about this sooner?!"
"And what reason I have to reveal all my gadgets in the first place?!" Mirii's head lowered, as her face frowned. "I don't let anyone use my masterpiece without a proper authorization… my car must be treated perfectly, since its components are essential for situations I cannot face directly."
Her head rose.
"I let Bars drive this car, since his driving skills appear to be decent… that will allow me to control the rest of the car's accessories through a laptop modified and used exclusively for the Squid Jr."
"Wait, wait…" A sweat drop appears on Grina's right side of her head, as her eyebrows went up. "… are you implying that this is your car? I-I thought it was an Inkinators' exclusive!"
Mirii snorted, as her mouth stretched on the right side.
"… I didn't wanted to reveal this…" Her eyelids lowered to the middle, as her irises went down and left. "… this car isn't just an advanced tool for my arsenal. This car… it was a trial for me." Her irises went forward. "A trial to create a car who could represent myself. The perfect car who can prove what I was capable of."
"No wonder you keep on mentioning the shorty, all this time…" Grina's mouth closed.
"Th-throw that word away!" Mirii bended forward, while frowning a lot. "The Squid Jr. is an engineering brilliance! It can accomplish all the tasks a luxurious car could ever wish! It's possible to use this car as a house, if I really wanted!"
"That reminds me…" Grina's eyelids were in the middle, as she smiled widely. "… when all that war happened in the past, the Squid Jr. was still on the treehouse…"
Mirii's eyes expanded as her face went paler. Immediately, her head turned down and right, as her eyes squeezed a bit and her face was frowning a lot.
"Yo-you fool…! I-I was planning to retrieve the Squid Jr. out of your possession…" Mirii's head pointed back at Grina. "This car shall never fall into the wrong hands… and at the time, you two fell into that category rather quickly."
"But now it's just something crazy coming from the past!" Grina chuckles. "No reason to get all that mad, now…"
"Hmpf… you should be careful with such statements." Mirii's head rose. "You might end up underestimating a Squid who's much more superior than a prejudice could whisper to your mind."
Mirii, I understand now why you couldn't brought this car to that department… if it has weapons, obviously your car couldn't travel.
"… why are you still listening to this, Tonna?!" Mirii bended towards the smartphone still held by Hun. "Do you have any idea how much this call is costing?!"
Don't worry: chiefs have refunds for every call they do! Alright… it seems you got all the weapons in your arsenal: go get rid of that goo and find any Stingrays if you can! I will make sure that your car gets a special permission… this will let you keep the mission going, without worrying about the police or other formal inconveniences.
"Nnnggghhh!" Mirii's teeth gritted, as sweat covered her forehead. "N-no! I-I wanted to keep the Squid Jr. as a-a secret…!" Her eyes squeezed, as her eyebrows went up. "S-someone could learn about its supremacy an-and try to steal it…!"
No no, no one will ever know about this! The documentation will be compiled and archived inside the Headquarters' walls… I'll guarantee that all the important data will be stored in your own, personal server: this will let you have full control over who can see those information or not.
"Full control…" Mirii's mouth opened a bit. "… I accept this, Tonna." She nodded. "Being in control is an important element of my reputation. This situation will add another evidence for my excellency in keeping my perfection status as high as I set it."
For the documentation, there is no need to specify… especially if there is a chief confirming all the safety procedures and source.
"Very well… I consider this formal phase a success." Mirii's head rose. "The Squid Jr. can proceed without carrying any contradictions with it."
Yeah… now, begin your job: Inkopolis is once again depending on you 4! Over.
Click.