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Mirii's hands were grasping her Charger weapon, as her head rose a bit, her eyebrows were a bit down and her right forefinger was pressing her weapon's trigger. Her feet were standing on the sidewalk, while Hun, Grina and Bars were behind the girl.
"In the name of Inkopolis, I order you to stop!" Her eyes squeezed a bit. "Our weapons are filled with dangerous ink."
"We don't want any Agents in our port!" A bearded Inkling man was standing in front of the others, swinging his bamboo weapon in the air, while frowning a lot. "Get out of our turf!"
"Give us a good reason!" Mirii bended forward. "Your threats are nothing without proofs!"
"Mr. Turf War wants to kick us out of the town!" An Inkling woman took a few steps forward. "Now, go away!"
"That's not a proof!" Mirii's posture lifted. "… this will get us nowhere…" Her irises went to her right. "Maybe I should talk like one of them…"
"This is your last warning!" The man pointed his bamboo weapon towards Mirii, as his right eye closed. "Go away!"
"We will walk away… until all intruders are out of this town." Mirii nodded.
Grina's right eyebrow rose.
"All intruders…?" She turned her head to her left. "Have you seen anything suspicion, Barsy?"
"Like… nope!" Bars shakes his head, raising his mouth.
"I-I agree with Mirii!" Hun took some steps forward, frowning. "We… we went here to make sure that no bad guy would walk freely in your port!"
"There is no place to hide…" The man's weapon lowered. "… of course the captains, the sailors and us citizens can see whoever comes in our town."
Mirii's eyebrows lowered, smiling a bit.
"Couldn't there be a chance of… corruption?" Her head rose a bit.
"Wh-what do you mean?!" Sweat covered the man's forehead.
"For instance, if someone happens to hide inside that warehouse and those corrupted sailors helped said person out in the task…" Mirii's eyes closed. "… would the citizen ever find out?"
"Corruption doesn't even exist in this town!" The man frowned a lot, slightly bending forward. "What's your"
"Wait, I was wondering…" Another man, standing on the left, turned his head to his right. "… how come we cannot enter inside the warehouse?"
"You know the reason!" The man turned to his left. "The warehouse is filled with private goodies. If we violate"
"So, does that mean a criminal would hide in our town and we let them all live as if they are normal citizens?!" A woman's voice was coming from the crowd. "Not for me! Some intruders could have reached the warehouse from the ship, you know!"
Suddenly, multiple voices rose in the air. Mirii smiled a bit more.
"Excellent move, Mirii…" Mirii nodded. "… and now, let's dismantle their original intentions." She cleared her voice, as her mouth flattened a bit. "May I have your attention, please?"
"Alright, alright!" The man's right hand pointed his weapon towards Mirii. "After we kick those Agents"
"Thank you." Mirii's head rose. "We are willing to simply run a check, instead of covering your port… starting from the warehouse."
Her left hand pulled a small, round lever, as her hands put her Charger behind her back.
"Once we are done, we will leave…" Mirii nodded. "We are even willing to let you point your weapons towards us all this time."
"Nice move!" Grina whispered, as her hands put her weapon behind her back, while smiling.
"So, what do you think?" Mirii's arms folded. "Will you let us?"
"No! This is all a trick of yours, that's obvious!" The man turned behind. "She is trying to manipulate us!"
The adult Inklings were looking back at him, while frowning. The man's eyebrows rose, as his weapon lowered.
"… how can you believe that?!" The man's arms opened.
"They cannot attack us, when we have our weapons pointed at them… besides, that girl was the one who gave us the right suggestion." A tall man was looking down at the one in the front. "Maybe she can guess another thing we couldn't guess before… and those Agents could help us fighting those crooks!"
A small voice rose from the crowd.
"We lived for years without knowing what hides inside the warehouse! There is no need to check inside!" The man bended forward, as sweat was sliding off his head.
"You are the only one who's saying this for years… and we caught you saying some lies to us too!" A round Inkling woman rose her bamboo. "How can you proof this one isn't another one of those lies?! The worst of them all, if true!"
"Guuuhh…" The man's hands bended his weapon a bit, as his mouth downturned a lot and his eyebrows skyrocketed over his forehead. "… I'm right, this time… I-I quit saying lies!" He lifted his posture, as he began walking to the right, going around the crowd. "I'll show you how right I'm! You will regret this!"
"Uhm… I wonder if that man is thinking about some vile tactics right now…" Mirii frowned a bit.
Some Inkling men walked forward, pointing their weapons towards the 4 young Inklings.
"You can come with us… with your hands up!" The man on the right walked forward. "No tricks!"
He stopped near Mirii, as his right hand took off her Charger weapon.
"Nnnggh, I-I wanted to keep that weapon…!" Mirii's hands rose up in the air. "… no, I have no choice: I have to get along with this situation and let those citizens carry us inside the warehouse."
Mirii began walking, as a bamboo weapon was pointing behind her head.
"Wh-what kind of ridiculous treatment is this?!" Mirii frowns a lot. "I-I'm being treated as if I'm the real criminal!" Her head rose. "Could you please point that weapon away from my head? It's… painful."
"No." The man pushed his weapon a bit. "Bare the pain until we reach the warehouse."
Mirii snorted. The other three Inklings were walking forward, all with their hands up and their weapons taken from the other Inkling men.
"I'm sorry for this, Hunley… this was the only way available for stopping Project Neo for good…" Mirii sighed.