Chapter 15: What a surprise!
The first thing Ayano heard on waking up was a series of shouts and curses. Alarmed, her eyes widened, and she sat up on the bed. What she saw made her whiten: Sophie was surrounded by a tumultuous crowd, which had hostile intentions.
"You are Sophie, Leila's guard dog!" Said a Japanese woman with long brown hair, eyes of the same color and pink lipstick on her lips.
"You really have a lot of courage to introduce yourself among us, you dirty murderer!" Said a boy with short gray hair and red eyes who kept his arms folded.
"I don't work for Leila anymore!" Said the scientist.
"This makes no difference! You have your hands stained with the blood of countless innocents, both Japanese and European."
"Please calm down! Dr. Randall was not in herself! The real culprit is Leila!" Kate intervened.
In response, the brunette slapped her and pushed her aside, then unsheathed a dagger.
"You will pay for your crimes, how true it is that my name is Fujiko Mine!"
"Hey, calm down now!" Yukiya tried to stop her.
"And who are you?" She asked abruptly.
"You can't kill her! She…"
"You're Japanese, aren't you?"
"What's this got to do with it?"
"I asked you if you're Japanese!"
"Yes and then?"
"Do you know how many of us died because of this slut? Do you have any idea what cruel experiments our countrymen subjected? I know, because I went there! They threw me into tanks of cold water and then fished out at regular intervals and measure my temperature. If it weren't for Oscar I would surely have died! And guess who conducted the experiments? This cursed witch! For her I was nothing more than a laboratory cavy, without feelings or emotions!"
Having said that, he pushed her to the ground and prepared to stab her, while the rest of them pawed to lynch her.
"They want to kill her! HELP IT!" Kate shouted, frightened, turning to Ayano.
The girl concentrated, raised her hands to the sky and clapped them on the floor, generating a shock wave that threw the attackers away, throwing them into the air or against the walls.
"Sophie, come near me!" She ordered.
The scientist, frightened, got up and slung next to her.
"I will not allow you to harm this woman. She is the key to getting to Leila, I need her alive. If you touch it with a single finger I kill you!"
And to make the threat more concrete, she unleashed the katana.
"What's going on here?" Oscar asked, as soon as he entered the room.
"These psychopaths tried to kill me!" Sophie exclaimed, looking around.
"She's a criminal, we don't want her here!" Fujiko said furiously.
"But she will stay anyway ... She will help us to conquer the great pyramid of Paris. Ergo, I order you to leave her alone! I've been clear?"
Fujiko was about to retort in a contemptuous tone, but simply nodded.
"Especially for you, Kaworu Nagisa!"
The boy crossed his arms, then replied:
"If it's so important, I'll endure it ... At least for now."
"Very well ... You four, follow me. We have to fix the final details of the plan, and we will do it in front of a hearty breakfast."
Looking at his watch he added:
"It's 8:23 ... Leila's speech is less than 4 hours."
Meanwhile Ayano thought, pleased:
So this is the power of the bear ...
Oscar led Ayano and her friends to his office. On the desk stood five cups of steaming coffee and a tray with chocolate croissants.
"Please serve yourself." He invited them.
Obviously the quartet did not pray and began to have breakfast.
"I ask you to excuse the aggressive attitude of my followers. Unfortunately many of them have suffered severe losses or abuse from the Leila regime." He explained to his guests.
"I don't blame them ... I lost two friends and my mother after all because of Leila." Ayano said.
"Today you will have the opportunity to avenge them, I guarantee you." He promised her.
"I'm sure."
"But what will the plan to assault the pyramid consist of?" Yukiya asked.
"After we have published evidence of Leila's bad governance on the internet, the people will rise. Revolts will light up across the continent, including Paris. Leila will be forced to have all available units intervene, including those guarding the pyramid. The building will remain unattended, and we could enter without problems ... Obviously after turning off the power. "
"A good plan." Kate congratulated.
"Thanks for the compliment, Kate. Changing the subject ... What do you think of breakfast? "
"Really delicious!" She replied, biting a croissant.
"Happy to know."
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
"Excuse me for bothering, sir, but we have caught a suspicious individual who was hovering near the casino." A woman with long blue hair and black eyes informed him.
"Bring her in, Misato."
The woman stepped aside, letting in a colleague of hers with short blond hair and green eyes, pointing the gun at the temple of a girl with long dark brown hair and purple eyes. When Ayano saw her for a short time she did not have a heart attack.
"Cana!"
She exclaimed.