"That's strange, usually I'm jumping out of windows." Gunvolt joked.
"Wha!? Boss, it's the Azure Striker!" Blake shouted.
"That's right. And that's also a friend of mine you have there. So, I suggest you let her go now or things will get messy." Gunvolt demanded.
"Try me." The black-haired man teased.
Gunvolt tagged and flashed both men using the Vasuki tag. Both the men blacked out and fell on the ground with a thud. Naomi picked up her Bullits before using two to tag and flash the men till they died. Naomi then absorbed their blood to use in her future battles.
"Alright, you should go back to Joule. I'm going back to my apartment." Naomi notified.
"Will do. You mind telling me what happened while were walking?" Gunvolt wondered.
"Not at all." Naomi answered.
Gunvolt and Naomi got into the elevator. While they were waiting for it to get to the ground floor they were talking.
"I've seen all of those people before. I was running out the building the other day when Quinn removed that Bullit from Copen's chest. I ran and ended up in an alleyway. That's when I saw those people. Mr. Minsura, Mr. Blake and that man with the black hair." Naomi explained.
Gunvolt raised his right eyebrow curiously while looking at Naomi.
"You ran out the building while that was going on?" Gunvolt doubted.
"Yeah, luckily nobody noticed." Naomi confirmed.
The elevator came to a halt on the ground floor.
"So, how's Joule? I suppose you had to tell her." Naomi queried.
"She ran out the door faster than I could that's for sure." Gunvolt replied.
"I didn't think she'd take it like that." Naomi spoke.
"Neither did I." Gunvolt agreed.
The elevator then landed on the ground floor. Gunvolt then went back to his apartment, followed by Naomi. Gunvolt knocked on the door.
"We're back Joule." Gunvolt greeted.
Joule got up to open the door, but wanted answers before she did.
"What do you mean, 'we'?" Joule queried while opening the door.
When she saw Naomi, Joule was absolutely ecstatic. Joule ran and hugged Naomi who didn't know how to react. After a few seconds however, Naomi hugged Joule back. Joule let go after a few minutes and wondered.
"How was the mission?" Joule asked.
"You don't want to know." Naomi and Gunvolt laughed.
"Well, it's getting kind of late, so I think I'll go back to my apartment. See you guys whenever." Naomi finished before walking out.
Or at least getting halfway through the kitchen before Joule said something.
"Can you stay? Just for 10 minutes?" Joule begged.
Naomi walked back into the living room to see Joule looking at her with puppy eyes.
"Joule, no. Just, just straight up no. I have two younger siblings and one of them pulls that trick a lot. She's a couple of years older than you but otherwise she looks, sounds, and acts exactly the same as you. So I know how to avoid the puppy eyes." Naomi refused.
When Naomi looked to her left, she saw Gunvolt doing the puppy eyes as well.
"Not you to Gunvolt. You've met Copen on several occasions, so you should know by now that I know not to fall for it. Besides, you just saw me refuse when Joule did it just now." Naomi protested.
Naomi walked up to the front door and opened it. Though she said something before leaving.
"No worries guys, you'll see me tomorrow. And that's a fact." Naomi affirmed before walking out.
When Naomi was about to open the door to her apartment, she heard someone talking.
'Definitely a male voice. I wonder who it belongs to.' Naomi thought.
Naomi looked on the ground floor, fingers nervously gripping the railing. Naomi looked down to see a boy that had red eyes and spiky purple hair, with one white spike. He was wearing a black Sumeragi uniform with gold, purple and white highlights, gold buttons, a cape, and black shoes with white highlights. The boy was currently talking with Mr. Tamura.
"Nova." Naomi whispered.
"What can I do for you?" Mr. Tamura asked.
"I was wondering if you were renting out apartments. 340 and 341 currently." Nova answered.
"Yes, I am." Mr. Tamura affirmed.
"Could you please give me the names of the current residents?" Nova interrogated.
"I'm sorry, but there is a very strict privacy policy here." Mr. Tamura responded.
"I see, well, have a nice night." Nova finished before exiting.
If Naomi had a drink in her mouth, she would have spat it all out due to the immense amount of fear welling up inside of her. Naomi went and knocked on Gunvolt's apartment door.
Gunvolt, Gunvolt, Gunvolt." Naomi spoke.
Gunvolt opened the apartment door before letting out a stifled yawn.
"Thanks for waking me up Naomi. Joule and I were falling asleep on the couch." Gunvolt joked.
"This is serious Gunvolt. I just saw Nova talking to Mr. Tamura. He was asking about who lived in apartments 340 and 341." Naomi warned.
"That's our apartment numbers." Gunvolt noticed.
Naomi nodded.
"Which is exactly why we need to get back to HQ ASAP before Nova finds us." Naomi suggested.
"I'll get Joule." Gunvolt affirmed.