"Familiar energy waves? How familiar are we talking about here?"
Chen asked with an excited look on his face. He had an idea about the identity behind the owner of those energy waves. But he was curious if he wanted to take a guess or not.
Pauline hesitated before he opened his mouth to speak.
"These energy signals look like Yoko Tsurugi before she got Miss Kori back. They are weird, so I think you should check them out. There is a weird energy mixed in that makes my readings inaccurate."
Chen was even more hopeful once he heard these words. That weird energy had to be the rift; it had been possessing Amane for a long ti.
It was a given that Amane would be affected by the rift and everything that had to do with it. But it also ant that the readings Pauline had picked up for Amane were much more accurate.
"Father, should I go and check out where Amane is? Do you want to et her?"
Chen sounded hopeful when he looked at his father. If there were one person his father would listen to, it was Amane.
But contrary to his belief, Kori only looked briefly at him before looking away. She did not seem interested in looking for Amane.
If anything, there was a bitterness in Kori's expression. She pressed her lips together in an unhappy manner before turning toward Chen.
"Do what you want. I will not stop you, but I will not assist you either. So don't expect to help you with any trouble you cause."
Kori made her stance clear on this situation. And Chen was confused but delighted at getting permission. Now, he could go over and invite Amane into the upper heaven.
"Pauline, show the signals. I will head down to retrieve Amane myself."
Chen promised, and Pauline sighed before taking out the reading ter and handing it over."
"Here, this will help you out. I cleaned up the location as much as possible, but I do not guarantee it would work well."
Pauline sounded nervous, and Chen felt uneasy as well. They had one chance to make things right, so they needed to take it.
...
"Amane, get out of the way. That griffin is aiming to kill you."
lissa tried to run toward Amane and save her, but Kristia and his strong arms held her back. He held tightly onto lissa and closed his eyes.
He also wanted to save Amane, but saving his long-term compared ca first for him. That was why he held lissa back when she tried to help Amane. He even bit his lip and held himself back when lissa's arms were smacking him.
"Amane…."
lissa almost broke down once the Griffin reached Amane. Dust clouds covered the whole room, making it impossible for anyone to see what was happening inside the cloud, but lissa was sure that her friend was dead.
"No! Not Amane. She worked so hard and…why did this happen to her?"
lissa broke down and cried. Kristia covered her form, but he felt conflicted. He wanted to be sad that Amane was dead, but he felt glad at the sa ti. He felt relieved, and it caused him to choke.
'Why is this happening to ? I should be sad that one of the people I was trying to rely on is dead. But all I feel is a sense of joy?'
"You both care so much about that I am flattered. But don't worry. This little one rushed toward to greet , not to harm . I am alright."
Amane stepped out of the dust cloud without having a single injury on her body. The Griffin chirped happily behind her, not stepping out of line and being content to be where it was.
The pair looked shocked to see such a display. But they could not help but feel as if sothing was odd here.
The Griffin was wild, and it chased after lissa all the ti. But Amane managed to ta it so easily?
"How do you keep doing this? This is not fair!"
Kristia was not able to hold his complaints back. He tried to prevent himself from speaking, but the words were already out of his mouth before he could stop himself.
He looked at Amane, only to notice that she had not taken any offence to his words. She seed rather amused to hear Kristia speak his mind.
"I know that my ability is rather unfair to most people. But what can you do about it? This world is cruel, and we need to use whatever ans we can to keep it safe."
Amane replied, and the duo looked at her in shock.
Just because they had co to terms with the unfair world did not an they liked their situation.
"Fuck it! Who cares if you have a secret ability or not? If you are on our side, I will overlook it all."
lissa promised, and it beca silent once more. Kristia was about to suggest that they should head ho when they all heard claps echoing in the hallway. The trio was instantly alert, and even Amane was surprised by the sudden entry.
She tried looking around for the intruder, but her senses did not pick anyone up.
'Whosoever this person is, they are strong. My senses cannot pick up anything. I wonder…should I test them out? Or should I allow them to say what they want?'
The Griffin behind Amane was getting agitated a little bit. It moved around restlessly before looking at the direction the sound was coming from.
Amane was sure the Griffin would attack the intruder if she did nothing. So, she held the Griffin back as much as possible while not losing her concentration.
"So, what do you want from ? Speak before I get angry enough to attack you."
Amane looked toward the empty hallway, and a familiar figure slowly erged from the shadows. He looked familiar, and Amane felt her widening in shock.
"You! What are you doing here? No! Better yet! Should you even be here? How are you even alive at this point?"
Amane asked as she looked at Chen. He examined the sa as when she had left him - alive and well. But he looked a little more cheerful now than before.
"Hmm, what do you an? Were you hoping for my downfall or sothing? I am sorry to say that I am still alive and well-off. You will not be able to get rid of that easily."
Chen replied with a cheery expression.
Everyone else looked uncomfortable with Chen around, but the Griffin stopped paying attention once it noticed that Amane was not worried about the situation.
"So, can I help you out? Are you going to tell what is going on?"
Amane asked, and Chen smiled a content smile. It seed like he was ready to tell Amane what she wanted to know.
But first, he looked at the pair behind her with an uncomfortable expression. He told Amane that she needed to get rid of these people if she wanted Chen to tell her what was happening.
"You both can head toward the base without . I need to talk with my acquaintance about sothing important. I will co back once I am finished here."
Amane promised and turned her attention back to Chen.
Kristia looked as if he understood and even supported her decision. But lissa still looked uncomfortable.
She did not trust Chen and his sudden entry. He felt dangerous and a threat to her.
"I am not leaving you alone with this unknown person. I will stay with you for now and watch this man. If he does anything weird, I will smack him, and we get to run away."
lissa did not bother to lower her tone. She wanted Chen to know what she was planning. And Chen only laughed in lissa's face, causing her to feel even more pissed off.
"Ah, I see. So that is what you are planning? I have to say that this is a good idea. But are you sure you will be able to keep up? I am not an easy person to kill, after all."
Chen bragged, and lissa felt her temper rising once more. Amane felt a small headache building up behind her brows, so she decided to stop this fight before it occurred.
"Both of you, shut up. I do not want to listen to you fighting. If you want to fight, then go out and fight. Do you understand?"
Amane asked, and the pair went quiet. They looked at each other and pouted in annoyance.
"Fine, I will not tease you or this young man. But Amane, I still do not trust this person. You should not talk to him."
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lissa felt that Amane would disappear if she talked to this man. That was why she was cautious about keeping Amane on her side and not allowing her to be alone with this person.
But it seed as if Amane wanted to talk to this person anyway. So, there was not much lissa could do about it.
"lissa, let's head out now. Amane will co and et up with us later."
Kristia assured him, but even he had realized that Amane had no intention of following them. She was far too relaxed with this 'Chen' person. But Kristia had never heard of his na or affiliation before.
The pair walked a little further before turning back and spying on Amane. They wanted to know what she was planning.
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