The four of us continued to stare at Corin, who was still bowing in front of us, after a few more seconds of silence, Coring began to shiver slightly.
I thought that she was feeling cold, but when I took a closer look, I saw that she was shivering in fear.
She was trying so hard to hide her emotions, but her body was trembling like a leaf in the wing.
"I-I want to thank you on leading me out, I-I'll try to be of use in anyway I can." She said with her head still bowed.
I then stood up, with the help of Hecate, and soon made my way towards her, my hand extended in front of her.
"No, thank you for clearing the path in front of us, if you didn't, we'd be here all day." Corin then raised her head slightly, seeing my hand, she reached out tentatively, and shook it.
"I-its no problem, I was just being useful." She downplayed her effort, acting meek at my words.
"No, really, you saved us a lot of time by cutting down those door!" Nekomata said with a smile, trying to make Corin more confident.
"I-it's nothing really." Seeing stay humble, I decided to switch topic's before we wasted any more time.
"With the obstacle out of the way, we can get the remaining cubes we need." I said, bringing everyone back to what we were here for.
"Right, the last two cubes are this way, Corin, think you can keep up?" Belle asked, Corin then gripped her weapon tightly, nodding her head.
"O-of course, please lead the way." She said with confidence in her eyes, only to lose it when the sound of screeching and howling was heard.
"Guess the ethereal's must've heard the noise." Nekomata sighed, hearing this, Corin looked at the ground dejectedly.
"I-I'm sorry, it's all my fault." I only patted her head, she looked at me with confusion in her eyes.
"It's alright, it was going to be inevitable if we did anything to the train car, let's focus on dealing with them." I consoled her with a smile.
Corin nodded her head and wiped her eyes with her arm, she then held her saw in front of her and grabbed onto a small piece of string, pulling it with all her might.
The sound of a motor was heard, and the saw blade began to spin, menacingly.
"I'll help in anyway I can, it's the least I can do for you to lead me out." MI only nodded and began to walk towards Hecate, the smile I had on my face turned into a frown.
I then pulled out my gun, and inserted a magazine. After pulling the chamber, I stood next to Hecate.
"What are your orders, Chief?" I raised my arm, aiming at the first ethereal that was about to try to stab me.
I then stepped to the side at the last second and placed the barrel right up to the sphere, pulling the trigger, and destroying the ethereal.
"Clear them all." Nightmare soon appeared behind her and flew towards them, swiping its arm, and knocking a few of them of their feet.
It then grabbed one of the ethereal's by its leg, and began to drag it across the floor, using it as a weapon against the rest.
"Uh, what is that?" Nekomata asked, in her hands were two blades, similar to Anby's, but with only one side sharp.
"That is nightmare, a familiar to Hecate." I replied and focuses on covering nightmare, shooting at the ethereal's that got to close.
"I… I see." Nekomata decided to not ask, only to deal with the ethereal's in front of us.
"C'mon Corin, we can't just sit to the side!" She called out, Corin then panicked and nearly dropped her weapon.
"C-coming!" She soon arrived at the first ethereal, swinging her arm in a wide ark, cutting the ethereal across the abdomen with ease.
However, her swing nearly collide with Nekomata, who dodged it at the last second by sliding underneath.
"Reow! Careful Corin, you neatly hit me!" Nekomata said while blocking a strike from an ethereal.
"Ahhh! I'm sorry!" She shouted and continued to swing her weapon wildly, left, right, underhand, overhead.
That was all she did, each time her saw made contact with an ethereal, it would only cut them in two, that was until her saw made contact with an ethereal with more defense.
The saws teeth began to dig into the stone, cutting bit by bit. While the ethereal and Corin cried, one cried out in pain, while the other cried out in panic.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorryyyyyyyyyyy!" She said and pushed the saw harder, cutting the ethereal directly down the middle.
"Chief, I suggest you stay away from her, I don't think it will do well if you stay close to her." She said while launching an orb towards an ethereal.
"Noted." Who knew someone so adorable could be so dangerous, then again, I had my fair share of people who look adorable, but are deadly.
Nekomata herself was dealing with the ethereal's with ease. With her small frame, she was able to slip by most of the attacks.
When one ethereal was close to hitting her, she would disappear and strike from behind, then jump back to create a gap.
"One for you , and one for you, and one for, you!" She said while slashing at each ethereal she attacked, slicing the stones that made up their body.
She then jumped in the air, with the ethereal following her movements, and slashed at the sphere with her two blades.
"Can't hit what you can't catch!" She laughed and continued to rush towards the ethereal's, slashing and striking them from their blind spots.
However, when she was about to jump back, a second ethereal appeared behind her, already in mid swing.
She closed her eyes and was waiting for the pain to arrive, only to hear the sounds of gunshots, and the howl of the ethereal.
As she opened her eyes, she saw the ethereal had raised its arms, small sparks flew from its body, followed by the sound of metal hitting the floor.
I then passed by her and pushed my arm in between the small gap, placing the barrel of the gun at the sphere and pulled the trigger.
As the ethereal recoiled from the shot, I turned to her with worry in my eyes, only to widen them when I saw her with her arm pulled back.
She then thrusted the blade forward, I felt the air split, and saw the blade rush by me, stabbing into the ethereal that was behind me.
"This makes us even." She said with a smirk and back flipped towards the next ethereal.
I then rubbed my neck on where the blade nearly touched me, remembering the air that brushed against it.
'This is why I'm more of a dog person.' I thought, and lifted my gun behind me, shooting at the barely alive ethereal.
"Are you alright,, Chief?" Hecate said and appeared by my side, checking if I was harmed.
"No, I'm fine, just getting used to Nekomata's attitude." Hecate only hummed at stared at Nekomata, who sliced through another ethereal.
"She reminds me of Hella, loud, annoying, and confusing." Wa all she said before returning her focus on eliminating the ethereal.
"Oh no, look out!" The three of us turned towards her, only to see the saw was dragging her forward.
Somehow she had swung her weapon too hard towards the ground, causing the teeth to dig into the ground.
"I'm sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!: She wailed while trying to stop herself, only for her to cut everything in her path, stone, metal, even the ethereal's weren't safe.
Nekomata then walked to our side, seeing Corin get dragged from one side, to the other by her weapon.
"I… don't know what to say in this situation." Nekomata stared with wide eyes.
"If this helps, I learned to not question on the strangest things, just let it play it out." I said and soon found a good spot to sit.
Hecate and Nekomata soon joined me, and we all watched as the ethereal's were running away from Corin.
"Should we do something?" Nekomata asked, only to see me with dead eyes.
"Give her five minutes, then, we can stop her." Was all I said, soon, the five minuted had passed,, and I had Hecate send nightmare to save her.
As soon as Corin was separated from her weapon, it soon slowed to a stop, the only sound that was heard was the motor in the weapon.
"T-thank you, I'm sorry for causing you trouble." She said with her entire body limp.
""It's fine, I'm already used to this." Was all I said, Nightmare then paced Corin on her feet, where she then made her way to pick up her weapon with ease.
"How can you carry something that big, it must be ways for you." Nekomata said, Corin's face soon turned flustered, and she hid it behind hair.
"O-oh, it's nothing much." She said, only for the both of us to stare at her with doubt.
"O-okay, that's enough with the questions, let's go grab those cubed and be on our way." Belle soon spoke up, Coring looked at Belle with gratitude for changing topics.
The five of us soon rushed towards the location of the last two data cubes, nice securing it, we soon returned to the command center.
""Alright, once we place the last two, we don't have much time before the train arrives." Belle whispered to us, Nekomata and I nodded and slid them in.
Once done, the sound of metal grinding against metal was heard, meaning we had successfully diverted the route.
"Alright let's go!" Belle shouted, leading us towards the entrance to the tunnel, but before going in Belle stopped and turned towards Corin.
"By the way, there's an exit down that way in a hundred meters, thank you for your assistance, Corin." Belle bowed, seeing this, Coring waved her hands in front of her.
"I-it's nothing much, I'm just glad that I could be of use." She said, I then placed my hand on her head, like a father trying to comfort his child.
"Still, without your help, we would have lost a lot of precious time, so take pride on what you did." I said to her, I then turned around and entered the tunnel.
Hecate only stared at her for a few seconds, only giving her a small nod and soon entered as well.
"Thanks for the help Corin, let's meet up next time!" Nekomata shouted and soon followed me inside.
"O-of course, please be safe!" She called back and soon turned to run towards the exit. Belle soon entered as well, just in time for the train to pass by us.
The four of us soon began to run along the train, which was slow at the moment.
"Nekomata, throw Belle inside!" I shouted, Nekomata instantly did so, throwing Belle up.
As soon as Belle entered, we heard voices inside the train cart. Meaning the self-driving car was a lie and Belle was in danger.
"Hecate!" Nightmare slammed its fist against the window, breaking the glass. Giving me and Nekomata the chance to jump inside.
As soon as we did, we saw multiple solders with guns aimed towards us, I was the first to react, grabbing Belle and jumping out the train cart.
Nekomata herself stayed behind and fought the solders, making sure they didn't have the chance to chase us.
"Don't worry about me, I'll meet up with you guys later, I have a carrot, so I'll be fine!" She shouted, soon the train was gone, leaving the three of us in the tunnel.
"Belle, Eros, what happened?" Wise asked, I was staring at the location where the train was.
"We'll explain when we get back, for now, we're not in a good position to explain." I replied and began to walk back, followed by Hecate.
"I think it's time we get some answers from the cat." Was all I said, while exiting from the tunnel.
[Ohhhhhhhh, looks like the kitten is in trouble!]
As the three of us left, I felt the sensation of mania. Looking back, I saw the shadow shift slightly, followed by a blue light.
'So, you're here, Crache.' I thought, only to watch the blue lights rush away, Belle soon stopped and turned towards me with worry.
"Eros, everything alright?" She asked me, her eyes showed concern, but I just smiled and continued to walk forward.
"It's nothing, just my imagination." Belle then shrugged and soon began to lead us out.
TIME SKIP
As we arrived back at the store, Belle soon met up with us and held a drink in her hand.
"Hey, welcome back you two, how're you feeling?" She asked while taking a sip of her drink.
"Tired, I need some coffee. Also, where's Hecate?" I asked and sat behind the counter, while rubbing the head of the bangboo that stood next to me.
It leaned into my hand and enjoyed the touch, seeing this, I could feel my exhaustion was slipping away bit by bit.
"She said she was going to four oh four, getting some sweets or something." As soon as Belle finished speaking, the door was locked open, and Hella came inside with snacks in her hands.
"Belle, I'm back with the snacks you told me to stock up on, so let's… get… the…." Hella soon noticed me and Hecate, and I saw she was holding what looked like a large pile of snacks.
"Oh… uh.. welcome back, I missed you guys." Hella said to us, trying to sound convincing.
But with how she was acting before, with a large smile on her face and with nor worries at all, it was hard to believe her.
"I… brought you some coffee, Eros!" Hella dropped the pile and dove into it, tossing snack after snack behind her.
Some of it hit Belle, some hit Wise, she soon jumped out of the pile, and in her hand, she held a can of cold coffee.
"Here ya go!" She passed the coffee in my hands, and I could feel the cold that it felt.
As I opened the can, I knew she was going to get me this one way or another.
"Thank you, and go ahead, you did work here for here." Hella smile grew and she soon rushed to Belle, not before getting the snacks.
"C'mon Belle, I want to see how hello sweetie ends!" She said while dragging Belle upstairs.
"You must really care for her." Wise said, who was reorganizing some of the video tapes.
"She has suffered through a lot, she at least deserves to smile and take a break." I said, taking another sip of the coffee.
"Danm, that's good coffee." I muttered, staring at the drink in my hand.
[Hi hi, so, now that you've seen or read in this case, the sinner, you must be curious. No, not one bit? Wow, bunch of kill joys if I ever saw one.]
(A/N) Hey, everyone has their right to like something or not, you don't see me complaining about your love life.
[Shut up, it was in the past okay, so what if I do? You can't do anything, anyways, send some power stones to show support, and I'll see you next time. Bye Bye!]