Definition

Incredulity

They spent hours searching the fortress top to bottom. It was evening and they had covered just about every room they could find.

"Nothing on the west wing."

"Nothing in the east either."

"All the rooms are checked out."

"So are all the passages."

Jin had his arms crossed. "So there's only that place left." He walked over to a certain wall and pushed on it.

There was flickering, and the image of the wall disappeared, revealing a passage way.

"This place just keeps getting cooler and cooler."

"It's not a theme park, Niko-kun."

"I know, I know." He hummed. "This place is under the government's control, so there's massive survaillence in the area. That could be why it wasn't bombed."

"Keep your eyes opened and your guards up at all times." Muraku reminded.

"I get that." The Russian boy sighed.

Hana blinked. "Why are you with us again? The rest of your platoon is with Ban-san."

"Your group's missing Wataru, so you only have two members with you. I'm just here to fill the gap."

"... You're worried about us." She nodded slightly. "Thanks."

~~~~~

"It doesn't make sense."

"What doesn't?"

"Even if the fortress is under huge guard, that shouldn't have stopped the World Sabers from attacking it." The younger blue haired woman took a sip of coffee. "I mean, even the NDHQ has the word 'defense' in its name and they took that over!"

"And they managed to bomb all kinds of other public spaces without getting caught." Mami hummed. "Then again, the only reason they didn't get caught is because they died in said explosions."

"Gutless monsters." Her head leaned back on the chair as she thought about the recent events.

Nothing has happened consistently. They weren't attacking multiple times a month anymore. They caused a catastrophe, and then disappear for who-knows-how-long, only to come back out of nowhere. And in places they least expected.

Her brows furrowed. Places we least expect are always places with a lot of people. Where there's people, there's huge security. How did they get past... She sat up abruptly, startling the elder woman.

"Mavis?"

"Shh!" Her device patched a line and it was immediately answered.

"Hmm? You again?"

"Kousuke, how heavily guarded is Angel Star?"

"It's laughable actually. There's hardly anyone there. The only 'security' there are a couple of robots and lock codes."

"And the Kaidou Fortress?"

"Probably got like dozens of people in each wing. Why-"

She slammed the laptop shut before dashing out the doors, leaving behind a very confused Mami.

~~~~~

"This place is as lively as I remembered it." Niara muttered, looking around the room.

"This is where Sirius trapped us, right?" Yuuya slid a finger across the panel. He rubbed off the dust that gathered. "It looks like it hasn't been used in a while."