Chapter 31 Chase

After their talk, Lilly and Morgan went over to the girls, who were just standing around.

"Girls, come with me." 'Lilly called out.

"Huh? Okay. " Miya nodded and followed her.

Rose and Amber merely nodded their heads, as they, too, soon followed.

Lilly and Morgan led them towards the inside of the aircraft, where Hela was still moving about.

"Oops, sorry." Lilly apologized to Hela as she bumped her on the shoulder.

"Okay." Hela replied with a smile, as she continued what she was doing.

Lilly bent down on one of the seats and dragged a box from underneath.

She opened said box, which was full of all sorts of weapons. though the weapons are a bit haphazardly placed inside.

"Oi, who did this?! This is a safety hazard! " Lilly shouted.

Chrys went around the corner and said in a sarcastic tone. I have no idea who would do something like that. Maybe we should figure out who did that since people could get hurt, you know? "

"Hrmm, sarcastic jerk!" Lilly replied, as she returned her attention to the box.

She then gestured at the girls and said, "Come on, pick what you want."

"Ah, sure? But, why may I ask? " Rose asked.

"You need weapons to defend yourselves, silly." Lilly replied.

"Oh, Miya, you should throw away those old broken claws you have." We have things better than that. " She continued.

Miya looked down at the claws on her wrist as she seemed to think for a moment.

She shook her head, then took them off, and threw them to the ground outside before approaching Lilly.

She knelt down and scanned the box in front of her.

"On second thought, wait just a moment." Lilly said, as she pulled the box away.

"Give me time to organize these, since they're quite dangerous if you trigger them by accident." Lilly added.

Miya nodded, as she stood up and took a seat on the side.

Just as she sat down, her foot hit another box underneath her seat.

Her eyes glowed with curiosity as she pulled the box from underneath.

It had a black body and a crack on its top side.

"Don't touch that." Chrys suddenly said to Miya,

Miya jumped a little, before nodding quite a few times and returning the box under her seat.

"Alright, good to go. So hurry go pick your weapons, so we can leave quickly! " Lilly said.

Now the weapons in the box are neatly placed on the ground.

"Why are we hurrying?" Amber asked as she knelt down beside the weapons.

"Well... how do I say this?" Lilly seemed to ponder for a moment.

"Basically, we can't use this thing yet." Lilly knocked on the floor of the aircraft.

"We suspect one of our enemies took the core that is needed to fly this, so we are going to chase them." She added

"And we decided to bring you girls along with us as we pursue them."So we are arming you guys, because it will turn into a battle. " She ended her explanation with a bright smile.

The three girls looked at her blankly for a moment, as their brains processed the information she gave them.

"Oh, I almost forgot to ask your guy's permission." This will be a great learning experience, but don't feel forced to come with us, if you don't want to. " Lilly asked them with another bright smile.

"Umm, isn't this a bit irresponsible? You are putting us in danger for the sake of us earning... experience? " Rose asked.

"Ah, umm..." For a moment, Lilly remained speechless.

She then looked at Morgan, who was currently seated on the other side of the ship. Lilly gave her eyes that spoke, "Help me!"

Morgan simply shook her head in response, without saying a word.

Lilly's jaw dropped a little at her response. Lilly then saw another figure over by the corner of the ship. It was Chrys, who had a smug expression on his face.

After their eyes met, Chrys covered his mouth with his hand, still showing a bit of his smug smile as he disappeared into the corner.

Lilly's face turned slightly red, both from the embarrassment and the anger she felt towards Chrys specifically.

"But, didn't they already do that back when we had that stampede thing?" Miya suddenly asked.

Oh, I guess you're right. "Hahaha, I kinda sounded dumb just then, didn't I?" Rose merely laughed after her point was just destroyed by Miya.

Lilly then felt her heart squeezed after being saved from embarrassment by Miya.

She turned her head towards her and let out a heartfelt smile towards her.

Miya replied with a bit of a forced, confused smile, as she turned her attention towards the weapons in front of her.

"How about this one?" Amber said as she showed the weapon to Lilly. It was a black rod with red stripes on it.

Lilly formed a pondering expression before calling out. "Hey, Goldie! Get your smug looking face back here! "

Chrys then peered around the corner, his hand still covering his mouth.

"What does this one do?" Lilly asked as she pointed at the stick that Amber picked out.

What do you expect a stick to do? Be a stick. " Chrys replied, without removing his hand from his mouth.

"Stop messing with me! I mean, what is it's combat use?! " Lilly asked in an agitated tone.

I mean, you could beat people with it. You could shove it down someone's throat. You could also use it as a walking stick if you want. " Chrys replied with a bit of a mischievous tone.

"One of those things was not like the others." Rose mumbled to herself.

"Grr! I'm going to beat you with that stick if you don't answer my question properly! " Lilly growled.

"What is the question?" Chrys asked in a casual manner, not moving the hand that barely covered his mouth.

"Grr! What happens when you trigger it? " Lilly shouted angrily.

"There's no trigger for it. It's just a really, really good stick. " Chrys replied, with his hand still covering his mouth.

Lilly remained speechless for a moment before shouting. "Go away, you damned bastard! We can manage it by ourselves! "

Chrys didn't reply, but just disappeared off into the corner once again. Before he left, his smile poked out of his hands for a moment before completely going off somewhere.

Amidst their conversation, Morgan remained silent and was just watching with a blank look on her face.

"I choose this one," Miya said as she picked out her weapon.

It was a dagger with a grey blade, with tiny green marks etched on it.

Lilly turned to her, tried to calm herself, and asked. "Can you hand me that for a moment?"

Miya nodded, and handed her the blade whilst holding it by the handle.

"That's not how you offer a blade." Lilly said as she carefully took the blade from Miya's hand.

"This is how you offer up a knife." Lilly said as she flipped the knife, held it by the blade, and pointed the handle towards Miya.

"Do you understand?" Lilly asked in a somewhat monotone way. Someone could probably guess why.

"Yep."

Lilly then turned the blade again and handled it properly.

She swung it in the air a few times before stopping and looking at the blade.

"I guess it also doesn't have any triggers to it." Lilly said as she stared at the blade in her hands.

"They are just prototypes after all, but there should still be some that have triggers on them, if that's what you're looking for." Morgan suddenly said after seeing Lilly's reaction to the blade.

"Huh? But, I don't know Miya, it's your choice. You can switch to another one, if you want, that has a trigger to it. " Lilly asked.

"But, weapons that have triggers normally take time to learn, so maybe now is not the best time." She added

"Yep, I'm just sticking with this one, if that's the case." Miya replied.

Okay, that takes care of you two. Now, Rose... Lilly turned her attention to Rose.

"Huh? But, I already have a weapon. " Rose said as she pulled out the gun that Chrys gave her.

"Now that I think about it, isn't there a lack of like... ranged weapons here?" "Rose she said, as she pointed at the weapons in front of her.

"That's because they're a hassle, due to the fact that you eventually run out of ammunition."

"And also because the people with ranged weapons usually get targeted first." Some of the people we fight move like actual maniacs. " Lilly explained.

"Ah..." Rose took a glance at Morgan, before returning her gaze to Lilly and asking. "So it's more beneficial to use a close combat weapon than this gun?"

"Not really. If I understand how that gun works, you're pretty good in the ammo department. But a good mix between range and close combat is much more desirable. "

And for the second issue, you could just keep your distance or fly away, so I guess it's fine. Lilly replied.

"O-okay, then I'd rather just deal with a gun for now, I guess." Rose said.

"Alright, that about does it. Sister Morgan, do we need anything else before leaving? " Lilly asked Morgan.

Morgan silently shook her head.

"Okay girls, head back to the truck." We still have someone to chase down. " Lilly said.

The girls nodded, as they all went with Morgan and Lilly towards the trucks.

The two trucks they had were now completely empty thanks to Hela clearing them out.

"Oh, you guys done already? Get inside one of the trucks. It's easier to move that way. " Chrys explained, his earlier smile still on his face.

"Hrmm, fine. But, what do we do with the other truck? " Lilly asked, still sounding a bit angry.

"We don't really need it, so..." Chrys remained silent for a moment.

I say we throw it off the cliff." Chrys said, with a mischievous grin.

"W-well, we don't really need two anyway, so, yeah?" Lilly said, sounding a bit confused.

V then turned his head and walked towards them. "I'll do it." He said, as he ran towards one of the trucks and began driving it straight towards the cliff's edge.

"Eh?!?" Amber squeaked, as her face formed a confused and surprised expression.

V drove the truck at full force towards the edge, before jumping off once it got enough speed.

The truck drove off the cliff at full force and began plummeting down towards the ground.

The truck crashed and got caught on fire. The smoke stack reached the top of the cliff that they were on in a few seconds.

V stood up and spread his arms outwards, after seeing the result of his actions, seemingly pleased with himself.

Chrys, meanwhile, has a satisfied look on his face.

Seeing this, Rose asked. "May I be blunt?"

"Go ahead," Lilly replied as she stared at the smoke stack.

"You guys have problems," Rose said.

"Yes," We know. " Lilly said without turning her head to look at her.

After a while, they finally got on the single remaining truck.

Before getting on, Morgan began closing all the doors on the aircraft. Before closing the last door, she reached inside and pressed something.

which caused the aircraft to be covered by a white sheet like object like paper, very reminiscent of what Lilly does.

The white sheet then turned grey and slowly folded into the form of a big grey rock. They then all got into the same truck and drove off.

Chrys and V were in the front, following the footprints, which then transitioned to tire tracks.

After an hour or so, they reached an abandoned town, where the vehicle that they were tracking was parked. The buildings were mainly made of wood and were spread out all over the place.

They drove the truck just outside of town, and proceeded to approach it closer on foot. They walked along what seemed to be the main dirt road in town.

Chrys then stopped walking, causing the others to stop as well.

He slowly closed his eyes for a couple of moments. "There's a total of four people other than us inside this town." Chrys replied without opening his eyes.

"Two on the right, and two on the left. They all seem to be waiting. " Chrys said as he opened his eyes and looked at the others.

"So, our speculations are true." Lilly said, as she surveyed the surroundings.

"Yes," I don't feel the core anywhere, so I presume they hid it somewhere I can't sense. "

"You know what that means?" We can't just beat them up and leave. " Chrys said, opening his eyes.

"Clever," Morgan said in monotone.

"Yes," Did you hear that V and Hela? " Chrys asked.

"Che!" V clicked his tongue, and turned his head away.

"Yes," Hela replied.

"Alright, I'm going to stay here in the center to stop them if they try to run, while you guys go deal with them." How does that sound? " Chrys asked.

The others remained silent.

"I'll take that as a yes."

"Starting from the furthest right." One is in a multi-story building, with a red flag on top. " Chrys then began saying locations.

"The other one on the right," They are in a wide open workshop with large windows. "

"On the close left, a building with a broken side wall with a stone foundation."

"And, the last one is in a theater with the water tower." Chrys said as he finished speaking.

"Got it," Rose said.

"Now... about you girls. You could stay with me here in the center of town if you want. Chrys asked.

"Nope."

"No."

"No, thank you."

All the girls all refused his offer.

"Hehe, no one wants to be with you." V mocked.

"Well, it's best to double check." "Chrys he said, as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Now choose. Who are you going with?" Chrys said to the girls.

"Of course, Amber's going with me." Lilly interjected, as she reached for Amber.

Amber reflexively dodged away from her.

"No, Amber's going with Morgan." Chrys sighed.

"Why?" Lilly asked.

"Is that okay with you, Morgan?" "Crys," he asked, as he completely ignored Lilly.

"*sniff**sniff" Morgan sniffed Amber's hair.

"Huh?!" Amber felt the sniff at the back of her head, turned around, and gave Morgan a confused expression.

"No problem," Morgan replied as she grabbed Amber by the collar before heading towards the right side.

Amber tried to reach out to Rose and break free from Morgan's grasp, but it was futile.

"Thank you. Now, V-" Chrys then turned his attention to V, who was in the process of running towards the left side alone.

"I guess you two should take one each."Chrys said to Lilly and Hela.

"I'll go with Lady Hela." Rose said.

Hela only gave a slight nod as she guided her towards the right side.

"Guess that just leaves us, Miya." "Come on, let's go!" Lilly said, as she dragged Miya towards the left side.

This only left Chrys alone in the middle of town.

He placed his hand on the ground, and soon enough, a chair made of earth, with a sturdy earth umbrella attached to it, appeared.

Chrys sat on it for a few minutes. Looking blankly into an empty space Then suddenly, an explosion happened a good distance away in front of him.

"Hmm?" Chrys released a surprised expression, as the explosion caused him to lose concentration.

A man emerged from the hole that the explosion created. The man wore a brown cowboy hat and leather boots paired with a brown outfit.

"Ain't this a surprise?" Chrys asked, with a curious gaze aimed at the man with the cowboy hat.

"You piece of shit!" The man said in a low, angry voice, as he stared at Chrys with bloodthirsty eyes.