[Bonus chapter] One Last Trick
When Hat Trick's gaze befell the Locus, at that terror of a variant that had single-handedly lain waste to an entire city on its own, and his time perception slowed to a brief crawl as his brain worked to its maximum, telling him that in those gleaming rainbow eyes poised so hatefully against him, there was foretold nothing but his death.
But how? This was Hat Trick's thought as he saw the Locus appear so suddenly. The Locus was supposed to be all the way out at the battle site. Why was it here?
The answer was simple. Teleportation. Well, it would have been a simple answer had Hat Trick actually bothered to check on the stream.
But instead, Aldrich bet that once Seismic had died, Hat Trick had probably just completely tuned out of anything Haven related because he thought the city was guaranteed to fall and thus had zero relevance to him.
This, Aldrich had confirmed with his questioning towards Hat Trick.