“Setsuna hasn’t said anything yet? Maybe she really can’t find an opening to do it.”
“I wish we could at least know how things are over there…”
“Is Yui okay? I hope so…”
The next morning, Phi and Angel went to visit, and Yuugo listened to them with a grave expression on his face.
He crossed his arms and groaned, and Angel spoke, also with a sad expression.
“I know they’re being sent to a hideout prepared by the Yamato government, and we can pinpoint where it is if we follow the signal of the communication device, but… Can we do anything with that…”
They could track them, but there was nothing they could do with that.
Suffice to say, they could not pick a fight with a country.
Still, they wanted to at least know if Yui, their hostage, was well… Yuugo thought confirming her well-being would alleviate Ryuuga’s worries a little, but he then grimaced and groaned when he felt a sharp pain running through his body.
“Ugu…!”
“Are you all right, Yuugo? Shouldn’t you go to the hospital?”
“I’m okay. I’m not that hurt. You know it, right, An?”
“Maybe, but I’m still worried, big brother. If something happened to you…”
He was not only continuously attacked by a monster armor beast the previous day, but also covered a bomb to protect the others. Phi and Angel could not help but worry about how he was doing.
At the same time, they knew he was not seriously injured, but from the point of view of Phi, who saw him leap into danger, that did not ease his worries.
Angel was both relieved about him being all right, and worried about him doing something crazy. As a technician, she knew there was no way Blaster’s defensive power could withstand that blast pretty much unscathed, and sighed as she said what she wanted to say the most.
“…Don’t worry us too much. Me, Phi, everyone… We know you get too fired up, so it’s not nice for us.”
“Ou, sorry. I’ll be careful.”
“That’s a promise, you know? Don’t overdo it. If you break that promise, I’ll sneak some weird stuff into Blaster.”
Angel warned Yuugo as a technician, friend, and lady in love.
Yuugo nodded, and Melt and Marcos entered the room.
“Yuugo, I got it! Raiha and the others are being moved with students picked by Miss Ramy!”
“Miss Ramy? What is going on…?”
“Yamato is probably trying to suppress information as much as they can. If they mobilized guards, there would be a chance their secret could leak. So instead of relying on public authorities, they asked the school for help.”
Melt and Marcos said what they learned as soon as they entered the room.
And then spoke directly to Ryuuga.
“Ryuuga, Yui has your sword. Apparently she pestered the people from Yamato a lot about keeping her big brother’s Loong King Fang.”
“Your little sister is a lot stronger than I thought. Looks like we didn’t need to worry.”
“Ahh, I see. I feel better if it’s with Yui.”
Ryuuga smiled a little upon hearing his little sister was all right.
Yuugo was happy to see it, and asked Melt and Marcos a question that popped into his head.
“How do you know all that? Who told you?”
“Ah… Claire told us, but…”
Said Melt without much confidence as she and Marcos looked at each other.
Yuugo was puzzled by her reaction, but Marcos continued.
“We heard this from Claire, but it was Zenon who instructed her to tell us.”
“Zenon? I see, so he…”
“Ryuuga, do you know Zenon?”
“Yes, he helped me in the insectary. It was him who told me Yui and Phi were in a place I overlooked.”
He was surprised that Zenon told Claire to give them information, but even more so that Ryuuga knew about him.
The fact that he helped Ryuuga surprised him even more, and Melt spoke with a somewhat bright tone.
“I’m sure he’s grateful to you, Yuugo. Even if he won’t say it!”
“I see… Maybe…”
Zenon might have felt greatly indebted for what Yuugo did during the incident with Isaac. A lot happened, but Yuugo thought it would be nice if he really was thankful, as Melt said.
But then suddenly, the communication device began to vibrate.
“Oh! Speak of the devil…! Hello? Setsuna?”
Yuugo picked it up, happy that they were contacting them.
He waited for their response, but looked puzzled when he heard noises from the other side.
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