"Twain, they split up."
"Hm?"
While adjusting his gun to the house, Huck suddenly says that to his face. He then abandons the adjustment and looks back at his companion, awaiting for the answer.
"Based on what we see, it seems like the tigerboy has left the house with the girl and the newcomer right by his back."
"Huh…"
He widened his eyes in awe, surprised that their target had split up like this. If that's the case then his mission would become easier, he just needs to forgo the duo and aim for the tigerboy…
But still, after seeing what they pull-off against his assault, he still feels some doubt of their action. No way that the newcomer, who knew about his ability and knowing his target due to the earlier phone call earlier, can just casually tell them to split up like that.
Also, he has also prepared some "traps" along the route that lead back to the Agency office, and none of them are activated at this point, so none of them are heading back there…
"I see… they're heading here."
He let out a joyful smile and returned back to his scope looking at the street that lead to this place, and what do ya know he did see the tigerboy running toward this place, hiding behind all the building
"I see… it seems like they have accepted my "invitation"."
He quickly moves his gun to Atsushi's direction and adjusts his stance within moments, ready to fire at any moment.
"Ready Huck!"
He screams in excitement, as his doll enters his gun and stationate at his bullet. With a simple gesture on the trigger, he fired his gun toward his target.
DON ~
The sound of impact then travels to his ear, the sign that proves the perfection of his aim, as the tigerboy falls down the ground.
"Bullseye ~"
He whistled in a brighten manner, as he slowly detached from his scope…
"Twain, someone has entered the building."
"Huh?!"
But right as he was about to leave the rooftop, Tom warned him while looking down the building which made him widened his eyes in confusion.
Originally, this building was entirely abandoned, which was bought in its entirety by Fitzgerald just before today. No one has the right to enter this place instead of himself and all of the Guild members, which Tom wouldn't have warned him if that was the case.
So in short, those who enter this place clearly have another intention, which could only mean…
"Darnit, so the newcomer found us ~ ?"
He makes an exaggerated action to show his disappointment, but his exciting voice proves otherwise. In all of his work, no one has ever been able to know his involvement, so the fact someone even has the chance to come for him is quite an experience.
Without a doubt, this newcomer could be his most formidable foe in his diary, one that he won't forget as long as he breathes… And yet, his excitement faded as his expression slowly turned toward pity.
"But still, even if you come here, I doubt you could even reach this floor in one piece…"
Let out a pity sigh, he looked back at the entrance door with a hint of sadness…
After committing countless traffic violations, I crashed into the building by the window without hesitation. It's not like I wanted to take this slow, but you know, Atsushi got hunted by an excellent sniper thingy right now, which means I can't afford to waste any second.
With the info I got yesterday, this abandoned building is now shrouded in darkness with no lightsource to pinpoint the surroundings. No one else seems to be hiding here, as I expected, since bringing many people here would surely alarm the Agency.
But still, I did make a fuss down here, so they wouldn't just sit there and watch me coming to whoop their face real bad, so we have to be really careful from this point on.
Luckily, I have already covered one of my eyes back in the house in case of this, so I can track the whole place with relative ease. With that, I quickly located the stair on the other side of the window and quickly went up the stair with Kyouka.
Kyouka, surprisingly obeys my command without a second thought, tightly hangs on with my grasp and quickly follows my lead.
To be honest, I would think she'll act more violently with the fact I basically used Atsushi to attract Twain's attention, but it seems like that's not the case.
Come to think of it, she seems to be quite dormant in her affection for Atsushi, as her protective action mostly goes against Montgomery. Wish I could see more chemistry between her and Atsushi, though…
"… Someone coming."
Kyouka mutters something by my side, as her atmosphere then tensed altoger. I then look up to the stairs, and there's indeed someone coming down here. Judging from their casual manner, I doubt we can easily get over them without getting a scar or two.
"Hello there, what business do you have with us?"
This soothing voice… Hm? Have I heard it somewhere else?
As I questioned their identity, the figure finally got close enough for me to have a grasp on the look of the opposite party, which startled me a bit.
Pale skin, slim body, green eyes with two long red braids… Now I wish that I have asked how many people of the Guild show up at the office…
'Cause if I knew she'd be here, I'd rather opt for another plan.
Damn it, why is she even here?! Isn't she supposed to patrol for the Agency out there?!
"Oh my, what do we have here ~"
With a disfigured smile, she looked down on us with empty eyes. Combined with the darkness surrounding us, her stance right now seems more wicked than in the canon.
"You could say that… we're a bunch of dogs trying to protect the puppy."
"Hm ~?"
With a daring smile right back at her, I responded to her devious question with a confident answer. Then, before she could ask for more, I took out a phone and muttered something on it.
But before we could do something more, the scenery around us suddenly changed. Now the whole place looks like a play house, with balloons, gifts and toys lying around.
"This is…"
Crap! She opened her domain already…?!
"Welcome to Anne house, where you won't want to leave… ever!"
Immediately she said that, a big figure shrouded us whole. It's a doll with patched faces, countless doll-like arms on its body with the same red braids as the one in front of us.
"Sh…!!!"
With a split second to act, I subconsciously pushed Kyouka out of the way, just before the figure grabbed my whole body with its arms.
And then, as I begin to struggle in its arms, it throws me into a room and shuts the door, leaving me whole in total darkness, all within moments to spare…
"One down ~"
"…"
The braids humming right after capturing the first one, all the while Kyouka just looks back at her with a concerned look, hand holding her blade in front of her chest.
But still, despite still not fully understanding what just happened, she still knows one thing. The girl in front of her, now laughing with a childish manner, is a truly dangerous foe.
"…?"
Just then, a white figure of a woman suddenly appears behind Kyouka, holding an unsheathed sword, which then sprints forward the red braids, shocking her.
"Not ~ a ~ chance ~"
But her shock then immediately shifted to a maniac grinned, as the earlier doll appeared and blocked the figure strike, which even overpower her back in place.
"Ghr…"
Kyouka, clicking her tongue in annoyance, tried to sneak on the opposing girl, but her body was suddenly pinned to the ground by something above.
She's trying to get a glimpse of the reasons, and to her horror, it's the sight of another doll whose look identical to the one that's struggling with "her" ability.
Next, countless arms shoot out of the room where the newcomer was dragged into, aiming directly at her. They immediately got a hold on her fragile-looking body, which then quickly retracted her into the darkness behind the door…
The battle is over, with the flawless victory belonging to the young maiden… or it would seem.
The figure fighting the doll's suddenly enraged and breaks out of its grasp, as it then moves to Kyouka's side in the blink of an eye and slices all the arms away from her.
"Eh?"
The figure then moves Kyouka toward the other door, to Kyouka astonishment, while barely escaping the two doll assault with its elegant movement.
"Kgr…!!"
The braided girl twitched her eyes in discomfort, right as the two figures of Kyouka and "her" ability vanished from the room right before the two dolls could get a hand on them…