The appointed time soon arrived.
Hoshimi Aya brought Eous to the meeting point.
After handing Eous over to Belle, Hoshimi Aya got into the police car designated by Zhu Yuan.
Eventually, they arrived in front of a Void.
"Miyabi, follow the plan."
"Once you enter The Hollow, follow this route and attack from the front."
"That's where the most people should be."
"Our people will start surrounding them from the perimeter."
"Meanwhile, the people from Cunning Hares will enter from the back to rescue them."
As she spoke, a fully armed Zhu Yuan gave Miyabi and Aya a copy of the Carrot data each.
The two of them nodded, took the Carrot data, and entered The Hollow.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuan began directing her personnel to enter The Hollow one after another.
On Hoshimi Miyabi and Hoshimi Aya's side, they were silent the whole way.
The interaction between the two of them was even less than that between Tailless and Nine Tails.
Hoshimi Miyabi had been looking for a chance to strike up a conversation, but she didn't know how to start.
In the end, the two of them arrived at the designated location in silence.
It was the entrance to the laboratory location from the plot.
After they entered the location, several mechs suddenly dropped from the sky—Heavy Raiders.
At the same time, many Jaegers appeared nearby.
"It seems they really are a large criminal syndicate."
As she spoke, Hoshimi Miyabi placed her hand on the hilt of her blade.
"Belle and the others should have entered by now, right?"
"Let's deal with the ones here first."
Saying this, Hoshimi Aya also placed her hand on her blade's hilt.
She didn't take these people seriously at all; although they were numerous, the gap in combat power was still massive.
"Mm. You take the ones on the left, I'll handle the right."
With that, Hoshimi Miyabi drew her blade and turned into a streak of blue light.
As for the mechs in front of her, they were all sliced in half at the waist with a single strike.
It was the same on Hoshimi Aya's side; almost everything was an instant kill.
Before long, the two of them sheathed their blades and returned to their original positions. The enemy forces that had surrounded them were now lying on the ground unconscious, having been defeated for a while now.
Meanwhile, under Rin's guidance, Belle's side arrived at Twiggy's location.
However, it was different from what they had imagined; they saw people who looked exactly like Anby stored in culture vats.
Twiggy appeared before them unharmed, followed by a masked "Anby."
"Captain, long time no see."
"I didn't expect our next meeting to be in a scene like this."
Stroking her chin, Twiggy looked at everyone with a smile and said:
"Twiggy, did you do all of this?!"
Anby looked at the various jars and containers around her in disbelief.
"That's right, I've already found my value."
"Recreating the Silver Army!"
Twiggy looked at the people before her and laughed somewhat frantically.
"Captain, are you willing to come home?"
As she spoke, Twiggy reached out a hand toward Anby.
"This isn't home. Twiggy, it's not too late to turn back now."
"We can leave this place together."
"After I got news of you, I've been looking for you ever since."
"We'll destroy everything here and start over."
"Belle has also agreed to take us in; we can start anew."
Anby looked at Twiggy and said seriously:
"..."
"I'm sorry, Captain Anby, but I might not be able to go back."
Twiggy's tone was dejected, her thoughts unknown.
"Tsk!"
"I didn't go through all this trouble just to hear you say you can't go back."
"Anby, it's the same if we just knock them out and take them back!"
Belle looked at Twiggy with annoyance.
Hearing Belle's words, Anby nodded and rushed forward, agreeing with Belle's method.
...[Skipping the plot, as everyone should be familiar with it.]
Cutting back to Hoshimi Aya's side.
Hoshimi Miyabi and Hoshimi Aya separated and found a spot to sit down facing each other.
According to the plan, they just needed to wait here.
And deal with all the enemies that came their way.
However, after dealing with those, they didn't encounter any others.
Suddenly, while the two were waiting, a massive explosion came from the direction of the laboratory.
"What happened?"
Hoshimi Aya said, looking toward the direction of the explosion.
Hoshimi Miyabi also looked toward the direction of the explosion.
After a brief discussion, the two decided to go and take a look.
They ran toward the direction of the explosion together.
But after only a few steps, an even more violent explosion erupted from the direction of the laboratory.
Seeing this, the two stopped in their tracks.
"Rin, what happened on your end?"
Hoshimi Aya asked over the comms.
"It's nothing, Aya."
"Things on our end have been settled."
"The rest can be left to Zhu Yuan and her team."
"We'll talk about the details when you get back."
"This matter seems a bit complicated."
"But we've found Twiggy."
Rin's voice came through the earpiece.
"Belle's side is settled, so it's time for me to head back."
"There should only be some cleanup work left now."
"I'll leave it to you; I'm heading back first."
Hoshimi Aya said to Hoshimi Miyabi, who went silent for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Seeing that Hoshimi Miyabi agreed with her words, Hoshimi Aya also nodded and left.
Afterward, Hoshimi Miyabi ran toward the direction of the gunfire to support Zhu Yuan and the others, thinking of finishing quickly to go find Hoshimi Aya.
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