Chapter 598 – #5-31 Mer, Escape (1)
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Hideout of the villain organization 【Abyss】.
Mer, who was still imprisoned, was currently waiting for Olivia in an anxious mood.
‘Why are you so late?’
‘It’s already nighttime… Impression? I don’t know. Since I don’t have a watch…’
I already knew from Olivia yesterday that No. 13 would leave this hideout today.
No. 13 stopped by in the morning to mock her, but even if he didn’t come, she was planning to carry out a plan to escape from here today.
However, in order to achieve this escape plan, Olivia’s help is absolutely necessary.
She tells the woman that she has to rely on her, but if she doesn’t at least trust her… The current Mer really can’t do anything.
‘…’
‘… Alone… Nothing… ?’
Suddenly, Mer felt a strange sense of discomfort.
She doesn’t know exactly where she felt that discomfort.
Why did I feel like this?
What caused this sense of discomfort?
Although Mer was deep in thought about that.
Click―
That thought was cut off with the sound of the door opening.
“You waited a long time, right? Are you ready?”
“… “You’re late.”
“I was waiting for the boss to go back to her room. “If you do something wrong, and you encounter it, you’ll be in trouble, right?”
“… “Hmph.”
There were complaints in many ways, but Mer is not in a position to complain right now.
… For now, it’s time to escape.
“How is your condition? “Did you masterbate well?”
“Don’t ask useless questions.”
“It’s not useless. She doesn’t know what will happen if she delays even a little during this escape. Moreover, if you are caught, I will also become jointly responsible. “I think it’s natural to know, right?”
“… No problem. “No problem.”
“So, did you do it?”
“I did it! ■■ Times have gone!”
“… Wow. You enjoyed it a lot. Have you been masturbating all day today? “It’s not even a monkey.”
“Do you want to die?”
“What kind of habit do you have to say to someone who helps you? I want to instill courtesy, but… First, let’s move now.”
Saying so.
Olivia turned around and went out into the hallway.
Mer raised her eyebrows in annoyance, but she followed Olivia without delay.
* * *
The operation was ridiculously smooth.
After opening the door to the floor itself, which was the biggest wall for Mer, with Olivia’s help, there were no more problems.
The most important thing is when is the best time to escape… All you have to do is now the time.
When No. 13, who held Mer for the longest time and monitored her every move, empties the hideout.
And other people who might be a distraction to Mer – her staff and Apple – are all away.
As long as you know the time, there were no elements that would have been a problem in escaping.
‘During my time here, I roughly figured out the number of people in [Abyss].’
‘There are a total of six regular members… Three of them are currently out due to work, and the boss said he has returned to his room.’
The remaining members are scientist sisters, and since most of them live and eat in the laboratory, it was judged that there was little need to be on guard.
And from what she saw the other day, he was an opponent who could be subdued with martial arts rather than using magic.
Mer also the captain.
If you are a hero of the level of a captain, you will have at least some means to subdue your enemies in an environment where you cannot use magic.
Olivia and her subordinates were also on guard, but Olivia is now Mer’s assistant… She is also said to have used the title ‘she is the cleaning foreman’ to order her subordinates to take a break.
In other words, she has no one to stop Mer now…
“Do you understand, Mer? There is a door, but it’s fake. “There are special traps installed to prevent unauthorized entry, both inside and outside.”
“… “Is this a dangerous kind of trap?”
“It is a trap that has no killing ability and is designed to hinder action. As a bonus, a loud alarm will sound.”
Even if there is no threat to your life, it seems to be a trap of sorts that allows you to escape across water the moment it is activated.
“The only passage is underground. You have to go down underground and then move along the tunnel for a while.”
“It’s a hassle… “Isn’t there a separate trap there?”
“There are no traps. Instead, there are surveillance cameras and doors that require authentication.”
In the case of surveillance cameras, it seems like we don’t have to worry about them for now.
And although authentication is required to use the entrance, Olivia confidently said that there was no problem.
She took something out of the inside pocket of her maid’s uniform.
It’s the same type of thing as a keycard…
“I stole it from the boss’s drawer. As long as you have this, there is no problem getting in and out.”
She was a bad woman.
She seems like someone who would never do something like that, but it’s quite surprising.
Anyway, thanks to Olivia’s help, which was trustworthy in many ways, Mer let out a sigh of relief without being noticed.
Until now, she thought, she would never be able to trust Olivia.
Even when the time for her operation was up, I felt like I was half giving up as I waited for her not to come.
But looking at it this way, it seems like her worries were unfounded.
‘… No, you could turn everything around and betray at the last moment.’
‘At that time, I had to use force to steal that key card… Yes, don’t relax too much, but be prepared no matter what happens.’
“By the way, Captain Mer. “Just a moment.”
Olivia, who was leading Mer down the stairs, suddenly stopped and looked behind her.
She is casting her strange gaze as if there is something on the floor she has just arrived at.
“Captain Rahe is on this floor. Since No. 13 is not here, Captain Rahe must be resting alone by now.”
Olivia suddenly mentions Rahe.
Mer blinked her eyes at her unexpected question.
Rahe is on this floor.
Certainly, it was gut-wrenching and infuriating to see Rahe being continuously toyed with by Villain No. 13.
Moreover, I thought that unless she was recaptured from the hands of No. 13, there would be no hope for her in many ways.
If there was ever a chance to rescue Rahe, she couldn’t think of a more golden opportunity than now…
‘But…’
“… It’s okay. “I’ll leave Rahe alone for now.”
“Are you throwing it away?”
“Then what should we do? Rahe had already been trained to the core by that man. On the other hand, it could hinder our escape. … There is no point in taking Rahe, who is in a state of doubt whether he will be able to function properly.”
Mer makes a firm decision, with a vaguely uncertain feeling.
At Mer’s words, Olivia nodded without bothering to object.
Does she have the same opinion or does she simply not care either way?
Olivia said no more about Rahe and resumed her walking steps.
Mer also follows Olivia steadily, sensing her popularity around her.
However.
It felt like a while ago… I’m still puzzled by a strange sense of discomfort and discomfort.
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There was an elevator that went to all floors of the hideout and a separate elevator to go to the entrance.
Mer, who was riding with Olivia in a rather small elevator, waited for her arrival with great anxiety.
What’s disturbing Mer’s mind right now is that she’s worried about what might happen during her escape… No.
What Mer is struggling with is the decision she made a moment ago.
The question is whether leaving Rahe here was the right choice.
‘… Is this correct?’
‘This is reasonable. Once I escape and secure safety… Because it makes sense for Rahe to somehow find a way and carry out a separate rescue operation.’
‘But
Why?
’
‘
Why like this… The area around her chest is heaving… ?
I don’t know why…’
The time of worry and agony did not last long.
The elevator quickly reaches the basement where the entrance is located… It stopped.
The elevator door opened with a ding sound, and a small room-like space appeared, along with a door to go outside.
‘Now, if I just leave here…’
“Well, here it is. Card.”
Olivia presented the card she had stolen to Mer, whose heart was pounding with nervousness ahead of her escape.
Only with this card can you open that entrance.
“… Olivia, what about you?”
“Because I have no intention of running away from here. … “I just did it because I felt like I had to help you escape.”
Until Olivia arrived here, she hadn’t done anything suspicious.
She even went so far as to explain in detail everything about her alarm devices and traps that she would have been in trouble for if she hadn’t known about them in advance, or that she didn’t need to know about.
At least, I didn’t see any traces of lying or acting in her attitude.
Mer doesn’t like Olivia.
A variety of things had happened, so it was natural for Mer to harbor ill feelings toward her Olivia.
But.
‘… I can’t just hate it.’
Anyway, it is true that I received great help from Olivia.
Because I ended up paying off her debt.
It seems like we won’t be able to just hate it like we used to.
“… I won’t say thank you. “I still haven’t forgiven you for trapping me and Rahe, and for trying to ruin the city I protect.”
“I have no intention of asking for forgiveness. I am a person who always does what I think is right for me and for me.
This incident was just a whim, and it was also something I did for my own benefit. “It’s up to you to decide whether to thank me or not, so I won’t force you.”
Mer and Olivia only said what they wanted to say to each other, and didn’t say anything else.
Mer, holding the card, approached Olivia’s door without looking back.
Olivia could only watch Mer’s back as her elevator door slowly closed…
