Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Episode 131: Escape the Flames

"It was your fatal wound that I opened without thinking! I'm gonna get you out of here!

"Hey, Camille!

"Mimole!? Why are you here?

Camille, who jumped out of my belly, noticed the presence of a mimole trying to run away like a rabbit.

Mimole grabbed her hand as she didn't miss Camille, who rounded her eyes.

"Camille, listen to me. These people will hire you."

"Well, you can't believe that! I don't need a clap, so I'm going to be scrapped!

But Camille waved his hand forcefully without hearing her sister's words.

On the contrary, Camille glanced up at Mimole's blue eyes.

"You're going to make me a kid who doesn't need clams, too. No more!

"Hey, Camille!?

Camille discards such a word, and now it is time to run down a long corridor and escape.

"Letty, Lacto, please!

"I know!

"Oh, I'm not good at taking care of my kids anymore!

I'm coming too.

Letty and Lacto run after Camille's blue patient clothes.

Toca and Mikage followed, followed by me and Amy, who were still down, the White Moon, and the stunned mimole.

Are you okay?

"Oh, I'm not losing LP."

Watch Amy pull her hand up and hit her hips and head.

It doesn't seem to be taking any damage, and it doesn't hurt.

It's in town, and naturally.

Well, now you should be more careful than me.

Mimole, are you okay?

"Ha, ha.... it's okay. I was a little surprised."

Though I told her it was okay, she was leaning and shriveling her bald hair.

Well, the words Camille said were shocking.

"Well, Camille was surprised when the door suddenly opened. I don't think I meant it."

"I hope so...."

Nevertheless, I don't know anything about Camille, and Mimole has known her since she was born.

Whatever we say will not lead to a radical solution.

That's why we need Letty and the others to do their best.

"Can Camille get out of this hierarchy?

"That should be it. She's not authorized to access the elevator."

Mr. Reggie, it's tough! Miss Camille is outside the tower in the elevator!

A call from Letty who came to block Mimole's words.

Everyone is surprised at the words.

"Hah!? Hey, Mimole...."

"Did you force the console to crack? Ah, you're good already, aren't you?"

"Excellence is not a level. For now, we'll go after them too."

If I go out, I don't know where Camille is going.

Letty and the others won't have enough men.

"Mr. Reggie, this way!

Camille?

"I don't know. I couldn't do anything until the elevator came back."

Drop Camille and get back in the empty box before returning to the ground floor.

As usual, the bustling entrance of many players does not see the appearance of blue patient clothes.

"Luxury NPCs can't get out of Susano. In order to leave, I have to file an application and get permission from Kusanagi."

"Does it ever crack?

"No matter how high Camille's information processing power is, it's not enough to deceive Kusanagi."

That's true, too.

There is no central computing device that can defeat only one NPC out of countless.

"Let's split up and look for it. She's fairy, and she shouldn't have gone far."

We nodded at the sound of a crane by Toka.

Wade is still spreading the print, but it's not as big as Susanoo.

Camille is dressed prominently, and many players will be watching.

We split up in pairs and spread out in all directions.

"--Can I turn around now?

It's been a while. Anything wrong?

Together with Toka and Mikage, Lacto and Amy, Letty and Mimole, one fell asleep. I ran between the brick buildings and called out to the two people who knew this town well.

Ask them for backup and ask the players on the road about the red-haired fairy.

"Can't the White Moon be chased by the smell?

I'll ask the white moon about it, but he looks at you with a tight face.

I don't know what a deer smells like, but he doesn't seem to have that kind of power.

"But Wade's developing faster than I thought. There's a lot of maps."

Wade's map, updated from time to time, was twice as extensive as when we got down to the underground station.

I hope I jumped out, but I can't look around the dark clouds with this.

"... think about it a little"

I stopped and sat down on a bench in a crossroads square.

Think about Camille's behavior while stroking the throat of the white moon that came close to her knees.

"Camille has long red hair on her pale blue patient clothes. Even if it's an NPC, it looks prominent."

Ask White Moon to ask, but naturally there is no reply from him.

Well, it's like talking to a teddy bear or a rubber duck, and even if you just say it out loud, your thoughts get organized.

"But no one in or around the entrance saw her. Did you change clothes somewhere?

But Camille probably doesn't have anything.

You don't even have a bit to change your clothes.

In other words, the line that she changed and was mistaken for a crowd is thin.

"What I can think of is that you're running away from people well. Or..."

Stand up and contact Letty and the others.

Neither are they prolific, and Camille's whereabouts are unknown.

Then I ask Mimole one question.

"All right, White Moon. Shall we go?"

Cut the call and call the White Moon.

I'm gonna need your help this time.

I stroke his forehead rubbing his nose with joy.

So I turned my back and turned my foot towards the tower standing in the middle of Wade.

"Mr. Reggie."

"Mimole, can you operate the console?"

"It's okay. Leave it to me."

Mimole was waiting when she arrived at the entrance of the central control tower.

She had an anxious look on her face, but she nodded firmly to my question.

"But is he really there?"

"I don't know. But I think it's very likely."

Go to the elevator with Mimole.

... Camille cracked and manipulated the elevator console in an instant.

As a result of her honest behavior, we thought she had escaped out of the control tower, which could have been a mistake.

"The industrial waste disposal plant is located on the second basement, under the station."

"Okay. Mimores, wait outside."

"Yes...."

Get into the elevator with the door open.

Mimole, who bites her lips, drops her off and slowly closes the door.

A small box descends into the ground with fine movements.

"Scrap it....."

Industrial waste disposal plants are located deep underground in the control tower, a field that is normally inaccessible to players and NPCs.

There are only a few NPCs working there, and we have nothing to do in the first place.

What is being done is to dispose of the garbage that comes out during the construction and maintenance of the city - and to recycle the resources that have been judged unnecessary.

Debris and iron debris, damaged and converted airframes, contaminated liquids, and all sorts of unnecessary objects are collected in the center through the tunnel, which is the vessel of the city.

Here we are.

The door opens and the view expands.

At the same time, the heat of burning my throat and eyes enveloped me and the white moon.

"Gu, White Moon, are you okay?

The white moon falls behind me and lowers its eyelids.

Outside the elevator, the heat increases and the skin burns.

"I can't stay long."

Industrial waste disposal plants were surrounded by roars and industrial flames.

Several conveyors roar, dropping junk into a wide conveyor in the middle.

A crusher with sharp steel fangs awaits ahead of them.

Lumps of steel, wreckage of bulkheads, giant rocks, and damaged drones continue to swallow without distinction, turning into fine scraps of iron with a high scream.

In the unfinished Wade treatment plant, not only man-made items, but also logs and soil may be mixed.

On both sides of the conveyor there were several machine arms lined up, constantly sorting waste.

"Now, let's find it."

A giant factory runs along with the White Moon.

Use scaffolding that looks like maintenance to find plenty of underground space.

It's hot, damn it.

When I wiped my cheeks with sweat, the skin surface was slightly melted like a hot rubber.

Turning so much space into a scorching purgatory is the huge melting pot behind the crusher and in the middle of the treatment plant.

A huge pot of red and hot iron that melts, bubbles up and simmers.

"White Moon, are you okay?

Even I, as a machine, get closer to the melting furnace and twitch and the LP decreases.

It would even feel a life-threatening place for the living White Moon.

With that in mind, he rubs the tip of his nose against the bottom of his pants as if he were all right.

"Nh!... I found it."

Take the White Moon through a narrow passage.

That's how I finally find the red-haired girl.

Camille!

"Hmm!? Why are you here? You'll get fatal wounds!

Calling her name out loud, she turns to us in surprise.

The hem of the patient's clothing is burned, and the skin on the face is about half melted, and the silver mechanical part underneath is visible.

She looked down on the red burning furnace by herself.