Chapter 174 - Shinobi? (2) (1/2)
As the light faded, John looked around and saw he that he was inside a teleportation machine inside the spaceport.
”Urgh...” John was surprised as he heard a groan coming from beneath them.
He looked down and just saw the Lenny sprawled in the ground while shuddering.
John's eyes twitched and crouched by Lenny's side to help him stand up.
”Such weakling...” Forge snickered at Lenny that was on the ground. She rejoiced at Lenny's misfortune as she remembered how he treated her after throwing her down the elevator.
”Shut...up...” Lenny weakly spoke, ”Why does... teleporters had to exist...”
”Stop whining.” John rolled his eyes and caught Lenny's arm, ”She's right, tho. You're a weakling.”
Peri nodded at John's comment.
”Weakling!” Saito just pointed at Lenny and said like John.
”Brat...” Lenny was instantly enraged and tried to stand on his own, but his wobbly legs gave up and he almost fell down if it wasn't for John catching him, ”Don't push your luck, brat!” Seeing he couldn't do anything for the time being, Lenny just glared at Saito.
The kid felt the glare and retreated towards Forge's back.
Forge frowned and stared with displeasure at Lenny, ”He's just a kid. Act more like an a.d.u.l.t, Lenny.”
From behind Forge, Lenny could see Saito smiling and snickering at him, completely different from the innocent and gentle Saito from before.
”You...” Lenny pointed at Saito.
”Lenny!” John couldn't take it anymore and called out, ”That's enough.”
”But he's laughing at me!” Lenny protested.
”He's just a kid, don't mind him.” John rolled his eyes.
”But...”
”Lenny...”
”My pride...”
”Lenny!”
”Alright...” Lenny dejectedly lowered his head and John carried him away, [I'm going to teach that brat a lesson...who he thinks he is?] Lenny viciously thought.
...
The moment they walked out of the cabin, they were met with fierce glare coming from guards that were by the door of the device.
John looked at the Letheia guards and then at the security cameras before walking forward without making any moves.
The guard scanned the 5 of them before saying, ”It's only the 5 of you?”
”Yes.” John answered.
”Come with us.” The guard motioned for them to follow him.
With one of the guard in the front and the other at the back, they walked past a narrow hallway before they arrived at a cabinet with kind and gentle-looking Hylotl behind a protective glass.
”Welcome travellers.” The Hylotl greeted them with a smile while the guards just kept their stance with their fingers in trigger and coldly glaring at all of them.
But John realized something.
Both the guards and the Hylotl often sneak a peek at Saito while glaring at Peri, and almost never bothered about John and Forge.
It was obviously that they were more interested in Saito, as he was a Hylotl kid with a ragtag group from different races, and Peri because...she was a Floran, after all.