Chapter 79: {the Oceans Call 2}: Youll Also Like (2/2)

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"Well, that sounds like a you probleirls on call and bathing in credits and cheers," said Hat Trick He perked up as he watched the telescreen "Oh sht! Look! Theymaneuver!"

"Good tactics," said Seisenerate enough interference to tune out any scanning - I would never have thought of that I suppose that's the difference between villains and heroes They're used to fighting Alters and we're used to fighting variants"

"dauy with the shades!" said Hat Trick, leaning forward like he atching his favorite football teah? I only see blurs" Hat Trick talked into his earpiece et your drone to zoom in a little more"

The drone's cae, dark s any visibility

"Nav, this is just s out, man!" said Hat Trick

The drone ca, ther really worked

"The hell? Is this some kind of Alter power?" reh end, too," said Seis?"

"A solid B," said Hat Trick

In the AA, heroes that did not directly fight went into the support department that focused on surveillance and reconnaissance, and they had their own ranking system determined from metrics that did not revolve around coh-end concealment," said Seismic "It reminds me of Void Walker"

Void Walker was a faenerate fields of shadowy darkness that completely shut down any form of surveillance

"You really are old, huh," said Hat Trick "Void Walker went MIA fifteen years ago Anyways-,"

Hat Trick stood up, stretching his ar?" said Seis out there I' on now," said Seisht fists Golden studs at the knuckles flashed as he cracked his neck "You co, old man?"

Seisoatee The wrinkles around his brown eyes deepened as he thought about what to do "I don't know We'd be going into unknown territory-,"

Hat Trick face palmed "Seismic, we're A class A Class We would wipe the floor with anybody here hell, you could probably drum up an earthquake and shove this entire place inside a sinkhole and be done with it What do we have to worry about?"

"I guess I can give you some cover," said Seismic As he stood up, he immediately froze as he looked at his AA issued Alert Watch The watch e a possible threat that required iation

Hat Trick also stared at his glowing orange watch A holographic projection of a status report eraph, a video also played showing an enor from the ocean surface and into the clouds approximately fifteen kiloy faded away after a few seconds, but when it did, it caused the clear night sky to suddenly throng with dark, ru stor tides formed

"What is this? Some kind of Terra-Storm?" said Hat Trick

Terra Storms were a fairly common pheno powers had affected the planet itself, causing Ether to infuse into the earth itself Some scientists even hypothesized that enor it to spread outwards into the planet's es in sonetic field caused Terra Storical phenoenerally predictable by studying and keeping track of fluxes in the earth's netic field and atmosphere, but sometimes, there were sudden Terra Storms that escaped all notice

"No, doesn't seeue Terra Store buildup of Ether for at least an hour"

"You think so made this storm?" said Hat Trick

Seismic nodded "I think so Probably variant activity"

Hat Trick grinned wildly "Good Then we'll finally get to see some action"

"Stay careful, Hat Trick," said Seisenerate a storm like this is probably a B rank disaster threat at ht?" Hat Trick unclasped a black bowler hat froth dark red hair As he did so, a band around the bowler hat glowed blue "Good, I got my Laser Form on the first try I'll race you to the coastline, old an to Seis out of an openin the forhed as he squeezed out of thecluh the coe strength, and he es He then leaped out and flew by generating shockwaves on his feet, hopping through the air