Chapter 157: Hat Trick (2/2)
"There's no reason that this can't benefit me," said Aldrich "Plus, this feels a little personal I'll handle this with you"
He willed Crow to move down
As Crow approached the crowd below, Aldrich took in and analyzed the surroundings There was a crowd of hundreds gathered before a iant in exchange for an exorbitant price
The screen had been hijacked by technos to showcase the battle sites, and there, they showed Okeanos blitzing his way through the re the that Aldrich had full control over the Locus
However, iving full reign for Hat Trick to hover in the air and talk to everyone below Hat Trick had a suave se of female teamand nodding along
But Aldrich could immediately tell there was nervousness etched into Hat Trick's face And the people around Hat Trick stared up at hi so positive, but bare hate at worst and visible disbelief at best
Good This was an easy situation for Aldrich to use
Aldrich laid Valera down on Crow's back
"Not again," colared doards Hat Trick "That fool betteryou leave me, master"
"Oh, he will," said Aldrich as he juether, they landed on an empty spot away fros while Seismic used a tiny quake to offset his impact
When they landed, the crowd turned around, and iativity they had shown Hat Trickthe two heroes that had actually saved them
"They're here!"
"Seisether!? Maybe they're in a new teauy in ar impression on you"
People started to snap pictures of Aldrich and Seismic en masse, and as the talked forwards, several people from the crowd reached out to them
"Thank you," said a woman in tears "When they didn't let us board the last evac shi+p, I thought my whole family was doohter another day because of you two," said a man
An olderhis coat, nodded at Aldrich and Seismic "When everyone else left, you stayed I know none of us don't have much - there's a reason they left us while the folk withdonations to you, but I hope that our thanks stillMorethan a few credits," said Aldrich, and Seismic nodded
"Ah, so you two have come back from the cleanup, eh!?" Hat Trick's voice resonated outwards, drowning everyone out "And it's great to see you alive, Seisreat as you had died out there"
"Cleanup?" said Aldrich "You call that fight a cleanup? Where have you been?"
"Hah, what do you mean?" said Hat Trick "I was out in the front lines, by the coast itself, fending off against waves of reinforce in!"
Before Aldrich could respond, Hat Trick waved to Seismic "Seis quite important, and classified information, I'm afraid"
Seislanced over at Aldrich
Aldrich nodded towards Seis to see what Hat Trick wanted to do here
"Alright," said Seismic
"Good, I knew you would understand," said Hat Trick as he flew over to Seismic and took the olderin hushed voice that nobody could make out