Chapter 181: 22 (2/2)
If you have any other requirements, now's the time to let me know" "None, Colonel," said Aldrich The less he asked, the less anyone would pay attention to him "I'h to keep me alive Send down a book or thile you're at it so I don't pass from boredom, will you?" "T'll submit that request," said Colonel Davos He walked over to a control panel, and when he pressed his hand on it for a scan, a holographic screen popped up He pressed a few buttons, pro of the Null Box to slide open
The Null Box was attached to a pillar of ravity bea across the pillar glowed purple, and a beah the Null Box and down into the windy depths below "Step into the Null Box again-," began Colonel Davos "I know," said Aldrich He walked in, and instead of falling straight down through the open hatch below, he stood suspended in air, weightless He turned to Colonel Davos "If we do ain, Colonel, let's enerous as it was this ti a steely exterior At least one thing was true: the colonel did not feel fear "Bye" 22 waved at Aldrich innocently He just nodded to her He could not really fathoular, no doubt about it, and so she had no public presence that
Aldrich could reference She possessed threatening power, and yet, Aldrich could not read any hostile intent froh her complete expressionlessness
A co with her
The colonel pressed a few raphic screen, and Aldrich beaht sky, then soon, a yawning dark void surrounded by an empty stretch of dry, cracked earth
And into that void, Aldrich went
Colonel Davos watched as the hatch door sealed shut, the sound of hirling into the transport fading away into near silence His gaze lingered on the shut door for a moment He had come out of this whole interaction with
Thanatos not knowing exactly where that ular, stood
He wanted to trust Thanatos if only because it would prevent theIrregular of that power, but he knew in his line of work that Irregulars were always difficult to trust
More often than not, they simply lacked human sensibilities Or if they did have them, it was because they had observed, adapted, and stolen human behavior as a survival mechanism like 22 had ‘Thanatos had been classified hastily as an Irregular, but was he truly one?
Colonel Davos knew by nohen he was talking to a et the sense he was talking to the latter with Thanatos
Colonel Davos sighed in exhaustion as he rubbed his forehead It was too hard to tell Regardless, his job here was done Or he hoped so The only tiain was if he was called to contain hi drastic that would label hiular would probably get dropped, especially if he rate with authorities
But it was still better to be prepared "Do you think you can beat him?" said Colonel Davos "We are unsure," said 22 as she floated down to the ground and landed on it with her bare feet "We sense that one is a considerable threat that ould not engage with unless commanded We would sacrifice approximately 64 of ourselves at the minimum to ensure appreciable chances of success" "64? That's not bad," said Colonel Davos He grunted, ridding himself of that optimistic notion "But he has an entire ar, if not exceeding his strength
Three if I count Seisa corporations They start wars and now they ruin investigations If Hammerhead wasn't a major subsidiary of a Council of
Fortune member, I could've had Seismic in my custody"
Colonel Davos looked at 22 and saw she was still staring at the Null Box where ‘Thanatos had been "What? You've taken a liking to him?" "We are simply interested," said 22 siuard hiet a sense that you don't understand what that duty entails, then you know the consequences" "Release of a mechanism that causes drastic decay to us," said 22 "We understand" "Good," said Colonel Davos "I' to open a door after Thanatos has been fully secured Go out through that and keep an eye on hiets to him Use lethal force as required" "We understand" said 22
Colonel Davos nodded as he walked back to the pilot cockpit, and when he left, 22 still stood there, staring eerily at the box that once held the Irregular ‘As we thought, you are not froht 22 "But your scent is not fro on this planet'