Tomorrow's Ark

Chapter 8: Infiltration

"...What is this country here?"

His brother popped out from behind the bed and look at the appointed icon. It is the shape of a dragon head with two whiskers on its cheeks 

"It's Lungmen. Home to some of my favorite Operators"

"Such as?"

"Tall Oni girl and Tsundere dragon police girl, not to mention rich tiger hime-sama who come at a close second"

God forbid, that's like half of his fetish packed into a single unit. 

The boy clicked on the Wiki entry page and browsed through the article with narrowed eyes

"Is there anything special about it? Seems like an Asian culture mix match for me"

"Oh, plenty. It's the most economically developed city that is capable of functioning as a mobile fortress. It is the originator and distributor of the LMD which is the basic currency in the game"

"Althought belonging to Yen, the city have greater foreign presence on business transanction, as well as progressive policy to assist with the management there"

"In other words, it's a trade center" He concluded, lips quirking into a smile "Hopefully a terrorist organization won't attack it like a certain country, then"

"Hopefully, yeah...hopefully..."

For some reason, his brother seems to be holding back his laughter

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By the third day of recovering there, his wound have completely healed

He can now fight with his Arts, albeit not so much to prevent his Oripathy from spreading again

How can Lappland use hers to fight off against hundreds of enemies for years, and yet he crumble with just one use?

"Caster-type Arts are generally more costly in exchange for destructive power. We don't have the luxury to just throw a fireball at will, so consider that equivalent exchange"

So said his companion

It's not like he is particularly bothered by this fact. The swordsmanship training with Lappland did provide him some experience in regards to close quarter combat, so he's not as defenseless as before

That said, three days of training ended, and with it the news Angelina brought them finally arrive

"Lungmen  fortress will be here tomorrow"

The Vulpo cross her arms

"I heard they won't be nearing the city in person for fear of a collision. Most likely some small vessels will be sent out to collect the fuel instead"

The boy who is moving back and forth stop in his track

He tap his foot in thought for a while, before opening his mouth

"All the better. Security on those vessel tends to be laxer, so we should have most of our tracks covered"

The problem will only start when the fuel vessel board on Lungmen. At that time, there would be personnel scanning the containers for illegal immigrant

They have to find a way to deal with that. Fortunately, they already did. 

"Angelina, are you sure you want to help us escape?"

"I do" She nodded vigorously, a strange light of anticipation in her eyes. The boy and Lappland noticed this, but chose to ignore it

"Then your Arts should be used between the time they transport the fuel back, just outside of visible distance. We can board the city before it departs and enter through the drain from there"