BXBX NOVEL Chapter 52 Movement within the city
A Japanese shrine-like structure that had survived the many earthquakes and cracks that appeared throughout the city, was currently the headquarters of one of the top families.
Inside the main building on the top floor was a tatami room which was rather bare of furniture only having a table in the middle that was occupied by 4 people.
"So far we have gotten most of our members back, but we are still missing Reia, Akira and a few others that were in the military." A white-haired fox girl that had a black eye patch was sitting at the end of a table. She wore a white shirt and a grey jacket that had bright blue accents which matched her eyes. She also wore a skirt that had bright blue edges and a katana holstered to her side.
Around the table were other fox girls with varying hair colours and each of them wielding unique katanas.
"I doubt they died unless they were directly caught in the blast." A brown-haired fox had spoken up and was sitting in a rather relaxed position while leaning on her katana.
"Especially Reia, she is our pride and joy of the Nekane family branch and her skills are too valuable to lose." A black-haired fox that had similar purple underneath to that of Reia also joined in the conversation.
"It\'s a shame communication is down otherwise, we could have taken advantage of Reia\'s obedience, but I heard just before the collapse she betrayed the military." The white fox wasn\'t sure as she was getting a report on what was happening with Reia, but the line was cut short.
"They tried to assassinate her after doing that highly classified mission, but I didn\'t know what they were expecting when they tried eliminating her. Of course, she would betray them and if anything, would have broken our relationship with the damn scumbags at the military." The black fox girl knew what was happening as she got live updates right as it was happening and knew Reia was on the run.
"We were waiting for a reason to break the contract anyway." An orange-haired fox girl that sat at the opposite end of the table finally joined in the conversation.
"Indeed, but you can\'t deny without their funding we wouldn\'t have been able to produce the swords we have." The white fox lifted her Katana and the orange hair had nothing to say in response.
"Moving on. With everything getting sorted out here, I believe we can send some people to search the city for Reia and other members of the family?" The brown-haired fox proposed to send some of their members to look for people as their numbers were rather low at the moment.
"I believe we are ready, just make sure to fill them in on who they are looking for and key traits as the katanas of the missing members should have the crest on it." The white fox put her hand on her chin while trying to think of other things that they may need.
"Alright I will go find some people and hopefully they can return with some people and if not I think we will have to go out ourselves." The brown fox stood up and brushed herself off of any dust.
"I will leave it to you then." The white fox nodded and the brown fox left the room.
"If we have nothing else to discuss then we will return to our post and tomorrow we meet back here." The white fox dismissed the meeting and they all left the room except for one.
\'We need to get Reia\'s sword back.\' The white fox looked at her sword which had the initials R.N on the hilt.
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<Rebel base - The mall>
"Have the supply team returned?" Edina was on the second floor of the mall, looking out to the ruined car park where they had fought off the horde.
"No idea, but they should be returning today." The old headmaster was sitting behind Edina while smoking.
"How useless can you be Griffith?" Edina turned to the old man who was just lazing about.
"What do you want me to do? It\'s not like I can communicate with them." Clenching his fists, he did not appreciate Edina\'s attitude and wanted her to just shut up.
"We are on a tight schedule here and we can\'t be wasting time sitting around smoking fucking cigarettes!" Edina smacked the cigarette out of Griffith\'s hand as the pressure of running the base had made her rather short-tempered.
"You fucking bitch!" Griffith had about enough and went to pin Edina to the ground.
"You wouldn\'t dare do anything." Edina had achieved a higher position than Griffith after surviving the horde of mutants without anyone dying. The leaders of the rebels deemed her worthy, making her jump ranks that had taken some years.
"Watch me." Griffith grabbed Edina by the shoulders and tried to push her to the ground. However, she did not move at all, completely unaffected by his push.
"Heh, how about this." Griffith smirked and went to go for Edina\'s chest.
knowing exactly what he was doing, she swept his legs and created a blood blade out of essence. Kneeling, she held the blade to his neck, almost slicing it.
"Don\'t ever touch me and if you think you can do what you want, I will have your head." Edina glared at Griffith and a slight red glow appeared in her grey eyes. Leaving a small cut on his neck as a warning, she got up and left him to lay on the floor.
Being completely speechless, he had frozen in place, trying to calm down.
\'That damn old man, the longer we wait the longer it takes to find those two vixens.\' Edina had wanted to begin expeditions outside, but they needed to set up the base so it was sufficient while she was out hunting.
\'I will kill them.\'
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<Bunker>
Akira had managed to fall asleep and had gotten quite comfortable as after getting over the embarrassment, he was able to enjoy the moment.
Lou, Kim and Kadi on the other hand were still up and were using the small gym that was in the bunker.
Kadi had been forced to use some of the machines to build up some muscles and so she wasn\'t completely helpless. Kim thought it was rather pointless, but when she thought about how Kadi would most likely take after Lou\'s fighting style, it would be better if she built some strength.
"I can\'t… do any… more." Kadi was out of breath and her arms were in complete pain from doing a few sets.
"Oh come on~ one more time, I\'m sure you can do it." Lou wanted to push Kadi as far as she could and although Lou was telling her to do more if Kadi believed it was enough, then she would stop.
Thinking about it, Kadi had taken a couple of minutes break before she tried to push through one more set, but this time she could only get halfway through as her arms reached their limit.
"Good~ Now for your legs." Lou smiled as a bit of dread appeared on Kadi\'s face since she thought that it would be over.
Reluctantly walking over to the leg workout machine, she sat in it and took a moment to let herself rest.
"Whenever you are ready." Lou allowed her to have a break and stood back to talk to Kim.
"Fufu~ she is rather obedient despite her snappy attitude." Lou noticed that Kadi would do whatever she said, but would also be a brat about it.
"Isn\'t it obvious? She likes you but is too afraid to admit it." Kim had realised for a while now and found Kadi\'s attitude rather cute.
"Oi, I can still hear you!" Kadi pouted as she could still hear them and felt embarrassed from being exposed so openly.
"Heh." Both Lou and Kim looked at Kadi with a grin as now she was getting teased.
"I-I." Kadi looked away, having nothing else to say as it seemed like they were doing it on purpose.
*
Kadi began her leg exercises and Lou kept talking to Kim while she waited for Kadi to finish her set.
"Wonder what those 2 lovebirds are doing." Lou was really expecting to hear some noises, but it had been complete silence.
"Well Reia is too injured, so I doubt they would be doing anything." Kim knew that Reia could hardly move without it hurting so for them to be doing anything sounded unreasonable.
"Tsk, here I am waiting for some more material to tease them with." Lou had no reason to hold back now and wanted to tease them as much as possible.
"Sheesh, don\'t go too hard on them, they only just started and you know Reia is new to this so don\'t go filling her head with things that are unnecessary." Kim felt rather worried as Reia seemed like the type to do something if it\'s suggested.
"Oh but that\'s the plan~." Lou however, wanted to take advantage of this and have Reia do embarrassing things.
"Please don\'t go too far." Kim facepalmed as although it was entertaining, she didn\'t want to put Reia through such a thing.
"PfftHaha, I won\'t be that mean. I will give her genuine help, but I have to sprinkle in a few things that will create a rather embarrassing situation hehe~." Lou couldn\'t wait as being in the bunker won\'t be as dull as she thought it would be.
\'Maybe I should try to interfere.\' Kim had thought about trying to stop Reia from doing anything too bad, but she had to wait and see what Lou would get her to do.
\'May result in punishment from Lou, but I see that as a win fufu~.\' Kim having her own plan to help Reia, as well as get some punishment, Kim considered she would do it anyway even if it isn\'t all that bad.
"Urgggg, I already feel like dying." Kadi had finished and her legs were shaking.
"30 seconds rest." Lou called out and started to count to make sure Kadi didn\'t get any extra time for resting.
\'When will this torture be over.\' Kadi felt determined to do it, but the pain had caused her to dread the exercise and right now only wanted to sleep.
"Go!" Lou finished counting and Kadi pushed through the pain trying her best to finish another set.
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