"Talk"
'Thought'
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"Aki, Himeno, I want you to handle Akane, capture her alive if possible, kill if necessary..."
A door opens, revealing a very long and dark hallway. The only source of light is the windows up above, letting in sunlight. At one end of the hallway stands Akane Sawatari, slightly glaring at the person at the other end. That person is Aki Hayakawa, climbing up the stairs and holding a blood-covered sword tightly in his hand.
"Akane Sawatari, surrender now and I can reassure you that you'll make it out of here alive."
Aki lightly glared at Sawatari as he gave her a chance and final warning to give up, who just huffed in response and aimed her hand at him.
"Snake Devil, swal-"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you~"
However, just as Akane was about to summon her Snake Devil, she was immediately cut off when a familiar voice of Himeno spoke behind and right into her ear, which caused her to tense up and go wide-eyed, even more so when she saw the clawed hand appear out of nowhere and grab her own hand.
"Y-You're alive!?"
To say Akane was beyond shocked and surprised to see the Ghost Lady alive would be an understatement.
"Eh, technically, but no thanks to you."
Himeno could only puff her cheeks in response to the blonde thug, before simply ignoring her and looking back at her partner.
"I guess mission accomplished?"
Himeno made sure to get a good grip on the human woman, purposely digging her claws into her skin and drawing blood, which definitely caused her to cringe and wince in pain.
"Our part of the job is done here, yes."
Aki started to pull out his phone, to send a message of his mission being a success.
"Hmmm, and are you sure we just can't kill her now?"
Himeno glares at Sawatari, she makes it very clear of the hate she had for her.
"Unfortunately no, Makima needs her for interrogation."
Aki sighs, clearly disappointed at not being allowed to kill the blonde thug, but he was able to deal with it as the mission was more important than revenge at the moment.
"That's too bad, but oh well."
Himeno pouts, clearly dissatisfied for not being allowed to kill the human woman.
"I could always settle with causing you every bit of agony you caused me~"
However, that didn't stop Himeno from seeking some kind of revenge, and it was clear she had plans on how to deliver such punishment, judging by the sadistic smile forming on her lips, which made Sawatari slightly worried.
"What do you mean by tha-?"
As Aki finished sending a text message, he looked away from his phone and was about to ask what his partner meant by what she said. However, his eyes widened as he saw the Ectonurite Hybrid use her claws to chop off the fingers of the blonde thug, who struggled not to scream in pain.
"You summon your Snake Devil by giving up finger nails, right?~"
Himeno didn't stop with just one finger though, using her claws to slice off another finger, adding more to the pain of the human woman.
"Wonder what would happen if I removed every single finger from your hands?"
Sawatari tried to move her arm and hand away from Himeno, but her strength and digging claws prevented her from escaping.
