( Yuuki's POV )
After receiving Matsu's message, Tatenashi used her influence as student council president to create an excuse for us to return to the academy but we weren't going back there.
The girls and I returned to the beach at night, and we were waiting for our transportation, Cecilia, Charl, and Laura gave us a final farewell, and soon after, one of our flying ships landed in front of us.
The ship automatically flew to our destination, and we went to equip ourselves for the mission, the enemy was obsessed with magic, so we weren't going to show them anything, Tsukiumi and I put on IS light armor, and Momo got into hybrid gear.
Tatenashi came closer, curiosity about our technology visible in her eyes.
Tatenashi: I'm curious about where you come from, and the technology you use, but information about the Babylon kingdom is impossible to find, it's almost as if the place doesn't exist.
Yuuki: I assure you, the place exists, and you're welcome to visit.
Tatenashi: Oh, I'll definitely take you up on that offer~
The place we were headed to was a secret island controlled by very rich and powerful people, really league of villains in their lair type of stuff.
Upon reaching our destination, we grabbed the shoulders of the hybrid Gear and free-fall onto the island, Momo activated her wings before we hit the ground and alerted everyone of our presence.
Tatenashi: How do you plan to deal with the guards we're going to encounter?
Yuuki: I'll leave that up to everyone, but if you're in danger, don't hesitate to do what you must.
We needed information, but the low-level guards weren't going to have much of it, so it was better not to waste time on them.
We moved around the hybrid Gear that had its stealth mode activated and soon saw a five-story mansion heavily guarded by guards in black suits and automated turrets, they may be obsessed with magic but are not shy about using technology to accomplish their goals.
Yuuki: I'll take care of the turrets, be ready to take the guards down.
The girls responded to my plan with a nod, my light armor had long tails that I used to climb the walls of the mansion, with a single touch, I disabled the turrets, and before the guards could notice anything, they were knocked out by the girls.
The girls entered the mansion through the first floor, and I jumped in through a window on the third floor, the ceiling was high, so I moved along it with my tails like some kind of man spider without being detected.
My journey through the mansion's halls led me to a couple of men in lab coats, I prepared my tails and aimed at the head of one of the scientists, but their conversation was too interesting to interrupt.
Scientist 1: We finally found it, a perfect specimen.
Scientist 2: Does she really have that power within her?
Scientist 1: It's confirmed, Mr. Reginald is with her right now.
The way they were talking told me that someone was being held against their will, so I acted immediately, with my tails, I pierced the heart and head of one of the scientists, and then I fell from the ceiling and grabbed the other scientist by the neck.
Yuuki: Hey, would you mind giving me more details on that perfect specimen you mentioned?
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With new information, I went up to the next floor to a place with the best security in the mansion but that didn't stop me at all, The automatic defenses were deactivated only when I approached, and all the guards who crossed me, I shot them in the head, and the last guards I saw were protecting a thick steel door.
This must be the right place, I dug my fingers into the door and pulled it off its hinges with a single pull, On the other side there was a girl with long brown hair and a large, somewhat wide man wearing a black suit, he must be the Reginald guy that the scientists mentioned, The guy looked at me angrily, clearly frustrated that I had interrupted whatever he was doing, but I didn't care.
Yuuki: You, Reginald, you're the most important around here?
Reginald: How dare you interrupt my-
His arrogant attitude was answer enough for me, and in the middle of his sentence, I grabbed his head and slammed it hard against the wall, he wasn't dead, but that was the least of her worries.
???: Wh-who are you?
Yuuki: I'm your ticket out of here, come on, let's go.
I extended my hand to the captive girl and she continued to look at me in amazement for a moment before taking my hand in her somewhat trembling one, I led the girl by the hand and she was shocked to see the bodies of the guards outside the room so I took her by a different route from where I had come, My destination was the top floor where that guy Reginald's office was, I didn't forget to bring that guy and I used one of my tails to drag him through the hallways, not caring when he bumped into a piece of furniture or a corner.
Yuuki: Oh, my name is Yuuki, by the way, what's yours?
???: I'm Yuri, Mariya Yuri.
Yuuki: Okay, tell me how did you end up here?
Yuri: Well, I- ahh, I forgot my sister, I have to find my sister!
Remembering something, Yuri screamed and started running through the halls of the mansion without worrying that she might be captured again, I informed the girls what had happened and told them to continue sweeping the mansion without me, and I followed behind Yuri.
The place she ran to was a kind of laboratory, there, inside a glass room there was an operating table with a brown-haired girl in critical condition, that must have been the sister she mentioned before running, the room was sealed so I broke the glass door, then took out a bottle of phoenix tears to fix the girl up.
Yuri: What did you give her?
Yuuki: Something to heal her, she should wake up soon, In the meantime, could you tell me how you ended up on these people's radar?