Meanwhile in an alley somewhere between district 4's docks and the industrial sector, something a bit murky, was about to happen.
In an alley that was filled with a few trash cans, two trash containers, and a few small wooden boxes, were two men that looked like they were waiting for someone...
"You sure the guy is gonna show up?" A young man with a small body frame that was wearing a baggy red tracksuit, and sitting in one of the wooden boxes asked the other man, a bit nervously.
"He better show up!" The other man, that was a bit taller, that had piercings in his ears and was wearing a leather jacket with a white t-shirt underneath and jeans, said to the small man with an angry tone as he crossed his arms, his back resting against a wall, while he looked to all sides.
"And you sure about this? It could turn quite sour, if we're not careful..." The small man said still with a nervous tone in his voice.
"You got to be shitting me! It's gonna be fine! Why are you so worried?" The Tall man asked still with an angry tone, to the small man.
"You know...we could just, screw our lives, if this goes wrong! And by the looks of it, we could already be screwed! He's like an hour late!" The Small man said to the Tall man with an angry tone as he jumped down of the box, but when he did this, the Tall man glared at him making him back down immediately.
"As I said, don't worry, this is going to work out..." As the tall man said this he looked to his side and saw another man entering the alley, this one was holding a suitcase in his right hand.
"You're late!" He said as he looked at the man, that just entered the alley.
"I am very sorry, but you know, I had to make sure, I wasn't being followed..." This man that just entered the alley that was wearing a business suit, said in an apologetic tone as he looked at the angry Tall man and the nervous Small man.
"Now, we should go straight to business..." The man in the suit said, as he got close to one of the wooden boxes and placed the suitcase on top of it.
"You sure, you weren't followed?" The small man asked as he looked from where the man in the suit entered the alley.
"That is why, I was late...to make sure I wasn't followed, duh!" The man in the suit said in a mocking tone to the small man, he became a bit angry with this remark.
"So did you get it? For real?" The Tall man asked a bit curious to the man in the suit.
"Well, I am here, and I have the suitcase with the stuff, tell me, do you think I got it?" The man in the suit said still with a mocking tone as he opened the suitcase, and as he did we could see that inside the suitcase was two suits that looked like they were used by the Strike force, four guns, two pistols, and two small machine guns and two expandable batons.
"Not bad, but is this all?" The tall man asked as he looked at the contents of the suitcase.
"That's pretty much it, two strike force suits, four magic-induced guns, and two magic-induced expandable batons, for what you two are planning it's more than enough..." The man in the suit said as he adjusted his tie and glanced at the tall man.
"Eh, our plan will go really smoothly with these!" The tall man said as he looked at the small man, that had been doubting him.
"Say, just how did you get these?" He asked as he looked at the man in the suit.
"Well, I wouldn't be a good dealer, if I started telling my sources, after all, "Secrecy is the art of the trade" right?" The man in the suit said as he gave a wink to the tall man.
"And after all, I wasn't expecting to get this type of gear for a bank heist, regular weapons would work, no?" The man in the suit asked as he placed his right hand on his hip.
"This is just to be safe, with these weapons, we can break through any magic equipment and magic circles, this bank heist will go without a problem, and when we're done, we will be living the good life!" The tall man said and finished laughing like an idiot, but then...
"I see, I see, so the plan is a bank heist, that is a felony that can give you 20 years in prison, add the use of illegal magic-induced firearms that were stolen from the AMDF and that's an extra 15 to 30 years, that gives you quite a big prison sentence..." A voice with a smug tone said this, which made all the 3 men look in the direction of where the voice came from.
This voice came from a rather petit girl with black messy hair with white tips that reached to her hips and that was tied up into a side ponytail thanks to a scrunchie, her eyes were red, and she wore a school uniform that consisted of a black blazer that had a symbol of a school on the left side of the chest, an equal black shirt that had a bow on its collar, a black pleated skirt and black thigh-highs that was standing at the entrance of the alley with both of her hands placed on her hips, this girl was Naoki Izumi.
"What is the meaning of this? Some kinda joke?" The tall man said with an angry tone as he looked at the girl.
"Hey! Wait, a sec...look at her right arm! She's with Soteria!" The small man said as he taped the Tall man's arm, and as he did he saw that the girl was wearing a white and gray armband with the symbol of the Soteria unit.
"Good to see that you idiots, can recognize who keeps the order around here!" Naoki said still with her smug tone on.
"Now be good, hand over that equipment and turn yourselves nice and quiet, and perhaps you won't get too heavy of a sentence..." She said as she pointed at the men with her right hand and kept her left on her hip.
"Just how in...? So much for taking your time coming here..." As Tall man was saying this and turning towards the man in the suit he stooped.
"W-Where the hell did he go!?" He said as he saw that the man in the suit was now gone.
"Looks like your "dealer" has better reaction time than you two..." Naoki said as she looked at the two men with a smile on her face.
"Damn, that bastard! Grab the suitcase and run, I will deal with this brat!" The tall man said as he grabbed one of the expandable batons with his right hand and closed the suitcase.
"Wait! You're going to fight that little girl?" The small man asked as he was trembling with everything that was happening.
"What are you looking so scared for? I'm going to let a brat ruin our plan! Now grab the suitcase and get out of here!" The tall man said as he moved his arm to activate the expandable baton.
"O-Ok!" The small man said as he grabbed the suitcase, and as he began running in the opposite direction of the alley, he hit something like an invisible wall, that made him fall on his back.
"What? Was this your doing?" The tall man asked as he saw his partner lying on the floor as he turned his gaze towards Naoki.
"Well, yes and no, but honestly, do you even know just how many criminals, do and say the same thing you did to your friend? It happens so much that everyone, that tries to catch guys like you red-handed and doesn't have a trap like this placed beforehand, is just an idiot, but not as much as you..." Naoki said as she shrugged and sighed, this made the Tall man even angrier.
"Damn brat! I don't care anymore, if I go to jail, I will make the Soteria regrets putting kids in their ranks!" The tall man said as he began running towards Naoki, preparing to attack her with the baton.
"Whoa, there..." Naoki said with a stoic tone as she dodged to the side.
"Damn it!" The man said as he turned to Naoki and began attacking her, what followed was him trying to land a hit on Naoki but she dodged every attack without breaking a sweat, it looked as if she was dancing, to be honest, but then...
"Alright, you have been swigging that around for a while now, time to finish this!" Naoki said this as she kept dodging the attacks of the tall man, but he then made a side swing with the baton, that Naoki was able to dodge just in time and the man hit a wall of the alley, thanks to this last attack, making pieces of bricks fly in every direction.
"Damn brat, stop moving around...!" The tall man said this as he tried to take the baton out of the wall he just hit, something that he was struggling with.
"Don't worry, I will help you with that!" Naoki said as she smiled and placed her left hand on the baton and with her right hand she drew a magic circle.
"You shouldn't get so close!" The man said as he swung his left arm to hit Naoki and as he did she dodged it by squatting.
"Quite predictable, if you ask me..." Naoki said as she finished drawing her magic circle and out of it she took a gun that looked like an M1911, but what made it stand out was, it's blue neon light lines that traversed the gun, as the tall man saw this he couldn't help but to finally have a scared face on, Naoki took notice of that.
"Oh, don't worry getting it by this doesn't hurt, that much...." She said as she smiled and pulled the trigger hitting the man with a bullet in the stomach that made him let go of the baton and roll on the ground.
"GOD! It hurts...It hurts so damn much! I'm going to die!" The man said as he stooped rolling and placed his arms around his stomach, but when he moved his arms and looked at them, he became shocked, as there was no blood.
"What?" The man said as he kept looking at his hands with a surprised expression, that was when Naoki got close and laughed.
"No way! You thought it was real bullets? I still don't have a license to use real magic bullets, just pain-inducing ones and the alike..." She said as she stooped laughing and started to handcuff the tall man.
"Damn brat..." The man said with an angry tone as he looked at Naoki, that just sighed as she finished handcuffing him.
"Very well then, one is out, that leaves..." Naoki said as she looked in the direction of the small man and began walking towards him, and as she got close and began handcuffing him...
"I'm so sorry, I couldn't help, Nao-chan!" A shy voice said from the entrance of the alley, and as Naoki looked back, she saw a girl with dark blue hair that was tied into a braid that rested over her shoulder she also wore the same uniform as Naoki, but she wore a pantyhose instead of thigh-highs, this girl was Shimaki Miyubi, Naoki's friend and partner.
"Oh, don't worry about that Miyu! You already helped a lot with your magic "wall"!" Naoki said as she smiled towards Miyubi, that was the one responsible for the wall that stooped the escape of the small man that was finally handcuffed by Naoki.
"But even so, I promised I would help more and I just hid, while you did all the work..." Miyubi said with a sad tone, as she looked at Naoki.
"I already said it didn't I? Don't worry this guy could have gotten away if it wasn't for you!" Naoki said as she got close to Miyubi and gave her a thumbs up.
"But..." As Miyubi was about to say something else, she was interrupted, by the sound of clapping, and as they looked in the direction of the clapping, they saw the man in the suit, that brought the suitcase in the first place.
"No buts here, Shimaki-chan, you did great here, have some more self-confidence!" The man said as he stooped clapping and looked at both Naoki and Miyubi, but this time his voice was not masculine but rather very feminine.
That was when his body was covered with a smoke cloud, that when it vanished revealed a young woman probably in her mid-twenties with straight black hair that reached to the middle of her back and was tied in a low ponytail with a bow, as for her clothes they changed too as they were now a light blue wool sweater and a long dark blue high-waist skirt, she also wore a shawl that she draped around her shoulders, but two things that stood out were her very large breast size and her round soft looking eyes, that gave her, a mother like, aura, this woman was Munesuki Emiko, a lieutenant of the Soteria unit, a specialist in illusion magic, the supervisor and teacher responsible for Naoki and Miyubi.
"Munesuki-sensei!" Both Naoki and Miyubi said as they saw Emiko getting close to them.
"And you did great too, Izumi-chan!" Emiko said as she reached inside of her sweater's left sleeve with her right hand, and out of it, she took two lollipops, that she gave to Naoki and Miyubi.
"Thanks a lot for your help with this mission, I couldn't have done it without you!" Emiko said as she patted both of their heads at the same time.
"No need to thank us, Munesuki-Sensei! We are happy to help you!" Naoki said as she gave a thumbs up, while she looked at Emiko, Miyubi just nodded with her head.
"I know, I know, but I still have to thank and reward you, for your work! I already called for the AMDF to send these men to the detention center, and now all that is left is to make the report..." Emiko said as she placed her right hand on her right cheek but she was suddenly interrupted by Naoki that pulled on her sleeve.
"Munesuki-sensei, this was my 60th successful mission this month, so I can finally request a change of supervisor right?" Naoki asked with an excited tone towards Emiko, this caught her off guard.
"Well, you can request it, no problem, any reason as to why?" Emiko asked a bit curious about this request.
"Well, you see I want to ask that Kuroiwa-san, to become my supervisor! I can learn a lot more from her, and she is also really cool!" Naoki said with a happy tone as her eyes looked as if they were sparkling.
"I see, so that means I'm not "cool" and you can't learn anything from me, I see..." Emiko said with a stoic tone as she looked as if she was about to cry.
"W-Wait! I didn't mean it like that, Munesuki-sensei! You're a really good supervisor, but I want to learn more with Kuroiwa-san!" Naoki said with an embarrassed tone as she moved her arms around, Emiko just laughed.
"I know, I know, you are always looking out for challenges and to get better, that is something good and it never stops to amaze me!" Emiko said with a happy tone as she stooped laughing and looked at the still embarrassed Naoki.
"But, unfortunately, you will have to choose someone else, because Yumeko-chan, is already taken..." Emiko said as she laughed a bit, but Naoki on the other hand...
"Huh?!" This was the only thing Naoki could say as she looked at Emiko with a confused expression on.
"That can't be true! I checked yesterday and she was still free to accept an intern! What happened?" Naoki asked confused and shocked, by this news, as Miyubi tried to calm her.
"I don't know the details myself, I just got this news a few hours ago, but it was quite a surprise, she rarely takes inters and when she does, they have to be quite exceptional..." Emiko said as she placed a finger on her cheek, but she was once again interrupted.
"Who is that person? I want to know who it is, please tell me, Munesuki-sensei!" Naoki asked with a tone that despite her being a bit angry was still respectful.
"Well, I can't tell you just like that...but...if you help me with another mission, I can get you a bit of info..." Emiko said as she glanced at Naoki, that was hungry for any info on the person Yumeko was going to supervise.
"I will do another mission, any mission! Just get me, any info you have!" Naoki said with a tone that was filled with both impatience and determination.
"Thank you for your work! Now come with me, and I will see what I can get you!" Emiko said with a joyful tone, as she raised her arm and began to move out of the alley, with Naoki and Miyubi following her.
"I don't know who that person is, but I will find out who it is, and I will see if he or she is worthy of being supervised by Kuroiwa-san!" Naoki thought to herself as she clenched her fist and an aura that looked like fire, hovered over her, meanwhile Miyubi, just sighed as she looked at how her partner was acting...