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47. Operation Prototype

Scott led them on foot to ELECTEC main building at the end of the street. Everyone seemed to look at them with astonished expressions. Elisia was getting annoyed with people's glances at her, but it was better than people seeing her as a princess.

They saw a police vehicle passing down the street toward the ELECTEC building. Scott slowed down and the small radio tucked into his clothes rang. Their eyes continued to observe the car. The car left without stopping at ELECTEC.

Scott gave instructions to walk again. It took only a few more steps to reach the target building, but they constantly harassed by the police, who were standing on the side of the road. They had to walk normally past the police.

Along with their position, a car passed near them. Scott swapped his position backwards and grabbed Elisia's shoulders. The girl encouraged to keep going. After the car had gone far enough, Scott took the lead again. Elisia, surprised by Scott's behavior which almost tripped her leg.

Finally, they arrived at ELECTEC main building. The building hall was quite wide, with a variety of technologies on display. Several well-groomed people in white jackets walked into the building. From their position, Kafka and Dao were leaning against a street lamppost.

“Well. We are already at ELECTEC hall. Be careful with your eyes!” Scott whispered.

Elisia amazed by the objects on display there. All the technology she had never seen during her stay in Gwelissa and it all looked modern. There was a flying bag, a bird propeller, and other small devices. If only she could take one of them home.

Upgrade took over the mission to lead the route to the huge vault. They had entered the front lobby of the ELECTEC building. A look of admiration returned to the young princess's eyes. All these technologies were amazing and could be used in a wide variety of activities.

Upgrade led them to walk to a tight iron door. They stopped there and stood still. Elisia didn't know what had happened, but she had a feeling they were waiting for the door to open. While waiting, Elisia noticed people in white coats walking fast. Elisia used [Sixth Sense] and found that most of them were researchers.

A sound like a bell startled Elisia. The door opened, but people came out of the room. Then they entered the small room. Elisia was even more astonished to see this magical room. She also saw Upgrade pressing into something beside the door.

The door closed again. A nudge from below could feel by Elisia. The room seemed to shake a little. She approached Risk and held on to Risk's shirt. The man felt uncomfortable with Elisia's behavior and pushed her away from him.

“What's the matter, Elisia?” Risk asked.

“Eehhm… This room… is vibrating. I don't know what's going on here,” Elisia replied, a little nervously.

Scott smiled and turned to Elisia. “My Liege, this place is an elevator. This is not a room, but a thing of transportation to go to the floor we are going to. Right now, the elevator is lifting us to the 7th floor, where the vault located.”

Elisia nodded slowly and lowered her head suddenly. All the technology she didn't know made her ashamed of her behavior earlier. Maybe she should ask Province to teach her technology.

The elevator was feeling slower. The bell sounded again. Then the door opened again. Upgrade went first to get them to the big vault. The atmosphere was quiet. Few people passed through the well-lit hallway.

Suddenly, Scott took over the ride and led them into a small room. They opened the door and greeted by cleaning supplies such as brooms, mops, spray glass, and their uniforms. They took off their hats to catch their breath and sat for a while.

“Well. We made it to the 7th floor. The vault may be close to us,” Scott said.

“Actually, it's not a vault. It's a special room with security installed that requires an access code. We only need an access card to open the door of the room,” Upgrade explained.

“Really? This mission will be more complicated,” Risk complained, “Are you serious?!”

“I don't know how the security system here, but we still need access cards anyway,” Upgrade replied.

“Leave it to me.” Scott brought his collar to his mouth. “Ilya, can you break into the vault room security system?”

“You're asking me to break into the door too?”

“We need an access card to open that door, but we can't get one. If you can break into the system, we don't have to look for it,” Scott said.

“Huh, why do I have to commit another crime?!”

“You are a criminal, idiot!”

“Up to you. I will try it.”

Scott turned to everyone. “Well. Help will be here soon!”

“Then what should we do while we wait?” Risk asked.

Scott held the broomstick and showed it to everyone. “We're disguised as building janitors, so we'll pretend to clean the hallway in front of that door.”

“Sigh, I expected that to come out of your lips.” Risk took the broomstick. “Okay, let's do it!”

Elisia took a broomstick. Upgrade showed the floor cleaning machine and pushed it out. Several people started crossing the hall. Scott gave instructions by pulling the broom stick. He started sweeping the floor, which covered in dust and sand. Risk and Upgrade did too, but Elisia became the driver of the machine.

The mission was still going well. They approached the door of the vault, which was white and circular. Elisia saw the door open and a bald man came out. He walked towards Elisia while looking at a file. Elisia also saw the card sticking out of the man's jacket pocket.

As they continued to clean, they almost approached the vault room. Scott gave instructions to speed up the pace. He also attached the collar of his shirt containing a small radio to contact Ilya. But, a guard saw them and approached quickly.

“Hey, what are you doing here? You should clean the front lobby!” the guard said.

Risk and Upgrade look at each other. Elisia also lowered her head to the machine. Scott stepped in front of the guard.

“Sorry, but we are doing routine cleaning in this room. Have you forgotten what day it is?” Scott tried to change the subject.

The guard held his chin. “Oh, you're right. It's October of 5th. Alright, get on with your work!” The guard continued on to the elevator.

Scott sighed. Finally, they could trick the guards. They continued cleaning into the vault room. Arriving at the door, Scott called Ilya.

“Ilya, you've turned off the CCTV, haven't you?” he asked for sure.

“Yes, you can see the indicator light on the camera.”

“Then, have you broken into the door security system?”

“I guess you'll have to do it yourself. They use an anti-spyware system. I can't break into it.”

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Scott sighed. He closed the communication and turned to everyone.

“We have to break into this door ourselves. Any idea?”

Elisia remembered something about the bald man. She approached Scott as reached into her shirt pocket. Scott turned to the girl and saw the item Elisia took out. He shocked.

“Elisia, how did you…” Scott shocked.

“I saw this thing fall out of a man's pocket. I think this is the key to open that door. So, I took it,” Elisia explained.

“Good job, Elisia! Let’s try it!” Scott stuck the card into the scanner. The indicator light showed green, and the door opened.

They rushed in with the cleaning machine. Scott immediately closed the door and locked it from the inside. They greeted by a large shelving cupboard with neatly displayed documents. Scott asked Upgrade to search the left row, and Risk assisted by Elisia to search the right row.

Elisia remembered how the front cover of the file looked. She shifted some files arranged on the shelf, but none of the files matched. Elisia glanced at Risk, who also continued to search until all the files removed. Elisia felt that the file was not in this room.

Elisia looked around the shelves. A thought crossed her head. She wandered around among her friends, who were constantly looking. If her thoughts were correct, the file should still be in this room. Suddenly, her eyes widened and turned to the table at the front door.

The girl ran to Scott to tell him something. She firmly believed in her thoughts and hoped that they were true.

“Scott, I think we should check the table. I feel something strange there,” Elisia said.

Scott turned to the front desk. “That's just the reception desk for this safe room. I've already checked it.”

“Didn't you check again? Maybe something missed.”

Scott stopped looking and sighed. “Okay. I'll see it again.”

Elisia followed Scott to the front desk. There were some documents placed on a small shelf and some stationery. Scott looked at every corner of the table, from the cupboards to the drawers and shelves. There was nothing there. Elisia was also looking for it, and there was nothing like a secret door or something.

“You see it, right? The file is not here. They can't possibly keep the secret files on the table like this.” After saying that, Scott returned to the large shelf to continue the search.

Elisia widened her eyes after hearing Scott's words. She checked the shelf once more. The girl opened a cupboard, a drawer, to a box. All she found were some pen-shaped writing tools. While holding the pen, Elisia saw the words 'Vault' on its body.

“Can this be…” Elisia hesitated when she saw the pen.

Elisia ran in search of Upgrade. He must understand with this pen, she thought. Her footsteps continued to move through the tall shelves that already filled with messy files. She found Upgrade reading a file. Elisia wanted to approach him, but his expression was serious, as if had discovered something related to him.

Since she had to know the meaning of the word 'Vault' on the pen she was holding, Elisia ventured to approach her partner. Upgrade turned around after Elisia took two steps. The girl walked quickly, but didn’t immediately give the pen.

“Elisia, did you find anything?” Upgrade asked as closed the file.

“I guess, but what are you reading that? Do you know that file?” Elisia asked back, curious.

“Your intuition is very sharp. I'm so happy to see it.” Upgrade smiled as stroked the file. “Nine years ago, when I was still working with Kontara, he once showed me a prototype of his invention. He called it 'Project Nemesis'. I read the prototype and intrigued by it, but the Ursa empire wouldn’t allow us. In the end, Kontara sold the prototype to another company.”

“Is that Kontara’s… file?” Elisia confirmed.

Upgrade nodded. “By selling the prototype concept, Kontara could develop other projects. However, I was no longer involved by him after that incident.”

“Oh…, I didn't expect that you had such a good relationship with Kontara. I feel sorry for him, but you already think of him as a bad agent,” Elisia commented on Upgrade's story.

“There is a reason that can turn a person into a bad person or a good person. Everyone's motivation is different, depending on who you are. Kontara was a great scientist, but he obsessed with power. I can't stop him anymore.”

Elisia silent for a moment after listening to Upgrade's story. She thought that bad people always had a reason to make him evil. Her mother had also said this before when her father punished one of royal rebels. Elisia was young, so she didn't understand what her mother meant.

“Nice story, guys!” Scott suddenly peeked out from behind the shelf. “We only have ten minutes to find the file before the janitor shift.”

Elisia remembered the pen she had found. “Upgrade, I want you to check this pen. I feel that this is a key.”

Upgrade received the pen and immediately found the words 'Vault'. He scanned the pen all over the place, then shaking it. When he accidentally touched the pen clip, it shifted and a shelf split open. They approached the shelf. A door opened and revealed a file place inside.

“Yes, we find the file!” Scott walked over to the thing, but restrained by Upgrade.

“Hold on! I see infrared light on this door,” Upgrade said, “There's a gap that you can pass through, but you must have a small body.”

Scott and Risk suddenly glanced at Elisia. The girl felt the eyes seeing her and shocked.

“Eh, me?!”

“Yeah, you're the only small one among us. You just have to crawl under it because the light only shines above,” Upgrade explained.

“He's right. You can do this!” Risk said encouragingly.

Elisia sighed and nodded. Her body immediately collapsed on the floor and crawled slowly towards the door. Her head approached the infrared sensor that was a few inches from her hair. Elisia put her face on the floor and continued to push her body on all fours. Her head made it in, next was her waist.

Elisia felt difficult because when she moved her legs, her hips rose until they almost touched the sensor. Her friends gave orders. In addition, her growing breasts rubbed against the floor, adding massive friction to slow her movements.

“I can't do it anymore. My hips will touch the light. What should I do?!” Elisia panicked.

“Use your hands to pull your feet!” Upgrade command.

Elisia tried to move her hand. Her feet drawn into the room. Finally, Elisia made it through the strange invisible beam. She rested for a moment as stood up. A file with a suitable cover was in front of it. When she wanted to pick it up, Upgrade called her.

“Don't take it right away! Replace that file with something as not to set off an alarm!”

“What do I replace it with?!” Elisia shouted along.

Scott thrusted a random file through the sensor laser. Elisia took the file and attached it to the secret file. She shifted slowly until the two files were not separated. Elisia's sweat dripped from her forehead. Only a few inches left, the file had successfully exchanged.

“Okay, I did it!” Elisia showed them their target file.

“Good job, My Liege! Now, hit the little red button on that panel! It is to turn off the infrared sensor for a minute,” Scott ordered.

“Why didn't you say it earlier? Elisia doesn't need to crawl like before,” Risk annoyed, “Could it be that you like Elisia's body shape? You already have a wife and she is hotter than Elisia.”

“I just remembered about that.” Scott realized something. “Wait, you've been stalking my wife all this time?!”

Elisia pressed the red button and ran outside. “We've got the file. Let's go!”

They ran towards the vault door. Scott unlocked the room and opened it with an access card. Elisia moved the room cleaning machine to take them out of the room. They crowded the hallway in front of the room for quite a stir. They moved into the elevator to escape.

However, several guards had surrounded them. Scott asked Elisia to increase the speed of the wheeled engine. She raised the lever to make the engine move quickly. Suddenly, Scott pulled everyone to jump off the machine. After jumping, the high-speed machine crashed into several guards.

They ran towards the vault door again to avoid the guards. The team entered the emergency stairwell and ran downstairs. They got rid of the people who got in the way. After continuing down the stairs, they arrived on the first floor. However, the guards had surrounded them again.

Elisia and her friends fell silent while watching the guards. The girl used [Sixth Sense] to see the abilities of the guards.

While observing, Risk threw a stick to Elisia. The girl caught it and turned it into a weapon. Seeing that, the guards attacked her. Elisia advanced with a stick behind her back towards her enemies. The four guards were successfully paralyzed.

Her other friends joined in the attack without weapons. They got rid of all the guards. After that, they ran again outside the building towards the street. Dao and Kafka, who saw them, immediately left the location. Scott led them into a small alley at the side of the building.

“Okay, take off your clothes now!” Scott ordered.

They took off the janitor's clothes and threw them in the trash. Then, they walked normally towards the hideout. The guards were running around them and didn't recognize them because they were wearing hats. Elisia walked normally while watching the bewildered guards.

Scott whispered the small radio attached to the collar of his jacket. “Mission accomplished! We're on our way home. Make sure there are no guards hanging around the base!”

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After arriving at the hideout, Scott slammed the Combat Devices’ file on the table. It amazed everyone to see one of the most secret documents in the Runga region. Upgrade opened that file and read it a bit.

“Finally, we did it! None of this will have happened if Elisia hadn't forced herself into the vault door,” Scott said.

“No, I just wanted to help you guys. Please don't celebrate victory over me!” Elisia argued.

“You are very meritorious in this mission! We're going to keep celebrating and be normal after this!” Scott said.

“Then maybe we can open some of these baby bottles for us to enjoy this afternoon!” Kafka opened a bottle. Water from the bottle spurted out. “For Elisia, I bought her bottled milk.”

Elisia took the bottle and drank it. They rejoiced over the success of the mission they had set up for a long time. Elisia felt the joy on everyone's faces, including Upgrade, who smiled at the behavior of his new friends.

“With this file, we can find all those combat gear!” Elisia said to herself when she saw the file.

While having fun, Elisia got a notification of her mission.

“Objective completed!”

“Reward: 400 Skill EXP.”

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“New Objective received!”

“Find ‘The Camouflage Net’!”

“Reward: [The Camouflage Net], DEF +30, RES +5%”

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