Pleased to Start Over

System V. System 2.9

Pleasing Start-Over Chapter 22: Arc 2 Part 9

Author: 橘子

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"What's going on? How could they find out our hiding spot so quickly?" Canette roared in the command room. The third fleets had not only precisely found their hidden location, but they also attacked them very accurately.

Everything happened too suddenly. The fifth fleet hadn't been able to put up much of a defense, but the staff members in headquarters were busily rushing around. Everyone was nervous and they all had tense looks on their faces.

"Reporting to Vice Captain: The jamming devices have lost their signals." The staff impatiently reported their findings.

"What?" Canette cried out in alarm. "Why did you only find this out now? Hurry up and go fix it!"

"Not enough time-I'm afraid it can't be fixed in such a short amount of time." The staff member replied and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"You're all useless!" Canette quipped. Then he turned to the Special Ops team currently in combat and ordered, "You better beat them back to where they came from! Whatever you do, you must not allow them to occupy our headquarters."

The soldiers didn't even a second to spare, so they couldn't reply to the command. The members of the fifth fleet were busy struggling under the intense attacks from the third fleet. Canette watched the situation on the screen. His breathing became rough and his heart rate sped up from the tension. His hands tightly gripped both of the arm rests beside him, and his brain frantically worked to come up with any possible countermeasures they could take.

Soon, the third fleet's ships appeared over the base and Canette knew that nothing could be done. They had lost with such an embarrassing defeat. Their headquarters would be seized within the next few minutes, and the crew would become captives. This complete and total defeat left them with no dignity to speak of. It was an utter disgrace to lose in such a manner.

"Vice Captain." Greene called out as he quickly rushed to Canette's side.

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After Qiao Chen and Auray finished setting up the metal net and hooking it up with electricity, they had sat on a nearby tree branch. They were waiting leisurely to see whether or not any unsuspecting fish would be caught in their net. Auray massaged Qiao Chen's calf with one hand, while he watched the combat situation through the communicator on his other hand.

Qiao Chen also watched Auray's communicator, but he felt that watching little dots that moved every now and then was very boring. He leaned his back onto the trunk and closed his eyes.

Auray stopped his massage and looked towards the cave's entrance. Qiao Chen's attention perked up as well. He opened his eyes and followed Auray's line of sight.

"Agh!"A scream rang out from the cave and an uproar followed soon after.

"There are fish in the net." Qiao Chen smiled.

"Electricity! There's an electric current running through the net." The fifth fleet had crowded in the cave. The two who were just electrocuted lied on the ground clutching their arms in pain.

"Greene! What's this all about? Is this supposed to be the escape route you prepared?" Canette asked angrily.

"It didn't have this metal net when I finished it." Greene explained as he looked at the net that sealed them in. Greene was suspicious. Who in the world sealed the cave?

"You coming?" Qiao Chen asked as Auray notified the rest of the team of their location.

"Yes." Auray glanced at his communicator and replied.