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"Boom—!"
Another explosion rang out, making the entire underground laboratory shake violently as though the earth itself were splitting apart. It was a terrifying sight.
"What the hell happened?!"
"Did something collapse?!"
"Why is this happening?!"
Inside the underground laboratory, which shook as violently as if an earthquake had struck, the researchers in white lab coats all panicked. Cries and screams erupted one after another, terror plastered across their faces as they were thrown off balance and sent sprawling across the floor.
It was not just the researchers. Even the fully armed terrorists panicked in the tremors, falling into utter disarray and rolling all over the place.
The entire underground laboratory was in chaos.
The only ones barely able to keep their footing without falling were the mechanical soldiers.
As for His Excellency, he possessed no combat ability at all. If not for the protection of mechanical soldiers like Howaki Takuto, he would have already fallen down in disgrace.
But at this moment, His Excellency and his group had no time to care about appearances.
Because their hearts were shaken far more severely than their bodies.
"Someone is blowing up the tunnel leading to the laboratory!"
"It has to be!"
"An attack!"
"We're under attack!"
The mechanical soldiers were both shocked and enraged.
They were shocked by this sudden development.
What enraged them was the situation itself.
"Someone actually dared to attack us?"
The mechanical soldiers had already been feeling stifled from hiding in this underground laboratory. The fact that they had been attacked ignited the fury in their hearts.
Only two people, though equally astonished, did not become angry. Instead, they felt the warmth draining from their bodies.
Those two were His Excellency and Hiruko Kagetane.