"Betelgeuse, you and Barbara should head back to Lunar City first."
With the situation so dire, it made sense to have the support team retreat first.
But Betelgeuse refused. "No, we're perfectly safe here! If anything happens, or the temperature gets unbearable, I'll run away on my own!"
As long as she wasn't speaking face-to-face, Betelgeuse wasn't nearly so socially anxious. She was actually pretty loud over the radio, like the hyperactive teammates you ran into in online games.
Still, hearing her say that was pretty reassuring.
After all, this shut-in was absolutely terrified of dying...
To be precise, she'd become a shut-in because she was afraid of dying.
She was the sort of person who put her own life first, an expert at staying alive.
Of course, she just needed to remember to take Barbara with her when she ran...
Under Betelgeuse's guidance, we felt our way into the subway station in the dark.
"Miluno, are you scared?"
The Proxy had noticed.
Even the emergency lights on the platform had gone out, giving it a thoroughly sinister atmosphere. I took every step gingerly, and at some point, even my body had stiffened...
It was a little embarrassing to admit, but I was actually pretty afraid of the dark.
In this silent environment, it felt like walking through a haunted house. Even my steps grew tense despite myself, while the Proxy linked her arm through mine, pressing her breasts tightly against me...
She was trembling slightly.
Was she scared too?
Bzz-
With a sudden electrical buzz, Bionic Mechanical Sirius's eyes lit up with eight hundred lumens of brilliant light, illuminating the underground passage ahead.
"Using me as radar and a radio wasn't enough? Now you're making me a searchlight too?!"
Ever since switching to her bionic mechanical body, Sirius had