Arthur soon arrived and found Levi and Nifa keeping watch.
"How did it go? Did you catch the contact?" Levi asked when he saw Arthur.
"Yes. It was Reeves, the chairman of the Dimo Reeves Company. He confessed that the Central Military Police Brigade had ordered him to do it." Arthur told the two what he had learned from Reeves.
"Tch. Just as I thought. They were far too amateurish." His suspicions confirmed, Levi sank into thought again.
"What is it, Captain?" Nifa asked beside him, noticing his grave expression.
"Something just feels wrong. This isn't how the Central Military Police Brigade operates," Levi said with a frown.
"They must be up to something, so we need to stay on our guard," Arthur agreed.
"Say... Nifa, have you heard the story of Kenny the Ripper?" Levi suddenly asked, perhaps on a whim.
"Kenny? Who's that?"
Arthur looked puzzled at the name, while Nifa's expression changed slightly.
"You mean the Kenny who slit the throats of over a hundred Military Police soldiers? Isn't that just a story?" Nifa nodded, then asked in confusion.
"No, he's real," Levi said with a sigh.
While the three spoke, a man in a hat stealthily climbed up. He wore something resembling Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, though it looked more advanced.
Just then, Arthur sensed danger behind him again. His expression changed sharply, and he shouted, "Watch out!"
He shoved Nifa and Levi aside, then abruptly dropped flat.
Bang! Bang! Bullets struck where the three had just been. Had Arthur not dropped in time, one would nearly have hit him in the head.
The three hurried behind cover and looked toward the gunfire.
"Oh? You actually dodged that?" The man raised his head in surprise and looked at the three wary figures.
When Levi saw the man's