Chapter 375: In The Middle Of A Crowd, The Strongest Lung Is King
"W-Why the hell do you look like that? What are you doing?"
"Selina-chan didn't praise me! I brought up a good plan, didn't I!? Praise me!"
Bam!
"Holy Fuck! What the fuck, Selina!?"
Selina immediately kicked George's shin when he started shouting, and George yelled as he felt a sharp pain shoot up through his leg and into his brain! That fucking hurt!
Selina glared at George in embarrassment while talking.
"Stop calling me that 'chan' nonsense, you idiot! It's embarrassing!! And you're a grown man, why do I need to praise you for being able to think of a good plan like a man should!? Shut up and let's go, you big baby!"
Selina quickly started moving towards a crowd that was making its way into the hotel, but just before she turned away, George was able to catch a small blush that was on her face, and he chuckled in satisfaction while stretching his leg to try and relieve the pain. Selina was such a tsundere.
"Wait for me, Selina-chan~!"
George followed behind Selina with a silly look on his face, and Selina tried her best to ignore him as they easily merged into the crowd of people moving to the hotel.
Inside the hotel, Arit was trying her best to find where Talia was. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, Arit forgot that Mark hadn't put Talia in their room to rest. Mark said that he put Talia with Greg and his family, but Arit had completely forgotten about that and she ended up going to their room first to see if Talia was there.
Once Arit didn't see her there, she remembered that Talia was with Greg's family, and she started to move towards Greg's room. But, unfortunately, Arit had already wasted a substantial amount of time by going to their room first, and by the time Arit made it to Greg's room, Greg had already taken his family and left with Talia.
Arit was sure that they were going towards the bunker with all the other hotel guests, so she was currently on her way to the bunker to see if she could find Talia there.
[Please maintain orderly conduct while making your way to the bunker. There is more than enough space for every guest. Keep an eye on your family members. Parents should please hold on to their children, and all children without their guardians should go to any superhumans present in the bunker for aid. Please maintain orderly conduct while making your way to the bunker.
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Arit tuned out the announcement that was being repeated through the public announcement system while keeping an eye out for Talia and Greg. Every now and then she would call out their names to try and get their attention in case she missed them.
"Talia! Talia, where are you? Greg!"
"Robin! George!"
"Helga! I'm over here! Helga!"
"Meth! Get over here right now!"
But a lot of people in the hotel were also calling out loudly for their family members and this was drowning out Arit's voice. Since there were so many people moving towards the bunker at the same time, it was inevitable that some people would get lost in the crowd, so they were all trying to find family members.
Arit knew that there was no way she would be able to locate Talia in this mess of people, so she decided to make her way to the bunker first. If she got there and didn't find Talia, then she was going to break her way out and keep looking.
Arit went through the large common area with hundreds of other guests who were all trying their best to move to the bunkers. The guests were pushing and shoving each other so much that it was impossible for Arit to take a single step without someone touching her.
Thankfully, Arit was strong enough to withstand their shoves, and some of them even fell over when they ran into her because of how much stronger she was than them.
"Talia, James, let's go this way! We need to get to the bunker quickly!"
"Wait, big brother isn't here yet!"
"Mark is probably out there fighting! He'll come back once he's finished, I promise!"
Arit's head suddenly snapped to the side when she heard a loud voice shouting from the crowd. That was Talia and Greg! She was sure of it! Arit looked around for a while, trying to pinpoint the exact location of the two of them, and her eyes lit up as she saw a group of four people walking down a small corridor with few people in it.
The corridor was on the other side of the large common area, and Arit had to start shoving her way through people to try and get to that spot!
"Talia! Talia, wait there, I'm coming! Talia! Greg!"
Arit tried shouting over the crowd, but it almost seemed like the people around her were consciously trying to shout over her voice! Every time Arit raised her voice, they would also raise theirs, drowning out her shouts!
"Hugo! Where are you? Come to mommy!"
"Ryan! George!"
"Hey, no pushing! There are kids here!"
"What the hell are you doing!? You're going to hurt someone!"
Arit began to push people out of the way as she made her way to the corridor. Greg and Talia were already disappearing around the corner, and she didn't want to lose sight of them, so she constantly apologized to anyone she pushed while making her way through. Finally, after a few seconds, she managed to get through the large crowd and made her way to the corridor.
"Talia! Greg!"
Arit called out for both of them, and she smiled happily when Greg turned around to look at her with recognition in his eyes. Talia also saw her, and Talia raised her hand happily with a shout.
"Big Sister, Arit!"
BOOM!
The side of the corridor suddenly exploded just before Arit could get to Talia, and Arit was thrown into the wall of the corridor with intense force!
Bam!
Arit slammed hard against the wall, creating a large dent where she hit. She grunted in pain as she felt her skin scalding from the intense heat of the flames, and she crumpled to the ground. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire
"An explosion! It's an anima! It got into the hotel!"
"Run, we have to get to the bunker before it closes!"
The people in the corridor all started to run away, thinking there was an anima attacking them! There were no superhumans around, so the citizens knew that an anima attack now would lead to an absolute massacre. They ran in Greg's direction, bumping into him and trying to shove him aside as they made their way to the bunker.
Greg tried his best to get past the crowd and reach Arit. Arit had taken the full impact of the explosion, so Greg was sure she would be seriously injured. But Greg couldn't get far because of all the people bumping into him. If he used too much strength, Greg knew he could seriously hurt the citizens, so he was just slowly inching his way forward through the crowd.
But he didn't get far before two shadows appeared from within the dust cloud. They stepped through the hole in the wall and stopped between Greg's family and Arit.