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Cristina though about the offer before her, having more power always helps especially when you are in a war.

She briefly recalled her brief encounter with Hou Ren, she already knew there is no way for her to win against a Zodiac but even with the man just fooling around while she try to use every trick in her book and hold on, she still nearly died. And her sister could probably something more than that considering on what she is.

That's why she needs to take the deal, if she wants to stand a chance of facing her.

Although taking Huo Ren's power to herself felt wrong, felt the wrong course of action to take.

But what is?

She wasn't sure if it would work but it was better than nothing.

"What about something that stops Noble Arms from activating? I'm pretty sure such a useful ability would exist in your collection of powersets?"

“I’ve had more than enough time in, so called, perv dungeons.” Charles said. He considered which mission to take. Infiltration was definitely more up his alley, skills wise. It just wasn’t what he wanted to do. Besides, it felt like the roster for the rescue was filling up. “I wanted an excuse to refresh my combat diver training. What better excuse than putting C4 on the outer hull of the enemy ships.” He considered the possible counter measures they would face and the logistical difficulties of a long swim. “Or, I have been itching for HALO drop. Straight onto the deck.”

He paused. His mind running thousand miles a second. He always got excited when presented with a military problem. Reminded him of the old days. “I’ll sign on for the fleet. Will need more information to put together a proper plan.”

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Nil had tried to listen and she technically did, but understanding what was being said? That was a different story altogether, at least he said Qingshe was alive, maybe? Then stuff about Noble Arms, and more words and more.

It didn’t take long for Nil to get annoyed at the long discussion, especially since wasn’t taking in anything from all those words being tossed at her. Softly but surely she shifted to the back of the group, they would probably have an official briefing on the next misison anyway, even if short.

At least here in the back they were having fun, Gree was chuckling from what that Myke and Tonka had said… Normandy? Perv dungeon? She didn’t know what those meant, so Nil turned to Mikey who mentioned those.

”Uh, Myke? What is a Perv and Norm?”