Chapter 45: Drones.
A war had ensued in the streets of Factory Town, or it might be more accurate to call it a hunt. It started small at first, but then more joined. In just a couple of hours, the streets were teeming with enraged youths chasing the strange drones roaming around.
Some believed they belonged to the police, others swore they were deployed by corpo grunts. Whatever it might be, such a swarm wasn’t going to be tolerated. Drones have always been a sour spot for many of Radmir’s residents and spreading them around was like a declaration of war.
Many of the spherical machines were felled, but more many remained. The locals had braced themselves for a long battle, knowing that whoever was behind the swarm wouldn’t just let their property get destroyed, but at one point the situation took a turn in the opposite direction.
All of a sudden, all around the district, the drones rose to the sky at the same time then took off in the same direction, leaving the bewildered locals staring at the sky. Just a few seconds later, the streets were filled with cheers and applause.
Unbeknownst to them, the drones never cared for them, and neither did their owner or the operators controlling them. The flying spheres had only one purpose and it was to look for a certain red-haired girl, and when a clue of her location was discovered, every last one of them was redirected toward it.
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"Whoa..."
Standing in the shadow of a tall building, Liliana looked up at the sky, watching as the swarm of drones took off toward the west. A short distance behind her, Dante sat on an old crate, hands in his pockets, eyes closed shut. Seeing him like that, one would think he was fast asleep.
"I can’t believe it worked..." The girl said, turning to him with a wide smile. "How did you know?"