What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company?

Chapter 46 In The Warehouse Basement

We climbed down the ladder that led to the basement carefully.

I managed to find it after we searched around for a bit since it was just a small hatch located in the corner of the warehouse.

I closed the hatch after we climbed in, which also served to cut off any sound coming from the outside.

Right now I'm hoping that those two girls that had gone past us would take longer than we did to think about going to the Security Office, otherwise they might see us appearing on the screens later.

Of course, I was not counting on that so we should just hurry and get the girl before those Mercs call their friends to stop stalling and storm into the warehouse.

Descending from the ladder brought us to some kind of storeroom, though it was empty aside from some discarded containers.

The door was open and it led out to a corridor that had trash littering the ground every few dozen steps.

The thugs definitely weren't keeping this place clean that's for sure.

Amber peeked outside the door with her pistols held at the ready, giving me a curt nod before moving out into the corridor.

I pulled out my new shotgun and double checked that it was loaded, thumbing off the safety as I did so.

There's no way we can hide any shots we make in here so I'm going in with the big gun from the start.

I let Amber take the lead while I covered her rear... And it was a really nice rear by the way.

Ahem...

Using our memory of the map, we made our way towards the place where we saw the thug standing guard easily enough, walking past a rather familiar door that had the words 'Security Office' as we did so.

That must be the room that contains the second button needed to activate the anti-riot countermeasures.

We neared a corner and stopped there, both of us peeking around it to see the place that we had seen on the screen back in the first Security Office.

A single thug stood in front of an open doorway looking bored, his gun leaning against the wall on his left.

Voices were coming through the doorway and whoever was there did not sound happy.

"Fuck! What do you mean the deal's changed?! I got the girl didn't I?! And... Huh? Wait... No... No, no, no... I did as you asked so it's not my fault that we were seen!! Wait!

Alright, alright! We'll take her there!! Just get the money ready ok?! ... Yes, yes! I'll be right--"

A thug suddenly ran past the guard and rushed into the room, "Boss!! Boss!!"

The same voice growled at him, "What?! I'm in the middle of something! This better be important!"

"Mercs!! Mercs are outside!! We already lost half of our guys boss!"

"Fuck! What? No... Nothing! Don't worry about it! I'll bring her there! Just get... Get ready the money!"

There was the sound of something breaking inside before that boss guy started shouting again.

I stood up and nodded a thanks to the blonde Merc, receiving a grin from her in return.

I then directed my attention to the rest of the room, finding another door in the corner which must be where they kept the girl.

I went to try the door but as expected, it was locked tight. And since it was a sliding type of door, it's not like I could just use my gun and blow open the handle or something.

"Tera~" Amber called out.

I turned to her and she pointed at a console near where the dead boss was.

Ah, maybe that controlled the door?

I went towards it and tapped on the screen impatiently, watching it come to life before I searched around to see something that would help.

Luck was on our side as an application literally called 'door controls' was on the front page and I tapped on it, only to find that it required a passcode.

Fucking hell.

I took out my Codex and connected to it, hacking into the console to grant me access while Amber took the time to loot the Credit Chips off the dead thugs' bodies.

By the time she was done collecting those, the sound of me unlocking the door could be heard.

I rushed to the door and it slid open with a hiss, revealing a dimly lit room with a young girl no older than ten tied up and gagged to a chair in the centre of the room.

Her eyes widened in fear when she saw us and she struggled against her bindings while screaming into her gag.

I raised my hands in a placating manner, "Hey, hey... It's alright now. We're here to rescue you. We already took care of the bad guys outside ok? We'll get you out of here."

She seemed to calm down a little but by how her breaths were still coming out in quick gasps, I figured she was still quite frightened.

I approached her slowly and undid her gag first, letting the cloth fall onto the ground.

The girl sobbed, "Waaahh... Mommyyyyy..."

"There, there... It's ok now. We'll get you out of here, ok?"

The girl sniffed and nodded.

I untied the ropes and she tried to stand up, only to stumble forward on shaky legs so I was forced to catch her lest she fell..

Ah, I guess she won't be able to walk on her own.

"Shall I carry you?" I asked.

She nodded again.

I slung my gun behind my back and lifted her up in my arms, turning to Amber who had been waiting at the door to give her a nod.

Package secured, time to get out of here.