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For a second your monster nature cries out for glorious battle against humans(who are probably all casuals), but you quickly center yourself. None of this has anything to do with videogames, so you're just going to prioritize personal survival. Instead of jumping down to the street, you poke Rayle and motion for her to follow you as you carefully mount a gigantic cable that runs all the way to the center's top floors. At first, you're a little worried Pantera is going to take offense to that, but she just yells, "Good idea! You do that!" somewhere behind you. You don't turn to look.
The cable is wide enough for you to stand comfortably, but balancing your SHELL proves to be a bit of a challenge. Still, you make good time, closely followed by Rayle, who is having a much easier time on the thick rubber surface due to her blade legs.
At about 1/3 of the way to the research center, all the gunshot sounds finally convince you to look down. Despite the lack of a coherent plan, the charge seems to have gone somewhat well, with fighting now concentrated around the armored cars, one of which is already turned over. Despite presumably being last to join, Pantera is actually leading the pack, dashing forward with blinding speed. The soldiers quickly switch to their swords and shields for melee, but you doubt normal humans can stop that many monsters without overwhelming numbers or heavy armored vehicles.
As you and Rayle watch the fighting, a third, somewhat nasal voice calls from below the cable.
– "You guys went here to slack off too?"
Both of you jump a little, then look down at the snail guy who was apparently climbing the underside of the cable this whole time. While playing a gacha game on his phone. If he wasn't a fucking casual firmly in the clutches of THE ENEMY, you'd commend his multitasking skills.
– "Uhh. Yeah, essentially. You know we're just gonna get in, break some stuff with minimal effort and then bail." You offer as you continue the climb. This guy probably isn't a snitch.
– "Mmkay, okay, good, because I definitely didn't become a monster to get EMPLOYED out of all things.."
– "Pft, tell me about it.." Rayle seems to agree. "I just wanted to get angry at people and then punch them, but uh.." She glances at you. "That didn't really work out that well, so now I should have a training arc or something. For REVENGE. Yeah.."
– "Hey, what about you, box guy?"
– "Moldy" You correct. "And I must destroy videogames." You give his phone a pointed look.
– "Aw, man, no way, what did they ever do to you?" He quickly hides the phone in his shell. "Maybe you could like.. stick to only destroying the shitty ones?"
