[h1]Hazama[/h1]

If Hazama was annoyed, he certainly didn't show it; his sly smile remained on his face, regardless of what the other two were saying. Well, Ouroboros [i]was[/i] deceptively weak-looking to people who didn't know about the Nox Nyctores, at least compared to the flashier weapons he had seen around... Which that just meant that he had to keep from using the full power of the Azure or tapping into any of Terumi's leftover power. As long as he played the persona he did back at the NOL, it seemed, it'd be a cinch to keep her on board. Well, it was better than using brute force, at least. That'd be much more effort than he'd have liked.

"Well, can't be helped if those were the cards I was dealt. You see why I'm asking for an easier way out?" he continued, reeling Ouroboros back into its portal before shutting it closed. "Anyhow, plan's right here."

With that, Hazama tossed a small circular machine onto the floor, which proceeded to bring up a diagram of the castle at the center of the town.

"Walls are super thick, guards either bloodthirsty sadistic madmen or corrupt guys getting paid to look the other way. Guards of any type are gonna be a pain to deal with, so let's just avoid that and head straight through here." he said, tracing a path underground from their current location to the castle's basement. "From there, there's a series of tediously long hallways, which we're probably going to avoid because I'm not in the mood for fighting in narrow enclosures, if at all. Instead, we can take a detour right around the second room to the right and head up. Assuming your ability is as I believe it to be, we can just move through here and jump straight through to the throne room, where I snatch the kid with my stuff and spirit him away like nothing ever happened. Hopefully, the guards will be too shocked to react and we'll get out scot free, but... That's probably unlikely."

Taking a deep breath, Hazama watched as the hologram retraced his pathway, causing it to blink periodically as the other two looked at it.

"Gotta admit, that was pretty on the fly, but if you work long enough staring at blueprints this kinda stuff tends to come naturally."

With that outline finished, Hazama tipped his fedora downwards and leaned against the most stable wall he could find. Only being able to access Ouroboros for this mission was... Well, a really big pain in the ass, but if it got him stuff without having to work for it then who was he to argue with those self-imposed terms?

"After I deliver the kid to the revolutionaries outside of this place, I'll uphold my end of the bargain. Sounds fair?"

Well, at the very least he wasn't going to lie to her completely. SE could probably provide this girl with whatever the hell she needed, so it was less a lie and more... A simple half-truth. If she asked for something like a Nox Nyctores or, by extension, a Murakumo Unit, though... That... That'd take some effort.