Okay, only have time for seventeen and eighteen for now. Might go back and edit this post with nineteen or save it for next post.
Seventeen and Eighteen
However, she kept watching them, only because the television, with a full spectrum of color and unparalleled sound quality was enough of a novelty to distract her from the cold, lonely emptiness best personified by the dusty old skeleton in the bed.
The mentions of how Chihiro was alone with not much to do made me feel bad for her. I too would go crazy if I were alone over a week like that. The next parts with her interacting with Serisen and he mother...well, things escalated fast. Really doesn't sound good there.
Like Sike, I too like the mention of scars during Five and Arkus's conversation. Also interesting as to why Arkus gave Five the name Ashi Taka.
Darkrai attacking huh? I'm assuming they're the cause for what happened last chapter too. Geez. Also like Sike, the last paragraph of eighteen there has me curious too over Five feeling that way. Enjoyed the two chapters, hopefully will get to nineteen soon.
EDIT- Okay, able to read Chapter Nineteen now.
Nineteen
With Arkus gone, an uneasy silence fell between the zoroark and the humans. As Director Sheldon was about to activate the teleporter, a zoroark asked its companions "Do you hear something?" Then a blade jutted out from its chest, soaked with its blood. All six zoroark died before they could react, their blood pooling onto the floor. Then six agents deactivated their cloaking devices and dragged the corpses away.
Well that went off to an unsettling start of this chapter.
Arkus turned towards Beta Five and asked, "What about you?"
Beta-Five felt the gaze of the two directors and Arkus weighing on him. He looked away and said, "I have nothing to say to you." A tear dripped out of his eye, and he dabbed it away in the same motion he used to take the tablet out of his pocket.
Ouch poor Five. The last sentence of the chapter, "Trapped between the two directors, Beta-Five could only watch from afar as a whole race was stripped of its humanity" must be even more harder for him to handle watching that.
For a fraction of a second, Beta-Five thought said "It's your fault we're going to do this, you should watch," but he shook the thought from his mind and followed them.
Awkward sentence there. Perhaps, "For a fraction of a second, Beta-Five wanted to say (etc)."
So yeah, this chapter really kick start something crazy here. Looking forward to more!