Anshiu: "They Started It. I've Already Been Holding Back" / Terrifying Training Progress; The First Kengan Match Is Coming Up

The backstage area of the underground fighting organization, Valkyrie.

"What? You want to poach Hongo Hina? No way!"

With a heavy smack against the table, Iori Ichika snapped irritably at Hongo Hina, who sat before her blinking innocently as if none of this had anything to do with her, and at the two unfamiliar people, one man and one woman, who had shown up and immediately tried to steal her away.

Hongo Hina was Valkyrie's cash cow. It was no exaggeration to say that nearly half the people who came to watch the matches bought tickets specifically for Hongo Hina's fights. So these two trying to poach Hongo Hina was clearly them digging right into Valkyrie's weakest vital point.

If Hongo Hina left, what would happen to Valkyrie, which had only just barely managed to keep itself going?

It was not just the most irritable Iori Ichika; even Tenma Nozomi and Mitani Kana beside her nodded in agreement.

Although Hongo Hina's behavior gave them headaches a lot of the time, that did not mean they failed to understand how important she was.

It could be said that Hongo Hina was an inseparable part of their underground fighting organization, Valkyrie.

"As compensation for transferring Miss Hongo Hina away, I am willing, in my personal capacity, to allocate one billion yen from the Apocalypse Consortium as free funding to support Valkyrie's development, and to purchase sixty percent of Valkyrie's shares at the same price, becoming Valkyrie's largest behind-the-scenes shareholder."

Faced with the three women's questioning, Makima calmly stated the terms she was willing to offer.

At once, Iori Ichika, Mitani Kana, and Tenma Nozomi's eyes went wide.

H-how much? One billion?!

Someone was actually willing to offer one billion to an underground fighting organization like theirs, one that had only just started