"YEAH! Total victory!"
Watching the roof of the Tokyo National Museum in the distance get blown off like the lid of a giant toy box, Flanda happily raised both hands and shouted.
This was exactly why she had followed Riko into the phantom thief business. This was just too awesome!
Flanda was a lively, outgoing girl who naturally loved showing herself off. The problem was that while her ability was quite rare, it was difficult for it to produce any visually impressive moments. It was neither as flashy as Misaka Mikoto's nor as effortless as Shirai Kuroko's.
It could be said that if Flanda had not learned self-defense and carried weapons to protect herself, she would not have fared much better than Saten Ruiko when faced with some street punks.
Her ability was the sort that made professionals' eyes light up, but caused absolutely no stir when presented to the general public. It was like the discovery of gravitational waves back then—the global physics community had practically lost its mind with excitement, but ordinary people did not give a damn what kind of wave it was. They would rather see whether Wang Feng had made the headlines.
Naturally, that annoyed Flanda. Her ability really had no wow factor. Perhaps that was why Flanda fell in love with explosions—but she could not just blow things up in Academy City. So sneaking out into the outside world with Riko to cause explosions was the only way Flanda could indulge her hobby.
Not only that, although Flanda was almost completely unknown, every time she watched reports about "Lupin the Fourth" and listened to experts comment on her explosive art, she got so excited she could barely contain herself.
Of course, Flanda was not stupid enough to show herself in front of others. Academy