Rize and Kuru stared blankly at each other, while Chino stood frozen in place, too startled to know how to react.
Just as Fang Zheng was considering stepping in to smooth things over, something unexpected happened.
Rize and Kuru looked at each other, then spoke in unison.
"Who are you?"
"Huh?"
Hearing the other speak, both of them froze. Then Kuru stood up and involuntarily took a step back. Rize made the exact same movement and said the exact same thing.
"Why are you copying me?"
After saying that, they both froze again and stared at each other in surprise.
"Huh?"
"Th-this..."
Watching the two people make identical movements and even say identical words, Chino was completely bewildered. She cautiously edged over to Fang Zheng and asked in a low voice.
"Um... Mr. Fang Zheng, could she be Rize's sister...?"
Don't say it—I was starting to think that might be possible too.
If Fang Zheng hadn't known Kuru came from another world, he really would have thought Rize and Kuru were long-lost sisters. Their synchronization rate was practically three hundred percent!
They wouldn't even need training to pilot an EVA.
"That's right!"
At that moment, Little Black suddenly popped up and said something.
"In fact, this big sister is looking for her biological father. That's why we brought her here, to see if there might be any clues."
"Huh? Huhhh? Huhhhh???"
Hearing Little Black's troublemaking answer, Rize was utterly dumbfounded.
What was going on? Could this girl... really be her sister? Wait, but her mother had only given birth to her, hadn't she? Could it be... her father had another woman outside?
At that thought, Rize's imagination immediately ran wild... Could her father have had another woman, had a child with her, then abandoned them... No way!!
Though she didn't