Just as the four of them resonated harmoniously, Furina remembered something and asked Hinata and Roman what had happened over the past seven days.
"The kidnapping incident happened, but the plot changed a little..."
Hinata gave a detailed explanation, and everyone listened carefully.
Just as Hinata was nearly finished explaining, Roman's ear twitched. He heard a sound that had not come from Chaos Hall.
It came from the chaotic mist outside Chaos Hall. It was a set of footsteps.
Roman's heart stirred.
Another newcomer?!
Thank goodness... they didn't arrive while we were eating, or they'd have seen me eating Fufu in a... somewhat perverted scene!
Thinking this, Roman squeezed Hinata's little hand.
"What are you doing? I haven't finished explaining how we unleashed our might with Vacuum Attack and beat up the people who kidnapped us..."
"Someone's here."
With just one sentence, Roman cut off Hinata's complaint and drew Nami and Furina's attention as well.
A newcomer?!
Everyone turned to look toward the end of the pitch-black mist, at the gates of the Chaos Temple.
At that moment, Roman linked his vision to the three girls' eyes. Through their eyes, he saw someone wearing a wizard's hat, with long silver-gray hair, Gothic-style clothing, black stockings, thigh-high boots, and high heels.
The moment Roman saw those traits, he thought of Herta, Genius Society Member #83, from the game Honkai: Star Rail that he had played in his previous life.
She was an Aeon of Erudition, a genius who had deciphered the Solitary Wave Algorithm in her youth, developed rejuvenation in middle age, saved planetary worlds nineteen times, and researched the Simulated Universe!
"This is great! It's Herta—we're saved!" Roman said with a serious, excited expression. "If that Genius Society genius comes to Chaos Hall and undergoes Soul Resonance with us, it