Just as Xina was quietly savoring the comforts of life in her heart.
The girl who had just been gulping down iced cola suddenly paused, shifting from a comfortable recline to sitting upright.
Something had crushed the thin layer of Honkai energy ice she had spread around the branch—and there were quite a few of them!
Closing her eyes, she controlled the miniature Assault-Class Honkai Beasts scattered around the New North American Branch to serve as her eyes and ears, having these "scouts," each about the size of a moth, investigate the identities of the intruders.
Yet no matter how hard those moth-sized miniature Honkai Beasts tried, all they saw was a void.
Invisibility! Large numbers! Heavy machinery!
They had to be Anti-Entropy!
With those crucial pieces of information, Xina immediately deduced the intruders' identities. She drained the last sip of iced cola and looked at the Valkyries around her, who were enjoying a delightful afternoon tea with her.
She could not help but agonize over what kind of work attitude she should adopt in response to Anti-Entropy's surprise attack.
"..."
Forget it. Since things had come to this, she should clock out first!
Xina got up and headed toward the changing room, estimating the time it would take for those Anti-Entropy Mechas to arrive based on where the ice had shattered.
In the end, Xina happily concluded that as long as she walked a little faster, she could narrowly miss the Anti-Entropy Mechas by exploiting the time difference.
After changing into casual clothes, Xina hurried toward the main entrance without a moment's pause—the New North American Branch was hidden beneath a theater, like a spy base from a movie. Valkyries normally used the front entrance when getting off work.
Just as she placed her hand on the exit button,