"Ahhh, I'm sorry!"
The green-haired boy scrambled to his feet and apologized in a panic.
The child who had called out to him from behind hurried over as well, grumbling, "I told you to slow down, Lua. See? You bumped into someone now."
He was a child with glasses, and the two looked to be about elementary school age.
"S-sorry, mister."
The boy named Lua shrank back a little and apologized to "officer Godwin."
Kira smiled. "No, it's nothing."
"Yeah." Lua laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head. "Still, mister, you're really hard. When I ran into you just now, I almost thought I'd hit an iron plate."
Lua was one of the Protagonist Group, the sixth Signer who awakened only very late in the story. But that was all near the end; at present, he was still just an ordinary boy.
His twin sister Ruka, however, was a genuine Signer. When she was three, she had even visited the Spirit World and made a promise with the spirits to protect it. She was a gifted girl whose Spirit Affinity might have been even stronger than Judai's.
Ruka was quite the homebody, though, and rarely left the house. Lua was her complete opposite—lively, cheerful, and fond of excitement, with a particular love for dueling.
If Ruka were invited to a tournament, she definitely would not go. But Lua would certainly want to go, and would most likely drag his sister along too.
The Glasses Kid beside him studied Kira for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something. His expression changed drastically as he hurriedly pulled Lua aside. "Hey, hey, I think you just ran into someone really important.
I saw him on TV. I think he's the director of the Security Maintenance Bureau."
"Huh?"
Lua was shocked.
"Someone