Kira looked at the 5DS group before him in surprise.
"Oh? How did you know?"
"Ushio told us," Crow said.
Only then did Kira understand.
Since he was about to leave, he had resigned from his position as officer of the Security Maintenance Bureau in advance. That clown Yeager was temporarily acting as officer for now. If necessary, the Taiyi Organization would send down a new successor later.
Word had probably gotten out that Kira was preparing to step down, and Ushio had passed it on to the 5DS Protagonist Group. Though it was strange, the protagonists and Ushio, who had initially belonged to irreconcilably opposing camps, had become quite close by now. They often sat down together for tea and conversation, sharing all sorts of information.
"Yeah, that's about it." Kira had nothing to hide and said directly, "Yes, I'm probably ready to leave."
"Why?" Crow asked in confusion. "Aren't we companions?"
Kira smiled. He did not remember when exactly he had become their companion, but they had fought side by side before. Besides, in their eyes, those connected by the Signer Marks were probably companions.
To be fair, Kira's Signer Mark had far less presence than the others'. It was not like in the series, where the protagonists' Signer Marks always glowed whenever danger arose. When someone was in trouble, their teammates could sense it, and under certain circumstances, they could even transfer their Signer Marks onto one person. Judging by the effect, it seemed to stack Destiny Power.
Kira saw this as one of the unique cheat abilities of this generation's protagonists. At critical moments, their Destiny Power could flow between teammates. Even among all the Seafood Heads throughout the generations, that counted as an extraordinarily powerful cheat ability.
Yet Kira's Signer Mark had never reacted to