After Mugino Shizuri hung up, her face darkened. Although Frenda often did stupid things, in her eyes, if anyone was going to punish her, it could only be Mugino herself. With her intense need for control, she had no intention of letting one of her subordinates fall into enemy hands and be toyed with at will.
Of course, to spare the feelings of her two subordinates, Mugino Shizuri gave Kinuhata Saiai and Takitsubo Rikou the same objective: "Pack your things. We're going to rescue Frenda."
Just as silence filled the car, Kinuhata Saiai suddenly said, "I think Frenda is probably in an extremely dangerous situation. And wouldn't it be a little too reckless for us to go in like this?"
The other two remained silent, so Kinuhata Saiai continued, "That person just said Frenda had already... We haven't been out long, which means they never planned to get information out of Frenda in the first place..."
"You mean they may have already figured us out?" Mugino Shizuri gave a disdainful snort. "Heh. So what if they know about Item? Trash is still trash. They have no idea how terrifying espers are."
Takitsubo Rikou, however, was not reassured. Instead, the sense of foreboding in her heart grew even stronger. "But... what if they have espers too...?"
"Hmph, impossible!" Mugino Shizuri laughed exaggeratedly. "According to the information I got, No. 2 seems to have been seriously injured for some reason. As for No. 1, even Academy City's higher-ups have no idea where he is or what the hell he's doing... And No. 3? If she comes, heh heh, perfect. We'll take her out and show her what real strength is."
"Mugino is right. Even if they have an LV.5 among their top fighters, with the two of us added in, we can