"Hey! What kind of attitude is that?! We're giving you face by acknowledging you as our boss, okay?!" Frenda finally couldn't hold it in and jumped out again, only to be silenced by a single glare from Mugino Shizuri.
Luo Yifang looked at Frenda as if she were an idiot and said irritably, "Look, you're an underground organization serving Academy City's upper ranks. If I just casually take you in, won't the people above come looking for trouble with me?"
Frenda didn't dare say another word. After all, everything Luo Yifang said was true. In their current situation, they were fish on the chopping block while Luo Yifang held the knife. No matter how they looked at it, Luo Yifang's decision mattered more. As for Academy City's Board of Directors? Sorry, they only cared about results, especially when things were in such a sensitive state.
The conversation fell into a deadlock, and everyone lapsed into awkward silence. Luo Yifang, meanwhile, was wondering why Mugino Shizuri had suddenly decided to surrender. It didn't go against his original intentions, but it was simply too suspicious. He glanced at Busu Dixin beside him and nearly asked out of habit—Yuanfang, what do you think?
Ahem, enough with the old meme. Serious business came first. Luo Yifang carefully studied Mugino Shizuri. This woman, whom many people called "Aunt Mugino," wasn't actually that old—at most around twenty, right at the age when a girl shed her youthful innocence and gradually matured... No, he was getting sidetracked. That wasn't the point. From the rather unfortunate nickname "Aunt Mugino," it was clear that Mugino Shizuri's personality shouldn't have been like this, right? Yet Luo Yifang saw none of her usual brutality or arrogance. And her decision to stay behind and cover her companions' retreat was something he simply