The Informant

"At the time, Kashima and I were eating at the Flame Bird Restaurant when we ran into members of the Apollo Familia. Kashima merely said that he might be able to reach Lv. 3 before long. Somehow, that offended them, and they started saying strange things about us bragging.

"Of course, it would have been fine if they were only talking about me. But they brought up you too, Big Brother Broly. They mocked you as a pretty boy living off a partner, saying you could only enter the Deep Floors because you rode on Miss Ais's coattails and followed behind the Loki Familia.

"Kashima and I couldn't stand it, so we argued with them. In the end, we came to blows in that restaurant tavern."

"You lost?"

"The two of us took down four of them, but their Lv. 3 Captain defeated us. I'm sorry, Big Brother Broly. I disgraced you."

Bell, his right cheek covered by a bandage, lowered his head. The young man was ashamed that he had failed to defeat an opponent above his level.

"Bell, you don't need to be like this. Two against four, and you managed to defeat four opponents at the same level. That's already incredible. Not everyone can defeat stronger opponents as easily as Broly eats and drinks."

Hestia comforted the apologetic White-Haired Boy.

"Lili, do you know where the Apollo Familia Residence is?"

Broly turned to the dwarf girl.

"Ah, I do. But what are you planning to do, Big Brother Broly?"

"Isn't that obvious? Their Captain hit Bell for the sake of his own Familia members. As a Captain myself, I naturally have to hit him back for Bell's sake."

Broly spoke as though it were only natural. Never mind that the Apollo Familia had started this fight; even