After Longinus and Kaki's battle ended, the others had little interest left in verifying the credibility of the rankings.
They were still immersed in the previous battle, unable to pull themselves out of it. Even at Headquarters, battles of that level were quite rare.
The only pity was that Kaki did not last very long!
"If... Kaki and Gion joined forces against Longinus, what kind of scene would that be?" some quick-witted people mused fancifully.
At the same time, quite a few people noticed that not a single person from G2 Branch ranked below one hundred. That was somewhat terrifying; no branch had ever achieved something like this.
Especially those two guys called T Bone and Gregory—their rankings were both within the top twenty, nearly on par with the strongest members of the other branches.
"Was G2 Branch simply unbelievably lucky, or... was this change brought about by that man?"
Just as the crowd was gradually dispersing, a cool voice rang out.
"Major Longinus, please wait."
Longinus stopped and turned around. A tall young woman stood before him, her clear eyes bright and lively, her crimson lips parting slightly, her satin-black hair drifting in the wind.
"Mm, what is it?"
"It's like this. Although I conveyed my apology last time, it wasn't formal enough. I still hoped to apologize to you in person. I'm sorry."
"Don't mind it. I didn't..." Longinus replied out of habit, then suddenly froze. "Wait, what are you apologizing to me for?"
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The gossipers nearby nearly choked on their own saliva. What was this? They were completely not on the same wavelength!
Gregory, meanwhile, looked eagerly toward the others, the meaning in his eyes obvious. "See? I knew it. She must have deliberately tried to pin something on the boss."
Gion said seriously,