"It's a warning." Julie's voice was low, and a glint of coldness flickered in her eyes. "If I find out that you've done anything to betray us, I won't let you off."
"I won't do that." Nero shook her head. Crimson Lotus had only told her to join this team and had said nothing else.
"Good. Then let's get along from now on. We'll have to compete in the National Higher Academy Tournament together someday." Julie held out her hand amicably.
Normally, Nero should have taken her hand, and like the protagonists in storybooks, the two of them would have begun forging a deep friendship from that moment on.
But when Nero heard that, she frowned slightly and asked with some displeasure, "Do you think you... we can win?"
"Do you think you'll lose?" Julie asked in return.
"No." Nero answered without hesitation. As the youngest daughter of the Arisa Family, she had to possess the resolve to win at all times.
"I don't think I'll lose either," Julie said calmly.
"You've already lost to Crimson Lotus several times," Nero said bluntly.
"Hara Shichi will win." Julie sounded unconcerned. She admitted that she currently had no way to defeat Crimson Lotus, but if it were Hara Shichi, there would be no problem.
"Why?" Nero could not understand.
"Why?" Julie gave a cold laugh.
"If Crimson Lotus is an outlier, then Hara Shichi is an absolute monster." Julie could not help mocking herself.
"Talent that no ordinary person could possess, dueling skills so exceptional they defy reason, a mentality as calm and steady as a machine... having someone like that right beside me is enough to send chills down my spine. What annoys me even more is that he always acts like 'it's nothing special.' Honestly, I want to punch that