The next day.
It was a cool, sunny morning after the rain.
"Are you sure this is the place?"
"Imazato Apartments, Room 2, Sixth Floor, No. 10, Block 4, Fifteenth District."
A black-haired man in a black suit and white shirt, his hair tied in a single ponytail, looked at the address on his phone.
He was Eyelashes, the second-ranked B-Class hero.
"This should be the right place, Hellish Blizzard."
"Good. Then let's go up. You know what to do, right?"
Her figure was practically perfect, with balanced proportions and alluring lines that traced elegant curves.
She was a stunning woman with green hair and green eyes, wearing a long green dress, a white shawl, and high heels.
Yet her demeanor and tone were incomparably cold and arrogant.
"As long as he shows even the slightest intention to resist."
"I'll make him understand firsthand that arrogance is unacceptable!"
Mountain Ape, the third-ranked B-Class hero and likewise dressed in a suit, immediately answered in a deep, thick voice.
"Good."
"Yes, Hellish Blizzard!"
Ignoring the astonished looks of the people around them, the two shouted in unison.
"Huh?"
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the door to Room 2 on the sixth floor.
Except where had the door gone?
And why was a huge chunk missing from the corridor wall behind them, as though someone had deliberately destroyed it?
Hellish Blizzard, Eyelashes, and Mountain Ape all wore strange expressions.
It seemed knocking would not be necessary.
"Ahem!"
"Jiwei, twenty-third-ranked B-Class hero, come out immediately!"
"Hellish Blizzard, the number one B-Class hero, has something to say to you!"
Eyelashes stepped forward, standing before the doorless entryway as he shouted into the room.
However, no one responded. The atmosphere gradually became awkward, as though crows were cawing beside their ears.
"Jiwei,