"Oh~?"
Leng's gray eyes studied Kiba, who was half a head shorter than her, before turning toward Yuka and Kaitou standing behind him. She let out an intrigued "Oh."
After her eyes returned to normal, Leng spoke bluntly. "I didn't expect the hearts of you Orphnoch to be even cleaner and purer than human souls."
!
Leng's words immediately drew resentful looks from Mizuhara and the soldiers.
"Um... thank you for the compliment." Kiba replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Thank you." Yuka also offered her thanks in a soft voice.
"Don't think I'll help these guys just because you complimented me."
Kaitou continued to say one thing while meaning another. Afterward, he deliberately glared fiercely at Mizuhara and the others.
"Um..." Mari cut in. "Since Mr. Kiba is here, shouldn't we be discussing how to coexist peacefully?"
"That's right." Evreny, standing on the long table, looked at the three of them. "Please place your phones on the table. I'll upload the information on friendly Orphnoch near Tokyo."
"Eh?" (x2)
Only after Evreny spoke did Kiba and Yuka realize that a "little person" was standing on the table.
"Whoa?!"
Kaitou, however, was startled by Evreny. He then half-crouched beside the long table, wanting to observe the glowing "little person" up close.
But just as Kaitou reached out to touch Evreny...
"Thud, thud." The heavy footsteps of Primarch Power Armor striking the ground came from behind Kaitou.
Immediately afterward.
Before Kaitou could react, Robert had already reached one side of the long table. He extended his right hand to stop Kaitou and warned him in a low, metallic voice:
"Don't move."
"Wow... buddy, easy... easy. You've got quite a grip there..."
Kaitou quickly stood up, his hand aching from Robert's grip, and finally said something that showed weakness.
Only then did Robert release him