She had thought it was...
"Let's just treat it as a trip. Bronya likes that."
Bronya looked at Zhao Bai. "The way you're talking, headquarters probably assigned you a mission, didn't they?"
Zhao Bai nodded.
"Just an ordinary Honkai Beast rampage. I'm inviting you along for the trip."
"Where?"
"It isn't Financial City. You probably don't have a suite there, so let's spend Schicksal's money. It isn't ours anyway, so there's no reason to feel bad about it."
Bronya was somewhat surprised.
She had thought Zhao Bai would say they would spend his money.
Yet it was Schicksal again.
It seemed he truly had no sense of belonging toward Schicksal.
Zhao Bai's mission destination was a small city, and even the reports were little more than hearsay.
Of course, Schicksal would not overlook something like this. There was no smoke without fire; every rumor had its cause.
Passing travelers had seen the silhouette of a snow-white giant beast, like a mosquito magnified a thousand times.
It had only flashed past.
There were no pictures, only a complaint posted on a travelers' forum. Even the witness had mocked themself lightly, believing it to be an illusion caused by blurred vision. Yet Schicksal had recorded it in full and issued it to Zhao Bai as a mission.
"Bronya feels this is not A-rank work."
After reading the mission report, Bronya said,
"We carefully planned a frame-up for Bishop Otto—a harmless frame-up—in exchange for harmless retaliation, probably."
"Bronya somewhat understands... why you apologized."
Her gaze burned brightly.
"Although it is a little late, Bronya accepts your apology."
"This is what Bronya deserves."
Bronya had analyzed it.
In the days ahead, harmless retaliation like this might become more and more frequent, like flies.
Very annoying.
Zhao Bai wheeled out the motorcycle, and Bronya