Fortunately, the reporter's heart only skipped a few beats before quickly returning to normal. It happened so fast that even she wondered if she'd imagined it.
Thinking about it more carefully, perhaps it wasn't strange for her body to have a stress response after being injured and exhausting all her strength. Once things here were settled, she should return home and get a thorough medical checkup.
Just then, footsteps sounded, and two figures wearing composite-material powered suits appeared at the end of the corridor.
They were twin girls in the prime of their youth, no older than sixteen or seventeen. They moved lightly, and looked bright and youthful. Although they wore military-grade spacesuits and bulky defensive vests, with guns slung across their backs, they still looked like high school girls playing dress-up as soldiers—beautiful enough to run for school queen at any high school, and not the least bit dangerous-looking.
And yet, for some reason, when Miss Taina saw them appear, her heart—which had only just settled for two seconds—began pounding again.
But she had definitely never met these two before.
Miss Taina Morn suspiciously studied the beautiful twins, confirming once more that this was their first meeting.
At that moment, the girl on the left, with a slanted ponytail, seemed to sense her gaze and turned to meet it. She wore a lively, youthful, adorable smile, and her eyes were clear and lovely, like a tranquil lake. Yet it seemed as though a massive whirlpool lurked beneath that lake.
The reporter suddenly felt parched. She could no longer even feel her heartbeat.
Fortunately, that gaze only swept over her before settling on the half-dead Sandman.
"So this is the main suspect?" the girl asked.
"Take a look," Yu Lian said.
"His mental fluctuations are normal," the other girl said.