"Honestly, I seriously wonder how you've survived this long with that mouth of yours." Mine was stunned for quite a while before she realized Jiu Ming was taking a roundabout jab at her. True enough, her chest's ranking... its ranking within Night Raid headquarters could be said to be dead last...
Damn it, what was she supposed to do when she had no grounds to refute him!? Even if her "heart" harbored ambitions of pacifying the realm, but! But!
"I'm pretty capable, plus a bit of luck," Jiu Ming said with a smile.
"Luck?" Mine glanced thoughtfully at the still-unconscious Sheele. If they had not been lucky, they would have long since died beyond all hope of rescue. "Just who are you?"
"Ah... have you heard of the dragon in the east? The white tiger in the west? A firebird in the south, and a turtle in the north?"
"You're connected to them!?" Mine froze at that. She knew there was a legendary-class Super Danger Beast in the Eastern Sea to the east; Lubbock's Imperial Arm had been made from its fur. As for the one in the north, she seemed to have heard the Boss mention it before—it was apparently because Esdeath drank its blood that she became so ridiculously powerful... even more ridiculously powerful. She had not heard what form it specifically took.
As for the other two Jiu Ming mentioned, she began to wonder whether she had simply seen too little of the world. "No!"
Fury—!
"I only met that dragon in the east a couple days ago. Don't look at me like that." Under Mine's obedient gaze, Jiu Ming rubbed the tip of his nose. "You definitely don't know this, but beings like me always get these sudden premonitions. I reckon something flashy is going to