"Doctor, Doctor!" Mash's flustered, anxious voice came through the communicator. "Can you hear me? If you can, please answer!"
"Ah, ah, ah, I'm here, I'm here! Mash, what happened? Are you at the Singularity already?!" Roman hurried back to the communicator and replied to Mash.
"Doctor, Senpai and I have indeed arrived at the Singularity, but—Miss Lawrence is missing! Can you detect Miss Lawrence's Saint Graph reaction from your side?" Mash said into the communicator.
"Mash, there's no need to worry about me." Lawrence's somewhat helpless voice rang out. "For some reason, it seems I failed to undergo Spiritron Transfer. I was just ejected directly from the pod."
"Ah, I'm glad you're all right, Miss Lawrence." Hearing Lawrence's voice, Mash finally let out a sigh of relief.
"What happened on your end, Miss Lawrence? Did the pod malfunction?" Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice came through as well.
"I'm not sure either. Your top priority right now is to determine the situation where you are. Chaldea will conduct another inspection here." Lawrence shoved Roman aside and gave them a serious warning. "I'm not with you right now, so you must be careful!"
As she spoke, Lawrence shot Roman a glare.
Roman scratched his head with an awkward laugh, not knowing what to say.
"Mm, I understand." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded at the communicator and began looking around.
"This is a forest. A very ordinary forest," Mash reported as she looked about.
Then, from the bushes ahead, a small group of goblins emerged, shrieking and babbling in a language Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash could not understand.
"Not ordinary at all." Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged.
"Fou—" Fou chimed in as well.
Casting Fujimaru Ritsuka a helpless glance, Mash cautiously raised her shield.
"Hostile units detected. Entering combat mode!"
Pindo did not run, because he knew running would