Looking at Shizuku, who was standing still and in a daze, Leo finally walked over.
"Finished handling it?"
He asked with a smile.
Shizuku turned to look at him and nodded.
"Yeah. After waiting so long, I finally killed her."
Her tone was very flat, just like saying "finally threw away the garbage."
Leo did not press for details.
Everyone had their own past, and when Shizuku was willing to talk, she would naturally tell him.
"Then what are your plans next?"
He changed the subject.
Shizuku raised a finger to press against her chin, tilted her head to think for a moment, and a rare troubled expression appeared on her face.
"Hmm... none. I don't know what I can do either."
Her gaze was very pure, without sadness or excitement, only the daze after completing a mission.
This answer made Leo's heart leap with joy.
He restrained his expression and spoke in a tone as sincere as possible.
"Since that's the case, if you don't have a place to go, would you like to join my team?"
Shizuku looked at Leo, those purely black eyes looking straight at him through her lenses.
She was judging, thinking—although with her memory, she might turn around and forget the process of thinking a second later.
A few seconds later, she nodded.
"Alright then."
She agreed very readily because Leo had stepped in to help her at a critical moment, and also because... she really had nowhere else to go.
Leo smiled, a smile from the bottom of his heart.
"Shizuku, welcome to the team."
"Yeah," Shizuku acknowledged, then asked.
"What should we do in our next step?"
"Come with me to Heaven's Arena first, and I'll introduce another team member to you."
"Okay."
Shizuku nodded.
To her, it was the same wherever