"Our team recently gained a new companion... She looks strange, but my instincts tell me she's someone trustworthy. Maybe she can explain something."
"Explain... what?"
"Ah, I was just saying it casually. Don't mind it."
Exusiai smiled, then suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She abruptly turned around, drew her gun, and aimed it to the side.
Over there, an orange-haired girl with a biscuit in her mouth came running over.
"Huh?" Upon seeing her, Amiya hurriedly stopped Exusiai from attacking and looked at the girl in surprise.
"Miss Ceobe, why are you..."
"Ah~ It's Amiya~"
The orange-haired dog girl's face clearly lit up when she saw Amiya.
"The Doctor said there are bad guys here, so Ceobe came to beat up the bad guys!"
As she spoke, she waved the weapon in her hand. The huge pile of equipment on her back clattered along with her movements.
This made Exusiai somewhat curious.
But before she could say anything, the optimistic dog girl suddenly stared motionlessly at Exusiai.
"Huh? What is it?"
"...The smell."
"Hmm?"
"Her smell!"
The dog girl's eyes widened excitedly!
"Hand her over..."
A black figure stood before Maria. A thick gas mask concealed his face, and even his voice carried an unsettling quality.
But Maria paid him no heed. Instead, she turned to look at the crossbow bolts flying in from the other side.
It was astonishing.
"Crossbow bolts alone can unleash attacks no weaker than firearms... That's truly surprising."
Maria spoke slowly, while Skullshatterer's expression darkened.
He took a deep breath, raised the grenade launcher in his hands, and aimed it at Maria.
But perhaps because he was wary of Misha nearby, he hesitated to attack.
Misha also roughly understood what he meant.
Though she still did not completely trust Malaya, she cautiously moved closer