Lin Xiaolu had thought that this black-and-red magical girl who had suddenly appeared meant trouble. She had even gripped her wand, ready to manifest her Magic Armament. But she had not expected the newcomer not to attack on sight. Instead, she openly greeted Mint, as if they knew each other?
Although the other girl showed no hostility, Lin Xiaolu still felt a faint sense of danger hanging in the air.
"...Long time no see, Arrowroot."
Mint, now the center of everyone's attention, forced a smile. With her back to Lin Xiaolu and Bai Jingxuan, she kept one hand behind her back, repeatedly signaling for them to stay put. Then, seemingly casually, she exchanged pleasantries with the girl opposite her. "Thanks for the good wishes. I really have been trying to get along with my two teammates and become friends with them."
"But never mind that. What I'm more curious about is whether you caused the commotion up ahead just now?"
Mint sounded curious, but the hand behind her back slowly clenched, showing that she was far from calm. "Why are you in a place like this?"
"Taking the test, of course. Just like you, I'm looking for a Maze Node."
The black-and-red magical girl called Arrowroot watched Mint with evident interest, as though studying her reaction. "I happened to run into a few clueless idiots who wanted to block my path, so I drove them off."
"Drove them off? By eliminating them?" Mint asked acidly.
The magical fluctuations she had sensed earlier had clearly come from several sources. Yet after a certain point, only Arrowroot's magical presence remained; all the others had turned into nothing but lingering traces. In this assessment, the only way to cause that was to eliminate the others.
"Of course? What kind of stupid question is