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It was Yin Lu.

Or should I have called her the magical girl Thousand Flowers?

"No, running into you was absolutely not part of my plans for today."

When I put on a cold expression, she complained to me, looking hurt:

"Hey! You could at least pretend to be comforting!"

"I have nothing to say to you."

Holding Barbara's hand, I headed straight for the cafeteria counter, and Yin Wei hurried after me.

"Wait, you really are cold! I helped you out plenty before, you know. I was practically half your liaison!"

"But you caused even more trouble."

As I lined up for food, I said irritably, "Yesterday, I fought another battle with people from your organization. Even in this prison, you must have heard about it, right? The war is over. How long are you people going to keep this up?"

I had some trouble of my own planned, but I wasn't about to stake the entire world on it.

Yin Lu protested, "But that has nothing to do with me! I already finished the mission Chairman Sun Ji gave me. He might have left other plans behind, but I'm not part of them!"

I took three sliced fried pork cutlets and a large serving of vegetable salad.

I wasn't going to have any rice.

Barbara copied me and ordered the same combination, though she asked for more salad.

"How could it have nothing to do with you? Tell me, what's the story behind that new agent?"

"No idea... Oh, extra minced garlic on the noodles, please! Thank you!"

Yin Lu ordered a bowl of beef ramen piled with so much raw garlic that eating it meant giving up on socializing for the rest of the day.

Only then did she answer, "I even destroyed the membership roster. How