"Hmm? What's this?"
Luo Mio blinked and took the wallet from Akatsuki Kojou's hand.
"I ran into something on my way back just now... and picked up this wallet. After thinking it over, I figured it would be best to give it to you, Teacher Toudo."
Giving Akatsuki Kojou a glance, Luo Mio opened the wallet.
It was a bi-fold design, with separate compartments for coins and bills.
The bill compartment held several thousand-yen notes and a ten-thousand-yen note—an amount that would have made many ordinary students envious.
But when Luo Mio opened the card holder and saw the credit card and student ID inside, his eyes froze.
The student ID bore a headshot of a girl with an extremely stiff smile, along with her name beside it...
----Kishō Shizuku.
Though four years had passed, the girl's appearance had not changed much since then. If there was any change, it was that the youthful immaturity had faded from her, replaced by far greater resilience and strength. It was clear from her eyes alone...
The student ID also listed her student registration number, grade, and class... along with the red seal of Private Saikai Academy.
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Student Registration Number: 4077-334-679
Grade and Class: Junior High, Year 3, Class C
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Luo Mio's thoughts immediately began racing.
Why was Shizuku on Sogen Island...? Shouldn't she still be at Kōshin no Mori Girls' Boarding School under the Lion King Organization? Could it have something to do with Koyomi?
But then Luo Mio thought of something else and cast a faint glance at Akatsuki Kojou beside him.
Could the Lion King Organization's higher-ups have learned that the Fourth Progenitor was on Sogen Island? Then again, Koyomi was already a third-year high school student at Saikai Academy.
But why would they send Shizuku to monitor