Mei Terumi sat beside Tsunade, holding a cup of coffee, a faint, amused smile playing at the corner of her lips.
Her brown eyes moved back and forth between Hancock and Tsunade before finally settling on Loren.
"Master, that punch you used to kill Judge was unbelievably powerful. Chaos Space nearly collapsed."
Mei Terumi's voice was gentle, but beneath that gentleness was a note of earnest inquiry.
"If you suddenly used that power on us, you'd definitely kill us!"
Loren set down his teacup, looked at her, and smiled. "Don't worry, I won't use that power on you. After all, you're not iron sluts!"
At Loren's words, Mei Terumi's face instantly flushed red. She let out an embarrassed huff. "Pervert!"
Hinata sat beside Mei Terumi, holding a cup of milk in both hands. Her white eyes looked at Loren, and her cheeks were faintly flushed.
Ever since the battle had ended, she had wanted to speak to Loren, but every time the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back down.
Her fingers rubbed against the side of the cup, and her lips trembled slightly.
Loren noticed her. He looked toward Hinata, and the curve of his lips softened a little.
"Hinata, did your Byakugan notice anything during the battle?"
Hinata's face reddened even more. She lowered her head and looked at the milk in her cup.
"I... I saw Judge's energy flow. Its energy core was right in the center of its chest, surrounded by three layers of shields.
"The first layer was a physical shield made of compressed shell. The second was an energy shield formed from dark red energy; the third was... was a spatial shield.
"It hid its core inside a tiny spatial fold. If the spatial fold wasn't broken, even shattering the core couldn't hurt