Enju

The next day.

Tokyo Area.

On a street, a black-haired boy in a black suit was pedaling his bicycle for all he was worth. Sitting behind him was a little girl in a yellow leather jacket with pink twin-tails.

"Rentaro, slow down!"

"Enju, hold on tight. I'm speeding up. Otherwise, who knows how much damage the Gastrea will cause!"

With that, the black-haired boy lifted the handlebars and stomped hard on the pedals, the bicycle tires kicking up dust against the ground.

It shot forward.

However, Enju, the little girl sitting behind him, failed to hold on. The instant the bicycle tilted upward and accelerated, she was flung off.

She rolled several times across the ground before landing heavily on her little butt, crying out in pain.

Rubbing her sore butt, Enju stared at Rentaro disappearing into the distance, her little head now filled with question marks.

She got to her feet, brushed the dust from her clothes, and hurried after Rentaro in a panic.

"Rentaro, you heartless bastard! Even if you're in a hurry, what kind of fiancé throws his own fiancée off his bike?!"

Enju complained as she ran, her little mouth never stopping.

Just then, three men in black uniforms with swords at their waists flashed past her.

The somewhat more mature man in the lead suddenly stopped. Looking at Enju, who was jogging along while muttering nonstop, he showed a thoughtful expression.

"Brother Sosuke, what is it?"

Uchiha Taro, who had come along with them to handle some business, asked Sosuke in confusion when he suddenly stopped.

Sosuke gestured with his eyes.

"Don't you see there's a lost child?"

Only then did Taro, who had been lost in thought, notice the little girl jogging beside them.

"Heh heh, sorry, Brother. I was thinking of a name