Just as Penny was immersed in emotion.
Mela suddenly pulled out her phone and said excitedly, "I'm going to tell everyone! They have to know what you've done!"
Penny hurriedly reached out to stop her. "Wait!"
"Why? Everyone will understand you!"
Mela's fiery temper could no longer be contained. "We're all companions. Isn't it better to share the burden when something happens?"
Penny clenched her fists and asked, "Then are you willing to disband?"
"..."
Mela fell silent.
Even Penny, who had devised Operation Starfall, was unwilling to disband. The others directly involved were even less willing.
Penny wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said seriously, "Before everyone gets expelled by the principal, Team Star must disband! I'll explain it to everyone myself, just like I'm doing now!"
Mela was deeply unwilling, no matter how she looked at it.
"So you still intend to follow the rules, defeat us one by one, and force everyone to retire?"
"That's right. But not me. Him."
Penny stepped aside and gestured for her to look at Baimu beside her.
Baimu gave her a friendly smile.
Mela: "..."
For a moment, she wanted to ask whether Penny had gone mad. How could Team Star's internal problems drag an outsider into this?
And that outsider was the Champion!
No, wait.
Mela remembered angrily throwing her team badge to Baimu. Could Penny have commissioned him because of that?
"You actually agreed?"
She stared wide-eyed.
Baimu said, "As a member of Naranja Academy, dealing with troublesome elements is what I should do."
I wanted to loudly rebuke and refuse, but the principal was paying too much!
"Who are you calling troublesome elements?!"
Mela glared at him like an angry Growlithe.
Although the person before her was the Champion and had once beaten her