"How about it? My power is convenient, isn't it? As long as I still have my Spirit Power and my 'voice,' I can do anything I want."
"So having a mental ability gives you a superiority complex now...? A Spirit using her powers on another Spirit, huh? Anyone could do that."
Lingmeng scratched her cheek, then called out jokingly.
"And what do you mean, 'anything you want'? You can't do me, can you!?"
"Lingmeng, why are you making dirty jokes again!?"
Shido shouted from beside her.
Had spending too much time with a seasoned flirt like Miku made Lingmeng start letting herself go too?
Fortunately, both of these lecherous mental-power users were beautiful girls.
If they had both been men...
Ugh. The consequences would have been unthinkable. Even girls outside Tengu City wouldn't have been safe.
"Huh?"
The innocent Tohka, of course, had no idea what they were talking about. She merely tilted her head in adorable confusion.
"Anyway, the Isolation Room is on the Eighteenth Floor, right? We should be there soon."
Lingmeng glanced at the floor number posted on a nearby wall and spoke softly.
At the same time, an uneasy feeling rose within her.
How should she put it? Something about the situation felt wrong.
Rescuing the Spirits had been far too easy.
The enemy had to know that they had broken into the building to take the Spirits back.
Normally, they would have moved the Spirits somewhere else immediately.
But they hadn't.
They had sent Wizards to pursue them through the building, but it felt like a token effort.
Even if most of DEM's Wizards were outside dealing with Kurumi's Clones, surely they would have stationed more than a few weaklings inside.
It almost looked as though they wanted Lingmeng's group to find him.
But just