"Are we certain? This was where Zero stayed during those three days?"
"Yes. We've ruled out the other five possible locations."
The moment Jonas returned to Alt Tower, he summoned Miss Eiffel, who had yet to finish work, and began investigating Zero.
An analysis of the routes in the records had identified six possible temporary residences. They had checked them one by one through various means, leaving only this last location unconfirmed.
And that location was actually a hotel, somewhere that required valid District 25 identification to check in.
"What's the situation now?"
"Miss Nora has already gone to investigate. Barring any surprises, we should receive her report in three minutes," Eiffel replied.
Sure enough, three minutes later, the office's communications terminal rang right on cue, and the young Nightingale's voice came from the other end.
"Mr. Jonas, it's confirmed. This is where that Federation Psionic stayed a few days ago, but she checked out two nights ago."
"She checked in using identification under the name 'Millie Della.' I've sent the details to your terminal. Please take a look."
Though Miss Nightingale usually showed little respect and constantly dreamed up ways to squeeze universal Character Shards out of him, her excellent performance on missions always managed to surprise him. She was like a completely different person from her everyday self.
The way she had gone above and beyond on this assignment was the perfect example.
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Nightingale."
After thanking her, Jonas projected the identification records from his personal terminal onto the screen before him.
[Name]: Millie Della [Gender]: Female [Age]: 23 [Address]: 75 South Pompey Street, Alt District
It was an utterly ordinary set of records that did not match Zero at all. Jonas had never expected to find her through