"Coward. Stop dreaming. A loser like you wants to become an Associate Special Class Investigator?" Akira Mado said.
"There she goes again! Contradicting me again! Mr. Amon! Stop her already! Mr. Huiqi! She argues with everything I say!"
"Am I wrong? Save that dream for when you can handle a mission on your own."
"I can't take this anymore!" Seidou Takizawa shook Kōtarō Amon.
They had been like this back at the academy, spending every day bickering. Always stuck beneath the top-ranked Akira Mado, Takizawa had never been able to stand her.
As the alcohol took greater hold, Huiqi once again sensed trouble brewing.
Beside him, Akira Mado began criticizing Takizawa. He had buzzed around like a fly at the academy, making it hard not to say something.
Besides, in Akira Mado's eyes, everything Takizawa did made him look like an idiot, forever going, "Huh...? Huh...? Huh...?"
"You! What did you say? What did you say?! You're the reason I got stuck being second-rate! You got priority for everything-combat resources, combat classes, practical training!" The furious Takizawa looked like a little red bull, his face flushed and his breath coming in heavy pants.
"Heh. Your eyes are glazing over. Don't you even know how to learn by watching? Those two marbles above your neck are too ugly to pass for decorations."
"I!!!"
"Stop! Quit arguing!" Huiqi hurried to intervene. At this rate, the two might actually start fighting.
"Stay out of it. Go worry about your daughter."
That single remark stunned everyone at the table. Kōtarō Amon and Takizawa both turned to Huiqi in shock.
"Hm? Don't believe rumors, and don't spread them."
Ring, ring, ring...
Just as the two were about to press him for answers, Takizawa's phone suddenly rang.
The ringing soured Takizawa's mood all over again. Seidou