BOOM!!!
Thunder kept rumbling near the school.
Lightning flashed across the sky more and more frequently.
WHOOSH!!!
Rain poured down.
A young man and woman dashed into the school.
"Whew!"
"Denji, good thing we made it in time. Otherwise, we would've gotten soaked."
"Didn't we agree to take a walk naked in the rain?" Denji muttered, clearly unhappy about coming inside with his clothes still dry.
"Denji, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
"I'm bursting with energy right now. There's basically no way I'll catch a cold."
"Oh, I can certainly see how energetic you are." Reze smiled with her hands behind her back. "All right, let's find a classroom and study."
Reze led Denji into the nearest classroom.
She turned on the lights, and the neatly arranged desks and chairs filled her with joy.
School had always been the place Reze longed for most.
It offered a good environment for learning.
There were plenty of classmates to work hard alongside, too.
You could happily go to school and head home every day.
Aside from studying, there was nothing else to worry about.
But Reze's reality was far crueler.
Ever since she was little, she had been controlled by others and used as a weapon.
She had no family and no friends.
She hadn't even had a name.
In Bear Country, they had always called her a guinea pig.
They had subjected her to all kinds of human experiments.
The reason she had met Denji...
Was that she was carrying out orders from her superiors.
All she had to do was take Denji's heart back to her country.
Then her superiors would set her free.
But after spending so much time together...
Reze found that being with Denji and Meng Fan made her happier instead.
"Reze, what are you