"Senior Meng Fan, Senior Himeno, Senior Hayakawa."
The group returned from the church.
Arai was already waiting for them outside the Public Safety Bureau.
The moment he saw them, he bowed repeatedly to his seniors.
Beside him, Kobeni bowed slightly along with Arai, her movements as stiff as a robot's.
"Arai, why are you standing outside?"
"Miss Makima told me to wait for you. She said she had something important to tell you."
"Something important? Why didn't Miss Makima call?"
"Miss Makima probably knew we were fighting a devil, so she didn't call," Aki Hayakawa explained.
"Then let's not keep Miss Makima waiting too long," Himeno said. "But where did Denji go?"
"He ran off to be her dog the second he got out of the car," Meng Fan said mercilessly.
Everyone understood immediately.
Then they headed for the office.
Before the group entered the office,
Denji was showing off to Makima about unlocking his new skill, Saw Chain.
He had even killed an enormous Cilantro Devil.
All that was missing was him putting the video in front of Makima and making her watch it from start to finish.
But everything went in one of Makima's ears and out the other.
She merely pretended to listen.
"Um... Miss Makima, do you ever smile?" Denji asked shyly.
"What made you ask that all of a sudden, Denji?"
"Nothing. I just hardly ever see you smile, so I wanted to... see it."
"Of course I smile." Makima gave Denji a faint smile.
Although it was fake, there was no way to tell. It looked more like a smile straight from the heart.
Makima's smile left Denji briefly stunned, too.
But compared with Reze's, Makima's smile clearly lacked impact.
Instead, Reze's smile overshadowed it.
"Miss Makima."
Just then, the office door opened.
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