"Mugino really holds a grudge. We could've just gone straight to collect our payment..."
Frenda trudged listlessly down the broad corridor, never once stopping her complaints.
"That's just how she is..."
Kinuhata Saiai took it in stride.
Mugino Shizuri's personality was remarkably consistent inside and out. After interacting with her a few times, anyone could understand her intense arrogance and fierce desire for success.
"Finding out that the mission only went so smoothly because someone deliberately toyed with her, especially someone ranked below her-it's only natural she'd be furious."
"That doesn't mean she had to leave us behind. Battles between Espers are really rare. Sometimes I want to see Mugino go all out, too."
Frenda looked at her hands, which had begun to turn red, with a pained expression.
"In the end, we stayed up all night just to work as movers. Making a delicate beauty like me do this is such a waste."
After getting the location Rikō Takitsubō had locked onto with her ability, Mugino Shizuri had gone ahead to pick a fight with Mental Out, who was hiding in the building, without even giving them orders.
So the three girls had to find a suitable place to leave the equipment on their carts first.
"Rather than worrying about pointless things like that, you should do something about that careless attitude of yours, Frenda. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I never want to watch a battle between Espers."
Kinuhata Saiai sighed. Frenda's social-butterfly personality certainly made her pleasant company in everyday life, but as a teammate, she inevitably gave one cause for concern.
Unlike Rikō Takitsubō and Frenda, she had been recruited partway through as the product of a discontinued project.
During that project, besides having her ability developed to Level 4, Kinuhata Saiai had also been exposed to