Tōko Tsunemi did not continue.
But everyone present knew the answer.
Those odds were probably even lower than winning the lottery jackpot.
"Ah-!"
"This is so annoying!"
At that thought, Kinuie Tanihara grew thoroughly frustrated too. She fiercely raked her fingers through her blue hair, leaving it as messy as a bird's nest.
"Without Boss around, nothing feels worth doing!"
"Those underclassmen have been getting restless lately!"
"I really want to hear Boss call us her little minions again..."
With that said.
The three slumped against their chair backs like three salted fish that had lost their dreams, staring blankly up at the dim yellow incandescent light on the ceiling.
However.
Just as the three girls, having lost their pillar of support, were sighing away in an utterly oppressive atmosphere.
Suddenly.
Outside the window, the previously pitch-black Courtyard lit up without warning!
A soft yet dazzling milky-white light instantly tore through the darkness!
The light poured through the windows into the Clubroom, making Kinuie Tanihara and the others slumped in their chairs squint instantly and instinctively raise their hands to shield their eyes.
"Wh-what's happening?!"
"A s-searchlight?! Why is it so bright?!"
"Did the military come back?! Are they unhappy they didn't find anything and back to arrest people?"
Startled, Kinuie Tanihara and the others sprang from their chairs in a panic.
However.
When they rushed to the window, gripped the frame, and got a clear look outside.
All six eyes belonging to the three girls went round!
Their mouths opened wide enough to fit an egg, and they even forgot to breathe.
There.
On the neatly trimmed lawn in the Courtyard.
Above the grass that should have been empty, an oval gateway of light had appeared out of nowhere, hovering half a foot off the ground and emitting