"Lady Koharu said that since she was going to follow a true god and leave for that world full of unknowns..."
"Then..."
"She had to bring things in this world to a perfect close first."
"So Lady Koharu chose to challenge powerful fighters from all across this world."
"She said she would trample every self-proclaimed powerhouse in this world underfoot and shatter all their pride."
"Only when she truly stood at the pinnacle of this world, certain there was no opponent left worth drawing her sword against..."
"Would she come before you with nothing else on her mind."
As she finished speaking.
Yoshino Fujibayashi bowed her head deeply.
"At present, according to the latest reports..."
"Lady Koharu has swept through the entire underground fighting scene in the Kanto region over the past few days, and even took down several well-known yakuza organizations along the way."
"Just as she said."
"She is completing this farewell ceremony as quickly as possible."
"And..."
"She asked me to tell you."
"Please wait a little while."
After those words.
A brief silence fell over the office.
Only the old wall clock sounded, "Tick-tock, tick-tock."
A moment later.
"Heh..."
A soft chuckle escaped Haimo's lips.
"So that's it."
He had originally thought Koharu Narukami simply loved fighting.
But he had never expected.
She even had this sort of... should I call it arrogance, or a unique sense of ceremony?
Still.
Haimo did not dislike that personality.
On the contrary.
That drive to become stronger, to the point of utter obsession, was exactly what Orario needed most.
"Then tell her."
Haimo stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down over the campus, which had grown lively with the Five Swords' return yet still seemed somewhat small.
"If she wants to bring things to a close,