An ambulance was parked outside the 'Diamond' mall in District 15.
Because various 'accidents' happen every year during the 'Dahasei Festival', in order to maintain the positive image of Academy City as much as possible, various rescue units will be on standby these days to prevent the worst case scenario from happening.
Just like this now.
A girl fell to the ground. There was no trauma to her body or head, but her body temperature was abnormally high.
The siren sounded, and the doctors who had completed the first aid measures briefly communicated and decided to send her to the nearest hospital to further confirm other symptoms.
As the still unconscious female students were carried on the stretcher, whispers such as 'Hey, isn't that Tokiwadai's school uniform?' and 'You must be too tired,' could be heard from time to time.
.
Fremia, who was excluded from the crowd, hugged her new friend and looked at the flashing red light on the roof of the car with some concern.
After all, she happened to be not far away when the accident happened.
'I hope that young lady is okay...'
Touching the little black cat hanging on her arm, the kind-hearted blond girl quietly sent her inner blessings.
then.
The Fremia sank into depression again.
The night tour was about to begin, but Frenda still couldn't find her.
'...Ugh! My sister is such an idiot!'
Shrinking in discomfort, Fremia exerted slight force on her hands, as if she wanted to squeeze the hunger out of her body.
This kind of standard child-like willfulness probably made the little black cat unable to stand it anymore. It struggled to jump to the ground from the increasingly 'enthusiastic' embrace, and escaped in a hurry.
"Meow meow meow--!"
"……ah!"
Well, she became a person again.
Poor and helpless.
Crystal drops of water began to form in the corners of his eyes.
Can't cry!
Fremia tried to cheer herself up.
She is already a more mature adult than her sister! Even when she goes to the clothing store, she is more... ah!
Just when Fremia misunderstood the word "mature" and wanted to continue some "dangerous" thoughts, as if to correct this, she suddenly received a blow on her little head.
Then, someone called her name.
"F-Lei-M-Ya."
"Meow!"
Finally hearing her warm voice, Fremia, who had endured so far, raised her head excitedly, looking forward to the touching reunion of the sisters.
"elder sister……"
It's a pity that the world does not revolve around her ideas.
The sound went from cheerful to squeaky, and Fremia's crisis antenna was buzzing with warning.
There seems to be something wrong with this development...
"How many times has this happened?"
Exuding low pressure and squatting down, Flanda narrowed her eyes and stared at the aggrieved Fremia with a half-smile.
She was really tired today. In the morning, she solved a terrorist bombing incident and rescued a vending machine from Level 5. In the afternoon, she had to hunt down an industrial spy disguised as a takoyaki stall owner, and then she dealt with the shooting down of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
There was an attempted helicopter incident, and now we have to go to other school districts to pick up someone who is lost and take him home. It just doesn't stop for a moment.
In this comparison, Frenda is even more envious of 'next year'.
By then, no matter what happens, she won't be the only one so busy.
The smile on his face made Fremia more and more frightened.
"Okay... let's go back."
she laughed.
"There are still many things to be 'prepared' for."
She looked to the sky.
It was a night with no wind.
got windy.
…
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A restaurant in District 7 welcomed four guests.
One of them, a girl named Police Kantori, has recently become accustomed to the life of ANBU.
Although the leader of her organization is a woman with a bad temper at every turn, and her teammates are either female junior high school students with strange oral habits or slow-witted female high school students who have lost their powers, life like this is at least much better than the days when they were hiding in Tibet.
.
After looking at his teammates who were minding their own business with the food, the police officer Kantori also put the food he ordered into his mouth.
As part of the ANBU's break, they were enjoying a leisurely dinner at a Spanish restaurant while exchanging information of mutual interest.
Just looking at their appearance, no one would think that they are a private organization that can control the dark world of this city.
she thought.
Of course, the police officer did not forget his purpose and was still lying dormant, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the chairman of the board.
Thanks to the mysterious Mr. "Unknown", she was able to find an informant who contacted the ANBU before being sent to the juvenile reformatory, and thus had the opportunity to join the "item".
so.
She looked at the latest text messages on her phone.
Regarding the current ‘temporary entrustment notice’, the police also feel that they must carefully consider it.
After all, this was the first time her savior had officially come to see her.
[This is really a rare visitor... Didn’t you say that there are surveillance cameras everywhere in this city, so we should reduce the contact between us? 】
While everyone was concentrating on their own affairs, the police officer pretended to reply to the message as if nothing had happened.
The sender is still displayed as "unknown" whose source cannot be found.
[Haha, as for those ‘monitors’, I don’t think I have to worry about them for a long time. 】
"...?"
The expression on his face became confused, and the police officer looked a little confused about the meaning of "unknown".
She looked at the intersection. Isn't there a functioning monitor there?
【What's the meaning?】
[For your own good, it’s better not to know so much.]
His face changed slightly, and the policeman who had been working in the ANBU for a long time smelled danger from these words.
She thought of a lot at once.
I thought I was gradually seeing the 'whole picture' of the city, but in the end I was still a frog in the well...
Gritting his teeth calmly, the policeman saw that he was smart enough to give up and continue to dwell on the matter.
[Okay, can you tell me? Why are you looking for me this time? 】
After the police sent the message, the reply this time was two seconds slower.
【You should know the true identity of ‘Dolly’.】
——Boom!
This is the sound of a fork being thrust into the base of a barbecue.
"What, what's wrong? Police officer, your expression looks terrifying."
"Are you hungry?"
"Really, why did you become so crazy all of a sudden?"
As the police officer observed this unexpected and abnormal behavior, the attention of the other three people in the 'prop' was inevitably attracted.
Knowing that his reaction was a bit overreacted, the police officer who quickly calmed down smiled uglyly, said that his stomach hurt, and left his position.
When he arrived in the bathroom, the police officer looked in the mirror to wake himself up and looked at his phone again.
There were so many things she wanted to ask.
But "unknown" didn't give her this time.
In other words, there is no such plan now.
A new text message has appeared on your phone.
【I hope you can save someone.】
[In exchange, I will tell you some information about ‘Dolly’ later. 】