Aboard the Catastrophe stood all the other members of Pandra; overlooking the two new members the captain had decided to take in, they narrowed their eyes slightly.
"It seems we will be getting some fresh blood." An older man with long raven-black hair said, deciding to observe them carefully to make sure they weren't spies from somewhere.
A younger man hung over the edge of the railing. "Chill out, Magi. I know what you're thinking without even looking at you."
"..." The older man named Magi just clicked his tongue and left.
"Was that really necessary, Yo?" A beautiful woman asked, her long blue hair swaying in the wind as she inspected the two new faces standing next to Hyoubu and Yugiri.
"Necessary? No, but you know how he is," he casually said with a shrug.
The woman sighed helplessly; she also knew that, "I guess it's fine. Now let's focus on the new members."
She effortlessly switched the topic, her gaze focusing on the white-haired young man for some reason.
It felt like she had seen him before somewhere, but she couldn't seem to remember where. "Hey, Yo, doesn't the white-haired guy look a little familiar?"
"Hmm? What do you mean, Momiji?" Slightly taken aback, Yo now focused all his attention on the white-haired young man who had a similar build to Hyoubu.
The two kept staring at Senzo without caring about anything else; Senzo clearly felt their gazes, but he didn't care. After all, he had met them before.
"Come aboard."
"Huh?" Andy muttered, surprised by Hyoubu's declaration.
Hyoubu didn't mind and extended his hand. "A man shouldn't go back on his word."
"Heh."
The two exchanged a firm handshake.
"Well, you look pretty sturdy, so you should make a good toy." Hyoubu suddenly declared.
"What?"
Andy was left completely speechless; it seems this guy would always be like that, huh.
Then he turned toward the little girl who stood next to Senzo, with the little hamster standing on her head, glaring at him warily.
"By the way, what's your name?" he gently asked the little girl.
She hid behind Senzo's leg but still peeked out.
"Yugiri, let's go," Hyoubu suddenly said.
"Yes, major."
Just like that, Senzo and Yugiri followed behind Hyoubu and quickly climbed aboard the ship. With Andy following closely behind.
After they were all aboard, the spatial camouflage was reactivated, and they set sail.
Magi then quietly approached Hyoubu now that he was alone, standing on the deck.
"Major, should you have done that?" He carefully inquired; he absolutely didn't want to come across as disrespectful, but he had to make sure that he wasn't just doing it on a whim.
"Hm?"
"Should you have let those two into Pandra?" He explained what he meant, staring Hyoubu straight in the eye.
"Is there some kind of problem? Yugiri is rather attached to Senzo. And Andy, he has a very interesting power, you know."
"But if you still don't trust me, you can keep an eye on them yourself. I will be taking them with me on the next mission."
"What?! Why would you do that?" Magi suddenly shouted; he couldn't believe what he was hearing. He wanted to let them join in the next mission?
"Also a word of advice: be careful around Senzo. He might act rather laid back, but his psychic powers rival my own."
"..." Magi was dumbfounded. That guy could rival Hyoubu? That's insane.
"But why would you bring him into Pandra, then? I get that you might want his powers, but aren't you afraid that he might backstab us?"
Hyoubu rolled his eyes slightly. "Magi, remember what I told you about Yugiri. I just told you she is very fond of him." Hyoubu repeated himself, hoping this way too serious second in command would connect the dots.
"Ah, I guess I'll keep a close eye on Andy and warn the others about Senzo then." He concluded as he bowed politely and left.
"Hehe, this is going to be fun." Hyoubu muttered, glancing at Magi's back.
***
Now on board, Andy nervously looked around and made his way toward a totally desolate place on the ship.
He looked everywhere, making sure no one could see what he was about to do.
His left eye gleamed with unnatural brilliance; etched into the iris were six small symbols. As he quickly navigated to a specific one, suddenly a hologram appeared before him.
"Give me your report." The man in the hologram went straight to the point; he couldn't afford to waste time.
"Investigator Andy Hinomiya of the United States USEI. I have successfully infiltrated the criminal esper organization Pandra, just as planned."
"Good work. Now you know what we're aiming for, right? Make sure you get it." Andy's superior said.
"Understood, I will also report regularly from now on. Also could you investigate someone called Senzo Kazuko? He says his codename at Babel was The Pivot. He has also joined Pandra together with me."
With that, the hologram disappeared, and Andy quickly left to go and socialize to make sure he fit in.
***
Meanwhile, in the states, the man looked in front of him, where his special agent Andy Hinomiya had just been projected. With cold sweat dripping from his brow.
"That can't be!"
He shouted, slamming his hands on his desk. The Pivot was a secret weapon the Japanese had held for a long time, but suddenly they destroyed everything related to him and said they had neutralized him.
"I will have to bring this to the attention of the higher-ups." With that, he stood up and promptly left his office.
***
"Seems like it happened." Senzo casually muttered to himself while he sat on his bed, typing furiously on his laptop.
Using his abilities, he had been carefully monitoring Andy's movements to make sure he actually did report to his superior
And now with him mentioned as well, the Comericans might also interfere. But that was also within his calculations, so it was totally fine.
"Senzo, are you there?" He suddenly heard Yugiri's voice from the other side of the door.
He quietly put his laptop back into his phone's inventory and opened the door with a smile.
"What's wrong?"
"Ah. Um, Major wants you to come to the bar so you can meet all the others; he went to get Andy and asked me to get you."