The gazes of the two girls collided and intertwined in mid-air...
At the very moment her gaze met Sazanoko's, Mukiwa instinctively wanted to look away.
But suddenly, as if she remembered something, she forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart, took a deep breath with a "ha", then tensed all her muscles, widened her eyes, and stared back at Sazanoko without yielding an inch.
—Who is this child...?
A doubtful shadow furrowed Sazanoko's brows, and after her consciousness looped through the "sea of memory", she finally recalled who this very familiar-looking cute girl was.
—This child... is the girl in red who previously assisted Mr. Tachibana against the Anti-foreigner Group...
The scenes of her first encounter with Mukiwa in the settlement devoured by fire flashed swiftly before Sazanoko's eyes.
—On closer look... this kid is indeed very cute.
