The H.I.A headquarter's building, Kamiyama's office.

  "Guh, my back!!!"

  Yuri groans, not being able to stand the backfire of doing too much action yesterday. Doing an extreme exercise suddenly ruined her body's system.

  "Yuri-chan, you need to train and maintain your body"

  Miyabi drinks tea while feeling amused by her best friend.

  "If only I have a reliable Vice Captain like Yanagi..."

  "Then, you'll be zy all day long instead of training, huh?"

  Yuri's words are retorted immediately. Miyabi lets out a soft smile, even though her expression doesn't seem to be different much. Her long ears twitch slightly.

  "Guhnununu..."

  Yuri is shut down as she can't find a word to talk back. She seems to be on the loose, even Harumasa has to call her a Master. Yet, Yuri has mented Miyabi's brain circuit. This Oujo-sama only knows how to wield the sword but her IQ goes online whenever being with Yuri.

  "Neh, Yuri-chan"

  Miyabi approaches Yuri intimately without her consciousness. She just knows that she likes being close to Yuri. However, this kind of feelings isn't found in anyone else, even another cssmate Zhu Yuan.

  "Hmm?"

  Yuri hums softly, preparing for Miyabi to sit on her p as always.

  "Have you ever thought of the future when you retire?"

  "I mean...No more Light Proxy...Are you going to make a comeback?"

  Miyabi straddles on Yuri's ps, asking a sensitive question. Nontheless, she knows Yuri won't get mad at her. On the way, she takes a few sniff of Yuri's scent into her noses. There is a lingering fragrant of alcohol from st night, which supports a little bit to Yuri's orthor, mixed with an unknown shampoo that Miyabi can't rete. Yuri's scent is pleasant to her nose. However, let ignore those almost-popcorn thought...

  This issue she has thought all night after the conversation with Yanagi.

  *sigh*

  "This matter is hard to say...But if Miyachan want 'it', I'll do it only for you..."

  Yuri doesn't know what to say, her face turning somewhere to avoid the close eye contact with Miyabi.

  *badumps, badumps*

  For a moment, Miyabi feels her heart's race beating so fast. Yet, she felt uncomfortable because she doesn't have any ideas of this feeling. Sure enough, she is clear about her dark thoughts to monopolize this girl all for herself.

  Yuri doesn't expect her casual talk to cause a heart stir inside Miyabi's chest.

  "Do you remember our school's time?"

  Miyabi leans her face on Yuri's huge chest, reminiscing about the past.

  "Ugh...I thought I couldn't get a chance to know Hoshimi Oujo-sama, but you came to find me and request me to sing for you a lulby"

  Yuri scratches her head awkwardly. Before being broken, Yuri followed her adoptive dad as a muscian in the past. Of course, her talents in music are all good to perfect.

  "Umm...Being with you and listening to your voice are what I like the most"

  If Yuri were an outsider stepping into this office, she would've thought it's a confession. Unfortunately, she knows Miyabi very well that Miyabi doesn't know a single thing about romance.

  Yuri thought her voice just soothed Miyabi's pain when losing her mother. Hugging Miyabi's thigh and counting on her as her backer are just the tter thought when Yuri received those blurry memories from another world.

  "Ahaha...kohum"

  Suddenly, their conversation is interrupted by familiar visitors.

  "Oiya, Miss Void Hunter, what're you doing on Miss Light Proxy like that?"

  A sacartistic voice reaches the ears of the dou.

  Except for Yuri being embarrased to death, Miyabi still remains enotionless because she has thought her act with Yuri is an ordinary interaction.

  "I just want to hear her voice closer, by the way. Long time no see, Zhu Yuan"

  "And Vice Captain Qingyi"

  Miyabi turns around her body and leans against Yuri's chest, as if she was a chair.

  "You haven't changed at all. Still clinging to Yuri-chan as usual"

  Zhu Yuan covers her forehead, speechlessly speaking.

  "Hello, Zhu Yuan, Qingyi"

  Yuri finally can give a greeting.

  "What has brought you two here? A workaholic like Zhu Yuan has to stop her work and come here. I believe something big has happened, right?"

  "Yeah, it had happened. And your guess is becoming reality"

  Qingyi admits directly, while Zhu Yuan's expression turns uglier than ever.

  "Sorry for disturbing you two after the Hollow 0's expedition...We need Yuri's intelligence after all"

  "Zhu Yuan junior, you don't need to go around the circle. Lemme rephrase you"

  Qingyi understands Zhu Yuan's pain because their guessing work has pinpointed the suspect.

  "Yuri-san, gimme a name of that mole"

  Qingyi and Zhu Yuan has come to this point, so Yuri doesn't need to hide anything anymore. However, it must have a process.

  "Oh, what has happened to cause you two to determine that suspect?"

  Yuri acts like she is amused.

  "A coincidence after coincidences. Like you said, Yuri. I and Qingyi are ordered to deliver questionaires for citizen of the 6th street. 'Coincidentally', that day is the day N.E.P.S will deliver the core of the unknown Ethereal back to the H.A.N.D's headquarters"

  "And 'coincidentally', there are a group of mercenary knowing our delivering schedule to intercept the evidence"

  "After linking them, the mole must be..."

  Qingyi blinks of an eye, signaling Yuri to tell them the answer without worrying about Zhu Yuan.

  "Justin Bringer"

  "..."

  "..."

  "..."

  "Although I don't have any idea of the topic of your trio, the man named Bringer is evil, right? Can I ssh him?"

  Miyabi chimes in.

  "Wait a minute, Miyabi, we don't have enough of pieces of evidence. However, we can't murder him!"

  Zhu Yuan immediately retorts this crazy idea of this fox girl.

  "But what's about you, Zhu Yuan? Isn't he your savior, the one brought you up to the position of the Captain of Criminal Investigation?"

  Miyabi asks. Honestly, one day, if Yuri turns into a viliness, she won't know what to do.

  "Sorry about that girl, but evidence now is both hope and despair for her"

  Qingyi pats Zhu Yuan's shoulders.

  "Now that our purpose has been achieved. Yuri's guess matches ours"

  "Hey, do all of you think what kind of person I am?"

  "I know I'm emotional, but right is right, and wrong is wrong. I won't go against such a basic common sense as an officer"

  Zhu Yuan sighs as she doesn't know how to face this problem. Justin Bringer not only her mentor, and saviour, but also her second family at the work pce is now the suspect of a certain case.

  "Well said, Zhu Yuan"

  "This is Zhu Yuan we know"

  Yuri gives a compliment, and Miyabi follows suit.

  "Luckily, I didn't involve in the stolen evidence case. Otherwise, Bringer will eliminate me first"

  Then, Yuri sighs a relief. Pying with Tiger isn't her best side.

  "What do you mean, Yuri-chan?"

  Miyabi turns her head back, looking at Yuri's blue sky eyes. She knew Yuri almost lost her life inside the Hollow. Now, you tell her that there is an evil staring at her friend outside the Hollow. Her eyes are ful of compins, as if her gaze can scold people to death.

  "Don't look at me with that eyes, Miya-chan. You see, I'm in the position that every high-css criminal has to pay attention. I don't even know how many people curses and wishes for my sudden death inside the Hollow"

  Yuri tries to rub Miyabi's back to calm down that kind of gaze. She wonders if Miyabi is her mother or something.

  "Yuri-san is right. But we need your help now. Guessing is a matter, but evidence is needed to support our cim"

  Qingyi nods her head. Zhu Yuan looks at Yuri in expectation, waiting for her to open their mind. After all, their case has reached the dead end. Putting Bringer into the Suspect has already exceeded their information.

  "If you two want, I'll help a little bit. Every criminal has a tragic past that turning them into their current selves"

  "Let's begin with Bringer's glorious deed"

  Yuri pretends to be hesitant.

  "Ah, you mean his 'Hollow Hero' title. By the way, we also heard from the citizen of the 6th street...He has changed and was more interested in politics since he miraculously came back alive after rescuing many civilians"

  "Bingo"

  Yuri cps her hands.

  "Ah..."

  When saying this, Zhu Yuan looks at Yuri in atonishment, so Qingyi does.

  "This is the empty hole of time inside the Hollow that we didn't know anything that can make him change from Hero to Menace"

  "If we want to investigate, we must start from this point"

  Yuri smuggly is surprised by her intelligence. After all, after Miyabi's banner, she didn't have any idea where the story will go. However, Hoyo is quite good at those small details, so she can somehow guess the story.

  "Anyway, I'll apply my boss for private investigation inside the Hollow at the outer ring"

  "But you know, I'm..."

  "Too weak"

  Miyabi chimes in, breaking that smug face.

  "Miya-chan, what kind of person I am in your eyes?"

  "Weak, pitiful, idiot"

  "Having a hobby pretending to be strong while weaker than a chicken"

  "Guh"

  "But her heart and mind are more beautiful than anything I've ever seen"

  "Anyway, it should be our view as well"

  Zhu Yuan smiles helplessly. What Miyabi describe isn't wrong either.

  "It's okay anyway. We can't accompany you inside the Hollow, but we have a wild card that Bringer didn't even know"

  Qingyi signals Yuri to check her emails. Yuri holds Miyabi, leaning on the other side to grab her pad.

  Looking at the screen, Yuri catches a mouse in a sense.

  "Huh, Jane Doe?"