Turning back the time a little while
Mischa’s POV
Mugetsu left after leaving a message. I looked at the corpses that were left alone by Mugetsu. One of them had their head turned in a strange direction while the other one was bloodied as if they crashed into the steel wall at a high speed.
They were not nice to look at. I turned to look at Hotaru and said, “What do you think. The protection target… that was Naomi, right?”
Hotaru nodded her head at me, “I think so, Mischa. Should we go to Avos School as she said or should we go to our hotel to meet Naomi?”
I touched my chin with my right hand and thought. If we meet Naomi, then we can protect her. But, that will cost the life of the civilians or students in Avos School. On the other hand, if we go to Avos School, we can’t ensure Naomi’s safety.
The only way to get this was to take Naomi to Avos School. Why did Melaine must be missing at a time like this! Naomi said that she sent Melaine to someplace for business with Luna Corporation. So the attack this time was timed nicely, their target as expected was Naomi.
“Hotaru, teleport me to Avos School. After you teleport me to Avos School, take Naomi to me. This was the best choice, to concentrate our defense in one place.”
“I see. We need to look out for the Moon of Akasha’s member too, right? They could be hidden near the Avos School to watch over Naomi.” Said Hotaru as she put her gun back to the holster.
I nodded my head at her words. But, we have no luxury right now. Any help was appreciated, even if they came from the Moon of Akasha. Not only that, we can’t report Mugetsu’s information to the Esper Association.
We had no concrete proof about the attack from Smiling Sun or something that Mugetsu talked about.
A minute after Mugetsu flew away from us, the team of 5 officers from Esper Association arrived. The Team of 5 looked around and saw 2 corpses of women before a pair of men and women from their team approached us. The man had blonde hair while the woman had wavy brown hair. They saluted at me and said.
“Report. My name is Kyouka, and my partner is Ryo. Officer Mischa Belyaeva, can you tell us what happened here?”
I saluted back at them and said.
“Mugetsu was here, she flew away after she killed the two women and give us the identity of these two corpses. It seems they were part of an organization called Smiling Sun.”
We lowered our hands at the same time and she looked at me with a serious face.
“Are you sure? We received a different report. From the report that we received, a Girl stole something from the one who reported and she was in pursuit of the Girl.”
I frowned at Kyouka’s word and asked.
“Are you sure? You felt the pressure that Mugetsu released, right?”
Kyouka nodded her head while the man, Ryo, clicked his tongue.
“I, no, we felt it. That was why we run towards this place as fast as we can. So that means…”
“The reporter was one of the girls that Mugetsu killed… and Mugetsu was the Girl in the report.” Added Hotaru.
She was really dependable at a time like this. Unfortunately, she wasn’t really able to show her ability in front of Naomi. That was why Naomi thought of Hotaru as a useless subordinate and teased her nonstop.
“That meant, Mugetsu had something that she took from these women.” I said as I looked at the corpses that were moved by the rest of the team.
“Tch, what did that Mugetsu tell you? I bet she left a message or two right, seeing you didn’t fight her.” Said Ryo as he looked at me with a serious face.
“Ryo! Don’t be disrespectful!” Shouted Kyouka as she stepped on Ryo’s leg.
“It hurts you dufus! This is how I talk, do you have any complaints, huh?!” Shouted Ryo back to Kyouka.
They had a nice relationship. Maybe that was why they were paired with each other. Like me and Hotaru… or Naomi if she joined the PD.
Ryo and Kyouka were bickering with each other for a while before Ryo turned to me and asked, “So?”
Kyouka frowned at Ryo before she turned to me with a wry smile, “I’m sorry, please forgive his act.”
“I don’t mind. Mugetsu did leave a message to me. She said that the Organization that the girls were part of, The Smiling Sun, will attack the Avos School. Not only that, they targeted my friend, Akasa Naomi.”
“Akasa Naomi as in the girl that was our protection target a month ago? Why did the organization, Smiling Sun was it? Targeting that girl?” Asked Kyouka in a curious tone.
“That was expected, you dufus! Akasa, as in Akasa Inc. They targeted her must be because they were aiming for their weapon!” Said Ryo as he put his hand on Kyouka’s head. He looked at me with a serious face and asked.
“So, when did they attack Avos Island. And what is your plan? We will help. I wanted to make sure that girl was safe this time. The last time we were failed because we didn’t recognize her, that was my fault.”
I looked at Ryo and nodded my head. So he and Kyouka were the ones who were ordered to protect Naomi at that time. If he wanted to help, then it will be better.
“Mischa…” Hotaru whispered at me from my side.
“Let’s accept their help. They seem like good people.”
I agreed with Hotaru’s idea, and that was my intention from the start. I looked at Ryo and Kyouka who were bickering once again and coughed into my hand to get their attention.
They looked at me with faces full of expectation.
“I will take your offer. Please help us.”
“Leave it to me!” Said Kyouka as she smiled.
“Ou…” Said Ryo.
I nodded my head in satisfaction, “Now for the plan. It goes like this…”
Putting this in spoiler just to be safe
Two characters introduced during this arc that are part of a law enforcing organization, which has become secretly corrupt over time or has been doing unethical things behind the scenes from the start, are now going to be asked by the ‘goody two-shoes’ (who has faith, perhaps even an almost religious devotion in said organization) to protect their friend/family/spouse? Moreover, they had failed to protect said friend/family/spouse the first time around due to [Reason 1] and possibly [Reason 2], but are ready to remedy their mistake when the goody two-shoes is needed somewhere else.
Normally I’d say this is a huge red flag for them to be double agents (for Smiling Sun in this case) but they could also be under the influence of the mind control, but haven’t yet shown any major actions that would prove so.
I’ll admit that I laughed at them missing Naomi because they didn’t recognize her, but now I’m skeptical because she should have some form of photo ID that they’d be provided in order to prevent that exact scenario from happening. More so, when they have such an advantage in technology in the Esper Organization. (Naomi is a student at Avos school, so you can’t tell me that they don’t have a publicly accessible picture of her from the past year or two)
What do I think is going to happen? Well, one of two things. Either they really are just a comedic duo in the police force who were tasked with protecting a sponsor, but not given any information for some odd reason; maybe because Naomi is Japan’s branch manager and the daughter of the owners, it was assumed they knew what she looked like or could easily pull up a picture? Or they’re Smiling Sun’s sleeper agents who will be tasked with securing Naomi (good luck, not that it’s going to help them) during the chaos once they're sure that Mischa and Hotaru are occupied.
Bing bang boom, Mischa begins to distrust the Esper Organization, looks into things during her free time, views events as they happen with a critical eye, and eventually finds reason to break off due to something the organization has done, before finding out that her best friend is actually leading the charge in trying to expose and eradicate the corruption. Romance throughout, Melaine gets jelly of ‘the new girl’/her disciple stealing Mugetsu’s love, and maybe Hotaru also joins?
interesting theory, but wait until the real one revealed!
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