"This is the person you want me to go with, alone, to the Black Gem Casino? What rank is he?"
"Rank C," Jiro replied calmly.
"Rank C?" Kira repeated, her voice rising. "Do you even understand what's at stake? The Black Gem Casino isn't some backstreet fight club. There are B-rank and even A-rank hunters working for them. If we're discovered, we'll be surrounded and killed before we can even escape."
Jiro met her eyes. "Don't let appearances fool you. He may be ranked C, but if you and I fought him together right now, we'd both lose."
Kira blinked, a disbelieving laugh escaping her. "You're joking. You have to be."
Jiro shook his head. "No. That's precisely why I chose him."
Kira looked back at Raito, longer this time, her gaze narrowing as if trying to see what Jiro saw. "You don't look like much," she said quietly.
Raito stepped forward, his eyes locking onto Kira's.
