Withstanding the terrifying mental pressure emanating from Soga Yura.
Kujou Katora held the unconscious Su Yuzu in her arms, tilting her head back and laughing brazenly.
The heavy mental pressure made Kujou Katora, who was already grievously injured, feel as if the internal organs in her chest were being squeezed out like toothpaste.
But... far from submitting to Soga Yura's mental pressure, she hugged Yuzu tightly in her arms, coughing as she laughed.
The more terrifying Soga Yura's mental pressure became, the more mocking her laughter grew.
This was all this guy was capable of.
Because of Kujou Katora's mocking smile, Soga Yura's expression turned ugly.
If she could be made to bow and submit by just an immense amount of mental pressure, how could she be feared and shunned by so many... to the point where people were unwilling to even mention the name of the Investigation Bureau's Fourth Action Division?
She was The Empire's Hound.
The clown-like younger sister of that Empress of the Abyss.
And a lunatic through and through.
Her scarlet eyes coldly gazed at the girl before her who was suppressing her shame, maintaining that icy expression, but... whose ears were still dyed with a bright, intoxicating flush.
Kujou Katora looked at Soga Yura with near revulsion.
Although she possessed an appearance nearly identical to Miss Yuzu.
She lacked Miss Yuzu's fragrance and softness.
And... she was rotten to the core.
Coughing, Kujou Katora hugged the soft, slender girl in her arms tightly.
Using the authority of the Investigation Bureau's Fourth Action Division, Kujou Katora had investigated Yuzu's circumstances within the Soga clan.
Because of the passing of Su Yuzu's mother... Miss Yuzu had never been well-received in the main Soga family.
It was one thing when the young Su Yuzu was precocious and considered to have outstanding talent and utility value.
But ever since Su Yuzu's ability was determined to be the most common mental-type ability, "Psychokinesis".
And remained shackled, unable to break through, no different from an ordinary person. After realizing that doing her utmost only allowed her to bend a spoon.
Everything changed.
Miss Yuzu... became the "disgrace" of the Soga clan.
No matter how outstanding Miss Yuzu's achievements were in other areas, no matter how she tried to prove herself, she remained nothing but the Soga clan's "disgrace".
She couldn't even attend the Soga clan's banquets.
She could only hide far away in the shadows at the edge of the spotlight where Soga Yura was the center of attention, silently watching everything.
Kujou Katora could well imagine what a heavy blow this was for a precocious girl.
In Su Yuzu, Kujou Katora seemed to see herself.
But she was luckier than Miss Yuzu.
After all... her own ability could at least be considered 'mediocre', or even excellent among ordinary people.
It was just that that guy was simply too outstanding.
"The Empire's First Archer".
"Imperial Capital University's Strongest Valkyrie".
"Humanity's Hope".
Even after Falling, that guy was the most terrifying Abyss... wandering upon the earth.
Compared to her, she was truly too ordinary.
Kujou Katora felt she could understand Su Yuzu.
So... she hated Soga Yura.
She hated the Soga Yura who didn't cherish her sister.
If Miss Yuzu were her sister... she would definitely want to hug Miss Yuzu every day, rubbing against her until the girl's little face was flushed and hot before she would agree to sleep.
In the dim, vast space, scarlet eyes met the girl's crimson eyes.
Kujou Katora looked at Soga Yura's cold little face, which was almost exactly the same as Su Yuzu's, only without a shred of warmth.
She felt even more revulsion.
As an older sister, she was truly terrible.
And Soga Yura... just stared at Kujou Katora,
Pretending not to see Soga Yura, Kujou Katora affectionately arranged Su Yuzu's bathrobe.
"Mmph..." She swallowed with some difficulty.
Because of the slash she had swung earlier, the bathrobe on Yuzu had become somewhat loose.
Vaguely... Kujou Katora could sense—
The girl in her arms really... really was only wrapped in a bathrobe.
'Damn it!!!'
The look she gave Soga Yura became even more filled with revulsion.
That cold face, so similar to Miss Yuzu's, seemed to have turned into the likeness of a light bulb.
After arranging the bathrobe on Su Yuzu, Kujou Katora gently picked Su Yuzu up in a princess carry, holding her in her arms.
Completely ignoring Soga Yura, she staggered outward. "Move..."
Soga Yura silently stepped aside.
The girl's fingertips were trembling.
She had almost never experienced receiving a "Blessing" from Lady Fate; the sudden attack from Lady Fate just now had caught her off guard.
Soga Yura had already just rushed down seven or eight floors panting, arriving here in a hurry, and was struggling to catch her breath.
And then to be suddenly attacked like this.
Soga Yura truly felt she had almost suffocated just then.
It was only by relying on the power of "Domination" to barely suppress the pleasure of that Blessing that she didn't embarrass herself on the spot.
Although... that sensation of near suffocation was... was quite pleas... quite strange.
Soga Yura silently watched Kujou Katora leave holding Su Yuzu.
Her fists clenched tight.
The girl's gaze fell entirely on the girl held in Kujou Katora's arms, on the pale white calves and cute little feet swaying constantly with Kujou Katora's staggering steps.
With a cold, pretty face, Soga Yura quietly watched Kujou Katora leave.
There was almost no other communication between the two.
Until Kujou Katora's figure disappeared into the shadows of the corner ahead.
Whoosh—
It was as if an hourglass had flipped in her crimson eyes.
"Ha..." A low panting sound.
Soga Yura's clenched fists slowly unclenched.
Her cold crimson eyes wavered, and in the next second... they were instantly brimming with bright, watery light
.
The girl stamped her right foot hard into a puddle.
"Mmph, mmph, mmph..." Soga Yura bit the hem of her trench coat tightly, her eyes filled with grievance.
"Yuzu Yuzu Yuzu Yuzu Yuzu..."
The mixed air of the underground drainage system seemed to still carry a faint trace of Yuzu's scent.
Dazed Yuzu is so cute.
Sleeping Yuzu is so well-behaved too.
Soft... fragrant... holding her in one's arms must be countless times more comfortable than a body pillow.
'But...'
'But...'
Her own Yuzu... was held in another woman's arms.
And it was Kujou Katora, that bad woman who looked dangerous at a glance.
And...
"Damn it!!!"
"That guy actually dared to mock me."
"But..."
"But..." Recalling the look Yuzu gave her before passing out, that shrinking, fearful look.
Soga Yura bit the collar of her trench coat tightly.
She suddenly felt very hurt.
She slowly bent down, her whole body seeming to curl up into a ball.
The "Blessing" that Soga Yura had barely suppressed using the power of "Domination" finally could not be suppressed any longer.
Just then... she suddenly heard the sound of splashing water.
The girl raised her head in shame and confusion, only to find several ferocious, sturdy beasts the size of small calves dragging a female superintendent by her trouser leg through the water past her.
"Eek?"
A rather cute, tiny sound leaked from Soga Yura's mouth.
Hayabusa kept her eyes tightly shut.
She even wanted to hold her breath.
'I saw nothing...'
'I heard nothing...'
'I'm still young...'
'I don't want to be silenced.'
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