Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

How could she not investigate the matter behind the scenes?

"I understand, Miss."

Mugino Shizuri bowed slightly again, then turned and walked out without looking back.

At Mugino Shizuri's instruction, the female researcher connected the tablet in her hand to the large screen on the wall of Shokuhou Misaki's office.

The next second.

The screen lit up with the same monitoring feed as the tablet.

Kihara Yui was still pacing outside the institute's gate, her eyes occasionally fixed on the monitor above, her lips seemingly moving as if muttering something.

……

"Damn it, to suddenly give me this notice, assigning me here, and then no one comes out to meet me."

"Am I cargo, a ball, being kicked around?"

With her arms crossed over her chest, Kihara Yui's brow was furrowed, and her leather-shoed foot kicked the ground forcefully.

"How much longer do I have to wait?"

Anxiety rose within Kihara Yui.

But just then, the previously closed gate slowly opened to both sides.

However, behind the open gate, there was no one.

Only an empty corridor, without anyone in sight, and no doors to rooms visible.

"Are they telling me to go in?"

She said to herself, a hint of hesitation on Kihara Yui's face.

But thinking of the order she received from that person in the early hours of the morning, her previously slightly hunched back straightened, making her already ample chest appear even more so.

The sound of leather shoes tapping on the ground echoed.

Following the signs along the way and the automatically opening doors, Kihara Yui advanced.

Finally, she stopped in front of what seemed to be a rather empty room.

This was because there were no more doors that opened automatically.

"Strange, is this the place? Why is no one here?"

Chapter 161: Mugino Shizuri

"Whoosh—"

In the sharp sound of air being torn, a beam of emerald green light suddenly shot out from the melted wall, grazing the air and heading straight for Kihara Yui, who was in a daze looking around.

"Chirp—"

The beam, completely missing its target, landed directly on the wall behind Kihara Yui. Instead of an explosion, the wall seemed to melt at high temperatures, directly turning into its most basic molecular state.

And Kihara Yui, who should have been within the range of that beam, now appeared ten meters away.

"Who is it? This is dangerous."

Cold sweat ran down Kihara Yui's forehead.

She looked at the spot where the beam had been fired from, her gaze fixed, her two rows of white teeth grinding.

She was now extremely grateful that she had maintained a high level of vigilance before entering this room.

Otherwise, she would have been completely done for by that sudden attack.

"I am just Miss's maid, acting under Miss's orders. If possible, I hope you will just surrender and put this on."

The door on the other side of the room slowly slid open, and Mugino Shizuri, wearing a revealing maid outfit, walked in.

The moment Kihara Yui saw Mugino Shizuri, cold sweat was no longer just flowing from her forehead; even the chest binder she was wearing was soaked.

"That ability, that appearance..."

Kihara Yui's teeth were chattering.

She had identified the woman in front of her, and it was precisely because she had identified this woman that she was reacting this way.

"Wait, wait a minute, I came here because I received orders."

"Whoosh, whoosh—"

Two emerald green orbs instantly materialized around Mugino Shizuri, and the hovering orbs directly shot out two emerald green beams, like turrets, intersecting in the air and sweeping towards Kihara Yui again.

"As expected, you have already received orders."

"In that case, it seems impossible to make you surrender."

Mugino Shizuri sighed softly, as if by magic, pulling out a completely silver card from her pocket.

The next moment, the chip in Mugino Shizuri's hand was thrown directly into the air, and the green orbs hovering behind her detonated at the same time.

The blooming emerald green light directly shot onto the chip.

"Wait, I'm not that consciousness, I am..."

If Kihara Yui had only felt danger and cold sweat from the previous attack.

But now it was obviously different. Now, the threat of death enveloped her; she would die.

She would die if she wasn't careful.

Then, the chip shattered directly.

Next, a scene enough to shock the eye occurred; the previously single linear beam attack instantly split into dozens of attacks, like a runaway laser, shooting in all directions.

The power of dozens of slender electronic beams exploding in an instant even caused the surrounding temperature to skyrocket wildly.

This was an all-encompassing, comprehensive attack, like a peacock spreading its tail.

(As expected of the fourth-ranked Level 5, 'Meltdowner').

Kihara Yui's pupils shrank violently. She didn't even have time to explain before activating her ability and disappearing from the spot.

Mugino Shizuri was about 200 meters away from her. Although her maximum teleportation distance could theoretically reach 800 meters, the accuracy would be poor. The accurate teleportation distance she could control was about 180 meters.

Theoretically, as long as she teleported once, she could bring Mugino Shizuri into her attack range.

"Buzz—!"

Another sound of crystal shattering, and a rain of light beams spread out again.

The next moment.

The smell of burnt fabric rose, and emerald green beams directly pierced through the Tokiwadai Middle School winter uniform that Kihara Yui was wearing.

"I surrender, can't I just surrender?"

"Stop attacking, I received orders to report here."

"I'm not here to investigate the secrets of 'Production Facility'."

The chip was thrown into the air again, and Kihara Yui quickly shouted loudly.

Rush over to attack that monster-level Level 5?

Stop joking around. She needed precise control of her body just to barely dodge the beams from 200 meters away.

The closer she got to that monster esper, the denser the beams would be. There was no room for her there at all.

She was afraid that she would be riddled with holes the moment she appeared there.

Secondly, she could teleport away.

But...

She was sure that the distance she had traveled when she came in was definitely more than 800 meters, although she hadn't calculated it carefully.

She wasn't familiar with the layout of the rooms here at all.

She was scared.

What if she teleported to the wrong spot and ended up inside a wall?

She didn't want to experience the same thing again.

"Really?"

Although there was a lot of noise earlier, Kihara Yui's voice seemed to have been conveyed to Mugino Shizuri's ears very well.

The continuous barrage of rays did not fire again.

Across the great distance, Mugino Shizuri's pair of pale yellow pupils stared intently at Kihara Yui.

"Really, really, absolutely really."

Kihara Yui nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice.

She seemed to be afraid that if she nodded too slowly, Mugino Shizuri would continue attacking.

"Look, look, I have proof here."

Then, Kihara Yui seemed to suddenly think of something and quickly pulled out her phone from her pocket.

"Sorry, you still need to put this on first."

But Mugino Shizuri just shook her head and threw the bracelet she was holding in her hand towards Kihara Yui.

It was absolutely impossible to let this woman get close to her.

Although she was very confident in her close combat abilities, a space ability user would be quite troublesome in close combat.

Even if she was just a Great Ability User.

What's more, it was too dangerous to let this woman see her master without any restrictions.

"What to choose."

Looking at the bracelet that had fallen at her feet, Kihara Yui's eyes were uncertain.

In her heart, she had cursed Aleister, who had given her the order, countless times.

Suddenly sending her to someone else, to become someone else's subordinate.

She endured it. Being able to stop working as a teleporter and switch to another job wasn't a bad thing for her.

But why didn't he explain it to her new boss?

Causing her to encounter this kind of thing?

She almost, almost lost her life.

Moreover, after experiencing what just happened, how could she feel safe wearing this thing?

Even though she had never seen such a device before, just listening to Mugino Shizuri's meaning, she could guess more or less, knowing that this thing was definitely used to restrict her abilities.

She was already in so much danger with her abilities still on her body, almost losing her life.

Without abilities, she would completely become a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

"Is this agreeing?"

It was a very sudden thing. From Mugino Shizuri's perspective, Kihara Yui's arm that was raised naturally drooped down, and then she picked up the bracelet on the ground and put it on her hand naturally.

Then Kihara Yui slowly walked towards her.

Mugino Shizuri was a little shocked by Kihara Yui's honesty, but since Kihara Yui had already put on the bracelet, she had nothing to fear.

The function of the bracelet was nothing special, it would only release special interference waves targeting the brain's calculation ability.

Since Kihara Yui had already put it on, she had nothing to worry about.

But as Kihara Yui got closer and closer, when Mugino Shizuri finally saw clearly the unique star symbol in Kihara Yui's pupils.

Only then did she suddenly turn her head behind her.

Behind her! The door had been opened at some point.

Shokuhou Misaki was standing outside the door with a smile on her face, a white lotus arm raised, holding something similar to a TV remote control in her hand. The direction the remote control was pointed at was the Kihara Yui who was slowly walking towards her.

"I'm sorry, Miss, I was too slow."

Mugino Shizuri immediately lowered her head, her head drooping to her chest.