If I don't meet you...

"What are you doing here, Mirko?" Ryukyu was surprised.

But who wouldn't be surprised?

After all, Mirko, one of the top heroes, would suddenly appear here.

Unlike other heroes, who had their own offices and only worked in a certain area, Mirko was different. She didn't have an office and usually walked around the entire country from one place to another for a patrol, so her appearance surprised all of them.

"It's nothing. I heard this guy..." Mirko pointed at Mineta. "...is having an internship in your office, so I am going to take a look, but is there something serious? You seem to be in a hurry." She thought that there was something wrong since their expression was a bit serious.

"Well, since you're here. Do you want to help?"

"Hmm?"

While Mineta didn't know much about the drug since he hadn't thoroughly checked it in detail, he could somehow guess or less the compositions of this drug, especially when he saw the blood-red liquid.

This was also why Nejire and Ryukyu were solemn and trusted him so much.

Still, this also postponed his problem since, with this big case, it would be impossible for them to talk about their relationship.

In other words, this case was his luck.

Suddenly, he thought of a sentence, "someone's happiness is built under someone's misfortune." He was fortunate, but someone must be unfortunate now.

---

"Blood?" Mirko hissed. She was just thinking of going to Ryukyu's office, so she could take care of Mineta, but she didn't expect that she would meet something like this.

They quickly gathered in the meeting room, talking about what they had found.

"Naturally, it is only a guess. We need to wait until the test for this drug is over. We also need to know what's wrong with this drug. What's the use of it?"

Ryukyu might seem like a woman in heat when she was in bed, but she was also a top hero. She knew the place, and the occasion was different, and with this situation, she couldn't act so sloppy and needed to do everything seriously.

"I see..." Mirko nodded. "Then, I will wait here. I will help."

"Huh? Is that okay?"

"Why not? Let's just finish this case as soon as possible!" Mirko also felt that this case was interesting, and she felt that she might be able to meet a formidable opponent. Lastly, she could also use this chance to take care of Mineta since he had an internship at Ryukyu's office.

"Thank you."

As the top female heroes, Ryukyu and Mirko naturally knew each other, and their relationship was quite good.

Still, because they knew each other, Mirko wondered why Ryukyu would let Mineta have an internship in her office.

"It's been a while since we've met. Let's have a drink. Mineta brought me a lot of things before." Ryukyu took out her alcohol collections, which were given by Mineta. The case she faced might have been something serious, but until they got the results of the drug, she could still relax.

"Okay." Mirko didn't reject Ryukyu's invitation.

Meanwhile, when the two planned to talk to each other, Mineta and Nejire slipped and went to do something that they shouldn't do.

Naturally, while Ryukyu missed it, Mirko realized it and looked at the two with doubt before she shook her head.

---

"It's good!" Mirko tasted the beer in surprise. "Where did you get this?"

After they talked in the meeting room, Mirko and Ryukyu stayed in the lounge.

Ryukyu hesitated, but she said, "It's from Mineta?"

"Huh? Really? Isn't he a minor?" Mirko was confused.

"It's handcrafted. You can say that it is his hobby to make beverages." Ryukyu then started to talk about how Mineta planned to make beverage companies, showing pride as if she was the one who did it.

"...."

Mirko observed Ryukyu's facial expression and wondered why Ryukyu talked about Mineta like he was her loved one.

"Say, how is your relationship with your boyfriend?" Mirko asked curiously.

"My boyfriend...?" Ryukyu was surprised before she shook her head. "We have broken up."

"Huh? Really? Why?" Mirko was surprised.

"Well, we just did..." Ryukyu clearly didn't want to talk about this problem.

"Hmm...." Mirko also didn't press, but somehow she felt that everything which happened in Ryukyu wasn't so simple. She felt that there was something wrong, but she couldn't find where it was wrong, so she decided to stay since she was sure that she would be able to find something.

However, before that, Mirko knew that they had to settle about the drug first.

As they talked, the existence of this drug also started to circulate in the entire country, and many heroes also found all of them, including the source of it.

Yet, for now, it had nothing to do with him since he was in Nejire's room, trying to release their stress.

Was being a hero hard? Naturally.

They had to be in their best states, smiling, polite, and many others.

In other words, this job wasn't much different from the service industry.

The money might be huge, but they weren't robots, so they needed something to release all the bad things on their heads and hearts.

If it was before, Nejire might not have done this and only thought it was better to sleep, but it was different when he was there. It was more enjoyable, but at the same time, it was painful.

The two feelings conflicted, and in the end, she decided to ask him.

"Minoru."

"Hmm?"

"Did you sleep with Ryukyu?"

Mineta turned and saw Nejire staring at him. This stare was rather intense as if she wanted to understand everything. By now, he should have lied, but he felt that it was too troublesome, so he just kept silent, so she could interpret his silence.

A woman was full of imagination, so he just let their imagination go wild, and all he had to do was just stay cool and calm, so he could calm this situation down.

"...really?"

"Yes."

"..."

"...I see..." Nejire sighed. "I guess that's why she has broken up with her boyfriend."

"Did she?" He was surprised since he had never heard this, but strangely enough, his heart was calm.

"She didn't tell you?"

"Yeah."

"....." Nejire was silent since she knew Ryukyu was serious about him, but what about him?

"Did you play me?"

"I am not."

"You're not?"

"Yes, after all, you're the one who made an advance. I didn't do anything."

"....."

Nejire wanted to refute, but she couldn't since she realized that all the initiative was taken by her!

"You... so you're playing with me..."

She cried and felt hurt. She wanted to send a wave blast, but she couldn't and stared at him with a pained expression.

"Don't cry. Isn't this what you are asking?" He wiped away her tears. "I just do what you ask. The two of us are happy. That's enough, isn't it?"

"Then, what about Ryukyu?"

"Isn't she happy too?"

"...do you want the two of us?"

"Is that bad?"

"...."

Nejire stared at him for a while before she got angry. "Bastard!"

However, Mineta quickly hugged her and tried to calm her down. "Nejire, I know you're hurt, but you should know I am not a good man. While being gentle with you and giving you false hope might make me able to stay with you for so long, I don't want to hurt you anyway, so let's say goodbye. I am sorry for hurting you." He whispered those words before he stood up. There was no hesitation as if he had made his decision, but suddenly someone hugged him.

"No, don't go!"

"...."

"I... I know that you're like this. I might have tried to deceive myself that you're not, but I know you're like this."

"Nejire..."

"I know that you're like this, but I accept it. I don't want to part from you, and what I want now is that you only stay by my side. I won't ask for more. Don't go, okay?

"..."

Mineta wondered what made many girls obsessed with him like this.

His face? His strength? Wealth?

He wanted to say they were stupid, but sometimes, he just couldn't feel anything.

His heart was numb, and watching how she cried for him and begged him to stay, he could only act as if he was moved.

"Nejire..."

"Minoru..."

The two stared at each other before they fell into carnal pleasure.