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After the interrogation, Kei and the girls went out to the bus, where Esdeath, Piña and Bozes were present.

The negotiations between piña, the prime minister's advisor and someone from foreign affairs went smoothly with the presence of esdeath.

After talking with them for a while, Itami interrupted us and informed us about the contingency plan, so right now we were in the subway.

"They won't stop shaking since they got on, they think we'll take them to the bottom of the earth" Shino said remembering Bozes and piña's reactions.

"Although now that I think about it... instead of comforting Bozes I should have scared her more" Shino thought, she could see how Bozes was very nervous going in, but once kei entered her field of vision she immediately moved away from piña and Shino.

Bozes felt the piercing gaze of piña, who was looking at Bozes with daggers in her eyes.

She could only return the gaze as well, a gaze which said: you sent me to sleep with him, so you have no right to complain now that I am close to him.

Shyly she grabbed the side of Kei's clothes, who had his hands full with Esdeath and Rory. One for fear of being raped and the other (esdeath) just because, just because, now it's bad to want to hold hands with your boyfriend/master?

*pun* *pun*

The sound of bumps in the path, was making Rory nervous, little by little she was closing the distance, and before kei noticed she was partially hugging him.

"We're underground in Hardy's domain" Rory was nervous "she's terrible, 200 years ago she asked me to marry her, and she hasn't stopped bothering me since" she tightened her embrace more.

'I didn't think it was that bad' kei thought, but the way Rory hugged him said otherwise.

'And where was your fear bozes?' he didn't know what to think at the moment, everyone on the train was looking in his direction, while Rory, esdeath and Bozes hugged him.

"Are you sure you're not using it as an opportunity to hug kei more?" esdeath's voice caught her atention.

"No..." but her face and actions didn't say the same, she was rubbing and sniffing indiscriminately at kei "she hates men, so if I stay like this maybe I can chase her away."

A vein appeared on kei's forehead 'I thought it would be different with me...and even though I know it shouldn't bother me, somehow it does'

"Then why don't you use them" Kei didn't care and pointed at the others on the bus "some of them will be more willing than you think"

"oi" one of the passengers tried to contradict him, but a murderous look from esdeath, and he smartly decided to shut up.

*nod* "Kei is right, The Captain seems more than willing to turn into camouflage" Shino joined the conversation "so why don't you go with him, while I take your place" she was being cheeky.

Rory just glared at her. Though Shino likewise didn't look away.

'I'm not going to miss my chance' was what Shino's gaze communicated.

*sigh* kei just thought and told himself not to react the same way again, though I guess he won't get along with tsunderes. Yeah... unless they become masochistic to make up for the verbal abuse they commit.

-kaumigadeki- -kaumigadeki- -kaumigadeki- -kaumigadeki- -kaumigadeki- -kaumigadeki- -the speakers blared announcing the stop and likewise the doors opened.

"Ohh... the old man" Kei said involuntarily.

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"Looks like they took the bait" Itami said.

"Yeah, those idiots" komakado let out a few laughs "They seriously thought it would be that easy....but we moved up the schedule anyway and went to hakone"

"so since they didn't know how we will mobilize, the list of suspects is down to two individuals, but I will let them continue to act to further dispel doubts"

"kei... please get me out of here, I don't like it..." Rory looked at kei with a flushed face "come on...soon" Rory's complaints and pleas were getting louder and louder.

'Rory, if I'm being honest, right now I don't know if you're asking me to get you out of here or something else' thought kei, he could see sweat running down rory's face, and her fleshy lips for some reason were glistening attracting his attention even more. This sight although somewhat strange was very erotic, plus the way she was sticking her body to kei caused him to only swallow saliva.

gulps of saliva, which were clearly heard by esdeath.

-Next station- -Ginza- -Ginza- -Ginza-

'saved by the bell' kei thought.

"why don't we get off at the next station?" asked kei as the train slowed down.

"well, I guess it's okay" said itami seeing the situation kei was in.

"But to clarify, it's not because of her" kei pointed in the direction of Rory, who was looking at him hoping that she was the reason they were getting off the train.

*pom* the sound of a loud thump was heard, and everyone turned to look at Rory who kicked the ground causing a hole in the floor.

kei just ignored it and continued explaining "there is intervention in the route, the train will stop running at the next station" kei said, without clarifying how he knew this.

Ginza- -Ginza- -Ginza- the loudspeakers blared again and the doors opened.

No one argued, no one said anything as everyone got off following kei.

Although komikado only looked at kei, minutes after walking towards the station exit, the loudspeakers blared once again.

-The Marunouchi line is out of service due to problems in the electrical circuit between Ginza and Tokyo Station.

'seriously' thought komakado, was this another level of premonition or what? 'I'd better let it go, for my own sake' said komakado to himself.

"This air is polluted but it's better than being underground" said Rory as she stretched out at the entrance to the subway 'but why do I feel like this whole place is marked like it's an animal's territory?'

"of course it's contaminated, after all, it wasn't that long ago that my technology was released to the public" said kei as he walked out from the stairs "it won't be long before the whole environment changes as well."

Rory just listened as she absorbed some mana from the air, realizing that all the mana right now surrounding her came from kei, to which she could only stand still in place for a moment.

now she understood, the feeling of hostility the moment she entered through portal, the crushing feeling she had all this time is because there is another being who is watching her since she entered kei's territory, and someone else who already belongs to this territory is watching her. looking for some hostility on her part.

[The title beloved by the world is intervening.]

kei decided to ignore the message, after all this title has always come up with things, without him doing anything.

But while he and Rory were lost in thought for a moment, a person dressed entirely in black came running up to Rory, snatching her weapon.

But just as esdeath was about to freeze him, he fell limp to the ground while groaning from the pain.

"Well, I guess it had to happen at some point" said kei.

"But what's wrong with you idiot" said komakado as he approached the thief and tried to lift halberd.

"I don't think that's a good idea" said kei.

But by the time komakado heard him, komakado was already lifting it up.

"huh?" was all he managed to say before he fell to the ground.

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After calling the ambulance. Kei partially healed komakado before he was taken away by the ambulance.

"They're wimps" Rory said as she twirled her halberd around as if it weighed nothing.

"He's a normal human" said lelei.

"May I?" asked kei, pointing at Rory's halberd.

"mmm?" Rory just looked at it for a moment and then walked over to kei "Sure" said Rory and immediately handed him the halberd.

'but what!!!" kei thought as he felt the weight of the halberd. He thought what had happened with the other two was because of some kind of magic or something, but it turns out this thing is pure weight.

'this thing weighs the same as a cart' kei thought as he played with the halberd, just like Rory had done.

'I thought he only had magic' thought lelei, but as far as she remembered the halberd only had two known capable wielders; Apostle Rory and Giselle were capable of wielding it.

But while she was in her thoughts, kei returned the halberd to Rory.

'now it makes more sense to me how she can cut through things like butter' thought kei.

"guys, let's go" said itami, after some thought.

"let's go" said kei as he followed itami with the girls.

"Any idea where we're headed?" shino asked kei.

they all paid attention to kei's answer, and although the question was illogical, kei decided to answer, after all, he has to look cool doesn't he?

"mmm?" kei just looked up at the sky for a moment, trying to pretend to think about it "I guess we' see itami's wife" kei said as he returned his gaze to the girls.

"Ah!!!?" Shino couldn't wrap her head around the idea of someone marrying the captain.

"well, think about it for a moment, you've been away from home for a long time and now that you have the chance to do it, why not?" kei said.

"no, no no no I understand that, but not the part where the captain is married" shino said somewhat upset "I think we are going to see family, but not his wife, it's not possible, is it?" she was more relaxed somehow.

it can't be that she is single with her body and how beautiful she is, but her captain who is an otaku with such a weird and lazy personality is married.

But I guess reality is too harsh.

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Risa Aoi, itami's ex-wife, is a small-complexioned woman and an artist who creates doujinshis for women.

She is an otaku just like itami, and four years ago during Christmas Risa proposed to itami that in exchange for feeding and supporting her they would get married, but even though right now she is divorced from him, they still have a good relationship, and even risa believes that their relationship improved a lot after their separation, oddly enough.

So much that even now separated, itami is still supporting her, and since she is a doujinshi artist, she only needs electricity and internet to get paid, but she still goes hungry since she doesn't manage her finances very well.

And so... That brings us to this situation, in her apartment, Risa is now lying under her kotatsu while admiring how beautiful the ceiling looks.

"My cell phone is out of service, my gas was cut off, and soon my water too" Risa said as a stack of notices for payment of the utilities she spoke of lay on the kotatsu table.

"goro goro goro~~~~" she could hear her stomach rumbling " I'm hungry... but I have to turn in one more page by tomorrow" she said as she crawled out of the kotatsu and approached her computer which conveniently sat on a small table, not too far from where the kotatsu was sitting.

*click* as she crawled to her computer, she heard the door to her apartment open.

Her eyes filled with hope at that moment, the only one who has keys to this her apartment is itami, and if so, it may be possible for her to survive a little longer.

So with that thought in mind, she changes the direction she was crawling in and heads to the door of the room.

"Turn on the heater" the voice she expected echoed, and on her face a triumphant smile formed, not only because she would survive but also because itami was back "it's cold in here" she heard as the door opened.

"food!!!" she shouted as she shuffled faster with a smile on her face.

"yeah, yeah, yeah. i brought what you like" itami said as he had a helpless smile on his face.

*sigh* "It's warm..." Risa said as she smelled the food.

itami just smiled at her comment.

But leaving that aside, itami turned to the door of the apartment "come on, you can come in" itami said to the others.

"lieutenant.... who is that person?" the old man spoke.

"..."

"Well... she's my ex-wife."