"Wait. About DEM, there's sothing I'm concerned about."
Doma seed to have thought of sothing and raised his head.
"Actually, there's a research institute on the outskirts of Izu. It seems to be secretly funded by DEM."
It was not sothing he had discovered by coincidence. After Doma connected all the murder locations together, the institute happened to be right at the center. However, when he investigated it as a detective, all he found was that the institute was funded by DEM. There did not seem to be anything suspicious about it.
"A research institute funded by DEM? That does sound very suspicious."
Mikoto nodded. If Doma had already found the enemy's base, then it was no wonder he had encountered sothing like tonight's incident.
"What should we do?"
Shido asked. Doma's words had undoubtedly brought a breakthrough to the case, but that place was DEM's secret base. It was definitely dangerous.
"We need to investigate it."
Origami said.
"I agree."
Mikoto nodded. If they left it alone, the other side would continue killing people.
"As for , no matter where Darling goes, I'll go with him."
Miku smiled, showing that she did not mind.
"If Mikoto goes, I'll go too."
Natsumi nodded.
"Mm. Then let's go investigate tomorrow."
Seeing everyone state their positions, Shido said that.
The next day, Doma, Shido, and the Spirits arrived at DEM's research institute.
Because it was a secret base, this place did not openly deploy a defensive Territory like the big 'legal' one. Otherwise, the AST base alone would not have failed to notice the abnormal magical power.
Because of that, infiltrating it was not as difficult as imagined. In the end, a so called secret base was sothing built on the premise that it would not be discovered. It prioritized concealnt over defense.
As a result…
Bang!
Thud!
Crack!
After entering the institute, Origami very easily rendered several Wizards hidden in the shadows unable to fight.
"Ara, ara. I'll take it from here."
Then, Miku walked forward with a smile. Under the magical power of her voice, those Wizards, regardless of gender, beca captives of "Onee-sama."
"…We're responsible for guarding the periter. In ten minutes, the next shift will co to replace us."
With Miku teasing her chin with a finger, one of the girls spilled out the entire research institute's defense system and shift schedule like pouring beans from a tube.
"In that case, should we transform into their appearances?"
Natsumi thought for a mont. Since soone would be coming to change shifts soon, that ant they could completely borrow these Wizards's appearances to infiltrate the base. That would be safer instead.
"That's a good idea. The number of people is just right too."
Wizards were not an all-female group. Although no one knew why the majority were girls, this ti there happened to be one male Wizard present. (TL:you know...light novel stuff...hehe)
"Wait. The numbers don't match, right? What do we do when there's only one man?"
An ominous feeling welled up in Shido's heart. There was only one male enemy, while on their side, there were two n, Doma and himself. In other words…
"Ara, what are you talking about, Shiori-chan?" (TL: of course)
"I knew it would turn out like this!"
Along with Mikoto's smile full of mischievous delight and Shido's scream, the light of Haniel shone in the dark corner of the research institute.
After tying up those Wizards, knocking them unconscious, and stuffing them into large cardboard boxes in the corner, Origami very professionally stated that, based on the force she had used, they would not wake up before nightfall.
And so, everyone completed the shift handover very smoothly and entered the depths of the research institute.
"Ugh…"
Along the way, Shido's walking posture was extrely awkward. However, that was far too natural, because right now, he was wearing an overly erotic wiring suit, boldly exposing his pale legs and petite, cute chest. The black twin tails on his head swayed with each step he took. Although he could not beco Shiori: Wizard Ver, the DEM girl herself was also very cute.
"Well, it's not like I can't understand Shido. How should I put it? This outfit really is too…"
Mikoto, who had transford into another Wizard girl, hooked a finger on the edge of the wiring suit. Walking around in this outfit was practically no different from wearing a swimsuit.
"The person who designed this outfit must be a pervert."
Natsumi said with an even more displeased expression.
Co to think of it, if everyone was in their original appearances…
Shido secretly glanced at the Spirits. Leaving Origami and Natsumi aside, if Miku and Mikoto wore this kind of tight fitting outfit that absolutely emphasized their figures… (TL:imagine...)
"!!!"
Just imagining it for a mont made him feel like his face was going to redden until flas burst out. Shido tried to cast away those thoughts, which were far too stimulating for a healthy high school boy.
"Darling, your eyes are so ecchi."
"Shido, ecchi."
Unfortunately, his gaze had already been discovered by Miku and Mikoto.
"Huh… no… that's not…"
Facing the flustered Shido, Doma made a "youth sure is nice" expression.
Origami compared her hands in front of her chest, seemingly calculating whether she could still grow more.
anwhile, Natsumi showed a displeased expression and said:
"How about making your chest a little bigger, Shido?"
"No way!"
Everyone continued forward, laughing and joking along the way. Although they did not look very serious, most Wizards were high school-aged to begin with, so the atmosphere was originally sothing like this. No one showed any suspicion.
"You're… Squad A, aren't you? Perfect. Co with ."
Just then, they encountered soone they had never expected to see—Ellen Mathers. At that mont, Ellen was wearing a suit and looked very displeased.
No way. Why is it her?
Shido sent Mikoto a shocked look.
Although we knew this was a DEM base, this really is… unexpected…
Mikoto also could not believe that woman Ellen would appear here.
At this point, let's follow her for now.
Origami expressed with her eyes. Ellen was DEM's trump card. Disobeying her orders probably would not be wise.
And so, everyone followed Ellen's steps toward the depths of the laboratory.
"Hey, who is that person? You all seem very nervous."
Along the way, Doma asked quietly.
"A big boss of DEM. It's enough to understand her as sothing like a humanoid nuclear weapon."
Mikoto answered quietly in a way that was easier for Doma to understand.
After turning a corner, Ellen brought everyone to a storage room. Inside were about six or seven boxes of citrus fruit. The boxes were not very large. Even a high school boy like Shido could carry two at once.
"You lot, carry these to the employee break room with ."
And so, the first task they received from Ellen was—carrying boxes.
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