*THRS*

  “HAHAHHAHAHAHHA!! EARLY BIRD GETS THE PREY!!”

  A woman suddenly lands in the snow, about 20 meters behind the explosion.

  “WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE INTRUDERS IN THIS BRANCH OF THE FACILITY? HOW STUPID THESE TWO MUST BE!” shouts the woman in excitement.

  The woman stands up from her landing position.

  She has pale, long blond hair that reaches her lower back, tied into a ponytail, wearing a white tennis cap on the front, hiding her tidy bangs. She has a pair of pretty pale blue eyes with barely visible freckles on both of her cheeks underneath her eyes and a little bit more on her nose. She wears a short-sleeved shirt that is left unbuttoned, over a tennis outfit, which consists of a dark grey sport bra, leaving her slightly muscular stomach bare, a pair of dark blue short tennis pants that only cover half of her thighs, a pair of bright lime green socks, and a pair of white tennis shoes. Her clothing is very minimal despite the weather here. She is 173cm tall and weighs around 67kg. Her bust size is E-cup. She is holding a white tennis racket in her right hand. Her body is quite muscular; her hands and legs are quite big compared to those of other women in general.

  “Hm?”

  *ZRUUUUUUUUUUTTTT*

  “What the--?”

  The woman witnesses something unusual at the location of the explosion. She sees that all the smoke and flame were whirling and absorbed into a certain single point.

  *!*

  After a few seconds, it was revealed that Light had transformed his right forearm blackened and absorbing all the smoke and fire into it, leaving nothing behind. In front of him is a light blue clock, two meters in diameter, standing strong, protecting him from that explosion. Lily was standing next to him, and she was the one who erected the clock shield. They both have turned around facing towards the woman. Lily dismisses her clock shield, and it breaks apart into nothing as per her will.

  “Hm? She’s wearing that kinda outfit in this environment? Gotta say, I’m impressed.” said Light.

  “. . .”

  Lily suddenly looks towards Light with a pouted mouth. She looks angry for some reason.

  “W-What?”

  “LIGHT-KUN!! YOU CANNOT COMPLIMENT ANOTHER WOMAN WHEN YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, WHO HAPPENS TO BE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!!” said Lily angrily.

  “WHAT? THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT!! WE BOTH NEEDED MORE CLOTHING WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE, BUT SHE IS WEARING MINIMAL CLOTHING WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD!! I WAS POINTING AT HOW CONTRASTING SHE AND US IS!! I DID NOT COMPLIMENT HER WHATSOEVER!! I DID NOT THINK FOR A SECOND THAT SHE WAS PRETTY OR ANYTHING! I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, YOU DUMMY!!” said Light in anger as well.

  “. . .”

  Lily suddenly leans her face down in embarrassment.

  “T-Thank you, Light-kun. . . I knew what kinda person you are already by now. I don’t know what came over me. I just snapped at you for no reason. . . I’m sorry.” said Lily with a pouted mouth again, while twiddling her index fingers.

  “(Tch! What is wrong with me? Everything regarding Light-kun always makes me jump to a conclusion for no reason. Is this proof that I am obsessed with him? UUuuuuuuuu. . . Just how much do I love him. . .)”

  “*Sigh* It’s alright. I’m starting to get used to it. And I don’t mind it as well because you look cute when you’re irritated. . .” said Light with a quieter volume than usual.

  “(I don’t know why I can never be actually angry with her. Somehow, I can tolerate her in just about anything. . . Is this wrong, or am I just too in love with her?)”

  *FWOOOMMMM*

  The woman in a tennis outfit lifts her racket to the side, and a flaming tennis ball appears out of thin air in front of her.

  *SMASH*

  *FWOOOOSSHH*

  The veins in her entire body glow in lime green, and she swings her racket hard and hits the flaming tennis ball hard, launching it forward towards Light and Lily. The flaming tennis ball is flying at 150km/h.

  Light simply lifts his blackened right hand forward and opens his palm.

  *ZRUUUUTTTT*

  The flaming tennis ball was flying towards Lily right in the center of his forehead, but it suddenly changed trajectory, heading towards Light’s forearm instead. It hits Light’s blackened forearm and quickly disintegrates into pieces, and the small pieces are absorbed into it.

  “Hmm? And here I thought you two were a couple of weaklings, given how not Underworld-ly your interactions with each other. Not just anyone can handle my smash just as easily as that! And to think that the ball also changes trajectory!” said the woman after witnessing what happened to her attack.

  The woman lets out her tongue to the side.

  “This should be fun!” said the woman with a confident smile.

  “Say, who do you think this is?” said Light to Lily.

  “Probably someone who grew up her whole life inside the facility. I think she’s been given missions, too, since she seems to be free to leave or stay. I don’t see any metal collar around her neck as well.”

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  “I bet compared to you, any Believer produced by that facility are all weaklings!”

  “I don’t want to brag, but that is the truth!”

  “So, do you wanna handle this? Or should I?”

  “When I think about how either of us could’ve humiliated her within seconds, I don’t know which one of us would be better.”

  “Well then, let’s just get her ass together! Remember the part about the Seventh Judge being here?”

  “Oh, right! In that case, let me finish this quickly! You just saved your stamina for the worst-case scenario regarding the Seventh.”

  “Alright, I understand! Go for it, my love!” said Light with a smile.

  “Yes, my Light-kun!” said Lily with a smile as well.

  “WHAT ARE YOU TWO BABBLING ABOUT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN THE FACILITY? DO YOU HAVE SOME BUSINESS WITH US? I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE FACILITY IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC!! NONE OF YOU ARE WELCOMED HERE, AND NOW YOU SHALL NOT LEAVE AS WELL!!” shouts the woman as he creates another flaming tennis ball in her left hand.

  She throws the flaming tennis ball above her head.

  “HELL SMASH!!”

  *SMASH*

  The flaming tennis ball suddenly shines brightly, and the woman hits the ball with the racket as hard as she possibly can. Her swing is even harder than her previous smash.

  *FWOOOOOSSSHHH*

  As soon as the woman hit the ball, it was flying at 250km/h, but the ball disappeared, not even one second after she hit it, right in front of her.

  “Here’s your ball!”

  *?*

  Lily is suddenly standing next to the woman. She hands her the flaming tennis ball in her left hand, casually, from her own hand. The woman takes the tennis flaming ball in confusion.

  “(What? What? I don’t understand. . .?)”

  The woman is utterly confused. She didn’t even see Lily move from her spot until she was already standing next to her.

  “A-ARE YOU--??”

  “Correct!”

  *BAAMM*

  The woman was punched and lost consciousness instantly. She has no idea where Lily even hit her, and all of a sudden, her face is planted into the snow, and she is lying with her back facing the sky. The racket fell out of her grip, and it disappeared quickly in the snow.

  “I’m done! How fast was that, Light-kun?” said Lily, who suddenly stands next to Light again.

  “Eh? I wasn’t counting! Sorry!”

  “It was exactly 3 seconds! And that was because I was silently watching her to see her reactions after I returned her ball.”

  “Eh? You’re the Queen of Time here! I couldn’t have possibly been more accurate than you when it comes to timing. So why even ask me?”

  “T-That wasn’t my point, though! Aahhhhhh!! ALRIGHT! Let’s just enter the facility!”

  “Y-Yes, Ma’am!”

  *THRS THRS THRS THRS*

  *!*

  They turned around towards the facility, but then they heard four more people land in the snow near the passed-out woman behind. Four women appeared, all wearing similarly minimal outfits like the first tennis woman was.

  “WOW! Lilian got beaten up!” said a woman who wears a white baseball outfit, holding a black baseball bat in her right hand.

  “Is she dead?” asks a woman who wears a dark navy blue sailor uniform, holding a blue fishing rod in her right hand.

  *Tap tap*

  One of the four women, who wears a red hockey outfit, pokes the back of the head of the tennis woman with a black hockey stick.

  “Hmm, she doesn’t react at all!”

  One of the women, who wears a grey golf outfit, turns the tennis woman around to see her face. She places her hand on her wrist to check her pulse.

  “Nah, she’s alive, just knocked out real cold.”

  “Well, that’s because I was the one who knocked her out!”

  Lily is suddenly crouching in the middle of those four, nonchalantly joining their conversation.

  *!!!*

  *BWOOOOSSHH*

  All four of them immediately jump away from her, creating a 20-meter distance. They all have their Vein Armors activated and their Armaments ready, consisting of a fishing rod, a hockey stick, a baseball bat, and a golf club. The fishing rod suddenly has a blue aura engulfing it, the hockey stick has snowflakes constantly appearing across its length, the baseball bat has a whirlwind surrounding its length, and the golf club is electrified with green sparks that occasionally appear at random intervals.

  “I DIDN’T EVEN SENSE HER PRESENCE!!” said the woman with the dark navy blue sailor outfit, named Aleona.

  “WHO’S THAT GIRL??” said the woman with the red hockey outfit, named Prisila.

  “I SAW HER STANDING AT A DISTANCE FACING THE OTHER WAY WHEN WE LANDED!! HOW DID SHE APPROACH US SO FAST?” said the woman with the grey golf outfit, named Venus.

  “AND SHE SAID SHE WAS THE ONE WHO DEFEATED LILIAN-CHAN?!” said the woman with the white baseball outfit, named Sylva.

  All of them were panicking and immediately gone combat ready as soon as they realized Lily moved next to them without even sensing her presence until she spoke.

  “Yeah, I did!” said Lily, who suddenly stands next to Sylva.

  And once again, nobody even blinked their eyes, keeping their eyes on her, and none of them saw her move, until she was already there.

  *!!!*

  “HRAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!”

  *WUUUSSHHH*

  Sylva immediately swings her baseball bat, two-handedly, towards Lily’s forehead.

  “Hmmm, I’m seeing a theme with all five of you! You all are wearing sports outfits as if you’re in a school club or something! You know? Like those high school romance anime!” said Lily.

  *!!!*

  Lily is suddenly behind Sylva, already holding her bat in her hands. Sylva has lost her baseball bat, and she didn’t even realize it was gone from her grip.

  “G-GIVE IT BACK!! THAT’S MINE!!”

  Sylva quickly turns around and shoves her right hand towards the bat in Lily’s hand.

  *BAM*

  *THRS*

  Sylva was suddenly punched in the back of the head, and she fell to the snow below, face-first, losing her consciousness instantly. Her baseball bat quickly disappears from Lily’s hand.

  *!!!!*

  “SYLVAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” shouts Aleona.

  “SHE’S DOWN SO QUICKLY, AND I DIDN’T EVEN SEE HOW SHE HIT HER!!” said Prisila.

  “CURSEESSS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!” shouts Venus.

  *ZRRRTTT*

  Venus charges towards Lily and swings her electrified golf club towards the back of her head.

  “Golf, huh? Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a golf school club in an anime before! Hmm, now I kinda wanna watch a golf anime!!”

  *!!!!*

  Once again, Lily has already grabbed the golf club in his hand, and she inspects it properly. Venus did not see her move, and when she was already standing behind her, it was all too late.

  “WHAT THE--??”

  *BAM*

  As she was in the middle of realizing what had happened, Lily knocked her out without her ever seeing her punch coming. She falls to her back to the snow below, not moving an inch anymore. Her golf club in Lily’s hand also disappears.

  “TOGETHER!! ALEONA-CHAN!!”

  “ROGER THAT, PRISILA-CHAN!!”

  Aleona and Prisila suddenly appear behind Lily, about 150cm above the ground, ready to swing their weapons at the back of her head together.

  “What’s this now? A Hockey stick? Hmm, I’m unfamiliar with this sport! Only think I know is that this is a sport that is more popular in the West than the East. And the other one is. . . A FISHING ROD? EEHH? WOW!! A FISHING ROD AS AN ARMAMENT IS REALLY UNIQUE!! HEY! HEY! HOW DO YOU EVEN FIGHT WITH THIS?” said Lily with a happy tone near the end of her sentence towards Aleona.

  *THRS THRS*

  Aleona and Prisila landed on the snow with empty hands, but even before they landed, Lily had already taken both of their weapons away. She is now smiling with a face full of curiosity towards Aleona, standing so close to her, without any sense of caution whatsoever.

  “T-THIS GIRL?!”

  Aleona turns around in anger. She re-summons her fishing rod back into her hand.

  *BWOOOOOSSHH*

  And immediately jumps back, creating a five-meter distance between them. Prisila also re-summons her hockey stick back into her hand and follows Aleona behind.

  “I’LL SHOW YOU!!”

  Aleona shouts, and her fishing rod is engulfed by a blue aura.

  “I SAID TOGETHER, ALEONA!!”

  Prisila also readies her hockey stick and snowflakes constantly, but occasionally forms across its length.