It was 6 AM on July 19th, Japan time, when Unit Two, Xia Pingzhou, woke up from the mattress laid on the floor, groggily rising and rubbing his forehead.
Looking up, he saw Oda Takashige standing at the loft's staircase.
The two-meter-tall ninja butler looked at Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami sleeping in the loft and spoke:
"Miss, Mr. Xia Pingzhou, I just received news: the brigade leader has arrived in Tokyo."
The brigade leader has arrived?
Ji Minghuan felt a slight stir in his heart, not expecting to hear good news early in the morning.
He thought with interest, "I really want to see what kind of monster this leader of the Monster Brigade is. If he has ties with the Salvation Society, that would be even better."
Upon hearing Oda Takashige's voice, Ayase Origami slowly awoke from the bed by the window sill. She lowered her eyes to look at the thin quilt covering her and then at the "haiku quilt" hanging on the rack.
