"So it was you!!"

"Yes...You thought it was a girl, but's me...DIO!!!"

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Kuroha looked at the figures that stood now without a mask covering her features.

"So, it was you...I must say, I am rather surprised."

The girl answered with an awkward smile.

Kuroha stopped looking at her for an instant before looking toward his master. She simply smiled as she waved her hand and let out a wink.

Kuroha let out a bitter smile. He couldn't help but wonder if she was omnipresent. She seemed to have a hand everywhere. If you took into account that Japan wasn't even her base of operation for a few decades then you would understand just how large her information network was.

As for Femina identity. Well, it wasn't some drama where the hero unexpectedly found the true identity of the one he loved and began to pose himself existential questions.

This situation may be weird, but he wasn't close enough to really care. After coming to terms with this. He shifted back his attention to her and asked,

"Soo. Femina, or should I call you Melissa. I thought you were quirkless. How come you're acting as a vigilante."

That's right. Ferrum Femina was no one other than Melissa Shield.

Melissa was a little let down at the lack of reaction of Kuroha. Still, she wasn't one to waste time over such petty things. As such she simply opened her mouth and said,

"Icarus. Mode standby."

*pssst*

Frost-like pressure begins to escape from the armor. Then *click* *click* The armor begins to retract and condense itself until all was left was Melissa standing in what looked like a black diving suit that molded to her body and showed her rather impressive curves while a red bracelet appeared on her arm.

Since seeing Momo naked, Kuroha had to admit that he developed a greater interest in women's bodies. He wasn't a Pervert and didn't want to act like Minagata. But he had to admit. That it was rather pleasing to the eyes. One could ask, what about Himiko? Didn't you see her many times in underwear or pajamas? Well, for Kuroha, even though he couldn't explain the feeling he had for Himiko, he never found it weird to see her in such a state. In his mind, Himiko was basically an extension of himself, a part of his very being. If Momo had an accident he might snap and do some terrible things. But, if it was Himiko? Well...He didn't know what he would do. Thankfully, he was sure that nothing could happen to Himiko…

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"Achoo!! I wonder who is thinking about me?"

Himiko sneezed as she sat on the river bank with the weird guy from last time. No, not a weird guy, he was Twice.

"Himiko-chan are you okay? Do you need some medocs?"

She shook her head as she let out a small smile. This guy was really too nice for his own good. Thankfully he met her. Otherwise, she was sure that he might be hoodwinked by some weird guys and join some weird evil organization despite being fundamentally good.

After a while, she finally got up, as her smile changed from a calm one to a rather crazy one,

"Let's go. It's time to test something."

She wondered how happy Kuroha would be with her surprise. She couldn't wait.

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Melissa blushed a little at the intense gaze from Kuroha. Even in the USA, or in I-Island, her curves, more noticeably her thighs and ass were the objects of much scrutiny from the males part of the population and also some women. As such, she was used to being ogled and generally didn't care about it even though she found it disgusting.

Weirdly though, she didn't feel like that when Kuroha looked at her. When men looked at her, all she could feel were lust and desires of possessions.of course she wasn't a prude. There was nothing wrong with it. Perhaps those who looked at her like that were inwardly good people and were just reacting normally. That didn't mean she had to like it.

Despite that, right now, under Kuroha gaze, she felt no disgust. It wasn't only because she had a rather good impression of him. But also because she could see no must in it. Rather appreciations and… Curiosity? She couldn't help but fidget a little, when *Cough* a light cough from the side woke her up.

"So let's go back to business."

*Snicker*

She did her best to ignore her teacher. She knew that she would use it to tease her in the coming future.

Kuroha simply nodded before walking toward a chair as he looked around.

The place looked rather bright despite seemingly being where it was. Many packed boxes could be seen littered around while sketches and other such things were thrown everywhere. From this, Kuroha could gather that Melissa was a rather scatterbrained type of genius who would dive deep into their work. She should have been the indoor type.

But, the fact that she wasn't and played as a vigilante showed that she wasn't. For people to change a part of their true nature, they needed an external push, be it from a situation or… he thought as he looked at Millenia. From a person. Since Milienia was here, it wasn't hard to guess who changed the personality of this girl.

Finally, he took a cushion and sat next to Milienia before asking,

"So, I am ready to listen to you. Why did you contact me? What's your relationship with Milienia sensei? What's your goal?"

Melissa took a thoughtful expression before saying,

"In order to answer all that. I need to begin with how I met Teacher…"