Mischa’s POV

I am Mischa Balyaeva, 15 years old, I was one of the children that were trained by the Esper Association since we manifested our ability. Today I was assigned to Japan’s Esper Association Tokyo branch because of the incident last month. I arrived in Tokyo at 3 P.M. after that I checked into a hotel and unpack my belonging.

I was ordered to report my arrival at Tokyo Esper Association’s branch. I changed the PD uniform that I wore in flight into a white school uniform which I will be transferred to next week. It seems they called the school uniform that I wore as Sailor Outfit, it’s strange. Why’d they call it Sailor Outfit when it’s a school uniform still made me confused.

After changed my outfit, I walked to the Esper Association’s branch. After walking for a while, I reached a park and stopped to look for the map on my holo phone. I searched my holo phone in my pocket, but there is nothing. I remember that I changed my clothes before, and I forgot to take out my holo phone from my PD uniform’s pocket.

‘Well, let’s search for a map in this park. Usually, a park in japan had a map of the neighborhood.’

I searched the park for a map, but I found nothing. At that time I was considering going back to my hotel room to get my holo phone, but a voice stopped me.

“Excuse me, are you looking for something? I saw you were standing there for a while now.” I turned towards the voice. The owner of the voice was a beautiful girl wearing a black school uniform.

‘I can’t feel her presence at all. Is she a normal human or an Esper?’ I observe her for a while before deciding that she was not dangerous.

‘She did not make any move, so that means she’s just one of the civilians here.’ I was trained to be wary even at a slightly suspicious individual, that’s why my response to her question was late.

“Thank you for your concern, I was looking for Esper Association branch in th-” At that time my stomach grumbled.

‘Wha- what… at this timing?’ I was embarrassed, the girl was looking at me and then my stomach before saying.

“Want to eat this?” She opened a paper bag and revealing a box. I guessed inside the box was some sort of food, maybe cake.

“No thank you, I am not hungry.” I tried to refuse her offer but my stomach had betrayed me once again.

The girl looked amused. “No need to be shy, I just bought this cake from the store over there.” She then pointed at the store near the park with the same name written on the box.

I was really hungry right now, I didn’t eat lunch yet because I was asleep on the plane. So her offer of cake is tempting to me that I subconsciously accepted it.

“T-then I will take your offer… umm.”

“Akasa Naomi, nice to meet you.” The girl introduced herself and smiled. It seems this girl genuinely wanted to help me, she is a kind girl. I smiled at her and introduced myself.

“Nice to meet you Naomi, I am Mischa Belyaeva.”

After introducing ourselves, we took a sit on the bench in the park. She opened the box and I saw the cake inside the box. There is a word written ‘Happy 15th birthday’ on top of the cake.

‘She offered her birthday cake to a stranger like me?’

She gave me one slice of the cake and took one for herself. We ate the cake in silence, mainly because I don’t know what to talk with someone with the same age as me. After all, in the facility that trained me, everything was a competition so I didn't talk with my peers. Fortunately, she asked me a question, but unfortunately, the question that she had asked was confidential and I was not allowed to tell somebody else about it.

After we were done eating the cake, she accompanied me and took me to the Esper Association branch even when she just needs to tell me the direction. We bid farewell after we’ve reached the branch’s building.

I entered the Esper Association’s branch alone, the guard allowed me to enter once they saw my face. Without greeting anyone, I go to the top floor to meet the branch director. I’ve arrived in front of the director's room and knocked on the door.

“Director, it’s Mischa Belyaeva.”

A man's voice could be heard from inside saying.

“Enter.”

I entered the room and do my greeting.

“Mischa Belyaeva reporting her arrival in Tokyo Esper Association’s branch!” I greeted the Director answered.

“Be at ease Mischa Belyaeva, it was our honor for you to come here. Please sit down.” He asked me to sit in the chair in front of him. After I sat, I asked something.

“Director, from the order it said that you will tell me my duty in Japan. So may I ask what my duty is?”

“Right, you understand that we, Japan Esper Association, had sustained a great loss a month ago because we are attacked by Mugetsu right?” He began to tell me about the attack a month ago. Mugetsu, a criminal that was never heard before had attacked 2 places on 1 night. The loss that Esper Association experienced that day was greater than the last 50 years. 1 jail for SS-Ranked criminals was destroyed and Japan Esper Association HQ was exterminated without a trace.

“Yes, a designated SSS-Rank Criminal Mugetsu. If I remember correctly he was designated as SSS-Rank criminal because he exterminated the HQ alone, is that correct Director?” I don’t know much about Mugetsu except the attack.

“Mugetsu was a girl.” Said the Director. “According to the survivor from Hokkaido’s jail, Mugetsu was a young girl if she didn’t use a fake voice. We also got the name Mugetsu from that survivor.”

“A young girl? Mugetsu was a young girl?” I was in disbelief. The highest rank criminal was a young girl like myself. Is she blinded by her power or was there someone who manipulated her?

“We called you here because we need your help. Madam Darika had a vision of Mugetsu attacking again.”

Madam Darika had a vision? She was one of the first generation Esper that is still alive. Her ability was fortune-telling, because of her vision we managed to avoid some disasters in the past. For her to had a vision about Mugetsu attack, that means if we let Mugetsu attacking without preparation, the damage will be equal to or greater than a natural disaster.

“If Madam Darika had a vision, then I will happily cooperate to stop Mugetsu.”

“We are counting on you, Mischa Belyaeva. After all, you were the only Esper born with 2 abilities in this world. If there is someone that can stop Mugetsu, then it is you.”