Editing Kämpfer:Volume 2 Chapter 2 (section)

===Rescue and Investigation===

Just when I was in a dilemma, there was a loud noise, and the door to the news agency opened.

The person who entered was Mikoto, followed by Akane.

Mikoto looked inside and strode over.

"You must be Natsuru, right? My name is Kondou Mikoto."

She saluted me. Yes, this was the first time she and a girl like me had met.

After greeting me, Mikoto ignored me.

"Hey, Masumi Nishino," she called to the high school girl who was threatening me, seemingly unnerved.

"What are you doing? Are you planning on writing a fake report again?"

"Huh—it's not a fake report. I just added a little extra information."

"That's a fake report. Every time you mess around like this, our class's reputation gets worse."

Mikoto took Masumi Nishino's hand.

"You're not allowed to skip class. Go back now."

"I have the permission of the second-grade class four teacher."

"But our homeroom teacher is angry!"

She said as she quickly led her away. Masumi Nishino seemed to want to say something, but her voice gradually faded and could no longer be heard.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and my shoulders relaxed.

"…Are you okay?"

Akane asked worriedly.

"It's okay... Why is Akane-chan with Mikoto?"

"She took Natsuru-san away... I was wondering what to do. I thought you must have been taken to the news agency and happened to run into Kondou-san."

"Is that so—it was just a coincidence."

"Yeah... Kondou-san said to me, 'I need your help,' and then suddenly opened the door."

So impatient, so like Mikoto.

The timing was perfect, arriving just when I was about to become a yuri, or when my identity was about to be revealed. I really have to thank that person. If I thanked her formally, she would definitely think it was weird, so I just thanked her secretly in my heart.

"Where did they go?"

"Probably back to the first-year classroom..."

They'll probably be there for a while, thank goodness. Speaking of which, this is the girls' department, and they were previously attacked by the mysterious Kämpfer. If this causes another uproar in the school news, I think it'll be hard for me to keep a low profile.

Akane looked at me worriedly. Hoping for peace around me, I prayed to all the gods in the world.

"It hurts, Mikoto, let me go."

"Shut up!"

Mikoto let go, and Masumi Nishino, having been saved, rubbed her right hand several times.

"Mikoto, you're a girl, but you're very strong."

"It just became like this after I started helping with the investigation."

"We were almost there."

"What's the point of you asking me those questions?"

Mikoto clapped her hands.

"That person named Natsuru is really beautiful even though it's the first time we met."

"Right? I really want to publish her news."

"But her full name is Senou Natsuru, which is such a coincidence. She has the same name as my childhood sweetheart."

"Are you talking about Senou Natsuru from the men's club, the guy who looks so ugly."

"Stop talking nonsense. He can be very handsome sometimes."

"But she should have nothing to do with the male version of Natsuru. They just happen to have the same name."

"That's possible... But I always feel it's weird. Why did she say her name was Natsuru..."

Masumi Nishino also had an incredible expression, and at this moment she suddenly clapped her hands.

"Ah—so Mikoto doesn't like this!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

"If the female version of Natsuru and the male version of Natsuru are really related, it wouldn't be a very interesting thing for childhood friends—"

"It has nothing to do with that, okay? I just want to know where that female version of Natsuru comes from."

"Really—"

"You have to believe me, I'm interested in that woman's true face, that's all."

"Okay, okay."

Masumi Nishino didn't seem to believe it, and Mikoto made a low, "woooo..." sound like a puppy.

"By the way, Masumi Nishino, you have to help me uncover that woman's true face too."

"I know."

"Who is that woman...? I must get to the bottom of it."

Mikoto muttered as she clenched her fists tightly.
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