"This crepe tastes really good."
"But it's quite a bit more expensive than where we're from."
Uiharu and Saten, who had bought crepes from the shop, sat quietly on a long wooden bench nearby, watching Mikoto and Kuroko chase each other. It was quite a spectacle to accompany their meal.
Kuroko: Come on~ Come on~ Onee-sama, hurry up and try my crepe, don't be shy~
Mikoto: I told you I don't want it! Besides, why is it a combination of natto and whipped cream? That's just evil! Sister, save me!!!
The two of them ran back and forth with their respective crepes under the gaze of Uiharu and Saten. Chinatsu, who was also watching this scene, took several bites of the crepe in her hand, a look of bliss on her face.
Chinatsu naturally didn't hate sweets, but unlike Uiharu, who could eat sweets as a main meal, in her mind, sweets were always just sweets—only meant for satisfying a craving.
"It's really great, Saten-san. Even though the two upperclassmen don't quite fit the image of 'Ojou-sama' in my fantasies, they are much easier to get along with than I imagined."
Uiharu spoke while eating her crepe. As the most devoted sweet-tooth among everyone present, a look of pure satisfaction involuntarily spread across her face with every bite.
Saten wasn't sure how to answer. She wanted to agree with Uiharu's sentiment, but stereotypes weren't that easy to erase.
What if this was all an act?
Whenever Saten thought in that direction, she would involuntarily raise her hand to cover her forehead and recall the image of Chinatsu's head pressed against hers.
This was immediately followed by a flush of red on her face. Uiharu, who had been walking shoulder-to-shoulder with her the whole way, was used to seeing this, and she couldn't get a straight answer when she asked about it.
Uiharu's gaze drifted to the side, where a bank with its shutters down despite it being daytime caught her attention.
Almost simultaneously, a violent explosion occurred inside the shuttered bank. As the shutters shattered, several robbers with white cloths covering their faces ran out in a hurry.
"Another bank robbery!"
Kuroko first sighed in exasperation at the sight, then opened her mouth wide and swallowed the rest of her mostly-uneaten crepe in one gulp.
"Uiharu! Contact the Security Officers, evacuate the public, and check for casualties. I'll leave that to you. Also... you two sisters, please don't interfere. This is the duty of a Judgement Member!"
As Kuroko spoke, she quickly activated her Space Movement ability, teleporting directly in front of the robbers' escape path.
"I am a Judgement Member! I am placing you under arrest for the crimes of destruction of public property and bank robbery!"
The leader of the robbers immediately opened his palm and activated his ability. His Level 3 Pyrokinesis formed a blazing fireball.
"Get out of my way!!!"
The fireball was hurled out. Kuroko helplessly teleported in an instant, easily dodging the fireball's attack and reappearing in the air to the right of the robber, kicking him squarely in the head.
Space-type Ability Users naturally hold an advantage in duels against those of the same level, let alone an experienced Level 4 Great Ability User like Kuroko.
Within the realm of Ability Users, it could be said that those who could defeat Kuroko were either Level 5 Espers or top-tier Level 4 candidates infinitely close to that domain.
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