Akira stared at the system notification, his mind racing. This couldn't be a coincidence. An exorcist showing up right after a Gate opened on the school's sports field, and then Club Obsidian just two nights ago? And she just happened to transfer into his class?
It was too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence.
"Ai, what do you think is going on?" he thought urgently.
"Calm down, darling," Ai's voice was steady but urgent. "Your Essence Cloak is active. She can't detect your signature unless you do something stupid. But she's definitely hunting."
"Why do I think Agent Sato sent her or something?"
"We can't put it past him. He's quite suspicious of you and I'm sure the test then didn't convince him much."
"So he sent her after the Club Obsidian incident, hoping that what? She would find something?"
