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(That was a lot of information. Had to reread a bit in hopes I remembered all the important parts...but figures Jin would do that)

"Huh...I see...I guess everyone has their own circumstances then".

That was what Tora said, having listened to the whole story from Shugo, and then considered everything that happened...

At least, that was until the Director spoke up.

"You know Tora, I think that pause was for you to elaborate a bit more. You know, since we only got cliff notes, and Mimik wont say anything new".

"It's Tora's past, so I am respecting his desire for information release..."

At that point, Tora spoke up again.

"You mean, you were too distracted with anime and manga online that you weren't paying attention?"

"You know thats impossible, I detect all audio around me".

"...you didn't deny the anime and manga part though..."

"By the way, have you looked into Blood Blockade Battlefront ye..."

"I have been busy Mimik!"

It seemed that Tora didn't currently have much to say at the time. However, Mimik turned off in another direction and before anyone could pressure him...

"Emergency Alert! Emergency Alert! Gates opening in the vicinity of Tamakoma Branch!"

"We get alerts here too?!"

"Of course. Normally, anyone on Defense Duty responds to alerts, but obviously if an alert happens near a Branch HQ and we have people around, we are expected to take care of it...you know, once Kali-kun and Tora-chan..."

"He-hey! Tora-kun is fine!"

"...once those two reach B-Rank, you three could make a nice team? How about you use this for warm up?"

But it was not the director that finished, but instead Jin who was standing near the doorway.

"Are you sure? We are only C-Rank, we would need fully decked out Triggers".

"Its fine. HQ wont complain once we explain this is a training excercise, and who knows, the enemy might be interesting. Besides, if me, the super talented elite Jin goes as an S-Rank Agent, then it really cant be called anything but a training exercise.
And I think I have some you might like right here".

As he said that, he held out some full B-Rank quality Triggers to take. Surprisingly, the one who took action first was Tora while the Director smiled and made a remark.

"Well, I suppose thats true".

However, the atmosphere almost seemed different about Tora for a moment despite the lighthearted remark.

"I suppose that is true, we might as well go then. See what they sent this time".

Finally, it was Mimik who flew over to Kali and Shugo who went and explained the weirdness in their words.

"The gate that opened up, given its proximity to Tamakoma, and based on Jin's words, there is a high chance it is from Colsaria. And on that note, you both should be careful. Although they have plenty of the generic types you will have seen before, Colsaria also has plenty of prototype, variant, and advanced models. To put it simply, I think if you do well right here, Jin might have some plan to speed B-Rank along...but also he doesnt want anyone else to fight the Colsaria models just yet".

It seemed that Jin's Side Effect might have told him something important.