The usual trio was in the leader's office, but this time, Remiel was with them. Sepide stared at her with a mean gaze until the leader finally started talking.

"I think you all know what it's about so I'll make it short. Four vigilantes used to protect their world from a zombie apocalypse, sadly, they all perished. The four girls were supposed to bring hope to everyone so you'll need to dress as them and eradicate the invasion. Emely has everything ready for you, head to her lab when you're ready."

The group left the room with their new mission in mind. Sepide was excited to finally do it, after days she could finally prove to Remiel that she was the best.

The four of them arrived at Emely's lab to see their uniforms. Neige stared at his for a while, it looked like a Japanese school uniform, and had no intent on wearing it.

"Emely, is there nothing else? I'm not wearing that."

"Oh? I thought you liked dressing as a girl. You know, I still have the picture I took when you were-"

"You took a picture!?"

"Come on, if you wear it, you'll be able to keep for whenever you want."

Neige looked at the uniform for a moment, imagining himself in it.

"I'll keep it?"

Emely nodded her head, convincing Neige. Despite his reluctance, he was glad to see himself in it. The flash of Emely's phone startled him, he immediately turned toward her to see a bright smile on her face.

"You're. So. Cute. I knew it would fit you well, you can ask me anytime if you need a costume, I'll gladly oblige."

"No thanks... Maybe someday..."

Neige blushed but went through the embarrassment to check on his friends.

"Are you all ready? We can go?"

The group nodded and together all went into the world.

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"The city is in ruins, there..."

Sepide stopped in her usual report and instead looked at the streets full of zombies. She took her firearm in hand, ready to fight.

"Remiel! The one that kills the most zombies wins!"

"Alright! I will not lose!"

The two girls split up, not leaving the others time to prepare.

"Hey, it's dangerous to split up!"

Despite Neige's words, the two ran in opposite directions, forcing him to play along.

"Silva, go with Remiel, I go with Sepide."

Silva nodded her head and followed the robot. Remiel had already gone so far away, forcing her to walk for a while before getting together.

Remiel continued the massacre and killed all of the lifeless forms walking in the streets. Her movements were quick and precise, not giving them a chance. Silva only had to follow her and enjoy the walk.

"How many?" Silva asked regularly this question, checking on Remiel's score.

"53,136."

"Not bad, I doubt Sepide will win."

"I am doing my best to give a challenge to my rival. It could be the first time I win."

"Really? You fought before?"

"She challenged me multiple times. We started counting recently, she won three times and I am still at zero."

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"She won three times?" Silva was impressed by Sepide's prowess, winning against Remiel didn't seem easy.

"Yes, she won at cooking, live streaming, and rock paper scissors."

"I thought it would be more intense..." Silva said, a bit disappointed "But livestreaming? You're a V-tuber too?"

"Indeed. But Sepide's popularity far exceeds mine. Despite what I was led to believe, humans do not yearn for the beauty of nature. I attempted to advertise my channel, as well as-"

"I'm sorry but I need Emely to be here if you want to talk about anything technical."

"I can explain everything you need, see-"

Remiel was about to explain in great detail her plans to surpass Sepide's fame. Silva had no desire to listen and was thankfully saved by a random man, interrupting Remiel.

"A-Are you Magical Red and Magical Green!? I thought you were dead!"

Silva almost forgot about the outfit they were wearing and didn't understand what the man was talking about. Remiel quickly intervened, saving Silva from the trouble.

"Indeed, we came to save you from the danger and stop this plague!"

"Wait, you sound different from how you were on TV. Are you really the Magical Four?"

"Yeah, we are." Answered Silva "But TV is so different from real life, we act cuter so people love us."

"R-Really? I guess it makes sense... How is Magical Blue? Is she as cute as on TV?"

Remembering that Neige was the blue one, Silva grinned mischievously.

"Magical Blue? She is very cute and shy, do you have a crush on her?"

"H-How do you know?"

"Magical sense, I can tell easily. She's actually searching for a boyfriend but will never admit it, we can go to her and you can ask her out."

"You're less cute but you're still so nice! I'd love to meet her!"

Silva wanted to punch the man for his remark but knew that as long as Emely found her cute, it was fine.

Sepide and Neige were both taking care of zombies the best they could. There were so many of them that they weren't sure they could manage to kill them all.

"I've killed ten thousand of them!" Proudly announced Sepide in the middle of the massacre.

"You're counting? Don't you have other things to focus on?"

"How can I know whether I won over Remiel if I don't count?"

Neige let out a sigh, already tired of them.

"You're too focused on that, it's almost all you're doing... Is there anything that you do without thinking about beating Remiel?"

"I just want to prove that it's not because she's a robot that she's better."

"Is that really it? You're putting a lot of effort into proving it."

Sepide stared at the pack of zombies in front of her, she was starting to think there were now way for her to get rid of them all that way.

"These girls that died, were they supposed to get rid of all those monsters? If they did, then how did they die?"

"I don't know for sure, some worlds change without anyone doing anything to them."

"But then, aren't we the ones changing history? I know this book tells us what is supposed to happen and all, but... It's all so complicated to me."

Neige stayed silent and went next to Sepide, concerned for her.

"You're worried about doing the right thing, right? I can still remember our first mission together, you were so different than you are now."

"Was I? I can't remember being different."

"You kept talking about everything needing to be in order, that our mission was more important. Now you're doubting yourself, it shows you've grown. You acted like Remiel, I guess you were made like a robot after all, but you've grown past that."

"I... Was like Remiel?"

Sepide paused for a moment, suddenly understanding something. She realized it before but couldn't put words on it, Remiel reminded her of herself. Maybe she didn't hate Remiel after, only her past self.

"Can we see Remiel and Silva? I want to know who has the better score."

Neige noticed the subtle change of tone in his friend. She didn't seem mad or anything like that, more confused instead.

"We can try, but this city is big, it will take some time."

Sepide nodded and followed Neige, they decided to take care of the zombies later and join their friends. Sepide stayed strangely silent, lost deep in her thoughts while walking.

The two arrived at a street full of dead zombies, they quickly understood that Remiel and Silva already went there and did a much better job than them.

"Looks like you lost this round Sepide, Remiel did better."

"It's fine, I'll win next time."

Neige was surprised by how quick Sepide changed. She didn't seem to be mad at Remiel anymore but still determined to win over her.

"You really don't want to lose against Remiel, huh?"

"Of course, I won't let her prove that she's better than me. Oh, it reminds me, I need to have more knowledge than her too."

"She's a robot, you're not beating her on that."

"I can still try, I had a question for Silva, but she said you were more experienced for that. It's also something you love talking about apparently."

Neige's eyes lit up, already excited by the idea.

"Is it a new language? What is it?"

"I want to know what sex is. Tell me about it."

Neige's face filled with disappointement as he realized that even when she's away, Silva managed to mess with him.

"It's... When two persons love each other very much and... Hug and kiss each other."

"Oh, that's it? He made it sound like a big deal."

Neige stopped walking, trying to process what he just heard.

"He? Who's he? Someone I know?"

"It's no big deal." Sepide said while blushing "He's just a friend..."

"Doesn't sound like it. If you want to do anything with him you'll need to let me meet him first."

"Can we talk about it later? There's more important for now."

Neige accepted reluctantly, still thinking about who this person might be. He was more worried about dealing with Silva's and Sepide's relationships but still felt concerned that Sepide never talked about this mysterious guy before.