twenty-second-century science. I’d told her I’d hold on to it, but she was producing so much materiel I was starting to doubt if my bag was up to it. …Someone like her strolling around in public unrestricted surely amounted to negligence on the part of the authorities… “Don’t get me wrong,” Senjogahara warned after she’d finished giving everything to me. “It’s not like I’m letting my guard down around you.” “You might as well…” “If you’re trying to get back at me for stabbing you with a staple by tricking me into entering these desolate ruins, you’ll be making the wrong party pay.” “…” No, as far as which party, I would be right on. “Understand?” she said. “I have five thousand of my rowdiest pals ready to attack your family if they don’t hear from me at least once every minute.” “It’s fine… Stop worrying.” “You mean you won’t even need a whole minute?!” “I am not that boxer.” And hold on. She didn’t think twice about targeting my family. I couldn’t believe her. On top of that, five thousand pals? What a lie. A bold lie for someone who had no friends. “Say, I hear your two little sisters are still in middle school.” “………”