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Oversleeping aside, Hibiki could agree that having a hotel room for access to showers would be an improvement, but really, on the walk to Ikebukuro, something else was on her mind... and her stomach was being quite vocal about it too. Ah, instant ramen was good for temporarily filling your stomach, but it was no substitute for a proper dinner, and things weren't looking up on the breakfast side of things either... it wasn't like a lack of food would get in the way of fighting or protecting the other girls from damaged scenery but she was [i]hungry[/i].

"Ah, is that Ben, from yesterday?"

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Klaus considered his excursion the previous day to have been a success: it wasn't a perfect fit to Libra's office, but it fit the same general profile. It was spacious, had multiple rooms, and wasn't so easily accessed that it would be impossible to secure. Nor did it stand out as an obvious government building, which might be necessary if there were actors opposing the UN's efforts to contain the opposition. All that remained was for the money to be transferred and they would be able to begin furnishing the property beyond whatever spartan effects it came with.

Of course, someone actually concerned with the money they were paying probably would have had a far more difficult time of it than the massive man, particularly someone of less intimidating appearance. 

"Klaus von Reinhertz," he added to the growing list of introductions, "My experience with portals is the result of two worlds irreversibly merging and unlikely to correspond to the situation as it presents itself here. Though you say you fought Miss Yukari in Japan? Even if she proves unable to help us solve the crisis, if she could help us with that level of instant travel then it wouldn't matter where in the world trouble occurs."

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Why were all the children on their side of the world? The [i]actual[/i] child was the most mature of everyone that had been stranded in Japan to start with... everyone else that had been there seemed terribly hotheaded, already often to their own demise. The refrain of "I'll win next time!" was hardly an unsurprising one in the context of rivalries and friendly competition, but really, without any attempt to improve?

Still, the smart girl was asking for magical expertise: "I have some experience in the field of dimensional manipulation," though it was far more in the sense of 'literally manipulating time and space to make a side dimension' than teleportation. It was a shame that she hadn't any access to them.