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Hikari looked around as some of the members gathered around started to introduce themselves. The woman—wearing a domino mask and white shirt—introduced herself only as 'Free', whereas the man introduced himself as 'Baron' alongside his real name, 'Osamu Ichikawa'.

She felt as if the woman's voice was familiar, but she could not quite put it. Likely someone she had not interacted with in length, but perhaps they ran in the same circles, maybe in one of the social gatherings she had attended as the daughter of her affluent family?

Regardless, what little recognition she had of 'Free' was dwarfed by 'Baron' or 'Osamu Ichikawa'. A second grader, like her, with a reputation of being a troublemaker, rumoured to even have criminal records from Middle School. They weren't exactly in the same social circle—not that...Hikari had much of a social circle in the sense of friends rather than admirers—but it was hard not to hear of Osamu Ichikawa.

Still, as someone with her own brand of gossip in the high school rumour mill, she would strive not to judge him based on rumours alone.

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"It's good to meet both of you. My name is Hikari Kasuga, though as far as my 'code name' is concerned, it's Signora. I look forward to working with all of you," Hikari said with a smile, opting to divulge her real name like Osamu. After all, she already divulged it to Toma, and presumably, they would know each other's real identity once they meet outside the Metaverse anyway.