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Signora suppressed the urge to roll her eyes as the Chimeratix member started begging Noblesse not to check the pictures on her phone. Was that really what this man was concerned about at a time like this?

'...Hold on', she thought. Why was she even suppressing the urge to roll her eyes?

She knew why. 'Because it isn't proper for a lady of good upbringing to do such an uncouth thing'. And that doing something that can be seen as provocative might end up making people have the wrong impression of her. They already did, even with her carefully curating the sort of attitude and mannerism she presented to the world.

But, well...she decided to start speaking her mind more and care less about those sorts of things. Might as well start now.

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"...You are working for a criminal syndicate making use of a supernatural phenomenon to smuggle goods, and you are concerned over some salacious pictures on your phone? How pathetic are you?"

Her tone was haughty and imperious, completely unlike the usual demure and polite tone Hikari Kasuga usually spoke with. It surprised Signora how easily it came out, to be honest. Liberating, almost. Perhaps it was because she was wearing a mask, both figuratively and literally. Not merely the one she was wearing physically, but that of anonymity. The man did not know who she was beneath the mask; thus, just as it was easier to brazenly speak without filter in the anonymity of the internet, a similar concept applied here.

"So what do we do now?" She asked Noblesse, "I don't think the police would accept the explanation that 'a criminal syndicate is smuggling illegal goods, including drugs' using another world. But realistically speaking, the best way to dismantle them is to hit them both here in the Metaverse and in the real world. We can handle dismantling their operation in the Metaverse, but for the real world...that would be difficult without involving the police."

Then, she briefly glanced at the man, before looking at the rest of the group again, "As for this man..." Signora stopped, hesitating. She REALLY did not like to use her authority. However...if it would help, then maybe...

"...How essential would it be to turn him into a 'mole' so to speak?"

After inadvertently using her authority on her friend, Signora felt it was wrong to merely use it. Especially as it concerns taking control of another person's free will and forcing them to think and behave in a certain way.

But if using her authority led to the dismantlement of a powerful criminal syndicate...that was also a form of redemption, right?