Although the night was deep and the weather freezing, the villa rented by Team 04 was brightly lit.
A stout middle-aged man with hedgehog hair sized up all the members of Team 04 and, after a moment of silence, shook his head in disappointment.
"You guys... are not up to the mark!" he declared.
Behind him stood four individuals, men and women alike, dressed uniformly in light armor-style trench coats of a light gray fabric that easily blended into the shadows.
In the corner, Tanya was shivering and her face was ashen.
These uninvited guests represented Sovereignty's ultimate supernatural power, even possessing S-class special abilities and entities of Heavenly Order; they were dedicated to upholding the justice of Sovereignty. Even nuclear weapons were a level below them.
Such beings would not typically make an appearance before ordinary people, but a mere glance from them could effortlessly erase her from the world.
