While Crimson's wounds had been healed, it hadn't restored her stamina or fixed her clothes. After taking a shower and changing clothes, she took a break to have dinner in one of the small rooms. During that time, she thought of Maki. She was happy that she had been able to fight a stronger Maki, but now that it was over she felt somewhat sad. She was now deep in thoughts as to why, but it wasn't going well. As a result, she couldn't even properly remember much of Kiriha and Koutarou whom she had been so fixated on.
As Crimson was in the middle of eating, a voice suddenly came from behind her.
“What, for someone that was hurt you seem awfully energetic”
When she turned around, she saw a girl wearing a darkened orange outfit staring at her. She was Dark Orange. She was a so called modern girl, and had the most innocent personality in Darkness Rainbow. That said, she was the most aggressive amongst them when it came to things she didn't like. Maki had called Orange a kid, and Crimson agreed.
“Orange... and Purple and Yellow too...”
“I'm glad your injuries were light”
”You think you'll be able to participate?”
Behind Orange were girls dressed in purple and yellow outfits respectively. They were Dark Purple and Dark Yellow. Purple's mental age was high and she was Darkness Rainbow's mediator. In contrast to her cute appearance, Yellow was the biggest bonehead in the organization. Once she had decided on something she refused to change her mind.
“If you're all here, that means it's time already?”
According to schedule, the three of them would show up just before the ritual summoning took place. With them appearing it meant that a lot of time had passed when Crimson was deep in thought. However, Purple shook her head.
“There's still a little more time. We came early just in case after we heard that you had been hurt”
However there was still two hours and a half before the ritual would activate. Purple had decided to show up early because she believed they should raise their level of alert since Crimson had fought against Maki. It meant that the ritual site might be found sooner than expected.
“We don't want the enemy interfering with the ritual so we've come”
”You just rest easy, Crim-chan. If the enemy really do show up you'll get your time to shine”
Purple had brought Yellow and Orange with her so the three of them could run interference. Since Maki could report her encounter with Crimson to Rainbow Heart, Purple decided that they should move swiftly to keep the ritual from being ruined.
“Purple, what did Green say?”
”She said around 20%”
Those 20% were the chances of Rainbow Heart appearing in the basement earlier than expected. This was something that Green had forecasted.
“20%... which means I can't stay so carefree”
The figure 20% meant that Rainbow Heart would show up in one out of five of all possible futures. Adding in other accidents, the probability of trouble increased even more. So it's no wonder why Purple had hurried.
“Anyways, leave this to us while you rest up. That is your job for now, Crimson”
“Okay. I'll leave it to you, Purple”
“Good. Then this might be sudden, but we're leaving”
”See you”
“Let's meet later”
The three left Crimson behind in the room.
“So the fighting will start soon... fufu”
Crimson had been lost in thought before the three appeared, but now she was dancing as she thought of her next battle. While she wouldn't deny her sentimental feelings, fighting was everything to her. That's why she couldn't hold hands with Maki. It was unfortunate for Maki that Crimson was a prodigy at fighting.