Arc 5, Chapter 20: Rookie Investigation

They entered the room, cautious of every creak in the floor. Moving in, their invisibility faded, revealing all of them in their adventuring attire with gloves and earmuffs—Hotaru's ears covered by a blue beret.

Asobi shut the door behind her and gave the room a wide-eyed stare. Three doors were on the opposite side of the room, two closed and one wide open.

None of the lights were on, but the subtle light from the streetlights outside glittered through the drapes. Hotaru flicked the light switch, only for nothing to happen. The redhead flicked it up and down a few more times.

"You better give it up," Fumeko glanced to the three lightbulbs on the ceiling, all of them shattered and fragments of glass on the floor.

"Sobi? Don't blind us," the wolf-woman requested.

"Mhm," with her lips sealed she shot three white lights to where the bulbs would light up, granting enough brightness to observe the scene.