According to the word on the street, there's only a few places where the suspect likes to strike.

According to the word on the street, there's only a few places where the suspect likes to strike.

And so, I'll act as the bait.

I stick out way too much, and if Sanae went, she'd just end up dead, so...

You may not think I look like much, but I've been learning fencing from Momiji-san! I bet I can take him the way I am now!

"The way you are now" will just end with you getting yourself carelessly beaten.

Aw...

...Sanae, it's a hundred years too soon for you to jump into actual combat. If we were ever to take you with us, it'd just be to give you a chance to watch and learn right now.

Combat Instructor Inubashiri Momiji

Kanako-san, I don't know what potential you see in Sanae, but...

I'd like to at least have a student that it took more than just a twig in one hand to beat, but...

I'd like to at least have a student that it took more than just a twig in one hand to beat, but...

I am just your puppy dog, and so I've done what I could to train her in accordance with your wishes, but this seems to be about as much talent as she has.

Now, I don't dislike Sanae, but I am of the absolute belief that she's completely unsuited as a combatant.

You said, "I don't dislike Sanae," right? You don't dislike me? ...Is that true? Really? Can't read the verb in first line, which makes the rest untranslatable.

...Well, we'll do it carefully. Sanae can watch us all fight from a safe place.

How mean!