"Then relatively, you will collapse under the weight of your own incompetence when you're in a Red Gate that started as a B-rank expedition," Daisuke responded. If this girl was being scouted in truth, there were things that needed addressing. Unrealized potential was disgusting in a world that offered power with firmly-established ceilings. Those with skills that could be used to surpass their normal limitations could not be left to rest on their laurels if they were also going to take action on emergency calls. When given instruction to confront the High Orc boss, Ai complained immediately. Rangers belonged on the outside? Ludicrous. "Fool! Do you think speed like yours is only good for running away to get a proper angle? If a bullet can stun at a distance, what do you think that same bullet will do at point-blank range?" he asked rhetorically.

What Daisuke saw of Ai's speed told him she could surely manage more of a higher-risk, significantly higher reward approach. She wouldn't be at the receiving end of a High Orc's sexual assault today ─ not with those moves and the way she bounced one bullet off another to artfully strike the boss's left eye. "Like I said... Ricochet," he reiterated for the other girl, who was now effectively in the boss's blind spot while it angrily flailed about. The beast attempted to swing its left axe horizontally in Ai's direction, but a few things were in place now. That axe didn't even manage a 90 degree arc before its rear-facing blade was grabbed by Daisuke's right hand, halting its forward momentum. Also in its blind spot by proxy now, Daisuke looked up to see the grimacing creature's tusks "H'oh? Teeth like that are like one of those goals in American Football. How convenient," he commented. Daisuke had a few more words for Ai yet ─ a gift of sorts. "Step one is covering for the unawakened girl walking through the Dungeon. Step two is knowing that if one's strengths are her legs, eyes and technology, the most effective tactic would involve using all three for a singular purpose. Step three?"