It was inevitable that the attention would soon stray to the stranger that Naomi had hauled along with her. Out of respect to the girl who had singlehandedly faced them only in the defense of a bullied middle-schooler, no one broke out the pipes or the brass knuckles, but they did eye the "driver" rather suspiciously.

"Ah, Jolt-san..." Naomi smiled sheepishly, turning towards the hologram. "These are my friends. They've been very supportive of me. Everyone, this is Jolt-san. He's my..."

Here she hesitated, deciding against "giant robot companion", but she couldn't just call him a hologram, either. He wasn't her chauffeur, so that made him...

"... He's someone very important to me, so please treat him kindly," she concluded.