Horo

Making use of the Battle Mark on her arm to wield her heavy battleaxe, her destructive capabilities are not to be underestimated. The Battle Mark grows in strength given the right circumstances, further enhancing her combat abilities. With such a heavy weapon, her attacks are relatively slow.

Horo claims to have overcome the Mania Weapon's corruption through sheer strength of will, awakening as a Sinner. Her claim has been corroborated multiple times, and is considered legitimate.

Issues with her height make her short-tempered, manifesting in changes to her Battle Mark pattern due to her special powers. Her psychological evaluation, however, comes out clean. More observation is required to determine the extent of her corruption.

One of the most important combatants of Syndicate's largest gang, the West District Legion. She was involved in many violent incidents with Zoya and Earl. She is suspected to be connected with other dangerous and mysterious factions. Irritable and belligerent, she presents a major threat to Syndicate's social stability.

The subject is naturally combative and often gets into trouble. After the great riot, she became even more violent under the Deus Corpus's control. Fortunately, since the Square Black Ring incident, her moods and character have undergone certain changes. She's become significantly less aggressive and more stable and she has a firmer grasp over her power. Her leadership has grown more prominent ever since she took part in the mission against the Public Security Bureau remnants' attack on the Legion. The Bureau currently trains her specifically in that aspect.

Fell prey to a scavenger trap and was captured by sheriffs. Caught a lucky escape during the MBCC riot. Whereabouts were unknown for a time. Returned to the Legion, and was recaptured by the Chief.

The Public Security Bureau attacked the Legion despite the risk just to find the subject, who overheard the conversation between the Public Security Bureau and Parma when they were trading Mania weapons. According to the subject, her brother Earl has been collecting intel on the Legion's enemies. It is very likely that he has more specific information.

Born in Syndicate and growing up with her brother Earl, she lost her parents shortly after her birth in an accident where gangsters ambushed her parents' convoy. Her brother helped raise her, which created a strong bond between them.

Nirvana Convoy got into a conflict against the gangsters. To protect her, the subject's brother Earl was injured and disabled. It is because of that same event that Earl awakened as a Sinner. In the incident at the Square, Earl sacrificed himself as a Corpseborne to save Zoya.

Two weeks after the events surrounding BR-004, the Chief and Nightingale discuss the unusual nature of the Public Security Bureau's counterattacks against the Legion. The Chief theorizes that they may be looking for something specific -- or someone. They decide to question Horo, who was supposedly sent to the MBCC by the Legion for her own protection. Still heavily injured, Horo is quiet and compliant, confirming that she does not know Zoya's whereabouts. She inquires about the Legion's well-being, and the Chief quickly recaps the events of Keylan Square, including Earl's death and Zoya's disappearance, watching as Horo's face grows dark. Horo says that this is the first she's heard of either, and that the Legion told her that Zoya and Earl were still fighting.

The mood in the interrogation room grows heavy. Horo realizes that the situation in the Legion is dire, and the Chief confirms this. The Chief then asks if Horo knows anything that the Public Security Bureau would want to keep covered up, and she quickly replies that she does. While being detained, she overheard members of the Public Security Bureau discussing Mania weapon trade with representatives of Parma, saying that she might be able to recall some of their names if she had access to Earl's notebooks. The Chief quickly calls Nightingale to arrange for transportation, but Horo warns them that Earl likely hid his them somewhere that not even the Legionnaires know. She asks to accompany the Chief on the mission, and the Chief, noting how much she's grown since they met not long ago, accepts her offer. With even that much evidence, the 9th Agency will be able to get involved.

The only way to resolve the Legion's crisis is to go on the offensive.

The Chief assembles a small strike force to case all of the Legion's strongholds. After talking with Legionnaires named Lenny and Jer, Horo and the Chief find nothing in Earl's room. Horo suggests that they try the trailer park, the long-abandoned place where Earl and Horo first lived after joining the Nirvana Convoy. Worried for her safety, Jer gathers a small group of Legionnaires to protect Horo. Together with Hella and Hecate, they return to the siblings' former home.

After hours of searching through Earl's documents, the Chief pulls a solemn Horo aside and attempts to comfort her. Horo insists that she's not a child, calling the Chief's attempts at reassurance clumsy like her brother's. She says that she's endured many losses, including the deaths of her mother and father, and is haunted by the helplessness she felt when Earl was brought home with a missing leg. Unable to help ease his pain, she joined to Convoy to help lighten his load in other ways, but Earl always kept her from doing more. This led to a fracture in their relationship, and Horo ultimately stopped talking to Earl altogether. She cries for all the days she's kept herself from doing so, unable to keep her emotions together.

After some further reminiscence, she remembers Earl's propensity for hiding things. Pulling open a false bottom to a desk drawer, she finds the materials they were looking for. One of the MBCC operatives expresses regret at Earl not telling them the location sooner, and Horo replies that regret is meaningless. The Chief gathers the team to retreat, only to be cut off by the remnants of the Public Security Bureau, a hundred strong and armed to the teeth with Mania weapons.

Enemies incoming. Prepare to fight.

Faced with insurmountable odds, the Chief decides to act as bait alongside Hella to allow Horo and the others injured to escape. Horo gives them a quiet but commanding rejection, unwilling to to let others die around her again. Her confidence boosts morale among Legionnaires and Sinners alike, granting them the courage to stand their ground. The group soon begins to cut through the siege line, forcing the Public Security Bureau to bombard the trailer park with molotov cocktails. As their leader takes aim at the last remaining escape route, Horo appears above him, striking him down with a new axe assembled from scrap metal. She gives the order to charge, all of her ragtag soldiers descending on the enemy, and the Chief seizes the opportunity to get Horo to safety.

Now a good distance from the burning trailer park, Horo and the Chief reunite with the Legionnaires, led by Jer, who confirms that there were no casualties thanks to their leadership. Horo assures them that once this is over, they won't have to fight any more, and Jer adds that they can always return to the logistics days of the Convoy. Relieved, Horo collapses, but the Chief catches her before she hits the ground. Jer says that he's always seen Horo as a child, prompting Horo to say that she isn't one any more. This time, Jer sincerely agrees, reaffirming what Zoya once said to him -- that Horo will be the one to take up her torch. Horo denies this, saying that Zoya will return one day, but in the mean time, she and the Chief will keep the Legion out of trouble.

In the car on the way back to the Bureau, Langley calls and tells the Chief where to hand off the evidence to one of her agents. The man informs the Chief that after the events of today, the Public Security Bureau will soon cease to exist. The Chief returns to the driver's seat to find Horo smiling in her sleep, teary-eyed, and mumbling Earl's name.

The Legion's crisis has been resolved. Through this series of events, Horo has grown into a worthy leader. She is now strong enough to hold down the fort before Zoya comes back.

Only drinks milk, and is obsessed with the idea that "drinking milk can make you grow taller". Since she has missed adolescence by a clear margin, the effects of dairy are negligible.

Window-shops at kawaii-style fashion shops often. Horo claims that the style contradicts the Legion's dress code, and forces herself to walk away. To our knowledge, the Legion does not enforce a dress code.

Whenever the word "Zoya" is spoken in MBCC, Horo will always appear in a 10-meter radius, watching silently. If a Sinner is discovered to be speaking ill of Zoya, she will leap from the shadows and duel for her honor.

Horo has held a grand ceremony in the Bureau, giving the Chief a medal engraved with "Zoya & Horo's Best Friend". According to her, the medal can be used to command any member of the Legion, at any time.

[Horo carries a newly-arrived box of milk.]

Horo: Chief, would you like one?

Chief: ......

• Prompt: You can put it on the desk. I’ll save it for later.
• Horo: No! You have to drink the milk while it is good! Bottoms up!
• Horo: 😫😖

• Prompt: Sorry, but I don’t have the need to grow taller.
• Horo: You...! I'm going to smack you so hard now, you'll be as tall as I am!
• Horo: 😖😖

[Horo holds an ax, spacing out.]

Horo: Sigh... Boss Zoya doesn't talk to me anymore. I don't know why...

Chief: ......

• Prompt: Perhaps you are too short. That's why Zoya didn't notice you.
• Horo: Just you wait! I'll tear down the door of your office right now!
• Horo: 😫

• Prompt: Perhaps you didn't shout loud enough in today's battle.
• Horo: Ah... Next time, I'll make sure to let Boss Zoya see me killing it in combat!
• Horo: 😖

⚠ Food Sharing

Horo found you and wanted to share some food with you.

System Notifications: Horo was generous and shared her milk with you. But it gave you diarrhea for the rest of the day.

• Prompt: Ask for compensation

System Notifications: Horo sent you more of the milk in her storage.

⚠ New Clothes

You prepared some new clothes for Horo.

System Notifications: You bought some new clothes for Horo, including outfits that suit her style and some others that are much cuter.

System Notifications: She accepted them without saying anything, then sent you a few hand grips that night to return the favor.

• Prompt: Take

⚠ Visiting Old Friends

Having returned from her dispatch mission, Horo found you but she is acting all secretive.

System Notifications: Horo went to visit the Legion in her free time and received lots of gifts. After returning to the Bureau, she gave some of those gifts to you.

• Prompt: Take

⚠⚠ Fan Club

Horo is stopped by a group of little Sinners...

System Notifications: In the corridor, you find Horo surrounded by a bunch of people.

Horo: Hey! You're all here to get Zoya's autograph, aren't you? Stop pushing. As the president of Zoya's fan club, I guarantee each of you will get one! Haha!

System Notifications: "We don't want Zoya's autograph! We want your autograph!"

Horo: Wh... What?!

System Notifications: "We're Horo's fan club! Horo is the best!"
"You go, Horo! We'll support you always!"
"Cheer for Horo! We'll always follow!"

Horo: Um, this is... I... I...

• Prompt: Help Horo out

System Notifications: You finally rescue Horo from the walls of fans encircling her.

Horo: Phew, thank you! I didn't expect the fans to be so crazy.

Horo: Does that mean I'm also stressing Boss out?

Horo: Ah, I guess not. Boss is Boss, after all. She can only keep going further with our support.

Horo: I need to go and arrange the next event for Zoya's fan club now!

• Prompt: ...

Chief: It looks like she didn't learn her lesson at all.

⚠⚠ Height Discrimination

In the regular physical examination, you discovered that Horo is now one centimeter shorter than her profile says.

System Notifications: In the regular physical examination, you discovered that Horo is now one centimeter shorter than her profile says.

Horo: Really?

• Prompt: It's true.

Horo: Are you sure?

• Prompt: I am sure of it.

Horo: You are not lying to me, are you?

• Prompt: I'm not lying to you.

Horo: No way! That's impossible!

• Prompt: It's absolutely true.

Horo: Woah! I don't believe it. How can I be one centimeter shorter?

• Prompt: Calm down!

Chief: Calm down! People's heights can change due to exercise or other physical conditions. It is not always the same.

Horo: Are... Are you sure?

• Prompt: Comfort her

Chief: Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, we'll check your height again tomorrow morning.

Horo: Okay...

⚠⚠ Old Clothes

The Legion sent a package to Horo. The package's been examined for security.

System Notifications: The Legion sent a package to Horo. The package's been examined for security.

• Prompt: Ask for Horo

Chief: Horo, do you have a moment?

Horo: It's you. How may I help?

Chief: The Legion sent a package and said it was something you forgot there. They thought you might need it, so they sent it to us.

Horo: Oh, okay. Thank you.

Chief: No problem. I'll be on my way then.

Horo: What's the rush? You are, in a way, an honorary Legion member as well. Stay here and see what's inside.

Horo: I reckon it's Boss Zoya's. Well, let's open it and find out.

• Prompt: This is...

Horo: These are...?

System Notifications: Horo opened the package only to see a dress in light pink.

Chief: It's cute.

Horo: You...you, you get out of here. NOW!

Chief: Oh, come on. It was you who invited me to stay just now. And now you want me gone?

Horo: You will get out when I say get out! Enough with your nonsense and get lost now!!

The traditional uniform of the Legion. For some reason, the style is similar to Zoya's

You are not allowed... to treat me as a burden!