Lin shrugged. "Well, it's not like we'll be punished." She knew she'd be hailed for her actions when she left the Arena, if she won. And they couldn't show everything, could they? She hoped that with the slaughter of half the competition at the Cornucopia, her panic over that stupid kid went ignored.

But she wouldn't tell Venus about that. Lin raised an eyebrow at her comment, giving the other woman's athletic build a once-over. "Huh! You? But you're good at this!" As if it took someone born rich to be smart or used to fame. "Never would have guessed. Sorry."

Her apology didn't contain an ounce of sincerity. "People who do their best and can't help it, well, that's fine. And people like you who get themselves out of it are even better. But women who rely on a spouse, don't bother to get educated, don't bother to work, and then are totally shocked when they're left alone and have no money for themselves or their brats... those are the kind of people I really hate. Wouldn't you agree?"

She chuckled wickedly, still monologuing. "I think I killed one of them earlier, actually. Should've heard her scream..." Mayuzumi assumed that black-haired girl must have been a housewife, so unwilling to put up a fight.