Chapter 23

Promising New Members (頼もしい仲間, Tanomoshī nakama) is the 23rd chapter of the Gleipnir manga series.

Characters

 * Shuichi Kagaya
 * Sayaka Koyanagi
 * Chihiro Yoshioka
 * Yota Murakami
 * Miku Aihara
 * Isao Kasuga
 * Ikeuchi
 * Claire Aoki
 * Tadanori Sanbe (flashback)

Summary
With their new companion. Claire and Shuichi showing their skill to their new team. What they capable of if they were fought to an enemy. With Claire inside of Shuichi their combat skill increases along with their power. Sayaka concludes that when Yoshioka got inside of Shuichi. They got into a fight with the enemy. Sayaka asks Youta that can he defeat Shuichi and Claire combo. Even he wants to give it a try, he fused that. Sayaka comes to understand Shuichi's power and asks her teammates to go inside of Shuichi. No one, but Kasuga volunteer himself. Claire scolded Sayaka for playing with Shuichi's power.

She asks Sayaka for plan to collect the coins that she mentioned yesterday. Ikeuchi asks Shuichi that it wasn’t Shuichi is the one who killed sudo who threaten him. Because he was cut by a blade. Ikeuchi asked that they have any partners.

Shuichi remembers what happened on the other day. Claire asks Shuichi to keep Sanbe as a secret. Because he was their ace. Also, he refuses to join to a group, but he will rise his life for Shuichi and Claire.

Shuichi lied to him as that they found sudo’s body and Claire found a phone. That how Shuichi hide the truth.

Ikeuchi scold him not to lie to him. Now that they made the contract. They cannot betray them. Shuichi as a useless weakling. Shuichi responded that even he is weak. He can do what he wants with the help of his companions. He thinks that his power is not mean to useful for him. But for others use.

After two months, now they have found only 5 coins. At this rate they never going to make it to 100. Sayaka come with a new idea. Where everyone in her team found their first coin. When they plot the location, they can find in what path the spaceship crushed down and landed. Which is easier for them to collect 100 coins in no time.