4-16: The Gathering ‘Troubles’ (2/2)

4-16: The Gathering ‘Troubles’ (2/2)

As one student yelled angrily, guns were pointed at Shinichi from every direction.

When the muzzles flashed, he bent his body upwards to dodge the onslaught of light bullets.

The students eyes were too honest, and he could easily tell that none of them would try to shoot him below the waist.

Kyaa!?

Uwaah!?

GUu!

As light bullets passed by his eyes, screams of anguish resounded.

When he stood back up, several students had fallen, their breaths leaking out of them.

Some light burn marks had even been left on their simple exoskeletons.

You surrounded your target and shot at him from every direction. You should at least consider what will happen in the case of stray bullets.

He knew that they were under the influence of a mind skill, but given their grades, they probably just couldnt help themselves, giving Shinichi another headache.

How dare you mock us, peasant!!

My family is richer than yours, though.

Shinichis wealth was mostly because of his foster mothers income, so he wryly smiled when he thought of his dad. The male student didnt seem to care about that though, as he swung his giant golden hammer at him.

Prattle more, peasant!!

The male student said as he swung down the giant hammer.

With the weight and momentum behind that massive hammer, were he to receive that blow normally, he would surely be greatly injured.

But if he mustered a little bit of strength and resistance, the story changes.

GU! What!?

Shinichi casually lifted his hand, and that hammer that could easily crush a human body was completely stopped.

In fact, the impact affected the male student more than Shinichi.

Sigh Youre the one swinging your weapon, not the other way around! You need to train more, small fry!

Shinichi kicked the tottering student and sent him flying to the other students.

As the students body flew through the air with his giant hammer, he crashed into the crowd of students and tumbled onto the ground.

Haa I wonder why it is that when theyre this bad, Im the one getting pissed off instead.

Shinichi heaved a deep sigh and dropped his shoulders.

He had provoked his opponents, but when they finally started fighting, the one to get angry was him.

They were indeed better than 1 D in various aspects, but it was a scant difference.

In fact, it was so scant that because 1 D was at least aware of their shortcomings, they were actually better off than these guys.

Do I have to dispel the mind skill on these guys one by one? Ugh, just thinking about it makes me depressed I really dont want to.

Just thinking about the number of people and the amount of effort he would have to exert was enough to make him tired.

Well, he could just leave them all to Frire once theyve been knocked unconscious.

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Hmm?

It was then that the mutterings of someone who woke up reached his ears. It was the student he first knocked down.

Next, the students that crashed mid-air and shot each other stood up.

Suddenly, the rings around their heads began to shine along with their eyes.

Huh?

Ill do it! If its me, its possible! Thats what you told me, right!

You said youd acknowledge me if I fight! You said so!!

Ill destroy everything! Ill destroy everything! And then youll praise me!

Shoot, cut, shoot, cut I can do it, so look at me properly!!

The people he knocked down once were acting strange. And then as if responding to their calls, the students that he havent knocked down yet, suddenly had the rings on their heads begin glowing brighter.

Before long everyone was talking about fighting and wreaking havoc, while muttering their desires.

Disgusting Were these guys given some strange suggestion?

Hed figured the culprits could give people simple orders with that mind skill.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

If so, then they must have made it to work with their inherent desires to make it more natural for them to be convinced.

They mustve thought that these students wouldnt be able to serve as a decent distraction otherwise.

Hah, okay, now Im starting to get in the mood.

While laughing scornfully at the yet unseen mastermind, a look that could terrorize anyone appeared on his face.

It was hard to judge whether it was a good thing or not that no one could recognize that face.

After all, because of that no one could understand the danger before them.

Its going to hurt a bit, but do try to endure it.

Muttering that to no one in particular, he kicked off against the ground and sent himself flying like a bullet.

Then he grabbed a random students head and smashed him into the trees.

DA!?

GUAH!?



On top of that, he was weak to titles and social standing, and is quick to withdraw his opinion.

If he thought that little of his own opinion, then he shouldve just shut up in the first place. But while Frire thought that to herself, she merely told him what they should be doing now.

More importantly, we should be focusing our efforts on finding out if there are any other students whove gone berserk.

Y-You believe there will be more? Something this ridiculous is going to continue?

When Frire saw his unbelieving face, she felt like sighing.

This teacher was a Garestonian but he has been here for far too long and was no longer as vigilant as he once was.

He truly believed that this matter truly ended with some students and teachers going mad.

Its true that it was peaceful right now, but this place has always been estranged from something as fanciful as peace.

And yet because of the citys insular nature, the people living in it has grown numb to the malice of those from outside.

Were investigating that right now. Padyuel and Ruona are helping us to prevent unnecessary panic from spreading. If its them, then Im sure theyll immediately get results Excuse me, I have a call.

He didnt seem convinced yet, but Frire couldnt care less.

Answering Aristels call would be many times more beneficial than talking to him.

It would be problematic to have him listen in on her, so she sent him away to do some random job before picking up.

Teacher Frire, weve got some bad news.

Thats the first thing you say, Padyuel?

When she saw the bitter expression on the face of the girl projected in front of her, she too made a similar expression.

After all, that was clearly a sign that there have been other casualties.

Im sorry, but the situation calls for it. I believe it would be best to avoid wasting time.

Are you sure youre not actually a coworker of mine?

I beg your pardon?

Nevermind Tell me what this bad news of yours is.

Yes. The students and teachers Ruona-san and I met directly havent been afflicted with that ring, but the entire class of 2 C and 2 D are missing.

Ahh, those guys.

When Frire recalled the signal of those people chasing after Shinichi, she smiled.

It was good that they went to the person that could take care of them the best. That saves her a lot of work.

Dont worry about them. That guy has probably taken care of them by now.

Oh, my. That puts me at ease then. But there are other students whove gone missing. And unfortunately, its a really problematic individual.

Ugh, I dont really want to hear it, but Fine. Who is it?

Just dealing with the classes they could easily handle were enough of a headache.

When Frire thought of the clean up later, she couldnt help but become weary.

It was even worse when she thought of how she would have to do everything while hiding the cause and covering for these guys.

But no matter how troubled Frire was, the words Aristel spoke next blew all of that away.

A student from 2 A and 2 B respectively have gone missing. Whats more is that the special class(Class A) student went berserk during exam. The student reportedly beat the examiner while equipped with an exoskeleton and flew away.

Of all things! Someone actually went berserk with an exoskeleton!?

Frire found herself yelling as soon as Aristel broke the news.

But even if it was a student in the upper ranks, and even if said student was equipped with an exoskeleton, the inspectors should still be able to apprehend them.

The problem was that some other problems might arise until then.

If that student were to attack a class without an exoskeleton, the result would be too disastrous.

Moreover, it was currently rest time for most of the classes, so they were pretty much defenseless.

When she thought of such classes being attacked, she couldnt help but become uneasy.

Ruona-san is searching for them now, but the fields are too big

If the student flies around while in that berserked state, one person alone wont be enough.

There hasnt been any response of anyone leaving the fields, so the missing students should still be inside, but with the area to cover roughly half as big as the Shikoku island of Japan, finding them alone wont be easy even with the fosters range set to max.

As such, I would like to request for you to look for the fosters signal from there. If Im not mistaken, an identification signal for each individual shouldve been prepared in case of emergency.

Alright. As the overall supervisor, Ive judged that this is indeed a situation that necessitates the use of the individual identification signal. Whats the students name?

Unfortunately, its that Shinguuji Ryou.

It just had to be him, didnt it!

That name belonged to the student ranked 3 in the academy.

Shinguuji Ryou was a Japanese, but he had high status and excellent grades.

Whats more was that his Strength stat was just a little lower than Frire.

His speech and conduct could use improving and his relationship with others was terrible in a different sense than Shinichi, but he had a strong desire to become strong that Frire herself acknowledged.

But if that power of his has gone berserk, then nothing could be more worrisome.

Ill look for him now! Shinguujis identification signal is Found it What!?

The map of the fields projected in front of her showed the location of the student and his route.

When Frire saw where he was heading, she became speechless.

The words that boy spoke flashed through her mind, sending goosebumps to break out all over her.

All the troubles are bound to gather here(to me). The direction Shinguuji Ryou was headed in was none other than the same direction that the boy had taken.