Chapter 32 32

"The last student wasn't the one who saved Kohana either?" Setsuka looked at her childhood friend in disbelief. Kaede responded with a slight nod and showed the message that Kohana had sent to her.

"Then who is the person who saved Kohana? My sister was sure that the boy was wearing this school uniform. Was my search orientation wrong from the start? Was that boy not one of the talented students who appeared on the surface but hid his strength?" Setsuka muttered, and various conjectures appeared in her mind. She was intelligent and quickly figured out why she couldn't find the person.

"Your guess might be right, Setsuka. We'd better look slowly at all the students in this school. But we don't have enough time to find that person today." Kaede nodded in agreement when she heard Setsuka's words.

"Then please help me take care of the next matter. Don't you want to invite that student to become a member of the student council? I think he is the best candidate out of all the talented first-year students we have met." Setsuka sighed and then looked at her smartphone, which kept vibrating.

Setsuka couldn't help but smile bitterly when she saw dozens of messages from Kohana with the same content "Have you found the boy yet?". She replied curtly and put her smartphone back in her pocket.

"I understand! Leave the matter to me. Then what are you going to do next? Are you going to send all the student photos from Suisei High School to Kohana?" Kaede felt both sorry and funny when she saw Setsuka.

Kaede wanted to lighten Setsuka's burden knowing that her childhood friend was currently exhausted after checking half of the students in the school one by one. But it was the result of her fault for loving and pampering her sister too much.

"In that case, I'll head back to the student council office first." Setsuka smiled at Kaede and intended to leave the place because she felt uncomfortable being the center of attention. She noticed many pairs of eyes looking at her in the cafeteria, especially from the male students.

Setsuka felt all kinds of emotions from them. Admiration, envy, greed, and lustful gazes seemed to lick her entire body, which disgusted her. If they weren't at the school right now, Setsuka would have beaten the students. They only saw the appearance, talent, and also the name of Fusyushima attached to her regardless of his feelings.

Before Setsuka walked out of the cafeteria, her eyes met a boy sitting at the table next to Akio. Setsuka sensed that the boy's eyes lacked the emotion male students usually showed when they saw her. She felt a little skeptical that the boy had no interest in her.

Then Setsuka's body shuddered because she felt something strange from the male student. It was not a romantic feeling but rather fear and oppression that she had never felt until now.

Setsuka is a girl filled with blessings from the moment she was born. She has a lovely face and inherits the powerful Realizer ability from her parents. Even so, Setsuka didn't want to depend on it and continued to train hard to become a great Realizer on her own.

She had fought monsters despite being low-level and had sparred with her father and mother. But Setsuka did not feel the slightest fear when facing them due to the cold and aloof demeanor that had been ingrained in her since she was born. In addition, Setsuka also has sharp intuition and senses. Because of that, she could faintly sense the emotions of others from their eyes.

But now she felt the fear of a mere male student just by looking into his eyes. Setsuka wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't experienced it firsthand.

"Kaede, please help me find data about those three students. Once you find it, send it to my smartphone." Setsuka whispered to Kaede and quickly left the place. She didn't want Kaede to misunderstand if she only asked for the personal data of a male student.

"I understand." Kaede answered without asking further. She thought that Setsuka intended to check all the male students at Suisei High School with characteristics similar to Kohana's description.

Setsuka nodded slightly to her and walked out of the cafeteria. She briefly glanced at the boy before she left, but the other party didn't look at her as if he didn't care about her. From the start, the boy seemed to have accidentally seen her, and their eyes meeting was just a coincidence.

On the way back to the student council office, Setsuka felt her smartphone vibrate. She thought that it was a message from Kohana. But when he checked it, the names listed there were two people. The first was from Kaede, and Setsuka quickly opened the message and then frowned when she saw it.

The message contained student data completed with the photo Setsuka had asked Kaede for. But she couldn't believe it when she saw one of the data of the three students. The boy who made her shudder by looking into his eyes turned out to have an F-rank Phantasmal Object and half-star combat power. Setsuka would have thought it was fake data if she didn't get it directly from her childhood friend.

"Is my intuition wrong for being too tired? It seems like that. Otherwise, how could I feel the oppressive aura of a first-year student that I didn't even feel when dealing with my father and mother." Setsuka shook her head and deleted the message from her smartphone. She thought there was no need to keep that as it couldn't be one of them was the one who had saved Kohana

After that, she opened another message, and the content was "Don't forget our fight today". Setsuka just read it and ignored it. Then she quickened her footsteps towards the student council office.

***

After finishing lunch, Tenku returned to the classroom with Noboru and Takaya. Along the way, Takaya kept asking about the problems between him and Asuka. Tenku was annoyed because his friend kept bothering him. Because of that, he reluctantly told Takaya about it.

At first, Takaya was very angry after hearing the reason behind their estranged relationship and intended to go to Asuka and scold her. But since Tenku asked him not to make a fuss about it, Takaya was compelled to comply.

Even so, he still couldn't accept it and intended to meet Asuka secretly and ask for an explanation. Not long after they reached the classroom, Hayate came and started his class.

"Today, we will learn about the unique abilities of Phantasmal Objects. You must already know that the shape of a Phantasmal object varies depending on the person who awakened it. Likewise, with the unique abilities that it possesses. Although some Phantasmal Objects may have similar abilities, they are fundamentally different." Hayate explained and then manifested his Phantasmal Object as a dart.

After hearing Hayate's explanation, the students nodded in confirmation. They had indeed learned of a unique ability after awakening a Phantasmal Object. But then the students were confused about why Hayate suddenly manifested his weapon.

"This is my Phantasmal Object, and its name is Spirit Dart. This weapon of mine can disturb the opponent's soul. In a life-and-death battle, if your focus is diverted for even one second, then it can be fatal. I'll give you an example." Hayate looked at one of the students in the classroom and opened his mouth.

"Phantasmal Release..."

SOUL DISORDER

The dart above Hayate's palm doubled up, but the other looked blurry and unreal. Then the clone of darts shot and entered the body of the student Hayate saw.

"Aaahhhh!"

The students panicked when they saw Hayate suddenly attack one of them in the classroom. They stood and looked at the boy's condition. The students were shocked when they saw the boy hit by the dart was fine but silent with empty eyes. Then they looked at Hayate and asked for an explanation.

"Mr. Yoshioka, what have you done!?"

"Why did you attack him!?"

"Is such a thing allowed!?"

"What happened to him!?"

The students asked fearfully, but Hayate smiled and snapped his fingers.

Click!

"Eh? what happened to me? Why are you all looking at me like that?" The boy looked around in confusion. But none of the students answered it. Instead, they ignored him and returned to their respective seats.

"That is an example of the use of abilities. This school will give you a way to develop your Phantasmal Object abilities. How far you can go is up to you. In addition, we will also provide the best input and advice for your type of ability."

"At this school, we will assist you in developing your way of fighting based on the form of the Phantasmal Object you awaken. You will enter the swordsmanship club if it's a sword. If it's a spear, then the spear arts club. You will be training in the archery club if it's a bow. In addition, there are many other clubs. But if your Phantasmal Object form is not a common weapon, there is a special club that will train you." Hayate paused his explanation for a while and then continued it again.

"Therefore, you will go to the training ground and choose a club according to your Phantasmal Object today." Hayate smiled broadly and took the students to Suisei High School's training ground.

Hayate brought the students to a very spacious room. The walls of the place were made of metal and looked very sturdy. Apart from them, the students from other classes were already there. Not only the first-year students but the second and third-year students were also there to show their fighting skills.

When Tenku looked around the place, he found one of the spots in the training ground was filled with students and they looked excited to watch something. He was curious about what the students were looking at and then walked closer to the place.

Tenku sneaked his way through the crowd of students and managed to stand in the front row. He was slightly surprised because what the students saw were two beautiful flowers in full bloom, one cold and the other hot, clashing their swords.

Clank!