The view outside the window gradually went higher up.
JPN Babel school’s campus scene became smaller and smaller, further and further.
Currently, the glass elevator, following a certain speed, was slowly rising.
The Babel school’s main building is a high-rise building. On the side of the body of the building, there are numerous elevators. This building has a total of 180 floors and as the students and staff member's positions and authorities are different, there are limits to the floors they can arrive on. In order to reduce the waiting period, floors used at a higher frequency were equipped with numerous direct elevators. Currently, Akatsuki and Miu were taking the exclusive B-class students’ elevator to the classroom floor.
“Damn it, my head hurts...I don’t know whether it is because of a cold or because I’m too nervous.”
This morning when Akatsuki opened his eyes, he was suffering from an inexplicable headache.
Ousawa Akatsuki had a task that he must complete, and this task was basically equivalent to challenging the world. As he finally stood at his second starting point, he was more or less feeling a bit nervous deep down. This was Akatsuki’s analysis of his own mental state.
Turning his head, he only saw Miu staring at the glass wall in front of her, looking at her own appearance in a uniform. Although she was born from a mix of a human and a dark elf, Miu’s skin was white, soft and delicate, she also did not have an elf’s pointed ears and her appearance was no different from an ordinary human. The elf race’s unique beauty and slender limbs are quite compelling, but not to the extent where it raises suspicion. Akatsuki looked at Miu, his face showing a knowing smile.
“You’re quite happy.”
“…Huh? R..Really?? Of course not.”
Miu quickly tried to evade the topic. In Akatsuki’s eyes, the Miu with her red ears was extraordinarily cute, Akatsuki could not help but narrow his eyes. Maybe Miu never wore a uniform before, Akatsuki thought. Plus, Miu had mentioned a while ago that today was her very first day going to school.
After bringing Miu to this world with difficulty, Akatsuki sincerely hoped that her very first experience of going to school would leave a favorable impression to her.
At this moment, the elevator’s rising speed gradually decreased and it finally stopped at a certain floor. With a mechanical ringing sound, the elevator doors slowly opened.
This was the B class floor. Several students were chatting in the hallway. After walking out of the elevator, there was only one path in front of them. Thus Akatsuki and Miu walked slowly along the corridor and passed through the students who were standing in the corridor.
Akatsuki quickly discovered one thing.
“Strange…”
Miu also seemed to be aware of it, her tone was very uneasy.
“Is it because I am too sensitive? But it feels that …”
“Yes, we have become the focus of everybody’s attention, but this is quite normal, there is nothing strange with it. This floor only has people in B-class and now two unfamiliar faces show up, it will obviously cause curiosity from everyone. Therefore, you do not have to take it to heart.”
Then Akatsuki suddenly stopped his footsteps. At the end of the corridor appeared an entrance doorway, which was the B-class classroom doors.
…Okay, the day has finally arrived.
Akatsuki violently and rudely pushed open the doors, and walked confidently into the classroom.
The chattering of the classroom suddenly became quiet.
“———”
Everyone’s attention was all focused at the door. Akatsuki did not try and escape, and directly confronted everyone’s stares of curiosity. Whether it was the whispering throughout every corner of the classroom or everybody’s stares of curiosity, it was, in fact, not unfamiliar to Akatsuki. During his time in Alayzard and wandering around the place with his identity of a rogue hero, he had already tasted this feeling.
But at that moment —
“…uuuwwaa!”
The uneasy Miu held to and pulled tightly on Akatsuki’s sleeves. After Akatsuki saw this, he gently held Miu’s shoulder, then looked proudly at the class.
“No matter what time, or ever the world, transfer students are always the main attractions of the crowd. You do not have to be nervous, there is no need to be polite, just confidently be yourself. Come, let us go.”
Akatsuki started to take a step, and walked through the path between the tables under the gaze of the entire class. The classroom was designed in a stairs shape where the front was low and narrow and the back was high up and wide, with a total of three columns of tables in left, middle and right of the class. The formation of the columns extended all the way from the front to the back, making it look like the shape of a paper fan. Akatsuki’s destination was the window seat located at the very last row. Miu timidly followed behind him, with her right hand clinging tightly to Akatsuki’s sleeves.
After arriving at the destination, Akatsuki sat down.
Beside him, Miu disturbedly said:
“C…can we sit anywhere available?”
“Of course. If the seat cannot be sat on, someone will naturally inform us.”
And —
“Usually transfer students sit in empty seats.”
Just when Akatsuki was talking about nonsense—
“— Hahaha, you are quite an interesting person.”
A female student walked over. With a slender physique, beautiful short hair and a pretty face coupled with a well-proportioned body, her gestures revealed the charm of a mature woman. A cute girl was not the best way to describe her, in fact, she was closer to a dazzling beauty.
…Uh Oh.
Akatsuki narrowed his eyes, but the female student heartily laughed.
“— Good, Very Good, as expected the legendary student is really talented.”
“Ehh? Why do you say this?”
Akatsuki’s retort seemed to play into the hands of the girl. He only saw her smiling very happily, and even her eyes were filled with tears of laughter.
“Ever since the school enrolled you to B-Class, you guys have become famous within Babel school, everyone calls you guys as History’s strongest newcomers!”
After saying all this, the girl looked at Miu.
“One is a mysterious beauty who used magic to instantly knock out the combat skills instructor during the entrance exam—“
Then she looked at Akatsuki again.
“The other is the one who was identified as a <True Hero> during the Norn Screening, and afterwards was endorsed as a hero by Student President Hikami during a special inspection. Actually, both of you have already become everybody’s object of discussion.”
“So that’s what happened…”
Miu, who finally understood the situation, embarrassingly scratched her cheek.
“I will have to work harder in the future, so I will not fail to live up to everyone’s expectations.”
Akatsuki smiled and said:
“Looks like you are very familiar about us. Based on the greeting principles, shouldn’t you also talk about yourself?”
“Now that you said that, please let me introduce myself.”
The female student nodded, her right hand touching her chest.
“I am called Izumi Chikage, from now on, I am your classmate. As for whether or not will we become friends from classmates, that depends on each other’s meaning of friends. About this, I personally am maintaining an optimistic attitude. Nice to meet you.”
The smiling Chikage extended a hand of friendship, Akatsuki also politely expressed agreement. Chikage’s soft and delicate hand was also very smooth.
“I am Ousawa Akatsuki, this here is my sister Miu.”
After Akatsuki’s introductions, Miu timidly extended her right hand.
“Uhh, I am Ousawa…Miu. During my stay at the alternative world, an accident occurred and made me lose all my memories about this world. If I cause problems for everyone in the future, please forgive me.”
“Don’t be so polite. If there is anything you don’t know in the future, feel free to ask.”
Chikage shook Miu’s hand while smiling.
“Ah that’s right, there is something that I specially have to tell you two. Ousawa-kun, it is natural for transfer students to sit in empty seats, but I hope to persuade you that you can select other seats.”
“There are two Ousawa-kuns, it’s fine to just call me Akatsuki.”
After saying all this, Akatsuki shrugged.
“Why can’t we select this seat? Don’t tell me everyone’s seat is fixed?”
The classroom followed the design of a university lecture room. Akatsuki believed that he could freely select his seat.
“Well that’s true, but…”
Just when Chikage was about to say the reason behind it—
A large noise of dispute could be heard in front of the entrance to the classroom. Miu looked in the direction of where the sound was coming from. There were two males in front of the classroom door. One was awkwardly sitting on the ground. The other was a hideous looking man, arrogantly looking down on the other. It seemed that there was some sort of dispute between them.
“Tanaka, Look where you are going! Pretending that you don’t know when you bumped into someone! How are you going to compensate me!”
“Ahh, it’s beginning again.”
Chikage sighed. Her reaction caught Miu’s curiosity.
“Beginning again…? This kind of thing occurs frequently?”
“Yes. He is Onizuka Kenya, previously a student in A-class, but in the end, he was dropped down from the previous periodical inspection. Perhaps it is a problem of having his pride shattered, but he is constantly bullying people after coming to B-class, relying on the fact that no one is his opponent in B-class, and venting out his frustrations.”
Chikage paused for a moment and continued to speak:
“Actually, the reason why I came to talk with you is also related to the situation. Akatsuki, the seat you selected is Onizuka’s specified special seat. There is no fixed seating arrangements, normally you can sit wherever you look, but everyone is afraid of facing trouble, so they specially avoid this seat to avoid provoking him.”
“So that’s it…”
Akatsuki looked at the classroom door. After Onizuka kicked the male student on the floor a few times, his face was still filled with rage.
After a few seconds, he finally noticed Akatsuki’s existence.
“Hey, what are you looking at huh? Never seen something like this before?”
Only now did Onizuka notice that Akatsuki was actually sitting in his special seat.
“And you dare take my seat. I’ve never seen you before, a newcomer? If you came here, then you have to follow the rules here!”
Onizuka rushed up angrily.
“Now that I think about it, you are the legendary transfer student? You believe that lying fortune telling is real? You actually believe that you are a hero?”
“…”
Akatsuki did not reply. To be honest, he did not even care about Onizuka, his vision lay on the male student who was bullied by Onizuka. Onizuka noticed and coldly snorted.
“What are you looking at? Want me to kick you is it? Don’t think that by entering B-class directly, you can ignore me.”
“Onizuka, could you please not provoke others?”
Chikage attempted to stop Onizuka, and even stood in front of the confused Miu.
“This is not your problem, Chikage. Now scram over to one side…huh?”
Onizuka’s gaze laid upon Miu, who was behind Chikage, his face suddenly showed an obscene smile.
“So that’s it… she is the other transfer student? Not bad, this kind of product is not commonly seen, and she is just my taste.”
After speaking, Onizuka reached out for Miu.
“…W…What are you trying to do…?”
Ignoring Miu’s suspicions, Onizuka rudely held onto Miu’s arm.
At this moment…
“Uhhhhoohh—!”
Onizuka’s entire body flew backwards, hitting the classroom walls abruptly.
The classroom suddenly had an uproar. The students, who were coldly observing on the sidelines, whispered nonstop. The problem student who caused headaches to everyone, the school’s time bomb, was actually being taught a lesson by the new transfer student!?
—What had actually occurred…?
As the event was so sudden, Miu stood at her original spot, bewildered. Chikage, who was beside her, also widened her eyes, and didn’t know whether this was good or not. At this moment, Akatsuki patted Miu’s shoulders and slowly walked to the front.
…Ah, Don’t tell me…!
Miu finally understood. The reason why Onizuka flew back several meters turned out to be Akatsuki’s work. After hitting the wall, Onizuka gently shook his head, and his face revealed a painful expression. Due to being inside of Babel school’s barrier, Onizuka’s physical body was not injured, but the impact of the mental shock should not be underestimated. Onizuka struggled to get up, but with his feet staggering, he nearly failed to stand.
“You are quite impressive, very good, looks like you have guts. Just you wait, I will instantly—“ Onizuka expressed a fierce look, and was about to stand up from the side of the wall.
At this moment, Akatsuki suddenly stretched out his hand, clutching Onizuka’s face.
“—”
This seemingly ordinary and mediocre action was completely out of Onizuka’s expectation. It could be called the ultimate technique, which combined all fight skills.
Miu, who witnessed everything, stood frozen at her place.
“A…Are you trying to do—Whoaaaa!”
Onizuka held onto Akatsuki’s wrist, attempting to break free from Akatsuki’s clutches. What had actually occurred? Miu was puzzled and even the other students were revealing an expression of uncertainty. At this moment, Miu noticed that Onizuka was trembling, and after a careful observation, found out that the reason was that even speaking would inflict a tremendous amount of pain.
Akatsuki calmly looked at the Onizuka in front of him.
“You and I are really like-minded, the truth is I also like bullying the weak. In this world, aren’t there always people who believe that they are stronger than others, and look down upon them? I absolutely love to shatter the pride of these type of people. Right, you are called Onizuka isn’t it?”
Akatsuki snorted.
“So how’s this? The feeling of your pride being stepped on by others isn’t so bad right?”
“…! …! Guuuuu….!”
Onizuka’s face was twisted in pain. Although his physical body does not hurt, it does not mean that he cannot feel pain. Onizuka’s face was red and gradually turning from red to black.
“— S…Stop it! It will cause problems if you continue!”
A panicked Miu broke into the scramble between Akatsuki and Onizuka, pulled on Akatsuki’s burly arms and barely managed to separate the two. During the process of pulling Akatsuki back to his seat, Miu sighed repeatedly.
“Causing trouble on the first day, I really don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“The school’s barrier is designed for the hot-headed people like us. I only played around slightly. It won’t kill anyone…right?”
Akatsuki sought Chikage’s input, but she reluctantly shook her head with a wry smile.
“Yes it is, but it’s hard to say for those who knowingly cause trouble.”
After speaking, Chikage’s expression suddenly turned stiff. A commotion also occurred in the classroom.
…Huh?
Miu looked around and was surprised to find out that beside Onizuka was a magic circle, and a defensive barrier, meaning that he intended to use a powerful magic in the classroom. Activating magic in such a confined space would ultimately cause a significant amount of casualties. Even if it was under the barrier which could remove all physical harm, this could also lead to everyone losing consciousness due to the enormous impact.
—I must activate a magical barrier! But after thinking it through, Miu dismissed the idea. Onizuka is B-class's strongest returnee. Activating a magical barrier could protect herself, but not all the students had the ability to block his magical attacks.
Looks like there is no other choice.
Miu began to concentrate, preparing a defensive magic that ranged throughout the entire classroom.
Unfortunately she was slow by a step. Onizuka had already completed his magic chant. At the moment when Miu felt despair, Akatsuki suddenly shook off her hands.
Only to see Akatsuki approaching Onizuka at lightning speed, and with a turn of his body, unleash an upper kick.
“Ha! Idiot!”
Onizuka’s face showed a hint of sneer. The chant had already finished, the defensive barrier was already opened, all physical attacks were a waste of energy. Everyone was thinking the same thing. They could only watch Akatsuki’s upper kick clash with the defensive barrier.
After a brief struggle, what followed was — a crack. As a crisp sound like glass shattering spread across the room, Onizuka’s defensive barrier suddenly dispersed. This unbelievable scene occurred in front of everyone.
Akatsuki’s upper kick broke pass the defensive barrier, and with overwhelming accuracy hit Onizuka in the head.
“—”
Bang.
Onizuka, like a kite without any string, flew from the very back to the very front.
After rolling a few times on the floor, Onizuka lost consciousness, lying on the ground motionless. The huge classroom was enveloped in an unusual silence. Is this the power of Renkan Keikikou? Miu wondered while staring at Akatsuki.
Just a slight mistake could have led to an enormous disaster, yet Akatsuki stood there relaxed.
“Yes, an idiot indeed.”
Akatsuki coldly spoke—
“Only that the idiotic person is you.”
A while after Akatsuki stopped Onizuka—
Numerous students wearing white uniforms immediately hurried to B-class. They were all part of the school’s Disciplinary Committee.
There was a periodic scan of the school that would confirm whether the barrier was working or not, thus, all students and staff members’ physical and mental state would appear on the screen. Once a abnormal situation occurred, the Disciplinary Committee Members and staff members would immediately head for the scene. Alternative World returnees were an important asset to the country, the management could not be careless.
Onizuka, who was showing the whites in his eyes, was sent to the infirmary, and should quickly recover his consciousness. As for the other accomplice, Akatsuki would be sent by the Disciplinary Committee Members to the Student Council. No matter if it was Miu, Chikage or any other students testifying that it was Onizuka who first provoked him, the Disciplinary Committee Members also accepted everyone’s statement. However, as the accomplice, Akatsuki must provide a spoken report to the Student Council and the Student Council would decide on a suitable punishment. In short, it means that Akatsuki’s self-defense went overboard.
“Please wait here for a moment, the enforcement division will be here shortly.”
After leaving this phrase, the Disciplinary Committee Members walked out of the student council room.
…Shortly, is it?
Akatsuki turned and looked around the empty student council room. On the floor lay a red carpet. The inside was a rectangular shaped space. On both sides of the wall stood a bookshelf reaching as high as the ceiling. The location close to the door had a sofa and a small table placed there. The place between the rectangular shaped space and the entrance had three high class desks, two on the left and one on the right confronting each other. As for the inner part of the classroom, there was an even more high class and more lordly desk.
“Whoaaa…”
Akatsuki slowly walked to the inner part of the classroom.
The desks all had a name tag that presented the position and name. The desks that were facing left and right respectively belonged to <Vice President Nanase Haruka>, <Secretary Uesaki Ryouhei> and <Accountant Aihara Minami>. After seeing the nametag of the innermost table, Akatsuki narrowed his eyes.
<Student President Hikami Kyouya>
…This is that fellow’s desk…
Akatsuki suddenly remembered the silver-haired male who tested him back in the entrance inspection.
“So that’s it…”
Akatsuki circled around the desk and sat rudely on Kyouya’s seat.
Babel school president’s seat, the throne of the strongest Japanese.
This position is a goal that he must conquer one day.
Akatsuki crossed his legs, turned the seat and faced the window behind him.
The student council room was located at the highest floor of the school building. Through the entire surface of a French window, JPN Babel school’s campus could be seen throughout.
High above the landscape, all the people looked extraordinarily small. The distant surface looked like the underworld.
…Being at this place too long will inevitably produce an illusion.
In Akatsuki’s brain emerged another person’s shadow. It was not the owner of this seat, Hikami Kyouya, but another person he was familiar with.
After turning the chair back to the front, Akatsuki rudely placed his legs on top of the desk.
He used both hands to hold the back of his head, placing his upper body’s entire weight onto the back of chair, and leisurely straightened his body.
Then he yawned and closed his eyes.
Waiting.
After a period of time, the student council door opened. Two females and a male appeared behind the door, but Kyouya wasn’t there. All three of them were wearing an armband. Embroidered on top was the student council and its title. It looked like they should be members of the student council.
“You’ve waited fo….Huh?”
Her eyes reflected on the deserted sofa, the female who was wearing the Vice president armband was slightly surprised. The vice president was a beautiful female with superior qualities. Her shoulder-length hair, swaying as she moved around, further underlined her scholarly style. As she slowly moved her gaze forward, her eyes met with Akatsuki. Akatsuki gently raised his hand and provided a greeting.
“Hello, you guys finally came.”
She finally realized that Akatsuki was currently sitting on the chair of the Student Council president.
“—!”
The vice president’s face immediately changed.
“Y..You… What are you doing!”
She headed toward Akatsuki at a surprisingly fast speed. The other two were just standing there with a shocked expression and did not know what to do. The vice president Nanase Haruka quickly reached Akatsuki’s side, with a face filled with rage.
“You dare! You… Stand up immediately! This seat isn’t something a normal student like you can randomly sit in!”
“Didn’t you guys ask me to wait for a while? I only listened to you guys only.”
Although Akatsuki tried to pretend he was innocent, inside of him he was secretly delighted. Haha, she indeed fell into his trap.
“And chairs are chairs, when have you heard of a chair that you can’t sit on?”
—Basically, she was not referring to the physical abilities of it.
“…That is Kyouya’s seat.”
As unfamiliar sounds entered his ears, Akatsuki turned around and noticed that the other two had already reached the front of the desk. The male, who was unconsciously scratching his head, seemed to be the student council secretary Uesaki Ryouhei. His hair was very casual and also had a thick layer of hair clay. His face was wearing a lazy expression, and it could be seen that he was not as agitated as the vice president, he only felt that Akatsuki’s act was incredible only.
The person who was standing quietly behind him should be the student council’s accountant Aihara Minami. With a slightly long straight hair, both sides of hair braided and long bangs nearly covering her left eye, you could still see her beautiful upright face.
…All three of them plus Hikama Kyouya, those were all the student council members.
Akatsuki looked at the three people in front of him and attempted to imagine the scene when all four stood together. He noticed that the image was quite coordinated, no wonder that they became JPN Babel school’s four kings.
“—Did you not hear us? Quickly stand up, do not tarnish Hikami-kaichou’s seat!”
Haruka angrily pulled a long face, but her angry look was indescribably sexy.
Akatsuki, joyfully playing around, curtly refused to stand up.
“Your angry expression is actually quite cute.”
“—!”
Haruka suddenly blushed with embarrassment.
“Don’t go overboard —”
Just when Haruka was about to scold him.
The student council office doors opened again, and Kyouya came in from the outside.
“Ahhh…?”
Everyone’s expression made Kyouya immediately understand the situation. He could not help but have a hint of a smile on his face.
Almost at the same time—
“—!”
Akatsuki suddenly took action, there were absolutely no signs beforehand. Only to see him step onto table and jump over Ryouhei and Minami’s heads, and after landing, immediately sprint forward.
“Ah—!”
Tossing away everyone’s cry of alarm to the back of his head, Akatsuki swiftly moved towards Kyouya. Just when he thought he succeeded, a sudden gust of wind blew in front of his eyes. A closer look revealed the vice president Nanase Haruka.
…So fast!
Akatsuki was slightly surprised. In that split second, she could actually catch up with him who sprinted at full speed, this girl really wasn’t that simple. Akatsuki looked at the vice president in front of her, and noticed her surroundings were filled with activated magic circles. She probably used the wind attribute magic to produce a high speed movement. But to complete the chant in such a short period of time, it also proved that her strength was not to be underestimated.
…The so-called vice president should be the second most powerful person here.
Akatsuki smiled and suddenly crouched in front of Haruka.
“—?”
Haruka’s focus was suddenly attracted downward. Taking advantage of this moment, Akatsuki took a violently jump, utilizing the knee’s elasticity to directly leap over Haruka’s head.
“—!”
An unusual atmosphere came from behind. Akatsuki turned around to look in midair, and was surprised to see a huge fireball coming towards him.
The fireball was created by the magic of Ryouhei and it was on an inevitable direct course. Akatsuki hurriedly collected the ki within his body, and twisted his body in midair, using a right kick to face the fireball. After a heavy bang, the fireball was split into fragments, and under the protection of his ki, Akatsuki’s right foot was completely unharmed.
“Oh, you’re quite remarkable!”
Ryouhei applauded, but Akatsuki could see it very clearly. Minami, who was beside Ryouhei, stretched both hands and touched the ground, clearly showing signs of an activating magic circle. The floor — Akatsuki subconsciously looked below.
However, there was no attack coming from the bottom. Akatsuki was slightly surprised, and thought he was in a tight corner inside of him.
—Above?
Akatsuki raised his head and looked at the ceiling, but unfortunately he was a step too late. A giant mud hand appeared on the ceiling, trying to push Akatsuki to the ground.
“…Damn!”
Akatsuki continued to fall and used the momentum of engaging the fireball to abruptly change the direction of his body.
He then extended his left arm and directly stabbed into the giant mud hand. Under the effects of Renkan Keikikou, the mud arm instantly turned into pieces. Akatsuki took advantage of this gap to adjust his position, barely landing with one knee on the ground.
However— His actions had been stopped.
“Immediately stop the attack or we will not hold back anymore.” Akatsuki was surrounded by three people. All three of them had their palms raised towards Akatsuki. If Akatsuki tried to resist, they would mercilessly attack.
“…What just happened here?”
Kyouya’s tone had a hint of laughter.
Akatsuki slowly stood up, with a face that was completely outside of this situation.
“Someone called me to the student council office, I thought that you wanted to settle our unfinished duel and purposely called me here.”
“Knock it off, I don’t even know why you appeared here.”
“Ousawa Akatsuki, it is me who looked for you.”
The speaker was Nanase Haruka with a very serious expression.
“The Disciplinary Committee Members have already reported to me. On the first day of school, you were involved in a dispute between students. I can only say that your luck is extremely bad. That student called Onizuka will receive the proper punishment. We, the student council, will like to specially thank you for your courageous acts.” There was no smile, nor any feelings, it was purely a businesslike tone.
Akatsuki shrugged.
“After half a day, you only found me to express your gratitude?”
“—And to give you a grave warning.”
Haruka’s tone carried a hint of anger.
“Causing trouble on the first day of school, you have already become the Disciplinary Committee Members’ target. The Disciplinary Committee Members belong to my elite team. If you continue to cause any trouble, we will use all our power to arrest and confine you in order to maintain the peace on campus.”
Haruka narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold killing intent.
“—Especially acts that disrespect us, or you will face the consequences yourself.”
Haruka right arm swayed and stepped back.
“What needed to be said is finished, please return.”
The cold eyes did not contain the slightest warmth.
The sound of the heavy doors slowly closing echoed in the silent corridor. The location was the student council building located at the highest floor of the school.
The figure standing at the corridor was Akatsuki, who had just left the student council office.
In fact, he really wanted to have a duel with Kyouya, but there was no chance of winning 1 vs. 4.
Although his actions had planted a fuse, it was likely that there would be a chance to attack the student council president in the future. The current Akatsuki could not do anything now, but only hope for an opportunity to occur. …Based on the above considerations, they probably believed that Akatsuki had already given up.
As Akatsuki stared back at the door of the student council office, a hint of smile appeared on his face. Too Naïve. Was 4 against 1 really a big advantage? Did everybody bring out their true strength? Thus — there were no possibilities of a surprise attack now?
…Too careless and too full of yourself. Akatsuki activated Renkan Keikikou and unleashed his body’s inner ki.
…Directly destroying the door… No, it should be better to attack from afar.
Just as a precaution, Akatsuki had already prepared against the others. He even took the opportunity to consider the possibility of a counter attack. In the end, he still thought that a direct assault, defeating each of them one by one, was the most effective tactic. Placing the strongest, Kyouya, at the very last and taking out the other three seems to be good. Akatsuki gently licked his lips, concentrated, and extended his right palm gently against the doors.
…Sorry, I cannot be standing still.
Today I will destroy JPN Babel’s leadership.
“… I advise you to remove the idea out of your head.”
After the sudden warning entered his ears, Akatsuki turned and looked at the direction of the sound.
“… Huh? Where’s the person?”
But in front of him, not even half a person existed. Akatsuki could only see the empty silent corridor.
“I am here.”
The voice sounded again. Akatsuki’s gaze followed the source of the sound and went down, only to be surprised to see a petite female youth standing in front of him. Strictly speaking not a female youth, but a female child. Her age was about ten and her height was only to Akatsuki’s waist, she also kept her black hair to her waist. Although her face was expressionless, it did come with a doll-like beauty. She would become a stunning beauty in time. Her entire body was expressing an intellectual aura, wearing a kimono would be unexpectedly outstanding. However, she was not wearing a kimono, but a JPN Babel school uniform.
“You can interpret their thoughts, but likewise they can see through you.”
The girl looked up at Akatsuki with cold eyes, and no emotional tone.
Akatsuki crouched down and looked at the girl in front of him.
“…Did you get lost? Where did you come from, little girl?”
“That should be a little girl in your class, Ousawa-kun.”
The girl smiled slightly.
“I am B-class class representative Doumoto Kuzuha. The first class’s location is at another location, let me bring you there.”
“… Still hasn’t appeared.”
Inside of the student council office, Haruka muttered to herself while staring at the door
Ryouhei then placed both hands onto the back of his head.
“There are actually times when Kyouya’s sixth sense is wrong.”
“There’s nothing that can be done, this type of thing has always been based mostly on luck.”
Kyouya chuckled uninterestedly, and soon bowed down his head deep in thought.
…There is an 80% chance that Kuzuha stopped him outside. Ah, why?
Oh well. Although I am curious about the results of a direct confrontation, but I should temporarily save this kind of fun. Once he thought about it up to this point, Kyouya could not help but laugh.
“Anyways there are plenty of opportunities in the future, there is no need to hurry.”
“At that time, leave it to me!”
Haruka said in high spirits:
“I, as the vice president, command the Disciplinary Committee Members to perform the purging tasks.”
“However, the report says that he cannot use magic, that fact seems to be true.”
Ryouhei recalled Akatsuki’s previous actions and his reactions towards magical attacks.
“But his fighting ability makes one dumbfounded.”
“It feels that he is very used to fighting techniques.”
Minami chipped in.
“I think he must be very aware of his own strengths, he really is a powerful enemy.”
“How strange, you would actually praise others—”
Ryouhei was greatly surprised and then suddenly frowned.
After thinking for a while, he decided to ask Minami directly to understand the situation.
“Minami, why are the buttons in front of your chest opened?”
“…?...That’s true.”
The perplexed Minami looked to her chest and was about to fasten the buttons when her hands suddenly stopped in midair.
There was no other reason, Minami had already discovered the abnormality in front of her chest.
“…Gone.”
“What is gone?”
“What happened…Minami?”
Haruka immediately found the answer. As they were both females, Haruka instantly noticed Minami’s abnormality, but she just could not believe it in that moment. After all, things shouldn't just disappear without the owner being aware of it.
“Could it be…”
At that moment, Haruka was suspicious.
“—!”
Her face suddenly became pale.
“I…It…can’t be…!”
Her pale face suddenly flushed. She bit tightly on her lower lip, and embarrassedly brushed her thighs, her expression very shy.
Afterwards, she began to care about the length of her skirt, and ultimately could not resist—
“S…Sorryy, I’ll excuse myself.”
Haruka gently stepped back a few steps, and left the student council office in panic.
The momentum of opening the heavy doors was surprising, but the momentum of closing doors was even more astonishing.
The sound of the doors opening and closing constantly echoed in the classroom.
“…But she only needs to use the washroom, why does she need to be so nervous? I really don’t understand what females are thinking in their heads.”
“Yes, it is really hard to understand.”
Facing the dismissive Ryouhei, Kyouya, who knew the truth, could only shake his head with a wry smile.
The transparent space over the horizon. The elevator, with a quiet motor driven sound, was slowly going down. The elevator gently went down towards its destination floor, like a giant steel bar dropping down. During the short stay in the elevator, Akatsuki and Kuzuha chatted.
“—So you skipped grades, very impressive.”
When facing Akatsuki’s praises, Kuzuha still had no expression.
“I just turned 11, which is equivalent to an elementary 6th grader.”
But the 11 years old Kuzuha was the same as Akatsuki, they were both students in the high school sector. Babel school originally had the so-called grade skipping system, but her example of grade skipping was a rare case.
Babel school was not a place where you are only seeking knowledge. Besides the static lessons, combat training was also included in their daily curriculum. Thus it could be said that not only had Kuzuha’s intelligence been confirmed, her combat capability was also not inferior to the students older than her by 5 years.
“The class rep is certainly outstanding.”
“That’s hard to say. However, the student council members you were going to challenge before are much more amazing than me.”
“I believe that’s true, after all, the student council member are JPN Babel School’s top youths.”
Akatsuki muttered. Then the words following that from Kuzuha left Akatsuki dumbfounded.
“It’s not that simple. The student council president Hikami Kyouya is part of <COCOON>.”
“—”
Akatsuki was slightly startled, almost suspecting if he had heard wrong.
After she noticed Akatsuki’s unusual look, Kuzuha frowned and looked a little surprised.
“…Are you okay?”
Akatsuki looked down at Kuzuha, only to see her expressionlessly say:
“Your face … is a little bit scary.”
“…Sorry. I didn’t think he was actually part of <COCOON>…Hahaha, so that’s it.”
Akatsuki finally understood why, on the day of the entrance inspection, he could feel a strong pressure coming from him.
— The new United Nation’s chairman, secretary general and G7’s Babel school highest authority, all of them were returnees who had obtained a strong power from an alternative world. These people were the so-called <COCOON>.
Children of Cross Over Other Nation, in short <COCOON>. These people are all returnees who have achieved a title of a hero in an alternative world. If you have to use the shortest description, they are the strongest warriors, and at the same time, they represent the entire world. Akatsuki originally thought that Kyouya was only the strongest student in JPN Babel school, but now it looked like he should be the strongest Japanese instead. No wonder that during the entrance inspection, the staff on the scene were all respectful to him. Akatsuki suddenly realized that.
Just a single <COCOON> is enough to override the power of a national military. In order to implement the concept of world peace, they, as the elite of Babel, took up the responsibility to educate and manage the returnees. If a war occurs somewhere in the world, Babel will immediately intervene by sending the alternative returnees to the battlefield.
On the surface, Babel seems to have young men and women who have various superpowers, developing them into an elite force to safeguard world peace and promote human prosperity. Conversely, they are turning the alternative world returnees into a tool for war, in order to suppress the organizations worldwide.
<COCOON>’s existence, would it really bring everlasting peace and prosperity? The answer is a no.
There was a group of people who deemed the alternative world returnees to be infidels. Terrorist acts that used cruel methods to persecute the faith and ideologies still remains in this world. Even as Akatsuki and Kuzuha were going down in the elevator currently, there were many young returnees being sent off to the battlefield.
The countless battlefields around the world did not have Babel’s defense barrier, so returnee causalities naturally occurred.
The most difficult problem was the terrorists that rejected the concept of Babel and opposed the returnees.
One of the most famous terrorist organizations was the brave and fierce <Scarlet Dusk>. Their goal was to select like-minded comrades among the returnees and create a whole new country. To advertise their thoughts and boast their strengths, they would often take the most intense means. <Scarlet Dusk>’s strength was said to be not inferior to <COCOON>. The local military, and even the new United Nations and Babel all are hopeless against them.
Aside from <Scarlet Dusk>, the world still had many other terrorist organizations. Their common point was that they regarded Babel as their number one enemy.
“…”
Akatsuki looked at the somewhat immature Doumoto Kuzuha.
A thin body as if it could be easily broken gently into pieces if just a bit of strength was used. Even a girl like this would be pushed onto the battlefield to act as cannon fodder, just because she was an alternative world returnee.
Akatsuki could not accept this cruel reality. This was a mistaken world, and it was horribly wrong too.
After Kuzuha was aware of Akatsuki’s sight, she showed a mischievous smile.
“Although you were not aware of the situation before, how did the feeling of challenging the world feel?”
“Not bad actually, not bad at all.”
Akatsuki also grinned. Isn’t it? This was the reason why Ousawa Akatsuki returned to this world.
At that moment Akatsuki suddenly remembered one thing. He could not help but scratch his cheek embarrassedly.
“But… If I had known, I should have placed another type of fuse instead.”
“How chaotic, what kind of fuse did you plant?”
“Well, probably something like this.”
After saying all this, Akatsuki suddenly flipped up Kuzuha’s skirt.
He wanted to confirm something.
“…”
The defenseless Kuzuha just stood still, and did not know how to react. The skirt that was raised high up was slowly falling. The expressionless Kuzuha stared at Akatsuki.
“…Ousawa-kun, I did not expect you to be some sort of pervert that was interested in a girl’s panties.”
“Class rep, aren’t you too calm? It was completely outside of my expectations. A normal girl encountering such a thing, shouldn’t they either be angry or crying, or else angrily attack back?”
Yet Kuzuha did not have any of these reactions, this point was what Akatsuki had guessed. Kuzuha lacked the feelings that a teenager should have.
But no wonder, Akatsuki thought.
Suddenly being summoned to an alternative world, surviving a life that was unimaginably lonely, and finally managing to come back to the original world. The result of having to be split apart from her friends in the same age group, and start a unfamiliar school life with a bunch of strangers that were a few years older. In addition to that, she could be sent off to a battlefield any time. Having her emotions changed greatly is reasonable.
—Or Kuzuha must have lived in an environment where they had to suppress their feelings from a young age. “That’s enough.”
Her tone revealed a bit of unhappiness. The grumbling Kuzuha looked down at her feet. Akatsuki sensed from her tone and actions that she felt a bit of emotional upheaval. An expression of a normal girl flashed by, but this made Akatsuki kindle some hope. Yes, it was still not too late.
During his life at Alayzard, Akatsuki had seen the darkness within the humans. He understood that the people who are physically and mentally battered will eventually have a miserable fate, no matter whether it was male or female, old or young. However, Kuzuha was different, she still had some hope, a chance for her to recover the emotions that a normal female should have.
However he should still call it a day, as they often say “haste makes waste”.
He should first try to make her happy before continuing such a conversation.
“Your panties are very cute, is that a cat?”
“No, it’s a bear.”
In the end, he failed.
“Ding Dong—“ Following a sound effect that sounded like giving a correct answer, the elevator had reached the destination floor.
The heavy doors opened and the passengers inside came out. Akatsuki and Kuzuha appeared from the elevator that had just reached the destination floor. They mixed in with all the other students, and walked along the corridor. After confirming that there was no mistake—
“—Ousawa Akatsuki, stop right there!”
Nanase Haruka shouted. Akatsuki and Kuzuha unconsciously turned around. The students looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. An aggressive Haruka stood in the middle of the corridor. With both eyes looking back and forth on Akatsuki’s body, she was surprised to find that in the left pocket of the uniform pants a white and pink cloth-like object could be seen.
… It really was you who did it.
The corner of Haruka’s lips rose slightly higher, but between her eyebrows, it was filled with killing intent.
It should be during the short offensive in the Student Council Office—
She did not know when did Akatsuki steal Minami’s bra and …
…her…panti—!
A flushed Haruka looked at Akatsuki. Selecting the strap-style underwear was certainly her own negligence, but it did not constitute an excuse for his behavior.
Yes, it is all his fault.
“You really have guts…”
Haruka intentionally lowered the volume. Her cheeks were still fiery red.
“Offending the president is already an unforgivable crime, but to think that you also actually took Minami and I…O… Our…”
“…Ousawa-kun.”
“Oops, the fuse was actually lit. What should I do now?”
Kuzuha gave a contemptuous look to Akatsuki, but Akatsuki only scratched his face embarrassedly.
“I’m very sorry, vice president. I only wanted to test you out a bit, so I used the special skill my master personally taught to me, it absolutely did not mean any disrespect. If you want, I’ll return it to you, can you forgive me?”
“—S...Shut Up! The president may have let you go, but that doesn’t mean that I will spare your life. To maintain order in JPN Babel, I will make you pay a price today.”
After saying all this, Haruka waved her right hand, and green light particles gathered between both her hands.
The light particles instantly became a frame for a blade, and finally turned into a real crescent moon blade. Seeing this, Akatsuki could not help but widen his eyes.
“Wh…What is this toy?”
Today was his first day of school. Akatsuki was quite unfamiliar about knowledge and common sense within Babel. Haruka’s action was suspected of having no pride. However, Haruka did not care about this point, she had already identified the man in front of her eyes as a huge pervert. There was no need to talk about reason with this kind of person.
“It will soon be over…”
Haruka began to concentrate.
The magic circle that covered her entire body instantly activated.
As the event was sudden, the students watching on the side suddenly began to stir. A student council member suddenly used magic in the corridor, it was no wonder that everyone panicked. Although Haruka was apologetic deep inside, she did not have any plans to stop.
…That’s right… It will soon be over.
The magic chant was completed. Haruka immediately activated magic. Blessed by the elf’s wind magic, her entire body was wrapped by a swift whirlwind. This had the ability of increasing movement speed and it was a magic that was more effective than the one she previously used in the Student Council Office.
Besides that, before activating the magic, Haruka specially did extra preparations to prevent accidents happening from under her skirt again.
Unable to dodge, impossible to resist, and cannot be justified, the duel will be instantly over.
With a flash of light, Haruka lifted up the crescent moon blade and pushed off with both legs.
“—!”
In a blink of an eye, she had already moved behind Akatsuki, swinging down her hands with the crescent moon blade. Analyzed in slow motion, she instantly moved across the corridor, passed through Akatsuki and did a cross-cut. Under the effects of the barrier, Haruka’s attack would not cause any physical damage, but the targeted individual would still feel it. An attack multiplied by speed is equivalent to the amount of damage dealt to the enemy. According to this formula, Akatsuki’s mental consciousness should have taken serious damage, and he should have fainted already.
“…Huh?”
Turning back, Haruka saw an incredible sight.
Akatsuki was still standing still, as if nothing had happened.
… How is this possible? Didn’t I already hit him?
Compared to a extremely shocked Haruka, Akatsuki only shrugged calmly.
“This is called Hard Qigong, a common weapon means nothing to me.”
“So that’s it, you really are outstanding.”
Haruka glanced coldly at Akatsuki.
“Looks like I have to show my real skills, in order to stop a pervert like you.”
This time she would not be lenient. Haruka added a wind blade on top of the crescent moon blade. This greatly increased the weapon’s attack, even steel or diamond could not withstand it. Just when she was about to wrap the swift wind around her body—
…Huh?
Haruka suddenly felt that the situation was strange.
Her chest felt chilly. However, Haruka did not understand, and did not think that there was a possibility of such a thing occurring, thus she could not help but look down carefully. When her sight was about to fall upon her chest, an unusual scene entered her sight. Looking at Akatsuki who was standing in front, his pants' right pocket revealed a small pink cloth. A closer look revealed that it should be a bra strap, and it was not Minami’s belongings, but this item looked very familiar. Haruka unconsciously looked at her own chest, only to find out the button in front of her chest had been removed, exposing her white snowy skin and an attractive valley.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!”
Haruka pressed against her chest and sat down on the spot. Without the protection of her panties, her private spot directly pressed against the cold floor, but it was not the time to care about it so much. This was really hard to believe, what kind of action did Akatsuki do just now? The answer was none, absolutely none. Wait, could it be the moment she passed by him?
“Vice president, will you still not forgive me?”
Akatsuki scratched his head, narrowed both eyes and looked at the embarrassed Haruka.
“Or do you want to continue to play around?”
“~~~~!”
A flushed Haruka tightly bit her lower lip. No, she absolutely could not let this person go unpunished, and could not let him slip away from her own hands. But what was his next goal? Her shirt? Or her skirt? Just thinking about it was terrifying, not to mention that there were other students in their surroundings. If she made a fool of herself in the middle of a crowd, wouldn’t this thoroughly discredit the student council?
“Y…You remember this, Ousawa Akatsuki! The student council… No, I absolutely will not give up! One day I will personally punish you!”
While saying all the ruthless words, Haruka allowed her surroundings to blow around and created a whirlwind.
After the whirlwind subsided, Haruka had already disappeared. Only the sexual harassment criminal as well as the witnesses who saw the beginning of a legend were left at the scene.
— The transfer student Ousawa Akatsuki pushed back the vice president Nanase Haruka. Akatsuki’s brilliant performance quickly spread throughout every corner of Babel.
The view outside the window gradually went higher up.
JPN Babel school’s campus scene became smaller and smaller, further and further.
Currently, the glass elevator, following a certain speed, was slowly rising.
The Babel school’s main building is a high-rise building. On the side of the body of the building, there are numerous elevators. This building has a total of 180 floors and as the students and staff member's positions and authorities are different, there are limits to the floors they can arrive on. In order to reduce the waiting period, floors used at a higher frequency were equipped with numerous direct elevators. Currently, Akatsuki and Miu were taking the exclusive B-class students’ elevator to the classroom floor.
“Damn it, my head hurts...I don’t know whether it is because of a cold or because I’m too nervous.”
This morning when Akatsuki opened his eyes, he was suffering from an inexplicable headache.
Ousawa Akatsuki had a task that he must complete, and this task was basically equivalent to challenging the world. As he finally stood at his second starting point, he was more or less feeling a bit nervous deep down. This was Akatsuki’s analysis of his own mental state.
Turning his head, he only saw Miu staring at the glass wall in front of her, looking at her own appearance in a uniform. Although she was born from a mix of a human and a dark elf, Miu’s skin was white, soft and delicate, she also did not have an elf’s pointed ears and her appearance was no different from an ordinary human. The elf race’s unique beauty and slender limbs are quite compelling, but not to the extent where it raises suspicion. Akatsuki looked at Miu, his face showing a knowing smile.
“You’re quite happy.”
“…Huh? R..Really?? Of course not.”
Miu quickly tried to evade the topic. In Akatsuki’s eyes, the Miu with her red ears was extraordinarily cute, Akatsuki could not help but narrow his eyes. Maybe Miu never wore a uniform before, Akatsuki thought. Plus, Miu had mentioned a while ago that today was her very first day going to school.
After bringing Miu to this world with difficulty, Akatsuki sincerely hoped that her very first experience of going to school would leave a favorable impression to her.
At this moment, the elevator’s rising speed gradually decreased and it finally stopped at a certain floor. With a mechanical ringing sound, the elevator doors slowly opened.
This was the B class floor. Several students were chatting in the hallway. After walking out of the elevator, there was only one path in front of them. Thus Akatsuki and Miu walked slowly along the corridor and passed through the students who were standing in the corridor.
Akatsuki quickly discovered one thing.
“Strange…”
Miu also seemed to be aware of it, her tone was very uneasy.
“Is it because I am too sensitive? But it feels that …”
“Yes, we have become the focus of everybody’s attention, but this is quite normal, there is nothing strange with it. This floor only has people in B-class and now two unfamiliar faces show up, it will obviously cause curiosity from everyone. Therefore, you do not have to take it to heart.”
Then Akatsuki suddenly stopped his footsteps. At the end of the corridor appeared an entrance doorway, which was the B-class classroom doors.
…Okay, the day has finally arrived.
Akatsuki violently and rudely pushed open the doors, and walked confidently into the classroom.
The chattering of the classroom suddenly became quiet.
“———”
Everyone’s attention was all focused at the door. Akatsuki did not try and escape, and directly confronted everyone’s stares of curiosity. Whether it was the whispering throughout every corner of the classroom or everybody’s stares of curiosity, it was, in fact, not unfamiliar to Akatsuki. During his time in Alayzard and wandering around the place with his identity of a rogue hero, he had already tasted this feeling.
But at that moment —
“…uuuwwaa!”
The uneasy Miu held to and pulled tightly on Akatsuki’s sleeves. After Akatsuki saw this, he gently held Miu’s shoulder, then looked proudly at the class.
“No matter what time, or ever the world, transfer students are always the main attractions of the crowd. You do not have to be nervous, there is no need to be polite, just confidently be yourself. Come, let us go.”
Akatsuki started to take a step, and walked through the path between the tables under the gaze of the entire class. The classroom was designed in a stairs shape where the front was low and narrow and the back was high up and wide, with a total of three columns of tables in left, middle and right of the class. The formation of the columns extended all the way from the front to the back, making it look like the shape of a paper fan. Akatsuki’s destination was the window seat located at the very last row. Miu timidly followed behind him, with her right hand clinging tightly to Akatsuki’s sleeves.
After arriving at the destination, Akatsuki sat down.
Beside him, Miu disturbedly said:
“C…can we sit anywhere available?”
“Of course. If the seat cannot be sat on, someone will naturally inform us.”
And —
“Usually transfer students sit in empty seats.”
Just when Akatsuki was talking about nonsense—
“— Hahaha, you are quite an interesting person.”
A female student walked over. With a slender physique, beautiful short hair and a pretty face coupled with a well-proportioned body, her gestures revealed the charm of a mature woman. A cute girl was not the best way to describe her, in fact, she was closer to a dazzling beauty.
…Uh Oh.
Akatsuki narrowed his eyes, but the female student heartily laughed.
“— Good, Very Good, as expected the legendary student is really talented.”
“Ehh? Why do you say this?”
Akatsuki’s retort seemed to play into the hands of the girl. He only saw her smiling very happily, and even her eyes were filled with tears of laughter.
“Ever since the school enrolled you to B-Class, you guys have become famous within Babel school, everyone calls you guys as History’s strongest newcomers!”
After saying all this, the girl looked at Miu.
“One is a mysterious beauty who used magic to instantly knock out the combat skills instructor during the entrance exam—“
Then she looked at Akatsuki again.
“The other is the one who was identified as a <True Hero> during the Norn Screening, and afterwards was endorsed as a hero by Student President Hikami during a special inspection. Actually, both of you have already become everybody’s object of discussion.”
“So that’s what happened…”
Miu, who finally understood the situation, embarrassingly scratched her cheek.
“I will have to work harder in the future, so I will not fail to live up to everyone’s expectations.”
Akatsuki smiled and said:
“Looks like you are very familiar about us. Based on the greeting principles, shouldn’t you also talk about yourself?”
“Now that you said that, please let me introduce myself.”
The female student nodded, her right hand touching her chest.
“I am called Izumi Chikage, from now on, I am your classmate. As for whether or not will we become friends from classmates, that depends on each other’s meaning of friends. About this, I personally am maintaining an optimistic attitude. Nice to meet you.”
The smiling Chikage extended a hand of friendship, Akatsuki also politely expressed agreement. Chikage’s soft and delicate hand was also very smooth.
“I am Ousawa Akatsuki, this here is my sister Miu.”
After Akatsuki’s introductions, Miu timidly extended her right hand.
“Uhh, I am Ousawa…Miu. During my stay at the alternative world, an accident occurred and made me lose all my memories about this world. If I cause problems for everyone in the future, please forgive me.”
“Don’t be so polite. If there is anything you don’t know in the future, feel free to ask.”
Chikage shook Miu’s hand while smiling.
“Ah that’s right, there is something that I specially have to tell you two. Ousawa-kun, it is natural for transfer students to sit in empty seats, but I hope to persuade you that you can select other seats.”
“There are two Ousawa-kuns, it’s fine to just call me Akatsuki.”
After saying all this, Akatsuki shrugged.
“Why can’t we select this seat? Don’t tell me everyone’s seat is fixed?”
The classroom followed the design of a university lecture room. Akatsuki believed that he could freely select his seat.
“Well that’s true, but…”
Just when Chikage was about to say the reason behind it—
A large noise of dispute could be heard in front of the entrance to the classroom. Miu looked in the direction of where the sound was coming from. There were two males in front of the classroom door. One was awkwardly sitting on the ground. The other was a hideous looking man, arrogantly looking down on the other. It seemed that there was some sort of dispute between them.
“Tanaka, Look where you are going! Pretending that you don’t know when you bumped into someone! How are you going to compensate me!”
“Ahh, it’s beginning again.”
Chikage sighed. Her reaction caught Miu’s curiosity.
“Beginning again…? This kind of thing occurs frequently?”
“Yes. He is Onizuka Kenya, previously a student in A-class, but in the end, he was dropped down from the previous periodical inspection. Perhaps it is a problem of having his pride shattered, but he is constantly bullying people after coming to B-class, relying on the fact that no one is his opponent in B-class, and venting out his frustrations.”
Chikage paused for a moment and continued to speak:
“Actually, the reason why I came to talk with you is also related to the situation. Akatsuki, the seat you selected is Onizuka’s specified special seat. There is no fixed seating arrangements, normally you can sit wherever you look, but everyone is afraid of facing trouble, so they specially avoid this seat to avoid provoking him.”
“So that’s it…”
Akatsuki looked at the classroom door. After Onizuka kicked the male student on the floor a few times, his face was still filled with rage.
After a few seconds, he finally noticed Akatsuki’s existence.
“Hey, what are you looking at huh? Never seen something like this before?”
Only now did Onizuka notice that Akatsuki was actually sitting in his special seat.
“And you dare take my seat. I’ve never seen you before, a newcomer? If you came here, then you have to follow the rules here!”
Onizuka rushed up angrily.
“Now that I think about it, you are the legendary transfer student? You believe that lying fortune telling is real? You actually believe that you are a hero?”
“…”
Akatsuki did not reply. To be honest, he did not even care about Onizuka, his vision lay on the male student who was bullied by Onizuka. Onizuka noticed and coldly snorted.
“What are you looking at? Want me to kick you is it? Don’t think that by entering B-class directly, you can ignore me.”
“Onizuka, could you please not provoke others?”
Chikage attempted to stop Onizuka, and even stood in front of the confused Miu.
“This is not your problem, Chikage. Now scram over to one side…huh?”
Onizuka’s gaze laid upon Miu, who was behind Chikage, his face suddenly showed an obscene smile.
“So that’s it… she is the other transfer student? Not bad, this kind of product is not commonly seen, and she is just my taste.”
After speaking, Onizuka reached out for Miu.
“…W…What are you trying to do…?”
Ignoring Miu’s suspicions, Onizuka rudely held onto Miu’s arm.
At this moment…
“Uhhhhoohh—!”
Onizuka’s entire body flew backwards, hitting the classroom walls abruptly.
The classroom suddenly had an uproar. The students, who were coldly observing on the sidelines, whispered nonstop. The problem student who caused headaches to everyone, the school’s time bomb, was actually being taught a lesson by the new transfer student!?
—What had actually occurred…?
As the event was so sudden, Miu stood at her original spot, bewildered. Chikage, who was beside her, also widened her eyes, and didn’t know whether this was good or not. At this moment, Akatsuki patted Miu’s shoulders and slowly walked to the front.
…Ah, Don’t tell me…!
Miu finally understood. The reason why Onizuka flew back several meters turned out to be Akatsuki’s work. After hitting the wall, Onizuka gently shook his head, and his face revealed a painful expression. Due to being inside of Babel school’s barrier, Onizuka’s physical body was not injured, but the impact of the mental shock should not be underestimated. Onizuka struggled to get up, but with his feet staggering, he nearly failed to stand.
“You are quite impressive, very good, looks like you have guts. Just you wait, I will instantly—“ Onizuka expressed a fierce look, and was about to stand up from the side of the wall.
At this moment, Akatsuki suddenly stretched out his hand, clutching Onizuka’s face.
“—”
This seemingly ordinary and mediocre action was completely out of Onizuka’s expectation. It could be called the ultimate technique, which combined all fight skills.
Miu, who witnessed everything, stood frozen at her place.
“A…Are you trying to do—Whoaaaa!”
Onizuka held onto Akatsuki’s wrist, attempting to break free from Akatsuki’s clutches. What had actually occurred? Miu was puzzled and even the other students were revealing an expression of uncertainty. At this moment, Miu noticed that Onizuka was trembling, and after a careful observation, found out that the reason was that even speaking would inflict a tremendous amount of pain.
Akatsuki calmly looked at the Onizuka in front of him.
“You and I are really like-minded, the truth is I also like bullying the weak. In this world, aren’t there always people who believe that they are stronger than others, and look down upon them? I absolutely love to shatter the pride of these type of people. Right, you are called Onizuka isn’t it?”
Akatsuki snorted.
“So how’s this? The feeling of your pride being stepped on by others isn’t so bad right?”
“…! …! Guuuuu….!”
Onizuka’s face was twisted in pain. Although his physical body does not hurt, it does not mean that he cannot feel pain. Onizuka’s face was red and gradually turning from red to black.
“— S…Stop it! It will cause problems if you continue!”
A panicked Miu broke into the scramble between Akatsuki and Onizuka, pulled on Akatsuki’s burly arms and barely managed to separate the two. During the process of pulling Akatsuki back to his seat, Miu sighed repeatedly.
“Causing trouble on the first day, I really don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“The school’s barrier is designed for the hot-headed people like us. I only played around slightly. It won’t kill anyone…right?”
Akatsuki sought Chikage’s input, but she reluctantly shook her head with a wry smile.
“Yes it is, but it’s hard to say for those who knowingly cause trouble.”
After speaking, Chikage’s expression suddenly turned stiff. A commotion also occurred in the classroom.
…Huh?
Miu looked around and was surprised to find out that beside Onizuka was a magic circle, and a defensive barrier, meaning that he intended to use a powerful magic in the classroom. Activating magic in such a confined space would ultimately cause a significant amount of casualties. Even if it was under the barrier which could remove all physical harm, this could also lead to everyone losing consciousness due to the enormous impact.
—I must activate a magical barrier! But after thinking it through, Miu dismissed the idea. Onizuka is B-class's strongest returnee. Activating a magical barrier could protect herself, but not all the students had the ability to block his magical attacks.
Looks like there is no other choice.
Miu began to concentrate, preparing a defensive magic that ranged throughout the entire classroom.
Unfortunately she was slow by a step. Onizuka had already completed his magic chant. At the moment when Miu felt despair, Akatsuki suddenly shook off her hands.
Only to see Akatsuki approaching Onizuka at lightning speed, and with a turn of his body, unleash an upper kick.
“Ha! Idiot!”
Onizuka’s face showed a hint of sneer. The chant had already finished, the defensive barrier was already opened, all physical attacks were a waste of energy. Everyone was thinking the same thing. They could only watch Akatsuki’s upper kick clash with the defensive barrier.
After a brief struggle, what followed was — a crack. As a crisp sound like glass shattering spread across the room, Onizuka’s defensive barrier suddenly dispersed. This unbelievable scene occurred in front of everyone.
Akatsuki’s upper kick broke pass the defensive barrier, and with overwhelming accuracy hit Onizuka in the head.
“—”
Bang.
Onizuka, like a kite without any string, flew from the very back to the very front.
After rolling a few times on the floor, Onizuka lost consciousness, lying on the ground motionless. The huge classroom was enveloped in an unusual silence. Is this the power of Renkan Keikikou? Miu wondered while staring at Akatsuki.
Just a slight mistake could have led to an enormous disaster, yet Akatsuki stood there relaxed.
“Yes, an idiot indeed.”
Akatsuki coldly spoke—
“Only that the idiotic person is you.”
A while after Akatsuki stopped Onizuka—
Numerous students wearing white uniforms immediately hurried to B-class. They were all part of the school’s Disciplinary Committee.
There was a periodic scan of the school that would confirm whether the barrier was working or not, thus, all students and staff members’ physical and mental state would appear on the screen. Once a abnormal situation occurred, the Disciplinary Committee Members and staff members would immediately head for the scene. Alternative World returnees were an important asset to the country, the management could not be careless.
Onizuka, who was showing the whites in his eyes, was sent to the infirmary, and should quickly recover his consciousness. As for the other accomplice, Akatsuki would be sent by the Disciplinary Committee Members to the Student Council. No matter if it was Miu, Chikage or any other students testifying that it was Onizuka who first provoked him, the Disciplinary Committee Members also accepted everyone’s statement. However, as the accomplice, Akatsuki must provide a spoken report to the Student Council and the Student Council would decide on a suitable punishment. In short, it means that Akatsuki’s self-defense went overboard.
“Please wait here for a moment, the enforcement division will be here shortly.”
After leaving this phrase, the Disciplinary Committee Members walked out of the student council room.
…Shortly, is it?
Akatsuki turned and looked around the empty student council room. On the floor lay a red carpet. The inside was a rectangular shaped space. On both sides of the wall stood a bookshelf reaching as high as the ceiling. The location close to the door had a sofa and a small table placed there. The place between the rectangular shaped space and the entrance had three high class desks, two on the left and one on the right confronting each other. As for the inner part of the classroom, there was an even more high class and more lordly desk.
“Whoaaa…”
Akatsuki slowly walked to the inner part of the classroom.
The desks all had a name tag that presented the position and name. The desks that were facing left and right respectively belonged to <Vice President Nanase Haruka>, <Secretary Uesaki Ryouhei> and <Accountant Aihara Minami>. After seeing the nametag of the innermost table, Akatsuki narrowed his eyes.
<Student President Hikami Kyouya>
…This is that fellow’s desk…
Akatsuki suddenly remembered the silver-haired male who tested him back in the entrance inspection.
“So that’s it…”
Akatsuki circled around the desk and sat rudely on Kyouya’s seat.
Babel school president’s seat, the throne of the strongest Japanese.
This position is a goal that he must conquer one day.
Akatsuki crossed his legs, turned the seat and faced the window behind him.
The student council room was located at the highest floor of the school building. Through the entire surface of a French window, JPN Babel school’s campus could be seen throughout.
High above the landscape, all the people looked extraordinarily small. The distant surface looked like the underworld.
…Being at this place too long will inevitably produce an illusion.
In Akatsuki’s brain emerged another person’s shadow. It was not the owner of this seat, Hikami Kyouya, but another person he was familiar with.
After turning the chair back to the front, Akatsuki rudely placed his legs on top of the desk.
He used both hands to hold the back of his head, placing his upper body’s entire weight onto the back of chair, and leisurely straightened his body.
Then he yawned and closed his eyes.
Waiting.
After a period of time, the student council door opened. Two females and a male appeared behind the door, but Kyouya wasn’t there. All three of them were wearing an armband. Embroidered on top was the student council and its title. It looked like they should be members of the student council.
“You’ve waited fo….Huh?”
Her eyes reflected on the deserted sofa, the female who was wearing the Vice president armband was slightly surprised. The vice president was a beautiful female with superior qualities. Her shoulder-length hair, swaying as she moved around, further underlined her scholarly style. As she slowly moved her gaze forward, her eyes met with Akatsuki. Akatsuki gently raised his hand and provided a greeting.
“Hello, you guys finally came.”
She finally realized that Akatsuki was currently sitting on the chair of the Student Council president.
“—!”
The vice president’s face immediately changed.
“Y..You… What are you doing!”
She headed toward Akatsuki at a surprisingly fast speed. The other two were just standing there with a shocked expression and did not know what to do. The vice president Nanase Haruka quickly reached Akatsuki’s side, with a face filled with rage.
“You dare! You… Stand up immediately! This seat isn’t something a normal student like you can randomly sit in!”
“Didn’t you guys ask me to wait for a while? I only listened to you guys only.”
Although Akatsuki tried to pretend he was innocent, inside of him he was secretly delighted. Haha, she indeed fell into his trap.
“And chairs are chairs, when have you heard of a chair that you can’t sit on?”
—Basically, she was not referring to the physical abilities of it.
“…That is Kyouya’s seat.”
As unfamiliar sounds entered his ears, Akatsuki turned around and noticed that the other two had already reached the front of the desk. The male, who was unconsciously scratching his head, seemed to be the student council secretary Uesaki Ryouhei. His hair was very casual and also had a thick layer of hair clay. His face was wearing a lazy expression, and it could be seen that he was not as agitated as the vice president, he only felt that Akatsuki’s act was incredible only.
The person who was standing quietly behind him should be the student council’s accountant Aihara Minami. With a slightly long straight hair, both sides of hair braided and long bangs nearly covering her left eye, you could still see her beautiful upright face.
…All three of them plus Hikama Kyouya, those were all the student council members.
Akatsuki looked at the three people in front of him and attempted to imagine the scene when all four stood together. He noticed that the image was quite coordinated, no wonder that they became JPN Babel school’s four kings.
“—Did you not hear us? Quickly stand up, do not tarnish Hikami-kaichou’s seat!”
Haruka angrily pulled a long face, but her angry look was indescribably sexy.
Akatsuki, joyfully playing around, curtly refused to stand up.
“Your angry expression is actually quite cute.”
“—!”
Haruka suddenly blushed with embarrassment.
“Don’t go overboard —”
Just when Haruka was about to scold him.
The student council office doors opened again, and Kyouya came in from the outside.
“Ahhh…?”
Everyone’s expression made Kyouya immediately understand the situation. He could not help but have a hint of a smile on his face.
Almost at the same time—
“—!”
Akatsuki suddenly took action, there were absolutely no signs beforehand. Only to see him step onto table and jump over Ryouhei and Minami’s heads, and after landing, immediately sprint forward.
“Ah—!”
Tossing away everyone’s cry of alarm to the back of his head, Akatsuki swiftly moved towards Kyouya. Just when he thought he succeeded, a sudden gust of wind blew in front of his eyes. A closer look revealed the vice president Nanase Haruka.
…So fast!
Akatsuki was slightly surprised. In that split second, she could actually catch up with him who sprinted at full speed, this girl really wasn’t that simple. Akatsuki looked at the vice president in front of her, and noticed her surroundings were filled with activated magic circles. She probably used the wind attribute magic to produce a high speed movement. But to complete the chant in such a short period of time, it also proved that her strength was not to be underestimated.
…The so-called vice president should be the second most powerful person here.
Akatsuki smiled and suddenly crouched in front of Haruka.
“—?”
Haruka’s focus was suddenly attracted downward. Taking advantage of this moment, Akatsuki took a violently jump, utilizing the knee’s elasticity to directly leap over Haruka’s head.
“—!”
An unusual atmosphere came from behind. Akatsuki turned around to look in midair, and was surprised to see a huge fireball coming towards him.
The fireball was created by the magic of Ryouhei and it was on an inevitable direct course. Akatsuki hurriedly collected the ki within his body, and twisted his body in midair, using a right kick to face the fireball. After a heavy bang, the fireball was split into fragments, and under the protection of his ki, Akatsuki’s right foot was completely unharmed.
“Oh, you’re quite remarkable!”
Ryouhei applauded, but Akatsuki could see it very clearly. Minami, who was beside Ryouhei, stretched both hands and touched the ground, clearly showing signs of an activating magic circle. The floor — Akatsuki subconsciously looked below.
However, there was no attack coming from the bottom. Akatsuki was slightly surprised, and thought he was in a tight corner inside of him.
—Above?
Akatsuki raised his head and looked at the ceiling, but unfortunately he was a step too late. A giant mud hand appeared on the ceiling, trying to push Akatsuki to the ground.
“…Damn!”
Akatsuki continued to fall and used the momentum of engaging the fireball to abruptly change the direction of his body.
He then extended his left arm and directly stabbed into the giant mud hand. Under the effects of Renkan Keikikou, the mud arm instantly turned into pieces. Akatsuki took advantage of this gap to adjust his position, barely landing with one knee on the ground.
However— His actions had been stopped.
“Immediately stop the attack or we will not hold back anymore.” Akatsuki was surrounded by three people. All three of them had their palms raised towards Akatsuki. If Akatsuki tried to resist, they would mercilessly attack.
“…What just happened here?”
Kyouya’s tone had a hint of laughter.
Akatsuki slowly stood up, with a face that was completely outside of this situation.
“Someone called me to the student council office, I thought that you wanted to settle our unfinished duel and purposely called me here.”
“Knock it off, I don’t even know why you appeared here.”
“Ousawa Akatsuki, it is me who looked for you.”
The speaker was Nanase Haruka with a very serious expression.
“The Disciplinary Committee Members have already reported to me. On the first day of school, you were involved in a dispute between students. I can only say that your luck is extremely bad. That student called Onizuka will receive the proper punishment. We, the student council, will like to specially thank you for your courageous acts.” There was no smile, nor any feelings, it was purely a businesslike tone.
Akatsuki shrugged.
“After half a day, you only found me to express your gratitude?”
“—And to give you a grave warning.”
Haruka’s tone carried a hint of anger.
“Causing trouble on the first day of school, you have already become the Disciplinary Committee Members’ target. The Disciplinary Committee Members belong to my elite team. If you continue to cause any trouble, we will use all our power to arrest and confine you in order to maintain the peace on campus.”
Haruka narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold killing intent.
“—Especially acts that disrespect us, or you will face the consequences yourself.”
Haruka right arm swayed and stepped back.
“What needed to be said is finished, please return.”
The cold eyes did not contain the slightest warmth.
The sound of the heavy doors slowly closing echoed in the silent corridor. The location was the student council building located at the highest floor of the school.
The figure standing at the corridor was Akatsuki, who had just left the student council office.
In fact, he really wanted to have a duel with Kyouya, but there was no chance of winning 1 vs. 4.
Although his actions had planted a fuse, it was likely that there would be a chance to attack the student council president in the future. The current Akatsuki could not do anything now, but only hope for an opportunity to occur. …Based on the above considerations, they probably believed that Akatsuki had already given up.
As Akatsuki stared back at the door of the student council office, a hint of smile appeared on his face. Too Naïve. Was 4 against 1 really a big advantage? Did everybody bring out their true strength? Thus — there were no possibilities of a surprise attack now?
…Too careless and too full of yourself. Akatsuki activated Renkan Keikikou and unleashed his body’s inner ki.
…Directly destroying the door… No, it should be better to attack from afar.
Just as a precaution, Akatsuki had already prepared against the others. He even took the opportunity to consider the possibility of a counter attack. In the end, he still thought that a direct assault, defeating each of them one by one, was the most effective tactic. Placing the strongest, Kyouya, at the very last and taking out the other three seems to be good. Akatsuki gently licked his lips, concentrated, and extended his right palm gently against the doors.
…Sorry, I cannot be standing still.
Today I will destroy JPN Babel’s leadership.
“… I advise you to remove the idea out of your head.”
After the sudden warning entered his ears, Akatsuki turned and looked at the direction of the sound.
“… Huh? Where’s the person?”
But in front of him, not even half a person existed. Akatsuki could only see the empty silent corridor.
“I am here.”
The voice sounded again. Akatsuki’s gaze followed the source of the sound and went down, only to be surprised to see a petite female youth standing in front of him. Strictly speaking not a female youth, but a female child. Her age was about ten and her height was only to Akatsuki’s waist, she also kept her black hair to her waist. Although her face was expressionless, it did come with a doll-like beauty. She would become a stunning beauty in time. Her entire body was expressing an intellectual aura, wearing a kimono would be unexpectedly outstanding. However, she was not wearing a kimono, but a JPN Babel school uniform.
“You can interpret their thoughts, but likewise they can see through you.”
The girl looked up at Akatsuki with cold eyes, and no emotional tone.
Akatsuki crouched down and looked at the girl in front of him.
“…Did you get lost? Where did you come from, little girl?”
“That should be a little girl in your class, Ousawa-kun.”
The girl smiled slightly.
“I am B-class class representative Doumoto Kuzuha. The first class’s location is at another location, let me bring you there.”
“… Still hasn’t appeared.”
Inside of the student council office, Haruka muttered to herself while staring at the door
Ryouhei then placed both hands onto the back of his head.
“There are actually times when Kyouya’s sixth sense is wrong.”
“There’s nothing that can be done, this type of thing has always been based mostly on luck.”
Kyouya chuckled uninterestedly, and soon bowed down his head deep in thought.
…There is an 80% chance that Kuzuha stopped him outside. Ah, why?
Oh well. Although I am curious about the results of a direct confrontation, but I should temporarily save this kind of fun. Once he thought about it up to this point, Kyouya could not help but laugh.
“Anyways there are plenty of opportunities in the future, there is no need to hurry.”
“At that time, leave it to me!”
Haruka said in high spirits:
“I, as the vice president, command the Disciplinary Committee Members to perform the purging tasks.”
“However, the report says that he cannot use magic, that fact seems to be true.”
Ryouhei recalled Akatsuki’s previous actions and his reactions towards magical attacks.
“But his fighting ability makes one dumbfounded.”
“It feels that he is very used to fighting techniques.”
Minami chipped in.
“I think he must be very aware of his own strengths, he really is a powerful enemy.”
“How strange, you would actually praise others—”
Ryouhei was greatly surprised and then suddenly frowned.
After thinking for a while, he decided to ask Minami directly to understand the situation.
“Minami, why are the buttons in front of your chest opened?”
“…?...That’s true.”
The perplexed Minami looked to her chest and was about to fasten the buttons when her hands suddenly stopped in midair.
There was no other reason, Minami had already discovered the abnormality in front of her chest.
“…Gone.”
“What is gone?”
“What happened…Minami?”
Haruka immediately found the answer. As they were both females, Haruka instantly noticed Minami’s abnormality, but she just could not believe it in that moment. After all, things shouldn't just disappear without the owner being aware of it.
“Could it be…”
At that moment, Haruka was suspicious.
“—!”
Her face suddenly became pale.
“I…It…can’t be…!”
Her pale face suddenly flushed. She bit tightly on her lower lip, and embarrassedly brushed her thighs, her expression very shy.
Afterwards, she began to care about the length of her skirt, and ultimately could not resist—
“S…Sorryy, I’ll excuse myself.”
Haruka gently stepped back a few steps, and left the student council office in panic.
The momentum of opening the heavy doors was surprising, but the momentum of closing doors was even more astonishing.
The sound of the doors opening and closing constantly echoed in the classroom.
“…But she only needs to use the washroom, why does she need to be so nervous? I really don’t understand what females are thinking in their heads.”
“Yes, it is really hard to understand.”
Facing the dismissive Ryouhei, Kyouya, who knew the truth, could only shake his head with a wry smile.
The transparent space over the horizon. The elevator, with a quiet motor driven sound, was slowly going down. The elevator gently went down towards its destination floor, like a giant steel bar dropping down. During the short stay in the elevator, Akatsuki and Kuzuha chatted.
“—So you skipped grades, very impressive.”
When facing Akatsuki’s praises, Kuzuha still had no expression.
“I just turned 11, which is equivalent to an elementary 6th grader.”
But the 11 years old Kuzuha was the same as Akatsuki, they were both students in the high school sector. Babel school originally had the so-called grade skipping system, but her example of grade skipping was a rare case.
Babel school was not a place where you are only seeking knowledge. Besides the static lessons, combat training was also included in their daily curriculum. Thus it could be said that not only had Kuzuha’s intelligence been confirmed, her combat capability was also not inferior to the students older than her by 5 years.
“The class rep is certainly outstanding.”
“That’s hard to say. However, the student council members you were going to challenge before are much more amazing than me.”
“I believe that’s true, after all, the student council member are JPN Babel School’s top youths.”
Akatsuki muttered. Then the words following that from Kuzuha left Akatsuki dumbfounded.
“It’s not that simple. The student council president Hikami Kyouya is part of <COCOON>.”
“—”
Akatsuki was slightly startled, almost suspecting if he had heard wrong.
After she noticed Akatsuki’s unusual look, Kuzuha frowned and looked a little surprised.
“…Are you okay?”
Akatsuki looked down at Kuzuha, only to see her expressionlessly say:
“Your face … is a little bit scary.”
“…Sorry. I didn’t think he was actually part of <COCOON>…Hahaha, so that’s it.”
Akatsuki finally understood why, on the day of the entrance inspection, he could feel a strong pressure coming from him.
— The new United Nation’s chairman, secretary general and G7’s Babel school highest authority, all of them were returnees who had obtained a strong power from an alternative world. These people were the so-called <COCOON>.
Children of Cross Over Other Nation, in short <COCOON>. These people are all returnees who have achieved a title of a hero in an alternative world. If you have to use the shortest description, they are the strongest warriors, and at the same time, they represent the entire world. Akatsuki originally thought that Kyouya was only the strongest student in JPN Babel school, but now it looked like he should be the strongest Japanese instead. No wonder that during the entrance inspection, the staff on the scene were all respectful to him. Akatsuki suddenly realized that.
Just a single <COCOON> is enough to override the power of a national military. In order to implement the concept of world peace, they, as the elite of Babel, took up the responsibility to educate and manage the returnees. If a war occurs somewhere in the world, Babel will immediately intervene by sending the alternative returnees to the battlefield.
On the surface, Babel seems to have young men and women who have various superpowers, developing them into an elite force to safeguard world peace and promote human prosperity. Conversely, they are turning the alternative world returnees into a tool for war, in order to suppress the organizations worldwide.
<COCOON>’s existence, would it really bring everlasting peace and prosperity? The answer is a no.
There was a group of people who deemed the alternative world returnees to be infidels. Terrorist acts that used cruel methods to persecute the faith and ideologies still remains in this world. Even as Akatsuki and Kuzuha were going down in the elevator currently, there were many young returnees being sent off to the battlefield.
The countless battlefields around the world did not have Babel’s defense barrier, so returnee causalities naturally occurred.
The most difficult problem was the terrorists that rejected the concept of Babel and opposed the returnees.
One of the most famous terrorist organizations was the brave and fierce <Scarlet Dusk>. Their goal was to select like-minded comrades among the returnees and create a whole new country. To advertise their thoughts and boast their strengths, they would often take the most intense means. <Scarlet Dusk>’s strength was said to be not inferior to <COCOON>. The local military, and even the new United Nations and Babel all are hopeless against them.
Aside from <Scarlet Dusk>, the world still had many other terrorist organizations. Their common point was that they regarded Babel as their number one enemy.
“…”
Akatsuki looked at the somewhat immature Doumoto Kuzuha.
A thin body as if it could be easily broken gently into pieces if just a bit of strength was used. Even a girl like this would be pushed onto the battlefield to act as cannon fodder, just because she was an alternative world returnee.
Akatsuki could not accept this cruel reality. This was a mistaken world, and it was horribly wrong too.
After Kuzuha was aware of Akatsuki’s sight, she showed a mischievous smile.
“Although you were not aware of the situation before, how did the feeling of challenging the world feel?”
“Not bad actually, not bad at all.”
Akatsuki also grinned. Isn’t it? This was the reason why Ousawa Akatsuki returned to this world.
At that moment Akatsuki suddenly remembered one thing. He could not help but scratch his cheek embarrassedly.
“But… If I had known, I should have placed another type of fuse instead.”
“How chaotic, what kind of fuse did you plant?”
“Well, probably something like this.”
After saying all this, Akatsuki suddenly flipped up Kuzuha’s skirt.
He wanted to confirm something.
“…”
The defenseless Kuzuha just stood still, and did not know how to react. The skirt that was raised high up was slowly falling. The expressionless Kuzuha stared at Akatsuki.
“…Ousawa-kun, I did not expect you to be some sort of pervert that was interested in a girl’s panties.”
“Class rep, aren’t you too calm? It was completely outside of my expectations. A normal girl encountering such a thing, shouldn’t they either be angry or crying, or else angrily attack back?”
Yet Kuzuha did not have any of these reactions, this point was what Akatsuki had guessed. Kuzuha lacked the feelings that a teenager should have.
But no wonder, Akatsuki thought.
Suddenly being summoned to an alternative world, surviving a life that was unimaginably lonely, and finally managing to come back to the original world. The result of having to be split apart from her friends in the same age group, and start a unfamiliar school life with a bunch of strangers that were a few years older. In addition to that, she could be sent off to a battlefield any time. Having her emotions changed greatly is reasonable.
—Or Kuzuha must have lived in an environment where they had to suppress their feelings from a young age. “That’s enough.”
Her tone revealed a bit of unhappiness. The grumbling Kuzuha looked down at her feet. Akatsuki sensed from her tone and actions that she felt a bit of emotional upheaval. An expression of a normal girl flashed by, but this made Akatsuki kindle some hope. Yes, it was still not too late.
During his life at Alayzard, Akatsuki had seen the darkness within the humans. He understood that the people who are physically and mentally battered will eventually have a miserable fate, no matter whether it was male or female, old or young. However, Kuzuha was different, she still had some hope, a chance for her to recover the emotions that a normal female should have.
However he should still call it a day, as they often say “haste makes waste”.
He should first try to make her happy before continuing such a conversation.
“Your panties are very cute, is that a cat?”
“No, it’s a bear.”
In the end, he failed.
“Ding Dong—“ Following a sound effect that sounded like giving a correct answer, the elevator had reached the destination floor.
The heavy doors opened and the passengers inside came out. Akatsuki and Kuzuha appeared from the elevator that had just reached the destination floor. They mixed in with all the other students, and walked along the corridor. After confirming that there was no mistake—
“—Ousawa Akatsuki, stop right there!”
Nanase Haruka shouted. Akatsuki and Kuzuha unconsciously turned around. The students looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. An aggressive Haruka stood in the middle of the corridor. With both eyes looking back and forth on Akatsuki’s body, she was surprised to find that in the left pocket of the uniform pants a white and pink cloth-like object could be seen.
… It really was you who did it.
The corner of Haruka’s lips rose slightly higher, but between her eyebrows, it was filled with killing intent.
It should be during the short offensive in the Student Council Office—
She did not know when did Akatsuki steal Minami’s bra and …
…her…panti—!
A flushed Haruka looked at Akatsuki. Selecting the strap-style underwear was certainly her own negligence, but it did not constitute an excuse for his behavior.
Yes, it is all his fault.
“You really have guts…”
Haruka intentionally lowered the volume. Her cheeks were still fiery red.
“Offending the president is already an unforgivable crime, but to think that you also actually took Minami and I…O… Our…”
“…Ousawa-kun.”
“Oops, the fuse was actually lit. What should I do now?”
Kuzuha gave a contemptuous look to Akatsuki, but Akatsuki only scratched his face embarrassedly.
“I’m very sorry, vice president. I only wanted to test you out a bit, so I used the special skill my master personally taught to me, it absolutely did not mean any disrespect. If you want, I’ll return it to you, can you forgive me?”
“—S...Shut Up! The president may have let you go, but that doesn’t mean that I will spare your life. To maintain order in JPN Babel, I will make you pay a price today.”
After saying all this, Haruka waved her right hand, and green light particles gathered between both her hands.
The light particles instantly became a frame for a blade, and finally turned into a real crescent moon blade. Seeing this, Akatsuki could not help but widen his eyes.
“Wh…What is this toy?”
Today was his first day of school. Akatsuki was quite unfamiliar about knowledge and common sense within Babel. Haruka’s action was suspected of having no pride. However, Haruka did not care about this point, she had already identified the man in front of her eyes as a huge pervert. There was no need to talk about reason with this kind of person.
“It will soon be over…”
Haruka began to concentrate.
The magic circle that covered her entire body instantly activated.
As the event was sudden, the students watching on the side suddenly began to stir. A student council member suddenly used magic in the corridor, it was no wonder that everyone panicked. Although Haruka was apologetic deep inside, she did not have any plans to stop.
…That’s right… It will soon be over.
The magic chant was completed. Haruka immediately activated magic. Blessed by the elf’s wind magic, her entire body was wrapped by a swift whirlwind. This had the ability of increasing movement speed and it was a magic that was more effective than the one she previously used in the Student Council Office.
Besides that, before activating the magic, Haruka specially did extra preparations to prevent accidents happening from under her skirt again.
Unable to dodge, impossible to resist, and cannot be justified, the duel will be instantly over.
With a flash of light, Haruka lifted up the crescent moon blade and pushed off with both legs.
“—!”
In a blink of an eye, she had already moved behind Akatsuki, swinging down her hands with the crescent moon blade. Analyzed in slow motion, she instantly moved across the corridor, passed through Akatsuki and did a cross-cut. Under the effects of the barrier, Haruka’s attack would not cause any physical damage, but the targeted individual would still feel it. An attack multiplied by speed is equivalent to the amount of damage dealt to the enemy. According to this formula, Akatsuki’s mental consciousness should have taken serious damage, and he should have fainted already.
“…Huh?”
Turning back, Haruka saw an incredible sight.
Akatsuki was still standing still, as if nothing had happened.
… How is this possible? Didn’t I already hit him?
Compared to a extremely shocked Haruka, Akatsuki only shrugged calmly.
“This is called Hard Qigong, a common weapon means nothing to me.”
“So that’s it, you really are outstanding.”
Haruka glanced coldly at Akatsuki.
“Looks like I have to show my real skills, in order to stop a pervert like you.”
This time she would not be lenient. Haruka added a wind blade on top of the crescent moon blade. This greatly increased the weapon’s attack, even steel or diamond could not withstand it. Just when she was about to wrap the swift wind around her body—
…Huh?
Haruka suddenly felt that the situation was strange.
Her chest felt chilly. However, Haruka did not understand, and did not think that there was a possibility of such a thing occurring, thus she could not help but look down carefully. When her sight was about to fall upon her chest, an unusual scene entered her sight. Looking at Akatsuki who was standing in front, his pants' right pocket revealed a small pink cloth. A closer look revealed that it should be a bra strap, and it was not Minami’s belongings, but this item looked very familiar. Haruka unconsciously looked at her own chest, only to find out the button in front of her chest had been removed, exposing her white snowy skin and an attractive valley.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!”
Haruka pressed against her chest and sat down on the spot. Without the protection of her panties, her private spot directly pressed against the cold floor, but it was not the time to care about it so much. This was really hard to believe, what kind of action did Akatsuki do just now? The answer was none, absolutely none. Wait, could it be the moment she passed by him?
“Vice president, will you still not forgive me?”
Akatsuki scratched his head, narrowed both eyes and looked at the embarrassed Haruka.
“Or do you want to continue to play around?”
“~~~~!”
A flushed Haruka tightly bit her lower lip. No, she absolutely could not let this person go unpunished, and could not let him slip away from her own hands. But what was his next goal? Her shirt? Or her skirt? Just thinking about it was terrifying, not to mention that there were other students in their surroundings. If she made a fool of herself in the middle of a crowd, wouldn’t this thoroughly discredit the student council?
“Y…You remember this, Ousawa Akatsuki! The student council… No, I absolutely will not give up! One day I will personally punish you!”
While saying all the ruthless words, Haruka allowed her surroundings to blow around and created a whirlwind.
After the whirlwind subsided, Haruka had already disappeared. Only the sexual harassment criminal as well as the witnesses who saw the beginning of a legend were left at the scene.
— The transfer student Ousawa Akatsuki pushed back the vice president Nanase Haruka. Akatsuki’s brilliant performance quickly spread throughout every corner of Babel.
