TEASER
Volume 4 Chapter 3.2
Rampage at the Martial Arts Garden Part 2
Having lost track of
Lisa, Nozomu had no choice but to head toward the school.
Passing through the
civic district and around the central park, he arrived at the main gate of the
academy on the south side. At the gate, Mars had arrived and was waiting for
him.
"Yo Nozomu,
you're late."
"Morning Mars,
just a little something to do in the morning......"
When Nozomu shrugged
his shoulders, Mars replied with a curt, "I see", and the two headed for
the classroom.
He must have guessed a
lot from their conversation at the Ox-head Pavilion the other day. So Nozomu
was grateful for his silence.
The majority of the
students had already arrived at school, and the number of students walking down
the hallway was sparse. However, when all the students saw Nozomu, they all
frowned and began whispering behind his back.
The content of the few
conversations that circulated was not very pleasant.
However, when Mars
glared at them, they stopped talking and quickly hid themselves away.
Stunned yet grateful
for his best friend's actions, Nozomu made his way to their classrooms.
When he arrived at the
hallway lined with third-grade classrooms, he was once again met with countless
stares.
Nozomu thought it was
another rumor involving Lisa, but he noticed that the intensity of the stares
was different.
"...... Say,
Nozomu. Is there something wrong with the atmosphere at the school?"
"Yeah, the whole
school, or rather the whole area where the classrooms of the third grade are
located, has a strange atmosphere. I wonder why?"
The two arrived at
their classroom and opened the door, while tilting their heads at the
unexplained atmosphere.
Inside the classroom,
their classmates were studying on their own, talking with friends, and doing
whatever they wanted.
However, the moment
Nozomu entered the classroom, the eyes of the students in the class suddenly
focused on him.
They looked at him
with doubt, confusion, disbelief, and curiosity. Nozomu was slightly flinched
by the pressure.
But when Nozomu
glanced back at each of his classmates, the ones whose eyes met his, for some
reason, looked flustered and averted their gazes. Then, as if to make up for
it, they resumed their self-study or started talking with their friends again.
"W-What in the
world is this ......?"
"Who knows? I
don't know either......"
"Ah, this is
because of the last Special Comprehensive Exercise."
"Jin. And Deck
and the others, good morning."
There were five
classmates, Jin, Hamuria, Deck, Tommy, and Cami. They had previously formed a
party together in the last Special Comprehensive Exercise. Since that exercise,
they had become one of the few classmates who talked to Nozomu normally.
"By the way, Jin,
there's something strange going on in the classroom, what do you mean by this
being caused by the Special Comprehensive Exercise?"
"Well, it would
be faster if you take a look at it. This way."
Urged by Jin, Nozomu
and Mars went to the back of the classroom. There was a small blackboard with a
variety of notices posted on it. Jin pointed to a corner of the board.
"Here,
look......."
"Is this the
result of the Special Comprehensive Exercise?"
"Yes, look at our
party's ranking."
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