Sunyoung High School's Heroes Department.

Just from the sound of it, one would think that it wasn't a peaceful major. Therefore, in addition to the normal high school curriculum, it was normal to include a course like Heroes Basics, which sounded very extreme … right?

"That's right, it would be better if they didn't suddenly ask us to fight over the nuclear bomb …"

Setsuna, who was squatting in the monitoring room and watching the first real battle, muttered her thoughts in a low voice.

Of course, this wasn't because she was a coward. In fact, she could be quite reckless if her brain was filled with blood. However, the real battle in front of her was still beyond what she could bear under normal circumstances. She looked from the half-destroyed building to Midaya Dehisa, who had lost a hand. Then, she looked at her classmates who were not so much shocked, but rather inspired. She deeply felt what it meant to be in personal danger.

"Are you okay?

You don't look too good. You're up next. "

Erlang, who was in high spirits, took the time to chat with her. He only received a one-syllable reply.

Setsuna stood still and looked around, from the opponent to the teammate who was going down.

In fact, putting aside the personal grudges between Green Valley and Bao Hao in the first round, the fight for the fake nuclear bomb was not a simulated battlefield where one had to clash head-on. This was especially so when one of the opponents was a recommended scholar whose strength was unknown. Compared to brute force, it might be better to put in more effort behind the scenes.

(And most importantly …)

She glanced at a certain teacher who made a comment.

(… I don't want to lose in front of this person.)

With this in mind, Setsuna hesitated for a few seconds before walking behind her temporary teammate.

"Wei Baijun, can you come over here for a moment?"

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Bombardment Scorch, one of the only four recommended scholars in Sunyoung this year. Personality: Half cold and half hot.

Just from the brief introduction, one could feel the indisputable strength of this person. Even he himself thought so.

Compared to his classmates, who had grown up in a sea of people like weeds, he had been strictly trimmed by his parents since he was a child. He had been nurtured with the goal of "perfect works" as the goal. Fundamentally, he did not belong to the same weight class.

So …

"Go out, it might be dangerous next."

Rather than flaunting his strength, these words spoken to his temporary teammates were more like a calm warning.

The moment Muzo walked out of the door, he felt a pressing chill. Pure white ice crystals silently protruded from the bottom of the building, and with an unstoppable force, they meandered upwards. In a few seconds, the five-story building was sealed into a perfect giant ice brick. The shape was simple, and there wasn't even a place to put one's hand on it.

Even without looking at the monitor screen, he could imagine the situation inside the building. Not to mention the low temperature, just the frozen floor was enough to limit people's mobility.

— Restricting a person's mobility?

"Sure enough, this is not enough to deal with you."

Turning around the corner of the corridor, Boom, who had reached the top floor, was not surprised to see the scene in front of him. The empty room was filled with sharp ice shards, and the girl who was leaning on the ice pillar did not seem to be troubled at all. Wait a minute, an empty room.

Looking around, there was indeed no sign of the crude fake nuclear bomb. Boom paused, and his eyes dimmed.

"Well, something like that."

Setsuna's reply seemed a little absent-minded, perhaps because she had entered the role and seriously regarded herself as the villain. She didn't have the shadow of the good girl she usually had. The slightly raised smile on her face was full of evil intentions. "If you think about it normally, it's usually like an RPG-style tower game where the treasures are on the top floor. Don't you think it's a bit boring?"

She said and stood up straight. The ice that was enough to make people slip on the soles of their feet didn't seem to exist to her. The abnormal scene that couldn't be brushed off with the simple excuse of "good sense of balance" occupied all his attention.

(Point-to-point space movement. So it just "looked" like walking on ice?)

Before he could see any flaws, the girl spoke again.

"As a return gift to Bang King for driving his teammates out, let me tell you a little bit of information.

Strictly speaking, my personality — "

The next second, the voice came from the front to the top of his head. Her leg carried the acceleration of gravity as she chopped down without hesitation. "— You're a melee fighter?"

As the voice fell, a hard layer of ice spread out between the two at lightning speed, directly crossing the entire room. Setsuna clicked her tongue and decisively retracted her leg. Her fingers gently brushed the cloth bag behind her waist. Four steel needles opened a hole in the ice layer in front of her, big enough for one person to pass through. She turned over and jumped down. As expected, Bombardment Scorch was no longer in the room. She turned on the wireless earphone without saying a word.

"Wei Baijun?

He should have gone to your place. "

The other side was probably busy. The earphone was silent for two seconds, and then Wei Baijun's panting voice came. "Isn't it too fast?

I've only set up two spots! "

"I can't help it. After all, he's a recommended scholar. He probably doesn't have the habit of listening to my nonsense."

Setsuna blinked. She felt that it was good to be a schemer once in a while. "Tell me the location of the two spots first. You can continue with the rest."

This time, the earphone was silent for a long time, long enough to cause a nervous tremor. Then, Wei Baijun's voice sounded again with an inexplicable heaviness.

"Second floor and third floor … I met him."

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After Muzo, who was also part of the combat test but was blocked by the ice wall outside, was eliminated, there was no need to think about who this "he" referred to.

The moment Bombardment Scorch blocked Wei Baijun, he keenly felt that something was wrong. Perhaps it was because Wei Baijun had not encountered an opponent yet, but he was already sweating profusely in the frozen building. Perhaps it was because Wei Baijun's ambiguous words into the wireless earphone was wrong. Most likely, it was also the point that caught his attention. "… He's not here either."

Wei Baijun did not mention the subject. After all, they both knew each other well. Wei Baijun raised his tail. Facing the recommended scholar alone made him feel a little pressured, but he still forced a smile and replied, "Yes, if you're looking for a nuclear bomb, you've come to the wrong place."

He paused, put his right foot back, lowered his center of gravity, and got into a fighting stance. "But since you're here, don't leave."

However, this slightly straightforward provocation did not receive any response. Bombardment Scorch raised his hand and sealed half of his body into an ice sculpture, turned around, and ran.

"Wow … That's decisive." Setsuna received the live report from the earphone. She raised her hand and piled the rubble that Wei Baijun had prepared into a pile of rubble as high as a nuclear bomb in the corner. "It seems that only the second and third floor can be used … Choose one of the two."

"Choose one of the two."

A monotonous voice came from behind her. Setsuna was amazed by a certain someone's movement speed as she slowly turned around. "Yo, long time no see, Bang King."

Bang King, who had been tricked and ran back and forth between the five floors, was not as good-tempered as Lin Sanjiu. His dignified expression could easily cause a downpour. "The victory condition for the hero is to come into contact with the nuclear bomb, or for the villain to not be able to move.

Indeed, with your personality, the latter is difficult to achieve, but you don't think that I can't get it if you cover it with rocks, right? "

"Who knows?"

Setsuna tilted her head innocently and stood motionless between Bang King and the rubble. "As you can see, there is one on both the second and third floor. Bang King can also try to freeze them all, but that doesn't count as' contact ', right?

And with Bang King's strength, once the ice and rubble are combined, I'm afraid he can't touch it even if he smashes it. The obstacle is still smashing ice outside the door. "

Her smile deepened a little.

"Or do you want to use the other half of your ability to detonate this nuclear bomb with your own hands?

— Mr. Hero. "

The moment her malicious voice trailed off, she inexplicably thought of the burning villain who had nowhere to go, and his empty and hollow eyes before he raised his butcher's knife.

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“TIME

OUT!!! "

When Ormet's voice spread across the training ground through the loudspeaker, Bang King was attacking the last pile of rubble. Setsuna withdrew all her postures the moment she heard that the time limit was up. She teleported out of the battle circle.

So when Bang King's fist blasted the rubble away and exposed the empty core, Bang King's mind went blank for a moment. This was impossible. Even if he could not break through this pile of rubble in the time limit, it had already been proven that the rubble on the second floor did not hide the nuclear bomb, and it was clearly a multiple-choice question from the beginning …?

A multiple-choice question from the two?

He gritted his teeth, slowly turned around, and looked directly at the girl who had put on the obedient student's skin again. "… You …"

Setsuna did not say a word, just looked at him and smiled.

That sly smile completely exposed his plan. Bombardment Scorch had never suffered such a loss in his life. He immediately ignored the loudspeaker's request to summon everyone back to the monitoring room and rushed up to the top floor. He did not even look at where he was going, and without thinking, he barged into the room where he first fought the girl.

Behind the icicle on the wall, the dumb-looking nuclear bomb stood there unscathed as if it was mocking him.

[The girl leaning on the icicle did not seem to be troubled at all.]

["If you think about it normally, it's usually like an RPG-style tower game where the treasures are at the top. Don't you think it's a little boring?"]

[As she spoke, she straightened her body. It was as if the slippery ice didn't exist to her. The abnormal scene that couldn't be brushed off with the simple excuse of having a good sense of balance occupied all of his attention.]

["As a gift to Bang King for chasing his teammate out, let me tell you a little bit of information.

Strictly speaking, my personality — "]

["— is a close-combat type?"]

It's a close combat combat style. Oh.

Ending with this sentence was the biggest scam in this simulated battle.

"If I didn't say that, Bang King wouldn't have given up on fighting me and ran to Wei Baijun."

Noticing that her classmate's face had turned sour, Setsuna carefully defended herself. "I didn't mean to mislead Bang King, it's just that from the perspective of a villain …"

"… No, it's okay."

Unexpectedly, Bang, who was so angry a second ago, regained his calmness when he looked up again. He even politely extended a hand to her. "I was too gullible, it was a wonderful tactic."

"Mhmm, thank you?"

It was beyond Cha Na's understanding that the other party was able to adjust her mental state so quickly. After all, in her impression, the strong were people who could explode at any time, anywhere, and did not know what patience was. It was hard to imagine that there was an elite who could endure as much as the one in front of her.

She hesitantly reached out and shook his hand. Her eyes scanned his face back and forth, trying to find clues of negative emotions.

Nothing.

(Could it be that this person really won't be angry?)

With such a naive thought, she breathed a sigh of relief. While she followed him out of the building, she asked the question that had been hidden in her heart.

"I have a little question to ask Bang King … Because I said that heating will cause a nuclear explosion, I can understand why you don't use fire on the gravel.

But the ice that sealed the door can be melted by heating, right?

If you are here, the speed of breaking through will be faster. "

She sped up a few steps and walked side by side with him.

"— Why doesn't Bang King use fire in the battle?"

— BOOM!