Chapter 83

Sitting on the floor of the treehouse, Yuji looked around as he waited for Gabriela.

"There really is a TV... And it's working too, how did you manage to do this?"

"One of my sisters is really smart at making stuff, she made a router that can connect to other media's around here and connected it to the TV, that TV is wireless and purely relies on an internet connection," Alicia said.

"I see..."

"I'm back!" Gabriela said, sounding enthusiastic, flying into the door with a lunch box in hand.

"Here!" She placed the two lunch sets on the table, "here is our meal! My favorite fried chicken!"

Opening the large lunch box, they saw a variety of food in an organized and eye-catching manner.

"Eh!? I don't remember asking for this much," Gabriela said, looking confused.

"It all seems so good," Yuji said.

"I didn't think there'd be this much... Don't touch the chickens! They're mine!"

"Ah, Sure..."

Yuji took a deep breath, "anyway Gabriela... Why did you..."

"Ah! It seems like it's starting! "Gabriela said, looking at the TV with excitement.

Yuji paused, looking at the TV.

The TV displayed a small number of students entering the arena.

"Huh? Isn't that Yukina? I thought she wasn't participating today?" Yuji said.

Gabriela smiled with excitement.

Meanwhile at the stadium.

"E... Erina... Are they...." Layla said, sounding nervous.

"Yukina is there, and all the cameras seem to focus on them, I'm assuming they are S classes,"

"Eh!? W... why are S classes here? I thought their event was separated from us!?"

"Some sort of special event probably,"

Ray glared with a very interested expression, "wow! Those people look important, just look at their entrance!"

"They're S classes," Jack walked beside Ray, "I researched some of them and now I'm seeing them in front of me,"

"Ooohh," Ray became more amazed.

"In this City, you can move up to S rank even with an A-class ability..." Jack remembers his face-off with Yuji, "that bastard... What is his abilities class? For him to be so confident about it..." He gripped his hand, being frustrated.

"Looks like everyone is here folks!" The commentator said as the crowd cheered, "some people must be wondering, who are these people that just entered the stadium? Well, they are some the biggest hope of humanity, the S ranks of City A!"

The crowd roared as the camera focuses on the S ranks.

"Miss Anya!"

"Ah! Sir Jiwo looks so cool!"

"Looking good, Yukina!"

The crowd cheered for them, as all of them waved back.

"Such an aura..." Layla shivered, "they all look so dignified, so cool..."

"So these are the S rank students... They seem intimidating in our position alright..." Erina said, feeling slightly tensed.

Yukina glances at them and began to slowly make her way towards them.

Layla and Erina tensed up, feeling intimidated as Yukina approaches them.

Yukina stopped in front of them, as they all stayed silent with serious expressions.

Yukina tilted her head, "eh? Why are you looking so tense all of the sudden?" Breaking the tension, her intimidating aura shattered as she talked.

"Uhh..." Layla and Erina became dumbfounded.

"Hm? What's wrong?"

"Ah..." Layla said, still being dumbfounded.

"Ah, sorry... We actually forgot you were a friend for a sec," Erina said.

"Eh!? Why!?" Yukina shivered.

Meanwhile at the treehouse.

"The S ranks..." Yuji said.

"Even though it's obvious, just so you know, that's not all the S ranks in the City," Gabriela said.

"I know... One of the strongest ones is eating in front of me..."

"Hehe!"

The commentator took a deep breath, "alright! Now for the announcement!" The crowd cheered, "the staff has found that a lot of new students today are very interesting, therefore led to this event, and this will also serve as their training! Though this is a special event, I suggest you all still take this seriously, because your credits will ride on it!"

Yukina turned around, "it's probably going to start soon, by the way where is Yuji?"

"He left earlier," Erina said.

"Is he not participating in the next event?"

"He wanted to leave a message for you before he left,"

"Hm?"

"He said Gabriela wants to go to the forest of best apples,"

Yukina tilted her head, "I guess that's where she went? Thanks for the information,"

"Y... yeah,"

Yukina began to walk back to the group of S ranks in the middle of the stadium, "she probably just felt like going and didn't bother to tell me," she thought.

Yukina paused, "wait a second... Then why did the news come from Yuji? All Erina said was that he left but she didn't mention where or whether he'll be coming back... Is it connected somehow? I don't feel good about this,"

"The game is set!" The commentator shouted, "the game is, capture the flag, but! With a twist! all the S ranks here versus the new students!"

"EH!?" Layla shouted, along with the other students who were shocked by the announcement.

"This will serve as training and a test, try your best to win in these conditions! The S ranks will only have five people per round and the new students will have six, all the new students will be injected while the S ranks will only have two of them injected!"

"They're giving us handicaps, well of course they would," Layla said.

Erina looked serious, preparing herself mentally.

"The S ranks will not attack for the first five minutes, therefore all of them would only defend, for the time being, meanwhile, the students will be able to attack or defend as they please,"

Ray's eyes enlarged with excitement, "we're going to fight against S ranks! This is so exciting!"

"After the five minutes, all S ranks on the field will be free of these restrictions, and an all-out battle will commence!"

Jack gripped his hand, "so the five minutes is basically our time limit..."

"Now then! Form a team of six and head for the registration team by the stage! All the specialized weapons got by your team in the last round will be your weapon of choice!"

Erina looked around, "he's still not here..." Sounding worried, Layla approached her from behind.

"I'm sure everything is fine, let's just try to get through this for now,"

Erina nodded, "yeah... Let's just get this over with for now,"

Layla paused for a thought, "is it just me, or does being separated from Yuji cause her persona to change... Maybe I'm imagining things, is it just her expression?"