068: Can I Sing You a Song?

Whoosh!!

Ootori pushed his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its limit, his entire body covered in deep blue electrical currents.

Roar!!!

With a furious roar, he slammed into the three-meter-tall giant!

Bam! Bam! Bam!!!

This time, Ootori fought like a madman, taking Ijika's heavy punches head-on without dodging.

A knee strike deeply caved in Ijika's chest, sending the three-meter-tall body crashing to the ground.

Then, his left hand firmly gripped Ijika's shoulder, while his right fist pounded Ijika's face blow after blow.

"Hahahahaha, feels good! Feels soo good!"

"Weren't you acting all tough because of your size? Do you think you're tough now? Huh? Do you!?" Ootori roared with laughter, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Bam! Bam! Splat!!

His powerful, lightning-enhanced fists completely pulverized Ijika's face, finally shattering it like a watermelon.

The sizzling sound of electricity sparked countless wisps of white smoke.

Haa... Feels good!

Ootori stood up shakily, completely exhausted.

His Lightning Release Chalra Mode vanished.

The surrounding area was filled with craters created by the two giants' struggle.

But, he felt stronger.

Defeating a monster stronger than himself filled him with a sense of accomplishment, his confidence soaring.

Just then, Ijika, whose head he had just blown up, and who was lying on the ground, started trembling. 

In the next moment, amidst swirling mist, he stood up completely unharmed.

"Ijika!!!" The three-meter giant roared towards the sky.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Heavy footsteps echoed as two more Ijikas emerged from the mist.

Three identical giants surrounded Ootori.

"This... How can I fight this?"

Ootori stared in disbelief, then turned and fled towards the South teaching building.

There was no other way. 

He hated thinking; it was better to find Captain Samui and figure out a solution together.

As for Karasu, he was clever and should be able to escape on his own.

In a classroom in the North building, the sound reading could be heard, as if a desperate student trying his hardest cram an years worth of materiel into his head with an allnighter.

…

"Next!"

Slowly, one by one, the bespectacled girl repaired the wooden mannequins damaged in the previous battles.

These terrifying wooden mannequins didn't harm her.

They obediently stood in line...

...forming a long queue.

"I didn't expect these ghost like wooden mannequins to have such pure hearts, just like real students."

The bespectacled girl gradually calmed down. 

If she had known this, they wouldn't have needed to run away.

But anyone who saw a group of talking wooden people bowing to them...

...would be frightened and would instinctively protect themselves, right?

"Teacher, my body hurts."

The one whose turn it was now had a completely intact body, with a shiny wooden frame, clearly well-maintained.

"Where does it hurt? Again, you have a body made out of wood, are you sure you can feel pain?" The bespectacled girl put her hands on her hips, acting like a lecturing teacher.

She even flicked the wooden mannequin's head, producing a 'thunk' sound.

"Oh, I don't know what pain feels like, I'm just repeating what the teachers say."

"Then can you help me? Something's wrong with me." The wooden mannequin scratched its head.

Bespectacled Girl: "What's wrong?"

Wooden Mannequin: "Something's wrong with my body, can you help me?"

Bespectacled Girl: "What are the specific symptoms?"

Wooden Mannequin: "Something's wrong with my body, what other symptoms are there? Can you help me?"

Bespectacled Girl: "What's the specifics?"

Wooden Mannequin: "It's broken."

Bespectacled Girl: "I'm asking which specific part of your body is uncomfortable? If you don't tell me, how can I fix you?"

Wooden Mannequin: "My whole body is uncomfortable."

Bespectacled Girl: "Specifically where?"

Wooden Mannequin: "My body."

Bespectacled Girl: "Where on your body?"

Wooden Mannequin: "The front."

Bespectacled Girl: "The front is a large area, where specifically?"

Wooden Mannequin: "Maybe the top, maybe the bottom, oh right, my head feels uncomfortable too, is it missing?"

The bespectacled girl was about to go crazy. She knocked on his head: "Isn't your head right here?"

Wooden Mannequin: "My bottom feels uncomfortable too."

Bespectacled Girl: "Where exactly do you feel unwell!?"

Wooden Mannequin: "...so, can you help me?"

"Get lost!" The bespectacled girl, driven mad by this idiot, couldn't help but kick him.

Thump!!!

The wooden mannequin fell, its head popped off, and its eyes lit up: "Hey, that feels better."

"Pfft~" The bespectacled girl almost spat out blood.

The next wooden mannequin in line, which only had a head, hopped up and attached itself to the body on the ground.

"Haha, this is my body. I finally found it." The new wooden mannequin stood up.

"I... Teacher, can I curse?"

"Sorry, I really can't fit in with you guys!!"

Like hell she can!

The bespectacled girl was exhausted. These wooden mannequins all looked the same; how could she tell them apart?

Coupled with their idiotic intelligence, repairing them was truly a difficult task.

Just then, heavy footsteps echoed in the hallway.

A nearly three-meter-tall muscular giant came into view.

"Intruder, die!!!" The giant roared at the bespectacled girl and charged.

This time, all the wooden mannequins were unhappy. 

They rushed forward, determined to protect the bespectacled girl from the muscular giant.

Boom!!!

The giant's huge hand swept out, instantly knocking several wooden mannequins away, sending them crashing into the wall and scattering them.

"Teacher, run! We'll hold him off." The wooden mannequins continued to swarm forward.

"You guys..." The bespectacled girl was moved. 

She hadn't expected that after helping them with a few small things, they would risk their lives to protect her from the monster.

"It doesn't hurt, we can't die." As the wooden mannequins spoke, they piled on top of each other, forming a giant puppet that lunged at Ijika.

Bam!!!

The two behemoths grappled in the hallway.

"As expected, nothing in this school is normal, I should just worry about myself." The bespectacled girl composed herself and quickly ran towards the back.

Reaching the stairwell and about to go downstairs, she heard heavy footsteps coming from the second floor.

"Crap, there's another one here."

Without time to think, the bespectacled girl hurried up to the fourth floor.

Unfortunately, the footsteps behind her grew louder and louder.

She wasn't as fast as the one chasing her.

Just as the bespectacled girl was losing hope, she heard children's voices from a room ahead.

"I, the Second Mage, Yamanaka Ino!"

"I, the Giant of Light, Akimichi Choji!"

"I, the Wielder of Black Flames, Uchiha..."

Bam!!!

The bespectacled girl burst through the door. 

Inside a clearly just-cleaned empty room, several small children were striking various poses.

Beneath their feet was a glowing magic circle.

Among them, a child wearing an eyepatch was lazily leaning against the back wall.

And, It was the "ghost" she had seen floating in the mist earlier.

A glowing magic circle, another oddity of the academy.

Recalling the strange words of these children just now...

There wasn't a single normal person in this academy!

The bespectacled girl really wanted to cry.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Her situation could be described just like this.

"E-Excuse me. I... I am the harmless. M-my name... is Kumo Usagi."

Following the local customs, the bespectacled girl weakly raised her right hand like an obedient student and said tearfully:

"Is it too late for me to leave now?"

The heavy footsteps outside the door drew closer.

Crap, she couldn't go out, she would die if she did.

It was better to die at the hands of these unknown but seemingly cute little things.

If they would give her the time for one song to avoid the monster outside the door...

So, the bespectacled girl quickly changed her words:

"To demonstrate my apologies, can I sing you a song?"

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