"Hello? Head researcher?"
Entering the shared research room of Alaine and Rualan, the assistant walks in and looks around.
"Hello?"
(Did she forgets to lock the door?)
Walking a bit further into the room and finding no one, he heads back to the door to exit.
(Arrggh!!!!)
"Assistant?"
"Yes?"
Rualan appeared from under her desk to his surprise, making him takes a step back knocking into the chair.
"Eh?"
"You're here"
"Ah. Yes, I'm here"
"Great"
"...Yes"
"...."
"....?"
"Help me up, I can't feel my legs"
"Oh, okay", grabbing her other hand which she extended out he grabs it and pulls her up gently, once she was up he continue holding her hands to check on her.
"Good?"
"Its still numb"
"Ah, that's a problem, but why were you under the desk?"
"Just an experiment"
"There's a monster under there?"
"No"
Deciding not to ask any more questions he leads her to the chair and sets her down.
"So, I came to report on my training to capture Speedy"
"Who?"
"Oh, the Ticket Speeding monster"
"Right. What about it?"
"I think I might be able to capture it tomorrow"
"That's great"
"Yeah, all thanks from a classmate I met a few days ago"
"So that's who you have been spending time with"
"Yes, that's right"
Hearing this, Rualan's eyes narrowed a bit.
"...You seem happy when talking about this classmate"
"Yeah, she's so nice and patience with me when I ask for her help"
"What's her name?"
"It's Serina Kurihara"
".....Wait. That Kurihara?"
"There's two Kurihara?"
"....Is she the one with white hair and blue eyes?" ignoring the dumbfounded question from her assistant and his lack of common knowledge, Rualan ask another question.
"Oh, yeah, she is"
"....."
"So, you just ask her for help and she accepts it?"
"Yeah, something like that"
"....."
"...?"
"You're really something"
"...Thank you?"
"So, tell me, what are your chances of succeeding in the capture tomorrow?"
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The Next Day
"Seriously, dude, just give up already" said Shin flapping his hand in the air dramatically as having punched Kyle hurts him(not).
"One more...
"Okay, bud"
Then Shin disappear and appear in front of Kyle.
(Oh, -----)
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"Ugh...Don't fight me"
Placing the cage down, the guy slowly place his hand on the lock, and slowly unlocks it.
Upon seeing this, the monster rapidly shoots out of the cage kicking it back to his his legs.
"Ow.....", groaning the guy kneeled down on the ground in pain and lie on his side taking a deep quick breath.
"...." getting up he looks at a picture on his phone and looked around once more for a monster.
(This is going to take a while)
Which he did take a while.
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"....Ugh!"
Slamming the bottom of his fist onto the locker, Kyle created a dent in it while changing his clothes.
"Dammit! ■■■■!"
Replaying the image from the match in his head, Kyle couldn't help but feel a sense of anger and hatred towards Shin and himself.
"What's wrong? That's all you got?"
"Hoo~, I'm hungry, what are you eating?"
"Over here, dude"
That was what he said while Kyle was relentlessly chasing him trying to hit him with his sword but none landed on him.
Shin Morima, current strongest in 1st year students, is almost as strong as the upperclassmen, heck he could be as strong as the current strongest student in each year's group!
He barely give a glance to him as he read a book while dodging him, then after a few blows got serious and punched him.
The fourth time was when Kyle anticipated it and focus all his strengths into the defense which saves him from falling unconscious.
This caught Shin's attention, but not the way he wanted it to be, the kind that he gets punched more than once relentlessly before being left to be healed by the medical golems that rushed to him immediately even before the match ended.
"Kyle?" Serina who was outside the locker room noticed her friend's face contorted in anger.
"Serina..."
"What happened?"
"...You don't know?"
"..You have a match today?"
"Yeah..."
"Oh, sorry, I was just--"
"Is it him?"
"...? Yes, it's him, but--"
"Why?"
"Why? Because--"
"You. ■■■■" he said quietly.
"Huh? Did you say something, Kyle?"
"Nothing"
"Okay?" she tilted her head to the side in concern to get a look at his face but decided to accept his wish to be ignored.
"Let's go"
"Okay, wh-- !?", Kyle yanked Serina by the wrist and takes the lead.
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Furries of small fists hit against the metal bars quickly with insane speed as Speedy punched at super speed to break itself free.
"Lol, serves you right" said the guy who captured it.
Speedy growls in anger and tries to throw hands at him but fails due to the distance between them and its small arms.
When he first caught it, he couldn't help but shed an imaginary tear, all his effort with Serina was well worth it as he finally catch it, he even went as far as to cheer out loud inside a dungeon while holding the monster by its neck for everything to see.
"Rualan have so much plan for you" he smiled in a scary manner inside the hood that cast a shadow covering his entire face, but Speedy can detect it from inside its cage without fail causing it to shiver in fright.
"Hehehe"
Looking up from the entrance of the dungeon, he saw two people having an argument, one person is shouting something to the other that it attracts the attention of nearby students.
(Oh, drama, huh)
Tempted to join in on the drama, the guy decided against it as he has other things to do.
Much important things to do.