The spars went as you'd expect.
Floyd beat Anastasia, I got pummeled by Jillton, and Krill easily defeated Clair.
After the spars professor Andrew walked us back to the classroom and told us to do whatever until the end of the academy day.
Andrew then went towards the other group of Elite class students and led them to the outside of the academy to also do their physical training.
Looking around the classroom, Floyd was slumped over and sleeping on his desk as usual, Jillton was aimlessly looking around the close vicinity of Anastasia, Clair was minding her own business, and Anastasia was...
'Well she was just sitting down a second ago, I think.'
"Hey, again." a familiar, that was obviously Anastasia's, said from my right just out of my vision.
"Yea?" I looked at her and said with a questioning tone.
Pulling a seat from the rows of seats beside mine Anastasia sat down and then asked me:
"Can you help me with something?"
After hearing her finish my cheeks turned ever so slightly red but a moment later returned to their usual color after I remembered what Jillton did to me after Anastasia approached me once.
'I probably shouldn't be around her if Jillton is going to get all angry and attack me.'
In insight I strategically stood up from my seat and began to walk away from the conversation entirely.But before I could even take one step Anastasia grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back into my seat.
"Before you go off and leave at least hear what I have to say." She said with a illuminating smile.
"Ok then. what is it you wanted to say?" I asked.
"Well you know the Arena battle between me and that other dude with the mask." Anastasia said as she looked at me.
"Yea, I was watching,why?"
"Isn't it obvious. That guy didn't even summon his Shadow Demon and yet he was almost able to beat me." Anastasia then looked over her shoulder and used her eyes which glanced towards Floyd to convey what she meant.
"So you think that Floyd is the masked man you fought against in the Arena.But if so why would you need my help?" I still wondered why she had asked me in the first place.
"Why else, I need to make sure that Floyd is the masked man and I can't do that alone, plus even if I did I'd have no evidence that he is so I decided I'd be better to get some people to help me and to use as proof." Anastasia reasoned.
"Ok, and how exactly do you plan to find the masked man's real identity in the first place?"
"Can't we just follow him around and see if he's the masked man." Anastasia remarked.
"Wouldn't that just be stalking. No, that literally is stalking." I said.
"So what. Anyway, since it seems like you are in on the plan we need to find at least one more person to help us." Anastasia claimed with complete disregard to my real answer that I'd never voice.
"Huh..one more person. Why not Clair."I mumbled.
"Ok why not."Anastasia rose from her seat right next to mine and approached Clair before she explained everything and only a moment later Clair was also seated to my right along with Anastasia.
"Why did you drag me into this." Clair leaned over and said in a muffled voice so Anastasia couldn't hear.
"Hey. I was dragged into this too, so I decided why not dragon someone else in as well." I chuckled and said with my hands up.
"Here's the plan. After the academy hours one of us will go to the Arena grounds and make sure if the masked man is there or not whilst the other two follow Floyd in secret so we can figure out if he's the masked man or not. Simple and easy." Anastasia divulged and explained to us.
"When are we starting this?" I asked.
"Today obviously. The faster we find the masked man's identity the faster we end this." Anastasia said.
"How will we communicate if two of us are following Floyd and the other is all the way in the Battlers Arena?" Clair asked with her arms crossed.
"Don't you have a phone?" Anastasia glanced over and asked.
"Yea I do." Clair said.
"Alright, then we can exchange numbers and then we can communicate via phone." Anastasia waved her phone in the air a=with her number displayed on it.
After we all exchanged numbers Anastasia continued explaining her masterful plan to us.
"That's all." She said.
The silence was the only thing left after her comment.
"So are you two going to go back to your seats." I stated.
"No. I don't think so." Anastasia said before immediately turning her head towards Clair and striking up a conversation that somehow lasted the entirety of the academic time.
While they were conversing I was pondering to myself and coincidentally out the corner of my eye I saw Jillton staring at me with his dark red eyes somehow burning with seething jealousy- maybe a passion to kill me.
'I'm dead' I thought whilst knowing I was about to die.
With a quick 360 my head gazed outside through the windows and looked down on the expansive city which appeared to go on forever.
Before I knew it a ding played in the intercom and signified the end of the day as students flocked out and went towards the train to catch a ride to wherever they wanted to go.
Standing up from her seat Anastasia put her hand out and looked at us, Clair and I.
Clair, somehow, immediately understood what Anastasia meant and she too put her hand out right above hers.
'Oh, like the group thingy where they go 1, 2 ,3 and then they all raise their hands and shout something.'
Putting my hand in the middle Anastasia said:
"To finding out who the masked man is."
She then pulled her hand back and told Clair to head to the Arena whilst she and I followed Floyd super stealthily.
With the plan set in motion Clair started moving out and heading towards the Arena whilst Anastasia and I stood up and followed Floyd out the room.
'Plan: stalk Floyd and find out if he's the masked man, is in motion.'