The swatch of light green fabric split in two and fell to the ground.
Clutching her chest, the girl knelt on the floor in stunned disbelief, her beautiful crimson eyes filled with bewilderment.
Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi simply couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
Why?
Why was her ability completely useless against Su Yuzu?
Even... the moment she had deployed her "Wide-Area Mental Interference," she felt as if a battle tank had come barreling straight toward her.
Her "Wide-Area Mental Interference" had been brutally smashed apart.
What followed... was the chill of her clothes being sliced open, and the stinging pain that radiated from her chest.
The coldness of the blade's edge quickly transformed into a searing sting, the fine line of blood burning against the most sensitive skin on the girl's chest.
Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi could only lower her head humbly before Su Yuzu, her hands clutching the slashed uniform over her chest as she knelt curled up before her.
Su Yuzu looked down at Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's bowed head and slowly sheathed her sword. "Thank you for the pointers, Kiyomi."
Clang—
To Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi, the sound of the girl slowly sheathing her sword was incredibly grating.
"Miss Kiyomi..." Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's cronies came scrambling over.
The one whose cheek had been grazed by the scabbard Su Yuzu threw instinctively bowed her waist as she ran past Su Yuzu.
"Get away!!!" Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi waved her hand angrily, and then... a chill and a sharp pain shot through her chest.
The girl immediately hunched over again, clutching her shoulders.
"Mi-Miss Kiyomi, I'll heal you."
"Miss Kiyomi, please bear with it for a moment and wear my uniform jacket."
"..."
Inside the training hall, some of the girls' eyes were already starting to sparkle.
"Su Yuzu-senpai... is so cool."
Indeed, the girl holding the tachi.
Her smooth black hair was casually cut short, and her small face and those magnificent, crimson eyes—a trademark of the main Soga family—possessed a remarkably elegant contour.
The girl standing there.
She radiated a charm that transcended gender.
The ones left staring dumbfounded were not just the other girls, but also the little rabbit.
Saotome Yukina's watery blue eyes were glistening with adoration.
Su Yuzu could only grip her scabbard and gently tap the dazed little rabbit on the forehead with the pommel.
Saotome Yukina seemed to snap back to her senses.
The girl first clutched her forehead in pain, but before Su Yuzu could come forward to comfort her, Saotome Yukina acted like a child asking a grown-up for candy.
"I want to learn that!"
"I want to learn that!!!"
Thump—
Kujou Katora, holding a bamboo staff in one hand, gave Saotome Yukina another tap on the other side of her forehead.
"Master the basics first."
"Besides, you're a Healing Department Esper."
"On the battlefield, your only mission is to survive."
"And then heal as many people as possible."
"I don't want to heal more people, I'll only heal Yuzu-senpai," the little rabbit muttered. "And besides..."
She swung her practice bamboo staff. "As long as I kill all the enemies, I'll be safe."
Thump—
Su Yuzu gave the little rabbit another tap on the other side of her forehead.
This girl... what assassin's apprentice was she?
She'll be safe as long as she kills all the enemies first—what kind of self-defense method was that for a Healing Department Esper?
Saotome Yukina clutched her forehead pitifully.
Her watery blue eyes were brimming with tears.
But... after seeing Su Yuzu's serious gaze, the little rabbit immediately deflated.
Saotome Yukina wasn't some unreasonable young lady.
She knew... Yuzu-senpai and that mean woman were right.
She was trying to run before she could even walk.
"I was just kidding..."
Before Saotome Yukina could finish muttering, she smelled a fresh fragrance approaching.
"Yuzu... senpai..."
Flustered, the girl looked at her senpai, who was now close enough to touch.
The sweet and sour, refreshing scent of a freshly peeled citrus fruit wafted from her senpai, continuously teasing the little rabbit's nose.
Trying hard to remain calm, Saotome Yukina could only stand there stiffly, letting her senpai brush her hair aside.
"Does it hurt..." came a murmured voice.
"Nghh—" A whimper, like that of a bullied little animal, escaped the girl's throat.
Kujou Katora stood quietly to the side.
She was pondering the same question that many in the training hall were pondering at that moment.
How on earth... did Su Yuzu break through the "Wide-Area Mental Interference"?
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Wearing an ill-fitting school uniform, her brows furrowed into an ugly frown, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi fled the training hall.
The girl's footsteps practically stomped on the ground with every step.
Whenever a cold wind blew into her collar, the girl's expression would darken another few shades.
Behind her, the other girls were silent as cicadas in winter.
Even a fool could see that Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi was in a very bad mood right now.
Their young mistress was like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment.
No one wanted to cross her.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it..."
"How could this happen."
Even now, Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi couldn't figure out how Su Yuzu had managed to break through her "Wide-Area Mental Interference."
Cheating!
She must have cheated!
Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi could only think this way.
That Third Sequence woman must have done something behind the scenes.
Otherwise... Su Yuzu, who hadn't even reached the First Sequence and was just an ordinary Psychokinesis User.
How on earth could she have broken through her "Wide-Area Mental Interference"?
She didn't even feel like attending her afternoon classes.
Thump—
Returning to her dorm, the girl slammed the door shut.
She needed to take a shower to wash away the bad luck, and... get a new set of clothes and underwear.
Just then, beep beep beep beep—
A call came in.
"What is it!" Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi answered the phone irritably.
The caller ID on her phone was... "Father."
A light-blue screen expanded, showing a man suppressing his anger, his hands braced on a desk.
"Ishikawa Kiyomi!!!"
The man's furious appearance instantly made Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's body tremble. "Fa..."
"Father..."
"Have I not told you! Do not provoke people from the main family for no reason!"
"I... I was just..." Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi was immediately thrown into a panic.
The girl's first thought was, who snitched on her to her father?
"Your wings have grown stiff, haven't they?"
"So capable now, are you?"
"Reached the First Sequence at fifteen, you think you're so incredible, don't you?" The man suppressed a bellyful of rage as he looked at the panicked girl on the screen.
"Now!"
"Immediately!"
"Right this instant."
"Go and apologize to Miss Yuzu for me."
"But..." Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi wanted to speak, feeling wronged. After all, she was the one who ended up getting bullied.
"Don't make me say it a second time."
"Yes!!!" The girl hastily bowed her head. Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi's fists were clenched so tight, and she bit down hard on her lower lip.
Bzzzt— The video feed cut off directly.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!!" The girl's fist slammed down on the desk.
Elsewhere.
The man, who looked as if he was completely drenched in a cold sweat, slowly turned his head.
He looked at the crimson screen in front of him.
On the screen, a girl sat there with an ice-cold expression.
"Y-Young Miss..."
"Kiyomi is still immature."
"..."
"Don't let me hear of this a second time."
"Ishikawa Irube."
"Next month is her... my birthday. I don't want, at a time like this..."
"...to have everyone be upset."
"Understood?"
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