Inside Agnes Tachyon's laboratory, Kaito's expression was serious.
"I need your help"
He looked directly into Agnes Tachyon's eyes and got straight to the point.
"Help me access the Tracen Academy public broadcast system; I have some words I need to say to everyone in the whole school"
Agnes Tachyon was stunned for a moment, and then, those eyes that always shone with a mad thirst for knowledge lit up.
"Oh? Are we going to conduct a non-discriminatory pheromone resonance experiment throughout the academy? This topic is very interesting! Yes!"
She rubbed her hands together with excitement, turned immediately, and pounced in front of her main control computer, her hands blurring into a streak of afterimages over the keyboard.
Gold City and TM Opera O, who rushed over upon hearing the commotion, looked at Kaito with confused expressions.
"Hey, you bastard, what kind of trouble are you trying to cause now?" Gold City crossed her arms, her face full of suspicion.
"Heh, heh, my dear protagonist always seems to enjoy performing some unexpected and improvised drama" said TM Opera O, fanning herself and guessing with great interest.
Kaito offered no explanation.
Soon, thanks to Agnes Tachyon's top-tier Matrix-like hacking skills, an encrypted line was successfully connected.
She gave a "OK" gesture to Kaito
"Microphone access acquired; effective coverage area: Tracen Academy main campus, all zones; begin your performance, Assistant-kun"
Kaito took a deep breath and gripped the microphone tightly.
The next second, his clear but incredibly firm voice resonated clearly through the speakers located in every corner of the academy.
The Umas who were sweating hard on the training field stopped in their tracks.
All the students listening intently to lectures in the classrooms looked up.
The instructors handling documents in their offices also sharpened their ears with curiosity.
"Good afternoon, students, trainers, and all academy staff"
"I am the newly appointed Chief Rehabilitation Therapist of the Fierce Umas Division, Kaito; I apologize for occupying a bit of your valuable time; I only have one thing I want to say today"
His voice was neither rushed nor slow; it had a power that made people fall silent involuntarily.
"I know that in the eyes of many, Rice Shower, a third-year student at our academy, is an 'Assassin', a 'bad omen', and perhaps even... a 'Demon'"
In a corner of the cafeteria, Rice Shower, who was silently stuffing rice into her mouth as fast as possible with her head bowed, suddenly froze upon hearing her name, so startled that the spoon in her hand fell onto the tray.
The surrounding gazes instantly focused on her.
During the broadcast, Kaito's voice suddenly became incredibly soft, yet full of an undeniable and powerful force.
"But today I am here to tell all of you..."
"Every person who thinks that way is completely wrong!"
"She is simply a girl who works harder than anyone, who is kinder than anyone, and who gives her all to run and pursue victory!"
"Victory! It should never be her sin!"
"Therefore, from this very moment" Kaito's voice, carried by the microphone's current, spread throughout the campus, reaching the ears of the trembling girl covering her mouth clearly and incredibly gently.
"I, as her 'Big Brother'!"
"I will bear all the criticism and accusations for her!"
"I will carry all the infamy and misunderstanding for her!"
"And you only have to do one thing: the next time she crosses the finish line, offer her your most sincere blessings! That is enough!"
"Because she is not an assassin, let alone a demon!"
"She is mine, and she is also all of yours..."
"The lonely one, worthy of being treated with kindness by everyone: Hero!"
The declaration ended.
The entire Tracen Academy fell into a deathly silence, followed immediately by a tremendous uproar that skyrocketed into the sky.
In the corner of the cafeteria, Rice Shower could no longer control herself.
She covered her mouth with both hands as hot tears of joy and pain fell like a breaking dam.
"Big Brother... He called me... a hero..."
In the laboratory, Kaito, after finishing his shocking declaration, put down the microphone.
He turned around and spoke to the three "girlfriends" behind him, who were completely stunned, in an undeniably authoritative tone:
"Gold City, TM Opera O, Agnes Tachyon, your networks are wider than mine"
"Help me find out which place in the academy she is most likely to go, given that it is raining and she just left crying"
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