Doubts

For Eichi, whether he attended school or not no longer mattered. He had practically finished all the 6th grade textbooks.

He had also completed everything required for Extracurricular Practice.

Still, he chose to remain at the academy. He felt that he should stay there for now.

It did not feel like the right time to leave yet. He was waiting for an opportunity.

That was what his intuition told him.

In the blink of an eye, school started again, and everyone gathered together once more. After an entire vacation, they had countless topics to talk about.

They also wanted to see how much their strength had improved.

Most importantly, they discussed grades. There was not really much to discuss; the rankings in Eichi's class were very stable, with the same few people always at the top.

As expected, Eichi was still 1st Place, Xiao Ye was 2nd Place, Tetsu was third, and Hirota was fourth.

The rankings after that were less stable. Everyone had grown accustomed to the scores of the top few, so they instead eagerly discussed the rankings farther down.

Another week passed in the blink of an eye when Eichi suddenly received a notice from Director Liu telling him to attend a meeting in his office.

Eichi knew that special training was about to begin.

Ten minutes later, Eichi, Sato, Kona, Xiao Ye, and Matsumoto appeared in Director Liu's office.

Director Liu sat in his office chair, took a sip of water, and looked at the five of them. "It has been confirmed. Intensive training will begin next Monday."

"This time, there will only be fifteen teachers for the intensive training. Including the five of you, that makes twenty people."

"You will be divided into two groups. Two of you will lead the 1st-grade juniors, while three