"Bang...!"
Amid the sound of impact, the figure struck hard by the brick rolled away awkwardly, then immediately flipped back to his feet. Ignoring his disheveled state, he lunged to the side.
"Smack...!"
Almost at the same instant, another brick flew through the air and smashed into the spot where he had been standing, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Having dodged the attack, the assailant leaped aside and hid behind a pillar.
Watching this, Fang Li did not even change his expression as he spoke lazily.
"Are you still planning to play?"
The complete lack of tension in his voice told his opponent that Fang Li had not been taking the attack seriously at all.
That was only natural.
"If I got serious, this place would be leveled, wouldn't it?"
It was neither a threat nor an exaggeration. He was merely stating a fact.
The other party fell silent.
After a while, the assailant emerged from behind the pillar.
He was a young man with brown hair and strikingly handsome features.
The young man looked exceptionally sunny. His expression felt like a spring breeze, and every gesture of his was refined and elegant. One glance was enough to tell that he came from an excellent family and was unquestionably a member of the upper class.
"I have long admired your name, Impasse Observe."
The young man smiled brightly at Fang Li and greeted him warmly.
"I am Kaihara Mitsuki. Please forgive any discourtesy, and I hope we can get along."
Kaihara Mitsuki.
To those well informed, that name should have been quite famous.
He was the grandson of Tokiwadai Middle School's chairman. In Academy City, where the primary purpose was the development of supernatural abilities, the authority he possessed was comparable to that of the family of a major