At last, Sakumi Hiko felt an ominous premonition.
According to the intelligence, not only had "Group" apparently taken Fang Li's side, but even "Item" had joined him. They had just crushed "School" without suffering a single casualty.
Now, only Yuzuriha Awaki from "Group" had come here, while everyone else had been freed up.
"Item" was naturally standing by as well.
Sakumi Hiko had thought that, under his demands, those two Dark Departments would certainly not dare act rashly. Still, they would surely try every possible way to intervene and stop their operation.
Sakumi Hiko had made preparations for that as well.
But... but...
What if both "Group" and "Item" had not planned to intervene in the events here and had instead gone to Academy City's outer wall to face the mercenary force?
The outcome would be beyond doubt.
After all, although the mercenary force had a full five thousand men, their equipment belonged only to the ordinary world, which lagged behind Academy City.
Meanwhile, "Group" and "Item" had two Espers among them.
The number one.
Number Four.
Those two alone would be enough to ravage the entire mercenary force, wouldn't they?
After all, Espers were classified as beings capable of taking on an entire army by themselves.
Without Academy City's advanced equipment, ordinary armies simply could not contend with Espers.
If both "Group" and "Item" had gone to deal with the mercenary force at the outer wall...
At that thought, Sakumi Hiko became agitated.
"Impossible... impossible...!"
Unable to conceal the anxiety in his voice, Sakumi Hiko shouted.
"You had no idea we had a mercenary force supporting us! How could you possibly have sent people to intercept them beforehand!?"
Until Sakumi Hiko revealed their existence, no one had noticed the five thousand mercenaries outside Academy City.
Then naturally, the two