"Now?"
The young men and women were all startled by the sudden words, the question nearly slipping out before they could stop it.
At this moment, they had still been thinking of watching what happened next.
Originally, they had thought they would be ecstatic after escaping alive. They had even been considering how to suppress their excitement so it would not show, lest they look pathetic.
But the moment they came out, they saw Teacher Chiba in his youth, followed by a scene that seemed like companions attacking each other, and then a string of deeply meaningful exchanges. Before they could even steady themselves, they had been drawn into a flood of curiosity.
At this very moment, they truly wanted to know exactly what had happened here.
At such a crucial time, when the truth was about to surface, they were being told to leave and sent away. They really were unwilling.
"What? Have you forgotten what kind of situation this is?"
At that, young Chiba's Slug Sage Art clone shot them a stern glance, his expression grave and his tone almost harsh to the extreme.
Instinctively, all twelve of them shuddered.
A chill instantly crawled up their spines.
He was serious!
Teacher Chiba was extremely serious! Although this Slug Sage Art clone only looked like a youth, that glance and that sentence were no different from the teacher who had never shown them a stern face before nearly scolding them!
Moreover, just that glance was enough to make them lower their heads abruptly, their hearts trembling as an instinctive fear bubbled out uncontrollably.
Almost subconsciously, they wanted to agree and leave as quickly as possible.
But they were still unwilling. They still wanted to know what had happened here. Though their experience was limited, they knew that what had