"Sigh..."
Seeing the hope in Kitada Yosuke's eyes, Ailin let out a sigh.
"I'm sorry, Student Kitada."
"According to the assessment rule added more than ten days ago, unless I see a Distress Flare being launched, even I cannot rescue you."
"After all, I punished my own team member when he broke the rules."
"If I broke the rules too and did not punish myself, it would be difficult to convince everyone. The people following me would lose their trust and expectations in me."
"So, Student Kitada, are you going to launch your Distress Flare now?"
Ailin's words made Kitada Yosuke's pupils contract.
How could he not know about this newly added rule?
After all, it was precisely because he had used the excuse that he had not deployed a Distress Flare that he had eventually regained the chance to continue the assessment.
At the same time, Captain Aizen's new rule had made him someone despised by every student in this class.
At first, for safety's sake, Kitada Yosuke usually held the Distress Flare in his left hand. The moment he encountered danger, he would immediately launch it.
Later, after finding Human World humans to be far more useful than a Distress Flare as meat shields for calling for help, Kitada Yosuke put his Distress Flare into the pocket over his chest.
Now, he had become a victim of that very rule.
Looking at Captain Aizen, who still wore a smile, Kitada Yosuke knew that if he did not use the Distress Flare this time, Captain Aizen would absolutely not extend a hand to save him.
But...
After being struck by that Medium Hollow just now, the Distress Flare in his chest had fallen out.
Looking at the Distress Flare three meters ahead of him, a trace of despair flashed