"Ding-dong!"
"Attention: The next student to take the test is..."
"Student ID '80/57/78,' Wannai Kinuho. Please proceed immediately to the testing area and cooperate with the testing instructor for the relevant offensive verification of water-flow manipulation!"
"Wannai Kinuho, please proceed immediately to the testing area..."
"!!"
"All students, please maintain order and line up according to your student numbers. No shouting, yelling, or loud conversations are permitted inside or outside the testing area!"
"That student over there, please do not enter the range of the esper-power testing grounds!"
"Repeating! The student over there with the high ponytail, please leave the range of the esper-power testing grounds immediately! Step back at once and leave the dangerous testing grounds. Crossing or approaching the testing area without permission is strictly prohibited!!"
"..."
It was Monday. The girls of Tokiwadai Middle School—a prestigious private school renowned for developing its students' abilities—had only just returned from enjoying the weekend, yet they had already been forced to change back into their tight, activity-friendly outdoor sportswear and shorts. Exposing their long, fair legs, they gathered chattering along the edge of the muddy field used for testing destructive power, a field completely devoid of grass, concrete, or asphalt. Their varying figures clustered together amid laughter and play, forming a beautiful campus scene.
Unfortunately, the private girls' school was full of girls. Even the teachers were women. That beautiful campus scene probably had no one around to appreciate it...
Naturally, the girls gathered together would occasionally cheer and make a racket at the performances of the students taking the ability tests, forcing the teachers responsible for recording data and maintaining order to repeatedly scold them loudly over the broadcast.
However,
the female teachers' reprimands did not seem to have much effect. After all, not every teacher could possess the