Unexpected Interceptor

When Itozawa and Kanzaki were making plans, they decided not to mobilize too many people to the swimming pool to avoid unnecessary attention. They carefully selected two classmates to join their operation: Amako Kura and Norihito Watanabe, while the others were told to return and wait for their situation report before any further arrangements.

They didn't have any objections and readily agreed.

The reason they called upon Amako and Watanabe was naturally because their abilities were useful.

Amako Kura, a psychic Ability User, her ability "Vigorous Spirit" could significantly amplify mental power.

With her amplification, Kanzaki's mental attacks would be more effective, and perhaps he could control Yasuda alone, making him stop the water flow or even retract it.

As for Watanabe, his ability was a physical ability called "Body Prison," which could restrain and control external objects within his own body. It was a special counter against object-type Ability Users like Yasuda. If Yasuda didn't fight fair and attacked them with water currents from the start, they would have to rely on Watanabe to defend.

As for Itozawa, he was to shield their minds. Although Kanzaki knew his ability wasn't a "mind wall" type, based on his previous performance against mental attacks, within a five-meter radius around him, he had some perception of mental power, and...

"The more mental attacks you receive, the faster your ability reacts."

"Are you done yet?" Itozawa, while feeling his Mind Sea slowly expanding outwards, couldn't help but retort as he dealt with Kanzaki's mental harassment.

"I'll need you to protect me later. I don't want to get a headache because of your slacking."

Kanzaki showed no signs of annoyance. As he explained, he gradually intensified the mental power of his attack, testing Itozawa's limits.

His mental power recovered quickly enough that even if each attempt was like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no real loss.

Itozawa looked at the gray chess pieces on the board in his Mind Sea that were occasionally lighting up, speechless.

So, who could tell him why Kanzaki was so interested in him? He was also a guy who disliked trouble, so why was Kanzaki so persistent even after he repeatedly ignored him!

"Because you are very much like me. I'm curious what you'll do after you understand your own strength."

As if seeing through his thoughts, Kanzaki responded again.

"Do what?" Itozawa was somewhat confused.

"Nothing." It was clear Kanzaki didn't want to answer.

Soon, they arrived at the swimming pool.

The four entered the swimming pool. The surface of the water was calm as a mirror, showing no signs of abnormality. Itozawa reminded everyone to be vigilant and then had Watanabe lead the way.

In the monitoring room, Yasuda watched Itozawa's group enter the swimming pool. His gaze shifted from elsewhere, and he had already guessed their objective.

It seemed he was the examiner again.

He just didn't know if it was his own test or Rin's.

However, the other side was more dangerous, so it was better to finish this quickly.

As soon as Itozawa and the others approached the pool, Yasuda began to use his ability, and the water in the pool began to churn. Seeing this, Watanabe immediately activated his ability, "Body Prison," restraining all the surging water within his body. An invisible cage formed around him, firmly controlling the waves and preventing the water from spreading.

Kanzaki glanced at the direction the water was surging from, made a judgment, and pointed towards the monitoring room. "Over there."

Amako, seeing him confirm the direction, immediately spread her mental power, enveloping Kanzaki.

Her mental power was like a warm current, instantly boosting Kanzaki's.

Kanzaki closed his eyes and concentrated. His mental power was like a sharp blade, piercing directly into Yasuda's Mind Sea.

Yasuda was caught off guard by this unexpected move. The water restraint surprised him for two seconds, but he didn't expect that in those two seconds, Kanzaki had already located his true form.

Just as they were about to succeed, a figure suddenly appeared and launched an attack directly at Kanzaki.

A punch was thrown with immense force. If Kanzaki hadn't trained regularly, this punch would have been enough to incapacitate him.

Itozawa looked closely: long hair, a wicked grin, Ryuen Kakeru?!

What was he doing here?

But no matter how surprised Itozawa was, the best moment had passed. Under Ryuen Kakeru's interference, Yasuda regained his senses and looked at Kanzaki, a hint of wariness in his eyes.

He then frowned and shouted at Ryuen Kakeru, "Your test is over. Leave quickly and don't interfere with another test."

Ryuen Kakeru shrugged indifferently, a sinister grin on his face. "Fighting slippery water people is boring. Teacher, you should have told me earlier that there were other people here to fight."

Yasuda frowned and tried to persuade him again.

Seeing his expression, Ryuen Kakeru knew he hadn't figured it out yet and impatiently threw out, "The test rules don't state that the teacher can't ask for help, do they?"

Yasuda thought about it and felt something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it. After all, the rules didn't explicitly say that a student's power couldn't be a form of assistance.

After a moment of distress, he couldn't figure it out and simply gave up thinking. He stopped Ryuen Kakeru and let him join the melee.

Seeing that Yasuda had finally stopped trying to persuade him, Ryuen Kakeru decisively threw out, "You go and watch the test of those weaklings. I'll take care of these four by myself."

Saying that, he ferociously lunged towards Amako. She looked weaker and should be a point of breakthrough.

Yasuda was about to step forward to help, but a warning signal sounded in his mind.

The water orb he used for warning had been broken.

He had no choice but to quickly shift his attention back, controlling the intensity of the water people fighting against Class C on the other side.

Ryuen Kakeru watched Yasuda's retreating figure and secretly praised Shiina for being reliable. Then, he turned back, ready to fight them.

Meanwhile, Kanzaki had just gotten up from the ground, adjusting his body that had been thoroughly shaken by the punch.

Watanabe was still struggling to restrain the water currents that were thrashing within his body. It seemed no one could stop Ryuen Kakeru.

Itozawa looked at the charging Ryuen Kakeru and still couldn't bring himself to ignore it.

So, he took a step forward, blocking in front of Amako, preparing to meet Ryuen Kakeru's onslaught.