Chiba Erika smiled with a fighting spirit, her fully extended baton held vertically before her chest, looking ready to strike at any moment.
"I can tell what you're thinking just by looking at you."
"But unfortunately, I'm not asking for your help to fight; I just need you to keep an eye on the suspicious individuals in the lobby and the archives."
"Tch, boring!"
Chiba Erika rested her extended baton-type CAD on her shoulder and pouted.
"Tatsuya, I'll leave it to you guys. Someone sent by Senior Jumonji will be here shortly to take them into custody."
Kudo Mitsunobu twitched his lips, deciding it was better to talk to Shiba Tatsuya instead.
"Understood."
Shiba Tatsuya nodded in agreement; besides, this was his duty as a member of the Disciplinary Committee, and he had no way to refuse.
"Also, Senior Mibu is upstairs, so please look after her!"
"I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be going now."
Kudo Mitsunobu walked out without looking back, but just as he had completely exited, Shiba Tatsuya received a message from him.
Thinking Kudo Mitsunobu had something else to relay, Shiba Tatsuya opened it openly and honestly.
"Senior Mibu has been knocked unconscious by me. If you just send your sister and Chiba up there alone now..."
"Then no one will ever know what you did!"
"Brother, you wouldn't be planning to go up there yourself, would you?"
Shiba Miyuki's chilling voice drifted into Shiba Tatsuya's ear.
"Wait, Miyuki. I never said I was going up there myself!"
"This guy is really something!" For once, a rare, significant ripple of emotion appeared on Shiba Tatsuya's face.
Running along the school paths, the campus looked completely different from how it had been just moments ago; the entire school had been reduced to a battlefield.
Trees were snapped in two, and deep craters were visible everywhere on the ground.
Students had spontaneously formed guard units, working alongside the school's enforcement squad and the Disciplinary Committee to confront the terrorists.
On his way to the school gate, Kudo Mitsunobu also lent a hand to several students who were struggling in fierce combat.
The good news was that Kudo Mitsunobu did not see any other Course 2 Students among the terrorists.
What should have been a few minutes' walk took Kudo Mitsunobu nearly half an hour to reach the school gate, and by the time he arrived, an armored off-road vehicle was already parked there.
"Hurry up and get in!"
The driver's side window rolled down, and Jumonji Katsuto's face poked out to beckon Kudo Mitsunobu.
After Kudo Mitsunobu climbed into the vehicle, he discovered another student in the passenger seat.
"Yo! Kudo, I'm joining in on the fun too."
Kirihara Takeaki's large face appeared in Kudo Mitsunobu's view, greeting him.
"So it's Senior Kirihara. I'm surprised Senior Jumonji agreed to let you participate."
Kudo Mitsunobu nodded politely; he had an impression of this senior, after all, he was the male protagonist of the Mibu Sayaka incident, whom he had also seen while reviewing the archives.
"Kirihara happened to be by my side at the time, and his reasons for participating were enough to convince me," Jumonji Katsuto said without looking back.
"That's how it is, I'll be counting on you."
Kirihara Takeaki also knew that Kudo Mitsunobu was the initiator of this operation, so he treated him with great courtesy.
"That doesn't matter. Senior Jumonji, has everything inside the school been taken care of?"
"Yes, by the time I went to get the car, the situation inside the school had basically been suppressed," Jumonji Katsuto said in a low voice, though that was just his personality.
Jumonji Katsuto was the meticulous type; he wouldn't have come to handle matters outside the school without first ensuring everything inside was properly arranged.
"Senior Jumonji and Senior Kirihara will cut off their retreat from the rear, I will launch a frontal assault, and Sister Kyoko will help us keep watch for any outside reinforcements while also dealing with any stragglers!"
Outside the Japan branch, the group of four stood beyond the perimeter wall as Kudo Mitsunobu assigned their respective tasks.
No one had any objections to Kudo Mitsunobu's plan, and they all donned the communication headsets provided by Fujibayashi Kyoko to stay in contact at all times.
"Breach!"
At Fujibayashi Kyoko's command, Kudo Mitsunobu and the duo of Jumonji Katsuto moved simultaneously.
In Kudo Mitsunobu's view, the encounter with the enemy came unexpectedly early.
He had no intention of scouting carefully along the way; whenever he encountered a door, he simply blasted it open. After passing through two empty rooms, he finally engaged the enemy line.
"Nice to meet you, Kudo Mitsunobu-kun."
The man who spoke appeared to be around thirty years old, still quite young.
However, his pretentious and exaggerated mannerisms were truly nauseating.
"You are Shiichi, the leader of the Japan branch of [blance], right!"
Although Kudo Mitsunobu had no interest in engaging with such a posturing fellow, even after having reviewed the files provided by Fujibayashi Kyoko, he still had to perform the routine confirmation.
"Mm, how very rude of me."
"Just as you said, I am the leader of the Japan branch of [blance], Shiichi."
His psion count was very low, and his physical body also seemed to be below the average standard for a magician. This was the information Kudo Mitsunobu gathered the moment he laid eyes on him, using his Eye of Truth-Shattering.