Thanks to the second act of the mini-theater.
"Your Majesty, [Emperor's Loyal Terror Guard], we... have lost."
The dog-headed author lowered his head in shame.
"The enemy... is too strong. The imperial palace has been surrounded by eight hundred thousand troops."
"Your Majesty, take the secret passage and leave first. I'll stay behind and disguise myself as you..."
[Emperor's Loyal Terror Guard]: "..."
"You really are something. Take this command tally. The enemy commander was once my subordinate, and the eight hundred thousand troops will obey your orders."
The dog-headed author was overjoyed. "His Majesty truly had the foresight!!"
"The horn of counterattack has sounded! Victory belongs to our kingdom!!"
The rooftop.
Horikita tied the fat man and the skinny man together.
Then he turned back and praised Uchiha. "You've grown stronger."
"But this rate of improvement is something I've never seen before."
Uchiha looked at the president and asked in return:
"How long has it been since the freshmen enrolled?"
Horikita: "?"
Unable to understand the other man's train of thought, he opened his mouth and answered him first.
"A little over a month. To be exact, thirty-one days."
"Oh."
Uchiha sighed. "So it's been a long thirty-one days. President, times have changed."
"On the first day of school, I could already more or less land a hit on you."
"Two weeks later, I blew up the PE teacher."
"Now that a month has passed, theoretically, crushing Siba in ten seconds... really shouldn't have happened."
"At the very least, it should've been three seconds faster."
"..."
Horikita's mouth twitched.
Why did this guy sound so damn smug?
What did he mean, a long thirty-one days??
He made it sound like he had trained for a month, instantly defeated Siba, and still thought his progress was too slow!!!
Horikita