I-Island's Outstanding Students
In addition to verifying identities, the smart computer on the display stand also has a "Profile of Outstanding Students" section, which uses photos and brief descriptions to introduce the most promising new generation of students and their representative works. Among them, Melissa is the most frequently mentioned name; she seems to have a wide range of interests and excellent theoretical understanding in various fields.
While the others talked to Melissa and chose items based on her suggestions, Jilan, with Melissa's permission, looked at these things. To him, these things were much more important than Melissa's inventions, and he also discovered some interesting information.
I-Island is home to over ten thousand scientists, all of whom were leaders in their respective fields and had their own research paths. Naturally, they wouldn't become assistants to others. Most of the students in these research institutes are family members of these scientists, and their future lies in becoming their assistants, taking over their research.
Although these students are young, they have been influenced by their families since childhood, and many of them are now conducting research with scholars. Like Melissa, their inventions, though made with inexpensive materials, reveal aspects of the most cutting-edge scientific research on the island.
Jilan was quite grateful to Melissa for obtaining this information so easily. Although this information was not kept secret from the outside world, outsiders generally did not have an easy opportunity to see it.
To Jilan's surprise, Alice Nakiri's name was also on it. Her research project, as she said, was about "Quirk Cuisine." Alice came to the island a few years ago. She was a self-taught culinary artist at a young age, and her talent and achievements have earned her much praise throughout the entire I-Island.
However, the most attention-grabbing figure among them is not Alice Nakiri, but a Werewolf student with a hairy face in the photo. His introduction mentions that he sacrificed himself in an experiment several years ago, and his information is placed here as a tribute to his outstanding research in the field.
His research project was "On the Artificiality of Quirk and the Study of Bionic Humans." His advisor was Dr. Vogelbaum, the Nobel Quirk Prize laureate who proposed the "Quirk Factor."
By the way, his name is Alleyne, and he's Italian. Seeing this, Jilan couldn't help but chuckle. To be able to find that person's past here—how lucky!
Besides Midoriya, the others also found some suitable support equipment at Melissa's suggestion. Jiro took a piece of equipment similar to the speaker on his battle suit, Iida installed a pair of radiators on his exhaust pipe with Melissa's help, and Minoru Mineta took a water gun that could squeeze the Sticky Grape on his head into juice at Melissa's suggestion.
Yaoyorozu's ability to create various tools and Uraraka's Quirk to make objects Zero Gravity were beyond Melissa's comprehension. She simply said regretfully that she didn't have any suitable tools for them, and then turned her gaze to Jilan Jiyu.
"Jilan, although I've heard about your Quirk from Midoriya, I don't think your abilities are flawed, and I don't have any suggestions to offer," Melissa said frankly. "I'm sorry to disappoint you."
Jilan withdrew her finger from the display screen and smiled. "It's nothing."
The moment Jilan saw the gauntlets on Midoriya's hands, he knew they were support equipment modeled after All Might. Melissa was just a student; without extensive revisions, data analysis, and suitable materials, how could she easily create such a weapon?
Jilan never intended to get anything useful here. After all, support equipment is generally a special product made based on characteristics and weaknesses. The similarity between Midoriya and All Might's Quirk is just an exception.
For Jilan, indirectly learning about the latest research directions of some researchers through the students' works was more useful, especially after seeing that person's photo.
After obtaining the speaker, she waited at the door. While using the Earphone Jack to scout the enemy's movements Kyoka Jiro suddenly coughed loudly and made a gesture.
Instantly, everyone booed and rushed to Jiro's side, dropping everything they had.
"How many people are there, and where are they now?" Jilan asked the most crucial question.
Jiro listened attentively and replied, "There were two people in the elevator. We've reached the 50th floor. The other person has arrived."
Everyone's expression turned serious. This was the first time they had to face armed terrorists. Although they said they weren't afraid, their bodies tensed up in this situation.
However, Jilan laughed, "There are only two of them, nothing to be afraid of. Don't forget, we are All Might's students. If we can't beat them even with numbers, we might as well drop out of school."
The elevator stopped on the 50th floor.
"Hey, Fatty, are you sure they're here?" A tall, thin man looked around and asked the short, fat man next to him.
"Didn't the boss say that the brat should be heading towards the central storage room? We can find her there. No, wait!" The fat man narrowed his eyes, watching the girl who peeked out from around the corner but immediately panicked and ran away when she saw the two people coming out of the elevator. He grinned maliciously, "Didn't we just bump into each other?"
"Hurry up and finish her off so we can get back. Who knows when the defense forces on I-Island will react? We need to get back to the top floor before then. After all, we're not like those abandoned fodder." The skinny and fat men didn't have any weapons, but their old-fashioned combat uniforms still revealed their identities.
"Same feeling."
The two reached an agreement, and the slender man's hands instantly became enormous, as if he had used the "Big Fist" of the Kendo Quirk. However, unlike Kendo, his hands were like bat wings stuck together, with fleshy membranes connecting his fingers.
He placed his two hands, which resembled fleshy wings, at his sides, lowered his center of gravity, and ran at lightning speed like a ninja, disappearing from the fat man's side in an instant, as if a gust of wind had swept by!
The girl wasn't far from him; in just a few breaths, he was only ten meters away. Then, without stopping, he placed his hands in front of him, crossed them, and waved them rapidly, releasing two invisible blades of energy!
The girl reacted quickly, turning around and leaping backward. The earphone on her earlobe was plugged into the jack of a small speaker that was tied with straps. Before the air blade reached her body, a loud, amplified heartbeat came from the speaker. The spiraling, explosive sound wave broke through the air blade and roared toward the enemy without diminishing its power!
Caught off guard, the skinny man didn't have time to react before the sound waves reached him. He tried to cover his ears with his hands, but they were too large to completely cover them.
"Hey, why are you running so fast? Wait for me!" Although the fat man didn't delay, by the time he arrived, the girl had already vanished. Only the skinny man remained, seemingly suffering a concussion, clutching his head and remaining motionless.
Seeing his teammate's condition, the fat guy not only showed no concern but also mocked him. "Did that brat hurt you? You're really weak! Hahaha!"
"Hmph, stop with the sarcastic remarks!" The skinny man sullenly lowered his hand, bloodstains visible in his ear, his eyes blazing with rage. "That brat dared to hurt me! I'll make her shred!"