Eyeball

In front of the vending machine downstairs in the Management Course, under the sunlight, Jilan Jiyu and Ji Yu stared eerily at an eyeball floating in the air. It had a round metal shell with a round glass bead embedded in it, looking like Magnemite from Pokémon had eliminated its two U-shaped magnetic poles...

Have I seen this before? Jilan Jiyu tried hard to Search their memories, recalling the scene two nights ago when they were walking alone in the corridor.

"I didn't come looking for you last time, but now I've run into you again. So don't even think about escaping from me again." Jilan Jiyu finished their oolong tea in one gulp, then their hands rippled with Hamon as they aimed and threw it at the eyeball.

"Oolong Tea Overdrive!"

Its eyes detected Jilan Jiyu's attack, and it nimbly dodged the blow. After spinning around, it spewed flames from its tail and sped away towards the Management Course building.

"Don't even think about running!" Jilan Jiyu chased after him, their eyes shining even brighter. These eyes seemed to have a sense of self; if they weren't someone's Quirk, they were some kind of intelligent machine. In any case, they must be something of value. Jilan Jiyu ran across the open space where the oolong tea canister had just been thrown, bent down without stopping, picked up the canister, and casually tossed it into a nearby trash can.

It was lunchtime, and only a handful of students with lunchboxes remained in the classroom. As a result, almost no one in the Management Course saw someone racing after a flying eyeball in the hallway.

Its eyes seemed to have run this track hundreds of times, always flying in the direction that required the least effort and the shortest time, and soon arrived at the club activity room on the fourth floor. It disappeared from Jilan Jiyu's sight with just one turn.

Jilan Jiyu stepped onto the fourth-floor stairs, observing their surroundings. As mentioned before, very few people remained in the teaching building. Apart from the Hero Course, other academic club activities were usually held after school in the afternoon, making this floor even quieter.

"You're playing hide-and-seek with me? Do you really think I can't find you?" Its eyeballs are very small, so before Jilan Jiyu can immediately determine which classroom it has entered, it has a wide variety of hiding places. Moreover, even if Jilan Jiyu do confirm, whether it can actually enter the classroom is another matter, since Jilan Jiyu have no intention of damaging public property.

Even under such difficult conditions, Jilan Jiyu still had a smile on his lips. He gently pressed the skull on the watch on his left wrist, twisted it slightly to remove it from the dial, placed it on the ground, and lightly touched the skull with his fingers.

"Sheer Heart Attack Bomb."

As Jilan Jiyu spoke softly, the skeleton tank placed on the ground seemed to come to life. It felt its entire body straighten up, and its two bone claws emerged from under the tracks, instantly starting to shout noisily in Jilan's mind.

"Hahahaha!" The skull laughed arrogantly as soon as it regained consciousness. "Master! You finally summoned me. This time, whoever you want me to blow up, I'll blast them to smithereens!"

Jilan Jiyu narrowed their eyes. "I think I said I wouldn't ask you to blow up other people's stuff, but it seems you still want me to lock you up."

The skull instantly cowered, chuckling awkwardly, "Ha... ha, I was just joking! Trust the power of the Special Agent Sheer Heart Attack!"

"Can you use infrared to see through heat sources?" Jilan Jiyu asked casually.

"Of course, that's why I can track the enemy indefinitely!" the skull said smugly.

"Have you forgotten your weakness of throwing yourself into high temperatures?" Jilan Jiyu rolled their eyes. This guy really doesn't learn his lesson. He always acts like he's the best in the world. Has he forgotten how Koichi tricked him in the past?

However, Jilan Jiyu now wanted to use his infrared vision ability to issue a command in their minds, "Find the heat source in this layer other than myself."

"Yes, sir!"

The tank circled a few times, like a police dog sniffing out a scent, and soon excitedly barked in Jilan Jiyu's minds, "Master, I've spotted the target!"

Jilan Jiyu pondered for a moment, then said, "Go find his location and stop at the classroom door."

According to Jilan Jiyu's speculation, since the eyeball has reached this level, there must be its original body or the person controlling it here. In other words, there must be a heat source here besides itself.

Watching the chariot drive forward, Jilan Jiyu followed slowly behind, finally stopping in front of a door.

"Social Experiment Research Club..." Jilan Jiyu looked at the club's name and seemed to understand what was going on with the eyeball.

"Is anyone home?" Jilan Jiyu knocked on the door first. Because the glass on the door was too blurry to see what was going on inside, they couldn't just barge in. What if there was an unexpected situation like a girl changing clothes? As expected, the room was quiet and there was no sound.

"Then I'll come in."

The door wasn't locked; Jilan Jiyu easily pulled it open, revealing the Social Experiment Research Club.

Like a typical research classroom, four rectangular tables were pushed together in the center of the room for students to huddle around for discussions. The entire room was completely open, seemingly empty, but the direction the tank was facing revealed the enemy's position.

Jilan Jiyu walked to the bottom of the podium and tapped on the table. "Aren't you going to come out and explain? I'm very curious about why you've been following me." He emphasized the second half of his sentence.

"Ah!" A dull thud and a scream came from under the teacher's desk, followed by a girl in a school uniform crawling out from under the desk, clutching her head.

She was quite petite, wearing oversized glasses that seemed out of place, and had shoulder-length short hair. She looked only about half a head taller than Minoru Mineta. It seemed she had just suddenly stood up and bumped her head, with a few tears in the corners of her eyes. If it weren't for the color of the tie on her school uniform indicating that she was a second-year student, Jilan Jiyu would have thought she was just an elementary school student who needed to hold hands to cross the street.

"You're the one who controls the eyeballs?" Jilan Jiyu were somewhat surprised. They had already planned out many scenarios of coercion and enticement, but the other party's physique made it impossible for them to do so, and their tone softened slightly.

She nodded, looking aggrieved, and waved one hand behind her. Her eyes emerged from behind the curtains and hovered around her.

The murderer has been identified. Seeing the other person's tearful appearance, Jilan Jiyu felt a mischievous urge and put on a stern face.

"Tell me, what could possibly make a high school sophomore like you follow me?" Jilan Jiyu took advantage of her inattention to retract the chariot back onto the dial, sat on the table, and looked down at her. "I'm just a student who hasn't been in school for long. There shouldn't be anything about me that you should be paying attention to."