Komachi and Ueno

Seeing that the other party hadn't spoken yet, Jilan Jiyu glanced at their watches. Their lunch break was only 50 minutes long each day, and if this dragged on, there wouldn't be any time left.

Jilan Jiyu walked up to her, squatted down to be at her height, and said helplessly, "Since you won't speak, can I ask you and you answer?"

The other person glanced timidly at Jilan Jiyu, then quickly looked away and nodded slightly.

Jilan Jiyu Yu asked, "What is your name?"

"Shouldn't you say your own name before asking someone else's...?" she whispered, looking at Jilan's slightly upturned eyes, on the verge of tears, "Isn't this the principle of conversation...?"

"You were the one who followed me, yet you want to talk to me about principles?" Jilan Jiyu looked at her with some surprise. They thought she should at least know their information, but she didn't even know their name. That was interesting.

Jilan Jiyu became interested, stood up, placed her hand on her shoulder, and whispered into her ear, which was hidden by her hair, "My name is Jilan Jiyu, a student in Class A of the Hero Course. And what about you?"

Feeling the weight applied to her shoulder, the girl trembled, but she still managed to utter her name in a shaky voice. "Tsukimi Machi, second year, Class J, Management Course Department."

What is your Quirk?

The eyeball behind Tsukimi Machi circled around and came to face her. After glancing at the eyeball, she whispered, "My Quirk allows me to Force Solidification..."

Jilan Jiyu seemed to understand her explanation, but not quite. "Did this eyeball activate because of your Quirk?"

She immediately shook her head. "That's not how it works. My Quirk allows me to Force Solidification, but the object itself still needs a power source."

"Hmm..." Jilan Jiyu thought for a moment and asked, "Could you demonstrate it for me?"

She reached out and pinched the eyeball, placing it in her hand. The eyeball stopped moving. Jilan Jiyu took a few steps back, preparing to observe what she would do.

She made a gesture of raising both hands, stood on tiptoe for a few seconds, then her arms fell limply down, and her eyes remained suspended in mid-air.

Having witnessed Uraraka's use of her Zero Gravity Quirk before, Jilan Jiyu had some understanding of it. He knew that every Quirk had a scientific basis. Staring at Tsukimi Machi thoughtfully, he asked, "Your Quirk essentially applies an upward force to an object out of thin air, right? How long does it last?"

"When I use my Quirk, I feel like I'm holding an object in my hand, as if the object's gravity has been transferred to me. If I can withstand it, it will float in the air indefinitely."

Tsukimi Machi was no longer as shy as before. Although she was still a little flustered, she managed to finish her sentence. She was very clear about her own Quirk, and Jilan Jiyu understood it perfectly well.

"If your Quirk can only make your eyes float, then how does it work, or what is the driving force behind your actions?"

Although her Quirk is peculiar, it's no wonder she was assigned to the Management Course since she has no direct combat abilities. What's more peculiar is the structure of her eyeballs. Despite being smaller than the palm of a hand, they can rotate in various ways, and their perfectly round, one-piece structure doesn't seem like something that could hold a battery.

"Do I have to tell you this too?" She looked hesitant, took off her glasses, revealing her small face. "These glasses are equipped with a receiver that can receive signals from the eyeballs, and can be used to control various actions based on the movement of the eyeballs. But the power source... that concerns Ueno -kun's Quirk, I can't say."

Jilan Jiyu realized, "So this was a group crime committed by you and Ueno..."

"Huh!? How do you know Ueno -san's name!?" Tsukimi Machi exclaimed instantly, grabbing Jilan Jiyu's arm and closing her eyes, she said resolutely, "She didn't do anything, it was all my doing! Arrest me instead!"

Has she already confessed to her crime? But she still doesn't understand why she was spying on her...

"Komachi, I'm back!" Just as Jilan Jiyu was about to speak, a cheerful girl's voice came from the doorway. Then the door was violently pulled open, and the person screamed, "Aaaaaah! What are you doing, you pervert! Let go of Komachi!"

At this moment, Jilan Jiyu's arm was Tsukimi Machi, and the tears that splattered out soaked his sleeves. Because of the height difference, it looked as if Jilan Jiyu had an extra teddy bear on his arm. But in other people's eyes, it might not be that simple.

Jilan Jiyu turned their heads and saw a loli-shaped person wearing the same second-year uniform standing in the doorway. Her orange twin tails stood up and touched the ceiling in anger. After a sharp scream, she rushed towards the two of them with a red face!

The discussion with Tsukimi Machi just now took about ten minutes. Those who were quick have already returned to the school building one after another. It seems that this girl must have run straight to this classroom after lunch...

As Jilan Jiyu pondered these things, she raised her other hand to block the girl's head as it hurtled towards her. Because of her extremely short stature, even when the girl swung her fists wildly after realizing her head was being blocked, she couldn't get close to Jilan Jiyu at all.

Tsukima Machi, still with his eyes closed, shouted, "Ueno, run! I won't let you get caught!"

"I'm telling you, although I don't know what you saw, can you guys calm down..." Jilan Jiyu sighed inwardly. Before she could finish speaking, her twin ponytails seemed to have a mind of their own and fell from the ceiling, shrinking to a length that was just enough to replace the girl's arm to punish Jilan Jiyu. They then smeared Jilan Jiyu's face like a whirlwind!

This move caught everyone completely off guard, landing a solid, full-on blow to Jilan Jiyu's faces. Ueno, Ueno, said smugly, "How about that? You felt the power of my twin tails, didn't you? If you pervert had any self-awareness, you'd better let us go. Let me tell you, we're not easy to bully!"

"..."

"Hey, you pervert! Why aren't you saying anything?!" During this brief silence, sweat beaded on Ueno's face, and he had a bad feeling.

"Ah, I was wondering if I was being too amiable..." Jilan Jiyu slowly raised his left arm, which was covered by a large appendage, with a gloomy face. In mid-air Tsukimi Machi, who looked more like a koala, hugged his arm even tighter. He used his left hand to gather the tips of Ueno's twin tails together, wrapped them around his hand a few times, and then released his right hand, as if grabbing Yae Sakura's ear, and carried her into the air.

"... Huh?" Ueno's face was suddenly clear of obstruction. Just as she thought she was about to lose her balance and crash into Jilan Jiyu's stomach, she suddenly felt as if she was being lifted up by Tsukimi Machi's Quirk...

Her feet left the ground, and the Aqua Virus shut down. She froze, offering no resistance whatsoever.

On the other side, Jilan Jiyu's free right hand grabbed Tsukimi Machi's collar and pulled her off his arm, as if he were weighing someone on a scale.

Tsukimi Machi suddenly felt that she no longer had anything to hold onto. She opened her eyes in confusion, spun around halfway, and met Ueno's stunned gaze.

"Can we have a proper talk now?" A devilish whisper sounded beside them.