Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki

“How could you do something like this?”

“Even if you've experienced something utterly despairing, you can't hurt others.”

Haramura Makoto, who was about to step forward, suddenly stopped.

“Is he a student from Kyomon Academy?”

Stella asked, somewhat surprised.

The identity of the student who suddenly appeared wasn't hard to discern; he was wearing the Kyomon Academy uniform.

The two's tense nerves immediately relaxed.

No matter what, that man was just an ordinary person; even the lowest-ranked Blazer could subdue him easily at such close range.

It's best not to use force if possible.

Right now, Haramura Makoto just wanted to stroll around quietly with Stella.

He didn't want to get involved in such troublesome matters.

“Stella, let's go…”

“Get out of my way.”

“Anyone who dares interfere with me, I'll kill them all.”

The agitated man directly pulled out a military knife from his pocket.

Screams immediately rose and fell, and the people who were walking normally were thrown into chaos.

The man also kept his word and raised the knife in his hand, slashing down fiercely at the boy from Kyomon Academy.

“Ahhhhhh——”

Completely unexpectedly, the boy didn't react, instead screaming like an ordinary person.

“Clang——”

“Seriously, you're a Blazer, what are you doing?”

Chapter 100: Speculation

“Clang——”

An open hand, a blue blade protruding from between the middle and index fingers, five fingers gripping the other's knife-wielding hand like iron tongs.

“Seriously, you're a Blazer, aren't you?”

“What exactly are you doing?”

The construction worker stared dumbfounded at the student who had appeared before him as if teleporting, his brain unable to process why this was happening.

“Ahhh——”

Then he felt a pain as if the bones in his hand were being crushed, causing him to cry out loudly.

Immediately, a huge force spread out, his legs suddenly leaving the ground, and his whole body flew backward like a shot put.

“Bang——”

The temperature suddenly rose, and a pillar of crimson flames rose abruptly from the ground, the man who had been sent flying being perfectly enveloped in the pillar of fire.

“The temperature of the flames is as high as two thousand degrees; do not touch it with your hands, or you will be instantly melted into ashes.”

Stella walked over with a 'kind' expression.

The man who was preparing to indiscriminately commit violence seemed to have completely fainted inside, not making a sound to respond to Stella's words.

“A-Amazing…”

A look of deep admiration appeared in his eyes; the student from Kyomon Academy who had been threatened with a knife seemed to have only just come back to his senses.

“Clap clap——”

Continuous applause also rang out from all around; perhaps because of the flames, the scattered pedestrians did not re-surround them, but they were still generous in offering their applause to Haramura Makoto and the others.

The police arrived quickly; after all, it was a downtown area, so a response time of ten or fifteen minutes was enough.

Because there were many eyewitnesses, it didn't take much effort at all.

After the man was caught, he didn't resist at all; instead, he honestly confessed everything he had done.

A very common reason: his wife cheated on him, his son wasn't his, and he was mentally dazed, which led to him being fired from his company.

That's how he started to become cynical, feeling that the world had abandoned him, so today he planned to take a knife and carry out indiscriminate killings on the street.

“Alright, let's go too.”

Fortunately for Haramura Makoto, the police officer in charge this time was actually one of the officers from the shopping mall hostage incident last time.

So even the time to make a statement was saved; Haramura Makoto and Stella were allowed to leave.

“W-Wait…”

Just as Haramura Makoto thought this and was about to leave directly, a boy with short yellow hair and a feminine appearance chased after him.

“Please wait a moment, I have something I want to say.”

“Ha, haha——”

The thin boy who had run over was panting heavily.

His figure seemed to be quite slender, and his face was also a delicate and beautiful type, with long eyelashes covering his deep blue pupils.

Just like Haramura Makoto had said, his appearance was very similar to a trap.

“You are the 'Crimson Princess' and 'Time Freeze,' right?”

“I've seen your videos on TV; I'm a big fan of yours.”

Then he scratched his head somewhat shyly, and then proactively extended his hand.

“Sorry, sorry, I was too excited to see my two idols; I haven't even introduced myself yet.”

“I'm Shinomiya Amane, a first-year student at Kyomon Academy, one of the six students in this year's Kyomon Academy delegation. I couldn't come to the training camp earlier because of some personal matters. Please take care of me.”

Haramura Makoto and Stella understood when this blond child said this.

Normally speaking, the Seven Star Sword Art Festival is a competition between six students from each school forming a delegation, which is seven schools, a total of forty-two students.

For the past few days, there have always been five students from Kyomon Academy attending the training camp.

They had also inquired about the matter of one student being missing with the students from Kyomon Academy.

(So, is this the existence that allows them to hold onto a glimmer of hope?)

Although Kyomon Academy has been hit hard by him these days, they have always held onto a glimmer of hope, believing that their school still has a slight possibility of winning.

Perhaps it's because of this child.

“The two of you are really amazing.”

The child named Shinomiya Amane chattered on and on; his appearance was indeed like a fervent fan seeing his idol.

“Not at all——”

Perhaps Shinomiya Amane was being too enthusiastic; even Stella couldn't help but blush slightly in the end.

Haramura Makoto, on the other hand, showed a very ordinary attitude.

Neither cold nor enthusiastic, he just calmly interjected a word or two occasionally.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, Shinomiya Amane left with Haramura Makoto and Stella's autographs.

……

“What's wrong, Makoto?”

As Haramura Makoto's girlfriend, Stella still sensed that something was off with Haramura Makoto.

Haramura Makoto stirred the coffee in his cup absentmindedly, and said softly:

“That Shinomiya Amane from just now was a bit strange.”

“Strange?”

“Ah, are you talking about him deliberately hiding his strength?”

Stella immediately thought she understood what Haramura Makoto meant.

No matter what, he was a student who had become a member of the Kyomon Academy delegation; how could he have acted so flustered by an attack from an ordinary person?

Even if Kyomon Academy didn't select the delegation through selection battles, the school wouldn't waste a valuable spot on a child like that, letting him waste it.

“But, that's normal, isn't it?”

“Maybe he discovered that the two of us were nearby a long time ago, so he trusted us to resolve this incident.”

Stella said while sticking out her little tongue and licking the sauce from the corner of her mouth.

“It's not like that.”

He couldn't stand it anymore.

Haramura Makoto got up and directly pulled out a piece of paper from the tissue box and started wiping Stella's mouth.

“It's the problem with what he said.”

“Do you remember what Shinomiya Amane said when facing that kidnapper?”

“Ah——”

Enjoying Haramura Makoto's care for her, Stella also fell into a state of recollection.

“I remember he said, 'How could you do something like this? Even if you've experienced something utterly despairing, you can't hurt others.'”

Stella perfectly repeated Shinomiya Amane's words.

This wasn't to say that her memory was so good; it was just that her impression of that one was a bit too deep, so she could remember it very clearly.

“That's right, that's what he said. What did the police's investigation results say?”

Shrugging his shoulders, Haramura Makoto sat back in his seat.

“I remember…”

Before she could finish speaking, Stella froze as if she had suddenly thought of something.

“That's right, what he said was exactly the same as the conclusion given by the police.”

“And this is what I just troubled Kusakabe to give me, information about Kyomon Academy's Shinomiya Amane.”

Stella quickly swallowed everything in her mouth, and her gaze also turned to Haramura Makoto's student handbook.

Shinomiya Amane

Kyomon Academy

Blazer Rank: B

Ability: Can predict what will happen next.

Attack Power: C

Defense Power: C

Magic Power: B

Magic Control: F

Physical Ability: D

Luck: A

“What is it!”

“If that's the case, then isn't it normal? He probably used his ability to predict what would happen next.”

Stella directly breathed a sigh of relief.

But while she was relieved, a look of doubt appeared on her face again.

“So, what exactly is his problem?”

Her brain was certainly not as good as Haramura Makoto's, so what she thought must be wrong. Since Makoto had already said it, then there must be something she hadn't thought of.