The rest of the summer vacation quickly passed by as they worked and trained themselves. Setsuna originally thought that this period of time would be similar to the ascetic routine of preparing for exams. However, the reality was that Erlang, Midaya, and Ascending Ringing had been in constant contact via email. Sunny Day, who lived next door, would drop by from time to time. As girls who lived alone, they would even spend the night together if they were in a good mood. Both of them were not considered dull. Gradually, when school started, they could be considered close friends.

The two girls were panicking at this moment.

It was easy to explain why Sunny Day, Misako, was panicking. If you were threatened by your homeroom teacher on the first day of school, you would be panicking too. In comparison, Setsuna was panicking because of the twist and turn of the plot. The probability was so high that it could be written into a TV series and made into a bubble drama about a teacher-student relationship.

"Aizawa … Sensei …?"

The story started an hour ago.

At that time, Midaya Dehisa had just left the house, Hyōka Erlang was still eating breakfast at the tram platform, and Shanghai Electric was struggling in front of the mirror for more than ten minutes, trying to leave a handsome first impression on the new (female) student. Sunny Day and Setsuna had just woken up from their dreams.

It couldn't be helped. Living close to them made them willful.

The two willful girls washed up and soon met in front of the apartment building. They talked nonsense all the way to Sunyoung. There weren't many people on the road early in the morning. The only people who came and went were office workers and students. It was quiet as far as the eye could see.

Such a leisurely atmosphere came to an abrupt end the moment they stepped onto the stairs of the Hero Section. Facing the green-haired teenager who was frozen at the entrance of Grade 1 Class A and whose skin color had almost faded to gray, Liri was the first to wave. "Good morning, Green Valley Kun.

Midaya, who had almost turned into dust at the entrance of Class A, came back to his senses when he was called. When he saw who it was, he almost burst into tears. He exuded an aura of someone who had survived a disaster.

"Sunny Day, Chisaki!"

It was definitely not his usual style to call out a girl's name so affectionately. The alarm bells in Cha Na's heart immediately went off. She suppressed a certain suspicion that was about to come out and greeted him. She stuck her head out and looked into the classroom.

"Huh???

Smart, isn't it that damned elite gathering place?

There seemed to be value in slaughtering him!!

“

Being so ostentatious and unruly, from the perspective of a bystander, they would also feel that the speaker was someone who deserved a beating. Just by listening to his voice, they would not think otherwise.

— Takeshi.

"… Aha … So that's how it is …"

Setsuna stood behind Midaya and imagined her life in the next three years. She felt that her soul was crying with him.

Sunny Day, who was beside him, didn't seem nervous at all. Her innocent smile could almost purify the tense atmosphere in the classroom. "It's great that Midaya Kun is also in Class A!

The more people you know, the better, right? "

"But it's not just him."

The voice came from the girl with the hairstyle of a younger sister. She was obviously in a good mood to see so many familiar faces on the first day of school. "Long time no see!"

"Xiangxiang!" This time, even Setsuna was a little surprised. "Are you also in Class A?

That is to say, don't tell me … "She turned her eyes back to the center of the classroom.

Erlang looked in the same direction as her. It was hard to tell whether he was speechless or happy.

"… Well, it's that 'don't tell me'."

The center of the classroom was in full swing. Shangming Electric was in the center of the whirlpool and was full of vigor. The easy-going personality was particularly at home at this moment.

Er was half annoyed and half amused. He took on the role of the narrator of this mysterious situation. "When I came here, I realized that there was quite a big commotion in the examination hall. It seems that a lot of people have heard about the exaggerated plasma ball at the end. That guy is a little too proud."

Although looking at the scene in the background that was about to burst out with electric light at any time, it was not necessary to pour cold water on him at this time.

Setsuna forced a smile and looked away. "It's, it's not bad. Mr. Ascending Ringing looks very happy.

And it's good to make friends … "

In hindsight, the so-called twists and turns of the mountain peak came at this moment.

The man's voice was as weak as in her memory, but it easily passed through the barrier between memory and reality, crossed the heavy fog and incredible grotesqueness, and fell clearly into her ears.

"If you're looking for friends, you've come to the wrong place."

Setsuna opened her mouth, but before she could finish the sentence, it disappeared into the transparent air. She almost blankly turned around little by little and looked at the yellow cocoon-like sleeping bag on the ground, and the man's head in the middle of the sleeping bag.

As if a hunter who had been waiting for a long time finally saw his prey step into the trap, the man smiled silently the moment their eyes met.

So everything went back to the beginning.

"Teacher … Aizawa …?"

…

…

…

Mr. Aizawa, full name Kota Aizawa, was a professional hero with a certificate and part-time teacher of Grade One Class A of Sunyoung High School.

Note, he was a cat lover.

Unwilling to give up, she looked left and right, and even tried her best to peek at the teacher's face during the physical fitness test. Setsuna finally had to give in to the realistic conclusion that this Kota Aizawa and Mr. Aizawa, her regular customer when she was working, were indisputably the same person on the same plane and the same timeline.

"Next, Senzaki Setsuna."

The same person said her name with a straight face and a calm tone as if they had never known each other. Setsuna still could not control her eyes, and after a second on his face, she stood on the starting line.

(50 meters … For me, it's not so much a test of movement speed as it is a calculation speed.)

"Are you ready?

3, 2, 1 —! "

The sound of the starting gun was still lingering in the air, and the white smoke from the gun muzzle had not dissipated, but the automatic sensor robot at the finish line had already beeped and reported the result, "0.72 seconds!"

"Really?!!" "Her name is Li Li … So that's how it is?

She's really Setsuna?!! "

On the first day of school, except for a few people she knew before, there were not many people who had seen the personality of space teleportation.

Setsuna smiled vaguely in response to the exclamations coming at her as she walked back. When she passed by someone who was recording the result with his head down, a sentence floated into her ears.

"Long activation time. Remember it well this time."

She was stunned.

["Limit value?"]

["… Accurate movement 65.47 meters, maximum weight 186.62 kg, activation time within one to two seconds, not carefully measured …"]

"— —"

Like a cool breeze blowing through the trees, the turbulent emotions suddenly calmed down a little.

(No matter where, no matter what identity I have …)

Her footsteps became lighter. She saw Erlang and Sunny Day waving at her from the team and took advantage of the situation to run.

(… Mr. Aizawa, as expected of Mr. Aizawa.)

With her rationality back, the rest of the matter was much easier to handle. Since space teleportation was classified as a category, it was widely used in actual combat. In the physical fitness test, which was either a test of speed, distance, or endurance, it was so versatile that it could be considered cheating.

Setsuna was in full condition. Along the way, she harvested two first places, three second places, and one third places. She passed the first six tests without a hitch.

Of course, there were also people who did not have it so smooth.

After the sixth test, Midaya, who had been at the bottom several times and had yet to achieve a decent result, became more and more silent after the sixth test.

Setsuna was one of the few people who knew that his personality had just awakened and was completely unstable. She did not panic and watched him calmly as he went to the seventh test, the throwing ball test.

(Speaking of which, I haven't had a chance to see Midaya Kun's personality yet.)

The moment this thought appeared in her mind, the air in front of her became stagnant.

It was as if the air was buzzing, and the ends of his nerves were trembling. An inexplicable aura appeared and wrapped around the green-haired youth. It was clearly a completely different scene, but there were some memories in his mind that were struggling to come out.

(— — What, what is this …?)

Before she could sort out her messy thoughts, the ball had already left her hand. The pure white ball rolled half a circle on her fingertips and accelerated toward the blue sky.

"Forty-six meters!"

(… Eh?)

Ordinary, or even lower than an ordinary person's result. She tried to interpret the scene in front of her, but her emotions were one step ahead of her rationality. She could not help but turn around.

"I can't believe a guy like you can enroll in the school."

The man's voice was exceptionally cold. His usually messy black hair fluttered in the air without any wind, and his usually bottomless black eyes had unknowingly turned blood-red. Together with the imposing aura around him that made it impossible for anyone to hide, it was so distinct that it was hair-raising.

Kota Aizawa, hero name Eraser · Head.

Personality, eliminate.

"If you become unable to move again, who do you expect to save you?"

He asked calmly, but the person being questioned seemed to be stimulated by something. She raised her head in panic.

"I, I don't intend to —!"

"Whether you intend to or not, when you are actually on the battlefield, others will have to save you.

If you can't control your own personality, even if you have the courage of a brute like that guy in the legend who 'saved a thousand people with his strength alone', you will only become a puppet that can't move after saving one person. "

It was a calm and direct declaration.

"This is something that even you can understand."

Kota Aizawa put down the arrest weapon on her neck, put down Midaya who had been tied up for a long time, and left the place calmly.

"There are a total of three chances to throw the ball. Hurry up and finish."

(As expected, it's still Mr. Aizawa.)

Setsuna pressed her temples with a headache. Unexpectedly, she thought of the strict argument that she had heard in the cat cafe a few days ago. "A team of professional heroes doesn't need troublesome guys who only know how to destroy their combat power after going berserk." Suddenly, her headache became even more severe.

(Has it started since then??

Are you going to expel Midaya Kun before school starts???)

Suddenly, she deeply understood why Sunyoung High School had such a high dropout rate every year. Setsuna silently covered her forehead.

"Setsuna, aren't you worried?"

However, reality refused to let her go. Sunny Day's worried voice sounded beside her.

On the other side, Erlang's face was also a little serious. As a classmate, she was quite satisfied with Midaya. "It's not good to continue like this, right?

That ability of his … Doesn't it say that once he uses it … "

Setsuna blinked, turned around, and took out a bottle of water from her backpack by the side of the stadium. She gulped down the water. Not good?

For a guy who couldn't control his newly awakened personality, maybe it was.

But for a person who had done thirteen analyses of the applicability of heroes' abilities when he was still without a personality —

"705.3 meters!"

The same sharp synthetic mechanical voice sounded, but the results were of a different order of magnitude than before. Sunny Day's cheers could be heard from more than ten meters away. All kinds of discussions broke out in an instant. Setsuna had her back to all of this. She put down the glass of water with a smile and gently closed her eyes.

The young man's voice came from behind her. Every word was incomparably firm, like an unbreakable oath.