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By this time, the cafeteria already had quite a few people.
Since it was the final ten minutes of the last morning class, many school staff without scheduled classes chose to arrive early at the cafeteria for lunch—avoiding the massive student wave that would flood in after class ended.
Plus, the arguing voice came from the cafeteria entrance direction, making many faculty eating meals look up.
Then they saw precisely the scene of Bokue stomping Sakazaki's head into the ground.
A male teacher who looked nearly fifty with middle-aged balding pushed up his glasses and stood from the dining table. He'd just gotten lunch preparing to sit and eat when he looked up to see this happen. He wanted to speak up and intervene.
"Um... what are you doing, student? The school absolutely prohibits violence. For you to do this to a teacher is..."
"Stay there! Don't move! Don't come closer! Back off!"
Natsuki Minamiya glanced toward the sound and immediately waved her hand, shouting to stop him.
Though the entire incident happened too suddenly, plus the school merger this semester brought many unfamiliar faculty to Saikai Academy—and she didn't recognize this so-called "Sakazaki-sensei" at all.
But no matter what, she could tell this "Sakazaki-sensei" was clearly very wrong.
Forget completely surpassing ordinary human category presence—just constantly shouting "blessed one" was already quite strange.
This situation meant either he'd been brainwashed by something, or simply already possessed by something!
Either way, this person called "Sakazaki" was extremely dangerous right now!
"Eh? Are you... Minamiya-kyokan?"
The balding middle-aged male teacher standing from the dining table seemed to also recognize this gothic girl beside the "bad student committing violence against faculty." He pushed his glasses somewhat surprised. Could tell his mental state remained relaxed—even facing this situation, completely composed without panic.
But while his mental state was relaxed, Natsuki was about to explode.
"Idiot! I told you to back off—didn't you hear?! Why are you still standing there stupidly? This is dangerous, can't you see...!"
Before finishing, Sakazaki under Bokue's foot suddenly lit up with golden radiance all over.
Hummm—
Terrifyingly powerful magic rippled through the air like waves.
"Watch out!"
Astarte's ice-blue eyes flashed with light. Without hesitation, she multiplied output power manyfold, making the rose fingertips even more solid.
The next second—
BOOM!!!
Accompanied by violent roaring echoing throughout the cafeteria's first-floor hall again, rising rubble and massive dust clouds swallowed the gothic girl's remaining words.
Bokue's expression didn't change—just invincible magnetic field power rose beneath his feet, instantly forming an impenetrable light shield blocking all the explosive impact and surging air pressure from below.
When dust settled, the ground beneath Bokue's feet had been directly blasted into a large hole. Sakazaki who'd been stomped underfoot had vanished without trace.
Of course, he hadn't escaped.
Just changed appearance.
"Hmph, I see. No wonder Lady Afureia cares so much about you. You do have some skill."
The voice came again—no longer Sakazaki's voice but some kind of multi-tone synthesized speech, like Cybertronians speaking.
When the human appearance scattered, what replaced it was the form previously shown before Chisato Hasegawa in the infirmary.
An ice-blue body seemingly condensed from pure energy, covered by armor gleaming with silver metallic luster.
As for the balding middle-aged teacher who'd tried stopping Bokue's violence—he was now grabbed by the throat in one hand.
Oh~
As if suddenly recalling something, Bokue made an "oh" sound, his cheeks lifting slightly as he nodded.
However, before he could say anything more, "Sakazaki"—no longer maintaining human appearance—radiated that terrifying presence again. Cruel light flashed through his eyes.
"Now then, kneel, descendant of Hero Village. Otherwise... I'll kill him."
"?"
Bokue, who'd been about to speak, immediately closed his mouth. He looked at the other party, then shifted his gaze to the balding teacher in his hand.
Wait, seriously?
Using someone he didn't even know to threaten him? Brother, you're insane.
"I think you ate too much and got confused..."
Sighing helplessly, Bokue firmly raised his middle finger.
"What?"
Completely not expecting the young man to be utterly unaffected, Ornis actually froze momentarily.
"Didn't Hero Village teach you..."
"Crawl."
THUD!
Completely not expecting the young man not only unaffected but even daring to mock back, Ornis's mental state instantly reached boiling point. In furious rage, power surged around him like a gale. He violently flung the balding teacher aside, squeezing sounds through equally ice-blue teeth.
"How presumptuous! As Hero Village's descendant, you dare disrespect the gods? Hehe... though this works out well. This way, even if I kill you directly here, Lady Afureia can't say anything... Die!!!"
Words settled, Ornis stomped the ground beneath him to pieces, carrying terrifying energy as he charged straight at Bokue still standing in place!
Sigh~
Amid the cafeteria's howling winds came the young man's exasperated sigh.
The next second, Ornis's body crashed heavily to the ground, while his head had already appeared in Bokue's hand.
Bokue raised the blue head in his hand, meeting Ornis's gaze—who hadn't even reacted to what happened before becoming just a head.
"That's it?"
Still that bland tone lacking even emotional fluctuation, like having just woken from sleeping all morning—yet it made Ornis's hair stand on end instantly.
"Y-y-you... you took my body! No—where'd my body go?!"
He could no longer feel his body's existence at all. Though his head was held mid-air, no sensation of connected tissues came from below his neck.
"Felt like you didn't really need it, so I just helped remove it."
As Bokue spoke, he scanned the surroundings, then randomly found an overturned dining table from the blast wave to right and sit at. He placed Ornis's head on the table, supporting his chin with one hand.
"Alright, confess honestly. What exactly are you? Plus... what's this Hero Village and 'blessed ones' you mentioned earlier?"
"Ha... hahaha! Want to know? Doesn't matter—I'll tell you everything anyway!"
Having his head severed, Ornis seemed to go mad. Though already a prisoner, he still laughed loudly—though the laughter clearly trembled.
"You dare harm me! You dare harm the divine race! This way, even Lady Afureia can't protect you anymore!!!"
SLAP!
Without thinking, Bokue backhand slapped him spinning like Top Esports at All-Stars.
"Annoy me more and I'll exterminate your whole clan right now."
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