The atmosphere inside the old club room shifted almost immediately after John's revelation, the earlier chaotic energy giving way to an entirely different kind of excitement. Dust floated lazily through the faint sunlight spilling from the crooked windows while every member of the Hero Research Club stared toward their vice president with widening eyes, the tension in the air becoming almost tangible.
For a brief moment—
Nobody spoke.
Then everything exploded at once.
"A hidden site?!"
"Related to the Heroes of the Past?!"
"Are you serious?!"
One senior nearly knocked over the coffee table trying to stand up too quickly while another immediately began flipping through scattered papers on the couch as though the answers might somehow already exist there. Even the usually calmer members visibly leaned forward, their faces lit with barely restrained excitement.
Luca quietly watched the reactions around him, unable to stop the faint amusement tugging at his lips.
