"Alright, while you managed to escape everyone else, you didn't escape me, did you? So the punishment is one less 'heart' per team! Now, start running, you have three minutes to escape!" Miki said, her face flushed, as she leaned on her hand and looked at the 'air' in front of her.
Soi, who had used his ability to completely hide the four of them, looked in shock at the popped balloon. Then, gritting his teeth, he maintained his ability on himself and the four others, continuing to lead them in another direction.
Miki, meanwhile, sat down to the side.
"Oh, this is truly enjoyable. These young kids are quite amusing, aren't they?"
Just then, a sound suddenly came from the sewer opening next to Miki.
"Four Fingers?" Miki immediately reacted upon hearing the sound and looked over.
"That's right, it's me. I've infiltrated the school alone and need your help."
Miki looked at Six Fingers, silent for a second, then said,
"What do you need me to do?"
"We need Delkira's relics and information on those two teenagers," Maimaro said.
"Relics? Shesi? And his younger brother?"
"Exactly. I need to get into the archives, and you'll cover for me."
"Then... what about me and Shida?"
"We need you two to continue providing information at Babyls."
Miki frowned.
"Whose idea is this? Baal's?"
"Show some respect to that esteemed individual, Four Fingers!"
"Yes..."
And at this moment,
Two teams had already been eliminated. One was the Shax team, which originally only had one balloon left. As for the reason for their elimination... as soon as they emerged from their hiding classroom, they were hit by a dart 'accidentally' 'thrown' by Orias, which 'just happened' to pop their balloon.
"Oh, how lucky! It just happened to hit! Oh, I didn't expect it to be Lead-chan! Consider this revenge for the 'Royal Classroom' incident!"
"No! Why didn't you go easier on me! My master even went easy on me!"
"No, your teacher never intended to go easy. I was the one who stopped him from eliminating you directly."
"Huh! I knew Master wasn't that nice!"
"It's been popped," Clara said, being dragged by plants.
"We ran at full speed..."
"There's nothing we could do. I've never even heard of a 'Running Daffodil Machine Gun.' It's probably a new variety cultivated by the 'Mother of Plants,' right? After all... I don't remember daffodils being able to use their roots as legs," Stolo F Watro grumbled.
"But... I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I popped my own balloon..." "No, no, me too, I'm sorry I didn't notice..." Clara also quickly apologized. If the other three had seen Clara apologizing like this, they would surely have exclaimed,
She's grown up.
"No, no, no, it's all my fault..."
"It's alright. I think, though we were eliminated a bit early, we truly gave it our all. I think we resisted quite well, I guess..."
The other two looked at Yabashi, who was comforting them.
"What a good demon!"
"...Could you please stop using that title..."
Time remaining: 50 minutes.
Azu listened to the broadcast information. "Two teams have already been eliminated?"
"How terrifying."
"In other words, the current situation reveals one thing: none of our balloons have popped, which means we're super excellent!"
"That optimism is truly something else," Sylvia said, looking at Jeje.
"However, this development is faster than I expected... Has that guy already been eliminated? He's out in the blink of an eye. Does that mean the place he's looking at is also quite serious?" Azu also felt his fighting spirit ignite.
"Then, Iruma-sama..."
Suddenly, Azu felt his clothes being tugged.
"!? What's wrong?"
"Um... my brother instructed me that if Azu-senpai were to go help Iruma-senpai, I would have to stop him with all my might," Sylvia said with a serious face.
Azu looked at Sylvia in front of him. "That idiot, really, both siblings are like this. Unnecessary worries. That esteemed individual will surely be the last one... The most important thing now is to protect you two." With that, Azu shielded the two behind him. "Stand back! Something's coming..."
"Help... help me! Ah!"
The three looked curiously at the girl in front of them.
"It's not a teacher, is it?"
"It's a girl."
"It's Ms. Fini Marianna from Class 1-A," Jeje said, looking at the girl.
Seeing this, Sylvia asked,
"What happened?"
"Ah, please..." Fini Marianna was about to say something when she saw the two handsome men, Azu and Jeje, in front of her. She felt as if her eyes had been pierced and immediately lay on the ground.
"Ah!!! They're too beautiful, my eyes are burning!"
Sylvia, seeing this, asked, "Uh... are you alright?"
"A bit too much nutrition..."
"Uh... where are your teammates?"
"Ah! That's right, I'm being chased!"
"Enemies?"
Azu immediately looked over with a serious expression.
"Yes! Please look, over there!" With that said,
Kamui's voice came from that direction.
"Young lady! It's dangerous to be alone! Come! Your senpai's fluffy chest, I await you in my embrace..." Before Kamui could finish, he was fiercely burned by a flame.
"Seriously, what are you doing?"
"I'm merely, as a senpai, simply wishing to deepen my relationship with the first-years..."
"Enough. I think I understand what's going on." Azu rubbed his forehead, then looked at Fini Marianna.
"Actually, this guy... you can kick him however you want, it's fine. Please, the team discord should be kept in moderation. We'll be taking our leave..."
Fini Marianna saw the two handsome men about to leave, and she would be left to face the pervert in front of her.
"Wait! Please wait a moment! Please, you must stay a little longer! I beg you!"
"At least 10 minutes... No! At least 5 minutes! That's enough. For us, being in the same team as Asmodeus-senpai would be more reassuring. This... but..." Asmodeus hesitated a little. If the number of people to look after increased, then... he might not be able to manage. "It's fine by me! Not only is it lively, but our combat power doubles!"
"I have no objections either. No handsome male demon would be unhappy because more beautiful flowers appear," Jeje also stated.
Kamui, hearing this, leaned in.
"I understand you!"
Azu looked at Kamui.
"They reached a consensus in such a strange way?"
Just then,
Ding-dong! Everyone, here is an advancement communication from the Side Profile Headquarters! A camera flew in front of Azu and the others, playing a video.
"To the 13 Problem Children, thank you for your hard work. We apologize for this late notice, but an emergency situation has occurred. Our investigation team, which infiltrated Babyls, has confirmed a major situation! The Yabashi are attempting to use the collected hearts to revive a super-powerful Yabashi! That's right! His name is the Great Archdemon Sullivan!"
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