"What do you mean, Yoyo-senpai?"
Yoru looked straight at Takeru with a serious look as he adjusted his glasses.
"He really is just like a character from a manga..."
"Ichino-kun, you only have around a week of experience as a SOMA agent and I know that you didn't obtain a unique ability with the deal. That means you need a lot of training and way more strength to make up for a lack of a unique ability, your situation is special. I and this alternate will help you with that. Your base alternate abilities are on the level of a 2nd Class Medium meaning you won't have much trouble with this one here.", Yoru said with a serious voice and then proceeded to throw the alternate in the direction of Takeru.
"..."
"Fight him, kohai. Don't worry. If anything goes wrong, I'm right here.", Yoru said with a slightly more relaxed voice.
"Alright, senpai..."
The alternate was getting up from the ground and its regeneration was almost complete.
"I haven't fought for over 2 weeks so I'm scared as hell... But, Yoyo-senpai is right there and this one isn't that strong... I think I'll be fine!"
"2nd form."
The alternate stretched out its arms towards Takeru to try and wrap him up. Using the 2nd from on his legs, Takeru dashed to his right and stretched out his right arm towards the alternate and stabbed its left leg with his sharpened nails.
"AHHHHHH!", The alternate shouted as it lost its balance and fell to its knees.
"Good job, kohai!", Yoru shouted from the back while clapping.
"Alright, I'm doing pretty good. This alternate really ain't shit after all, I'll finish him off with a stab into his brain!"
"Who the hell are these people!? They are humans but possess our abilities? What is going on? The best decision I could make right now is to just run away and gather information!"
While Takeru's right arm was still stabbed into the alternate's left leg, he stretched out his left arm and aimed it towards the alternate's brain. At the same time, the alternate, with all of its effort, tried to jump into the ocean and flee.
In that moment, as Takeru's right arm stretched towards the alternate, the alternate went higher into the air and due to a stroke of bad luck, Takeru stabbed directly into the alternate's flopping dick.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
"YIKES!"
"Yikes..."
Takeru contracted his arms the alternate began rolling around on the ground trying to regenerate its dick as quick as possible.
"AHHHHHHHHH! JUST KILL ME ALREADY! DAMN YOU, HUMANS! DAMN YOU!"
"Alright, alright... I'll kill you, just wait a sec.", Takeru said as he slowly walked towards the alternate. He got close to it, bent down and stabbed its brain.
"Good job, kohai!", Yoru said as he walked towards Takeru.
"Really, senpai? I kinda got lucky in the end.", Takeru replied while scratching his head.
Yoru smiled and said, "You would've defeated it either way, kiddo. Now, lets head back to patrol."
Yoru and Takeru began walking through the Koto ward once more. Takeru looked at Yoru with concern in his eyes and said, "I hope we don't run into any other SOMA agents when I get back to the base... It would be awkward, I wouldn't know how to handle it."
"Why do you have to worry about little things like that when I'm right here, Ichino-kun? We probably won't run into anyone tonight but we definitely will tomorrow morning at breakfast so there's no point in trying to avoid it."
"Yeah..."
Yoru patted Takeru's head and said, "Again, I'm right here. You don't need to worry about anything, I'll protect you if anyone tries something on you and besides, I'm sure they all understand it wasn't your fault."
Takeru nodded and went silent for the rest of the day.
After the day was over, Group 6 headed back to base. They were taking the dorm of Group 3 which had remained vacant since they went missing, it was on the same floor as Group 5's dorm. Yoru and Takeru had gotten to the dorm luckily without running into any members of the other groups.
"Just relax here and eat the stuff we bought at the konbini. I'll go shower first.", Yoru said while taking off his suit jacket.
"Sure, Yoyo-senpai.", Takeru replied in a saddened voice.
"He's in a sad mood again... Poor kid, It'll take time for him to get over what happened."
Yoru went into the bathroom and Takeru began munching on his snacks while scrolling on his phone. Eventually, a particular Dikdok popped up that brought a spark in Takeru's eyes.
"The new season of Pain Machine's anime has finally been announced, everyone! All the Pain Machine fans out there, get hyped! Whether you're a manga reader or an anime-only, you know that season is gonna be a banger!"
"WOAH! THE ANI-"
"THE ANIME IS FINALLY COMING BACK! WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WOULD GET ANOTHER SEASON OR NOT! LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!!", Rento shouted in the distance.
Hearing Rento's scream in the distance, Takeru chuckled and forgot all about his bad mood. "I guess that dickhead isn't a larper after all..."
brrring! brrring!
"Yoyo-senpai! Your phone's ringing! It's a call from Chairman-sama!"
Yoru rushed outside while only covered with a towel. He immediately picked up the phone and shouted, "Nothing has went wrong with Ichino-kun! Please, you don't need to take him back! He's perfectly fine with me!"
"Uhh... I'm not calling about that, Yoru. I have an announcement for all the groups, come to the ground floor."
"Ohhh... Yes, sir!", Yoru replied.
"What was it, senpai?", Takeru asked.
"All the groups are supposed to get down, the chairman has an announcement."
"WHAT!? I WAS JUST HAPPY CAUSE WE MANAGED TO AVOID THEM ALL AND NOW, WE HAVE TO MEET THEM ALL!?"
Yoru sighed and then smiled. "Fine, Ichino-kun. You don't have to go, just stay here. I'll go down by myself and tell you what the announcement was when I get back."
Takeru's eyes began to sparkle with admiration. "YOU'RE THE BEST SENPAI EVER, YOYO-SAN!"
Yoru walked out of the dorm and made it to the elevator, Group 5 had also just gotten there.
"Hey there, Yoru-kun!", Yuko said with a bright smile.
"It's nice to see you, Ikari-san.", Yoru replied while giving a formal bow.
"Oi, don't be such a loser. There's no need to bow, Four-eyes.", Rento said with a artificial deep voice trying to sound cool.
"It's called respecting your seniors, brat! It's something you completely failed at just now!", Yoru replied while adjusting his glasses.
"You gotta earn my respect first, Yoyo."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU DAMN BRA-"
Kanji-Man suddenly jumped in front of Yoru and did a formal bow as well.
"Please do not engage in any more fighting, senpai. I deeply apologize for my comrade's rude behavior, he should not have treated you with such disrespect. I've heard lots of great things about you, Yoru-senpai. It is a pleasure to finally meet you!"
Yoru started to get a little teary-eyed. "What a polite and respectful young gentleman..."
"See? Now, this is how you treat your seniors. You have impressed me indeed. State your name, kohai."
Kanji-Man then got up from his bow and cleared his throat. "I AM KANJI-MAN, THE HERO AND SAVIOUR OF THIS WORLD!"
"..."
All 4 of them got into the elevator and Yuko started pulling one of Rento's ears for acting rude to Yoru.
Except Takeru, every single SOMA agent of The Tokyo Team had arrived on the ground floor.
"The time has finally come for our yearly event, everyone. Let the exams begin."