Hachiman was done with the day's work and said farewell to his boss.
He had landed a job at a small online news site,just writing small articles of his everyday life as a non esper student.
He only accepted to work under an alias to protect his privacy which the editor respected.
Apparently the editor,Miss Keiko was friends with his teacher,Miss Komoe and during one nightout drinking she complained about a student writing a long essay criticising the city's 'hierarchical structure of espers' and 'breeding an underclass to maintain sense of superiority of higher level espers' and even showed the essay she had been keeping in her bag.
Miss Keiko was impressed by his writing skills and reached out to him.
His articles proved a success and increased the news site's readership and subscription as many,especially students who were under immense pressure and stress because they were struggling to improve under the Power Curriculum and felt being left behind.
The Online letterbox was also filled with messages in support and talking about their own experiences and Hachiman replied to some of them.
There were many requests to contact him but Hachiman would tell the editor to turn them down every time.
As far as he was concerned he was only doing it for the money so he didn't have to rely on his parents for income.
Night had fallen and number of people on the roads had lessened which suited him just fine. He hated crowds.
It was night of full moon and moonlight was shining upon the river and open land along it while he walked his way back to his dorms.
"Curry or Ramen?"
He thought what to homecook for dinner when he was distracted by sound of thunder.
He stopped and was confused by what he heard as he looked up the sky and saw the Moon and stars.
"What?The sky is clear."
He lowered his gaze and looked in general direction of the river when he saw a flash followed by thunder again.
He considered walking in another way,it seemed like trouble up ahead.
Then he realized that he could sneak there and record with his phone. This might be good material for new article and even get a bonus.
He got off the road and ran down the slope to a open field next to the river.
Hachiman hid in a patch of tall grass and prepared his phone for recording whatever was about to happen.
He creeped forward, following the lightning flashes and crackling sounds.
"I really hope it's worth the risk. Komachi was right all along for calling me a dumb brother."
Another flash and he started seeing two people in the distance and hear some yelling.
"Alright"
He pointed the phone's camera towards them and focused to get a clear view on the screen.
He could see a girl's face and the taller boy's back was facing him.
"Hmmm. The girl is using lightning and OH MY...!"
In a moment he was blinded by bright white light and felt immense heat,his scream drowned out by sound of a loud crack.