Chapter 6 Changeable and unchangeable part3

Shooting range Takeru POV

Every time Takeru witness Tama's sniping prowess, he can't help but feel extremely impressed. A gunshot sound equal to a dead center new hole appears in the target.

"Shirogane" Marimo chan glares at me for some reason. [I didn't do anything wrong didn't I?]

"Yes, instructor Jinguuji, what is it?" Takeru sheepish asks his Marimo chan. The Marimo in this loop treat him extremely harsh for some reason. Takeru was not entirely sure why, but he guessed it was due to his first impression.

"You better fix that daydreaming habit of yours. Everyone has finished their activities; you are the only one left!" Marimo barks

Good god. I guess I was to absorbed by Tama's performance "My apologize, Instructor, I will proceed mine immediately"

Alright, no need to hold back my own skill now. If I dilly-dally around too much, Marimo will kill me for sure. Alright, I have to quickly assemble my rifle first. Max speed, here we go. "Done!"

Marimo and the girls extremely bewildered. None of them can believe what they just saw. That was way too fast compare to the previous record. Even the difficulty level in this exercise has rise up significantly as the practitioner has to assemble the gun blinded fold. Did he hide this ability of his during the field stripping lesson? "No big wonder since his only toys were nothing but guns" everyone agree silently this as a matter of fact

As Takeru heads toward the range, everyone gulp as they expect something amazing from him this time.

Tama chirps "Takeru san, can you do long range sniping?"

Takeru "Not as good as you though. Ah, wait a tiny bit; let me adjusting this gun first"

"Shirogane" Marimo roars "Stop chatting"

Crap. I just pull the trigger reflexively due to her loud voice. Good God, this mistake is inexcusable. I hurriedly look at the direction where I just fired my first bullet. Oh, it's better than I expected. The 500 meter target was hit dead center.

"Amazing, Takeru san" Tama squeak "Come on, Takeru san, show me how good you are at long range shot"

"I kind of feel embarrassed if you expecting this much from me after seeing how good you are Tama. But I may as well try" Takeru scratches his head and replies.

"Wow, that's some nerve, a long range shot in front of Tama. I really want to see this now" Chiruzu speaks expectantly while folding her arms.

"Don't expect much. So which one is the target? And do not point at that 1500 meters one. Even if it is me, there is no way I could hit it"

"Heh, that's some confidence you have there. So it means you are fine with any distance less than 1500?" Chiruzu has an arrogant smirk on her lips.

"Geh, whatever you said class rep, I will wipe that smirk on your face this time for good" Takeru exhaustedly replies to Chiruzu

"Oh, I shall be merciful. How about the 1000 meters?"Chiruzu grinned

"You are completely merciless, aren't you? I won't back down after going this far. One round is good enough"

Chiruzu was shocked. She was only kidding; she didn't expect Takeru will take it seriously. Even veterans would have trouble with such distance without any scope to support. Unless he is really blessed with talent like Tama, she doubted he could do it immediately in one shot. "You are really overconfident"

Then, Takeru lies down in the English posture mimic what Tama just did. He aims at the target.

Suddenly, "Shirogane!" Marimo's voice booms. Once again, Takeru pulls his trigger reflexively.

"That's not fair. I haven't put my gun into position yet!" Takeru yelps tearfully.

The girls giggle by this turn of event.

Chiruzu giggles as tears flow out of the corner of her eyes. "That's why I told you, you were completely overconfident."

Tama giggles "I feel bad for you Takeru san"

Ayamine "Poor boy"

Meiya tries to control her giggle as she speak "You are really clumsy in your way of doing things, Takeru"

I feel like crying. After all this bravado and that stupid performance, I have surely secured the title Takeru the Clown. "I WANT TO REDO IT NOW"

"Shirogane, come here a once!" Marimo's voice booms once more time

"Marimo chan…" Takeru weeps tearfully as he runs toward her direction.

"Yes, Mari…Instructor Jinguuji. What's your order?" Takeru was not entirely sure what happened. He changed the future of this world too much. He could not guess what is going on now.

"Professor Kouzuki has summoned you. March to her office immediately."

"Yes. Ma'am"

Marimo POV

When Takeru's figure has completely out of the range, Marimo turns her attention toward the girls who are still standing in their position and stare blankly at the target range. "What's going on?" she asks herself. These girls are extremely diligent and hardworking. Even if they have finished their activities, they would never stand lazily like that unlike some crybaby rookie ace she knew. She has no choice but heading toward their position to learn it.

Chiruzu can't close her mouth and keep muttering "No way"

Tamase chirps excitedly "That's impossible. That's way too amazing"

Ayamine has a rare irritation expression on her hard-to-read poker face "That's a fluke"

Meiya giggles as her eyes are full of admiration "He always has a way to surprise us. That is just in his nature"

Marimo is genuinely confused at each of their reactions. "Sasaki, what happen?" she asked Chiruzu.

The girls only realize their instructor presence now. They quickly fix their range and salute. "Instructor"

Marimo can't hide her curious "At ease! So, Sasaki, what did Shirogane do? "

Chiruzu speaks as she passes her binocular to Marimo. "Nothing, instructor. We was just so surprised that he was able to hit the 1000 meters target with only one shot"

Marimo looks at the binocular "That is while amazing result he had there. Regrettably not hitting center. But any direct hit like that would be fatal."

Marimo thinks for a while. The 1000 meters target could prove a challenge to even veterans. Shirogane is sure one heck of a prodigy. However, Marimo can't let this affect the squad performance. "Given Shirogane record in the last 2 days, I guess that we all should stop surprise at his unexpected performance. Speaking of which, Tamase could do even better at this, correct?"

"But even I can't replicate what he did just now" Tamase sheepishly spoke

""What do you mean? I saw you score dead center to even a 1500 meters before. Don't let a performance at this level tarnish your ability" Marimo is somewhat intrigued by what Tamase said

"He didn't aim at the target. He shot it immediately when he was so surprised to hear your order" Chiruzu explained. "And he still got such result. That's why all of us were so shocked"

Marimo was stunned. She looked at the binocular once again. "That must be definitely one heck of a fluke!"Marimo astonished let out a slip. She is definitely sure that even herself as an ex-elite of the Imperial Army could ever manage it. She muttered again "That must be a fluke". However, given Shirogane an unexpected performance up until now, even Marimo was not entirely sure if this shot was a fluke or not. Then, Marimo realizes that the girls are looking worriedly at her. [I must look really shocked]. Marimo coughed lightly and spoke "Ehem. Don't worry about it. It must be a fluke. No human could perform such task no matter how talented they are. Instead of worrying about this, you all should continue your practice. Your evaluation days are closed. "

Yuuko's office

"Shirogane, you are faster than I expected. Do you miss me that much?"Yuuko grinned as she spoke playfully to Takeru as he rushed into her room.

"Cut the chase sensei, you obviously didn't call me here just to ask that single question right?"Takeru threw a tantrum at her for make a fool of himself once again in front of his squad mates.

"Eh, but I missed you dearly, you know?" Yuuko still continues her silly antic.

"We are both busy with our duties, sensei. I'm sure you know that. We don't have time to flirting like that" Takeru exhaustedly muttered

"That's why we have to take full advantage of the time like that to deepen our relationship right!" Yuuko giggled and winked at Takeru

"Geh" Takeru face palmed. He definitely loses no matter what brilliant idea he may come up with in a battle of debate against his Yuuko sensei. "I will go back to my barrack now if you don't go to the main topic"

"You are really a boring man today."Yuuko looks disappointed. "I will pay my sister a visit at her lab to receive material regarding the construction of the 00 unit in the day after tomorrow. I will be back after a week. If you need anything during that time, contact Irina in her office."

"BETA will attack this base from Sadogashima in Sunday November 11 around noon" Takeru replied "I want you to deploy the Imperial Army to be ready for their invasion. I had filed their movements and strategy that the Imperial used against them last time in this disk" Takeru place a disk on Yuuko's hand.

"That's sudden…Shirogane just one question?"Yuuko ask him with her usual poker face as she stares into the disk on her hand.

Takeru cut it; he has already known what she going to ask next. He caught on to her trail of thought thankfully to his previous experience of the last loop and Kasumi's little gift "I have no proof of that. However, Yuuko sensei, I am the only one in this world could know that. From my experience in all of my previous loops, this part of their invasion remains unchanged. You want to recruit more supporters for your Alternative IV project right? This is a big scoop. It's a matter of fact that in this world, there is no one could truly guess the tactics or patterns of the BETA movement even as we battled them for decades. This time, the BETA wants to reclaim this base which was originally one of their HIVEs. If you give an impression that you could read through their real intentions as well as their movement, you will gather more people to join your plan rather than the ALTERNATIVE V. However, if that invasion was not happened like my memory, you will lose some of your credibility in this chessboard. You can choose to ignore it too since the Imperial Army manage to destroy all the BETA hostile force in the last minute when the BETA has broke through the last line of defense "

Yuuko smiled and spoke "That didn't sound like one of your reasoning at all Shirogane. In fact, it sounds more like mine. However, it's not necessary for you to put the last part in if you want to convince me to deploy the troop right?"

Takeru could only sheepishly let out a small laugh "There is nothing can truly hide away from you, isn't it sensei? I pledge you my unchanged oath twice, didn't I? I am your ally, assistant and accomplice in this chess board you are playing. A failure on my part will lead to your downfall and vice versa. What I can provide you a surprisingly limited. I have only the advantage of knowledge, not time, not power, and definitely not the wheel of destiny. You, Yuuko sensei have the advantage of power, resource and your talents. I just want to make my stance clear to you in this opportunity. I want to win this battle with the least casualty. So in the end, which side will you place this bet on?"

Yuuko laughs happily and extends her right hand "I like that argument of yours, Shirogane. Very well, I will place the token on your side this time. Don't let me down, Shirogane."

Takeru takes Yuuko extended hand and grins at her. "I won't."

Takeru abruptly remember that he needs Yuuko to do him a few favors. Now that his Yuuko sensei will leave this base for a week, he just might as well as hasten his plan. He speaks "Yuuko sensei, can you order one of the two seat Russian model simulator TSF as well as a two seat cockpit with its currently installed OS for that same simulator module? I had some new ideas regarding it usage. In addition, please grant me the access to use any of the simulators in the hangar as well as the co-operation of the chief maintenance."

Yuuko can't hold back her curiosity; she asks "Both of those tasks can be done easily. But why not just order a whole Russian TSF instead of a cockpit?"

Takeru was intrigued by this question of her, he intends to surprise her but she surprised him in return. "Sensei, that's weird. Why don't you ask about the reason I choose the 2 seats model? I thought that would be the very first question that you would ask. Instead you even didn't bother"

Yuuko snickers "Isn't your reason for that obvious? Anyone can tell right?"

Takeru is ultimately stunned"…" [Was my intention that obvious to her? Or is this one of her usual psychological trap?]

Yuuko giggles amusingly "Eh. What's with that stunned look of yours? I expected to see a much more amazing reaction from you but seem like I was wrong."

"…"

"So who is the lucky girl?"Yuuko asks "The samurai girl, the loli mascot, the Megane Tsundere girl, or the weird one?"

"What the hell you were talking about? Beside I am a mecha type otaku not an eroge type otaku, don't use words that only you could understand" Takeru uses his entire brain cells to access this single hint Yuuko just gave.

"Eh, still acting innocent? I know that your manly urge is really hard to control sometime, give the fact that you are constantly surround by beautiful ladies all the time and unable to do anything. Isn't that is why you order a 2 seat module. Using practice as an excuse to get private time with any girls you want right."

"Arg… why do you have to sexually harass me like this every time we talk? Beside none of them would be my co-pilot. It was Kasumi that I had in mind." Takeru feels exhausted as he yells

"It's a crime Shirogane" Yuuko was entirely unsurprised hearing that from Takeru

[Good God, She already knows that it was Kasumi. She just enjoys teasing me] "I do not have such a fetish. Stop accusing me. Besides, there are three reasons that I want to order the cockpit module. Firstly, the USSR will hardly agree to give you one of their remnant ALTERNATIVE III secret easily if you were to ask a whole TSF. Secondly, the shipment time of the cockpit module was faster than a TSF. There were too many complicated procedures for this part while I need it urgently for my plan. Thirdly, we can integrate the whole cockpit into any of our TSF easily. Since I only need to learn about their basic framework, and OS."

Yuuko folds her arms and asks "You still haven't really answered my question. What are you intend to do with the two seat module?"

Takeru smiles lightly "That will be my surprise gift to you sensei. If I told you now, it will be no fun anymore"

Yuuko speaks to Takeru with great seriousness as she looks deep into his eyes "I hope that you know what you are doing Shirogane"

Takeru smiles "I know what I am doing sensei. If your plans in this board are the main dishes, think this little one of mine as a side dish. You will learn about it very soon after you come back from professor Makoto lab"

Yuuko "Then I will wait for your good news, Shirogane"

"Me too, I will wait for your good news, sensei. I will contact you immediately if something unexpected come up" Takeru smiles at his sensei.

Yuuko smiles "Good, now go back to your squad Shirogane"

(L4 Corridor) Takeru POV

Yuuko sensei, I'm sorry. With your agreement to use the hangar as I like, the first phase of my plan has begun. This is where I change the future to my suite. My naivety, powerlessness, and lack of resolve have driven both of us into corner in my last loops. We both have lost something irreplaceable and invaluable. I lost all of my dearest beings while you lost your own humanity, your heart. To make thing worse, I cursed and blamed you after Marimo death. I made you took all the responsibilities. You hid your backstage working from me not only because you scare of my naivety would ruin your plan but also because you care for my own humanity. You don't want to see me become a heartless shell just like you. Despite you may appear treat me harshly as one of your pawn and a soldier, you sheltered me in your own way. All of your plans make me a hero of light, of hope. Yet, every single action I took force you to become a witch of darkness. If not for the gift that Kasumi gave me, I would have never able to imagine all of the stuff that you went through. I am really admired that strength of yours, sensei. That's why sensei, this time, it would be my responsibility to save you and your wish. I already swore this once that I would protect everything I hold dear, including you. That's why, this time I will become a true hero of this world for real. The kind of hero you envision, the kind of hero that you were truly unconciously wish for.

Combat lesson, Takeru POV

If I was to rank the list of the strongest people I have met in combat, no doubt, Meiya would appear in the top 5. First Lt. Hayase would forever undisputedly hold the honor of the strongest. She was completely a monster with or without a TSF and definitely the strongest of the fable Valkyrie. Next in the line, Tsukuyomi Mana undisputedly is the next strongest person I could think of. In my former world, she is a shinobi who able to move in a manner that even define the law of Physics itself. In this world, she is a commanding officer of the Honorable Imperial Guard- the undisputedly strongest army in this entire empire of Japan. Next, Captain Michiru Izumi, she is one heck of a perfect woman if not for her problem with capturing the heart of her crush. Meiya and Ayamine follow next in the line. One of them is a Katana practitioner expert and the other is a close quarter combat expert.

In my last loop, it's not a boast if I say I could take out Meiya or Ayamine in a one on one in no time. However, my strength wasn't truly superior to both of them. My physics and technique was slightly better due to all the exercises accumulate of my continuous looping life. However, the true advantage is my experience in sparring against them which is too, gained from my accumulated looping life. The only reason I was able to dominate any of them head to head is mainly due knowing all of their habits, techniques, and tactics. However, by no mean one of them is weak. Just imagine how could you win in a paper-scissor-stone if your opponent already knows what you going to throw at them before you even make your move. It is similar in that sense for combat.

However, I don't know the reason why Meiya and Ayamine went easy on me in this loop. If it is Ayamine I could understand, but it is impossible for Meiya to go easy on me knowing my strength. Arg, I can't stand this any longer. I have no choice but complain "Meiya, stop go easy on me. Come at me with your full prowess. I know you could do even better than that."

Meiya has a surprise and angry looked on her face "My apologize, Takeru. But I did. I would never do something as insulting as go easy on another warrior."

I immediately apologize as well "I'm sorry Meiya. I had falsely accused you. I think there is something wrong with me"

There is no way that Meiya would lie in this situation. And it's completely impossible that both Meiya and Ayamine became any weaker. I didn't interfere to their childhood time or something similar. That's why it is impossible that any of them has become any weaker. And that leave the only possible answer to this situation, I have become stronger without any knowledge of that. How and when did it happen? I wonder.

"Sorry Meiya, could we stop for a moment"

"Sure, but what's on your mind Takeru? You appear to daydream quite a lot during our spar."

"I am not quite sure of myself Meiya. You may not believe it but for some reason, I just find out that I am stronger than what I am capable of. If I was to put it in another word, for some unknown reason, it seems that I gained strength that I am not even aware of it myself. That's why I feel like you were going easy against me this entire time" I confess truthfully this time. I even find this situation is rather shocking.

"It's really frustrating to admit this but you were completely dominant in our fight. I was never dominated in such way." Meiya admits while folding her arms.

"Don't be. I am really shocked at this newfound strength of mine as well. I didn't expect myself to be this strong."[Don't worry about that, sooner or later, you will have to face Hayase yourself. I will forever salute you for that courage. She is completely a monster that loves a good fight. Even I don't want to meet her in combat]

Meiya giggles "That doesn't sound plausible at all Takeru. Everything about you is surely has the unexpected factor about it"

Suddenly, I want to test the full extent of this strength. "Meiya, please don't take it in the wrong way. I want to see how strong I have become. May I ask if both you and Ayamine take on me at the same time"

Meiya surprises for a moment. Then, she smiles calmly "It's fine with me. I want to see that strength of yours with my own eyes as well."

"Thank you for put up with my selfishness"

Meiya "No, I have to thank you instead. It is rare to buy a chance to fight anyone as strong as you"

"Oy. Ayamine, Class Rep, Tama. Can you stop your sparring for a bit? I want to talk."I decide to call out the rest of the squads

When the rest of the squads have finally assembled, Takeru decide to make his speech "Um, I think there is something wrong with my body right now. I think I need your help Ayamine"

Ayamine blushes brightly and waves her hands "No way…"

Takeru decides to continue his speech "I have just discovered it recently but…"

"But what?" an icy voice belong to Marimo can be heard.

Sensing her killing intent, I stop what I am doing and turn to the direction of the voice. "Instructor, do you have any order for me?"

Marimo smiles wickedly while her icy eyes beam to me "I don't. But I want to ask why do you stop the group activities and make a public love confession right now?"

I think she has made a mistake regarding this whole situation "I was not my intention instructor. It is just that, I think there is something wrong with my body right now. I think I need Ayamine and Meiya help right now"

For a few seconds, I think time stop for everyone except me and Meiya.

Marimo stutters while she blushing furiously "H…how …s…shameless! I …don't believe you could say it in public with such a straight face. WORSE…y...you ask… two girls at the same time"

For some reasons, everyone around has the same expression. I don't quite catch on what so bad about sparring with both Ayamine and Meiya at the same time.

Meiya sighed and speak to me "You are truly a wonder of life Takeru. I just can't believe that you were so dense and clumsy despite being such a prodigy. I will give you a helping hand"

"Please Meiya, your help is much appreciated. I am not sure what is going on now "I relief as Meiya offer her help.

Meiya speaks "Everyone, Takeru didn't mean anything like that. He was just clumsily phrasing his intention wrongly. Let me rephrase it in a way that all of us could understand. What he means is He thinks that he is clearly too strong, he want to have a go with both Ayamine and me at the same time."

Ayamine's eyes flare up eerily "You are so dead Takeru"

Tama looks completely lost at what to do

Chiruzu "What's nerve…"

Marimo was stunned regarding what she just heard. She then roars "What's nerve…. I authorize it. Misurugi, Ayamine, you both are not allowed to hold back. Beat him silly for all I care."

"Roger that"

"Damn it, I just might die for real this time. Meiya, I don't remember phrasing my words like that" I am really worried about my life now after hearing such an order from Marimo

Meiya sticks out her tongue teasingly and smiles at me in a way that only I could she her act "But, it resolves everything better this way right"

I blush at this reaction of her. I have never seen Meiya has such cute reaction like that.

Marimo "Shirogane, Why are you standing in daze like that? Prepare for combat immediately"

I muttered quietly so that only I can hear "Yes Marimo chan, whatever you may say"

I step to the middle of the practice field. Meiya and Ayamine follow my steps.

I fix my stance as soon as Meiya and Ayamine circle around me. Damn, even this is my opinion, it is more nerve wrecking than I ever though. It's now that I realize how amazing Hayase was. It is impossible to imagine that she was able to take out both Ayamine and Meiya at the same time especially when these two was much stronger compare to they are now.

"A chance" Ayamine broke the silence and give an aerial spinning kick from behind

It abruptly woke me from my daydream. I immediately crouched close to the ground to dodge it. If I have guard against it, it would definitely leave me paralyze for seconds with such force that Ayamine just produce. A sudden drop kick was immediately followed by Meiya from the front. I divert the kick power sideway barely in time as I fix my center of gravity. Before I could make any movement, Ayamine follow with a sweep kick to destroy my balance from my right side. I barely dodge that in time as I jump and counter with a vertical spin kick. Ayamine guards against it with both arms. I got you now Ayamine. Your arms has gone numb now; I will take you out with my next move now. This game has become too dangerous. Suddenly I realize that it was I who was trapped. Meiya is releasing a horizontal fullhouse kick from my back, I could neither dodge forward as Ayamine is blocking my kick or I turn back to guard against it. [Crap this going to be seriously hurt. Meiya is releasing one her strongest move in her arsenals.] Before I realize it, my body move by its own will without receive any inputting command from me. My body falls forward head first as if to be buckled down by its own centrifugal force straightly to Ayamine then suddenly perform an aerial roll over Ayamine crouch stance. While still in aerial state, my body once again releases another side way rolling including a 45 degree spinning kick in combo toward Ayamine exposed back. Just as my feet reach the ground, once again my body booms into action on its all, leaping to Meiya direction while bracing the ground as close as possible.

Meiya barely has time to fix her stance as her missed kick has disrupted her balance; she decides to chain another attack to meet Takeru's attack head on. Spinning her disrupted balance body and whipping out a spinning kick like a sickle, Meiya releases a spear thrusting stab with her right hand in addition. Meiya has truly believed that the goddess of victory has smile upon her. Takeru agility will become his down fall as he can't dodge in mid air and he can't stop this whole momentum in his current position. Furthermore, her whipping kick receive a power up from the centrifugal force of her spin and Takeru's forward momentum. Even if he manages to guard against it, by the next moment he will be crushed to the ground with both of his arms went paralyzed as the result of the force.

Just as Takeru was forced to defend against Meiya whipping kick in mid air, his body crouches sideway and bends toward the ground. Meiya kicks meet Takeru's left shoulder vertically. The force of her kick shook Takeru body into a slanted spin makes her spear-like thrusting miss its target. By the time Meiya's feet has touch the ground, Takeru's right elbow has long stay motionless in front of her face.

"No way…"Takeru, Tama, Chiruzu and Marimo speak in unison.

Takeru was just as stunned as everyone else by this sudden turn of event. His whole body completely froze as Takeru is recalling those absurd movements of his just now.

Meiya smiles and breaks the silence"It's your victory, Takeru. That was one amazing feat."

Tama runs straight to Takeru side and speaks excitedly "Amazing, that was really amazing Takeru san. I can't believe my eyes that you could move like that"

Chiruzu looks at Takeru in amazement "That's some crazy moves you have there, Takeru"

Ayamine stands up slowly and speaks "I have really underestimated you Takeru. Those movements were completely out of place"

Takeru was not even aware of his surroundings cheer. He was still lost in thought and flashback. Those movements have some similarity to his combat style. However, his combat style which taken Meiya and Tsukuyomi's forms was graceful and deathly. While the combat style Takeru learn from Ayamine was simply unrestrained and flexible. As a result, Takeru's style is a mixture of Ayamine, Meiya and Tsukuyomi movement. However, those movements just now barely resemble any of them. They were completely brutal and reckless in nature. Moreover, those movements surely overwhelm anyone look at them with their boldness and prowess.

"It was that battle madden woman" Takeru roars as he finally realizes his source of strength while remain completely impervious of his surroundings. Of all the people he knew, these crazy move sets could belong to no one but the First Lt. Hayase.

In the last loop, Takeru positioned as the storm vanguard 2 in the Valkyrie. Hayase took him under her wings and trained him harder than anyone in the squad. Needless to say, her training for Takeru is toughest as she held special interest in Takeru's prowess as an ace. She has requested duels with Takeru as she trained him from A to Z in all sort of combat simulations. However, even until the moment she passed away, her request was still unanswered.

Takeru has unknowingly adopted Hayase combat style into his own through his time working as Storm vanguard 2. "No", Takeru muttered. What he adopted wasn't Hayase combat style. It was Hayase's TSF combat style to be precise. He has never seen anything as deadly and brutal as that. There were no excess movement in those graceless battle madden movements. If he was asked to summary about the notable characteristic of this style in term of RPG, it would be as brutal and reckless as a berserker and as merciless and deadly as an assassin.

No wonder he found both Meiya and Ayamine weaker than usual. Given his merciless and strict training under Hayase, his strength has improved exponentially as the result without any of his knowledge.

"Tought love huh?" Takeru can't help but smile and speak out one of Hayase famous line.

"…ru…Takeru, Takeru"Meiya

"Did he hit his head during the spar?"Ayamine

"I don't think he did but his look and behavior right now is really scary"Meiya

"Let me call him again Takeru, Takeru , Takeru," Tama

" , thank you" Takeru smiles while still in his dreamland, completely obvious of his surroundings.

"Uuuuu….He is mumblingsome girl's name now" Tama

"Someone wakes this guy up. We have an interrogation to do" Chiruzu

Girls, watch and learn. For this situation, there is only one solution" Marimo speaks and clenches her fist tightly. "If tough love is what you want, then you can have it!"Marimo then delivers a might knock on Takeru forehead.

"Ouch, what are you doing Marimo chan? It's really hurt" Takeru has finally fully-awaken from his dream land.

"Not any worse than my hand, what does your skull make of? Adamantium?" Marimo massage her fist tearfully.

"Don't blame me for it. It was you who hit me" Takeru yelps while he tearfully massaging his forehead as well.

Suddenly, Ayamine locks her right arm around Takeru's left arm. Meiya follows Ayamine lead by locks her left arm to Takeru's right arm. Takeru was really surprise by this turn of event. All the girls in his squad were glaring menacingly at him.

"Who is Hayase?" Chiruzu gives him a look that could kill

"HAYASE? How do you know about her?" Takeru was surprised

Chiruzu knocks Takeru with all her might "Don't answer a question with another question", then she tearfully massaging her fist "Instructor was correct, you are really hard-head, what material is that skull of yours making of? Orichalcum?"

"Stop hitting me already, it's hurt" Takeru yelps in tears

"Answer my question first, who is Hayase?"

"You mean Lt. Hayase Mitsuki of the Valkyrie?" Takeru wonder how Chiruzu learn about Hayase at this early stage

"I knew it. No wonder those movements of yours look so familiar" Marimo speaks then, she barks "What is your relationship with Mitsuki of the Valkyrie?"

"I was her…"Takeru speaks

Takeru was about to say I was her squadmate. But thankfully, he manages to stop that slip of tongue. He heave out in relief as he just avoid one heck of a trouble. But little does he know that he is only digging his own grave

"You was her what?"

"Her…"Takeru uses all of his brain cells to search for an excuse no matter how far fetch it is. He can't die here before he can save this world, because of a single girl's name who is not even his lover.

"Her…"Takeru keep muttering this single world like a madman while searching for an excuse

"Her what?" the girls speak in unison once again

"Her hardcore fan!" Takeru cried out as he yield to the pressure of the girls killing intent

"Eh"…. Everyone standing on the field let out that single sound as the result of Takeru unexpected line.