"I have to talk to Hideo." Was all I said in my mind as I am now in a limousine driven by Azumi. The vehicle was equipped with everything, drinks, a small television, and seats that could easily be used as beds. Despite all this, Tatsu and I felt overwhelmed by all of this.

"We'll be at school in ten minutes, Benja and Tatsu." Stacy said with a calm smile looking at us.

"We could have walked, the limo didn't need to come." Tatsu said with embarrassment trying to hide his face from her.

"Besides this, why come by limousine? Isn't it too exaggerated for an easy thirty-minute trip?" Despite our questions, the maid didn't seem to give it much thought and she still had her soft smile.

"Like I said. It's for the good of you two, it's necessary." Stacy said with a calm smile but that made Tatsu and I lower our heads.

"Don't worry Benja, when we get to school Hideo will surely be able to give us a hand." Tatsu said as the limo continued driving.


"I can not do anything."

That single, simple and direct statement was like a brick wall falling on our hopes while Tatsu and I were now pale as ghosts and rigid as statues.

"Nothing? Not a single thing?" I asked with glassy eyes looking at the teen but Hideo shook his head.

"After the fight my father was very hard on me, he said that I am a shame for having attacked from behind instead of attacking from the front. He said that my grandfather almost had a heart attack when he saw me attack in a cowardly way, so they gave me two options Or I would hand over some of my personal belongings and you would come."

"Or else?." Tatsu and I asked at the same time.

"They were going to take away my inheritance permanently and expel me from the family for tarnishing our name." That statement left Tatsu and I cold before we saw Hideo give us a role.

"What is this?." Tatsu asked looking at the sheet of paper.

"The new schedule for you two. Now from now on you will go to class S in my place while I will go to class F, my dad's orders. Now excuse me, I have things to do." The teenager said before leaving leaving Tatsu and I in the hallways with a blank look.

"Don't worry, you're in good hands. Now come on, classes will start." Azumi said before starting to walk in front with Stacy while Tatsu and I followed behind.

"It's amazing that this is actually happening." I said with a drop of anime-style sweat on my head.

"Don't worry Benja, surely this can't be that bad." Tatsu said with a nervous smile, but she was also with the same worry.

The moment we arrived at the first class we were the center of attention of every student, especially Kokoro who was looking at me with deathly eyes.

"Don't pay attention, Benja. Let's just take care of class." Tatsu said with a trembling eyebrow. I just nodded silently, at the moment we were both going to grab our pens suddenly Stacy and Azumi grabbed them first before starting to write.

"Stacy, Azumi. What are you doing?" I asked with impression while the maids were writing everything on the blackboard.

"We'll take care of the chores, you two can do whatever you want." Stacy said calmly as she wrote.

"But, we have to do it ourselves." Tatsu said nervously but even though we tried to stop the girls it was impossible so the girl and I sighed in defeat.


After class, we went out to the patio to read the new schedule. It was difficult, not because everything was new now, but because Stacy and Azumi kept putting fruit in our mouths despite the many times we had told them no.

"It says here that from now on we will have training classes not only with class S, but also with class A, B and sometimes with class C." Tatsu said looking at the new time sheet, then fell silent as Stacy put a piece of apple in her mouth.

"Apparently class F doesn't fit into the training schedules, and it says here that we finish much earlier than them." I said with concern before Azumi put a strawberry in my mouth which made me sigh internally.

"Stacy, Azumi. Could you please stop." Tatsu was silenced when the blonde-haired maid suddenly put more fruit into the Asian girl's mouth.

"You two didn't eat enough fruit for breakfast, so you'll have to eat more." Azumi said with some seriousness looking at us. At that moment Tatsu and I had an idea and looked at each other.

"Stacy, Azumi. We accidentally left our swords in the living room, could you please bring them?" Tatsu asked with a shy smile as the maids stood up and left.

"Alright. Let's go before they come back." The Asian girl said and we quickly ran away. We walked through the hallways quickly before arriving at an empty room, closing the door and then sitting in a chair with a computer before making a call.

"Do you think Barbara will respond?" I asked with some concern while I prepared everything for the call.

"Don't worry Benja, surely she must be fine." Tatsu said with a smile. Suddenly Barbara appeared on the screen but she clearly did not look well, her hair was dirty, her sweatshirt was stained and her lips were stained with chocolate. The red-haired girl was going to take a huge bite of a chocolate ice cream until she suddenly saw us.

"Benja, Tatsu!?." Barbara suddenly fell to the floor before running around the room trying to hide something while she cleaned herself.

"My God, my God, why didn't they tell me before?" the girl shouted before running to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

"But, I texted you on Monday." I said with a drop of sweat as we watched Barbara run around in a bathrobe.

"I did not realize!." Now the girl struggled to put on some pants before falling hard to the ground, Tatsu and I were worried by the loud hit before seeing the red-haired girl stand up with a radiant smile. She now looked much cleaner and better in appearance than before.

"What can I do for you?." The red-haired girl asked with a radiant smile. The Asian girl and I looked at each other seriously before taking the burned contract out of the backpack.

"And so?." Barbara asked curiously looking at the contract.

"Days ago. Tatsu, I and some friends were chasing a lost dog until we reached an abandoned factory full of high-powered military-grade weaponry, Barbara." I said seriously while the Asian girl nodded.

"We need to know if there was any delivery of weapons that day." The redhead looked serious before moving across his desk to look at his computer.

"I'm afraid there are many deliveries to different places. Argentina, Russia, Germany, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, here it is! Japan." Barbara immediately began investigating the multiple deliveries.

"Mmm, there are a lot of deliveries, but they are all to military bases in important cities like Tokyo. What else do you know?" The red-haired girl asked, looking at us.

"The contract is signed by Lex Luthor, even the boxes had his logo. Barbara, did he previously send weapons?" Tatsu asked seriously. The red-haired girl paused for a moment to think before investigating.

"Well. It says here that Lex Luthor contributes a lot to charity and he even offers to pay for weapons to military bases in different countries. In fact, it was recently reported that a shipment was going to Spain but it is rumored that part of the shipment He disappeared." The red-haired girl said seriously, watching the news.

"Do you think there was any movement or robbery by pirates?" I asked seriously making Barbara investigate further.

"Apparently nothing. The captain and crew don't even know who it was, but there are no human casualties or damage to the ship, not even any signs of a struggle." Barbara said seriously making Tatsu and I become more serious.

"We need to find out something and it is the signature on the contract to see if it is true or false, it was a huge shipment that we found and everything indicates that Lex Luthor was the supplier." The Asian girl said looking at the contract.

"Very well, in that case I will travel to Japan immediately." Barbara said with a smile but Tatsu seemed a little uncomfortable.

"Can't we do something like send you the contract or something?" The Asian girl asked but Barbara shook her head.

"No. You must protect that contract at all costs, don't lose it, I think there is a flight this late, I'll be there in the evening." The redhead girl said with a smile making the Asian girl sigh.

"It's okay. Just be careful." Tatsu said with resignation.

"Benja." I looked at the screen and saw that the girl looked sad.

"I'm so sorry. I never wanted to hurt you, can you forgive me?" I felt my heart break at that question and I smiled.

"That's in the past, Barbara. I forgive you." I said with a smile making the girl smile happily.

"I'm going to get everything ready. I'll see you there." With those last words, Barbara ended the call before squealing with happiness and starting to run across the room to pack up her things.

"So there was only news of a looting and Lex Luthor helps charity a lot, would they really have forged his signature?" I asked with some seriousness looking at everything.

"It's hard to say, but one thing is clear, whatever they did, they managed to obtain so much weaponry that they don't mind destroying their own stockpile. The only question is, why would they keep so many weapons?" Tatsu asked seriously.

"Once Barbara arrives we will have to patrol tonight, we may find more answers in the shadows. Until then, this is a secret." Tatsu nodded seriously at what I said.

"What are you two talking about?" Tatsu and I jumped in fright, when we turned around we saw Magrit standing at the door with his arms crossed.

"Magrit, what are you doing here?" I asked in surprise as I quickly put the computer away.

"They're late for defense class, and I find them here in the classroom? What were they doing?" The red-haired girl asked coldly, which made Tatsu and I very nervous.

"You know what? Forget it, I don't want to get into this shit, just clean up after you're done." Those words were buckets of hot water for Tatsu and me. Our bodies turned red and steam came out of our bodies before chasing after Magrit.

"Wait, Magrit stop, this is not what it seems!!." Tatsu and I shouted at the same time. First it was the maids, then the change of room, the Asian girl and I were going to explode if now we are expelled due to a misunderstanding.


"A friend of you two is coming to Japan?" Kazuko asked curiously.

Now we are in defense class, luckily for me and Tatsu, class S and F were going to share the training place, so, taking advantage of an excuse we were able to get closer to where our friends are so we can talk.

"That's right, we suspect that Lex Luthor's signature was possibly forged. We still don't know if it's true or not, but this thing about weapons worries me." I said as he stretched with the others.

"I asked Cookie and Moro to investigate, but they didn't find anything about any shipment that had come recently, worst of all, Cookie couldn't recognize the signature due to the poor condition of the contract." Christiane said seriously.

"This also worries me a lot, lately I couldn't sleep well because of this issue." Yukie said with concern looking at us.

"I still think about those guys who attacked us, those Techniques are from our academy, and a strict rule is that all the training or movements that are learned here must remain only in the walls of the school, until graduation, no one can talk about this with anyone outside." Kazuko said seriously.

"We have to find those people, that's why Tatsu and I plan to go out on patrol at night, maybe then we can intercept those responsible." I said seriously but then we heard the sound of the principal's cane hitting the ground near us.

"Young men, I hope you have stretched enough, training is about to start so everyone to the combat arena now." With that statement, we all quickly went to the combat arena.

"Alright, students. The festival is coming up very soon, in two months it will take place and I want a good impression of our academy. So, everyone, look for training partners." After that we all started looking for a partner to train with.

Kokoro had a smile when she saw that I was having difficulty choosing a partner since everyone was being chosen quickly and some already had their ideal partner. Kazuko together with Yukie, Miyako with Christiane, Tatsu with Azumi, while I was trying to find a partner.

"It's my chance. That silly ape is desperate to find a mate, when he gets to where I am I'll make sure he gets down on his knees in front of me, yes, I'll make him beg for me after yesterday's humiliation." The girl in her mind said with a triumphant smile, her smile only grew when she saw me walk to where she is.

"Sorry, umm. You're Kokoro, right? Do you want to be my training partner?" I asked with a nervous smile not realizing she was smiling darkly.

"No, I'm not interested. But if you want, I can accept you if you kneel in front of me and kiss my feet while you apologize for making a fool of me in front of everyone." Kokoro said but when she looked at me her body paled when she saw that I left. The girl started looking everywhere until she saw me chatting with Stacy.

"You fucking dog!!." I was suddenly pulled by my ear by Kokoro who was very angry.

"How dare you leave me talking to myself!? I'm not done with you yet, you fucking bastard!!" The girl shouted angrily but then we heard the noise of the principal's cane.

"You two youngsters. You're wasting your time, and you're wasting your teammates' time. Kokoro, you'll be with Stacy, Benja, you'll be with Mayo Amakasu." When the director said that I looked around for the person and then I saw a small hand among everyone, a trembling hand.

"I remember you, you are the commander of the red team." I said as I approached her, the girl seemed to be shaking because she was much shorter than me. If I must compare her, she is the same height as Karen.

"Alright everyone. Let's get started." We watched the director walk over to a box and saw him pull out two huge medallions with a string on each one.

"Tatsu, Benja. Front." The girl and I looked at each other before walking to the front and then we saw the director tie the medallions to our arms.

"This represents discipline." The moment the director released the medallion Tatsu and I had to use all our strength when we felt for a moment that our arm was going to fall off.

"And this represents strength." We saw that the director placed the second medallion on us and when he dropped it he made the girl and me completely immobile. We could hear some of the S class seem to be laughing at us and I could easily hear Kokoro's laughter.

"Because you two are new students and the short time you have been here, you are further behind than the rest. So, let's go through the standard academy training with your classmates as backup in case of emergency. Of course, though I doubted that would be necessary." I tensed as I saw the director's eyes locked on me before looking away.

"Come with me, young ones. We have a lot of work to do." The director said before starting to walk.

"May god protect you." Tatsu and I turned around and saw that some students from class F were whispering with concern, and even students from class S, while the rest of that class seemed to be secretly laughing.

"Let's move!." The Asian girl and I were startled and followed the director as best we could due to the weight of the medallions.


"Every warrior must have a firm and straight posture as an arrow, the first task will be to have his support companions on their backs with the two medallions while they maintain balance with the help of their arms and feet to maintain the posture for half an hour. " The director said seriously which horrified Tatsu and me.

"Very well. What are you waiting for? Get on the ground!" The girl and I quickly had to lie face down on the floor with our arms and feet supporting our entire body, we suddenly started sweating when Azumi and Mayo climbed on our backs with the medallions on us.

"Remember, 30 minutes. Your companions can only throw water at you, and don't dare fall because I will increase the weight." The director said before setting a kitchen timer and slowly walking away to a part of the training field.

"Don't worry, the director once did this with Hideo, you only have to last fifteen minutes at most, hold on." Azumi whispered in a low voice, looking at Tatsu, although the Asian girl doubted she would be able to last that long when she saw that the clock was moving at a very slow pace.

"You're doing very well, please hold on." Mayo said with concern when he saw me sweating so much. The medallions were even heavier than the rocks I used in all my training, it literally felt like two anvils were on my shoulders right now.

"I see you decided to see the process with your own eyes." The director said with his back turned while Momoyo slowly approached him.

"We stopped doing these workouts when everyone's parents almost forced us to close the school for these kinds of exercises. I know what I saw, as do you. But I must even ask myself, doesn't this seem excessive to you?" The director asked with some seriousness in his voice while he and the girl saw that Tatsu and I were literally fighting to stay firm.

"Tatsu will be able to handle it, she and I did this before, remember that. The progress I care about is Benja's, I saw those eyes in the battle yesterday, clearly there is something he hasn't told me yet. My doubts are cleared up but not from the everything, I'm sure what I'm asking of you, old man." Momoyo said with her arms crossed and with a serious tone.

"If you say so. Although, I admit that it is interesting to see how two heroes train hard against each other, however, only time will tell if all our suspicions and questions are answered, by the way. Have you already asked Benja for that favor?" " The director asked curiously but Momoyo shook her head.

"Not yet, but I plan to tell him later. And did you do what I asked?" At that moment the atmosphere between the two became tense and heavy.

"I'm working on it, I remind you that since we have many students I still need time, even with Cookie's help, I need to investigate and analyze well all the graduate students, class, and rookies." The old man's words made Momoyo bite her lip in annoyance before sighing.

"Do what you have to do, old man. Those guys knew the Kawakami style perfectly, Benja and Tatsu don't, but while they are with us they should learn everything necessary in case we are fighting those guys again." " Momoyo said seriously, staring at the training.

"You can't make the fruit fall whenever you want from the tree. The seeds release their sprouts at a slow and delicate pace. I don't promise you that they will be ready enough to master the Kawakami art overnight, you will have to be patient " Momoyo scrunched her face in annoyance before sighing.

"Fuck it. Fine, just make sure they get some results, I'll see you later." Was all the girl said before leaving while the director turned around when he heard something fall and saw me on the ground.

"Benja, please hold on!!." Mayo quickly got up and ran to grab a bottle of water and dumped all the water on my head. When the clock rang, Azumi and Tatsu quickly stood up and helped me stand up.

"Tatsu. Excellent job, Benjamin, there will be a lot to improve in your endurance. Now get up, it's time to run." The director said before pointing in the direction of a small race track.

"Let's move!." The Asian girl and I nodded before going to run on the track as fast as we could because of the extra weight while Mayo and Azumi followed behind us.

"Do you have it in your sights?."

In the distance from Kawakami Academy, a girl watched as Tatsu and I were fighting with all our might to finish the race.

"Is it the white-haired boy? I still think this is a waste of time." The girl said seriously, looking at me through binoculars.

"I already told you not to focus on his appearance. You already know what to do, are you there?" a male voice asked through the communicator.

"I have my sights on him, that's obvious. But I'm not going to attack Kawakami Academy, I'll wait to attack him. I don't want to get in trouble with Momoyo Kawakami." The girl said seriously before putting away the binoculars.

"Good. Now go about your work, I have an important meeting this afternoon and I don't want to be disturbed." The girl stood there looking in the direction of the academy in silence before leaving.


Tatsu and I fell to the ground completely tired. The day was the hardest we could have had. Jumping, sit-ups, squats, push-ups, running, and even swimming. All day we wore the academy medallions at all times. We heard footsteps and saw the director in front of us.

"I'm proud of you two. You managed to show discipline and determination." Slowly, the old man approached us and took the medallions from us as if they were simple toys.

"I recommend you go home and rest. And don't worry, you will only wear these medallions for a whole week to make up for lost time. Stacy and Azumi will be waiting for you, now, go get your things." The director said before leaving at a slow pace. Tatsu and I struggled to stand up and then looked at our cell phones.

"Barbara has arrived?" I asked with pain in every part of my body.

"I don't know, I'd better go get her. Benja, you go home, you need to rest. I'll take Barbara to Yukie's house." I simply nodded my head and we both went to the living room to get our things.

When we got to the living room we couldn't move our shoulders because of the pain but then we heard someone open the door.

"Hello, can we come in?" When we turned around we saw Margit accompanied by other girls.

"They are busy?." Magrit asked seriously which made Tatsu and I look at each other.

"Hello again!." Suddenly the blonde-haired girl from yesterday approached us with a smile.

"My name is Cosima Lorbach." The blonde-haired girl jumped and approached another girl who was not looking away from her book.

"This is Bella Bergermann." The girl only raised her head from the book to give a simple nod in greeting before continuing to speak.

"She, she doesn't talk much. This is Thelma Müller." Cosima said pointing to another person. The named girl bowed.

"I am Siegrun Kholschreiber." Tatsu, Cosima and I fell on our backs anime style as Siegrun introduced himself for the second time in a very innocent manner.

"They already know, don't forget that you helped with Benja's injuries yesterday." Siegrun laughed shyly at Cosima's statement as he remembered yesterday right now.

"Anyway. We came here to give this to you two." Tatsu and I watched Magrit extend her hand to give us both a crimson red letter wrapped in a black ribbon.

"What is this?." I tried to open the letter but Magrit stopped me.

"Don't open it yet. I need to know if you two are worthy first." The red-haired girl said but that left Tatsu and me very confused.

"Worthy? Worthy of what?" Tatsu asked curiously. But the moment we looked ahead, Magrit and her friends were no longer there.

"Will it be another kind of gift?" I asked fearfully. I didn't want more maids or expensive things, I just started sleeping with Stacy and Azumi.

"It doesn't seem like it. In her eyes, I could see that she seemed to be very serious, whatever it is, the content of the letter must be very important." Tatsu said seriously as we both looked at the letter. After that, we grabbed our things and started to leave.


The moment Tatsu and I got home, the first thing I did was go straight to the bathroom to dive into a huge hot bath. My whole body felt like it was killing me to the point where I felt like any second my arm was going to fall off.

"Good God. If this keeps up I'll probably end up in the hospital or perhaps being claimed in Tartarus by Hades." I said before sinking my entire body into the tub to relax. I grabbed some cold water and dropped it on the hot stones of the small sauna and relaxed in the heat.

When I thought about training, I couldn't help but think of Metropolis. I hugged my legs thinking about Diana and the rest of the team, I felt happy that Barbara is here, but. Wouldn't it be a bad idea to invite the other girls too? When that thought came to my mind it made me sigh in defeat and frustration. No matter how much I try to avoid it, my memories only show me what happened days before coming to Japan.

I left for a moment to look for my backpack before returning with my cell phone in hand. Look at the screenshot, it was the same photo of all of us after fighting Lex Luthor's sister, our first day as a team. I felt a pang of guilt remembering how cold I was to them, but I couldn't blame them, it was the magic potion that did this.

Without hesitation, I went to contacts and looked at Diana's name. I pressed the call button and my heart started pounding, waiting please for her to answer.

"Hello?." My heart stopped when I heard the girl's voice, just when I was going to speak I suddenly heard.

"Benja, please help me. I don't understand this, recorded calls."

"You're supposed to say something like a prerecorded message, that way when someone calls the person will know you're busy and leave a message on your voicemail."

"Oh, I understand. Right now I am busy with my duties as an average citizen, if you have doubts or questions, please leave your message in my mailbox, may the goddess Athenea be with you."

It was voicemail. I was silent for a long time with the cell phone to my ear, I slowly sighed, thinking about what to say, and then I spoke.

"Hello Diana. It's me, Benja. Umm, I wanted to know if things in Metropolis were okay, and if you were okay. Yo, I want to know how you are, and if you need help. Please don't take this temporary separation thing as a way of saying that we are no longer dating, I still love you and I love Kara, Jessica and Zatanna. I really miss them a lot."

"I hope you're okay. Please call me when you can, I love you so much, I really do."

When the call ended I hugged my legs sadly. I know that I am in Japan not only for Tatsu, but also to get away from the girls a bit because of what happened days ago. But I couldn't deny that I felt a little sad without them laughing and having fun like before.

"I hope they're okay." I slowly stood up from the water and grabbed the towel before wrapping it around my hips. The moment I came out of the bathroom, my face turned bright red.

Christiane was in front of me. Both of us completely naked, our reds turned red and immediately the girl took out her fencing sword which made me pale.

"Christian, wait!" I quickly stretched out my hand while holding my towel firmly with the other hand. The girl noticed this and she turned red in embarrassment before dropping the sword.

"Do not look!." The girl pushed me to the ground and put her foot on my head so that my eyes were glued to the floor.

"Don't you dare move or I swear I'll beat you up!" Christiane shouted, covering her naked body, despite sounding serious and firm, she was also nervous and embarrassed.

"Wait, Christiane. I didn't know you were going to come into the bathroom right after I finished my shower, I'm so sorry!" I screamed nervously but I only managed to get the girl to put more pressure on my head using her foot.

"I don't care! Don't you dare look up, I don't want you to see me!" Christiane put more force on her foot making my nose almost touch the ground.

"Okay, okay! Just let me stand up and I'll look away, grab my things and then leave, I swear!" Despite what I said, the girl did not remove her foot from my head.

"No! You won't, you will surely take that trap and then hug me from behind and subject me to a wrestling hold as it appeared in chapter 12 of Yamatomaru's Dream Diary!" Christiane looked everywhere and then observed the entrance to the hot springs of the bath.

"Get in there right now!" The girl quickly grabbed me and threw me into the hot springs and then she entered, I immediately had to turn around to avoid seeing her. I didn't want to make her more angry.

"Don't you dare turn around, you'll get out of here until I get out first!" Christiane shouted with anger clear in her voice.

Five minutes. That was long enough for Christiane to regret having forced me into the waters again. Now we are both back to back so as not to look at each other while our bodies were in the water.

"Umm, if you want. I can go now." I decided to break the ice because of the awkward silence between the two of us.

"No. If you are not good at attacking with a sword then you are not good at keeping your promises either." Christiane said seriously without looking at me.

"I thought I made a breakthrough, especially in the fight against Magrit and Kokoro." I whispered softly, but my words managed to reach the blonde girl's ears.

"Lucky. That's what you were, very lucky. Magrit and Kokoro are known at Kawakami Academy as very strong girls. Magrit has a long history as a military soldier in Germany, he has completed countless successful missions without casualties." Christiane said seriously, hearing this shocked me.

"Wait, she's a soldier? How do you know that?" I turned just a little to see Christiane out of the corner of my eye while the girl didn't move a bit.

"My dad often talks about her. That's all I'll tell you." My curiosity died when I heard the girl's cold tone and words.

"I just wanted to know if you knew Magrit well. Also, today she gave Tatsu and me a red letter." Immediately after saying that, I saw Christiane grab my eyes before turning around and looking into my eyes seriously.

"A letter!? Explain to me right now what the letter was like and what it had inside!" I was startled by the girl's sudden angry outburst as well as by her strong and firm tone.

"It was a crimson red letter, I don't know what was inside. She told us not to open it!" I shouted in response looking the girl in the eyes.

The place became silent while Christiane slowly sat down in front of me again and I would be looking at the girl, she was having a kind of conflict because she was thinking about something before looking at me.

"What else did she tell you?" Christiane broke the silence with that question, looking me straight in the eyes.

"She said something about being worthy, I don't know what she meant by that." Despite my response, the girl seemed a little uneasy.

"Listen Benja. I don't want you or Tatsu to be involved with her, and it's not a request, it's an order. I don't want you anywhere near me, and if she tells you something, you'll tell me. Understood?" Christiane asked seriously, looking at me intently.

"Yes, I understand. But, why don't you want me to be close to her?" I asked curiously but saw that the girl was more serious.

"Just do what I told you." She responded in a serious and blunt tone, once again generating the uncomfortable silence.

"So, the principal made you train together with Tatsu in the traditional Kawakami style. I heard that students decided to quit after enduring two days with the steel plates, and many even ended up in the hospital. The reason why no one sued the school It is because it is one of the most important in Japan." I was surprised to hear that and looked at the girl with wide eyes.

"Luckily for me. I managed to sign up here and was able to avoid it, but tell me. What did training feel like?" The girl asked, looking at me curiously.

"It's difficult. Those steel medallions are like carrying two cars at the same time in each hand, Tatsu and I barely managed to finish the exercises because of the training, well. Although, she seems to be getting used to it slowly, and I'm behind." I said with a shy smile touching my sore arm.

"It was to be expected of you." I looked at the girl and saw that Christiane was very serious with her arms crossed.

"In your battle against Magrit, Kokoro, Azumi and Hideo, you fought using your fire magic. If we make an exception for the Kawakami style you used, you would have been disqualified for using magic. It shows that even though we are training you Physically, you are still very attached to your magic."

"No strength, no speed, no defense. It is a miracle that you survived today's training, Tatsu trained all her life and even without knowing the Kawakami style she is strong. On the other hand, you, without your magic, would have lost in the fight Momoyo." Christiane watched as I lowered my head with an expression of sadness and disappointment.

"I know. The thing is, being a magician is not only physical training, but also psychological. Many times I train more mentally than physically to be able to learn more spells and expand my ability to use magic." I said shyly but felt a hard blow when I heard Christiane sigh with clear bitterness.

"What's the point? You try to learn the Kawakami style but you don't know that it is an extremely difficult and tough style that requires a lot of willpower, physical strength and great stamina, which you lack. Your fighting style is simple and easy to learn break, not to mention your weak sword style."

"You're a mess. The only reason you're not in a hospital is because of your magic, without it you're nothing."

A silence was present, one even but the others. Christiane looked at me and could see tears falling into the water, she was going to say something but then she saw me stand up before running away.

"Hey wait!." She quickly stood up and followed me but then she saw that I was covered in a blue fire that put me in my hero suit and I immediately flew away at full speed leaving Christiane behind.

"Shit." When Christiane turned away from her she saw Miyako right behind her with a somewhat serious expression.

"I, umm."

"I heard everything." Those words made the girl sigh with resignation.

"This time you went too far." Miyako said with her arms crossed making the other girl bite her lip in annoyance.

"He must learn that everything is not easy. If he used his magic very often he would do things very easily and even basic things." Christiane said with her arms crossed and a serious look.

"Teach him that if you want, but telling him that he's useless was a low blow. He really struggles to get used to it and keep up with us, it's only been three days since he arrived and you treat him like a dog." Miyako said in a more serious tone which irritated Christiane.

"Where I come from, they taught us discipline and don't tell me that I was the only one who treated him badly, I saw clearly how you treated him when he missed his bow shots." Miyako felt a little hurt but then composed herself.

"It's true. But I offered to teach him how to improve, you on the other hand, even though you help us train him, you only spend your time pointing out your defects and yelling at him every time he makes a mistake. You're just like your father."

A strong breeze hit Miyako's hair as Christiane moved at great speed with her fencing sword now at her throat with a look of death in her eyes.

"Never say that again." Despite Christiane's cold and deathly tone, Miyako felt not at all terrified despite being able to feel the edge of the weapon touching her throat.

"Do whatever you want. But if you follow the path you take, rest assured that Benja will hate you or he won't want to train with you again. He's barely a rookie, and to be honest. I'm proud of him, who Despite the wounds and bruises, he always gets up, no matter if it sends him to a hospital bed or to Yukie's room."

"He needs help to improve, that's all. It's true that he depends a lot on his powers, but do you ever use them every day? He is responsible and treats his magic with respect, who knows what benefits it could bring in some future. You would have seen when Benja and I shot an arrow together, it was like shooting a missile. Think what he would do with his magic and your abilities."

Christiane watched Miyako lower the fencing sword from her throat with a gentle smile.

"I think Benja is not the only one with a long road ahead, from what I see you are too. Just give him a chance, I know that even though you are hard on him, you care a lot that he learns." With those last words, the purple-haired girl left, leaving the blonde girl alone in the hallways in complete silence.


I didn't go out on patrol. Instead, I just went to hide in one of the buildings to cry alone, I didn't want to do it in front of Christiane for fear that she would say more things or that she would just laugh.

Memories of my past training came to me and especially every fight I had with my team in Metropolis. Did I really cause harm to the villains? Were the monsters really affected by my magic? The questions were increasing but then I thought of two serious moments in which people's lives, but especially mine, were in danger.

The time I fought Cerberus, did my magic really help defeat him? I managed to beat up Hercules on two occasions? A demigod humiliated by me, a magician. Now I'm doubting, did I really achieve all this?

I thought about Diana's training. Maybe the training she was making me do was maybe for girls on the island of the Amazons, that maybe the training wasn't standard. Slowly each question made me feel worse but especially, weak and pathetic.

I took off the still broken mask for a moment and stared at it, those damages were because of my carelessness when Miyako almost knocked me out with an arrow. Feeling the edges, he made me feel worse and worse and I lowered my head in disappointment. Am I really a hero after all this time? Or am I just a fool in disguise throwing fire and creating flowers?

"Good good." I raised my head to see a dark space where a woman slowly emerged.

My body froze the moment I saw his eyes. Dark as night with an amber color, her body seemed well built as I could see her muscles, she was wearing strange clothes with a long cape that seemed to be made of feathers, but then I saw that in one of her hands she was holding a huge mass with spikes not only on the edges but also all over the weapon.

"Who are you?." Was all I could say due to my nerves while the girl showed me a smile that made me feel terrified.

"I don't think I should tell you, but. Since the last time we'll see each other is then I'll tell you. My name is Shin Wengong, I'm here for your head." Hearing those words filled me with fear as I watched the girl drop her weapon on the ground with a loud thump.

"Hey, don't take this the wrong way. I'm just doing my job, that's how things are. It's nothing personal, I respect heroes, but when money calls many times someone must also take the opportunities, right?" Shin asked with a calm tone, staring at me.

"Look, I'm in a good mood today so we don't necessarily need to fight. Just give up, I'll take you to my boss, they'll do whatever they have to do with you and that's it. Everyone wins, right?" When I heard that I couldn't help but get serious now.

"Your boss? Is he responsible for the weapons in that warehouse? Is he responsible for sending spies to Kawakami Academy to steal their skills?" I got up seriously while the girl still maintained her relaxed attitude.

"That's not your problem, come on. Surrender and let's prevent blood from flowing, between you and me, we know you're not strong." The girl said with a smile that made me take a step back, which caused her smile to grow bigger.

"I know everything about you, Benja. I know that you are not from around here, I know that you are not at all an ordinary person. You have a destructive and powerful gift, I saw many videos of you in Metropolis and I admit that you are very powerful, but you're not in your city, now you're in my city, there are no monsters to face, I watched the broadcast of you against Momoyo Kawakami, and I admit it was incredible."

"However, now you are in big trouble, in front of you is a person you have never fought, I am worse than a monster. Let's save the trouble and let me catch you, I can promise you that they will make you disappear cleanly so that your friend Tatsu will forget you for complete."

Hearing that made my blood boil, without hesitation I threw a fireball at Shin, generating a strong explosion. I felt my blood freeze when I heard laughter and I could see the girl in front of me without any scratches using her cloak as her shield.

"That's how things will be, eh? Very good." The girl dropped her cloak before grabbing her gun with one hand, she lifted the gun with ease and rested it on her shoulder as her smile grew bigger.

"In that case, let's fight!!" My eyes widened in terror as I saw how she managed to be above me in the air with a single jump. I immediately used a root to move quickly but despite that, when Shin's weapon touched the ground a strong sling of wind He pushed me to the edge of the roof.

"Ugh, what an incredible disappointment. Let's fight!" When I was able to open my eyes I was hit right in the chest by Shin's weapon, I could feel my ribs almost breaking as I was thrown before breaking a window of one of the buildings knocking down many jobs.

"This is the hero who faced Cerberus!?." I immediately had to move just to avoid an attack from Shin that devastated the office and destroyed desks like they were made of paper.

"You're just a scared kid!" I immediately raised my arms to intercept a blow from the girl that sent me flying and crashing into another building. I saw something in the distance and I quickly moved just to avoid Shin's weapon that was close to hitting my head, but then I felt something grabbing my leg and in less than a minute, my entire body collided with the hard ground creating a crater.

"Oh no, you're not going to give up now. Wait for this and you better fight right now!" the girl screamed before hitting me, making me crash into the windshield of a car while her gun landed in her hands.

"So you're not seriously going to fight, huh? Well, maybe that girl, Tatsu. It'll give me more fun." Shin said before smiling and starting to walk but then she turned around just in time when a car almost hit her.

"If you dare to touch Tatsu, I will never forgive you!" I screamed in anger before launching myself and catching Shin, leaving her and me in the air.

Without hesitation, I started to punch her face but she wasn't far behind and fought back, then grabbed my arm and spun me around before throwing me against a wall while she landed on the ground. Before Shin could take a step, she was hit by a blast of water that made her retreat a little but then, the girl in a quick movement hit and hydrant her with her weapon forcing me to dodge it.

"Do you know everything about me!?" I asked seriously before making my fire sword appear in one of my hands.

"About your life as the elemental mage? Yes!" Shin said with a smile holding his weapon before rushing to where I am.

"Then you know what I'm capable of!" Fire covered my sword and I grabbed it with both of my hands before clashing our weapons generating a strong sling of wind and causing the ground to break as Momoyo's Macuahuitl and Shin's weapon faced each other in a battle of strength.

"You're finally taking things seriously, huh? It's about time." The girl said with one before breaking my defense and giving me a strong kick that made me retreat.

"I don't care who I send you, I won't let you win, but above all, I won't let you hurt my friends!" I yelled before lunging again just as she resumed the fight.


Christiane's eyes never left the television, her program was there and even though her eyes clearly saw every detail of the show, she couldn't stop remembering the discussion but above all also Miyako's words.

"She doesn't know anything, she can't comment on what I said, I know well what I told Benja. He must learn that not everything is magic." Christiane said to himself before grabbing some sushi wrapped in fried tofu, just as she was going to take the first bite, she heard the following.

"It's over."

Christiane's eyes were now fixed on the screen. She was so deep in her thoughts that she didn't notice that moments ago there was a fight at her show.

"Sensei, you can't be serious."

"I said it's over. Put away your sword and let your brother recover, he can barely move after the fight. Don't make me have to intervene." An old man said with a serious look looking at another teenager.

"He doesn't take things seriously, he thinks he's strong but he's the opposite, he can't hold a sword without his arrogance going to his head, he has no honor, he doesn't have wisdom, he's a failure." The young man said angrily, pointing his gun at the other seriously injured young man on the ground.

"You say your brother has no honor, but is it honorable to want to finish him off? A rival who has already been defeated no longer represents a threat." The old man approached the injured young man and helped him to his feet before letting him go to the monastery.

"But it makes us weak, leaving alive a rival who knows what could happen. That would only cause problems and even make him become even stronger. My brother is a disaster, he takes training as a game, he does what the want without taking into account the consequences that this will bring in the future." The young samurai protested while the old man sighed, stroking his long beard.

"You are worried about what he is and what he will be, there is a saying. The past is history, the future is a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why people call it the present." The old man smiled before turning to look at the teenager.

"Your brother will be what you say, and perhaps many more things, but you must keep in mind that he takes things seriously when the situation is very important and requires the true concentration of a samurai. At your age, I met samurai and even warriors Shogun who had the same spirit as your brother, but because of that, they were still people to respect." The old man said kindly but the boy clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"That is because they are people to be respected, a samurai gives his life for his people and his people, and the Shogun are at the hand of an emperor. They would not dare to stain their titles with such embarrassing and shameful acts." Despite the young man's harsh words, the old man chuckled.

"It's true. But that doesn't stop them from reveling and having fun, they're human too. We all have the need to let our guard down to be nothing more than just civilians, I met many who simply left their katanas in their homes to mingle with each other people as civilians."

"You may not know it, but many of the greatest warriors in history were never born in temples or were heirs to renowned families. Many of them were farmers, bakers, and even some were artists. However, you already know that when our country faced conflict, many of these noble people had to leave their homes to respond to the call of duty."

"Of course, many samurai who were already trained laughed at them because of their status and the clothes they wore. But over the months, those noble peasants became strong samurai who fought tirelessly to defend their home. They did it with honor, determination and courage."

"When the wars ended, they returned as heroes of the nation loved and respected by each of the inhabitants of their towns and even their emperors. But despite the fame and greatness, they returned to their old habits." The young man's eyes widened upon hearing that.

"Because they did that?." The old man laughed at the boy's question.

"Because they missed their homes, their families, their children. Even the strongest and most fearsome warrior has a sensitive side beneath his mask and his armor, which reflects within him and shows that he is not just a warrior willing to fight, but also a noble person." The old man slowly turned to look at the boy.

"You are free to give your opinion about your brother's attitude and actions, but you cannot give your opinion about what he is. You must accept that even though someone in front of you is different, you cannot treat him and blame everything bad. You must think of the good, of what is in his heart. Because if there is one thing that stains the honor of a warrior, it is judging your own allies in an unfair way." The old man turned and began walking at a slow pace to the monastery.

"A warrior without respect for his comrades is a warrior who may fight alone in the future." With those last words the old man left, leaving the teenager alone.

Not a single Christiane muscle moved. The girl was like a stone staring at the screen with the same sushi close to entering her mouth, she stayed so deeply immersed in the program that she didn't notice everything around her, and while the credits and the music played, she She looked at her sword for a moment remembering the training she and I had, then the fight at the academy and then the argument.

"Benja depends on his magic, not only because he is used to it but because it is his way of fighting and it is the only one he knows besides his basic hand-to-hand fighting style." Christiane got up and walked through the hallways until she reached Yukie's room. Slowly the girl walked and saw a photo of me with Kara and Diana posing on the remains of a robot with our hero suits.

"But he can't use his magic always, he must know that one day that magic could disappear and then he would be invulnerable and weak." She grabbed the photo and looked me straight in the eyes, remaining silent for a few moments.

"But. He will never be alone." Christiane finally spoke as she slowly lowered the photograph without taking her eyes off the image.

"There will always be people to help you, but what if that's not the case?" The girl had a small flash as she saw me shed tears and run away, then Miyako's words and the episode she was watching, all hitting her mind like a strong blow.

"He really tries hard to get better, and even if I yelled at him. He doesn't stop fighting." Slowly she moved almost involuntarily until she reached the window where she escaped and observed the city in silence.

"Discipline forms the perfect warrior, it is the basic rule of any fighter." The girl remained silent, contemplating the city and then remembered something she heard in a chapter.

"Those who break the rules are scum, but. Those who abandon a friend are worse than scum." Christiane sighed looking at the city until suddenly an explosion caught her attention and a thought crossed her mind like a bullet.

"Benja!" She immediately ran to her room before taking off the kimono she was wearing, struggling and as quickly as she could she put on her casual clothes. Quickly the girl grabbed her sword and ran with all her strength to the city.


The fight destroyed a part of the city, now Shin and I are in a factory fighting. My body was bruised, full of bruises, blood and torn clothes unlike the girl, she barely had scratches and wounds but not serious enough.

Our weapons clashed again but this time Shin had the advantage due to my little strength and magic, with a strong push she managed to break my defense before hitting me hard using her weapon making me crash into a wall before falling to the ground. I looked at my Macuahuitl on the ground and weakly crawled to the gun.

"You really don't get tired, huh?" Just as I was going to grab my weapon I saw Shin kick the Macuahuitl away from me before crouching down and looking at me with a smile.

"I must admit, many people who fought against me killed them effortlessly after they accepted their fate, but you decided to fight. You have guts kid, I admit that you are brave even though you are not as strong as I thought you were." I tried to move but then stood still when Shin put his gun on my back, placing the entire weight of the gun on me.

"It's a shame this is over, I started to like you. If you weren't my target, rest assured that maybe we could have been comrades in arms." Slowly the girl raised her gun, placing it above my head.

"Don't feel bad. I will always remember you as the hero who was a great rival to me."

I closed my eyes accepting what was going to come. All I could think about was Christiane's words making me look weak, and the fight just now made me see that it was all true.

"Stop there!." Shin turned only to feel a breeze and then he felt his hand empty. When he turned around he saw his weapon fall hard to the ground and remain embedded in the floor and in front of him he saw Christiane standing with her sword and with a serious look.

"I don't know who you are, but I warn you not to try to play the hero. I'll forgive you for this, leave while you can." The girl said seriously but Christiane held her weapon tighter.

"My name is Christiane Friedrich, a student at Kawakami Academy and Benjamin's teacher. I don't think you will hurt my disciple and friend." The girl said seriously but she only managed to make Shin laugh.

"I never thought a hero would need a teacher." Suddenly the girl's eyes widened when suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Christiane appeared in front of her before delivering a thrust that made Shin retreat several meters.

"Christiane, go. I can fight." I said with difficulty as I tried to stand up but then I saw the girl put a hand on my shoulder.

"No. You've done enough, rest. I'll finish this." Christiane said with a smile before standing up and putting on a serious face looking at Shin.

"I underestimated you. Something I won't let happen again." The girl said seriously before watching as Christiane threw the gun out of her hands.

"Fighting an unarmed adversary is not worthy of a warrior." Shin smiled at Christiane's words before firmly gripping her weapon.

"Then honor me with your combat. Warrior." Shin said with a smile before getting ready.

Christiane launched herself at a high speed and suddenly the two weapons collided fiercely generating a strong sling of wind, Shin tried to attack with his arm but Christiane evaded the attack before attacking with a sword attack that was barely blocked before having to jump when his rival tried to break his defense with a push.

Christiane rested her feet on one of the factory containers to push herself with greater force like a projectile, Shin used his weapon as a shield but despite having blocked the attack in time she retreated centimeters with her feet firmly planted on the ground, she tried to attack with a kick but the blonde girl dodged it with a somersault back. When she looked up she saw Shin about to attack her head on but a fireball made the girl back away.

"I never leave my friends alone." Christiane turned to see me standing awkwardly with my right arm raised being held by my left arm and my palm open. The girl smiled before standing at attention and focusing back on the fight.

Taking advantage of the sudden attack, the blonde girl attacked with quick thrusts to Shin's abdomen and chest that made the girl retreat, just as she tried to counter attack more fireballs were launched which forced her to have to protect herself while Christiane continued with The attacks.

"Damn it, don't intervene!!" In an unexpected move, Shin grabbed his gun and threw it like a missile towards where I am. When the blonde girl saw that, she immediately stood in front of me with her arms in an "X" shape, but the attack was fast enough to break her defense and send the gun flying.

The moment Christiane opened her eyes she could see Shin above her in the air holding his weapon, the blonde girl closed her eyes waiting for the blow but then she was pushed just in time making me take the hit squarely before flying away. and crashing fiercely into one of the containers before falling.

"No!." Christiane stood up before grabbing her sword and quickly running to where I am. The girl was horrified to see my head bleeding while I struggled to stand up.

"Why? Why did you do it? You could have died." The girl whispered as I slowly stood up with difficulty due to my weak and trembling legs.

"You saved my life. Even though I am weak, you cared for me." I said with a weak smile but that gave Christiane a sting.

"You're still alive?." Christiane and I looked forward to see Shin who was smiling.

"Damn, you're tougher than I thought." Shin looked at me but then she noticed Christiane get in front of me.

"You and I aren't done. I won't let you hurt him." The girl said seriously making the other girl laugh.

"Will you continue fighting? Well, I admit that I was bored that the fight against your friend will not last long, I hope you can give me a better fight." Christiane became serious at those words before feeling my hand on her shoulder.

"I have an idea. But I need time." The girl looked at me out of the corner of her eye and then saw Shin.

"How long?." The girl quickly asked with curiosity and seriousness.

"Just three minutes, do you think you can give me that time?" I asked curiously and saw the girl smile before she raised the sword from her.

"Made." With those last words, Christiane threw herself back into the fight while I got on my knees and placed my hands on the ground before closing my eyes to concentrate.

Shin also launched and tried to deliver a direct hit but the girl dodged it by jumping, using her rival's weapon, Christiane launched herself to attack the face but her rival dodged it before trying to attack with a blow to the face. back that the blonde girl barely evaded.

The sea near the factory began to shake slowly while my hair began to change to a navy blue color, I kept my eyes closed tightly and fought to avoid breaking concentration but hearing the noise of the weapons colliding made me nervous because I didn't know if Whether Christiane was having the advantage or not.

Shin backed away from a kick to the face before attacking head on again but Christiane dodged before launching herself to land an attack, but was quickly knocked down when her rival used her arm as a whip directly hitting her face and causing her to fall. Christiane opened her eyes and quickly had to roll to avoid a direct attack from Shin's weapon that came close to hitting her head.

The sea began to become more violent, waves began to be created and hit the shores of the factory, threatening to enter. My hair began to glow brightly as my magic slowly connected with the water.

In an oversight, Christiane was surprised by a kick to the stomach when she thought that Shin was going to attack from above, when she was about to compose herself she was knocked down by the hard blow of her rival that made her fall to the ground dryly.

"Before I kill you and your friend, I am grateful for the fight we had, it's been a while since I last had difficulties at work. I will take your weapons as trophies and remember you as the only ones who were capable of hurting me. " Shin said before raising his weapon over Christiane.

"Christiane, here now!" The blonde girl looked at me and kicked her rival in the stomach causing Shin to back away while the other girl ran to where I am.

"Quickly, stand on the water circle now!" Christiane looked ahead and was surprised to see water moving in a circle, immediately the girl entered the circle with her sword.

"I can't do this alone. Christiane, you must use your sword with my magic. Let my attack help you finish Shin, are you ready?" I asked with difficulty. The blonde girl looked ahead and saw that the other girl was recovering.

"Do it!." My eyes shone and I stretched my hands to the sky.

Christiane heard a loud noise and turned to see a huge wave above her. She immediately closed her eyes waiting for the blow, but after a few moments she opened her eyes and was surprised to see that she was inside the water and nothing had happened to her. But then she noticed how the water was slowly taking shape and she saw scales forming, she immediately knew what I was doing and held her sword tightly.

Shin stepped back in fear looking at what was before her. Christian was inside a gigantic snake and the girl was on the head holding her sword tightly. Shin turned serious and started running with her weapon ready.

"Water Element: The Wrath of Jörmungander!" I screamed with all my might using the magic I had left.

Christiane opened her eyes and immediately she and the snake launched themselves at great speed. The girl stretched her sword tightly, keeping her posture firm and full of determination, she could see that the head of the snake began to disappear and the fencing sword was being covered by the water as if she were the snake now.

When both weapons collided the wind began to blow strongly as if at any moment the entire place would be sent flying, Christiane screamed and using all her strength she made Shin retreat before losing his balance, at that precise moment, the blonde girl attacked. With a strong thrust he hit his rival's stomach and suddenly the water shot out like an arrow sending Shin crashing into a warehouse and knocking him down completely.

Christiane looked at the collapsed warehouse for a moment and then looked at her sword, she felt an enormous amount of power and energy rush through her veins the moment she used my attack to knock Shin down. But then she heard footsteps and turned to see me using my Macuahuitl as a cane.

"Benja." Christiane dropped her sword and helped me just as she was about to fall to the ground from exhaustion.

"Let's go home, you need to rest." The girl said before I put my arm around her neck before we started to walk home slowly leaving the whole place and destruction behind.


The silence was eternal. On our way home, I managed to recover enough magic to be able to heal our wounds but nothing more. Christiane walked next to me until I suddenly stopped in my tracks which caught her attention.

"Benja? What are you doing?" Suddenly the girl saw that I took off her mask and put it in her hands, which caught her attention even more and at the same time surprised her.

"You were right. I'm a disaster, I only use my magic because I'm not physically strong, I'm not an expert in anything and I don't know if I'm really a hero. I think you deserve that title more than me." I said in a dull tone that shocked the girl.

Christiane looked at my mask in her hands and then looked at me only to see me turn around looking at the sky.

"I've caused enough trouble, I'd better go." Just as I started to fly, I felt something grab my ankle and when I looked I saw the blonde girl grab me.

"You can't give up, a true warrior never gives up." The girl said seriously but she heard me sigh with resignation.

"You saw me. You could see how Shin beat me up even when I used all my magic, and no matter how much I fought hand-to-hand I never managed to get him a miserable scratch." I said with annoyance looking at the girl but suddenly she pulled me hard making my feet touch the ground again.

"But girls can teach you, I can teach you. Are you going to give up after the things I heard about you? A long time ago there was news of the Cerberus attack and who was the first to fight against it? It was you!" Christiane took out her cell phone and we took a video of the fight.

"Who stopped that crazy man who showed up with that dog? It was you." At that moment I felt something on my shoulder and saw the girl's hand making me look into her eyes.

"Benja. You are a hero, you defend your city no matter who the threat is, you fight and even though you fall you get up again, you always fight to defend those you care about, you are a great warrior with a gigantic heart and loyalty of steel." The girl grabbed my chin and made me see her eyes.

"The reason I am hard on you is because I see potential in you and you are not making the most of it. Let me help you and I will show you that you have greater potential and even with your magic, you will do incredible things, I know it."

Suddenly, Christiane was surprised when I hugged the girl tightly, the girl blushed slightly and hugged me back with a small smile. After a few minutes, I separated from her showing a happy smile.

"I won't let you down, Christiane. I promise." I said smiling, the girl nodded and smiled back before continuing to walk with me to Yukie's house. The moment we reached the street, we could see Tatsu next to Momoyo and the rest of the team, when they saw us they immediately ran to where we are.

"Guys, we were looking for you everywhere. What happened?" Yukie asked with concern looking at Christiane and me.

"It is a long story." The blonde girl said awkwardly as she remembered that it all started with her arguing with me.

"But we have something serious to tell you. Tatsu, is Barbara here?" I asked curiously and seriously making the girl nod.

"Yes, she is now with Cookie making some modifications." I could see that some of them seemed a little nervous remembering that they left the robot together with the red-haired girl.

"You don't have to be scared, Barbara is an intelligent girl, she knows what she's doing." I said with a nervous smile but then we all heard an explosion, we immediately ran back and saw the red haired girl on the ground electrocuted.

"Oops, I'm so sorry Barbara. I forgot to deactivate my internal barriers, I should have told you before." Cookie said shyly with the faceplate disassembled showing the robotic parts of it.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter anymore. Just let me know next time." Barbara said before standing up, but then the girl saw me and was petrified.

"Hello Barbara, how have you been?" Suddenly I was surprised when the girl hugged me very tightly.

"I missed you a lot." I could feel the girl's tears making me hug Barbara with a smile although she also couldn't help but feel some guilt.

"I'm sorry for not writing to you, it's just that. Well, you already know." I said embarrassedly making the redhead girl smile shyly.

"I understand, the important thing is that you are okay now." Barbara said with a shy smile. The girl blushed a lot when she remembered that she was in the middle of work and then she looked at us all.

"Umm, well. The modifications are almost ready, I just have to place the scanner in Cookie's internal chamber, the problem is that even though the shields are deactivated, we are going to need very little help." Suddenly we all heard a noise in Barbara's suitcase making us all look at the luggage seriously.

Everyone prepared their weapons, Tatsu, Yukie and Christiane their swords, Kazuko her spear, Miyako her bow, I made the Macuahuitl appear and Momoyo throned her fingers. Barbara approached the suitcase and the moment she opened it, a strong glow blinded us and we saw something abruptly come out of the suitcase.

I heard a screech that I recognized instantly and when I opened my eyes I could see a small golden orb flying across the room dodging the girls' attacks. When I saw the small glow in more detail I was surprised by instantly recognizing it.

"Karen!?." The little bee stopped but was then hit by Momoyo causing her to crash into the wall and suddenly everyone saw the orb disappear, where the small golden glow was before, now was a girl in damaged armor on the ground.

"Karen, are you okay!?" I quickly approached the girl and could see spirals in her eyes while she had a goofy smile.

"Hello Benja, did I tell you that you're adorable?" The girl laughed before fainting which made me very worried along with Tatsu and Barbara.

"Benja, do you know her?" Kazuko asked lowering the spear from her and now looking at the girl on the ground.

"This is Karen, she is another of the smartest girls on our team along with Barbara. The two of them created this suit with the ability to reduce Karen's size to the size of a bee, her hero name is Bumblebee." I said shyly but then I saw that Barbara was completely shocked.

"Benja, you just revealed Karen's identity!" the red-haired girl shouted but then she noticed Tatsu's hand on her shoulder.

"They are trustworthy, Barbara. We will explain everything to you."


After a while. We all went to Yukie's room, Tatsu and I told the two newly arrived girls everything that happened these days while Karen and Barbara were finishing the modifications to Cookie.

"Wow, and all that in three days? It's incredible." The red-haired girl said in amazement, looking at me before concentrating on her computer again.

"That makes me think about the other girls, are they okay?" I asked worriedly making Barbara and Karen bite their lip.

"We could say they're fine. Well, umm. Let's say Barry has never had to serve so many ice creams in his life before." The red-haired girl said before seeing Karen get out of Cookie, her glow was flickering and weak, when she returned to her normal size we could see noticeable cracks in all of her armor.

"Shit, Karen your suit." I whispered in concern as I saw the damage all over the armor.

"It's okay, Benja. I can fix it, now, Cookie shows your full potential." We all saw the robot putting together his armor again shining brightly.

"Oh, it's wonderful. I feel so much better, and even more than ever! I feel like I can fight entire armies without breaking a single drop of sweat!" Cookie shouted as a strong glow covered her body.

"That's awesome Cookie, but what else can you do?" Miyako asked the robot curiously.

"My internal battery received an update and is currently at 200% maximum capacity, my stamina and strength increased, I have a new addition which is an identity interface like the ones used by governments." We all nodded and became serious at the last part.

"That's what we need. Cookie, analyze this." I said before giving the burned contract to the robot.

The robot grabbed the contract before inserting it into a compartment in its chest. We all saw the robot analyzing the burned contract in detail, we were all seeing Cookie's work thanks to Barbara's computer.

"Cookie, what do you see?" Christiane asked seriously, looking at the computer screen.

"I'm analyzing the ink mark on the contract, as well as the signature. Thanks to the addition of Barbara, she was able to analyze the signature with many other forms of Lex Luthor." The robot said, analyzing the contract in detail.

"Do you notice anything suspicious?" I asked curiously looking at the signature on the screen.

"The only thing I can see is the difference in the pen that Lex Luthor might have used because the ink is different from many of the contracts he makes, but the outline and calligraphy seem to match every stroke and movement he could. have done." Cookie said, those words made us all serious.

"So the signature is authentic?" Tatsu asked seriously looking at the robot.

"It is a possibility. Lex Luthor has made a total of 1,532 contracts around the world, I am analyzing as quickly as I can. But it is a possibility, although there are certain details that are somewhat curious and it is because normally the contracts have watermarks from your corporation, however, I can't see it." That made me sigh in annoyance looking at the contract.

"The watermark must have been damaged by the explosion. We won't be able to determine whether the contract is true or not until we have a new copy of it." I said angrily as Barbara turned off the computer.

"Don't be frustrated Benja, at least you tried." Miyako said with a smile but that didn't change my expression of disappointment and anger.

"It's not the only thing. There's something I didn't tell everyone." Everyone stared at me while I looked at Azumi and Stacy.

"Please close the door." The two maids nodded and closed the door before approaching us.

"Hours ago I left the house to the city, and I was ambushed by a girl named Shin, she tried to kill me, which means that the people we faced are now after us." Everyone was very surprised to hear what I said and then they saw Christiane stand up before coming to my side.

"It all started because of me." When I heard that I wanted to interfere but the girl held my hand tightly.

"I argued with Benja and I got carried away, because of me he left because of our conflict. Miyako got angry with me but I didn't pay attention to her, but then I realized my actions and the cruel things I said. It was at that moment I saw an explosion in the distance and I saw Benja fighting that girl."

"When I arrived he was going to die, I quickly rushed to save his life, Benja was badly injured so I fought against that girl to buy time, then he helped me. I was close to falling but he risked his life for me, when Benja recovered, we both finished the fight together, he using his magic and I using my sword." Everyone was shocked by the girl's words while I remained silent.

"Benja, do you remember anything else about her?" Now everyone's attention was on Barbara who was typing at a great speed on her computer.

"I only know that her name is Shin Wengong, and that she was paid to kill me." Barbara seemed to think everything through seriously before looking at us.

"I never heard of that name before, I'll have to look into it tomorrow, Cookie, will you help me?" the red-haired girl asked curiously, receiving a nod from the robot.

"This is getting more and more dangerous. First arms dealers and now it turns out that we have someone after us who will try to kill us, this is getting worse and worse." Tatsu said angrily but then she felt Yamato's hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Tatsu. We'll help, we're in this together." That worried me and I approached him.

"That's the problem, Yamato. Because of our arrival, things got worse, and without realizing it we have put them in the sights of what could possibly be a group of dangerous people." I was suddenly caught in Momoyo's strong wrestling hold.

"How does that affect us? I remind you that we are a team, all of us. And we will be ready to kick the ass of any son of a bitch, plus you are my disciple, when you master the Kawakami style they will regret having gotten in our way." The girl said with a huge smile but Christiane crossed her arms in annoyance.

"I remind you that the girls and I are also their teachers too." Momoyo just laughed still holding my neck but then we all saw Azumi and Stacy raise their hands.

"We also." Those words caught our attention.

"As servants it is our job to provide everything necessary to provide safety and compliance to our masters. Our combat styles may not be as powerful, but we are willing to provide any kind of help." Azumi said seriously making Stacy nod with a smile.

"We are going to have to create a repertoire with training times and days, we cannot do everything in a single day like we already did." Yukie said with some concern looking at everyone.

"I already took care of that." We all looked at Barbara and the girl turned her computer over to show a calendar with the girls' names on it.

"Monday will be Kazuko, Tuesday Yukie, Wednesday Momoyo, Thursday Miyako, Friday Christiane, Saturday Azumi and Sunday Stacy." Everyone had their eyes wide at the redhead girl's speed in organizing everything.

"Guys. If you're done playing, come here, your red-haired girl, Barbara, right? Come and take your suitcases to Christiane's room and your little stowaway can sleep in Miyako's room." We all came out of our shock when we heard Reiko's voice.

"Very good. Tomorrow is Wednesday which means Benja will train with me." I felt a deep chill when I saw Momoyo's macabre smile.

"Very good. Let's go to dinner, this time I'll eat here and sleep with Benja. I want him to wake up with me for an early fight." The girl said before holding me tightly while leaving the room with the rest of the team.


"You failed me."

Shin didn't want to do it, she couldn't return empty-handed and simply full of wounds, but her honor and her code made it impossible for her to evade her responsibility and bring news of the mission to the person who hired her. Now she was in the same dark office and in front of her, there was the writing where the person who hired him was and next to her was multiple people who were staring at Shin.

"It wasn't my fault, he was right where I wanted him, but."

"I don't want excuses." The girl remained silent as the chair behind her desk turned around showing the man who had hired her, she was clearly not smiling like before which made her uneasy.

"I was informed that he was helped and instead of concentrating on the main objective for which I paid you, you fought against the girl. Isn't that right?" Shin remained silent and simply nodded her head.

"Ryuhei. Give that girl what she deserves." The man said with a smile making the other boy nod.

Shin closed her eyes expecting the worst, and even let go of the handle of her weapon accepting the punishment, but then she heard something fall. When she opened her eyes she could see a sack of money which left her very surprised.

"What is this?." The girl's question broke the silence and she looked at the man waiting for an explanation.

"Something told me that you were going to fail, it seems that the hero has formidable companions and from what I understand, if he gets angry we will only dig our graves. That's why I made the decision to call a little more experienced people." Shin felt eyes behind her, eyes that the girl recognized and couldn't help but get angry before standing up.

"I refused to be replaced, I just need another chance and the hero would be here dead!" The girl shouted seriously but despite her outburst of anger, she did not affect the man who remained at her desk keeping her smile.

"You already had your chance, I appreciate your "determination" but my decision is firm."

In a fit of anger, Shin launched herself at the man with her weapon ready but then she was intercepted by one of the girls who was close to the subject, the girl was hit by a direct kick to her face that made her crash against a wall. and slowly stood up with his bloody nose.

"Poor naive girl. He's just avoiding unnecessary deaths, you did what you wanted, please don't make me have to be harder on you." The girl said with a kind smile. Shin just grabbed the gun from her and then saw the bag of money.

"Fuck you all." Shin muttered and then walked to the door before leaving the place leaving everyone behind.

The girl walked through the desolate hallways before looking for a moment at her cell phone with the most recent photograph of me, which was a photo of me with Tatsu.

"You won this time, hero. But don't think this is over, I tried to be nice to you, but fuck that." The girl dropped her cell phone to the ground before crushing it with her gun.

"This is personal now." Was all Shin said before slowly leaving the place, disappearing into the darkness of the night.


That's it for today's chapter, readers. I'm super happy this chapter was published. I hope you are enjoying the story and enjoyed today's chapter.

I wish you all a good day, a beautiful afternoon and a relaxing night. Oops, here comes Benja.

Is this on again? Ugh, I'll have to talk to Peacock later. Well, umm. I guess that's all so far, I hope you liked today's chapter. I wish you all a good day, afternoon or evening. See you later, goodbye Dattebayo.