91. Test Drive

Hearing the siren sound, everyone panicked. The examiners surrounded Izumi using the mass-produced IS model and intended to catch him.

All the examinees taking the entrance exam immediately moved away from Izumi's location. Well, except for two students namely Orimura Ichika who was standing with a stupid look on his face because he didn't know what to do, and the other one was Cecilia Alcott, the representative from England. She is the only new female student who has a personal IS.

Cecilia is a beautiful and young charming lady with light blue eyes and long light blonde hair that forms drill-like curls at the ends, along with a royal blue headband that holds her hair up.

Cecilia is prepared to use her IS when needed because she trusts her IS.

"Oh, I'm surrounded by beautiful and graceful women. What an honor, I'm a little embarrassed you know."

Izumi said with a chuckle. However, his chuckle sounded like mocking everyone around him.

The examiners who had been wearing mass-produced-type ISs rushed forward to catch Izumi. At first, they thought that Izumi would release his IS, so they remained vigilant. But, that didn't seem to be so. So they thought it was a chance to catch Izumi.

However, Izumi dodged it. Grabbed the armor of one of the ISs, then jumped high forward with a somersault. Seeing Izumi's position in the air, Yamada Maya immediately flew to catch Izumi. But once again, Izumi silenced them with his move and reversed the situation by slamming the IS piloted by Maya to the ground.

"Hey, hey. Can you guys be fair? I haven't got my IS out yet, but you guys have ganged up on me."

Maya got up off the ground. She felt weird. Even though they already use the ISs. But Izumi's reaction was so absurd as to even dodge the IS, which was supposed to be a tool to aid Maya in strength and speed. If they were fighting without using IS, none of the examiners could become Izumi's opponent.

"Everyone, get him before his IS activated!"

But at that moment, Izumi dispersed into smoke and disappeared from their sight.

Far from their position. Izumi looked at them with his lips already curled up. He used the cloning technique because they intended to catch him before he could take out the IS. Even though Izumi could run away at any moment, he just wanted them to think he was using a magic trick to fool them.

Then Izumi took out his Theomars which were still in a default setting form and Izumi jumped into it. The sound of air being let out can be heard as the union of the armor feels like it's a part of his body.

"What kind of IS was that? It's different from what examiners drive."

"Didn't the IS just appear out of thin air?"

"Looks like it's a personal IS."

"Where did he get that from?"

Everyone in the exam ground talked to each other about Izumi's IS. Izumi calmly sat on Theomars, while waiting for someone strong in this IS academy, which was Orimura Chifuyu, or maybe a girl named Sarashiki Tatenashi.

The examiners didn't dare to act rashly because Izumi had a personal IS. Even without IS, they couldn't catch him. It would be even harder if Izumi rode his IS.

Izumi taunted them.

"Hey, why are you standing still? Come on! I want to test my newly created IS." Then a long metal sword appeared in Theomars' right hand. Since his IS hadn't evolved yet, the sword was still a normal metal sword, not an energy sword.

"Teacher, I can help." A girl with a sweet voice approached the examiners with her personal IS. The examiners didn't mind because the girl's IS had been approved and confirmed to be stronger than what they used.

She glanced at Izumi and said,

"Alright, let me tell you, an ordinary civilian. I, as the English representative of England, Cecilia Alcott, will bring you down instantly with my Blue Tears! This will be the perfect opportunity for me, Britain's candidate, Cecilia Alcott to display her ability." Cecilia placed her hand on her hip, giving off that princess vibe.

"Hahahaha, how haughty. What will you say later if you are lying on the ground yourself, little girl?" Izumi laughed at Cecilia's arrogance.

The bright blue machine Blue Tears has the unique characteristic of four rear fin armors on the back, making it look as royal as a knight. Cecilia was wielding the large 2m long gun, a six or seven caliber unique laser gun, Starlight Mk.III.

The examiners discussed. The ISs used by the examiners were the second-generation mass-produced IS, Rafale Revive Basic. But the person who is most adept at using IS is Yamada Maya. Since getting help from Cecilia who used the Blue Tears, it would be best if only Maya helped, other people would be a burden.

Rafale Revive Basic has a color similar to a military outfit, light green combined with dark green. It has a sniper rifle and grenade launcher as its weapons.

4 optical drones that serve as part of the wings on Blue Tears detached and immediately attacked Izumi. Cecilia had to concentrate on the commands and stay stationary. When Cecilia attacked with those four drones, Maya started to move. She raised her sniper to aim at Izumi who kept dodging the drone shots.

At the Default Setting form, Theomars could only fly 500km per hour max. While Cecilia's Blue Tears was capable of breaking Mach 1 speed. Izumi almost couldn't keep up with the speed of Blue Tears and Rafale Revive Basic by only using intent and aura sensing. And ended up receiving 120 damage on Theomars' Shield Energy.

Basically, in an IS official battle, one would win if the opponent's shield energy dropped to 0. Well, that was in a match. It would be different if on the battlefield.

Izumi tried to get close to Cecilia and Maya, but their cooperation as shooters was excellent. Izumi didn't have a ranged weapon yet. So all he could do was try to get as close to his two opponents as possible.

But suddenly, Cecilia changed her drone's attack pattern. Her drones circled around Izumi as if to trap him.

"Tch, so troublesome." Izumi grumbled, then he started to use his Snow Sword. Izumi released a cold aura around him which made all people alert.

Izumi's cold aura looks like Sarashiki Tatenashi's IS ability. When those drones started to shots, Izumi slashed in multiple directions and produced ice slashes around him.

Even though Izumi was able to fight back with his Martial Art, several drone shots still hit Theomars. Maya didn't want to lose to Cecilia either, she launched a grenade launcher when Cecilia kept Izumi busy with those drones.

*boom* *boom* *boom*

A loud booming sound enveloped the arena. Izumi was also hit with 300 points of damage. Theomars' compatibility with Izumi hadn't reached 100% yet, so Izumi was still trying hard to endure their assault.

Cecilia and Maya were surprised to see that Izumi was still holding on after receiving the barrage of attacks.

His IS has been designed to have 1000 Energy Shield points. Of course, he could still withstand those attacks.

"Wow, you two are so strong. I'm getting serious now." Izumi said it as if acting strong. That's true, Izumi wasn't serious, because he hadn't used his space magic at all.

"Humph, keeps bluffing! You only have a melee weapon, it's useless if you can't even get closer to us." Cecilia smirked at Izumi. During the battle, Cecilia had been observing Izumi, and she only saw Izumi who only used his sword.

"Oh? Are you sure about that?"

A magic circle appeared in an instant under the feet of Theomars that Izumi was riding on, then he disappeared before Cecilia and Maya.

*slash* *slash* *slash*

"Kyaahhh!!" The two of them screamed after they were suddenly hit by a surprise attack.

Izumi appeared behind Cecilia and Maya, then unleashed slash after slash with ice energy at Blue Tears and Rafale Revive Basic. Izumi's attacks cost them both damage to their IS, 250 damage to Blue Tears, and 330 damage to Rafale Revive Basic.

He visited this world only for an IS test drive, not for a mission, so none of his abilities were sealed. When using Theomars now, Izumi was still able to use his devil fruit abilities, though he couldn't turn Theomars into the wind.

It would be good if his Devil Fruit power could be used together with his IS after the 1st or 2nd Shift form. Because in that form, the compatibility of Izumi and Theomars should be 100% or more.

As for his magic, Rules of the Area, as long as he holds an object or subject, he can teleport along with the distance according to his current magic power. So, by riding Theomars and using his magic, he could teleport it together within his space magic area. Incidentally, his magic could cover the entire arena.

Cecilia and Maya split up, Cecilia locked Izumi on using her, then commanded her drones to keep him busy while she prepared something. Meanwhile, Maya continued to shoot her sniper at Izumi while launching a grenade launcher at him.

Two missile pods appeared at the bottom of Cecilia's "skirt". The two missiles were launched by Cecilia who had already locked the target.

*Boom* *Boom*

The two missiles exploded with a deafening sound. It seemed that Cecilia's missiles could be detonated at any time. With the smoke covering the blast area, they didn't know whether Izumi was still able to hold on or not.