Chapter 24

A few days have passed since my battle with Cecilia. Cecilia's attitude towards me has improved a lot. Although she still acts proud from time to time, but it's not as much as before, despite the fact that she kind of disputes against Houki, and I had a sense of why.

Houki also improved her temper, although she still lost her mind and tried to attack me, she started to listen before acting. We started training together too, although she was always staring at me when I was shirtless, just like the rest of the school that was near the windows, and I didn't even comment on breathing techniques.

Cecilia joined the training too, although she passed out the first time she saw me bare-chested, but she was going at a slower pace than Houki, which I didn't blame her, after all a sniper has to worry only about the crosshairs.

My sister started acting in a strange way when we are not in the room, it is not as if we were surprised, it is more as if she had done something embarrassing and I had seen it, despite not imagining what it could be.

But I still remember the look she showed me when I didn't say my Sensei was, which made me feel a little guilty. I expected to tell her everything when I went to introduce Madoka.

I received my IS too, which is called Byakushiki, and finally I was allowed to work on an IS. From what I could see, along with Colonel's analysis, Byakushiki was almost a fourth generation, and has an improved version of the weapon that my sister used, Yukihira Type 2.

I also saw that Byakushiki's responses were good. After all, IS also 'thought' because their nuclei acted as their hearts and brains. I got permission to dismantle some IS and be able to work on Byakushiki.

It cost me almost five days straight, not to mention that I had to hear a big sermon from my sister and the other teachers, although they were all very surprised by my skills, as I almost wiped out half of one of the obsolete IS deposits and, for accident, I took some more that I shouldn't have and skipped several classes, but I managed to get Byakushiki to go to the 3rd Shift, which surprised me because I thought that the IS only went to the 2nd Shift, now it's called Byakushiki Ouri, a true fourth generation. And I was almost sure that when I made him go to the 3rd Shift, it gave the impression that I could do more, but I couldn't do it, it was as if Byakushiki himself said that I wasn't ready yet.

I did a test and I felt like I was using Hekireki Issen - Hachiren, with the speed of Ouri. He had a One Off Ability, which was a special skill of an IS when he got in sync with his pilot, called Reiraku Byakuya, which was the same skill that my sister used in the first and second 'Mondo Grosso' championships, and when he reached the 3rd Shift, he acquired another one called Yuunagi Touya, which replaced the Reiraku Byakuya, which allowed me to reformat an IS before the 1st Shift. And, according to Colonel's analysis, I could use almost 80% of my strength with Ouri, which I thought was great.

Byakushiki's form of rest was a glove for my right hand. I ended up discovering a 'White Code', but I couldn't identify what it was. And I could continue with the display even if I activate my IS. I managed to change the shape of Byakushiki too, he looked more like mechanized armor now, so I would have no problem using some of my techniques during the fight.

But thanks to the damage I caused after I dismantled what I shouldn't have, the Academy forbade me to approach that place. My mechanic skills spread like wildfire, as everyone commented on it, Cecilia even came to ask me to improve the Blue Tears, something I had even thought of doing, but as I couldn't get close to the other IS , so I had to refuse, she was disappointed but she didn't complain about what I was grateful for.

A Daryl Casey, who was the IS Representative Cadet of America, came to ask me the same thing, but I gave the same excuse I gave Cecilia, but she seemed familiar, although I didn't know where, but how I wanted to to avoid surprises i asked iris to focus more on her during the scans.

Even the company that developed Byakushiki, Kuromochi Machinery Development, contacted me asking for all the details, after all, even after just entering the third generation, Byakushiki was a prototype of the fourth generation and I managed to make it reach that level with the 3rd Shift , and even though they monitored Byakushiki's condition they didn't know what I had done to make him reach the fourth generation, they even called me the second genius of the world when I told him what I did.

The next day, almost everything was normal, only that the girls seemed to comment a lot more about me. When I got to the room with Houki, the girls were talking to each other.

(Ichika): "Good morning, people."

(Girls): "Good morning."

(Yuzu): "Hey Orimura-kun, did you hear that the Class 2-1 representative changed?"

(Houki): "So close to the championship between classes?"

(Sakuyu): "Yes, she was replaced by a transfer student."

(Ichika): "Really? Isn't it a little early for that?"

After all, there wasn't even a month that classes started, I would understand if it was for the second half of the semester for the first one was a surprise.

(Yuzu): "Yes, and it looks like she's from China."

(Ichika): "From China?"

Upon hearing this, I thought about Ling, and also about my first [Zodiac Beasts] mission.

(Cecilia): "I wonder if she heard about my existence and decided to transfer?" - She said proudly while puffing her chest.

(Houki): "The existence you lost to a person without an IS while using a personalized IS? Yeah, that must have made you curious." - she said in a mocking tone.

The two faced each other while sparks sparked between them, it had become a routine that I didn't even care about stopping them anymore, the only thing I see them working together and when they stare at me in training or when they try to hit me when another girl comes to talk to me, and i was already starting to lose patience in the second part.

(Ichika): "If she is transferred from China, then she is a national representative, isn't she?"

As soon as I asked that question, a voice behind me answered me.

(????): "Exactly."

I turned around and got wide-eyed, at the door of the room was a girl who was beating my chest at the maxim, with light brown hair tied into twin tails with yellow ribbons, and green eyes like Snake's hair. It was my other friend, whom I hadn't seen in 8 years, Huang Lingyin.

(Ling): "Don't think that the championship will be so easy if you thought that the only other room that had an exclusive IS was Class 4-1, because Class 2-1 also has it."

(Ichika): "Ling!"

(Ling): "Exactly! I am the candidate for national representative of China, Huang Lingyin! And I came here to declare war against you!" - She ended the sentence pointing to us.

I thought that way she was acting kind of funny, because it didn't suit her at all. But I managed to hear the others whispering.

(Sakuya): "Is this the transfer student from Class 2-1?"

(Yuzu): "A candidate for national representative of China?"

(Cecilia): "W-Who is this? Why do I feel like I'm losing to her in some way?"

(Ichika): "Ling, you should stop looking cool. It doesn't suit you."

(Ling): "How dare you say that?!"

(Ichika): "Ling, dodge!"

Unfortunately she just looked at me confused and received a blow to the head from my sister who was wanting to enter the room to teach the class. She moaned in pain as she held her hand.

(Ling): "What was that?" - she said angrily as she turned but stopped as soon as she saw it was my sister.

(Chifuyu): "It's almost time for class to start."

(Ling): "Ch-Chifuyu-san." - She said shyly.

I couldn't help laughing. For some reason, Ling was always afraid of Chifuyu-nee. It was true that she looked like a few friends, but even so it wasn't enough to scare anyone, at least in my opinion.

(Chifuyu): "Call me Orimura-Sensei. Now go back to your room, it's getting in the way." - she said as she passed Ling and entered the room.

(Ling): "S-Sorry. I'll be back later. Don't run away, Ichika." - she said that and immediately turned around and headed towards her office.

I admit that I was surprised to learn that Ling was a candidate for national representative. Everyone went to their place, although Houki and Cecilia were glaring at me, I could have sworn I was stabbed with their looks.

When she took her first break, which was lunchtime, Ling came to my office.

(Ichika): "It's great to see you again, Ling."

(Ling): "I'm glad you recognized me."

(Ichika): "How could I not recognize you?"

She blushed a little when I said that, I could have sworn I was seeing an oni mask behind Houki and Cecilia, but as I was with them for a few days, except for the ones that I was infurnated renovating Byakushiki, I decided at least spend some time with Ling.

(Ichika): "Do you want to catch up on lunch?"

(Ling): "S-sure!" - she said getting a little more red.

I didn't know why, but Ling gave an impression of cuteness when she turned red, possibly because she was 1.50 m tall. We both went straight to the cafeteria, although one thought that chewing oni had gotten bigger, and that I wouldn't have a very calm conversation with Ling.

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