Chaos

Even though Mineta was gone, everyone decided to continue with their activity.

More importantly, the only people who knew about the matter between Mineta and Shino were only a few people, so the rest didn't know anything and enjoyed the test of courage, which was held tonight.

However, with Mineta gone, there was one person who could only do this test of courage alone.

It happened that this person was Todoroki, which made him look into the distance with somehow a lonely expression.

Yet they could only say sorry to Todoroki since they didn't want to go alone on this endeavor. They also knew that Todoroki was one of the strongest students in Class 1-A, so everything would be okay, right?

When everyone talked happily to each other, Todoroki looked at everyone before he looked at the distance again, hoping Mineta would return since being alone was just lonely.

On the other hand, the four members of the Pussycats, while they felt slightly awkward, they were glad that Vlad and Aizawa weren't around, so the two of them didn't notice the strangeness among them.

Among the four members of the Pussycats, Chatora (Tiger) didn't know what had happened, but she was told by Tsuchikawa about what had happened, which made her dumbfounded since she didn't expect the cool, level-headed, and lazy Shino would do something like that.

However, they were one group, so they would do everything to help Shino even though Shino was at fault.

Yet, they also didn't really blame Shino since if they were in Shino's place; they were afraid they might make a similar mistake.

Still, Shino tried to blend herself with the background while Chatora and Tsuchikawa (Pixie-Bob) became the MC of this event, and Tomoko (Ragdoll) joined with Class 1-B to become a ghost to scare the students of Class 1-A.

As for Class 1-B, while some students felt the awkwardness on some of them, most of them, especially the male, didn't realize it, and in their minds, they were more focused on scaring the students of Class 1-A.

"We're going to scare them until they piss on their pants!" Monoma said with blazing eyes.

"....that's a big disgusting, right?"

"........"

Anyway, leaving Monoma aside since this guy was impossible to change, Kendo looked at Ibara with a complicated gaze. She thought she should say something, but she wasn't sure whether she should take this job since she didn't feel worthy of it.

"What's wrong?"

Kendo turned and saw Yui and Reiko looking at her worriedly.

Yui and Reiko could notice the strangeness between Mineta and Ibara, but they couldn't ask him since even if they wanted to get close to him, it was hard to do so, especially when there were many of them around. They also couldn't use their phones, so they could only look at Kendo.

Unlike Reiko, who didn't know about Kendo's relationship with Mineta, Yui knew well about Kendo's relationship, so she wondered whether Ibara had found out about the matter between Mineta and Kendo.

"...it's okay. You don't need to worry," Kendo said with a forced smile. Still, by now, she should be happy, right? Especially when she was sure that this would cause a crack in the relationship between Mineta and Ibara, yet she couldn't feel happy since she wasn't the only one.

She looked at Reiko and Yui with a stare, causing them to flinch.

"Wh-What's wrong?"

"Why are you looking at us like that?"

"........"

Kendo was in silence before she looked around, and she happened to meet the eyes of Setsuna, who also quickly looked away when she looked in her direction.

"......"

Kendo held her head and realized how stupid she was. By now, she was sure that Mineta hadn't been loyal, and he had been playing around without any reservations. She could also guess that the girls in his class were also the same. It was probably the same with Ryukyu, the owner of the hero office, where he had an internship.

'Dammit!'

She was also angry, but she hated herself since she realized she might not be able to say goodbye to him. Telling him a bastard, slapping him, and walking away.

It was also the same case with Ibara.

Their hearts, minds, and bodies were dominated, conquered, and tamed by him. Even if they knew that this guy had betrayed them, it was hard for them to say something. If he came, apologized, and begged, they could somehow imagine that they would forgive him, which made them feel even more conflicted.

Reiko and Yui wondered whether Kendo realized the relationship between them with Mineta, which made their hearts beat so fast.

The test of courage hadn't even started, yet the hearts of many girls were beating so fast at this moment.

---

"Okay, how about we start the test of courage now?"

"Ah, I can't wait for it! I wonder whether any of you will piss on their pants?"

"........" Everyone.

"Anyway, the first pair, go ahead!"

Jiro looked at Momo, who seemed to be in deep thought, and said, "Come on, Momo."

"Ah, yes, Jiro-san!" Momo was startled, but she quickly nodded.

Hagakure looked at Momo, but she didn't say anything since she knew the shape of the relationship between Momo and Mineta was different from her with him.

As Momo and Jiro walked away, the rest of the group also walked one by one.

They were walking in a pair except for Todoroki, who was alone.

On their walk, Momo and Jiro were startled by various students from Class 1-B, who tried to scare them, but somehow, this was nothing for them.

"Yaomomo, what's wrong?"

Momo had been in a daze for a while, but suddenly she saw something strange. "Huh? Smoke?"

"Smoke?" Jiro was confused.

However, Momo quickly reacted. "Jiro-san, use your ears to hear what is going on?"

"Huh?!"

Jiro was startled, but she quickly followed Momo's instructions.

Suddenly, not only the smoke but on the area where Chatora, Tsuchikawa, Shino, and the students of Class 1-A, who were still waiting for their turn, were covered in a fire.

The blazing fire burnt into the forest intensely, creating a massive bonfire that was impossible to ignore.

However, Jiro, who followed Momo's instructions, quickly heard the noise and understood what was happening.

"It's a villain!"

Momo could guess more or less what was happening, and she quickly made a mask. "Hold your breath and put on this mask! Jiro, use your ears to locate everyone nearby! We need to tell everyone what is happening!"

"Yes!"

Still, Momo looked in the distance and wondered where he was since if he was beside them, she knew everything would be okay.

'No, no! Momo, you can do it!'

Momo slapped her cheeks several times and made up her mind to save everyone.

On the other hand, Mineta and Kota were on the cliff, and they could see everything which happened in the facility and everyone. Yet, he couldn't help them now since he needed to defeat this villain who scared his nephew.

The villain took off his hoodie and mask, showing the appearance under it.

"Yo-You're...!"

Kota was in shock, and his body trembled since he didn't expect to meet this villain.

Mineta looked at the face of this villain and quickly realized who this guy was.

"Muscular, huh?"