Shiina Mahiru said with a smile, "Me? If I had to say, I'm not really in a club, but rather serve as a member of the Breeding Group."
"Breeding Group? What's that?"
Chitoge Kirisaki was full of question marks; it was her first time hearing about this Breeding Group.
Shiraishi Shin explained, "It's about taking care of some plants and animals in the school, like kittens, puppies, hedgehogs, foxes, turtles, and hamsters. These are all animals abandoned by their owners and brought back by students from various grades to be raised. Over time, this Breeding Group was formed. By the way, I'm the leader of the Breeding Group, and Mahiru joined a week ago. Currently, it's just the two of us."
Chitoge Kirisaki looked at Shiina Mahiru, and seeing her nod in agreement with Shiraishi Shin's words, the originally soft red ribbon on her head suddenly stood up. She said, "Can I go take a look with you? If it's a good fit, I'd like to join you too."
She had just transferred to this school today, and the two people who had spoken to her the most and taken the most care of her were Shiraishi Shin and Shiina Mahiru. So if it was suitable, she didn't want to join other clubs; joining this Breeding Group seemed quite nice.
"Sure, what do you think, Shin?"
"Fine, let's go then."
"Okay."
The trio left together. From her seat by the window, Alisa watched Shiraishi Shin's departing figure. She had originally wanted to invite him to check out the Student Council and introduce him to her older sister, but it seemed there was no chance for that now.
Walking out of the teaching building, Chitoge Kirisaki and Shiina Mahiru chatted as they walked, while Shiraishi Shin followed, unable to get a word in.
"Another Monster has appeared. The frequency is much higher than before, and the reaction is nearby?"
Shiraishi Shin's built-in Monster sensor reacted, and the source was nearby. Could it be that a Monster had been transported into the school via a spatial wormhole?
However, if a Monster appeared in the school, it shouldn't be this peaceful. But he didn't think too much about it and immediately said, "Mahiru, you take Kirisaki-san first. I just remembered I left a textbook in the classroom."
Shiina Mahiru nodded and said, "Okay."
Chitoge Kirisaki looked curiously at Shiraishi Shin's departing figure but didn't think too much of it, following Shiina Mahiru to the breeding area.
After parting with the two, Shiraishi Shin quickly ran in one direction.
While Shiraishi Shin was running, in a nearby corridor, Okada Yuriko was preparing to get off work. She was carrying a black leather bag on her back, but when she saw her student Shiraishi Shin running in a certain direction, she keenly sensed something.
As a teacher, she was quite familiar with the school grounds. She adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and thought to herself, 'Shiraishi Shin? He's running toward the Abandoned Warehouse. Why go there? Could it be school bullying, or a planned fight?'
Okada Yuriko frowned. After all, bullying or conflicts and fights could not be completely eliminated on campus. As a teacher, she naturally couldn't pretend she didn't see it. She wanted to see who dared to bully a student from her class.
In Okada Yuriko's view, Shiraishi Shin must have been provoked. As his homeroom teacher, she knew his gentle personality very well; he never fought with others, always had a smile on his face, and was very helpful to his classmates, which led to many girls liking him.
Perhaps someone who couldn't stand Shiraishi Shin wanted to lure him to the deserted Abandoned Warehouse to bully him. So she followed him... At the entrance of the abandoned old warehouse, a girl fearfully said to the pompadour-haired boy beside her, "Gen... Gen-chan, let's run too! This is the Orion Zodiarts, it's not something we can deal with!"
In front of the two, a two-meter-tall, burly red Monster was attacking several students.
The pompadour boy was named Kisaragi Gentaro. Refusing to believe in such things, he picked up a handy piece of rebar from the ground and said, "orion, Zodiarts, what are you talking about? But this guy is committing a crime right in front of me, I absolutely won't just leave. Yūki, you go first."
(Image Kisaragi Gentaro)
After saying that, he roared and swung the rebar at the Orion Zodiarts.
"Gen-chan!"
Jojima Yuki saw Kisaragi Gentaro being so stubborn. Weren't those people just bullying you a moment ago? Now that a Zodiarts has appeared, it's a good chance for them to be taught a lesson, and the two of them could take the opportunity to slip away.
(Image Jojima Yuki)
But Kisaragi Gentaro was too hot-blooded. He had completely forgotten how this group from the Rugby Club had been bullying people just now and went to help them. It was truly frustrating.
"Hmm?"
The Orion Zodiarts hadn't intended to trouble Kisaragi Gentaro because his targets were the members of the Rugby Club, especially their captain, Shun Daimonji.
He just didn't expect this outsider not to run but to charge at him instead. He was really seeking death.
The Orion Zodiarts grabbed the rebar with one hand, snatched it from Kisaragi Gentaro's grasp, and then directly twisted it into a pretzel shape.
"Eh! No way!"
Kisaragi Gentaro was stunned. That was rebar! How much strength would it take to twist rebar with bare hands like that, and seemingly without any effort?
What's wrong with this school? Why is there such a Monster?
What was happening now was completely baffling to Kisaragi Gentaro, who had just transferred schools.
*Bam!*
The Orion Zodiarts, having crumpled the rebar into a ball, casually punched Kisaragi Gentaro, sending him flying two meters on the spot. The pain made him sprawl on the ground, spitting out bile.
"Gen-chan, are you okay!"
Jōjima Yūki rushed to Kisaragi Gentaro's side in worry.
Kisaragi Gentaro clutched his chest, his face pale as he said, "I'm not dead yet, but what kind of Monster is this? Why is its strength so high?"
Jōjima Yūki supported him and said, "I told you, this is a Zodiarts, a Monster. Humans absolutely cannot win. Only the Fourze System can do it. Let's run first."
At the same time, Shiraishi Shin, who was running toward the abandoned old warehouse, saw several club members wearing rugby uniforms running toward him.
Someone with a bit of a conscience warned, "Hey, don't go forward! There's a Monster there!"
Shiraishi Shin raised an eyebrow and continued running forward without a word. Behind him, Okada Yuriko also heard about the Monster from those rugby players.
When she heard the word 'Monster', her whole body felt a surge of excitement like an electric shock. Her eyes turned sharp as lightning as she looked ahead and said, "It's been 20 years. I thought there were no Monsters in this world, and for that, I've been training and exercising since I was a child. I didn't expect the urban legends about Kamen Riders, and the Monster that appeared in the mall yesterday—all this news is flooding in, making me even more certain that there really are Monsters in this world. To think a Monster has appeared in my school too. I, Denpa Ningen Takkuru, will definitely eliminate them!"
Arriving at the scene, Shiraishi Shin saw the situation: two students from this school, second-years by their uniforms, and a Monster primarily red in color, looking like a power type.