Sobu High.
Under the shade of the trees at the edge of the plaza.
A woman in a tight-fitting black dress crossed her long legs, watching the school's opening ceremony with casual disinterest.
B-Rank Hero Association's Number One—Hell's Fubuki!
Behind her, members of the Fubuki Group chuckled among themselves.
"Lady Fubuki, school assignments really are the easiest. Just sit and chat a bit, and we get paid!"
"It's a shame jobs like these only come a few times a year. If only students had opening ceremonies every day!"
For professional heroes like them, getting paid handsomely for a safe and easy task—what's not to love?
But just as they finished chatting, a piercing and urgent spatial quake alarm suddenly blared.
Fubuki's once-casual expression instantly changed.
She shot a glare at her underling.
"Jinx!"
"Hurry up and help the school evacuate the students. We should still have some time…"
Before she could finish, Fubuki noticed the black dot in midair expanding rapidly.
"So fast… how is that possible?!"
Her jade-green eyes contracted sharply, and her expression turned grim.
Looking ahead, she saw the plaza filled with nearly ten thousand teachers and students.
If the spatial quake couldn't be stopped, they'd all be turned to dust!
"Can I really stop a spatial quake?"
Fubuki questioned her own abilities.
In her mind flashed the image of her older sister—Tatsumaki.
She could already feel the tremors of the forming quake.
There was no time to hesitate—she could only meet it head-on.
Her graceful figure rose into the air, glowing faintly.
Veins bulge subtly along her slender neck and smooth forehead as Fubuki gritted her silver teeth, eyes fixed on the swelling black void in the sky. She unleashed her full psychokinetic power!
She tried to form a barrier, wrapping the spatial quake inside it.
But she underestimated the power and shockwave of a spatial quake's eruption.
In mere seconds, her barrier emitted a brittle creaking sound—
Then shattered with a loud crack!
Fubuki's face paled midair, her body wavering.
"No… I can't hold it back…"
With her current power, she couldn't even buy a few seconds.
As she looked up, despair starting to cloud her thoughts, a pitch-black blot suddenly appeared.
"What is that…?"
Fubuki blinked in surprise.
That darkness, like a bottomless abyss, felt far more terrifying than the spatial quake itself.
And in the next instant—under her stunned gaze—the darkness expanded outward.
Like a blooming black flower, it swiftly swallowed the spatial quake whole.
"The spatial quake… got devoured?!"
Fubuki's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.
At the same time—
Tohsaka Rin looked up at the now-empty sky, confusion and shock written all over her exquisite face.
"That just now… was that Imaginary Space?"
Even though she had seen it with her own eyes, she still couldn't be sure if that thing that absorbed the spatial quake was the theoretical Imaginary Space.
But…
In the chaos just now, she had clearly sensed a ripple of magic energy.
Rin was certain—some mysterious mage was nearby.
"Who could it be?"
The girl's sharp gaze scanned the crowd.
Though the spatial quake had disappeared, the teachers didn't dare relax.
Who knew if another would follow?
The school hurriedly and nervously organized the students into shelters.
As the chaotic crowd slowly became orderly, staff finally began to breathe easier.
Inside the shelter, the air was stale and stuffy.
Yet in this environment, Hiratsuka Shizuka quickly stepped up, showing what it meant to be an exemplary teacher.
She coordinated with student council members to distribute stored drinking water.
Kuzeha Yuu immediately spotted that familiar head of silver hair in the crowd—the Russian girl Alisa was handing out water bottle by bottle.
"Is anyone injured from the earlier chaos?"
"There's an infirmary near the entrance of the shelter. If you're hurt, please head there quickly!"
A familiar voice rang in his ears. Kuzeha Yuu turned toward it.
He saw a black-haired, straight-cut girl with features similar to his, calling out while scanning the crowd as if looking for someone.
The moment their eyes met, the worry in her gaze melted into relief.
"Kuzeha Yuu, are you hurt?"
The girl hurried over and grabbed his hand.
"Yuki, I'm fine…"
Kuzeha Yuu said, a bit helpless.
Out of the corner of his eye, he clearly saw Alisa stiffen at Yuki's sudden action.
"You say that, but you're bleeding!"
Kuzeha Yuu looked down—only to find Suou Yuki had blatantly squeezed ketchup into his palm.
"You need to go to the infirmary right away!"
Staring into Yuki's mischievous eyes, Kuzeha Yuu could only let her drag him off.
Suou Yuki—Kuzeha Yuu's biological younger sister in this world!
After their parents divorced, Kuzeha Yuu followed their father while Yuki stayed with the Suou family.
"Yuki, is there something on your mind?"
Before he could finish his sentence, the girl suddenly hugged him tight, releasing all the anxiety and relief she'd been holding in.
"Nii-chan, I'm so glad you're okay…"
Her voice was muffled as her head buried in his chest.
A trace of tenderness flashed in Kuzeha Yuu's eyes.
But a second later, Yuki lifted her head with a pout of dissatisfaction.
"Nii-chan, what are you spacing out for? Isn't this where you should be using your head-pat kill move?"
Faced with Suou Yuki's personality swing, Kuzeha Yuu was helpless.
He opened his palm—only to find it still sticky with ketchup.
"Kind of hard to do that when I'm covered in blood…"
Yuki snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Then let me treat you!"
Before Kuzeha Yuu could respond, Yuki was already standing on tiptoe.
The next second, he clearly felt her tongue gently licking the ketchup from his palm.