Felix's Classroom Of The Elite

"What the hell was that?" Sudo asked us with raised brows when we came back to our tent.

"They tried to make everyone fall backwards..." Horikita joined in the conversation and said with furrowed brows and folded arms

"What? Why would they throw away a chance to win one round? Just by the looks, they had much stronger people than us." Sudo questioned Horikita with a confused expression.

"They are aware of our class's constant winnings. Ryuen was probably the one who came up with this strategy...he is the only one who would be so ruthless. By injuring a few of us, he would gain a better chance to win and at the same time, he would take revenge on us." Horikita answered with a thoughtful expression while I just placed a slightly cold towel on my head and quietly listened to them.

"...I see so them being much stronger would only serve as bait for our guys to start pulling with their full strength right from the start...however, everyone would just fall on each other like a domino except-" Sudo slowly started nodding in understanding.

"except for the last person" Horikita confirmed Sudo's ȧssumptions and looked towards me.

When most of the people heard her words, they also followed her gaze and started staring at me.

I, on the other hand, was quietly standing still and my face was hidden under the towel's shadow.

"Ha-ha, Walker-kun, you don't need to feel embarrassed by being afraid of them, I would piss myself if the entire class was planning something against me. Maybe this was just a coincidence." Ike released a hollow laugh, approached me and put his hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me since he thought that I was scared, however, it seemed like he wasn't the only one who thought like that.

"..."

"Come on, say some- eek!" Ike brought his face closer so he could see my expression, however, when he saw it, he immediately backed away from out of instinct.

"Afraid? Who?" I said with a slightly angered and sarcastic tone.

I took hold of the towel on top of my head and with a swift movement, I threw it on the nearby bench without even looking at that direction.

"I reacted so slowly just because this was the first time someone tried to deliberately injure me, I just had to thoughtfully recall my master's teachings. 'Respect those who respect you, ignore those who ignore you and show no mercy to those who try to take away from you.'" I said while looking only at Ike with my poker face but everyone's attention was focused on me.

"..." No one felt like saying anything or more like they felt that they shouldn't say since I wasn't speaking to them directly.

"I- I see, th- then what are you planning to do?" When Ike noticed how no one was taking the initiative to speak it was all left to him so he asked with a forced smile while stuttering.

Hearing his question, my poker face was replaced with a wide smile that brought everyone chill at their spine. Who would be crazy enough to smile so brightly when he knows that the entire class is trying to sabotage him...

"I will show them how much misfortune their failed attempt to injure me will bring them." I slightly spread my arms and said with a wide smile.

In other words 'They should have succeeded or not try at all'

"*Walker-kun, don't be provoked by Ryuen. Everyone already knows that you are participating for 1 more person so he wants you to exhaust yourself. Not to mention our earlier talk about possible traitor...if there really is one then he must have informed Ryuen about your participation in all recommended contests!*" Horikita reminded me, trying to calm me down. She perhaps thought that I am acting out of anger or something...Well, partly she is right but it's for that exact reason I want to show them how big difference is between us.

Ryuen did that with the goal to injure me however, even if his plan failed, it could still provoke me and made me do stupid things like giving it my all just to crush them. I will do exactly what he wants, unfortunately, he won't see me kneeling out of exhaustion. He will be the one kneeling on the ground. As for Horikita's idea with the traitor, she is definitely right. Our phones weren't confiscated so she could easily send the picture of our participation table to Ryuen however there isn't much he can do with just that information but that doesn't mean that there is nothing he can do.

"*I am perfectly fine. You should focus more on yourself, be careful after all, Ryuen could be also targeting you.*" I decided to give her a small warning, after all, I know the reason for the traitor's actions. Now it depends on her, if she takes it seriously or if she will think of those words only as heated words said in anger.

Soon enough, another group had to go represent our class in the tug of war so people quickly dispersed without questioning me too much.

...

The tug of war event was mostly won by us and Class B, however, there were a few light injuries on Class A's side and it was caused by none other than Class C.

"Are you okay? I am sorry for before...that was inappropriate from me, to just run away like that..." Mii-chan once again approached me with a slightly worried and guilty expression.

"I am alright and I am not blaming you after what I have done...Let's just forget about it."

"No!" She suddenly shouted which slightly surprised me so I looked at her with a confused expression.

"I- I mean...it wasn't that bad...I just- wasn't prepared for something like that." She said in a low voice while looking sideways when she noticed my confused and inquiring expression.

"Alright, it's your decision. By the way, I have something serious to speak about with you..." I said with a serious expression.

"?! What is it?" She immediately tensed up when she saw my serious expression, she was aware that it was about something extremely important.

"Ryuen will probably try to go after you too." I said with narrowed eyes

"What?! Why would-" She was totally surprised by my words

"*Why would he bother to target especially you? That's because he knows that you are my partner for the Three-legged race. As for how...he already saw us during our practice and he isn't the only one. Probably Class B already knows about it too.*" I whispered directly to her ear.

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'Aah! That tickles!' Mii-chan's face reddened once again when she felt Felix's breath touching her ear.

'No! Focus! This is serious!' Mii-chan inwardly shook her head and redness on her cheeks immediately disappeared.

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"*I- I see...What should I do?*" At first, her expression became disheartened and slightly afraid when she heard my words but she quickly asked me with a hope visible in her shaky eyes.*"

There isn't much I can do discreetly for her...If Ryuen will notice that his attempt to sabotage Mii-chan mysteriously failed, he would only grow more suspicious and this would be the same as saying that I care about her which would only make him focus on her even more.

*sigh* I can only give her advice and hope that she will take my words seriously to her heart.

Now...what could be Ryuen's plan?

"*Listen to me carefully.*" I whispered and her eyes immediately brightened with hope as she quickly and resolutely nodded, focusing all of her senses at me.

"*Keep your distance from all Class C students even if it would mean your defeat in certain events. Never, NEVER get distracted while competing, always focus on your goal and don't get distracted by anyone's voice even if it would be my voice.*" I whispered with the most serious expression I could form. She gulped when she saw my seriousness but she still nodded.

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'I better be really careful considering how Walker-kun is serious about this...' Mii-chan thought and bit her lower lip to encourage herself.

'But doesn't that also mean that Walker-kun is really worried about me?' Mii-chan seriousness lasted only a few seconds before she started to blush once again.

'Stop, Focus!' Mii-chan shook her head and just smiled at Felix's confused expression.

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After my small talk with Mii-chan, I also went to inform Kei in case Ryuen tried to do something to her too.

After I was done with everything, there was still some time before I would have to go participate in the Obstacle race so I decided to go to the secluded area and sat down.

There are so many things I had yet to try with that energy inside me...

For example, can it leave my body?

I focused my energy on my eyes and on the tip of my index finger at the same time.

When I blinked the yellow circle appeared in my eyes and I saw a small flickering flame of the green energy on the tip of my finger.

I wonder if I can transfer it to another person and if yes what would happen to them?

My sudden curiosity made the green energy change into yellow energy which extremely surprised me.

What?! How...Could it be that it corresponds to my emotions?

My sudden discovery made me try to recall Asao's past and his sudden thirst for revenge just before he died.

And the yellow flame changed into a red flame.

Ha! As I thought, let's try the exact moment when I killed Asao and erased him from my body...I closed my eyes and tried to precisely recall the moment.

The flame's color changed into a black.

Since the energy changes with my emotions, they should also have different kinds of use.

I really want to try to transfer it into someone's body but I have no idea what could happen. For all I know, it could also make their body explode but I doubt it would happen if I tried to transfer the green energy.

...I can't stop myself from thinking of all the different possibilities since I discover something so interesting. I will have to find some live animals after this sports festival will end. I can't risk using it on humans or Yukina without testing it first.

Anyway...normal eyes should be unable to see this energy. I thought and stopped sending energy into my eyes and the yellow circle disappeared. And with him, also small flame disappeared from my sight, however, I could still feel it being there.

Haha, I can't wait to experiment with this.

"Walker-kun, it's your group turn!" Someone called out my name and interrupted my chain of thoughts.

"I am coming!" I shouted and got up from the ground with a happy expression on my face which definitely surprised others because I was smiling once again when I could be Ryuen's target.

...

Let's get it over with quickly so I can think again about other possibilities.

I thought when I arrived at the starting line while cracking my neck with an excited smile. Which could also be perceived by Class C students as me taking the bait. How fortunate can I be...?