Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - 𝕁𝔸𝔼𝔾𝔼ℝ

Ch. 8 - Assault of Truth

The day of course had started like any other day however- with the hint of tension from the events of yesterday. Today, numerous other people were seen wearing the infamous blue, white, and red wristband, which signified their following of Blanche. It was overall safe to say that Hiro's guard was way up, especially due to the fact that his own sister was doing the talking with them. Although Juumonji basically acted as her personal student council body guard or, well, he could scare people away; Hiro was a literal deterrent in a level of his own if they knew what he was.

Anyways, there was no real "class" today due to what would go down in the auditorium. Many people, weeds, blooms alike would all file into the rows and taking their seats. Most if not all disciplinary committee members were on high alert but, kept off-duty due to the fact that it'd be suspicious. As soon as the debate started out, Mayumi was dealing with her fair share of arguing as one of the blanched students began to debate with her. Something was.. off, some of the people who wore the wristband began placing their hands together, with a noticeable nervous look on their faces.

The young man was largely lost in his thought as he stood on stage near his older sister, with an explosion ripping him out of that false dream-like state as he looked towards where it came from. Course 2 students began to stand up, as some began to run while he himself stayed near Mayumi. In the few seconds after the explosion, a gas canister was blasted through a top window, supposedly through a grenade launcher as it was quickly suppressed by Hattori with his magic. A small green bubble formed around the canister as the gas was contained and floated out.

Now, as for how Hiro reacted, the spirit that inhabited him, Maelstrom. Maelstrom once inhabited another spike mage and provided them with all of their power- as to which this is how most of them ticked deep on the inside. The doors were kicked open as he reacted immediately, even before Mari could get magic up to choke them out. He moved as they raised their MP5's and began firing, the entire front of his body crystallizing as the bullets flicked off of it until they ran out of ammunition. At this point, this current time, they had crossed the line by threatening the life of his sister, and everyone else within the room.

The main show was about to begin as the majority of the crystal cracked and broke off from his clothing and skin. Hiro began to let it go, loosen the chains of destruction as to which his body held. Though Maelstrom was subservient to the master who he inhabited- he was in no way shape or form being complacent with where he was, actively trying to take over with any latch of feelings he could push through, there would be an attempt. A key sign of this was the eyes, the eyes are the windows of the soul, thus changed color due to the pushion count rising in his body. Instead of his cool crimson red eyes, they were now a noticeable ocean blue- matching the intensity of Tatsuya, while keeping the soul-less look into what he truly was.

As his hands hardened, a slight growl came from him as he rushed one of the Blanche intruders while forming his hand into a sharp spike, plunging it into the gut of the intruder as he yelped. Blood began to stain the floor as he ripped his arm out of the man, tossing him to the side into a wall. The nature of a spike mage, as mentioned before, was extremely violent when it came to the defense of their loved ones. Looking towards the next man who drew his blade in preparation, he was rushed as the blade was thrusted towards his face however, missed. Anger soon overcame Hiro as he grabbed the man by the arm and forcibly dislocated it with just a small pull. This was then followed by him hardening the spiked-hand into a fist formation once again as he bashed the head in of the said intruder.

Lastly, the fullest extent of a spike mage's behavior came out as he snatched the neck of the next intruder and held him up. Unbeknownst to Hiro, he still had his sidearm in his hand and pressed it into Hiro's face as he fired. This gained a helpless yelp from Mayumi- who was worried about him, "Hiro!" she cried out as his head tilted back. As the smoke cleared, he brought his face back up to the intruder with it being completely covered in crystal, cracking as the bullet fell out of the crystal. The attempt on Maelstrom's own life angered him to the point where he was able to take over completely for the next ten seconds. A roar pierced through the room as the blanche member was slammed down into the floor and mounted, as he began to strangle him to death.