Chapter 4: Showdown! The Class League Match
May.
It's been several weeks since what happened that time, and Rin's mood hasn't improved, it has worsened.
Not only did she avoid me, she would deliberately turn her head away whenever we occasionally met in the canteen. Her firepower is all deployed in the 'I am really angry' department. Unfortunately, this anti-air firepower wasn't used on the Yamato-class battleships during World War 2...well, I don't know, but that's a pity.
"Ichika, the inter-class battle will be next week. The arena will undergo a settings adjustment, so today will be the last day for a practical battle."
After school, while seeing the sky gradually turning orange, I started to head towards the 3rd arena for my special training.
Like usual, the members were me, Houki and Cecilia. Thanks to the tense situation in my class simmering, the number of times I got surrounded by questions and stares has drastically decreased.
Even so, the fact that the raging topic is about me being in this school hasn't changed one bit. The stands on that day should be packed!
Let's cut at this part first. The 2nd years who sold the seats in the stands as 'reserved seats' were punished by Chifuyu-nee a few days ago. It seems the mastermind was confined in her dorm for 3 days. What in the world did they do?
"At least the IS control has gotten somewhat decent, so this time--"
"Because I've been training him as well! It would be strange had he not reached this standard."
"Since when is mid-range useful! First, Ichika's IS doesn't have any ranged weapons."
Houki's words were more forceful now, maybe because she got interrupted.
Truth be told, she's right. My Byakushiki IS doesn't have any ranged weapons, only the Yukihira Nigata.
Usually, every IS should have its own signature weapons, but only this 'prototype armament' wouldn't be enough, so there are also side arms. For example, Cecilia's initial IS weapons are the Blue Tears, while the gun and close-ranged sword are the side arms. Something like that.
And for this sort of side arms, the ISes have something like an 'equalizer'. Though the number of armaments a suit can equip differs due to the specs, an ordinary IS can have at least two...that should be the case.
The reason why I said 'that should be the case' is because my IS doesn't seem to be like that. The number of equalizers I have is zero. And since I can't change my initial weapon, the weapons I have only include a close-ranged sword.
"If we're talking about credit, what about Shinonono-san's kendo training? It's useless to train without the IS."
"Wha-what are you saying? Haven't you heard the saying 'the essence of kendo is the 'insight'? The 'insight' refers to everything that is in front of the eyes--"
"Ichika-san, we'll start learning from the 'no recoil spinning attack' we worked on yesterday!"
"Hey, you--listen to me, Ichika!"
"I told you, I'm listening!"
Speaking of which, why are you venting your anger on me?
After sensing that something's wrong, I touched the sensor of the A control zone door of the 3rd arena. Through fingerprint and pulse identification, I got clearance, and the door opened with a 'whoosh'. No matter how many times I hear it, the release of compressed air still feels loud to me.
