Chapter 2: Anima Attack

Chapter 2: Anima Attack

"You're watching that memorial?"

Arit said this while looking out the window at the side of the hallway to prevent Mark from seeing the irritated expression on her face.

Mark shrugged at her words, and Arit asked him if they showed that statue of KING again. Arit might not like superhumans, but the only exception to this was KING. She had more respect for KING than for anyone else in her life because of what he did to help everyone years ago. There was even a large statue of KING erected in the center of the city where the inauguration was taking place, and Arit would always go to look at the statue whenever she was passing near there.

"They didn't show the statue yet. I think they're making some repairs to it after that large fight that happened close to it last time. The arms broke off, so they had to put it back on."

Mark gave Arit the information she wanted, and she nodded just once before she suddenly reverted to what they had been talking about.

"Let's go to class. The teacher is going to punish you again because you're late, so don't you dare try to run away! This is the last time I'm going to come and find you! The next time something like this happens, I'll leave you to fail!"

Arit shouted this in anger as she started to walk towards the class. She completely overlooked what Mark was watching because she knew that she couldn't be angry at him fo watching it. He liked superhumans, and she wouldn't force him to hate them just because she didn't like them! That wasn't what a friend did!

Mark placed his hands in his pocket and followed after his friend with a smile on his face. Even though she said that she would never come to look for him again, Mark knew that this was a lie! She was the sort of person that cared for her friends more than anything! She would come and look for him every time because she cared about him just as much as he cared about her.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Mark stopped in his tracks as he heard his phone ringing. He picked up and raised his hand placatingly as he saw Arit looking back at him with a heavy glare. This is important! He couldn't just leave this call! The person on the other end of the call was Mark's other friend, Pat. Mark has known Pat for even longer than he has known Arit. They were in kindergarten together, and they would have gone to the same primary school, but Pat managed to leave kindergarten faster than all the other students because of how intelligent he was. He finished compulsory education in only two years, and right now, he is a college student studying Cosmology and Astronomy at a popular university in the city.

Flash!

He saw a blur flash across the screen as it headed in the direction that he just pointed out to Mark! Pat immediately narrowed his eyes in shock! Who in the world is that!?

Pat wondered who it was as he froze the screen on the frame that had the blur. He zoomed into the frame by a hundred times and frowned as he saw that the blur was still not very clear. He pixelated the screen and then used a program to clean out the residue that was silhouetted out of the image. After doing this, the image became clear enough for him to see the face of the person. Once he saw who it was, Pat dropped his juice box in shock!

It was a beautiful woman who had long blond hair tied into a ponytail behind her. She was wearing a sleeveless black singlet and black cargo pants, and she had a long katana strapped to her waist! This was one of the most popular superhumans in the entire world! Her name was Matilda Lindsworth, but her fans and other people online only referred to her as Tilda. Tilda is one of only three A-class female Superhumans in the Federal Republic of America, and she was given the title Yellow Phantom because of how fast she could move. What in the world is she doing in a place like this!?

Her base of operations was in an entirely different city, and the only time she came down to City A was when she was receiving an award from the mayor for helping in a large subjugation! Pat was very curious about what Tilda was doing here, but that wasn't immediately important! He filed it away in a compartment in his brain, and he promised himself that he would look into it when he got more time.

Pat spoke to Mark again with that same bored tone. There's no need for Mark to bother going anymore!

[You can forget it. Someone managed to make it. You don't need to bother about it for now, but I think you should be careful in the meantime. Something seems off about this whole situation. There shouldn't be any issues with taking care of the monster since she's pretty strong. Just in case, though, stand by and try to answer whenever I call. Don't let your disgusting libido keep you away from your phone.]

Pat didn't even wait for Mark to say anything in response, and he just cut the phone! Mark blinked down at his phone in slight surprise. He wasn't surprised that Pat acted the way he did, that was normal. Instead, Mark was surprised that there was someone who came to answer the emergency that quickly. They usually take at least thirty minutes because of how far the school is from the nearest Superhuman base. But they were able to make it in only three minutes?

Mark was sure that only an A-rank or above would be able to cover that distance in such a short time. There weren't any Superhumans with such a high rank available right now since they were all out on a mission and that was why Mark was certain that there wouldn't be any responders to the attack! But then, if none of them are available, who was the responder?

Mark was curious about this, but he decided to just let it be. Since Pat said it would be fine, then Mark was sure it would be fine. Pat was someone who always took everything into account, and he never left any stone unturned when trying to uncover something! If this was going to be a problem, then Pat would have let him know.