บท 67: Combat class II
"I just wanted to request of you," said Charles, scratching what little beard he had.
'A professor needs to ask a request of a student?' thought Luke quizzically.
"Go ahead," said Luke.
"Last year in your battle on Raven Island, you used a lot of roots to fight. If possible don't use them please," asked the professor with a strange expression. It was weird to ask a student to limit himself. Otherwise, he could easily defeat his classmates and leave the island in a bad condition, since all the tree roots can't return to the ground just like that.
"I understand. I won't use my telekinesis on the roots," Luke said, readily agreeing to the professor's request. He wasn't planning on fighting anyway. Wednesday would take care of that.
"Oh... thanks," said Charles, a little surprised. He thought Luke would complain more, since he doesn't seem like the kind of student who would show mercy, even to his classmates.
"Let's head back. The professors should be about done tidying up the place by now," he added, as he started walking.
'What is that?' thought Luke, sensing a strange presence hidden not far from where they had the conversation. He did not recognize the presence. He decided to do nothing and follow the professor.
How would he explain that he sensed a hidden enemy even the professor couldn't notice? Only a clairvoyance user who can see others even if they are hidden from view and far away could notice such a presence.
When they arrived with everyone else they drew lots for the roles that each group would fulfill. Group six (Luke and Wednesday) was assigned the role of defenders. Group two (Rowan and Nao) were to attack.
Each group was taken to their designated area by a professor, while the others watched the screens. Unlike the previous bout, there was not much excitement about this match.
"Rowan and Nao are unlucky," commented a boy with a strange hairstyle.
"Bad luck that they were matched against that monster and a very strong-looking Addams. Just seeing her expressionless face gives you the creeps," commented the lanky guy who had lost to Xavier and Mike.
"Luckily, we won't be facing him," muttered a boy with fluffy black hair and brown eyes. He was shorter in stature and wore black glasses.
"Don't be a coward, Eugene! That way, we won't win the tournament," said a girl with pink hair and an athletic build. Her name was Rose, and she planned to win the tournament.
...
"Wait for the flare. Once you see it you can start moving and set traps if you wish," said the professor, as he left Wednesday and Luke in a part of the forest. In the center was a bluish-violet flag.
"Why do they like the color indigo so much?" asked Luke, sitting down on a log, as he looked at the flag. Indigo was Nevermore's favorite color.
"That's what he asked me all the time," said Wednesday, cleaning a log and sitting down while looking ahead.
'She looks like a doll,' thought Luke watching Wednesday. The girl was relatively short compared to the other girls at Nevermore, and also quite thin.
"Professor Charles limited you to using your telekinesis, didn't he?" asked Wednesday after a few seconds of silence.
'She was there?' thought Luke, raising an eyebrow in surprise. He didn't think the presence he barely managed to detect was Wednesday eavesdropping on their conversation.
Thanks to his keeping his sensor active at all times, he was able to notice her, otherwise he wouldn't have noticed her. Also, her presence was very different from normal, so he didn't recognize her.
"Did you spy?" asked Luke. With this, he already knew that this was not a possible assassin sent by the Spellmans.
"I wouldn't call it that. Just watch what the professor said to my groupmate. I don't want to be harmed," Wednesday said in a monotone. She took every activity very seriously. She was perfect and very competitive.
"Mm, whatever you say. Yeah, what you heard is right. Anyway, I won't move. You'll take care of everything," Luke said with a slight smile, as he took a relaxed stance.
'So he can indeed move roots with his telekinesis...' thought Wednesday in amazement, though she didn't show it on her face. To move roots that affect the landscape you had to have telekinesis level three minimally. Depending on the roots he moved he might already be at level four.
Not only that. Most difficult of all was for the telekinetic to move objects that, he could not see with his sight. Only advanced telekinetics achieve such a feat. For a fifteen-year-old to accomplish it would be considered a genius who has an instinct.
What Wednesday didn't know is that Luke could accomplish such a feat because thanks to his clairvoyance he could see the roots.
Wednesday's opinion of Luke rose again. Although she wouldn't show it, she respected him more, as she too is a genius.
The same was true for Luke. His opinion of Wednesday went up. He knew the black aura allowed for better stealth, but he didn't think Wednesday would have it so advanced. The professor was unaware that their conversation was eavesdropped on.
On the other hand, when Luke returned with the others, he noticed Wednesday in the same place as before. At what point did she move to spy on them and return before them? It didn't even look like she had moved. She was still as still as a statue.
For that reason, Luke dismissed Wednesday as the person who spied on him. He didn't think her stealth and speed would be that good. He figured it out since clairvoyance is the counter to stealth.
Just then they could see a red flare being fired. The combat had begun.
"You're going up against a telekinetic and an elemental. Are you still going to do it alone?" asked Luke as he yawned.
"Yes. Just sit tight. Your role will be a distractor so they don't take the flag," replied Wednesday, standing up.
"..." Luke said nothing and obeyed. His presence would be enough for the attackers not to try to take the flag quickly.
Wednesday stood up and walked over to a large tree that had a large shadow. In a matter of seconds, she disappeared into the shadows.
'That ability is good,' thought Luke, a little jealous. If he didn't have the white aura that allowed him to see people who were hidden or couldn't be seen naturally, he'd be screwed in a fight against Wednesday.
Luke was curious about Wednesday's battle power in this world. He remembered that, in the series, Rowan beat her easily using immobilization. Thanks to Hyde's attack, she managed to save herself.
However, the Wednesday of this world seemed very powerful and much less merciful.
Luke expanded his domain. In this way, he called upon the extrasensory ability that allowed him to see the presence of any individual no matter how much they were hidden from view or too far away to see naturally.
As his radius gradually increased, Luke saw an imaginary sphere gaining ground. By the time that terrain entered the sphere, Luke could see if there were any living creatures there or not.
1km, 2km, 5km, 7km... The radius continued to expand until it reached 10km.
Instantly, he could see Nao first, who was running at an incredible speed, and Rowan, who had fallen behind. The distance was about 10km, so Luke from the start could see where his enemies were.
'Electrokinesis,' Luke thought to himself in jealousy. He had always wished he could control electricity and use it to crush enemies. A very flashy and cool power.
Nao powered his movement with electricity. Reaching a much faster speed than average. Everyone took about fifteen minutes to get here, she took only five.
10km covered in five minutes. A normie wouldn't believe this. He'd tell you you're crazy. An elite normie runner can run 10km in about 30 to 35 minutes. Yet here outcast teenagers are doing it between 15 to 5 minutes.
'Their teamwork sucks,' Luke thought. The Japanese girl had left her partner behind and had come here alone. Luke wasn't one to talk about teamwork though.
"I don't see the goth girl," said the Japanese girl with a confident smile. Her English was good.
'Who cares. I'll take the flag before she can do anything,' Nao thought as the lightning wrapped around her and she shot off in the direction of the flag.
As for Luke's presence near the flag Nao didn't care. She was confident in her speed and knew her opponent was a telekinetic.
He wouldn't be able to react or so she thought. Luke with his domain could easily immobilize the girl with his telekinesis or move a branch at a speed exceeding Nao's speed, but Luke wouldn't do this.
He stood watching as a blur came faster and faster towards him. It had already entered the area where they were supposed to set traps.
When Nao was about five meters from the flag, black pinpricks emerged from one of the shadows made by the tall trees.
The spikes almost went right through her. Nao had to back up or else she would have been seriously injured.
"Your speed is great, though your brains are not so much," Wednesday said, showing her presence. She looked at the Japanese girl as if she was an arrogant idiot.
"Oh there we go with the rude comments," Nao said, unaffected by Wednesday's comment.
"I'll toast you a bit and then take the flag," she added with a smile, as sparks flew from her fists.
However, Nao felt her body being frozen. She could no longer move no matter how much force she wanted to exert. Her electricity wasn't working either. At what point did this happen?
What Nao hadn't noticed was that the shadow of a tree behind her had extended and had come into contact with her shadow.
'Oh, that technique reminds me of Naruto,' thought Luke, who had watched as the tree's shadow extended to Nao. The only thing different was that Naruto's character was doing it from his own shadow.
Nao was hard as a rock. She couldn't even speak. From her shadow hands of complete darkness began to appear and began to bind her. Her whole body was bound like a mummy. There was only a small hole in her nose that allowed her to breathe.
"A good power in the body of an idiot," commented Wednesday.
"I guess teaching in Japan is lax," commented Luke with a slight smile, he hid his surprise at how easily Wednesday defeated Nao.
"Or all teenagers are stupid and arrogant," said Wednesday with a barely visible grimace on her hegemonic face. Luckily, Nao's ears were covered by shadows, and she couldn't hear Luke and Wednesday's insults towards her and her homeland.
"You're a teenager too..." said Luke with a strange look on his face.
"I'm different. I'm not an idiot, and I don't blindly trust my powers," Wednesday said with contempt toward Nao. Although she was arrogant and considered herself a genius, she took everything seriously and wouldn't underestimate her opponents or go easy on them.
"What about me? I'm different?" asked Luke with a slight smile. He wondered if he fell into the categorization of different or stupid and arrogant.
"Maybe..." muttered Wednesday in a tone Luke didn't hear.
Just then footsteps and a shaky voice were heard, "No, I'm late!" said Rowan with sweat and leaves on his uniform.
Wednesday stopped talking to Luke and looked at his enemy. She had to defeat him quickly and end this match.
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