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It was as if a shock grenade had detonated at the center of his skull.
For a moment, it seemed as though his brain matter itself was trembling.
This was probably an illusion, but Kagura Hikaru truly felt waves of dizziness assault him like a tsunami.
He stood there, losing consciousness for perhaps a fraction of a second, then quickly recovered as if he had taken a power nap at the height of exhaustion and instantly awoke, his body shock, followed by an uncontrollable numbness that spread throughout his entire body, making it impossible for him to stand steadily.
What had he just heard?
Kiryu Hina?
To learn this name from Teacher Miura, his middle school homeroom teacher, could only mean one thing—Kiryu Hina had also attended this school, and she was one of Teacher Miura's students, just like Kagura Hikaru and the others.
From the way the teacher spoke of her, Kiryu Hina was clearly a student from their same year!
But that, that was impossible.