The Crisis World XX

Chap. 21: Herlin's Plan

*Rear Clock, 15.40*

I went back to training with Herlin in a place like yesterday. Although he called it a match practice, but actually Herlin did not reply to my attack at all and all he did was dodge until I was exhausted by itself.

We've done this twice, today and yesterday. Yesterday I did it for three hours and none of my attacks hit it. I don't understand what makes it so powerful.

Right now I'm doing the same thing. And all my attacks nobody hit him. In the middle of training, Herlin dariitadi dodged my attack then jumped away to the back.

"A-What's wrong?" I said a little confused by his behavior.

"Weak."

Jamb…

An imaginary arrow again pierced me because of his sharp words. He jumped far back just to insult me? This woman really wants to be beaten.

"Huh?! What do you mean?!"

"There's something wrong with your movement pattern, so I'm very easy to avoid."

"Then! Don't just dodge and show me the right way!"

After I spoke like that, Herlin's gaze suddenly changed. He then took his hand out of his Hoodie bag and then put the horses on the attack.

"Then you're the next one to avoid my attack. Be prepared."

This was the first time he had mounted horses attacking like that. Did he really want to attack me with his body strength? What do you do with his invisible power?!

"Just calm down, I won't give you a surprise attack. Now focus on avoiding the attack from the person in front of you."

How did he know that? But good, now I can focus more on avoiding it this time.

Tap…

Herlin then shot towards me. I'm ready to put up the defensive horses. He innocently aimed his punch towards my face. But before he could hit me, he darted quickly and disappeared somewhere. I looked to the right and left but nothing.

Zwuush…

"Behind you!"

His words made me reflexively look back. Herlin had been behind me and now his punch was already very close to my back head. But I could still swiftly avoid it by pulling my head to the left and at the same time, catching his right hand and throwing it far enough in front of me.

Grab…

Herlin who had been thrown by me was still able to properly position his body and landed perfectly. He ran back towards me and attacked from the front like he did.

The tip of my lips lifted up a little. My confidence suddenly increased. If this state of affairs continues to repeat itself, then my victory is inevitable.

"Don't let your guard down!"

"Where might I be le—"

"Not useful."

"Eh? What's i—?"

What the hell is going on. A glimpse of Hasuki's face-like shadow appeared and then disappeared again. Can't! I have to focus now and—

Buuaatk…

I was hit in the face by Herlin which made me slightly lose my balance and take a few steps back. Herlin quickly darted over to me and swept my feet with his kick that made me fall.

Bruukk…

Without pause, he aimed a heel kick from top to bottom aimed right at my face. But he stopped it just before his heels hit my face. After holding it back for a while, Herlin then moved her legs away from my face and went back to standing as usual.

"Do you understand?"

Then he asked me. After my attack, I stood up and cleaned the dust on the back of my body.

"What?"

What I really need to understand. I don't understand at all. I didn't even learn anything from what he just did to me.

"It's weak, you fool, too" muttered Herlin softly.

Jelb. Jleb…

Now not only was an imaginary arrow piercing me, but a great hammer also struck me in the head as a result of insults from him to me.

"HAA?!"

Although his voice was slow, but I could hear that he had insulted me.

"What I caught from the match practice yesterday and today is that you did too many ineffective moves that made you tired too quickly.

And when you went berserk yesterday, there was no attack that you planned well. Everything felt brutal and blind.

In other words, the way you fight is no different from Inuijin if you fight brutally like that ..," said Herlin.

"W-What's that?"

I never thought and never thought of it. The one who's been annoying all along and can only insult me. He suddenly gave me something very useful and moreover, he also knew my weakness.

"… Listen to this, you should be able to manage your emotions while fighting. Don't let the enemy provoke you easily. You have to fight with a cold head if you want to win.

Correct …. The point is not to let your feelings out while fighting. Think of the most effective thing to end the fight quickly before your stamina runs out.

One thing I realize from him right now. He didn't play games when he trained me. This woman really wants to make me stronger. In this way, I already understood some things I should do and avoid.

"Ba-Good!"

Herlin then retreated to widen the distance and stopped when we were not too close. He stood up again in his usual style and put his hand in his Hoodie pouch.

"Now …. Can we start again?"

"Yes!"

Even so, there was still one thing that bothered my mind. Why did Hasuki's face suddenly appear while I was fighting? Uhh! Anyway, I'll find out later. I also set the horses to attack.

"First of all, focus on the enemy in front of you. Second, don't make a wasted move. And after that …. Attack!"

I darted straight towards Herlin to attack him.

**

*19.00*

We finished training today and are ready to go home. But, suddenly Herlin came up to me and asked me.

"Iraya, I want to ask you something."

"Hn? What's up?"

"After I attacked you earlier, you seemed unfocused afterwards. Is there something you're thinking about or did you hit your head on something earlier?"

"Grand …! You realized? Is that how it looks?"

Herlin nodded his head. He realized that my mind was being disturbed because of Hasuki's face that suddenly appeared in my head. I exhaled a sigh of resignation. It turns out hiding something is hard, huh?

"Do you want to hear it?"

"If you don't mind."

I then sat down on the ground and thought first to tell her what I was thinking. After knowing where to tell me from, I told Herlin everything.

"Actually, I have a problem …."

Then I told him all the problems at school from my classmates who were avoiding me and Hasuki who spread rumors and accused me of cruel slander.

"But I still have two people who trust me at school."

"So that's it."

"What do you think I should do?"

Herlin lowered her head and held onto her chin. He thought for a while and after that, he spoke to me.

"really?"

"Tomorrow you go to school, right? You just see what's going to happen at your school tomorrow" he said.

I swallowed spit. Somehow, from Herlin's words just now I can feel bad things will happen tomorrow. I don't know why. Something will happen at school.

"Let's go home."

"Let's go."

Anyway after this I want to take a shower and go to sleep. Cares the devil with what happens at school tomorrow. It's probable.

**

*The next day*

I went to school as usual during the mepet hours before the school entrance bell rang. I wonder what surprise Herlin will show me later.

Teng…

The class bell has rung. Right now it's the same as yesterday, no one in my class is talking to me. As usual, Hasuki's stool is almost invisible because it is surrounded by girls. After waiting for some time, a teacher entered the classroom.

"Everything! Sit in each other's place. This time the class is the arrival of a new student."

"Woe …!!"

Suddenly the class started to get crowded. Men expect that the one who comes is a beautiful woman while the opposite woman. As for me, just hoping that person would want to talk to me. Besides, I'm not really interested in who's gonna move here. I was just waiting for the surprise promised by Herlin.

"Then, please come in."

The new student goes into class. Suddenly all the men except me and Hira shouted a word with passion.

"Women!"

While the girls except Hasuki showed disappointed faces. The new boy had beautiful green eyes as well as blonde hair tied in a ponytail style. Waita minute. Waita minute.

"Please calm down everyone! Please introduce yourself, son."

"My name is Ririsaka Herlin, greetings."

Braakk…

"You're kidding me, right?"

I stood up from my stool and accidentally hit the table which made a loud noise. My behavior earlier made the attention of the entire class focused on me. Some of them also still gave me a look of disgust.

"What are you doing, Satou-kun?! Sit back down!"

"Good-Good."

I then sat back down and tried to think about what had just happened this time. So this is the surprise he meant? I don't understand what he has in mind. But I could only limp my head on the table.

"I don't care anymore, maybe soon I'll move out of here" I muttered.

"Then Ririsaka-san, please sit on the empty seat back there," said the teacher as he pointed at a chair in question.

Herlin walked towards the chair indicated by the teacher. He passed by my side and I looked at him and said quietly, barely making a sound.

"Bo .. hh …."

But Herlin just glanced at me and then walked over without answering at all.

The teacher continued the lesson while I continued my sleep. When I woke up, it turned out that the break had sounded. I took the packaging Onigiri under my desk and ate it slowly.

I looked at the Herlin bench that the girls were covering. They seemed curious that the new disciple looked different to them.

"Nee ... Ririsaka-san, where did you move from?"

"From a far away place."

"Did Ririsaka-san have blood of foreign descent?"

"There's."

"Well! Funny thing!"

"Nee .. nee .. Ririsaka-san. Do you have LINE?"

"LINE'S? I don't have any."

Herlin then took out her Smartphone from inside the bag. Smartphones are quite expensive for the size of a high school child. One of the girls continued to comment on Herlin's smartphone.

"It's impossible with HP like that, Ririsaka-san doesn't have LINE, right?"

"I really don't have one."

"Ehh~…"

Suddenly someone came from behind and immediately broke through the crowd of girls who shrouded Herlin's bench.

"Already, already, don't confuse Ririsaka-san. By the way, my name is Hasuki Chifu, just call Chifu, Ririsaka-san."

Hasuki-san reached out her hand to invite Herlin to shake the hand she received kindly.

"Then, greetings, Chifu-san."

I don't know why I'm worried about what happened to Hasuki-san. And also come to think of it, from all sorts of ways why did he choose to transfer to this school? Uhh! Women are really hard to understand. And when the break bell is over, everything goes normal until school comes home.

After school, I decided to wait for Herlin at the front gate of the school. And sure enough he went home alone. Then I went up to him and greeted him

"Yes!"

He did not return my greetings and continued to continue in his footsteps. I even equated my position with Herlin so we walked in rhythm.

"Geez .. I really can't believe that the surprise you're referring to is moving to this school."

"It's okay, right? I haven't been in school for a long time."

Not been in school for a long time? I don't know her background and where she came from. It felt like we were close, but we were both really far away. I ask you sometime, huh. And I suddenly remembered something that happened in class.

"Nee .. nee .. Ririsaka-san. Do you have LINE?"

"LINE'S? I don't have any."

"Nee ... Herlin, can you see your HP?"

"May be."

He took out his HP from the bag, I quickly picked it up. He had a protest but I did not pay attention to him and remained busy tweaking his HP.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"It's done! I've downloaded LINE and added my ID there. So don't forget to call me, yeah!"

"That's it."

"What are you typing?"

He then typed something in his HP and suddenly my LINE notification made a sound. I checked the message. 'Today's training at 14:00 in a normal place!' ending with the sticker 'Brown the bear' raised his thumb up.

"What do you mean?"

"My first message to you."

"It has to be about practice, huh?"

"Can't you?"

Herlin tilted her head as if asking. I just smiled after seeing his innocent behavior.

"Yes, let it."

Seriate