The Author's POV

[Yesterday, at around 9:45 P.M. Hollberg, a group of unidentified individuals attacked multiple students from the lock killing 389 and crippling 107...]

Sitting on a comfy chair inside of a private hospital, I looked at the large TV screen on the wall.

Currently, a male news anchor was reporting the happenings of the Hollber accident. Next to him, a pretty female anchor added a few comments here and there.

[…According to the investigation, no valuable information was gathered regarding the aggressors as they all killed themselves or died from unknown causes. According to reports, thanks to the support of Hero rank 156 Donna Longbern and S ranked hero Connor Novak the number of casualties didn't reach the four-digit figures...]

[This type of massacre on students had never happened before in the history of the lock nor humanity. What happened yesterday will forever be remembered as 'The massacre of Hollberg' and we can only extend our support and prayers towards the victims of this accident]

Stacking the papers on the table, looking towards the camera, the news anchor's voice deepened

[Now this gives rise to a new question. Is the lock really that safe of a place? Is the lock really the safe haven advertised by the central government and the union? Who should be held accountable for the death of those 389 people? I'm not sure about you, but...]

-Clack!

-Bam!

As I was listening, suddenly the TV shut off. Following which the sound of something hard smashing against the cold hard floor echoed across the hospital.

Turning my line of sight towards where the sound came from, angrily standing up, a professor glared at what remained of the controller.

Looking back at the TV, he shouted

"What sort of nonsense are you talking about!? Do they expect us to protect all of the students when we too were fighting for our lives? Do they not understand what we went through that night!! Haa? Tell me!"

"Professor Rim please calm down."

"Professor Rim!"

Noticing the outburst, a couple of students and professors immediately headed towards the professor trying their best to calm him down.

Despite their struggle, the professor didn't calm down. It was only after more professors and students came that he finally stopped going on a rampage and calmed down.

Tensions were at an all-time high.

Not just the students, but the professors were heavily affected by the incident. Despite the fact that the professors had gone through a lot of similar situations, that didn't mean they too didn't feel terrible for what had happened.

Be it, students or professors.

They all thought one thing.

...What if I was stronger?

Could an extra life had been saved?

Looking at the commotion, I shook my head.

There were no what-ifs in the world. What had happened had already happened. You either looked ahead or remained stuck in the past.

Glancing at the students that sat next to me, their eyes were hollow. It was evident that they were traumatized by the incident.

I sort of understood what they were going through.

Having lost my parents at the peak of my dependence, I knew the feeling of losing loved ones.

Some lost their best friends, some lost their romantic partners, or some even lost their siblings.

Almost everyone lost something yesterday.

students next to me, an indescribable sense of guilt welled up from within

myself for this outcome, but every

students rang throughout the whole hospital tearing a piece of my heart along

crammed inside

of my mp3 to the max did I

"Fuuuu..."

up and decided to head out to get some

in this place,

get my

best place

no one to disturb me. The rooftop was

...

a secluded space inside of the hospital, Donna was going through the

to gain access to all of the footage of the cameras installed on the first

a camera that recorded the hall for rooms

trouble if found out, having gone through most of the reports handed in by the students a certain report peeked at her

last hit wasn't

Kevin wrote

was killed by a sword strike straight to the heart. Donna knew that apart from Kevin, there was no one

Amanda used a bow, and Jin

last hit wasn't his, then

managed to get a hold of the autopsy report of the other black-clad individuals found inside of the room

total there were six black-clad individuals found in that room. Apart from the ranked

their ranks. No. It was the

black-clad individuals were found without their heads. Moreover, once again, they died due to a clean sword cut. This was a drastic difference compared to the other three which were without a doubt killed by a dagger due to the depth

timing with the footage, Donna knew that inside of the room at that time Kevin and the rest had still not gone to aid Jin. Meaning that there was an external

"This student…"

the video, the man in question was not doing anything out of the ordinary. When the

she had been actively looking for him, she would've assumed

was

around the

fall. Because of the chaos, if someone didn't look carefully, they wouldn't

and slowing the video down, Donna couldn't find out what was

Donna looked, the

Something didn't add up...

in general didn't add up. It wasn't something a student should have. That emotionless and indifferent attitude was only something top heroes that had gone through many

happened next was even more

The exact room where Jin was staying as well as where Kevin

the rest of the black-clad

same room the man in question had

couple of minutes after they entered, Donna saw the last black-clad individual

broke through room 575 creating a massive hole in

could hear the sound of metal clashing against each other followed

brilliant white light dyed the surroundings. Because of the light, the camera froze up for a solid minute. By the time the screen came back to normal, everything was quiet and no

"…Hmm."

figured that during that minute where the camera froze, the student in question left

after matching his face with her database, she immediately found the identity of the

Ren Dover.

did have a

was during the first day of

impression on her that day. Not

blacklist that day

gave up on

footage, maybe she needed to reevaluate