The Author's POV

"haha, been a while"

With an awkward smile on my face, I headed towards where Jin, Amanda, and the rest were. Glancing at my group, I pretty much knew everyone apart from a certain individual.

...his name was Zack I believe.

Leisurely chatting with Donald, whom I was in a group with back in Hollberg, Zack was a rather skinny individual with black hair and black eyes. He was around my height and apart from his long nose, he didn't particularly stand out.

As I observed him from the distance, apart from the fact that he was in my class, I really knew nothing about him. He wasn't even in the tournament arc therefore it was safe to say that he had failed the tryouts in my novel.

Arriving before the group, I nodded my head towards Jin and Amanda who nodded back. Thereafter, as I nodded towards Arnold, I saw him snorting and looking away from me.

...looks like he still hated me.

Well, not that I cared. In my eyes, he was merely putting on a show in front of Jin.

Turning my attention back towards Donald who was talking to Zack, I casually smiled as I greeted him.

"Hey Donald, been a while since I've seen you"

Turning around and glancing at me, Donald's casual smile faded from his face as he nodded his head.

"Hm? Oh it's you"

Noticing Donald's attitude, which was a stark contrast to what it was back in Hollberg I couldn't help but tease him

"mmhmm, I see...Now that I'm ranked higher than you, you're starting to be more polite huh?"

Hearing my remark, glaring at me, Donald raised his voice

"Do you want to fight you bastard"

Raising my brow I couldn't help but shake my head as I said.

"You still won't stop calling me bastard? Hey, how many times did I tell you? My name is Ren. Do you want me to spell it for you? R-E-N"

"You think I care about your damn nam-"

"Please stop"

Not so far from where Donald and I were, noticing that things were about to get out of control, Amanda sighed and spoke up. Her tone was neither overbearing nor cold.

She was really speechless at the moment.

In a couple of minutes they would be participating in the tryouts for the academy tournament and yet two of their members were already fighting.

Were they not nervous at all?

Brushing her hair to the side, Amanda curtly said.

"Please, calm down, and let's start discussing our strategy"

Thereafter, as she finished speaking, Amanda expectantly looked at me. Shortly after, as if mimicking Amanda, everyone else looked in my direction.

"huh?"

Noticing everyone staring in my direction, my brow couldn't help but twitch.

What's going on?

"Hold up, why is everyone looking at me?"

Unbothered by my expression, Jin looked at me and said.

"Do you not have a plan?"

Glancing at Jin, after a short pause I nodded my head.

"...I do"

did in

like this. I originally predicted for Jin to boss everyone around and tell them what to do, but to my surprise, he directly asked

he really did mature a lot since the

was completely different from what he was a few months back. What in the world

my response, Jin coldly

is

*Sigh*

"...no problem, no problem"

from my mouth, lowering my voice, I pondered for

Give the code to me and you guys

a finished speaking, everyone looked at me strangely. Evidently

the first to voice out their

plan is that?

at Donald, I raised my brow as I mockingly

"Isn't it obvious why?"

"Why?"

back with another question as

had the code who would you give

started pondering. The first one to speak up

"The strongest person?"

towards Amanda,

is an option, yes, but

lips, Jin frowned as

is

Jin and the others, a faint smile appeared on my lips as

someone who could run

a random map, if we were to be put in a flat terrain, someone who can outrun the opponent so that the other

obstacles someone that could hide from the enemy's prying eyes would be the most

at

are following what

my eyes soon paused on a certain individual as I

you guys think of a certain individual in our

his arms crossed, a slight frown

me

eyes, I nodded my head and bluntly

you will

glad he caught

would mainly focus their attention on him. Therefore, if everyone was focused on him, with me holding the code, chances were that even if they caught Jin, by the time they realized he didn't have the code, it would've already been too

like an eternity, Jin eventually looked away

"...fine"

secretly nodded my

Jin listening to what I was saying, the chances of us successfully passing the tryouts

as originally Jin, Arnold,

now knew that things outside of the plot could happen, with the plot armour

Jin's newfound attitude, Donald, who was quietly pondering for

if they

Donald's question, I secretly nodded my head. He wasn't as stupid as I thought

question, I've also

was coming up with the

other team could also think that it was

problem beforehand. Staring at Amanda, Donald, and Arnold, I smiled at

you guys

lightly frowned as she

"us?"

my head as I looked at

be within a

what happens. Always be fifty hundred meters away from

her brows couldn't help but knit in a deeper frown as

"...why is that?"

Amanda for a brief moment, I

Arnold is the person that holds

It was simple really.

Jin was not the one that carried the code, naturally it would be either one