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"

in

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

mature a lot since

knew that he had changed...he was completely different from what he was a few months back. What in the world happened since

response,

what is

*Sigh*

"...no problem, no problem"

sigh escaped from my mouth, lowering my voice, I pondered for a few

relatively actually simple. Give the code to me and you guys do

me strangely. Evidently

to voice out their confusion was

of plan is that? and

my brow as I mockingly

"Isn't it obvious why?"

"Why?"

answering immediately, I answered back with another question as I

if you had the code who

started pondering. The first one to speak up was Amanda

"The strongest person?"

Amanda, I

an option, yes, but not the ideal

on his lips, Jin frowned as he

is the

a faint smile appeared on my lips

be someone who could run fast or

of a random map, if we were to be put in a flat terrain, someone who can

but let's say filled with obstacles someone that could hide from the enemy's

I looked at

guys are following what

them nod in understanding, my eyes soon paused on a certain individual as

guys think of a certain individual

words, soon everyone's attention turned towards Jin. With his arms crossed, a slight frown appeared on Jin's brows as he

me to be

into the eyes,

you will

he

most likely candidate for holding the code, chances were that the other team 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

like an eternity, Jin eventually looked away

"...fine"

I secretly nodded my

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

originally Jin, Arnold, and Amanda made it past the

now knew that things outside of the plot could happen, with the plot armour they had, chances were that they were very

Jin's newfound attitude, Donald, who was quietly pondering for a while, suddenly frowned as

if they

head. He wasn't as stupid

question, I've also thought about

when I was coming up with the plan, I

the other team could also think that it was a

at Amanda, Donald,

you guys come

her head to the side as he black hair gently fell to her shoulders, Amanda's brows lightly frowned as she looked at Arnold

"us?"

at both

within a fifty hundred

matter what happens. Always be fifty hundred meters away from him, and whenever he gets

couldn't help but knit in a deeper frown

"...why is that?"

for a

that it looks like Arnold is the

It was simple really.

that carried the code, naturally it would be either one of