The Author's POV

Receiving words of Jin's sighting in the distance, John's first thought was to immediately send everyone and attack him. The reason was obvious...considering Jin's personality and strength, the most obvious candidate for being the code holder would obviously be him.

With his strength and agility, he could just outrun everyone. However, after a bit of thinking, John refrained from doing so. This could very well be a smokescreen.

Although that was the most obvious course of action, Jin wasn't stupid. He could very well be trying to act as bait.

Biting his nails out of habit, John thought to himself

'....Is Jin really the one holding onto the code?'

That was the most logical conclusion John could think of. After all, Jin was famous for being proud and arrogant. He being the code holder was a very real possibility.

...However, John still hesitated. Eventually, he shook his head. He needed more information before deciding on the right course of action.

-Beep!

Just as John was immersed in his own thoughts, his watch vibrated. Thereafter, John heard one of his teammate's voices coming from the speaker of the watch.

[Captain, spotted someone on the west side].

Hearing this piece of news, John's brows furrowed slightly as he carefully asked

"Dante, do you know the identity of the individual?"

[Unsure-wait, I'm getting a closer look]

"Yes, be careful and don't get spotted. Make sure you keep a safe distance from them"

Nodding his head, John warned Dante, his teammate, in advance.

If the other team found out that they had a visual of them, their advantage would immediately disappear. They had to be extra careful.

[Roger that]

Turning off his watch as he waited for Dante to respond, John's brows furrowed as he fell into deep thought.

Before the tryouts started, John had looked through the list of students that he had to watch out for. Therefore, as soon as he knew Jin was one of the people present, he already knew the general composition of the opposite team.

From what he recalled, the other team compromised of, Jin, Amanda, Arnold, Donald, Zack, and Ren.

...apart from Jin, Amanda, and Arnold, John wasn't very wary of the other three. To him, they were extras. Nothing worth taking note of.

Therefore, his current focus was now on finding out the whereabouts of Amanda and Arnold. Once he had a read on them, he could come up with an appropriate plan.

-Beep!

A couple of minutes since Dante last contacted him, John suddenly felt a vibration on his wrist. Quickly turning on the watch, John seriously asked.

"You've got something?"

[Captain, Dante here, I've got a visual. According to what I can see, Arnold is walking by himself]

"Arnold? wait are you sure?"

[Affirmitive]

rather

he wasn't with

the group in advance,

question was, why was he

before he could think any further, Dante's voice raised a few pitches resulting in John

quietly moving next to him. If not for the fact that I am using my skill, I don't think

you get a

not sure because I am too far, but I see the silhouette of a

a

[Affirmative]

a close watch and make sure you don't lose sight of

-Click!

watch, John's mind

girl in the group, John could already figure out the identity

par with the likes of Jin. However, John wasn't too worried. Since everyone's strength was the same, it shouldn't be too difficult to

close distance, she was probably the easiest member

me Roman, I've got a visual on the

heard another one of

"Where are they?"

center making their way towards

"Towards the pillar?"

piece of news, placing his hand on his chin, John fell into deep thought. Thereafter, he

got the gist of the

fist tightly, John quickly

that all they have to do is buy time. Don't let them fight against Jin at any cost....the rest go

about the other two

merely cannon fodder. Even if they are aware that their teammates are being

*Hmph*

to go to the pillar and wait there for them to place the code

How arrogant of them.

giving those two a spare thought as he chose to directly split into a group of two. One to hold back Jin the other to attack and snatch the

smile appeared on John's

arrogance is going

of their members towards his team pillar which was a fair distance from where Jin and Arnold currently were. By the time his group attacked Arnold's group and Jin,

if Arnold didn't have the code, with three members gone, victory

thought about it, the more his

so

will we

and more confidence in his deduction, he suddenly heard Dante's worried voice coming from the speaker of the

is going to be a four vs three scenario, no matter how strong they are, with our strengths

[...I-understand]

-Click!

John stared into the east side as he thought

aren't very good at coming up with strategies...I guess you only amount

thoughts there, John smiled as he quickly jumped off the building he was on and sped towards the west

to be

...

15M : 31S

minutes huh, should be about

forward, my footsteps halted. Thereafter, as I looked at Zack who was