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]

name being mentioned, rather than

because he wasn't with

group in advance, he

real question was, why was

he could think any further, Dante's voice raised a few

there is someone else a fair distance from him-no there are two people quietly moving next

get

but I see the silhouette

a boy? Are you

[Affirmative]

close watch and make

-Click!

watch,

there was only one girl in the group, John could already figure out the identity

John wasn't too worried. Since everyone's strength was the same,

from a close distance, she was probably the easiest member

it's me Roman, I've got a visual on the

a plan started formulating in John's mind, he suddenly heard another one of his teammates contact him. Pausing his thoughts, he carefully

"Where are they?"

making their way towards

"Towards the pillar?"

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

got the gist of the

fist tightly, John quickly

do is buy time. Don't let them fight against Jin at

other two

they are aware that their teammates are being ambushed, they won't be able to make it

*Hmph*

and wait there for them to place the code once they defeated the

How arrogant of them.

was obvious from the start. Thus John didn't even bother giving those two a spare thought as he chose to directly split into a group of

a smile appeared

is going

his team pillar which was a fair distance from where Jin and Arnold currently were. By the time

the code, with three members gone, victory was still well

it, the more his

so close in

will we be

starting to gain more and more confidence in his deduction, he suddenly heard Dante's worried voice coming from the speaker of the watch. Feeling

have the code I will be careful when engaging against them. This is going to be a four vs three scenario, no matter how strong they are, with our strengths being relatively similar, we should be able to defeat them quickly. Moreover, we will be ambushing them.

[...I-understand]

-Click!

into the east side as he

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

as he quickly jumped off the building he was on and sped

to be

...

15M : 31S

minutes huh, should be

I moved forward, my footsteps halted. Thereafter, as I looked at Zack who was behind me for a brief moment,