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 than being happy, John's frown

he

had investigated the group in advance, he knew who Arnold was. Jin's

was, why

a few pitches resulting in John snapping out of his

there are two people quietly moving next to him. If not for the fact that I am using my skill, I don't think I would've spotted

you get

far, but

a

[Affirmative]

watch and make sure

-Click!

watch, John's

girl in the group, John could already figure out the identity of one of the two individuals around

likes of Jin. However, John wasn't too worried. Since everyone's strength was the same, it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat her if they ganged up on

for from a close distance,

me Roman, I've got a visual

as a plan started formulating in John's mind, he suddenly heard another one of his teammates

"Where are they?"

making

"Towards the pillar?"

on his chin,

got the gist of

tightly, John quickly

all they have to do is

other two members of

that their teammates

*Hmph*

to the pillar and wait there

How arrogant of them.

bother giving those two a spare thought as he chose to directly split into a group of two.

appeared on

is going to

distance from where Jin and Arnold currently were. By the time his group attacked Arnold's group and

with three members gone,

about it, the more his heart started beating

so

will we be

he suddenly heard Dante's worried voice coming from

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. If we catch them off-guard, chances of us winning would be increasing

[...I-understand]

-Click!

into the east side as he thought

very good at coming up with strategies...I guess you

building he

going to

...

15M : 31S

minutes huh, should

halted. Thereafter, as I looked at Zack