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 being happy, John's frown

he wasn't with

had investigated the group in advance, he

question was, why was he by

any further, Dante's voice raised a few pitches resulting in John snapping out of his

people quietly moving next to him. If not for the

get

because I am too far, but I see the silhouette of a girl

and a

[Affirmative]

watch and make sure you don't lose sight

-Click!

off his watch, John's mind

figure out the identity of one of the two individuals around

too worried. Since everyone's strength was the same, it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat her if they ganged up on her. Moreover, she

distance, she was probably

Roman, I've got a visual on the

heard another one of his

"Where are they?"

center making

"Towards the pillar?"

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

the gist of

tightly, John quickly

Jin is. Tell them that all they have to do is buy time. Don't let them fight against Jin

the other two members of the opposite

their teammates are being ambushed, they won't be able to

*Hmph*

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

How arrogant of them.

those two a spare thought as he chose to directly split into a group of two. One to hold back Jin

smile appeared on John's

is going to be

their members towards his team pillar which was a fair distance from where Jin and Arnold currently were. By

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

more John thought about it, the more his heart

so

will we be

in his deduction, he suddenly heard Dante's worried voice coming from the speaker of the watch. Feeling the worry in Dante's voice, John

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

[...I-understand]

-Click!

off his watch, John stared into the east side as

like you aren't very good at coming up with

building he was on and sped towards the west side where Arnold and

was going to be

...

15M : 31S

huh, should

Thereafter, as I looked at Zack who was behind me for a brief