Chapter 108: The New Predictions (1/2)

2 days after Yuko's return, the Principal called all the Heroes available to the Pocket Dimension. He already told me that he's ready to share his recent predictions and that there will be some revelation that everyone will find baffling.

The task of the Heroes to erase their portal traces was all but finished except those who are still in their Otherworld, doing whatever it is that they're doing there.

Each of them already experienced an attempt by the Invading World to nip the Heroes' growth in the bud. Though none of them succeeded yet, there's already a number of them who were injured and were sent into retreat, losing some of their trusted comrades.

Along with the growing numbers of Corrupted, there were only a few worlds which were the same as the World of Spirits where its denizens were strong enough and united enough to be free from any corruption.

The next day after Yuko's return, Yuko ditched me so she could go and talk to Yumiko. She still feels that Yumiko will continue to restrain herself so she took the task of pulling her and their friendship back to normal. Later that day, they both appeared before me in the Pocket Dimension where I was grinding my Adaptability. They talked it out and they're finally back to that state where they're close enough to be called best friends.

Err… now, they call themselves as sisters because of their special relationship with me. Though I don't know what kind of method Yuko used, at this point, it's better not to ask.

Both of them could be my supply of Flux Energy but yeah, they also needed to train so I wouldn't openly ask them about it knowing that Yuko and Yumiko will voluntarily present themselves just so we could have an excuse to make out.

It's not bad once in a while but we might all get addicted to it and forget to train completely. As much as I want to be that intimate with them, I have to somehow restrict myself for all of us.

”Alright. Everyone is here.”

The Principal started after the last student entered the Pocket Dimension.

His eyes scanned through the crowd first before he opened his palms and something like a screen made from energy was projected on top of it.

Yup. He made use of energy and his palm as a projector. His brain was the CPU to make a presentation.

Appearing on the screen was a graph showing the state of each world on the number of Corrupted against the total Population of each world. Though none of the worlds reached 50% yet, the highest there was 30%. And it was the world where the Hero needed to flee just to save himself, leaving some of his trusted comrades.

The graph shown will be the statistics one month from now.

He predicted the growth of Corrupted in each world with his Clairvoyance with the help of the Totem Pole.

It's only been a little over two months since the first Corrupted exposed itself in Yuko's Otherworld so seeing this made the other Heroes' gulp down their saliva due to their shock by seeing that. There's still a number of them who thought the Corrupted wasn't a threat after all.

After waiting for the Heroes to digest the information about their own Otherworld, the screen changed to the view of our own world, the Earth.

After that, numerous articles and images were simultaneously shown to us. Well, this is not his prediction but a collection of old articles that he probably saw and remembered.

I tried to read some of it and they're all cases of sudden disappearance and reappearance. Which means, those were the clues about the other Heroes in other countries. He already revealed this information to me and Yuko probably already has the knowledge about it but most of the students who were still unaware became confused upon seeing it.

”As some of you were already aware of this, I'm showing these to inform those who are still unaware. There were other Heroes that were being summoned to the Otherworlds. Compared to us, they're unorganized.”

They couldn't accurately locate those Heroes so they mostly rely on missing cases to investigate.

”What's the point of telling this to us? Are you saying they're our competitor?”

One student asked. This guy looks like a delinquent, but yeah compared to Raiden who's always smiling even when he's smashing barbarians in front of him, this one guy was someone who often acts tough in front of anyone.

”Competitor? Change your mindset about that. We all live in the same world, why will we antagonize each other? They are our allies. They're doing the same thing as you.”

The Principal emphasized the word 'allies'. For him, everyone on Earth is under one banner so nationality and political ideology didn't matter for him. Being a Transcendent, the mundane world was probably already trivial for him.

”You said they're unorganized, do you plan to organize it?”

Another student raised her hand and asked a question. This one girl looks like a diligent and studious student. She had a braided ponytail and a black-rimmed glasses. Of course, like any other girls in the class, her beauty is on her own league.

”No. I already informed their countries about them. They will do it.”