The system pinged, the notification flickering into view just as Echo finished wiping sweat off his brow.
[The school's outer grounds are under attack.]
[ Threat level: moderate.]
[The territory leader is away. Nearest defender: Min Jae-wo.]
Echo blinked at the words, chest still heaving from his last training set, clothes soaked through, muscles aching in that satisfying way that meant he'd actually pushed himself. He grinned anyway.
It had been a few hours since Jin and the others left for the plaza and he was already bored out of his mind after training for a bit.
"Finally," he muttered, cracking his neck. "Something to do."
He grabbed his jacket off the railing, shrugged it on without bothering to zip it, and stepped out onto the front steps of the school. The sun sat high overhead, casting long shadows across the courtyard, and near the gates, half hidden behind the crooked fence, five figures stood waiting.
