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Translator: Vine
Chapter Title: Sixth Sense
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"…Will there really be one?"
A few days later, right after swimming class ended.
Amelia was looking around uneasily.
Her expression was doubtful, wondering if a villain would truly appear.
"Don't worry. There definitely will be."
"Is, is that so…?"
Of course there has to be.
The Author said there would be.
[A fan service scene and the protagonist's anguish all at once…! Hehe.]
See that?
They're already excited about what scene will come next.
It's impossible for there not to be a villain here.
"Hmm, I hope so…"
"Still no reaction."
I tapped the detector in my hand.
Though it was called a detector, it was a spherical orb that fit in one hand.
It didn't look like a detector at all.
Curious if it could detect mana, I'd once used my ability from far away.
The result was a huge success.
It rang very loudly.
When I asked the club president if it wasn't too sensitive for the distance, his answer was a sight to behold.
"Students made it, so the performance isn't very good!" …or something like that.
So that's why it couldn't even find the secret passage and was just gathering dust in the storage room.
No, I don't know why it's realistic in such useless ways.
Could it be the Author…?
If its performance were good, finding the secret room would be too easy, so maybe the Author forcibly nerfed it?
No, did the Author really think that far ahead?
I don't know. I'll just have to accept it.
"By the way, aren't you bothered?"
"…Huh? About what?"
"No, I mean showing your body to men. Siwoo and that villain."
Ah.
So that's what she was talking about.
That's what she meant.
"I don't care."
"Why?"
"…It's a secret."
Of course I couldn't say.
Why would a man be embarrassed to show his body to another man?
It's not like I'm exposing myself outside like last time, either.
I'm not naked. I'm wearing a leotard.
But my current form is that of a woman.
It was obvious Amelia wouldn't understand if I told her this.
In times like these, changing the subject is best.
"What about you, Amelia?"
"Huh? …Me?"
"Yes. Even if I'm fine with it, wouldn't you, Amelia, feel uncomfortable?"
Even if I was originally a man, she's a girl.
No way the Author would make her a TS heroine, no matter what.
"I don't care either."
"…?"
"Well, it's to catch the culprit."
[Ohh. A role model heroine.]
The Author and I admired her resolve.
This is what a heroine is, after all.
That sight of her taking the initiative to catch the villain, enduring her embarrassment, is excellent.
Just keep going like that.
-BEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEP!
"This is…!"
"Aha. Looks like they've arrived."
While chatting with Amelia, the other students had already left, leaving the changing room in silence.
Just as I was wondering when they would finally arrive and starting to get bored, the detector in my hand blared loudly.
No, seriously, it's loud. My ears hurt.
…They just kept this thing?
It's a miracle they didn't throw it away.
Well, the effect was certainly clear.
It was a sound that forced itself into your ears, even if you tried not to listen.
Naturally, Yoo Siwoo, hearing the sound, rushed in from the men's changing room.
"Th-the culprit! Where's the culprit…!"
…What a greenhorn.
Yoo Siwoo, who had looked at Amelia and me, quickly turned his head away.
His reddened ears allowed me to guess why the protagonist had turned his head.
Even so, isn't he too weak to the female form?
Amelia does have a good figure, but for his face to turn red just from seeing it…
The protagonist of an academy novel should be charming women left and right, so he ought to get used to the female form.
"Well, they're definitely here. Would you like to find them?"
"M-me?!"
"Yes. With that intuition of yours."
"B-but my ability doesn't activate unless I'm attacked."
Right.
I knew he'd say that.
But isn't it about time his ability grew?
This is already the third incident.
Beast attack, spy infiltration, and now this.
If you include the fan service scenes and class content, not just the incidents, there'd be even more.
It's about time the protagonist got a power-up, or the readers will get bored.
No, maybe it's already too late.
"No. If that were the case, Siwoo's ability would be 'Crisis Detection'."
"…Huh?"
"Isn't there a reason that ability is named 'Intuition'? …Now, focus. Look around."
[…! Protagonist power-up event!]
Right.
The Author gets it instantly too.
The protagonist, giving up on finding them with his ability, receives advice and powers up.
It's a classic awakening event.
There's no need for detailed advice.
The Author will fill in the details on their own.
[…Huh?]
"Is something wrong…?"
I wasn't speaking to anyone in particular.
Yoo Siwoo was sweating profusely with his eyes closed, and the Author was voicing their confusion.
[No, that's… The ability…? Huh?]
"…?"
What, why did they stop mid-sentence?
What about the ability?
How can I ask the Author without making it obvious?
Making people curious, seriously.
But that thought didn't last long.
Because Siwoo, suddenly opening his eyes, swung his sword through the air.
"…Is that you?!"
-CLANG!
A sword swung through the air should naturally cut through nothing.
But what if a sword swung in an empty space couldn't move forward?
…And what if it even made a sound like steel hitting steel?
The meaning of this situation wasn't hard to grasp.
The protagonist had found the villain.
"How…! My stealth is perfect! I completely removed my scent! It should be impossible to confirm visually!"
The utterly flustered villain shouted loudly.
He seemed quite flustered. And he had every right to be. He'd broken into the Academy, only to be stopped by a mere student.
"Ahaha. Because it's neither sight nor smell, is it?"
"What do you mean…!"
Literally.
Yoo Siwoo's ability is rather plain for a protagonist.
It's not flashy, he can't instantly strengthen his body, nor can he create explosive firepower.
However, the more his ability grows, the more its true value is revealed.
Touch, taste, sight, hearing, smell.
In addition to the five senses humans possess, Yoo Siwoo has another sense.
That is, intuition.
The sixth sense, which perceives what humans cannot.
Sixth sense. You could call it that.
Even if he couldn't see with his eyes, couldn't smell, couldn't touch with his hands, couldn't taste, and couldn't hear, he could still detect something.
If it grows someday, it will become an incredible ability, enough to be called precognition.
It would probably be a nightmare for villains.
No matter how they attack, no matter how they ambush, he sees through it and avoids it.
It's a simple yet terrifying ability.
…And now, that ability has grown stronger.
Abilities that deceive the five human senses don't work on Yoo Siwoo.
"Ugh…! Damn it!"
Annoyed, he instantly concealed his form.
…Wow, they said he was a chameleon, but he really is invisible.
Did he stay in the same spot? Or did he already move and relocate?
Just as I was admiring his invisible form, Yoo Siwoo moved again.
"Cough?!"
"…Even if I can't see you, I know you're there. Hiding is useless."
[Kuh…! So cool! More! Say something cooler!]
Ugh, seriously.
Breaking my concentration.
It felt like hearing a ruckus from someone next to me while watching a movie.
"Y-you…! The great power of the Ubermensch, to a mere brat like you…!"
"…Ubermensch?"
[Ah. Come to think of it, I forgot to subtly inform the protagonist…]
Hey?!
…W-wait, I forgot too!
Lyra didn't call her organization by its name.
She didn't call it Ubermensch.
I don't think she ever uttered the organization's name out loud.
I'm screwed…!
"You, that form… Are you a Chameleon?"
"Yes. It's the great power of the Ubermensch. Are you interested?"
"No, it's just that I've seen a similar form before. Though she was a wolf."
Whew, whew…
It's a good thing Yoo Siwoo is smart.
Perhaps because he saw Lyra transform into an animal, he seemed to have recalled the connection to Lyra.
"Wolf…? Ah, yes. The new recruit who was supposed to join. I heard she died while performing a mission at the Academy. …Did you kill her?"
"…"
"…Although I haven't seen her, I can't let you live after killing one who inherited a great power."
Pffft.
Ah, w-wait a minute.
I almost laughed.
'In, inherited,' you say, and suddenly that forced setting comes to mind.
What was it again?
Descendants of children born from an ancestor and a werewolf… doing *that*?
And the fact that Lyra was a wolf beast-person made it even funnier.
I, I can't laugh. This is an important scene right now.
I managed to suppress my laughter and watched the fight again.
"Die…!"
The villain, who had instantly concealed his form, appeared behind Yoo Siwoo.
Whoa, fast.
…Is he planning to slice him from behind?
Just in case, I prepared to shoot out the threads I'd already unraveled.
It would be a big problem if he got hurt.
However, there was no need to shoot the threads.
Because Yoo Siwoo, without even looking back, spun his body and kicked him hard in the side.
Superhumans are definitely stronger than ordinary humans.
But even a superhuman isn't invincible.
If you strike someone like that with so much mana imbued, it's a fatal blow, no matter if they're a superhuman.
Whoa, didn't his internal organs just burst…?
"Kuhak?!"
"I told you, old man."
Perhaps it was because he had taken the mana-infused kick defenselessly.
As the Chameleon beast-person knelt, clutching his side in agony, Yoo Siwoo held his sword to his neck and quietly murmured.
"I told you, I can tell even if I can't see you? …No matter how fast you try to move, I can see exactly where you're coming from."
The Author, completely hyped up, rattled on to me like a machine gun.
Ugh, damn it.
So loud.