A crossover anime, where people are in Classroom of the Imaginary Era, and behind the scenes, the ki

Horikita Suzune sat up slightly and posed a question that caught Nanase Tsubasa completely off guard:

Do you have someone you truly like?

"Huh?" Nanase Tsubasa opened her mouth, stunned.

She wanted to say the name of her childhood friend, Matsuo Eiichiro, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't bring herself to speak, recalling all the experiences she had gone through recently.

After hesitating for a long time, she could only lower her head dejectedly and tell the truth:

"I'm not sure either..."

"After Eiichiro died, in order to avenge him, I even showed signs of splitting off a personality that represented him under extreme mental depression... I always thought that I loved him, which is why I wanted to avenge him."

"But after entering advanced training and going through these Black Ball exams... when faced with real life and death, the personality that represented him seemed to have never existed, and completely disappeared... I'm not so sure about it."

Hearing this answer, Horikita Suzune's brows relaxed slightly.

With her intelligence, she had already figured out the key to Nanase Tsubasa's inner conflict.

"Since you've said that, the answer is obvious—it means you don't actually love him."

Horikita Suzune analyzed with a serious expression:

"The reason you previously exhibited such severe signs of personality splitting that it could even lead to psychological suggestion might simply be because the other person was your childhood friend, and because of your upbringing, you have a strong sense of justice and responsibility."

"You attribute his death to your own incompetence, so you use revenge to numb yourself."

"But when a person is truly facing a life-or-death crisis, the brain sheds all pretense and will subconsciously recall the person who is truly the most important to them."

"At that time, you definitely weren't thinking about him."

"Is that so?"

Nanase Tsubasa's gaze flickered.

Her face was full of hesitation and confusion, as if she couldn't make up her mind.

"Then... what should I do now?"

Horikita Suzune looked at her, pondered for a moment, and then gave the answer that Su Wei had once taught her:

"Just follow your instincts."

"This is the secret to my ability to remain calm even in dire situations."

Upon hearing this, Nanase Tsubasa did not immediately grasp the deeper meaning of Horikita Suzune's words.

But she just sat there quietly, savoring the moment for a few seconds.

Sudden.

Nanase Tsubasa's pupils widened slightly, her cherry-colored lips unconsciously parted slightly, and she stood there stunned, completely frozen.

Follow your instincts...

The senior student's use of the word "instinct"... could it be what she understood it to mean?!

......

"teacher?"

"The rewards for completing the revival round, besides the basic S points and revival attempts, are an unknown teacher?"

Honami Ichinose's intelligence gathering efficiency was so high that Su Wei and his group had just finished dinner in the cafeteria and didn't even have time for those who wanted to find out information from the parties involved to suggest splitting up.

The general details of this senior revival tournament, as well as the list of rewards, had already been sent to Su Wei's phone via Line.

Not long after that.

Sakayanagi Arisu, walking beside Su Wei, and Amasawa Ichika, following behind, both had their phones vibrate in their pockets.

Of course, this was not Ichinose sending private messages to each person individually.

It was simply because she selflessly shared the file in all the large groups, and everyone received the group file notification sound at the same time.

However, this publicly available information was more than enough for the people present to analyze the situation.

Karuizawa Kei glanced at the screen and then continued, following Su Wei's lead:

"Is the teacher who received this reward... like those professional survival coaches the school hired for us at great expense before? Or is it just an ordinary NPC to fill the vacancy left by teachers like Hoshinomiya who were killed in action?"

Tianze Yixia put her hands behind her back and retorted with a smile:

"Senior Karuizawa, since the main god has said that this is a 'reward' for clearing the hidden dungeon, then the value of this teacher obviously can't be that simple."

"Who knows, maybe this new teacher can bring about some unconventional 'change' for us~"

"Change...?"

Karuizawa Kei neither confirmed nor denied this.

Unless this new teacher can not only bring them a brand new power system, but also unlock the access to the Mental Time Chamber with them and spend day and night grinding for proficiency.

Otherwise, given the current insane frequency of the Black Ball exams—almost three sessions a day...

In just a few short days, no matter how amazing the teacher they hired was, it would be impossible for him to produce a powerful disciple in real life who could tear monsters apart with his bare hands.

Unless you're Kaido's teacher...