The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

Polarizing ability user, no matter your reason, if you dare to hurt Saten, I will absolutely not let you go!

Chapter Thirty-Two: Who says the protagonist won't turn evil!

When Inoue Hideka arrived, he saw a blond-haired man appear behind Shirai Kuroko, extending his foot to kick Shirai Kuroko in the back.

He sped forward and, before the blond-haired man could kick Shirai Kuroko in the back, kicked him in the side, sending him flying four or five meters away.

"Shirai-kun, are you alright?" Inoue Eika asked Shirai Kuroko with concern.

"Oh, it's nothing! Thank you, Inoue-kun!"

Seeing that Shirai Kuroko was unharmed, Inoue Eika didn't even glance at the blond-haired guy who had been thrown out. She rushed to Saten Ruiko's side, looked at her with concern, and said gently, "Sate, are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing." When Saten Ruiko saw Inoue Eika looking at her gently, her eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she almost cried with a wronged expression.

Noticing that Saten Ruiko's hair was a bit messy, and seeing Saten Ruiko's aggrieved look, Inoue Hideka's eyes flashed with a ferocious glint.

It's all my fault! If I had been more careful and attentive, Saten wouldn't have gotten hurt, and she wouldn't have looked so wronged! I could have avoided it, why was I so useless!

Overwhelmed by endless regret, self-blame, and anger, Inoue Hideka's emotions began to spiral out of control, teetering on the brink of explosion.

"Oh!"

Just then, the delinquent who had gotten up used his ability to quietly approach Inoue Hidekazu and kicked him in the shoulder.

"Oh ho~~ Is that you?" Inoue Eika looked at the blond-haired man who appeared after the physical contact and immediately vented all her negative emotions on him. She reached out and pressed her hand on the blond-haired man's foot, grinned and said, her smile was bright, but it sent chills down one's spine.

"Was it you who messed up Saten's hair?" Inoue Hideka was now enveloped in black aura, a mixture of self-reproach, regret, and anger, giving him an icy aura. "Heh heh heh~~~ Uncle! You may not know, but you deserve to die!"

Although the blond-haired man kicked Inoue Hideka's shoulder, it didn't budge Inoue Hideka's body at all. It was as if he had kicked a stone. Just as he tried to pull his foot back, Inoue Hideka grabbed his foot with great force, and he couldn't pull it back for a moment! A look of fear appeared on his face.

Inoue Hideka tightened her grip on the blond-haired man's feet, pulling hard and swinging his tall body through the air in an arc before slamming him against the wall not far away.

"Boom!" The wall collapsed in response, crushing the blond-haired man's body beneath it.

Huang Mao is indeed a level 3 polarizing ability user, but in terms of ability, Inoue Eika is far inferior to him. However, in terms of physical fitness, Inoue Eika is much stronger than him!

Once a part of his body is captured, no matter how much he uses his abilities, he can't possibly bewitch Inoue Hideka!

Inoue Eika turned around and walked towards the collapsed wall. Only the blond-haired man's leg was sticking out of the ruins. She grabbed the blond-haired man's leg and forcibly pulled him out, intending to torture him again.

"Wait! Please, please forgive me! I know I was wrong!"

The blond-haired man, who had been unconscious from the impact, woke up again from the pain of being pulled. Looking at the terrifying Inoue Hideka, he begged for mercy.

"Inoue-kun, if you keep hitting him, he's going to die!" Shirai Kuroko couldn't stand it anymore. This was the first time she had ever seen Inoue Eika so terrifying. Was this guy really a powerless person?

"Oh? Is Shirai-kun planning to stop me?" Inoue Hideka said to Shirai Kuroko with a twisted sneer.

Inoue Eika had no intention of stopping. After finishing speaking, she ignored Shirai Kuroko and was about to grab the blond guy by the leg and throw him away when suddenly someone hugged her from behind.

"Inoue! Stop!" came Saten Ruiko's helpless cry from behind. "You're so unfamiliar! Stop, Inoue!"

Upon hearing Saten Ruiko's voice, Inoue Hideka was startled and instantly woke up.

Hmm... You get emotional so easily; it seems your mental fortitude isn't up to par! Perhaps you should learn something about self-cultivation? All that training seems to be putting a lot of pressure on your mind!

He put down the blond-haired man's leg, turned around, and gently stroked Saten Ruiko's face with his left hand, saying softly, "I'm sorry! I made you worry, Saten!"

She just kissed me, so touching my face shouldn't be considered a foul, right?

"Ahem!" Shirai Kuroko coughed awkwardly twice. "Please be mindful of the occasion, both of you!"

Saten Ruiko hurriedly turned her face to the side, lowered her head, and dared not look at Inoue Eika and Shirai Kuroko.

"Haha!" Inoue Eika put her hand down a little embarrassedly. "Um, Shirai-kun, if there's nothing else, Saten and I will head back now."

Once recovered, Inoue Hideka returned to her usual appearance, making one wonder if it was really Inoue Hideka they had just seen.

"Well, I'll take care of the statement. You should take Saten back to rest first!" Shirai Kuroko said understandingly. Saten Ruiko had just been frightened and definitely needed to rest.

Inoue Hideka escorted Saten Ruiko back to her dormitory. On the way, she didn't mention what had just happened, because she was worried that Saten Ruiko had been frightened and was emotionally unstable.

As a girl, Saten was even more embarrassed to bring up such a shameful matter.

After comforting Saten Ruiko and confirming that she was alright, Inoue Eika left Saten Ruiko's dormitory.

He's feeling lost right now, unsure whether he should go back to his own dorm or visit Touma's dorm.

It's already dark, and if things had gone according to the original story, Index should have been injured by now.

I wonder if the little nun collapsed at Touma's dormitory door like in the original story, and whether Touma will be able to successfully dissolve the ink in Stiyl's runes with the sprinkler.

Inoue Hideka hesitated. She was so weak, what help could she possibly be even if she went?

But. . .

Thinking of Index's innocent smile, thinking of Touma's trusting gaze, torn between the kind nun and her best friend...

His confused gaze gradually hardened, and Inoue Hideka clenched his fists.

Damn it! How could you back down at a time like this! Are you even a man?!

It is heartless to stand by and watch a kind girl die, and it is unjust to ignore one's best friend. I, Inoue Hideka, do not want to be an heartless and unjust person!

Damn! I'll give it my all!

With that thought in mind, Inoue Hideka quickly started running down the street, rushing towards Kamijou Touma's dormitory.

Even from more than ten meters away from Touma Kamijou's dormitory, Inoue Eika felt a wave of heat hitting her face. It seemed she was too late!

Upon arriving at Touma Kamijou's dormitory floor, they saw Touma Kamijou engaged in a tug-of-war with the Witch Hunter King that Stiyl had summoned, right in front of Stiyl.

On the surface, it seems that Touma Kamijou is barely holding on with Imagine Breaker, but the Witch King is an immortal monster that can regenerate indefinitely. If this continues, Touma Kamijou will definitely be defeated within three minutes!

Behind Touma Kamijou, Index lay in a pool of blood, with several cleaning robots circling around her, the thick stench of blood filling the entire corridor.

"Touma!" Inoue Eika called out.

When Touma Kamijou saw that Inoue Eika had arrived at this time, his pupils dilated and he thought worriedly: Oh no! Doesn't Eika usually go to Saten Ruiko's place for dinner? Why did she have to come at this time of day?

He had always known that Inoue Eika was simply a powerless individual with no special abilities. Kamijou Touma didn't want to involve Inoue Eika, as he was powerless against a powerful magician.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Let's avoid those sad things if we can.

"Eika! You need to leave quickly, it's dangerous here!" Kamijou Touma said anxiously to Inoue Eika after once again blocking the hunt for the Witch King.

Damn it! I actually made that idiot Touma worry. Am I really that useless?

"Touma! There's no time to explain! Go and press the fire alarm in the dorm right now!" Inoue Eika shouted at Kamijou Touma.

Touma Kamijou isn't stupid. On the contrary, because he often encounters strange and unfortunate events, the boy is quite quick-witted. He immediately understood what Inoue Hideka was saying.

That's right! As soon as the fire alarm in this building goes off, the sprinklers will start automatically. This way, the ink on the runes will dissolve when it comes into contact with water, and the flames will not be able to reignite!

Thinking of this, Touma Kamijou immediately took action, running around the dormitory building. The Witch Hunter King was following closely behind him, but its movement speed wasn't particularly fast, and Touma Kamijou could still manage to dodge it.

Stiyl laughed dismissively at Inoue Hideka's words, "Do you really think that will extinguish the flames of your hunt for the Witch King?"

"Heh, who knows?" Inoue Hideka smiled enigmatically and walked towards where Index was.

Upon seeing this, Stiyl immediately lit flames on his hands and stood in front of Inoue Hideka.

"If you don't want Index to die from blood loss, you'd better not stop me!" Inoue Eika looked up at Stiyl, whose height of over two meters (it was written as 1.9 meters in a previous chapter, but after checking the information, it should be 2 meters, and has now been changed) forced Inoue Eika to look up at him.

Upon hearing this, Stiyl hesitated for a moment before stepping aside.

Inoue Hideka stepped forward to shoo away the cleaning robot, squatted down, picked up Index's body and placed it on her lap, turned her over, and saw that the wound on her back was still bleeding. Inoue Hideka couldn't help but feel shocked by the sight.

"Eika, what's wrong? You look terrible." Startled awake by the sound of him turning over, Index looked at Inoue Eika with concern.

This kind-hearted girl ignored the pain in her back, and the first thing she said when she woke up was to ask about other people's expressions!

There's really nothing I can do about it! Anyway, let's stop the bleeding first; we can't worry about anything else right now!

"Hey! Your flames should be able to stop the bleeding from the wound, right?" Inoue Eika shouted to Stiyl.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Steele said in surprise. "You expect me, your enemy, to heal her?"

"You know perfectly well whether she's an enemy or not," Inoue Eika said calmly, as if she saw through everything. "Less than two minutes have passed since I arrived here, and you've already glanced at Index with that concerned look at me at least ten times! Do you think I'm blind like Touma?"

"Hmph!" Stiyl gave a haughty snort, a subtle blush flashing across her face, but she obediently walked over.

Index looked confused and bewildered as she listened to Inoue Hideka's words, but when she saw Stiyl approaching, she instinctively tried to avoid him.

"Index, be good! This uncle won't hurt you!" Inoue Hideka smiled gently at Index. "Trust me!"

"Cough cough!" Steele coughed twice, clearly hurt, upon hearing the word "uncle".

Upon hearing Inoue Eika's words, Index stopped moving and quietly lay on Inoue Eika's lap, watching Stiyl warily.

Fortunately, the mobile church was destroyed and only patched together with some pins; otherwise, since Index's wound was on her back, she would probably have to be completely naked to receive treatment.

However, if the mobile church hadn't been destroyed, this wouldn't have been so troublesome. It was all Touma's fault after all!

He removed the pins from his back, revealing the wound, and said to Stiyl, "I don't need to tell you how to heal with your flames, do I?"

"Hmph!" Stiyl snorted again, his face full of confidence, and he slowly moved towards Index's junior as flames gathered in his hand.

Stiyl himself is a genius mage who has fully analyzed the 24 existing runes and developed 6 runes with new powers. He is also a master of fire manipulation. Even things like "burning the surface of a face and then healing it to create another face" are not difficult for Stiyl.

The wound on Index's back began to heal rapidly under the burning flames. Although Index's expression was strange, she did not seem to be in pain, so Inoue Hideka did not try to stop her.

After about 30 seconds, Index's back wound was almost healed; the bleeding had stopped and the wound was basically closed.

At that moment, all the fire alarms in the dormitory went off at once, and all the sprinklers on the ceiling started working at once, spraying out dense streams of water and soaking the three of them.

"Heh! How could a body burning at three thousand degrees be extinguished by such water vapor!" Stiyl was soaked to the bone and harbored great resentment, so he couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.

"Ding!" The elevator suddenly opened, and Touma Kamijou stepped out, but he didn't see the Witch King. It seemed that Touma had already taken care of her elsewhere.

"Eika! This is..." Touma Kamijou came up and saw Inoue Eika holding Index, with Stiyl standing to the side, looking quite harmonious.

Index still looks at Stiyl with some wariness, but it's no longer hostile; instead, it's more of a look of incomprehension.

The reason Inoue Hideka chose to expose Stiyl and let him treat Index was simply because he felt sorry for Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori. They were doing all this for Index, yet they had to repeatedly hurt her under the hostile and incomprehensible gazes of their friends who had forgotten them. The heartache and struggle they endured were beyond the comprehension of others.

Even if the predicament is eventually resolved, the friend will forever forget the happy times they spent together, and the two will have to bear the pain of forgetting alone.

These things are so heartbreaking. Even if it's just a little bit, Inoue Eika wants to ease the tension between Index and them.

"Anyway, Touma, you can't stay here tonight. Come to my place first!" Inoue Eika knew that she couldn't explain it clearly in a short time, so she simply decided not to explain for now.

Inoue Eika carried Index on her back and walked with Kamijou Touma towards their dormitory, while Stiyl walked away without saying a word after letting out a cold snort.

Back in the dormitory, Inoue Eika gently placed the sleeping Index on her bed and said to Kamijou Touma, "You can sleep on the floor tonight. There are some bedding in the closet. I'll stay at a hotel for the night."

"Hey! I'm the one sleeping on the floor, why don't I? This is your house, why can't I go to a hotel?" Kamijou Touma snapped.