So there was no need to worry about Kuroko. Mikoto and the others helped search for a lost little boy who said he wanted to go to the bus to get something he left behind, but he had vanished in the blink of an eye.
"What a brat..."
Chinatsu complained silently in her heart. Although she could roughly determine the brat's current location, she didn't plan to do so.
Firstly, it was to give the brat a lesson he wouldn't forget, and secondly, it was to create an opportunity for Saten to truly awaken.
At this moment, Saten, who had come to help, was almost crawling on the ground looking left and right. Considering it was a child, she didn't want to miss any corner.
"Where did this kid come from? Forget it, you'll make a perfect hostage. Get over here!"
Hearing the commotion, Saten quickly turned her head. Forget the robber—even the child, whom she had been searching for so diligently, had mysteriously appeared in a place she had already checked.
Did this kid just respawn on the spot?
Watching the child being grabbed by the robber, Saten couldn't help but bite her lip and clench her fists.
"Even someone like me..."
Saten scrambled up from the ground. The excellent athletic ability she had developed from having no powers was pushed to its limit at this moment. In just a few breaths, she caught up and reached out to grab the child held by the robber.
"Damn it! Where did you come from!"
The robber, seeing Saten preventing him from escaping with the hostage, first clenched his fists and punched her several times. Finding it ineffective, he chose to use his feet to kick her.
Seeing the robber preparing to kick her, she instinctively closed her eyes out of fear, but her arms holding the child didn't loosen. Instead, she raised one hand and aimed it at the robber's cheek.
[Even someone like me wants to try to protect others. No matter what, I must protect this child!]
Saten squeezed her eyes shut, and the hand aimed at the robber's cheek trembled. While her mind went blank in that moment, something she had never possessed before gradually emerged from the void.
Bang!
A wisp of swirling updraft was released from Saten's hand. Although the wind wasn't strong, it caused the unprepared robber to close his eyes, and in his confusion, he let go of the child.
"You... you're an Ability User too?!"
Because he had just witnessed Kuroko's great display of power, the robber had developed a fear of Ability Users. Saten, who was equally shocked, did not stay frozen.
She quickly picked up the little boy and ran toward Mikoto. Everything happened so suddenly that even Mikoto hadn't reacted to what had occurred.
Having successfully escaped the danger zone to Mikoto's side, Saten first set the child down and then began to pant heavily.
But there wasn't a trace of distress on her face. Instead, there was a joy that almost overflowed, to the point that a faint trail of tears involuntarily slid down from the corner of her eye.
Though it was a negligible ability compared to Kuroko or the Level 5s—just an ordinary Level 1 Aero Hand that wouldn't even make a normal person envious—
It was still the ability she had dreamed of. It was an ability she had manifested herself. It wasn't a fantasy that would vanish upon waking, but a tangible reality.
"I've really... become an Ability User!"
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