"Ah, it's President! Hello, President!"
"Mishima-kun, good afternoon."
"Student Council President! Congratulations on your victory today!"
"Sayama-kun, thank you for cheering for me."
"President Toudou, good afternoon! Thank you so much for helping me find my wallet earlier! I'm so sorry, I ended up taking up your whole day."
"Itagaki-kun, don't worry about it. Besides, Momo-chan helped find the wallet; I didn't help much at all. But be careful next time, don't lose your wallet again."
The group hadn't walked far before they met students from different grades. Regardless of gender, they all greeted Touka Toudou, and Touka Toudou called each of them by name, responding carefully. Shirou and Stella, meanwhile, took the documents Touka Toudou had been carrying earlier and observed from a few steps behind her.
"Touka-senpai is very well respected," Stella said directly, voicing her thoughts. Touka smiled somewhat shyly: "As student council president, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. And I also want to thank both of you; you not only helped me organize the documents but also offered to help carry them back."
"It's nothing. Besides, that amount of stuff couldn't be
carried by one person anyway."
"Ahaha, I thought it would be easier to carry everything at once, but one really can't be lazy about everything. I'll reflect on it properly." Touka said somewhat sheepishly, sticking out her tongue slightly. Her appearance was very cute. It was hard to imagine that the strong girl who had just defeated Shizuku like a demon was the same as the one in front of them.
"But I was also surprised. Since I've seen both of your duels, I'm somewhat familiar with both of your appearances, but meeting you at this time is a bit awkward." Touka Toudou's "awkwardness" naturally referred to Shizuku. After all, Shizuku was a good friend to both of them.
"There's nothing awkward about this. After all, senpai, you defeated Shizuku fair and square. There were no conspiracies or tricks involved. Losing to someone like you, Shizuku must be thoroughly convinced." Seeing the awkward expression on Touka Toudou's face, Shirou said casually.
"Moreover, speaking of friends being defeated, wasn't Touka-senpai's good friend, Kidouin Kanata-senpai, also injured by me? I guess we're even now!" Hearing Shirou's words, both Touka Toudou and Stella beside her couldn't help but chuckle.
"There's no way to 'even things out' by injuring each other's friends, Emiya-kun! You'll easily lose friends that way!" Touka Toudou's lips curled into a slight smile, teasing Shirou's statement. Then she said seriously, "Kanata's injury isn't Emiya-kun's fault.
In fact, Emiya-kun held back, otherwise Kanata wouldn't have just fainted." She recalled the scene she saw when she passed Training Arena 7 earlier. The sight of an entire wall completely pulverized was truly impressive.
But what interested her more was what her student council companion had described: that one attack seemed to be based on her own Raikiri. It was electromagnetic archery! The thought of her electromagnetic drawing sword technique being modified by Shirou into electromagnetic archery made her look at the man before her with new admiration. What a genius!
And while Touka Toudou was marveling at Shirou's genius, Stella beside her looked at Touka Toudou with some confusion. In fact, ever since meeting Touka Toudou, a question had arisen in her mind. Finally, after a short period of restraint, the curious Stella could no longer bear it.
"Touka-senpai, from your appearance just now, it seems you can barely see anything without your glasses, but you weren't wearing your glasses during the match. Why is that?" Yes, this was Stella's question. Touka Toudou's eyesight was so bad, yet she took off her glasses during the match?
"You wouldn't have been holding back, would you?" Stella thought so, and she said so.
"N-no, that's not it, there's no such thing!" Seeing Stella suspecting her of holding back, Touka Toudou quickly waved her hands in denial.
"Eh, if it wasn't holding back, then why?" Looking at the somewhat aggressive Stella, Shirou patted her shoulder to stop her. "Stella, that might be Touka-senpai's secret or something. Don't be too pushy!"
"But!" Shirou, of course, knew why Stella was so aggressive. If Shizuku, who had given her all in this battle, was only facing a Raikiri that hadn't even been serious, then that would be too tragic! Both Shizuku and Stella couldn't accept such a fact.
"No need for that, Emiya-kun. This information isn't something that can't be told. After all, quite a few people know it!" Taking advantage of Shirou stopping Stella, Touka Toudou, who had readjusted her state and recovered from her momentary fluster, smiled and explained seriously. "It should be said that the opposite is true. Shizuku-kun is not an ordinary opponent, so I couldn't wear my glasses. I had to obscure my vision to increase the precision of my senses, otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with an enemy of Shizuku-kun's level."
"What do you mean by senses?" A somewhat confused Stella quickly asked.
"After I obscure my vision, I can perceive the extremely subtle nerve signals flowing within my opponent's body.
Simply put, it's the application of my lightning mage abilities." Touka Toudou explained. Humans are precise living machines. And all human movements are controlled by nerve signals sent from the brain. If one can sense an opponent's nerve signals, it is extremely advantageous in a match.
For example: from the direction of nerve signals within the body, one can predict the opponent's next movement. Eyeballs are controlled by muscles, and by controlling the signals of these muscles, one can detect the opponent's line of sight.
One can even know the opponent's physiological state through the command of endorphin secretion. Touka Toudou's ability allows her to be intimately familiar with all these pieces of information.
"This information is equivalent to the opponent's completely undisguised, naked inner self, including the opponent's current psychological state and how the opponent plans their next move, and so on."
"By limiting my vision, I perceive more information than what I see with my naked eyes. And by mastering this information, it's easy to see through the opponent's thought process, and even surprise attacks and traps launched by the opponent can be easily seen through."
"I see, so that's why Touka-senpai was able to dodge Shizuku's surprise attacks." Hearing this, Stella suddenly understood.
"Yes," Touka Toudou nodded in response to Stella. "This is my Noble Art Flash Insight. The principle is very similar to the 'Complete Mastery' of a Failure Knight. However, a Failure Knight's 'Complete Mastery' is due to their observation skills, while mine is more like cheating. Anyway, that's how it is. I definitely did not hold back."
"Understood. I apologize for doubting senpai so presumptuously."
"No problem, hehe."
"Senpai, why do you look so happy?"
"Nothing, I just think Stella-kun truly cares about her friends."
"Of course! After all, Shizuku is my last friend!" Stella said seriously, looking at her 'brother' Shirou beside her.
And so, amidst the trio's conversation, the student council room finally appeared before their eyes.
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