Everyone who heard the broadcast went:
"!!!!"
"Chairman?!"
"According to our investigation, Sullivan is currently asleep in the Chairman's Office! We hope you will proceed to the device where he slumbers! Then, the four demons should infuse the device with magic! This will cause the device to 'applaud,' preventing them from releasing Sullivan. The mission is called [SOS]. Whether you accept it is up to your judgment. You have 20 minutes. May your good fortune in battle prevail!"
Sylvia said, "...Chairman? Is he joining the battle too? This is absurd..."
Fini Marianna analyzed, "It's probably to force out the hidden teams, but it also adds the condition of fighting alongside other teams... It's a tricky problem to return to..."
"...This maliciousness, and this ruthless feeling..." Azu grumbled.
"Indeed. Nine times out of ten... it's Teacher Kalego."
"Alright, it just so happens I have quite a few grievances with that man," Azu said, recalling the scene during the familiar summoning when Kalego kicked him flying.
"I must properly return the insults I've received!"
Fini Marianna (face-con) exclaimed, "Cool!"
"Then our two teams will go! Execute [SOS]!"
...My name is Fini Marianna, the young lady of the distinguished Fini family, and currently a first-year student at Babyls.
This is my SD [Wuxu] beside me.
Before school started:
"Young Lady... here's your tea. Hmm, it seems the Young Lady is quite looking forward to the side profiles!"
"Of course! After all, the Misfit Class has a bunch of handsome men! The Prince of Flame, Senior Asmodeus, the Sleeping Jewel, Senior Agares, the Prince of Ink, Senior Shesi, and the Dark Charmer, Senior Jazz, and also Senior Sabnock... Senior Iruma! It's truly dazzling, isn't it? I'm really looking forward to the groupings!"
That day:
"...Young Lady is a black-haired beauty! Fulfilling multiple attributes at once, thank you very much!" Kamui rushed to Fini Marianna and said.
"I didn't expect to be on the same team as a pervert!! But luckily, I met Senior Azu."
Time returns to the present... "Let's reconfirm the instructions. Instruction [SOS]: Prevent the revival of Sullivan the Great Demon. To stop the device, [4 demons] need to simultaneously infuse it with magic. The machine teams are to challenge [SOS]. That is the overview of this mission. Does anyone have any opinions to offer?"
Kamui raised his hand.
"Hmm? Kamui, what's your question?"
"Have you seen Big Sister's team nearby?"
"Does that have anything to do with the mission?"
"No, but! If Big Sister's team joins us, there will be six beautiful ladies! Then we can complete a wonderful harem!"
After saying this, Kamui felt as if his feathers were about to be burned off.
"Is that all your brain is filled with, you scoundrel?"
"My brain is specifically designed to think about this!"
Fini Marianna, seeing this, grumbled, "How devoted is this bird to his desires...?"
"...He's certainly consistent... But speaking of which, have you met Iruma-sama again?" Azu asked Kamui.
"No, but! My pounding heart, as a master of erotica, tells me he's fine, because Teacher Hida hasn't engaged them in battle!"
Amidst the commotion, the six had already reached the stairs in front of the Chairman's Office on the fourth floor.
"It's this easy?"
"Yeah, yeah! We arrived surprisingly smoothly!"
Jeje, seeing this, said, "This is what they call the Child of Destiny, isn't it!"
"We haven't encountered any Teachers here... Were they stopped by other teams?"
"I see, well, thank goodness for that."
Jeje, seeing this, waved the fan in his hand.
"Then let's hurry and move forward."
Azu suddenly sensed something and looked towards a dark spot on the other side.
"No... it seems it won't be that smooth after all."
From the shadows on the other side, a Teacher emerged.
"Wow~ A great harvest~!"
The others immediately became alert.
Azu stood in front of everyone.
"Kamui."
"Here."
"I'm leaving it to you."
"Understood. Now everyone! Let's go up! Run!" Kamui was the first to run upwards.
"Huh? Are we just leaving Senior Asmodeus?"
"How can we..."
"It's alright, this is an emergency measure we discussed," Kamui reassured everyone.
"Huh?" Fini Marianna looked at Kamui in front of her.
Lord Asmodeus, he actually said... [I'm leaving it to you]? Leaving his own team to... this demon?
Teacher Ifrit watched this scene.
"Hey, hey, that's too quick a judgment. They left instantly. I was hoping you'd hesitate a bit longer."
Azu, seeing this, explained, "I'll handle the fighting, and the others will advance. This approach has the lowest risk."
"Is that so? So, that means? You think if it's just one person? You alone can suppress them?"
"Hmm... something like that..."
Teacher Ifrit's mouth twitched upon hearing this.
"I've been completely underestimated, haven't I?" As he spoke, Teacher Ifrit had already appeared behind Azu.
Azu felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The immense sense of danger made Azu immediately use his flame sword to fly over, but unfortunately, Teacher Ifrit had already moved away.
"Ah... after all, I'm a Teacher who only occasionally works with the staff, so it seems you're not very familiar with me. So, I'll introduce myself briefly."
Ifrit looked at Azu.
"Have you ever fought a demon whose flame mastery is superior to your own, Asmodeus Alice?" Ifrit took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth; the cigarette lit itself naturally.
Ifrit, the Flame Demon God. Its inferno can burn eighty-five thousand to ash and turn it into scorched earth, which is why it is called the progenitor of the Demon World's flames.
In the past, a demon challenged Ifrit. Later, the demon endowed with flames was named [Aida]. Aida's entire body was burned to ashes by Ifrit's flames. But 100 years later, from the ashes, a wisp of white smoke rose, and a demon clad in flames was born.
"That is our Ifrit family, a lineage specializing in flames, capable of producing the most powerful flames in the Demon World," Teacher Ifrit introduced.
Azu also felt very troubled looking at the flames before him.
"Purple flames."
At this moment, Ifrit walked up to Azu's flames.
"Good flames, very pure and well-suited to you."
Meanwhile, Azu had already summoned his familiar [Vino] to attack Teacher Ifrit together.
Ifrit calmly said, "Let me give you a piece of advice: what can extinguish flames is water, or flame magic. When flames clash, they essentially cancel each other out, and the victorious party is naturally the one with more powerful firepower, which is my side."
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