At GenaTech's headquarters, another dispute was underway in Benedict Song's office.

"Sir?" Benedict rose from his seat. Koji Kengo did not appreciate that gesture from Benedict.

"I said your research with Doctor Rossiter is over," Koji repeated himself.

"What did she tell you?" Benedict's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Nothing that you will concern yourself with anymore."

"What is she going to do with those students?"

"Let me make this clear to you." Koji raised his voice. "Rossiter will clean up the mess that you have caused. You, on the other hand, are going to find another reason why I should keep you here in this company."

"Sir," Benedict did not back down, "You cannot trust Rossiter on this. Let me get those students, and bring them here, so I can treat them safely."

"And risk defaming my company?" Koji leaned forward. "I'll tell you what's going to happen. Rossiter is going to clean this up, and you are going to keep your mouth shut. Do not escalate this anymore. You try to go over my head again, and I will bury you."

Koji turned around, heading for the exit. Benedict almost flinched when Koji slammed the office door. Benedict slumped back down on his seat, his head throbbing from all the pressure.

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The next morning, more news on the T-Rex spread. At the Uchida's residence, Narumi stepped out of her room and made her way down to the kitchen. She was dressed in her pressed school uniform, her bag was slung over her shoulders. Her long black hair still had that wildish look. She got to the kitchen and opened the fridge, taking out a wrapped yakisoba bread for her breakfast. As she unwrapped the bun and sank her teeth into it, she took out her phone and viewed a news webpage.

There was an image of a wreck in the middle of the road, a van's roof had been caved in with the passengers trapped inside. Said passengers were thieves with the stolen jewelry in their possession. The article also showed another image of a footprint on the road, a footprint belonging to a theropod dinosaur. Narumi had a smirk growing on her lips. "Hehe."

Just when she was about to take a bite, a roar came from upstairs. "Narumi!"

She flinched when the master bedroom's door burst open and her mother stormed down the stairs. Any confidence she had a moment ago was gone. No amount of dinosaur powers could prepare her for a mother's wrath.

"What were you thinking?!" Satsuki slammed her hand on the dining table and showed the same webpage on her phone. "You went and stopped a jewelry heist?! You got any idea how much danger you put yourself in?!"

Narumi recoiled in her seat, "What? Those thieves were robbing the boutique. I just stopped them from escaping, that's all."

Satsuki continued her tirade. "It's a miracle no one was killed! A miracle you're not dead!"

"What are you talking about? What's going on mom? Last time you said you were proud of me and now this?" Narumi argued.

"That was different! You were rescuing people from an accident, and you were there by happenstance! This is you putting yourself in danger because these are criminals Narumi! Those men could have had guns!"

"They didn't have guns, Mom." Narumi said, "Besides, what could they really do to me?"

"The point is that what you did was very dangerous and you are not doing it again!" Satsuki pointed at her.

"Hah?!" Narumi recoiled.

"Am I clear, Narumi?!" Satsuki raised her voice.

"But I... okay...um...I..." Narumi backed away to the front door, she had to bail. Before Satsuki could ask anything else, Narumi got her shoes, "Gotta get to school already."

"Hey don't-"

"I'll be going now." Satsuki could not stop her daughter once she was out of the house.

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On the main road to Soru High, Narumi let out a sigh."The others better not get annoyed with me about last night. Kurosawa-senpai and Morita would probably be. Itou and Taiyo-san should be fine about it, I'm sure."

After the trek up the road along with greetings from other students along the way, she got to the shoe lockers. Students around her were the same, going on with their lives thinking about academics, clubs, and anything in between concerning school life. Narumi had her mind on her escapade the previous night. She looked back to it, chasing those criminals, stomping down the road, and roaring out into the night. Hunting down terrified prey was such a rush for her. She shook her head and hid the chuckle in her mouth.

Heading up the stairs, she was nearing her classroom. Down the corridor, she heard two girls chatting by the window.

"Hey, you saw the video of that dinosaur?" The first girl said.

"Oh yeah, the dinosaur caused that road accident. How scary." The second girl shuddered.

"Huh? The dinosaur didn't cause the road accident. It saved that mother and son who were stuck in their car. I saw the news."

"Where is that dinosaur now? It could be out there eating someone. Scary."

Narumi drowned the gossip out of her ears and carried on her way to her classroom. The lessons went as normal for the day. Once the day was over, Kohaku got to the classroom. Narumi, Matabei, Etsudo, and Daichi had already started their cleaning duties.

"Excuse me," Kohaku said.

"Hey Taiyo-san." Narumi greeted him and handed him a broom, "Help us out with the cleaning."

Kohaku nodded and began sweeping the floors by the window. Kohaku asked, "How long do you three have to do this cleaning punishment?"

"Two more weeks."

Matabei, by the blackboard, got the group's attention, "Now that we're all here, are you going to tell us what happened last night, Uchida?"

"Eh?" Narumi pipped, "Oh! You mean the jewelry heist bust?"

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"So like what, you were just in the right place at the right time?" Daichi raised a skeptical brow.

"Yeah..." Narumi shrugged.

"You were waiting in the district for something like that to happen," Kohaku stated. Narumi responded by sticking her tongue at him with a wink.

"That's not fair." Matabei grouched at Narumi, "Why didn't you tell us you were going to bust some criminals? We could have taken them altogether."

"But you still don't know why to fly yet." Narumi pointed out, "How were you going to help?"

"Well damn. I'm going to figure it out right now then!" Matabei set the broom to the side and headed for the door.

"Huh? Right now?" Narumi asked.

"Yeah, now." Matabei said excitedly, "The classroom is about as clean as it can get. Do we have anything better to do? I'm heading for the roof."

"Eh?" Etsudo recoiled. "The roof?"

Matabei was already out of the classroom. Narumi let out a chuckle under her breath before turning to the rest, "Well, let's go guys."

The sun was already touching the horizon, casting an orange hue across the city. The breeze blew over Soru Academy's rooftops. Matabei was already removing his school uniform to reveal his sleeveless navy blue suit underneath. He hunched over and the iris in his eyes turned blue. Matabei's body grew, his limbs were elongating out with his suit expanding with him. Human skin was turning into yellow scales. His little fingers regressed into his hands. His ring fingers stretched far and membranes grew under his arms. The sleeves of his suit widened, accommodating the emerging wings. The remaining fingers and his toes turned into claws. His face stretched out into a snout with needle-like teeth and crests at the edge of his upper and lower jaw. By the time the rest got to the school's rooftop, the Tropeognathus was spreading his wings in a spectacular display.

"Um, guys?" Etsudo said, "We're not supposed to be on the roof."

"Relax, Morita." Narumi nudged her, "No one is going to come here."

Daichi strode to the chain link fence before he glanced back at the Tropeognathus, "Still can't fly huh?"

The Tropeognathus snapped his snout at Daichi with a hiss and began beating his wings frantically.

"Come on! Fly, Itou!" Narumi put on her game face, clapping and cheering him on. Tropeognathus craned his neck upwards, reaching for the sky. No matter how hard he flapped, however, he just could not lift himself off the ground. Tropeognathus ceased his flapping, he got on all fours with a frustrated snarl, panting loudly through his nostrils.

"Itou-senpai." Tropeognathus heard Kohaku approaching his side. "I think you need to jump." A confused squawk came out of him.

Kohaku continued, "You cannot take off if you are on the ground. You need to launch yourself into the air and create lift. Like a bird, or a bat." He showed him an artwork on his phone. The picture showed another pterosaur in a marsh, leaping off the ground with its hands and feet, before flying up into the sky.

Tropeognathus made a pensive look through his eyes. Thinking back, it made sense. After all, every dinosaur documentary he had seen when he was a child showed the pterosaurs springing off the ground. Almost like they were pole vaulting into the air. Tropeognathus shook his head, he should have known this whole time.

He got down low, bending his arms and legs, before leaping up above their heads. As he made one flap with his massive wings, he hovered in the air for a good second. Tropeognathus' eyes widened in shock. He froze in surprise before plopping back down on the ground with a pained squawk. Everyone, however, saw it. Even if it was for a second, Matabei stayed airborne.

"Hey! Did you all see that? It's working!" Narumi pointed at Tropeognathus with excitement. He got back up, his heart hammering in his chest. A sly grin etched in the corner of his snout, now that he knew what to do. He crouched down again and took in a deep breath. Every fiber of muscle in him coiled and grew tense.

Tropeognathus launched himself into the air. Strong gusts of wind blew around the roof from the power of his wings. He kept going up higher to reach for the orange sky.

Narumi, with eyes wide, threw her hands up in a cheer. "Hell yeah! He can fly! Woooo!"

"Holy shit," Daichi muttered.

"Wow..." Etsudo covered her mouth with her hands.

Kohaku could only stare with his mouth agape, the astonishment was infecting him as well. They all could see the flying reptile's figure getting smaller as he kept going higher.

The wind blew all around him briskly, but he did not stop and climbed even higher. Quickly glancing down, he let out a surprised screech realizing he was well over a hundred metres above the ground, and he was not stopping in his ascent. Tropeognathus was still climbing up until he finally leveled out at an altitude of nearly five hundred meters. The wind carried his whole body like a kite and he soared through the evening sky. Gazing down, everything appeared like a diorama. Soru Academy looked so tiny below him. He could barely see the group on the rooftop.

He was flying, Matabei Itou could fly. The notion overwhelmed him in a terrible excitement, and he let out a screech of victory. The city was in sight, and through some unexplainable instinct, the skyscrapers beckoned him.

Back on the school's rooftop, Narumi brought her hand to her forehead to shade her eyes. "I can still see him."

"Yeah, I see him too," Kohaku added, squinting his eyes and peering upwards.

"Yes, I can see him as well." Etsudo said in a soft voice, "He's flying...away?"

"Eh?" Narumi pipped, "Wait, where is he going?"

The Tropeognathus soared to the city with incredible speed, the view from that altitude was enrapturing. Weaving through the buildings all around, he could see his reflection from the buildings' glass panels. From high above, he spotted people going about their lives on the streets. Beyond elated in his flight, Tropeognathus let out another screech that howled over the skies.

The skyscrapers were clearing, and Kakushin City's midtown park was in his sights. The trees were dyed in sakura pink. Petals were falling around like snow. Tropeognathus pitched down in his flight, his wings rippled through the air in his speedy descent. He pierced through the winds, down to a giant pond. Pulling himself up and leveling, he was able to put himself into a glide. He soared over the water, ignoring the gasped faces of the people in the park, he was in his own world. Ducks and gulls in the pond fluttered out of the way as the ancient giant of the skies came through.

With powerful beats from his wings, Tropeognathus flew over the sakura trees and the incoming drafts churned the petals into the air. He climbed up higher, getting back into the skies. He banked to his right making a complete turnaround. Passing through the skyscrapers once more, he was leaving the city behind him, back to Soru Academy. Over the suburbs, he spotted the school sitting on the hill.

Tropeognathus glided down from his high altitude, he was getting closer to the school's rooftop. But suddenly his throat felt heavy, his eyes showed anxiety. He had not accounted for the most important part when it comes to flying; how to land.

The group could see him returning to them. Kohaku had a scrutinous face, "How is he going to land?"

Tropeognathus' eyes were widening, his majestic screeches were turning into panicked squawks. He pulled himself back, getting his wings to catch as much air as he could to slow himself down. The group was sharing his panic, he was not slowing down in time.

Daichi was backing away, "Oh shit. Oh shit."

"Eek!" Etsudo squeaked and the two scampered back into the stairwell.

"Itou!" Narumi shouted, waving her arms about to get his attention. "Itou, get back!"

Tropeognathus kept on squawking in his distress and leveled himself back up. Narumi and Kohaku crouched immediately on instinct as Matabei zoomed over the rooftop and narrowly dodged the chain link fence. Gusts of wind blew Narumi's hair into a frenzy. She got right back up to see Tropeognathus crashing into the sakura and maple trees behind the school, churning up the leaves and petals in a whirlwind.

"Oh, my God!" Narumi gasped and the group dashed down the stairs.

In the woods behind Soru Academy, there were broken branches and scattered leaves all over the place. A Tropeognathus was lying flat on the ground with a trail of upturned soil. His wings started to shrink, regressing into his sides. His snout shrank and his needle teeth were losing their sharpness. His claws turned back to nails and his ten fingers returned. His limbs shortened and his hair was back on his scalp. Matabei appeared human again

"Ugh..." He wheezed and rolled onto his back. He stared at the sky, gasping for breath.

"Itou!" Narumi and the group rushed over to him. "Are you alright?"

"Argh..." Matabei groaned. But quickly his pained noises turned into a chuckle, "Hehehe."

"Eh?" Etsudo pipped.

"Hahaha!" Matabei let out an uproarious laugh. "Haha! I can fly!"

He leaped back onto his feet in a spontaneous burst of energy, pumping his fists in the air, "I can fly! Whoo! I can fly!"

Daichi grimaced and shook his head, "You're crazy. You know that? You're insane."

"Whatever! I can fly!" Matabei continued to cheer.

"Itou-san, are you alright?" Etsudo worriedly asked.

"I'm great! I can fly!" Matabei cheered, patting the twigs and dirt off his chest.

"Yeah. Now you have to figure out how to land." Narumi smirked.

"Hey! I got an idea!" Matabei, in his enthusiasm, said excitedly. "Who's hungry? Let's get some ramen!"