The students and Hotaka activate their simulation helmets and one by one they all download into the simulation. They turn around to see a large training ground behind them. In front of them appears Titan, he addressed the class “it’s time for your training to get serious. Being a hero isn’t all about combat, it’s also about utilising your skills to save civilians, in this simulation there will be some random natural disasters, this will affect a group of simulated civilians, and your job is to save as many of them as possible. Good luck”. The ground starts to shake and it slowly gets more and more violent. Hiro turns to Etsuko “Etsuko I know you can’t always control your powers but are you able to stop that please” Etsuko replies “Hiro… that isn’t me” as she says that 2 large buildings behind her collapse and a further 3 smaller buildings also begin to collapse, as they do another building bursts into flames. Titan shouts to them “remember, rescue as many people as you can, let the training begin”. As he says this he disappears.
The students look at each other, unsure of what to do next. Mizo quietly whispers “what are we going to do” Daisuke takes a big gasp and suddenly turns invisible. Tatsuo sarcastically says “well that’s going to help”. Kenikai activates his power, “not great news guys, I currently only have thermal vision not sure how much help I am going to be” Shuichi steps in “that’s perfect, we'll use it in our plan”. Tatsuo chuckles, “we have a plan”. Shuichi continues, “ok here it is, Kenikai you take Daisuke and Mizo into the first tower, use your thermal abilities to locate and secure as many people as possible, I’ll go with Yuka and Tatsuo to the second building, Kenikai when you are done finding the civilians in tower one meet us in tower 2 to find any others that we missed. Hiro, Ryota and Kame you head into the 3 smaller collapsed buildings get people out of there and lastly, Etsuko, you go put out the fire and evacuate the remaining civilians there, when you're done join the others. Good luck everyone, let’s go!”. Everyone looks impressed, they then all nod to each other and run off in the teams in each direction.
Ryota, Kame and Hiro make it to the first building and attempt to open the door, “it’s locked” exclaims Hiro. Ryota perks up. “Stand aside, I got this”. He gets down on his knees and pulls out 2 safety pins, he begins to pick the lock, very quickly the lock clicks and the door opens. Kame and Hiro look at each other dumbfounded, “rule 101 of escapism, always know how to pick a lock”. He stands there smiling smugly, as he opens his eyes he sees they have already both run inside, he follows behind them. As they burst into the room a large part of the ceiling collapses on top of them.
In another part of the simulation, Kenikai, Daisuke and Mizo are in the first tower, once again they try the door to find it's locked, Kenikai turns to Daisuke “Daisuke do you reckon you could pass through this door and unlock it from the other side” Daisuke looks a little worried but nods reluctantly. “Urm I could but I would have to be naked to do it, so could you please turn around”. They do so and he takes off his clothes, he begins to put his arm through and continues to walk through it, as he does he becomes stuck halfway through the door, “Urm guys I’m stuck” Kenikai puts his head in his hand “ok that’s fine but can you feel around inside and unlock it still”, Daisuke starts to reach around and you hear a lock clicking, the door swings open with Daisuke still in it, he hits the wall and falls out of the door onto the floor. Kenikai turns around and sighs “Perfect, now put your clothes back on and let’s get going”.
They run through the corridors shouting to see if there are any civilians “hello we’re here to rescue you” shouts Kenikai. Through his eyes, the building is seen but no thermal signatures are around, and no one answers. They continue running and shouting, eventually hearing people shouting from the other end of the hallway. As they get closer they see a large collapsed roof completely blocking the way “help us, we’re stuck and can’t get through” shouts one of the simulated people. Kenikai, Daisuke and Mizo look unsure of what to do, Kenikai turns to Mizo. “Mizo you’re the only one strong enough to break down that debris, I’m going to need you to get just a little angry and break it for us” he stands up “ok everyone, stand back we’re going to break through”. The people start murmuring in the background, Mizo quietly speaks to Kenikai, “but, I can’t just get angry.” he replies “but what about all these people that are trapped and could die, doesn’t that make you angry”. She replies “well yes but also no, it just kinda makes me sad, I know it’s not real and they aren’t really going to die but still it makes me sad more than angry”. The civilians speak out. “Urm we can hear you”. Kenikai sighs and puts his head in his hands again.
Yuka, Tatsuo and Shuichi run to their building, they go through the revolving doors in the front of the building and run around the first floor finding a couple of scared civilians, one by one they get them up and out of the rooms and tell them to head towards the exit, they continue to do this for a few floors. Etsuko finally arrives at the burning building, the entrance and the entire building are completely covered in flames, Etsuko sees simulated civilians in the windows shouting for help. Etsuko shouts to the civilians “it’s ok I’ve got you”. She puts both hands up towards the building “I’ll completely cover it with water and put this fire out in one move, just you watch”. Suddenly a large red flame comes from her hands completely engulfing the building, she looks at the building as it continues to burn a large pop-up appears ‘0 civilians rescued’ she awkwardly walks back towards the other buildings.
Ryota, Kame and Hiro, have just burst into one of the buildings, as they do the ceiling begins to collapse on them and Kame pushes Ryota and Hiro out of the way. The debris falls on Kame and crumbles around him. Hiro looks back ”Kame”. As the dust cloud settles Kame is standing there unscathed, “It’s cool I'm fine, let’s keep going”. They look in the rooms for any survivors but the building is completely empty, they continue to the second building, and as they get to the entrance they see the door has fallen off. They enter the building and see a couple of people trapped under large amounts of debris, Ryota turns to Hiro, “do you think you could levitate that off so we can get them out” Hiro looks nervous but replies “I’ll give it a try” she sticks out both hands and activates her ability, Hiro continues to strain to move it however it only shakes a little. she breathes out and grabs her knees. “I can’t do it I’m sorry guys”. Ryota approaches the people and shouts at them. “Are you all ok in there, is anyone injured ”, the simulated people reply “yes we’re ok, no one is injured” Ryota continues “ok just hang in there we are going to look for other people and we will come back and get you out when we have someone capable” Ryota turns to the others. “The building is stable now and they’re all safe let’s first check on the other floors”.
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The 3 continue through the building onto the 3rd and highest floor and encounter a locked door, Ryota picks the lock and inside they find a group of 10 people hiding, “thank god you found us, we were having a celebration party in here when the earthquake happened, the door was locked and in the chaos, the key fell down a hole in the floor over there and we had no way of getting out” Ryota replies “that’s fine is everyone ok and able to walk” they all nod their heads and leave the room. Whilst travelling along a hallway the floor begins to collapse, they stumble and fall to the floor, then quickly push themselves back up to their feet. Ryota turns around and sees the person in the back has started to fall through the floor, he is hanging onto the floor and looks down to see the 2 floors below have also crumbled. Kame is In front of him and reaches out his hand to help the guy up, as he makes contact his aura knocks the guy off the ledge and he falls 2 stories and disappears. Kame turns to the group and without a change in emotions says, “oops my bad” Hiro shakes her head, “let’s keep going”.
They reach the reception floor with the surviving 9 people and as they do Etsuko runs into the building. Ryota shouts to her “Hey Etsuko perfect timing, how did it go with your building” Etsuko awkwardly looks at the others “Urm yeah fine, anyway I’m here to help is there anything you need”. “we're pretty much done here we just have some people trapped under that debris over there, would you be able to lift it and get them out”. Again Etsuko smiles awkwardly and nods her head. She walks over, “ok so I'll have to lift the surrounding earth as this isn't made from a material I can move”. She holds out her hands and the earth around the debris pops up knocking the debris over and off the people. As the debris hits the floor she breathes a sigh of relief and the 4 people trapped under emerge from the newly made exit and join the other group. They all head outside and as they get out the simulated survivors disappear and a pop-up box appears reading ‘13 civilians saved’. The students cheer and then head over to the final building.
Mizo, Kenikai and Daisuke are trying to clear the fallen debris and save the trapped people. Kenikai continues to pressure Mizo, “Mizo listen I know this is just a simulation but this is our first proper hero training session, and we have Japan’s number 1 hero to impress, I believe in you, you can do it” Mizo begins to quietly sniffle “I’m sorry I’m being useless here”, Kenkai thinks for a second and turns to Daisuke. “Ok Mizo’s power works when she gets angry I’m just going to have to be a little mean and make her angry, she’ll take down the debris and then we calm her down”. Daisuke looks worried. “Urm im not sure that’s a great idea”. He steps towards Mizo “it’s ok I got this”. He grabs her shoulders and looks her in the eyes. “You’re right Mizo you’re being useless, and if you don’t do something about it these people are going to die”. She looks up at him upset. “Wait what did you say”. Daisuke grabs his shoulder. “Urm I still think that’s not such a good idea”. He smiles “it’s ok it’s working”. her eyes start to burn slightly brighter and Kenikai continues “and if these people die because of you, then you ay never be able to become a hero” her eyes burn brighter, Kenikai turns to Daisuke, “see it worked”. Mizo transforms into her rage state and looks down at Kenikai. He looks back at her confused “huh, Mizo you ok”. Mizo pounces on Kenikai and continues to punch his face into the ground multiple times. The shockwaves from the punches cause the foundations of the building to break and the building begins to collapse.
Yuka, Tatsuo and Shuichi are continuing to help civilians out, they feel another earthquake and look out the window, Shuichi turns to the others. “I think it's emanating from that building over there what's going on”, Yuka replies “you don’t think Mizo could be doing that do you?” They all look at each other and speak in sync “noooooooo” as they do so they hear a crash and look out the window again. An enraged Mizo has jumped from her falling building towards the second one, as she does they hear her faintly shouting out loud. “Angrrrrrry” she clashes into the other building and begins smashing it up, screams are heard inside. Etsuko, Kame, Ryota and Hiro head towards the last small building and Ryota looks in the distance to see smoke coming from the burning building she set on fire, “so I’m guessing it didn’t go well with the first one then did it Etsuko” she tuts and sarcastically replies “hey at least we got one more building of civilians to save” as she says that the tall tower falls and crashes onto the smaller building destroying everything, another box appears saying 0 survivors. Pop-ups with 0 survivors appear all around the simulation.
Mizo jumps out of a window on the tallest building that is also starting to topple over, she crashes to the floor in front of the other students turning back to her normal self “urm, sorry guys my bad, I think I got a little angry” the others all spawn in together and Titan appears. "36/200 survivors… that is just… I mean some of you killed more people than you saved not to mention killing your classmates… ok so it’s safe to say we got some things to work on, let’s log out and head back to the classroom for a debrief” the simulation powers down.
Back in class Titan whispers to WildFire “Well that was hard work” she whispers back “well you chose them, dear”. They both smile and turn to the class. Titan laughs and continues “luckily this was just a simulation but every training session is a learning moment, take today as another step in your journey to becoming great heroes, on that note one person I want to commend highly today Shuichi Ogaru will you please stand up”. Shuichi nervously stands up, Titan continues to speak “your ability to keep a cool head as well as calming your fellow students and create a good strategy under pressure was amazing today, for that reason Minita Sensei and I have decided to promote you to class captain” Shuichi looks shocked and the class begin to clap. Tatsuo shouts out "Well done man you deserve it” Shuichi smiles as he does he sees a box appear, ‘new skill acquired, leader, your ability to think under pressure and formulate plans has improved.' A level-up icon appears and his strength goes up 2 levels. He smiles, bows and takes a seat.
Titan continues, “ok that concludes our class for today I will hand you back to Minita Sensei, see you all next week. Minita steps forward. “After today's and yesterday's lesson, it is clear what each of you needs to work on however in the next few days you should all receive a training schedule with mandatory assignments to help you improve your abilities. For now, rest up enjoy your weekend off and I will see you back on Monday”.
In a dark street, a knight’s helmet appears, inside the helmet it sets on fire and as the rest of the knight is revealed we see it is the aforementioned PyroKnight an escaped convict of Genesis prison.