Hayoku sips his coffee and speaks with Mashaka

"Ughh, do we have to wait until sundown?"

Mashaka says sternly,

"I agree. I am starting to bore this, but this isn't for us to have fun. It's for them to prove their worth."

Hayoku thinks for a few seconds, shaking his coffee around. He finally speaks,

"I think I'm gonna play with these kids for a bit."

Mashaka pauses for a few seconds,

"What..?"

"I just want to make my day a bit more interesting. Also, it could teach them about the true strength of syneji artistry. It's not like I'll hurt them or anything."

Mashaka thinks deeply, shocked, processing everything,

"What is the point in doing that?"

Hayoku takes a sip from his coffee and applies the kinetic barrier to it.

"Didn't I say I was bored, Gram's?"

"Hey, I'm barely any older than you; you're only 25."

"And you're pushing 30, ya old hag!"

Mashaka groans,

"How childish."

"Well, I'll be back soon, later."

Mashaka says internally,

"A child in an adult's body."

Suda Katashi and Akikyo Yachi stare at each other in anticipation. 

Yachi bolts toward Katashi while Katashi narrowly evades her incoming strike, bending his head down while countering with a strike of his own. Yachi slides back and sways her arm up, sending a powerful scythe of wind at Katashi, causing him to crash to the ground. Yachi ran toward him and slammed her fist into the ground where Katashi lay, imbuing wind and enhancing her strike's power. Katashi dodges and hits Yachi with a blow straight to her stomach, causing her to fly right through a small tree and skid against the dirt. She thinks to herself,

Katashi grins, letting Yachi recover, and speaks,

"How have you achieved such power in your syneji in such a short time?"

Yachi swipes the debris and dust off her clothes,

"Practice."

"Interesting..."

Suddenly, a powerful explosion of fire is heard nearby.

Katashi chuckles,

"Well, someone's being flashy!"

Hayoku walks through the forest and spots a person nearby and thinks,

Hayoku steps from the trees, entering a small area where a river is. He then confronts Harumi,

"Hey, kid."

Harumi feels fear shiver throughout her body as he sees the principal of Tokyo Regiment Academy step from out the trees, Tsuyo Hayoku.

Harumi says, 

"What...?"

Hayoku then says,

"This thing is getting pretty boring. So I'll spice things up. Anyone who can hit me will get promoted to A-Division instantly. sound good?"

"Woah, woah, woah, no prep-time or anything?"

"Nope, it's now or never. I'll also restrict myself from using 4 out of 5 aspects of my syneji in any way. Along with that, I won't harm you in any way."

"What aspect are you going to use then?"

"I'll show you if I need to."

"Interesting. Let me think for a few seconds."

Harumi instantly bolts forward, catching Hayoku off guard, but Hayoku effortlessly dodges the strike. Hayoku speaks as constant blows from Harumi come on him.

"So a sneak attack, eh?"

Hayoku instantly blitzes forward in a blur and is instantly behind Harumi. He touches his back, applying a kinetic barrier to Harumi. He says,

"Brace for impact."

He shoots his arm forward, and Harumi is instantly flown forward throughout the forest, going through multiple trees before crashing and halting into a rock. She thinks to herself.

"It seems the barrier absorbed all of the impact, so that's why I didn't feel anything."

The barrier disappears, and Harumi stands up and sees Zenatori. She suddenly says,

"Hayoku's here, he said whoever hits him gets promoted to A-Division instantly."

Zenatori says in shock,

"Wait, wait, wait, what? How am I supposed to believe that?"

Suddenly, Hayoku walks to both of them and smiles,

"What she's saying is true."