Zenatori and Itsuki walk into the library. Itsuki says,

"So I didn't know you also read Throne to Oblivion."

Zenatori thought,

"Oh, yeah, I'm on volume 15."

"You're also caught up?"

"I suppose so."

"Man, isn't the main character Rijotami cool?"

"Yeah, I can't wait for the final fight to conclude."

Itsuki leans toward a table and says with a soft smile,

"Why don't we sit here?"

Zenatori thought,

"What is happening right now? Is this for real?"

Zenatori sat down and said

"So, uh, what do you want?"

Itsuki says,

"What a straightforward question. Well, I know Yachi, and she seems pretty interested in you, so I just wanted to see what kind of person you are."

Zenatori thought, 

Itsuki walks behind Zenatori and says,

"Or... I'm interested in you."

Zenatori says,

"W-Woah, that would be a pretty amusing story, am I right?"

"Wow, you're as red as a tomato. I guess Yachi was right about the teasing thing."

Zenatori thought,

Itsuki sat down and said

"Well, I'm kinda curious about you, how much do you know about this school?"

"Surface-level knowledge."

"So, I assume you know Hajime Rouzan?"

"Huh?"

"Wow, this is worse than I thought. He's a third-year student and the strongest student in this school in the past one hundred years. He has the potential to be an S-Division sacred master in the next twenty years."

"So why do I need to know this?"

"Well, because you're gonna have to fight him."

"Wait, what?"

"Ever since his appearance at this school 3 years ago, he's always beaten the strongest person in his year, and now, he's a third-year, he's uncontested. He's beaten the strongest second-year already, and now he's going for you. Just think of it as a learning experience."

"Oh, when do I have to fight him?"

"Tomorrow in the school's courtyard."

Itsuki looks at Zenatori for a second,

"You seem awfully nonchalant about this."

"Well, not to flex or anything, but I am the strongest first-year after all."

As a drop of sweat dropped from Zenatori's forehead, he thought,

"It's fucking over."

Itsuki stands up and smiles,

"Welp, I can only hope you live up to that title, Sakatoro Zenatori."