Hamesh: I was expecting someone to be left out. Well, you have a partner, Yuki.

  Yuki: WHAT? No way, I got a bad feeling about this. Who is it, sir?

  Hamesh: It's the new student, Mika.

  Yuki: (speechless) Wait, what?

  Hamesh: Come and see me after class with her.

  [ Yuki goes back to his desk and sits down. ]

  Yuki: Should I tell her now...

  [ He turns to take a glance at her. ]

  Yuki: Maybe not, I’m not in a rush.

  [ Finally, class came to an end, and now it was first break. ]

  Yuki: …Hey, you?

  Mika: You don't know my name? Do you?

  Yuki: Ahh, I’m cooked. But I heard something like ... It's Rika, right?

  Mika: No, it's Mika. (sighs) I knew it. And who are you?

  Yuki: I messed it up. I could’ve said I don't know. You did it—that’s not gonna change, anyway. I'm Yuki.

  Mika: So, yeah. What’s it?

  Yuki: He told us to see him after class

  Mika: I see. Mostly about my group project, and I guess he is my partner.

  Yuki: No questions?

  Mika: Isn’t it obvious?

  Yuki: Maybe, yeah.

  [ Yuki goes to the staff room first. ]

  Hamesh: What about her?

  Yuki: She is coming, but why can't we both have individual projects? Yeah, that's not possible. But I don’t want to waste even the slightest possibility.

  Hamesh: You know my answer, Yuki.

  [ Mika entered the room, and hamesh didn't notice her. ]

  Yuki: I can’t think of anything else.

  Hamesh: You've no choice, Yuki. This would be a great chance to overcome your shyness.

  [ Mika came to the room. Hamesh notices her. ]

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  Hamesh: Great timing, Mika.

  Yuki: I'm not shy. I’m not the same person as I was.

  Hamesh: Well, team up with Mika.

  Yuki: It seems like a trap, but is there a way? No. So accept it. Fine, sir.

  [ Mr Hamesh's phone starts ringing. ]

  Hamesh: Just a sec, I’ll be back.

  Mika: His characteristics and negative chakra are suspicious. I should check it first. This is the right time. I’ll enable it when he goes out.

  [ He walks out of the room. ]

  Mika: (Whispers) Activate TFZ.

  [ The time on the clock stopped. They entered the Time Free Zone. Both of their eyes start to glow yellow. ]

  Mika: WHAT? He’s a protector?? You’re a protector?

  Yuki: Wha... What do you mean? And what’s in your eyes?

  Mika: Draw 'P' in the air with your finger. Please, don't ask any questions now…

  Yuki: Not gonna happen. I need a reason.

  [ He noticed that the clock had stopped. He lifted his left hand to look at his watch, and it had stopped too. ]

  Yuki: What's happening? Why did the clock and my watch stop? I'm not gonna do anything unless I get an answer.

  Mika: He’s too stubborn. Your eyes turned yellow. Which is sign you’re a protector.

  Yuki: What? My eyes?

  Yuki: So you mean, you’re a protector?

  Mika: Yeah, I’m a protector, level 3

  [ He raises his right hand and draws the letter P in the air with his index finger. ]

  Yuki: I don't know what this protector thing is, but I know what happens next.

  [ A screen popped up, titled About. It said "Level 1 Protector". ]

  Mika: (Surprised) How do you know?

  Yuki: I watch a lot of fantasy anime. It shows my level is 1.

  [ Hamesh walk back to the room. Both turn towards his footsteps. ]

  Hamesh: Now that’s settled it. Right? Mika, or may I call you "The Youngest Protector"?

  Yuki: The Youngest Protector?

  Hamesh: She was one to become a level 3 protector at the age of 16. You are not so good at maintaining the radius of TFZ.

  Yuki: What is TFZ?

  Hamesh: It's useless; you'll forget what happened here once it's deactivated.

  Yuki: It's fine, she agreed to answer.

  Hamesh: Fine, then. I will tell you—TFZ is a specific space of this world where we stop time.

  Yuki: So you mean there is no relative change in this specific space.

  Hamesh: Close, but you may get the wrong idea.

  Yuki: (Confused.) What do you mean?

  Hamesh: You can't say there is no change, but changes that occur in this specific space will be reverted to how it was before activating it.

  Yuki: So it's like travelling back to where it started?

  Hamesh: You got that right—So can you deactivate the TFZ now, Mika?

  [ Scene cuts to when she activated TFZ; they both are standing in the room waiting for Hamesh. After a few minutes, he came back ]

  Hamesh: Mika, you have today to think about it.

  Mika: Okay,

  Yuki: There is no way I can do it alone this time. Even if she doesn't want to, I will be paired with someone else. And he said I am shy, am I? I’ll have to find out.

  Krishna: Interesting, (grins) we'll see about it.

  Hamesh: Okay, you can go, Yuki.

  [ Yuki walks out of the room, leaving Mika and Hamesh in the room. ]

  Hamesh: He may seem mysterious, but he is a good guy. I can assure you that.

  Mika: (whispers) Mysterious, huh?