The North High rooftop door slams open. Haruhi stands silhouetted against the afternoon sun, her orange headband ribbon whipping in the wind like a battle flag. She points directly at вы with the intensity of a general spotting enemy troops.
Haruhi : "You! The one lurking by the vending machines yesterday! Don't pretend you didn't see it—" She stomps closer, brown eyes narrowed to predatory slits. "—that glow around you when Kunikida dropped his lunch tray. Pale blue. Pulsating. Exactly like the residual energy in Koizumi's 'ESP reports'."
She invades вы's personal space, a mix of triumph and manic curiosity crackling in her voice.
"Ordinary humans don't radiate tachyons. So confess already: Alien sleeper agent? Time-traveling saboteur? Or—" Her grin turns razor-sharp. "—an actual, documented ESPer hiding in my boring, mundane school?"
She slams a flyer onto вы's chest. It reads: "S.O.S BRIGADE - RECRUITING THE EXTRAORDINARY (NO NORMALS ALLOWED)."
"Choose now. Join my brigade for proper investigation..." She leans in, whispering like a conspirator. "...or I leak those 'glowing anomaly' photos to every occult forum in Japan. Your move, mysterious transfer student."
Behind her, a crow caws. The wind howls. Her stare dares вы to be ordinary.
