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Shugo laughed when he saw Rai's reaction. It seemed like this was not something that he could've done to Kali in normal occasions.

"I see that you two have a... Unique relationship. Though I suppose I'll just leave it at that." he said to Rai while continuing to ruffle Kali's hair for a little while.

After he finally stopped ruffling Kali's hair, he chuckled slightly. He was quite amused by these two.

It was already time for the next part of the introduction. This part is where C-Ranks would be allowed to use different Triggers to fight simulated actual Neighbors, which is what the public and the C-Ranks call the average Trion Soldiers. In truth, real Neighbors are humanoid, but this is not known outside the expedition squads or the mid-upper ranks of B-Rank. Of course, Shugo already knew about this, since technically, he could be counted as a Neighbor, but not really, since he's a bona fide Human from Earth, though his upbringing in the Neighborhood might cause some people to think otherwise.

As Arashiyama explained the details, Shugo saw Tora visibly getting excited. After he was done explaining, Tora finally said it himself. He's really looking forward for this. Shugo can't help but chuckle once more, amused at the sight of the little shrimp getting excited for something like this. For some, it might be odd to think like that, but then again, Shugo's values are a mix of Earth's and what's basically the Neighborhood's. He then decided that it might be better to give himself more credit to these rookies, since they might think his opponents during his occasional Rank Wars matches were just weak. He then approached Arashiyama.

"Jun, I'm gonna intrude in for a little while. Set up several Neighbors for me, preferably a healthy mix of Bamsters and Marmods." he said to him, activating his Trigger.

"Sure, but why?" Jun asked him.

"Just to show these two that I'm the real deal, not a fluke." he replied, pointing towards Kali and Tora, though indiscreetly, as to avoid any more attention towards those two.

"Okay then. Suwa, I'll leave that to you." he then radioed Suwa, who was handling the simulation with Tsutsumi beside him.

"Got it, Jun. A blend of Bamsters and Marmods, coming right up!" he said as he activated the field, prompting the summoning of the said simulated Trion Soldiers to the field.

"Okay... Now... Shall we?" he said as he slowly walked towards the bunch of Trion Soldiers.

He slowly pulled out Kogetsu with his right hand, while materializing his Raygust with his left hand. He walked slowly, as the bunch started to move towards him. The first to arrive was a Marmod. It's quite known for its speed, armor and attack capabilities. Suited for combat, these things would typically shred your average C-Rank and in some cases, even a B-Rank if they're not careful. However, it only lasted for one second before he sliced through with his Kogetsu. The second Marmod that came behind the first one tried to caught him by surprise, but to no avail, as he used his Raygust to guard against the attack, slashing one of the appendages that was halted by his Raygust with his Kogetsu, and subsequently used the optional Trigger for Raygust, Thrust, to slice through the thick armor of the second Marmod.

The remainders were three Bamsters. He then dematerialized Kogetsu and brought out his Desert Eagle-modeled Asteroid Gunner Trigger. He then shot two of the Bamsters with the gun, hitting the weak point (being the eye), and immediately slashed through with his Raygust that was yet to be dematerialized. He then jumped back and dematerialized both weapons, bringing out his AWM-modeled Egret, and shot the final one with more precision than when he was using his Handgun. With the final Bamster down, he finished the overall "training". The C-Ranks outside the field were mumbling, probably out of astonishment of what he just did. While time wasn't much of a factor, still, it was quite impressive. He finished all of this within one minute, mostly due to him taking his time, not really getting into the fight too much.

"As expected of Shugo. I suppose the rumors were true then." Jun greeted him.

"Well, I'm still nowhere as good as Reiji in Sniping, nor Kyosuke in being a Gunner or Attacker. But, I guess I'm getting closer." Shugo replied, deactivating his Trigger.

"Still, that's not something that one can sneeze at though." Jun said.

"Then again, I'm technically already a B-Rank, so this is a special case, really." Shugo once again replied.

"As you can see, if you can use multiple Triggers well, you will be able to fight effectively. Remember, this is a special case, since the one demonstrating today is already a B-Rank, do not think that it will be that easy!" Kitora said, who was beside Jun. She was fuming, since he got to show off a little.

Shugo, upon seeing Kitora's face, he chuckled a little. She's quite feisty, like Luvion from his time in the Military Academy. He then patted her on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'll ask Kyosuke to come here when he can." he said, smirking as he left Kitora with a red face on her.

He then walked towards the two rookies that were the targets that needed convincing of his legitimacy in combat and words.

"I told you, I'm the real deal, right?" he said to both of them.