Bill Watkins

"The son of Chairman Desmond is concerned for me. I'm honored. But you don't need to worry Damian. I won't be getting hit."

- Bill Watkins in Chapter 15

Bill Watkins (ビル・ワトキンス) is the son of a major in the national army who attends Eden Academy as part of Wald Hall.

Appearance
Bill is a young boy who is incredibly tall and muscular for his age. He wears glasses and has short brown hair.

Like all other male students, he wears Eden Academy's uniform—black button-up shirt with black shorts. He wears white crew socks with black shoes.

Personality
Befitting his more mature appearance and family profession, Bill is an extremely an disciplined individual, who approaches virtually all matters with the utmost seriousness. To this end he regularly trains his body and mind to maximize his potential, even if it's for something as simple as a game of dodgeball. This results in him having a great deal of confidence in his skills, which will immediately falter should his normally well calculated plans fail.

Bill is also shown to be somewhat chivalrous, using far less force when competing against girls to avoid injuring them, though in extreme situations he'll forsake this mindset for absolute victory.

Above all, Bill's main drive is to make his father proud, as he has an immense amount of respect and love for him. It's in fact around his father that he let's his demeanor slip and acts more his age, happily hugging his father and referring to him as Daddy.

History
Bill was given the nickname "Bazooka Bill" by his peers for his mental and physical domination in sports tournaments since nursery school.

Stella Star Arc
Prior to the inter-class dodgeball match, a rumor was going around Eden Academy that the MVP of the game would get a Stella Star. Being extremely competent at sports, Bill took the lead for his team and quickly eliminated a lot of the opponents. However, he had trouble hitting Anya Forger as she was able to read his throws. This made him very enraged, and he yelled die at her as he threw the ball at her while she was collapsed on the ground. After Damian Desmond protected her from the hit, he was able to eliminate her due to her poor ability at throwing the ball. His class congratulates him on the win and the Stella Star he'll be receiving. However, Henry Henderson informs him that there was never a plan to award a Stella Star, and that perhaps he should receive a Tonitrus Bolt for yelling die at another student.

WISE Arc
Bill collapses on the ground and warns Anya and her class about Donna Schlag, mentioning how his own class had already been given multiple Tonitrus Bolts.

Red Circus Arc
Eden's first graders are going to a museum for a cultural experience, and the bus Bill is on has Wald Hall and Cecile Hall students. Bill notices Damian's irritation, so he tells him there is value in all new experiences and that this is a new opportunity to make new friends. A while later, Damian starts yelling at Anya, making Bill and the other Wald Hall kids remark about how noisy the Cecile Hall students are. Shortly after, the bus goes another direction, and some strangers board inside. After immobilizing the dorm tutor chaperoning the students, the leader, Billy Squire, introduces themselves as terrorists and declares the bus hijacked, scaring Becky and the other children.

Billy walks through the bus with his shotgun, frightening the children. Bill gets up and tells his classmates to calm down. He reminds them that their parents are important people and that help is on the way. Billy points his rifle at him and tells him to be quiet, and the boy quickly shrinks to his seat in fear. Despite this, Bill manages to calm his peers. Billy begins to say that everyone knows how important the children's parents are and calls out children from influential families, referring to Bill as Major Watkins' son. He then menacingly tells them to pray that their parents will use their power to save them. After Becky and Anya throw something out the window, Billy grabs a device and attaches it around Anya's neck. He reveals to the children that it is a bomb, and warns that if anyone tries to act against them, he will blow it up.

Billy’s revelation that the device on Anya is a bomb shocks all the students, but the girl plops back to her seat and whacks on the bomb, frightening Bill and the others. Sometime later, the children suddenly hear a loud pop, and the bus starts to swerve around. Police surround the bus shortly after, and the children are relieved to see them.

Realizing they have been cornered, Billy grabs some black sheets from his bag and orders the students to cover the windows and then walks out with Damian to state his demands. When he finishes, both walk back inside, and Damian is embarrassed to have everyone see him like that. Bill cheers him up, saying that while they are still kids, he did a great job keeping it together and that their only hope is to wait for their parents to do something. Damian stares at him for a while and then calls him a 40-year-old grade schooler, offending Bill. As time passes by, the kids start feeling desperate, getting hungry and thirsty, so Billy allows the police to give supplies to the children, which get delivered by Henry. Inside the bus, the children eat the Blackbell company’s emergency food. Damian, Emile, and Ewen talk about its poor flavor, so Bill and Becky tell them not to complain in a situation like this while Billy watches them with a tender look.

Abilities and Skills
Strength: Despite only being a child, Bill is incredibly strong after enduring lots of training from his father. He is able to throw a ball with enough force to demolish standard military training targets and even bend a metal lamp post.

Analytical Mind: Bill can make very complicated calculations very quickly after lots of studying. He uses this to his advantage during the inter-class dodgeball match where he is able to eliminate several opponents with a single throw.

Damian Desmond
Damian is one of Bill's rivals aiming to earn a Stella Star at the interclass dodgeball match. At the start of the game, they briefly banter after Damian tries to eliminate him. Later, Wald Hall and Cecile Hall share a bus during a trip to the museum. Bill proposes becoming friends, but Damian states their classes are rivals, so Bill challenges him to see which class can name the most dinosaurs in the museum. After the bus gets hijacked by the Red Circus, Bill and Damian do selfless acts to calm their peers, earning each other's respect.

Anya Forger
They met the day the of the dodgeball match. Bill tried to hit Anya many time but failed every single attempt, since she was able to read his throws. At the moment Anya tried to throw back the ball to him with all her strength, it went horribly wrong and the ball went bouncing right to his feet, so he grabs it and throws it back to her with no effort. Later, they meet again when he tries to warn Anya and the rest of her friends that Donna is giving Tonitrus to everyone.

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