We found out the next place but there's more people hanging out in this hallway, with this body's sharp eyes, i don't even need to move my eyes to see their observant eyes to every student crossing the hallway, they disguise themselves as electricians, janitors and staying on a vending machine that might be intentionally placed, there are total of 5 person here
I pressed the button to signal her, i also speed up my pace to let her catch up on me, after that, we turned and go to the vending machine.
I still keep pressing the button before stopping.
"Want to have a drink?"
"I'm not in a mood."
"Fine, let's take a break instead."
I walk to the left and she followed me, later on, we enter the public restroom in 2nd floor.
"What's the matter, why did we go down."
"Those 5 persons, they are observing us."
"So there's something really going on." After finishing her words she became even more serious
"It would be harder to pursue the new incident as those suspicious people might know something, we should lay low and increase our connection inside, why don't we visit the girls that are part of student council here and tell them it's a special work." I asked her with recommendation.
"I can do that."
"I'm glad, let's go."
She's open minded about this and cooperative.
If those people are involve again, then this is something that cross the line.
I need to think throughly before making a move, it pains me because of the sudden disappearance and unknown identities of those girls but if i do act rashly which i never ever did in this world, i might fall to some unknown trap or be revealed in others eyes.
This is the new me, i can control myself and emotions from being rash and i really hope i can maintain this despite of what's happening now.
I still remember what i did to that ugly bastard that harass Erisa, it is well planned but i let my emotions take over me and make a gruesome death rather than just simple death or torture death, it can just end it so simple but i did such way....
I hope.... I can still keep 'this self'.
I hope this is 'my real self'.
.....
We talk to several students that are part of student council, these are the members that are absent, we only talked to one girl and let her spread the information secretly to others cause if we actually visit rooms one by one, then people who might be possibly spying on us might felt something about our actions and take initiative to take us down.
When we came down, it looks like the whole atmosphere change, there's a lot of girls entering the gate while the female guard is in panic about something that isn't related to passing by students, it's definitely about that room that we set up someone as a scapegoat, if they are ally, they will have a hard time knowing who really is behind of such absurd excuse as 'i fell asleep' because that guy would really felt that he's sleepy.
If not, then if that guy suddenly disappear, then it's something that disturbing.
We left with heavy thoughts on our mind but she's the one who's really has complicated emotions.
We are now walking in the walkway, awkwardly, just a silence that if one focused on, they will not hear anything in this dim clouds yet noisy place.
I already removed my disguise by taking my time on restroom to fool her but she look so serious she didn't even notice that i completely erased all make ups in just 2 minutes.
It felt like she's really overthinking about something that she's just looking at the road directly.
Just a silence that none bothers.
I grab her left arm and move her to me
She finally snap back with the sudden pull into my body.
She's not looking straight that she's about to cause accident to the student who has iced coffee in his hands.
She noticed it and push her self away from me.
"What are you doing."
"Look at the front, your about to crash."
Not long until she returned thinking once again.
She's probably thinking what if she learned it faster, fueling her anger by making a thiught of: what will i do to the perpetrator, what will be the reasons she will say to the unknown victims.
This girl is really.....
"Miru."
"...."
"Miru."
"...What."
"Please. Don't be burdened of what we find out, i hope you're not thinking of anything irrational, we both have don't experience as such things and we must not act like experienced once, let the authorities handle it, i will also hire a private investigator."
It's an intentional to say something about authorities to let her cousin Isha help her and don't go alone and do something she thought would work, and also a worry.
From the looks of it, she understands but she clenched her teeth internally and her facial expressions stiffened for a second before returning back.
".... Thank you."
".....!"
It surprised me of what she said.
So she admits her shortcoming on these scenario, she accept her irrationally instead of denying it.
That's impressive....
I closed my eyes and exhale in my nose with relief.
"I'm glad, may i ask you out? The food will be mine, let's eat outside to at least lighten up the mood."
She ponders for a while and then continued.
"....Just a light snacks, i'm not really in mood."
"Me too, not only the atmosphere is heavy but also the clouds."
I looked up at the cloudy sky that covers the sunset.
Not a single ray of light pierced anything, the horizons are covered by parasols.
Just like our situation, it intends to hide the light of truth, but what if that light will pain our eyes....
I know i can endure it but how about her...
I sighed once again, i want to accompany her whole the time but i need to gave her space for her own.
The best i can do is console her.
After we returned, everyone look at us with curiosity but she didn't even bother to look at those gazes.
We separated ways and i waited for her, after that, we go straight to the cafe of our restaurant and cool down our self.
I still don't know how much entanglement was strapped on this body as the person of this face and a mind of mine but definitely....
I will face a different challenge where my strength is restricted with other threatening eyes and this body will face a challenge for existing.
This is a challenge of this body and myself and i'm being restricted by those two challenge.