Chapter 7. Rina's escape. (Cardholders. Part 2)
As I said, everyone went to their rooms, including me, who went to the room. For a long time I looked at the map "Speed. Protection.Star"
There were inscriptions on it that describe abilities:
Speed is movement at approximately the speed of light.
Protection – able to protect against damage received when running at high speed.
A star is a type of card.
It is interesting, however, what types of maps still exist, apparently not one, since they are divided into types.
After looking at this map, I was about to go to bed, I started to undress, because it's not very comfortable for me to sleep in clothes. I've already stripped down to my underwear and suddenly Sarli flies into the room and starts screaming:
— Turn on the TV quickly! Rina has escaped!
He went into the room and started looking for the remote control.
— Hey! It's necessary to knock! Are you even freaking out flying in here like that…
"It's like there's a goal... a-a-a..." Sarli said, only noticing that I was in my underwear.
Taking out the remote control, he turned on the TV, but he did not stay in the room for long, because, using the card, I threw it away with the card at high speed. There was nothing to fly into the room when I go to bed... and even more so when I change clothes!
At that time , the following were reported on TV:
— Rina, previously convicted of mass murder at school, escaped from prison. 10 people have been allocated for the search. If you find out any information about her location, let us know by phone…
The faces of the policemen assigned to search for Rina were visible on the screen. And I decided to go to the epicenter to find out about the evidence that she may have left behind.
Sarli asked, looking through the crack in the door.
— Yes, I'm going to see how the escape happened, and you Sarli, stay here to inform the police about Rina's attack if anything happens. I think she won't take long to wait, but after all, I need to figure out what method she escaped by…
— Yes, yes, I understand you. And others would not have protected themselves..." said Sarli, puffing out his cheeks, and turned away from me. Apparently he wanted to come with me.
— I trust you here more than the rest of the guys, that's why I'm leaving you here. Don't worry, I'll be there soon.
At the same moment, I ran away with an incredibly high speed. I flew around thousands of buildings in a second, which looked very epic, but unfortunately it wasn't too long, so I didn't enjoy it. And so, I saw one of the policemen who was shown on TV.
— Little girl, where are you from here? – asked the policeman, surprised by my unexpected appearance.
The policeman himself looked 23-24 years old. A little taller than me, with red hair and brown eyes. Actually he was dressed in a police uniform.
— I'm an acquaintance of the one who ran away earlier, Rina. And I already know exactly where she will go and for what purpose. This is another order from the one who controls her.
— Don't talk nonsense. Who controls her, how? – the policeman started pushing me away and apparently wanted more evidence.
I decided to show him my card, maybe he saw a similar one after Rina left the prison cell.
— Wait, but I found a similar one in a prisoner's cell... only this one shows the moon… Now, I'll get it…
He reached into his pockets and after a moment took out a card from his pager. Indeed, it depicted the moon and the inscription on it were as follows:
"Forgetfulness
Ability: to erase the memory of what happened in a few weeks
The owner is Rina."
So… Everything is clear here now, Rina has erased the memory of the guards and they have released her.
— I already know what you're thinking… But unfortunately, your assumptions are not correct. In any case, they would have run through the database, who she is and what she is doing here. That's why she threw away this card, out of necessity.
— Wait, how did you read my mind?
— Actually, I am also the owner of a card, like the moon. And her ability is just mind reading. However, it only works when someone gives away their item. For example, you gave me your card to hold. Ahem... I even saw what I shouldn't have…
— Forget it. Otherwise…
— Otherwise, you will do what you did with Sarli? – he said laughing.
— L-okay… Let's not get distracted from the point. You have already read the thoughts about where we are and in what situation we are now.
— Unfortunately, my card has a limitation… I can only see a little bit of information that I choose myself.
— It turns out that you chose to look at my memories of how I change clothes, instead of getting to the bottom of it?!
— That's right! he exclaimed, as if he was proud of it… What a horror…
I growled at him a little and then finally decided to convey information about what was happening.
— At the moment, my former classmates and I got into a dangerous "game", which is called "killer mode". Rina is now under the influence of the power of one of the cards, which turns her into... this! Most likely she went to our house.
— Yes ... I would like to explain it to others somehow, well, in general, give us the address and your phone number and we will send help. By the way, what's your name anyway?
— Okay, I'll write down the address now… And my name is Minori Akato.
— Wait a minute… Did you say Akato?! – he answered with surprise, starting to rummage in his pocket.
And so they took out a piece of paper and said:
— Your grandfather wanted to give you the following paper. As if he already knew that we would meet. By the way, he's not such a bad person. Although with a stone face, but he is very emotional…
I started reading the paper, which was already pretty much crumpled, but still readable.
"I think now you're wondering why you met with this policeman when you needed to and at what time you needed to… The answer is simple, your action has already been predicted by the book. This is a universal thing that contains a big secret that I still haven't solved. That's why I'm giving you this opportunity, Minori. I didn't give my son the opportunity because he was too stupid for it, and you are quite capable.
This book is located in the library I have protected, in the area where you are now, you need to attach a map with the type of star to get there. Fortunately, I took possession of all of them in my youth and decided to give you the very first of them."
The letter ended there and I decided to ask the policeman about the library.
— Do you know if there is any library nearby, in this area…
— Yes, there is one, but it is always closed…
— Take me there. Urgently!
I don't know why, but I was in a hurry to look through this book, which my grandfather told me about… I guess I was taken by curiosity that I even forgot that my friends are in danger now. But as soon as I remembered, I gave the note with the address and number to the policeman and went inside the library.
A huge white space with a lot of books and in the middle of the hall was the very book that grandfather mentioned.
— Well hello, Minori Akato... - said the guy who came around the corner of one of the shelves…
Then I could not even imagine what was waiting for me and what danger I put myself in…