assistirfilmes Chapter 11
Chapter 11
TN: Thank Clone Trooper on kofi for this chapter. Part 1
“I’ve found out the club Arte will be joining.”
Just before lunchtime ended, Yu Siwoo heard a voice calling out to him.
Amelia was hurriedly approaching.
“...Which one?”
“Arte is going to join whatever club you’re joining.”
“What?”
“I don’t know the reason. But she seems quite interested in you, just like you said.”
Yu Siwoo’s expression became gloomy.
What on earth did he do wrong for this to happen?
Did he sell out his country in a past life or something?
“So I’ll ask...which club do you want to join?”
“Let’s see. How about the fencing club, something ordinary?”
“Fencing, huh? That’s not too...”
...Strange.
He felt like the world was distorted for a moment.
Yu Siwoo sensed that something had changed.
But what exactly?
He thought something changed, but it could have just been his imagination.
Despite definitely not being attacked, it felt like his intuition was ringing out.
Yu Siwoo decided to chalk it up to his mood.
Has he been under a lot of stress lately?
“No, instead of fencing, what about an exploration club?”
“...Exploration?”
“Yeah. Her goal is to find a secret room hidden in the academy...So an exploration club that can roam the academy would be perfect.”
“That sounds good. Let’s go with that then.”
“Okay. Then I’ll tell Arte.”
There’s no helping it.
To keep an eye on her, it’s best if we’re in the same club.
“We don’t need to find Arte... She’ll show up soon enough if we wait.”
“You sound confident.”
“You experienced it yourself. It seems like she’s watching us somehow. At the very least, we can assume she has us under surveillance.”
“Hmm...”
“She was too tense when alone, but it’s fine now. She’s gotten used to it.”
Amelia’s conjecture couldn’t be refuted.
Despite being unseen, she had abruptly appeared while they were talking.
Just as she said, when we waited a bit, sure enough–
Not even ten minutes later, she showed up.
“Oh, you two. What are you doing here?”
“Ah, nothing much. We were just thinking about which club to join.”
“Hmm...Where are you going to then?”
“Same as you. We decided on the exploration club.”
Arte’s lips curved into a smile.
She seemed pleased.
“That’s great. I was thinking of joining that one. It seems we will be in the same club!”
Arte had told Amelia she planned to join whatever club Yu Siwoo joined.
So that was a lie.
Amelia thought Arte was just toying with her.
But there’s no other way.
Without evidence, the teachers will likely dismiss what we say as nonsense.
But can we really just leave her be?
An artifact that could overturn the world might get leaked.
That’s something they had to prevent.
They came to this academy aiming to become a hero who protects people, after all.
This exploration club that gives us an excuse to roam the academy is perfect.
They needed to find the secret room without Arte noticing.
‘Having her monitor me is an unavoidable cost, I suppose.’
“Sorry, no luck for me either.”
[His intuition can only currently sense physical threats! Naturally, he can’t find it!]
What are they doing?
Isn’t this exactly when you’re supposed to highlight the protagonist?
“Can’t find it, huh...”
The previously excited president hung her head dejectedly.
She seemed disappointed.
...Ah jeez, this is hard to watch.
I can’t just leave it be.
“Hmm, it seems your training is lacking.”
“...Huh?”
“Here, here, and here. Quite easy, no?”
“Wooow! Amazing! Amazing! How did you do that?!”
“Fufu, it’s a secret.”
I let out some thread from my fingerless gloves and instantly retrieved the papers the president had hidden.
One was under the mustache of a statue of unclear purpose.
Another was wedged between the tightly packed bookshelves.
Finally, one under the president’s shoe.
Three in total.
Let’s see what’s written on them.
“...’Welcome to club?'”
“Hehe, it’s a nice activity, right?”
I see.
I wondered what kind of setup the exploration club would have, and this is it...
[So that’s the setup...]
“I didn’t expect there to be something like this.”
[Things I don’t explicitly set tend to form their own reasonable setups. If left alone, they solidify like that. Well, I suppose this is fine, too.]
“So, was it fun?”
“Yes, it was fun.”
Leaving the overly excited and joyful president behind, I approached Yu Siwoo and Amelia.
“...? You two, why the gloomy expressions?”
“How did you find them so quickly?”
“Pardon?”
“Those tiny slips of paper, how did you spot them so instantly...?”
“Ah, is that what you’re asking about?”
Hmm, it wasn’t that difficult of a trick, really.
Extremely simple and easy, but a trick only I can do.
“It’s a secret. Fufu.”
I didn’t feel like telling them, though.
Well, of course not.
Since my eyes look closed from the illusion threads, I can’t exactly say I saw the president hiding them, can I?
With her celebrating over there, how could I tell the truth?
Would she burst into tears?
***
“To find those so easily...”
“I guess I’ll have to call off the hidden camera operation...”
“What?!”
Yu Siwoo was startled.
“Why are you so surprised? We have no choice if we want evidence.”
“B-But that’s a crime...”
“What, it’s fine. As long as we don’t get caught? And we can’t be picky about methods when there’s danger.”
“...”
“Don’t worry. I said we’re calling it off, didn’t I? She’d spot it immediately if she’s that good at finding things.”
She’s not wrong.
If Amelia is right that Arte has dangerous intentions, they must stop her by any means necessary.
It seems she really isn’t going to hold back on methods.
“How else can we get evidence? ...Kidnapping? No, she probably has ‘close friends’ around. Wiretapping? Hmm...”
Yu Siwoo could feel beads of cold sweat rolling down his cheek.
‘I thought Arte was the only dangerous person.’
He was surrounded on both sides.