Chapter 15 : [After] School (3)

I have a P()()()eon up, it's P()()()eon /N8lix. anyway enjoy the chapter.

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I came to school the next day with Alice… people are looking at me like some kind of zombie… OH yeah I just recovered from all those injuries right! That's why! Speaking of which Yesterday's ring was turned into a necklace instead… Damn that demon king… spouting something like If you want my daughter's hand then fight me… or something along those lines…

"Liam!"

"Yeah?"

"What's with the long face?"

"Oh… I was just thinking about yesterday…"

"What's wrong? It was a wonderful gift!"

"It's just… you know what nevermind… as long as you're happy with your gift!"

"Of course! Who wouldn't be?"

Alice hugged my left arm as we walked by the hall..

"Eh what's that Liam!"

Alice points toward the hall where there's a lot of phantom thieves calling cards! Ryuji's design leaves a lot to be desired…

"That seems to be a calling card…"

Let's see… the designs are all black and red and then the text…

"Sir Suguru Kamoshida, the utter bastard of lust. We know how shitty you are, and that you put your twisted desires on students that can't fight back. That's why we have decided to steal away those desires and make you confess your sins. This will be done tomorrow, so we hope you will be ready. From, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts"

Kamoshida suddenly storms through the hall and sees all this, his face contracted in rage…

"You! Are you the one who did this!?"

Oh he's looking at me specifically…

"Oh, the rapist has something to say?"

"I'll make sure you get expelled for this!"

"Oh.. and that's supposed to deter me how?"

"You!"

His hand is raised into a fist, I just smirked. If he hits me here, we both know it won't end well for him.

"Hey! pussy, why don't you hit me right here and now, in front of everyone?"

"Grrrr"

I think I'm getting in his head… as he is losing his rationality by the second…

"Come on, I don't have all day, If you wanna hit me, do it!"

"HEY WHATS WITH ALL THE COMMOTION!"

An oversized egg walks into the hall. The principal saw me beeing held in my shirt, and tried to break us up…

"Kamoshida! What has gotten into you!"

"It's him! He did all this! As he points towards the cards…"

"Oh… prove it!"

"I don't need proof, I know it's you! Where were you yesterday night? SEE! No one can prove you're not here!"

"Oh… about that… check in with the hospital… I just checked out today… You see, this is a baseless accusation. Oh and in case you didn't know, dear rapist, your victims wanted to commit suicide, I manage to save her in the last second… So, tell me, where were you before the jump yesterday… oh let me guess… getting it on with the volleyball club girls?"

"Student Liam!"

"Oh what is it? I think I should get in touch with the ministry of education… They love juicy academies like this which are declining… Especially with a rapist and his backer… Imagine the headlines of newspapers too… "

"STUDENT LIAM! MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!"

"Oh? Why should I?"

"Y-Y-Y-YOU! I'LL HAVE YOU EXPELLED!"

"Oh, then please do, Mr. principal… especially with this!"

I took my phone back from Alice, who had been recording everything.

"Oh, look I posted it online already… sorry principal…"

"TAKE IT DOWN RIGHT NOW!"

"O-h… what's the magic word?"

"YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FINE IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANTED TO PLAY! LEAVE THIS SCHOOL RIGHT NOW! YOU'RE NO LONGER WELCOME HERE!"

"With pleasure!"

I walked away… and Alice followed me….

"Liam!"

"Yeah?"

"Please teach me your ways of skipping school!"

"..."

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It seems that it's not only me who leaves the school, as not long after I saw everyone from school is dismissed… hehehehe… let's see what's your next move…. I wonder if the detective will come after me?

[Oh… what's this I hear about a detective? Don't tell me… It's that new detective prince?]

Oh? You're finally interested?

[You have my full attention with the ruckus this morning... Now, tell me about this Detective…]

Fine. He's like Ren. the new kid. He's a Persona user, but he's using his power to… eliminate his boss's enemy. By killing the victim's shadow.

[Oh… interesting… then let him come into our… world.]

Yeah. I want to see how strong this Detective is.

So in the end, I headed towards the bar. With Alice in tow. It's not opening time yet. So the bar's still empty, but dirty.

*sigh*... I guess it's time to work… Alice is here with Nemo… they're playing cards. And then suddenly… I felt a disturbance. Like my mind getting hammered by something! What is this!

[Oh, so this is our world…]

Eh what do you … mean?

I looked around me, as the bar changed into a world, full of swords, with a red sky. The land is barren, and the blade sticking on it varies in shape and sizes, some aren't even a bladed weapon… NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!

Don't tell me this is my inner world….

[It's ugly. Allow me!]

And then suddenly, the barren land, turned into concrete, the blade grows to gigantic sizes… each blade that grew, turned into a building… complete with windows, and doors and whatnot, the red sky turns black, and from the concrete street, lamps are made, with red light, walkways are made… and suddenly the whole area turned into a victorian styled street with unique shaped buildings!

[Much better…]

I have to agree… I wouldn't want my inner world to be unlimited blade works. Yep, totally not cool enough. Wait… since this is my inner world… How can I tell if there's an enemy?

[Oh, that's easy. When a spider spins its web]

Moriarty appeared before me as he slams his ruler down. It turned into an electric tower-like structure. And countless strings cover the whole city. Just like a spider web.

[Small vibrations are enough for us to tell if there's someone.]

And like what he said, a series of vibrations came from one side.

[But. We don't need to eliminate them ourselves. Consultants should never fight. It's just dumb. ]

And suddenly, out of nowhere, is that a meteor? Yep, that's totally a meteor!

[We annihilate them! Even if it means destroying the world!]

I smiled from ear to ear… I see the same expression on Moriarty's face.

"Do it!"

[With pleasure! COME! My final formula, the ultimate crime, I shall prove it here…]

Reichenbach suddenly appeared in front of the asteroid, gigantic in size, as it loaded the asteroid as a bullet, primed to fire. A beautiful blue aurora formed on the black sky.

["The Dynamics of an Asteroid!!" ]

The Gigantic coffin fires, an explosion unimaginable for my tiny mind, annihilating not only the target, but the whole city, as I feel my inner world crumbling.

*BOOM*

Everything goes white.

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*cough cough*

I puked out blood.

"Liam! Did you do something fun without me again?"

Eh? How did she know? It's in my inner world right?

"That stupid grin, I knew it you're having fun without me! Meanie!"

Wait a moment… I did die in my inner world didn't I? Why didn't I get a mental shutdown?

[Oh that's easy, because that's not really your inner world… it's but a layer of it. Imagine that's stage 1-1.]

Oh thanks for the explanation…

And then a soft sensation lingered in my lips… as Alice somehow came in front of me, and started sucking the blood that's still on me… oi oi oi ….

"Didn't you promise your father not to do this…?"

"But I can't help it! It's a kind of promise I can't keep!"

"... But maybe those are the best kind of promises…"

*cough cough*

We both looked at Nemo…

"Sorry, but should I leave you kids to it?"

"..."

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Soon after, Alice excuses herself, as her mother seems to have a problem with her always skipping school. And so, Alice, like usual, ran away in a blur, before another blur came and inquire about Alice…

"Where is she?"

I simply pointed to the direction Alice ran… Sorry Alice… I didn't sell you out because I'm blackmailed into doing so… Yep Totally didn't happen. She just asks nicely… Can't turn down a nice lady yeah?

And then the silence came back.

*ring ring*

"I'm sorry we're not open yet!"

"Don't be like that Liam!"

"Eh? Ann… And who're those two?"

Shit shit shit, why here? Why not leblanc? NOPE CAN I NOPE OUT OF HERE!?

"Oh, these two trouble makers? Liam, meet Ren, and Ryuji!"

"Pleasure to meet you!"

"Yeah Pleasure to— WAIT IT'S YOU!"

Ren greeted me normally, while Ryuji pointed a finger at me.