Book 2 - The Usurper from the Wilds: Chapter 18; Cornering the Suspect

The screen turns on as the chapter title plays "Chapter - 18; Cornering the Suspect".

They've headed over to the classroom where class 2B is, and as they walk in Grim shouts "All right, where's Ruggie Bucchi?!" Ruggie raises his hand saying "Right here."

But once he sees them he says "Ah… It's you guys again." He has a bit of a sly smile as he tells them "I really hope this isn't about that deluxe grilled cheese. We traded fair and square."

But Riddle straightforwardly tells Ruggie "Ruggie Bucchi, we need to ask you some questions about the spate of injuries that have befallen prospective Spelldrive tournament players." Ruggie loses his smile entirely as he states "Oh ho. This sounds like some serious business."

Cater's eyes narrow slightly as he asks Ruggie "How about we move to the hall and keep this in the figurative DMs, if you catch my drift?" Ruggie's ears downturn as he tells them "I'm cooperating. Let's all try to be gentlemen, now."

As they walk out into the hallway. Riddle then says "Very well. While we do not yet know what transpired, it is abundantly clear that your signature spell/unique magic is a dangerous one. I will be casting "Off With Your Head" to–"

But Ruggie cuts him off asking "But Riddle, are you sure you should be casting such a powerful spell without your magical pen?" as his smile slowly changes to one more sly and wicked as Riddle searched around his uniform shouting "Huh? Wait… what?! What happened to my magical pen?!"

Grim then shouts "Hey, Cater! Your pen's gone too!" Cater then also starts to look around his uniform as he shouts "You're kidding me! How?!"

Ruggie did his laugh as he told them "Children of privilege, every one of you. So unprepared. So complacent. Like stealing candy from a baby."

Grim shouts his understanding in surprise "Myah?! He cast his spell to snatch your pens away without us even noticing?!" Ruggie waves his hand as he says "Puh-lease. As if I'd need magic to do that!"

He then tells them "Anyway, having a showdown in the hallway is not on my agenda for today, so I'll be on my way." As he gives a two finger salute as he runs off down the hallway shouting back at them "Toodles!"

They quickly chase after him as Grim yells "Hold it right there!" Riddle also shouts at Ruggie while running "Curse you! You will halt if you value your head! 'Off With-'" But is stopped by Cater yelling at him "Whoa, Riddle, stop! Don't be a hero, man!"

It then shows further up the hallway as Ace and Deuce are walking by, having finished feeding the flamingos. Ace is almost laughing while Deuce seems a bit more bothered.

It's then clear why as Ace is saying and teasing "Dude, your flamingo-feeding outfit was insane. Who knew they made leopard print in hot pink?" Deuce shouts back at him "L-look, it's not like I had a choice! It's all I had in pink!" Ace crosses his arms as he states "I can't believe we still gotta follow weird rules like that. But I guess it's better than it was."

Cater spots Ace and Deuce as he yells "Oh! Ace, Deuce! You boys are a sight for sore eyes!" Ace asks confused "Huh? What's going on? Why are you running?"

Riddle's face is once again entirely red as he shouts extremely angry "The culprit! He's getting away!"

His focus snaps to Ace and Deuce as he yells at them "You need to apprehend Ruggie Bucchi immediately! Housewarden's orders!" Deuce shouts in surprise "Whaaat?!" Ace also shouts, surprised "What does this gotta do with us?!"

Yuu knows bribery and lying are the only ways to quickly get people to do anything they're told so she shouts at them in exasperation "This is your chance to earn a spot on the roster!" This works incredibly well for Deuce but not as well for Ace although he still joins Deuce in chasing after Ruggie.

But the chase is not seen as the screen fades to black as "To be continued" plays before the screen fully turns off.