"Hey! Azuma! Grim! Where are you going?" ᴀᴄᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ʀᴀɴ ʙʏ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ.
"Sorry guys, but you gotta go without us!" ɪ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴡᴀᴠᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.
《 School Infirmary 》
"The guy who hurt his leg is in here. Find 'em!" ɢʀɪᴍ ꜱᴀɪᴅ, ɢʀᴀʙʙɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ 2 ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛꜱ.
"Ah. You're those guys from Ramshackle Dorm that were in the unbirthday party." The green-haired student stated.
"Ooh! Look how famous we are." ɢʀɪᴍ ɢʀɪɴɴᴇᴅ.
"I just need to ask something about how you got injured." ɪ ᴀꜱᴋ, ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ᴘᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ.
ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ, ɪ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ.
'So far...they said that it didn't feel like it was caused by slipping or tripping, rather it was because they felt like their body lunged forward??? It doesn't make any sense.'
"Thanks for the info. Let's talk to the next victim." ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ.
《 Classroom 》
"Hey, you got hurt pretty bad not too long ago right? Tell us about it." ɢʀɪᴍ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ.
ᴊᴜᴅɢɪɴɢ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴘɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ.
ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪᴄᴛɪᴍ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ ᴜꜱ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ɪɴᴊᴜʀᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ.
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"Fungya!!!" ɢʀɪᴍ ꜱᴘᴇᴡꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰɪʀᴇ.
"Eat this!" ɪ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴀᴍᴇꜱ.
'Damn if this was an RPG I would be a support.'
"Hmph...Not bad. Fine, I'll tell you about that day."
ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴊᴏᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ, ɪ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ.
'Still no leads though...'
ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀꜱᴋɪɴɢ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏʀᴍ.
《 Ramshackle Dorm - Foyer 》
"I can't see anyone we talked to as anything other than clumsy. Do ya still think that these aren't accidents?" ɢʀɪᴍ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ.
ɪ ꜰʟɪᴘ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, "All of them took place in areas where lots of people are around. If I were the culprit, I would try to find my target alone and do the deed. But the culprit did it out in the open with lots of witnesses and never got caught. How did they manage to do that...?"
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀʙᴇʟʟ ʙᴜᴢᴢᴇᴅ, 'I'm thankful I managed to fix the doorbell so we don't have to bother with the debris falling whenever someone knocks.'
"Who is it?" ɢʀɪᴍ ᴄᴀʟʟꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ.
"Yo! Oh Grim, you look better." ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀᴄᴇ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀꜱ.
"Ugh it's just you. Listen, I'm pretty busy so I don't have time to hang out." ɢʀɪᴍ ꜰʀᴏᴡɴꜱ.
"Busy? You're not gonna finish the homework?"
'Oh shit. I forgot about that...'
"And Azuma, what's up with you back there? You were in a rush." ᴀᴄᴇ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ.
"Long story short. Headmaster hired the two of us to be detectives over the incidents, about people getting injured, that happened recently, which is probably related to Magift, so we're trying to solve it." ɪ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴᴇᴅ Qᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ.
"Hmm...People getting injured huh." ᴀᴄᴇ ʜᴜᴍꜱ.
"But when we talked to them, it seemed like they were just being clumsy. I don't understand why Atuna said it's not." ɢʀɪᴍ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ.
'Did...Did he just call me A-Tuna???'
ꜱᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ᴡᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀ ꜰᴏᴏᴛꜱᴛᴇᴘꜱ ʀᴜꜱʜɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏʀᴍ.
"Ace! This is bad!" ᴅᴇᴜᴄᴇ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ.
"Huh? What's got your panties in a bunch?" ᴀᴄᴇ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ.
"Clover-Senpai got hurt, falling done the stairs!"
"Wha!?" ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍ.
"Fungya!? You can't mean that unflappable Trey?" ɢʀɪᴍ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴏᴄᴋ.
"See! It's not because the victims are clumsy, these incidents keep happening." ɪ ᴇxᴄʟᴀɪᴍ.
"He doesn't seem like the type to trip over nothing." ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀᴄᴇ.
"Let's go ask him what happened!"
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𝓣𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 || Shattered Glass
FanfictionA runaway kid stumbles upon a mysterious mirror. She enters in not knowing what would be on the other side. Once she fully enters, the Mirror Shatters making no one being able to go in nor go back. She can't go back, but what adventures will await i...
