A Girl's Turmoil

Extra 5 - The Scarred-Eye Girl

On one such day, Sakurako and Himawari were making their way to the Amusement Club building when they heard a loud whirling from a distance. It was unusual to hear a whirling at this time of day, and Sakurako immediately knew it wasn't Nishigaki who was messing around with her experiments. This was confirmed when they saw the tea ceremony building had an unusual bright ray, much brighter than the afternoon rays. From the whirling sound, it immediately went to a sudden zap, and the bright rays emanated from the building no more. The two girls looked at each other before running into the building; Sakurako prepared her flashbang and baton in advance.

They find all the girls inside safe and sound, albeit confused. Moreover, there's an odd spot of the black circle on one side of the room.

Sakurako turns at the six girls. "Is everyone alright?"

"Ah, yeah, we're alright," Yui assured her.

"What was that about?" Himawari asked. "We just a saw this building shining like a bright star.

"About that..., I'm not sure if you would believe us," Chitose told her.

"How so?"

"Well...," Akari paused with an awkward smile. "There was a portal opened here."

Sakurako stares for a moment. "Nishigaki-sensei is doing a new experiment now?"

"No, no, it wasn't her," Kyouko shook her. "There were three soldiers popped out from the portal, rough-looking ones. I think one of them looked like an old man from England."

"Soldiers?" Himawari asked, confused. "Please don't joke with me."

"She isn't joking," Ayano added. "From what I understand from them, they said they entered the wrong universe before summoning another portal."

"They even asked us if a tankery match existed here," Chinatsu added as well.

"What's a tankery match?" Sakurako asked with frowned eyebrows.

"I have the same question, too," Yui agreed. "It does sound like it has something to do with tanks, though. Don't know how that relates."

Sakurako and Himawari had no more words. Soon, all of them agreed to announce this incident to Nishigaki and hoped that she might know what was going on. They're a little disappointed that she doesn't know anything about it, let alone summoning a damn portal. But one theory that seems plausible for all involved is that someone, somewhere in another universe, mastered the technology to travel to another universe. And considering these were soldiers who jumped out of the portal, Nishigaki wished this would never happen again in the future.

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A few days after the incident, one evening, Sakurako traverses the familiar neighborhoods on her lonesome. Of course, she got herself prepped with her usual flashbang and baton underneath her jacket. Oddly, on this particular day, this path is relatively more empty than she remembered, save for the birds that occasionally fly over this path. After a minute of walking, does when she notices a whirling sound out of the blue and bright rays of light emanating from the alley on her left. She runs into that alley and beholds the sight.

A circle of colorful light is floating in the middle of the alley, and she immediately realizes.

"This must be the portal the amusement club talked about."

She should've left by now because of the soldiers they mentioned, but this didn't deter her curiosity. She waits as she looks on when a couple of figures jump out of the portal. Upon their exit, the portal quickly dissipates with a zap. With the lights going out, she can examine the two arrivals. In a single glance, she already can tell they are indeed soldiers, or at least look the part.