The Shadow Manipulator

Chapter 19: Emergency

"Hey, the lookouts said that Hikari went to the storage room. They saw him through the hallway windows." Someone said.

"Lucky for us, not only did he trap himself, but he left Mitsumi and Ms. Yukino alone as well. What do you say, guys? It's time to teach that Hikari a lesson for messing with us! That Hikari must be really dumb to go leave them alone, don't you think?"

"Now is the time to make our move while he's doing something in the storage area." Someone said. "If we guard the door from their homeroom teacher's office and gather everyone there, I bet not even Hikari could take on all of us at once."

"No, let's ambush him the moment he gets out of the storage room. That would be much better."

"Then, after that, let's lock him in the storage room for the whole night."

"That must be getting a bit too far. Let's just beat his brain out of him and put him in the storage. But let's leave the door unlocked."

"Oh, yeah. That's a good idea."

After their conversation, each of them began practicing with their bats. It seems like they're going to bat me until they knock my senses out of me. Their bats certainly looked scary from my perspective.

And what's more, after they have confirmed that I was in the storage room, everyone, even the lookouts outside the school building, began to gather at the staircase. Almost all upperclassmen guys were there. At least forty of them crowded the staircase and here I am, watching them practice swinging their bats while smiling to themselves.

Phew! I thought that they were targeting Mitsumi and Yuki but they were just targeting me. Well, I might have done something to them...Wait?! Oh, I forgot! Master Ryu tripped some of them when they cornered me outside the classroom!

Still, it's a relief that I'm the target.

After they had completely gathered everyone, all of them stealthily slinked towards the storage room. Everyone were smiling to themselves as they gathered around the storage door, careful of making any sound since the door to the homeroom teacher's office were only a few steps away.

As soon as they all gathered in front of the storage room, I quickly reverted from my shadow form. (I'm still at the staircase though.)

After reverting to my human form, I enhanced my senses to determine their exact location through their body heat. Making sure that I have sensed each and everyone of them, I prepared my shadow bind on each of their feet.

Did I get all of them?

I tried to calm myself as I walked, from the staircase, towards them.

It took them quite awhile to assess the situation since they had unexpectedly waited for me in front of the storage room. After seeing me appear from where they were, all of them took one long look at me, confirming the fact that they weren't hallucinating.

"Wait?! Why did he come from there?! Oy! You said that he locked himself in the storage room, right?" One of them exclaimed.

"It's really true! All of us lookouts saw him go to the storage room!" A lookout replied.

"Then why is he coming from where we had gathered? Ha?!"

"Anyways, just attack him and make him pay for the humiliation that he had done to us before!" Someone angrily exclaimed.

His voice echoed throughout the hallway.

Seems like they forgot to stay quiet. I thought as I looked at him.

On his signal, everybody shouted and charged straight towards me. The moment they tried to take one single step, I tied all of their legs by the shadow binds that I prepared a moment ago. All of them simultaneously fell flat on their faces, ending their battle-cry with a humph.