Arcane Academy Mysteries[Case Closed]

Chapter 11: Crib Cervantez

Dalawang araw na ang lumipas bago ako nakabalik dito sa Caffeine Hub. Ang coffee shop kung saan ko nakuha ang sulat.

Naalala ko pa na iniabot sa akin ito ng isa sa mga crew ng cafe. Ngunit nang hanapin ko siya kanina ay wala na siya dito. Ayon sa may ari ng coffee shop ay nag resign na ang babaing tinutukoy ko isang araw na ang nakalilipas. Weird.

"Dude, do you really remember her face?" Justine asked as he sip on his coffee.

Right. I'm with Justine right now since Ivan can't accompany me because he suddenly had an urgent meeting with his family. So I had no other choice but to ask Justine to accompany me here instead, and told him everything that's going on regarding the abduction case of Lucas. But I also told him one important rule. "Alex mustn't know."

"I'm positive dude." I answered.

I want to feed my curiosity but I couldn't afford to come here alone.

"What if someone behind that letter made that girl vanished para hindi mo na mahanap kung sino man ang nasa likod ng letter na yan?" He said with his right hand massaging his chin as if he was thinking about different scenarios.

"Could be. But it could also be just a coincidence. Wag na nga nating hanapin kung sino man ang nagbigay non. Maybe it was just a prank. A terrible prank." I retorted as I let out a deep sigh. Sayang lang ang oras namin.

I don't really know what to feel now. I'm not even sure if I have something to worry about.

"So anong plano natin ngayon since we only have that CCTV footage to begin with." He said as he take another sip from his coffee.

Maaaring oras na para kumilos kami sa paghahanap kay Lucas. Habang lumilipas ang mga araw ay mas lumalabo ang chance na makita pa namin si Lucas.

"Let's see."

"Do you think the other abduction cases are somehow related to Lucas'?"

"Van and I actually thought about that before but then we couldn't think of any possible link between the six cases."

"Bakit, nakita niyo na ba lahat ng profiles ng mga studyanteng nawawala this year?"Justine asked curiously.

"Hindi pa. We don't know where to get it. Alam mo namang sobrang higpit ng security ng Arcane Academy Portal. Maliban sa school, studyante lang ang nakakabukas ng portal niya." Pagpapaliwanag ko. Meron kasing sariling portal ang Arcane para sa mga studyante.

Dito nakalagay ang student profile, mga subjects taken, grades, schedules, tuition fees, at mga clubs na sinasalihan nila dito sa academy.

Mga studyante lang ang makakapagbukas nito gamit ang sarili nilang password.

"Dude, nakalimutan mo yatang meron tayong IT specialist."

Napamura ako sa realization na yun.

"Vien can hack any account he likes right?" I said in disbelief. Dapat pala matagal ko nang naisip yun. Vien is very knowledgeable in terms of system hacking.

"Yeah off course. They have this electronics and telecommunications company." Hindi ko naisip ang bagay na yun.

"Okay. So why don't we start from getting the profiles of all missing students this year?" I suggest. Sana nga ay ma access namin ang mga accounts ng mga nawawalang studyante.

"I think so. But first, do you have a list of those students who've been reported missing this year?"

"I do have it on my phone."

"Good."

Bumalik kami ng Academy para puntahan si Vien.

Since alam na ni Justine ang tungkol sa ginagawa naming imbestigasyon ay maaaring panahon na rin para sabihin ito kay Vien. Alam kong hindi niya rin ito maitatago kay Vien since roommate nya ito.

"Remember our golden rule." I said and Vien nodded in agreement, after I told him everything. He was watching tv when we entered their room.

"Where should we begin?" He said as he fixed his glasses in place. He open his MacBook.

"Get us to Arcane Academy Page first before we start loging in." Justine said as we both focused our attention on the browser.

"Okay."

Ginawa ni Vien ang sinabi ni Justine at tumambad sa amin ang picture ng Anim na nawawalang studyante including Lucas sa unang pahina ng Arcane Academy Page.

"Have you seen me?" was the caption of every picture instead of their names.

"What?" Justine uttered in a barely audible manner.

"Before mawala si Lucas, there were no national news or articles about those missing students but now, it seems to me like they were announcing to the whole world that some of their students went missing. What's going on?"

"Wait, I will try to log in to their accounts." Vien suggested as he add a new tab for a new web page.

Pinanood namin siyang gawin ang hacking and in less than 5 minutes ay tapos na siya.

"Jane Suarez, 18 years old, member of chess club, drama club, volleyball club, and a former President of the Chemistry Organization. A scholar since first year and daughter of a fisherman and a vendor living on a small town called Salasa." Vien read it aloud for us.

He print screen all the informations about the missing students and copy pasted it in MS words so that he can print it. He printed tree copies each students and hand it to us.

We studied the informations of each students.

As I go over each page, I noticed something weird.

Anthony Frias, 18 years old, member of Arcane Academy Basketball team, Part timer at the cafeteria, and the Sub-secretary of the Chemistry Organization. A scholar since first year, and a son of Pharmacist.

Napansin ko, na parehong araw ang pagkawala nila. Are they boyfriends and girlfriends?

"Look, all of them were scholars except Lucas." Justine noticed. Tinignan ko ang hawak kong mga papel at tama nga siya.

"This Jane and Anthony were even reported missing on the same date. February 25, 2017. Why?" Vien noticed as well.

"Maybe they were together before they went missing." Sagot naman ni Justine.

"How about the fact that all of them were a part of the chemistry organization?" I asked.

"What about it?" Vien asked.

"I don't know, I'm just trying to find another thing that can link them between each other."