[Book 3] Mysteries of Jansport High School: The Syntax || WILL BE EDITED

Chapter 15

*Cody's POV*

"What?" I was surprised. "Kung ang sabi ay isang tao lang sa atin makakapag-disarm ng bomb, e di sana one of us knew about the bomb in the first place. Kyoi Inc. made the bomb. I mean, how is it possible for someone to acquire another person's fingerprints and use it on something we don't know?" sabi ni Jakov. This made us think. So we stopped for a while and began thinking of the possibility of disarming the bomb.

Umimik si Chase, "Kung ganun man, neither anyone of us can disarm the bomb." Umimik ako solving the situation, "Wait. Kung choosy yun ng fingerprints, pwede bang gamitan ng gloves instead?" Natahimik sila pero they agreed to me. So start searching for the bomb kahit may burol sa bahay namin.

We split ways. I began searching in the cellar. Yes, it was quite dark pero may small red lights sa pader. Nilapitan ko yun. Timer pala. 08:14:39. 08:14:38. 08:14:37. 08:14:36. 08:14:35. I pulled out the gloves from my pocket and put it on. Hinawakan ko ang bomb. Nagdire-diretso lang ang oras. "Huh?" I said to myself. Binuksan ko ang ilaw ng cellar. Isang metal box na may timer ang umutlaw.

I got my phone and called Eliza. Nag-ri-ring ang phone ko pero nagtungayaw ako, "Sagutin mo na please." Biglang may umimik, "Voice recognition failed." Nag-change ang time from 08:14:01 to 07:14:01. 07:14:00. 07:13:59. 07:13:58. Wait. Tinanggal ko ang gloves at hinawakan ang metal box. Walang nangyari.

"Hello?" sumagot si Eliza sa phone. Lumabas ako ng cellar, at sinagot ko si Eliza, "Hello. We've got trouble. Hindi touch-sensitive ang bomb, voice-activated ang bomb." Binaba niya ang tawag. After 5 minutes, umayos na ang barkada. "Now what?" sabi ni Kylie. Pero tumatawag si Nixon sa phone niya. Pagalit itong nakipag-usap, "Klein!" Teka, paano nagkaroon si Nixon ng number ni Klein.

Nixon said on the phone, "Tell me hindi kayo ang nagtanim ng bomba dito." Nakikinig nang ayos si Nixon at binaba na ang phone. Umimik si Nixon, "Hindi ang Zenith siblings ang may gawa. All of them never left their house the whole day... not even one of them talked to any of their guards." Umimik si Dan, "Uh-oh." Tinginan kami kay Dan. Dan spoke, "Why do I always have to be the black sheep of the group?" Nagspeak up kaming lahat, "Hindi ah!"

"Ganito kasi, all this time, I have been talking to this kid. Siya nga nagbigay ng first and last item sa akin eh. Siya rin nagsabi sa akin na may bomb dito," sabi ni Daniel. Nag-speak up si Chase, "If he knew there was a bomb, does that mean he planted the bomb all along?" Dan ran off and rode a jeep. Siguro he's off to find the student. Meanwhile, kami. Ginawa ang lahat para madisarm ang bomb. Without using any of our voices. Sige unscrew. Wala. Use crowbar. Wala.

*Dan's sub-POV*

6:01 PM. Sa may Jansport High School. "Yow kid! Lumabas ka dyan, we need to talk," sigaw ko. Lumabas yung batang kanina ko pang kausap sa guard's station. "Please. Disarm the bomb," I begged. "Haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii... I just wanted you to be safe from Kyoi Inc. after what their eldest sibling has done last night. Knowing that Kyoi Inc. knows where you are," he explained. Of course he was right. I called on Cody on the phone and told him to focus his phone on the bomb. Umimik si kid. Umimik in reply ang bomb, "Voice recognized, bomb has been defused."