We are classified by our positions kaya si Damon lang ang classmate ko.
Pagkapasok pa lang namin sa classroom, pinagtinginan na ako ng lahat. Yeah, I'm the only girl in Players Academy kaya ganito ako kasikat lol.
The moment they tried to approach me, Damon made an invisible barrier.
"Get lost," he said. At first impression, he made it sure that none would bother us.
We are in a round stadium. Hindi yung pang concert na stadium. It's way smaller than that but it's just enough for us.
" Damon, tabi tayo! " wika ko sa kanya. He looked at me and sighed.
Instead, he sat on the farthest chair from me. Sarap kalbuhin eh.
Our phone rang in unison kaya sabay din kami napatingin.
[ Professor Zile will enter in 2 mins. ]
Nervousness swallowed me. Ano kayang gagawin namin sa class na'to?
2 mins. later, a man stood before us.
Black mask , long white coat, neatly trimmed hair. He's already in front and his body-piercing eyes are staring straight at me.
" Do you know who you are? " his stares brought chills down my spine.
" I-I'm LK Nikka ."
" Wrong ."
That left me flabbergasted. He turned to another player and asked the same question.
" I'm a player ."
" Wrong ."
" I'm a Code Game player ."
"Wrong ."
" Ah...., player of Code Game? "
" WRONG! "
" Official player of Code Game!"
"WROOONG!"
Nagpigil ako ng tawa. It lifted the mood somehow. When his eyes routed at Damon, napatingin din ako sa kanya.
" Who are you ."
He squinted his eyes as he stared back at the professor.
" Why don't you tell me? "
Even with his mask on, I detected Professor Zile's smile from his eyes.
" Exactly ."
The room was filled with murmors.
" Of course none of you knew. Who among you knew what kind of game you're playing? Kindly stand."
Walang ni isa ang tumayo. He walked slowly around the room, as if counting his every step.
" Why are you even here? Because of an accident? Because of curiosity? Because you find it fun? There are thousands of reasons that brought you in this game. You rightly deciphered the coded rules of the game and a man in mask with white rose came into your life. WELCOME TO CODE GAME. YOU ARE OFFICIALLY A PLAYER," he looked at us. I had a feeling that he smiled. Ewan ko ba. The longer I'm with masked people, the better I read people through their eyes. " That was unexpected, right? "
Some nod their heads. Some chuckled.
"How many of you went to police stations and reported? How many couldn't sleep? How many became paranoid? I bet you all do."
Natawa ako habang naalala ko ang IZZA PRANK moment ko sa police station.
" The moment you became players, you are not who you were anymore. You are not Crispin, Crisostomo , Maria, Clara, Jose, or whatever that name you had in the past. When you became white knights, you became ANYBODY ."
