Illusions and Deceit.

How Long Were We Asleep..?

The blonde looked over to see a tall boy with light green (avocado) hair trying to hold back his snickers. "Hey!" She walked over catching his attention. "S-sorry, I'm just like you two and walked in on this." He reasoned causing her to stop in her tracks. "I see.." She then apologised to the boy "No it's fine... My name's Amami Rantaro Ultimate Anthropologist by the way." 

"Anthropologist?" 

 "Hmhm. It's a study of human beliefs and cultures mixed with folklore to put it simply." Amami explained.

 "I see.. Nice to meet you Amami my—" 

 "Akamatsu right?" He declared  "Heard it over that fiasco sorry. " 

 "Well then.. Have you seen the exit from here?" Surprisingly Saihara was the one to ask it though she could tell there was a hostile tone to his voice. "Oh, No.. I just woke up from the classroom across the hall actually." He then pointed to what looks like another classroom from the door they went through. "So I have no idea where I am at the moment". "I see.." The magician tapped her finger on her chin contemplating the circumstance they're in right now. "Let's go then." saying so Saihara then grabbed her hand pulling her away from the anthropologist. 

“Ah can I tag along with you two?” Amami requested.

 Saihara turned to her with a face that said 'can we please get out of here?'. Though she had no idea why he started being so hostile she didn't see a problem with Amami coming along. She turned to the researcher “I don't see why not!”. The newly made trio then walked out of the library.

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 They then randomly opened a room from what the sign said was a ‘gaming room’ and it definitely lived up to its name with shelves filled to the brim with games of all genres when you scan the room. Controllers of different types neatly placed on the table. And all the possibly identifiable board games one could ask for. To top it all off a big pool table in the middle.

Two girls were having a nice chat though it seemed to be a one way conversation with the other blabbering about and one who seemingly doesn't care. The quiet one wore a grey vest over a brown plaid skirt and black turtleneck with matching tights and boots. A plaid hat resting on her short olive hair. The other girl had a muted blue sports jacket over a green and white crop top and skirt with a green ribbon tying her hair in a high ponytail and a semi see through vizor on her head. 

The two girls noticed them enter the room. The girl with the ponytail let out scream which surprised them all. "GET AWAY FROM THE GIRL YOU DEGENERATE MALES!" The three of them were dumbfounded, especially Amami and Saihara. "W-wha?" Saihara accidentally muttered. "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU FILTHY DEGENERATES OR ELSE I'LL SERVE A TENNIS BALL AT YOUR HEAD" the girl screamed. The other girl was just standing there observing seemingly something. 

"Wha— No DON'T!" The blonde screamed.

 "What— why!? they're degenerate males who probably stalked you!" The girl insisted that she should smash a tennis ball into their heads. Kaede turned to the two just having their hands up in the air making understandably bewildered expressions from being labelled as such. The olive haired girl finally spoke up "Let them go, they're not the ones behind this Chabashira" the girl looked back at the taller woman "Wha but—" she got interrupted by the woman. "Are you doubting my deductions?"

 She then turned to the trio "I apologize for my acquaintance's… crude behavior. My name is Tojo Kirumi, Ultimate Detective pleased to make your acquaintance." She then turned to the other girl "You too, introduce yourself" The girl just went up and stared at the magician ignoring the other two "Chabashira Tenko the Ultimate Tennis Player! If those two degenerates make you uncomfortable, please feel free to tell Tenko!" she said that last sentence in a very uncomfortably happy tone. 

"Oh nice to meet you two, I'm Akamatsu Kaede Ultimate Magician!" She then turned to the other two she was with and Amami seemed to be okay while Saihara looked like he was still trying to process this situation. "Oh s-sorry.. my name's Saihara Shuichi Ultimate Inventor" as if on que Amami stepped in "And I'm Amami Rantaro Ultimate Anthropologist." Chabashira glared at them "I'll be keeping an eye on you two". And such they left the two and headed to the other room though they could feel a chilling glare behind them

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Amami let out a sigh "Well she was err— something wasn't she?"

Saihara groaned "That's an understatement.." 

 She couldn't stop a giggle from erupting though it was faint the silence the hall made it audible. They opened the door signed 'A/V room' whey slid the door open. They saw a petite—no small figure searching through a shelf filled to the brim with movies and shows, some not even showing yet. "Ah hello?" The guy immediately heard her faint cry. "Oh, hello I'm guessing you're here to investigate this place?" 

 "How—? "

 "Figured... It's a natural human instinct to explore an unfamiliar environment after all." Saihara spoke up "Th-then you're —" the small statured guy interrupted his sentence. "The one behind this? no… I could never forgive myself for a crime I did many years ago. My Name's Hoshi Ryoma the Ultimate Adventurer at least used to be.." The atmosphere became really dark after Hoshi mentioned that last sentence. "What do you mean..?" Saihara questioned. "I'm only the empty husk of that man ever since I… did something terrible.. " He then started to rummage through the shelves again

 "If you're looking for info I can tell you the person or most likely people behind this have a lot of cash to burn." He pulled out an action movie labelled' Chase 2 ' "This movie was just announced to be made last time I saw it, fully translated... I doubt I've been knocked out for that long" He commented. If that were the case to be honest the last memory she could remember was the 30th of April.

"Everyone...what was the last date you remember?" She panicked now that she thought about it there wasn't any way to tell the date, not even a calendar. The others quickly caught on. "Mine was.. The 7th of May" Saihara answered."Mine was the 12th of April.." Amami commented "23rd of March" Hoshi mentioned. A chill went down everyone's spines. 

'How long were they asleep?' 

"Whatever they used.. It must be strong to keep us asleep for weeks or months." Hoshi noted everyone took this as a signal to leave as the tension grew in the atmosphere.

 They bid their goodbyes to Hoshi and headed back up.