"You're kidding right?"
"I was gonna ask the same..."
Between them, there's a transparent wall, that completely divides the group. The entrance has also been shut tight. On the left side are Ryuma and Kiyo meanwhile there's Rio and Mika.
"Oi oi oi, what's the meaning of this..."
Rio tried to break the transparent wall but it left no scratch on it.
"Now Rio, calm down a bit. You look desperate it's like you're not yourself-"
"How could I not be desperate?! I'm with this fucking guy!"
"Hey hey, watch your mouth a bit. I may have been a bit incompetent in the past, but I always do my best you know?!"
As the two argue on the other side, Mika catches a glimpse of Ryuma's face. The smug and evil expression was written on Ryuma's face.
"Then... with this setup, you can watch each other's back. Meanwhile, I can watch mine with him."
Said Ryuma as he put his arm on Kiyo's shoulder.
"Anyways, we'll be on our way... Bye~"
"Curse you! I hope you trip and fall!"
Ryuma and Kiyo have gone to the door on their side, leaving Mika and Rio on their own. Mika, is pouting at Ryuma's behavior.
"Hm! When we get back, I'll pull some prank on him-"
Mika started with one step and immediately fell to the ground. His face hit the flat ground, and his nose started bleeding, Mika looked back at something that tripped him. There isn't anything there, the floor is clean as new, which means the only thing that can trip him comes from Rio who's standing close to Mika.
"Ohh~ You look like an idiot right now."
As Rio said the word, he started walking to the door on their side. Soon, the step is getting faster as he's chased by the person he just tripped. Like a police and robbery chase that's it.
...
"You think those two are gonna be okay?"
"Nah~ They're totally gonna be okay. Probably.
Said Ryuma with a chilling tone. As they were walking, the two stumbled upon the stairs and decided to climb it.
"I think he's on the top floor right now."
"How do you know?"
"Just a guess, because I have no idea where's it gonna be anyway. The objective only pointed to the center of the floor."
Said Ryuma as he looked at the tablet that the teacher gave him. The two then climbed the stairs at the moderate phase, surrounded by silence, Kiyo then decided to break it.
"So, what happens between you and Rio?"
Kiyo's question confused Ryuma, but he understood, because of his certain behavior...
'But it's not normal! The same with this school! It's not normal!'
"I don't know what gets to him, I mean, killing people is certainly an uncommon thing that happens in this world. But that's what this school is for right? To self-defense against the bandit."
Kiyo who was walking in the back, stopped as he heard Ryuma's words. Ryuma turned his head and saw the surprised expression on Kiyo's face.
"Wait Ryuma, you're saying it's normal for you to kill other people?" Kiyo saw Ryuma's expression, which didn't change when they went to this topic. Ryuma on the other hand, with the normal tone and normal expression written on his face, he answered...
"I mean, isn't that just common sense? When other people tried to kill you, you defend yourself by killing them?" Kiyo's eyes widen, he gets close to Ryuma and grabs his shoulder.
"Is this how you're thinking?! Ryuma, open your eyes! And remember those who died right under our noses! Remember Jirai! Our first and last member that died! Remember Misaki! I REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONE FUCK UP COMMON SENSE!"
Tears flowed in Kiyo's eyes. The tears made Ryuma remember the nostalgia feeling.
(What is this feeling? My chest feels deeply hurt. Like, it's going to be torn apart.) Ryuma reminiscences, about the two familiar names that came up from Kiyo's mouth. The tears flow in one of Ryuma's eyes. He started to become more and more understanding of those feelings.
But sooner, the emotional moment both got interrupted by the certain someone who came from behind Kiyo out of nowhere. But they didn't expect Kiyo to already sense them as he kicked them to the stair railings.
"It was you wasn't it... You know fuck a thing happened even from so far, aren't you?! TELL ME!!! WHAT IS THIS SCHOOL WANTS FROM US?!!" After all of that, Ten closed his eyes and sighed.
"I fear, you did not have the power to acknowledge it..." Ten fell on his two feet as he fell from the railings. Then he charged forward, and the mirror shard appeared in front of Ten, bringing him closer to Ryuma and Kiyo.
(So this is the warp ability Rudy talked about.)
Ten kicked Kiyo downstairs, Ryuma threw the punch but it missed as Ten dodged it. This led to 3 punches on Ryuma's face from Ten's fist. Ryuma uses Firefly and blows up his surroundings. But Ten has already disappeared in front of him.
Second later, Ten dropped from the ceiling and knee Ryuma. Ryuma was about to fall and tried to grab Ten. Using the dagger in his hand, he cut one of Ryuma's arms. But the cut wasn't too deep as it's still intact. But, on the other hand, Ryuma managed to grab Ten by his clothes before he fell downstairs.
"I've realized about it, you're not strong like people said you are. You're fast, you're efficient, but in terms of raw strength, you're ordinary. I have already grabbed you, you have no chance to escape!"
The red aura emanated from Ryuma's hand. He tried to blow up Ten alongside himself. Ryuma embraces Ryuma with a hug. But somehow... Ten was able to escape the embrace. Ten's whole body turned into a broken piece of mirror. From the many pieces of the mirror, the upper part is reanimated.
Ten, without the lower part of his body, raises his hand and hits Ryuma on the head.
In the part where Ten hits it, there comes out the piece of broken mirror...