Chapter 7: The X
BANG!!
Fizen's hand slammed the table hard, his eyes filled with frustration and great anger that was clearly implied there. More than that, other faces also began to look down, still filled with sudden silence and tension, several pairs of eyes from the students began to shift towards us.
"I don't accept this!!!"
"Okay, calm down Fizen, I'm not saying any of this is directly tied to X, but it's just a possibility that can still be considered."
Hearing that, their tense bodies slowly relaxed quietly, as they began to take deep breaths to calm themselves down. Now the gaze of Fizen and the others became sharper again, their ears were ready to receive the explanation.
"Sorry to interrupt, please continue."
Seeing his eyes so sure, I just nodded with a thin smile on my lips, then I started to observe each face one by one, and then it was my turn to explain.
"Exactly about 3 days ago, when the principal here was poisoned by an unknown stranger, at that time Jerry and I tried to solve the case. At first we had a lot of problems, but in the end we were able to overcome them well, and then we had a chat with Miss Claris, the daughter of the principal of this school, which seems to have a connection with X"
"Wait... The principal here has a relationship with X?"
Ray asked with disbelief and confusion etched on his face, his hands clenched tightly, beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead, sliding with a sense of anxiety on his face.
"But this is still an assumption, I can't say this is the absolute truth."
"Well that's your assumption, but what makes you assume that? And how much do you believe that the principal here has a relationship with X?"
The question came from Lyzky, whose calm face this time was covered in very obvious anxiety, her eyes narrowed, waiting for me to answer her question.
"According to Miss Claris' story, her father had a job that she never knew about, one time she saw him going out at night with a white lab coat."
"Don't tell me that."
Yadz's interruption made all faces harden, filled with anxiety that swirled like a storm crashing over an innocent plain.
"Yes, on the back there is an X symbol, a symbol that will surely stick in your memory."
The air darkened, breath hitched as if oxygen had stopped working properly, their eyes widened, while others clenched their palms tightly.
"Then.. that's no longer a possibility, right? That's 100% the truth."
"No, this is still just an assumption, X has a special order, right? Only those at the top can truly have communication with X."
Silence descended again, leaving only bowed heads still filled with anxiety and doubt that seemed to grow with each passing moment.
"Don't worry everyone, as long as we are together, we can definitely do it, even if it is X or even more than that."
My hand reached forward, giving a signal of our unity, one by one they began to look forward, seeing my hand stretched out with confidence, then one hand joined mine.
"Well... At least being together like before isn't bad."
Jerry said that with a faint smile on his lips, then I looked forward, their faces starting to look at each other, each believing in each other, then one by one hands began to reach out, with strong conviction, and also a doubt that had completely disappeared.
"That's right, as long as we're together we can do it, right?"
"We've faced this before, why should we hesitate?"
"It's better together like this, isn't it?"
My smile widened seeing all their fun, all their truly strong beliefs, all the doubts that disappeared just like that, I opened my mouth, slowly took a deep breath.
"Remember all my friends, Our story is not written, But... We write our own story."
Beautiful smiles spread across each face, their eyes widening with burning passion like a Phoenix rising from its death, then fly away back to their heaven, Our hands began to swing, then lunged upwards, marking mutual agreement and consent, an agreement that would not be broken.
***
"Go away all of you!!! All you do is make noise!!!"
The door slammed shut, leaving us all with your butts still sore from being thrown so easily by the vendor in the canteen. Our faces grimaced leaving a few remaining tears from the pain.
"I told you, everyone in this school is temperamental!!!!"
Jerry shouted while still rubbing his sore buttocks, we all just smiled bitterly, while I started to get up and clean some of the dirty stains that were stuck.
"Well... Whatever it is, the important thing is that we've finished talking about it."
"So what now? There's only five minutes left until we go back to our respective classes."
I quickly looked at my watch, and saw the truth there, the break time was almost over in five minutes, I turned to them.
"You all go back to your respective classes, Jerry and I will also go to our respective classes after this.
They all nodded in agreement, while their footsteps began to take them to where they were supposed to return to, now Jerry and I were walking in the corridor, walking to our class together.
"Oh no!!! We forgot to give information about the little kid who can pass through the wall."
I turned quickly to Jerry, taken aback by his statement that really made me feel like an idiot.
"How careless of me."
Oh, we could have asked others to gather as much information about the little boy as possible."
"I'm sorry, my head was so dizzy, I forgot that information."
Jerry shook his head slowly, disagree with what I just said, then his hand rose to embrace me tightly, and his other hand rubbed my head deliberately.
"H-Hey, stop it damn it!!!"
"Never, until I'm satisfied."
The sound of the wind accompanied our jokes and laughter, the corridor was colored with the rays of the sun that was starting to rise, indicating the arrival of midday, the footsteps of several students began to be heard, guide them to their respective classes to gain knowledge like students in general. Now my footsteps were getting closer to my class, while the small talk between me and Jerry continued.
A sudden silence, as if the world had stopped spinning around me, the coldness of something piercing without mercy, my eyes widened with a haunting, familiar feeling. At that moment a strange figure walked beside me, just for a split second, her snow white hair swaying in the wind, her cold and expressionless eyes, her fine white hair, all of it.all the things I have known for a long time.
Time seemed to turn back, my body moved uncontrollably, looking back, seeing a figure that made my chest feel tight.
"H-Hei... Buddy what happened?"
Jerry's shoulders lifted in a confusion that almost surprised him, but I remained silent, my steps turning in the opposite direction, ignoring his words."
That's right... That figure, that light, there's no mistaking it, is that the figure I should reach? I slowly approached the woman with the snow-white mane, my hand outstretched,holding her cold hand, not letting her go.
"Hey, have we met before?"
He turned his head, and that was when, a warm pool rolled down my cheeks, without my control, I cried for some reason, the long lost warm feeling had now returned, his cold peaceful face,her beautiful light blue eyes, the figure I have always desired.