After that rather unsettling event with Haniji, Kuno walked over to a group of guys chatting amongst themselves.
Fortunately, one of them noticed him. "Oh, hey, man!" one of them said, waving for him to come over. He had wavy, short, light brown hair, orange-brown eyes, and had a pretty well-toned body. He wore standard orange sports clothes and black sports shoes. His smirk could probably charm anyone in a fifteen mile radius.
Kuno happily walked up to him. "Thank god for saving me, sir," he thanked him.
"Yeah, yeah, some of these guys are pretty insane. Anyways, my name is Ryota Suzuki. I'm the Super High School Level Soccer Star. Nice to meet you, man!"
"Same here, Mr. Suzuki."
"Um, call me Ryota. Jeez, you make me sound like a business man or somethin'." Ryota looked over to the guy standing next to him. "Hey, Masaru! I caught a fresh one!"
The guy next to Ryota slowly turned to face Kuno. He had neatly-styled dark brown hair, pale golden eyes, and seemed pretty small and skinny for a guy his age. He gave Kuno a bright smile.
"Hey there. I'm Masaru Nakamura, the Super High School Level Diplomat."
"I'm Kuno Okura. Super High School Level Espionage. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Nakamura."
Masaru started biting his lip, seeming to be deep in thought.
"Hey, Kuno, while Masaru's biting his lip off, you should go talk to those guys over there. They're pretty chill, I guess," Ryota said, nudging Masaru.
"Ugh…I'd usually say something rude but there are people around," Masaru said, his smile still plastered on his face.
"Oh please, you're just shy around all of these men." Ryota turned to Kuno. "Well, I guess you should go now. Unless you're in for some trouble."
"Yeah, I still need to introduce myself to quite a lot of people. Thank you for your time," Kuno said, politely waving to them as he walked over to the other guys in the same area.
Both of them looked pretty serious and engaged in conversation. "Excuse me, gentlemen,"Kuno said in an attempt to get their attention. They turned towards him in unison, their serious expression still present on their faces.
"Um…I'm Kuno Okura. I'm sure you've heard me talking to people around here, so…and you guys are?"
"Daichi Okada. Super High School Level Mercenary," one of them said rather coldly. He had unkempt brown hair, sharp grey eyes, and olive skin tone, and he was pretty well-toned. He wore a mercenary uniform that made him look like he belonged in a battlefield.
"…And I'm Kiyoshi Nakashima. I'm the Super High School Level Boxer," the man standing next to him said. They looked around the same age. Kiyoshi had short dark brown hair, bright hazel eyes, and a fair complexion. He wore plain blue shirt with long black shorts and brown sneakers. He seemed to act very awkwardly around Kuno.
After a few seconds of silence, Kiyoshi and Daichi turned back to each other and resumed their conversation. And just when I thought that people around here were sociable, Kuno thought helplessly as he walked over to a group of girls he hadn't met yet.
"Hello, you're a new face!" one of them said happily. She had warm hazel eyes, light brown hair that reached her mid-back, a frilly white headband, a very healthy complexion and was rather short. Her smile made Kuno feel slightly less hopeless.
"My name is Kuno Okura, the Super High School Level Espionage. And you are…?"
"Me? Well, I'm Eiko Watanabe, Super High School Level Veterinarian. I'm glad to meet you, Kuno!" Eiko said, her smile not leaving her face. "So you're, like, a spy?"
"I guess you could call me that, Ms. Watanabe."
Eiko's eyes lit up. "Oh, that's great! Then you'll get along with Natsumi here! She's a badass just like you, Kuno!" She turned to the girl standing next to her.
The girl standing next to Eiko hadn't expressed any emotion and just stared coldly at Kuno with her sharp purple eyes. Besides that, she had long white hair tied into a ponytail with a black bow. Her clothes consisted of a dark gray, baggy shirt over a black tank top, navy blue shorts and combat boots with black knee-high socks.
"Hello, miss. I'm Kuno O-"
"I heard," she said sharply, continuing to stare him down.
"U-Um…would you mind telling me your name?"
"…Natsumi Ebihara. Super High School Level Sniper. I'm not in the mood to speak with you right now…"
Well, even though I ended on a low note, I believe that's everyone, Kuno thought as Natsumi slowly turned back to Eiko, who gave him an encouraging smile. Just as he thought things couldn't get any more awkward…
"Kuno! Get your sorry ass over here!"
Speak of the Akira and she shall appear.
Before Kuno could walk over there, Akira quickly walked over to him. "Yes, Akira?" Kuno asked, trying his best not to get frustrated.
"Yeah, shut up for a sec. You hear that too, right?"
Kuno tried to listen for something, but he couldn't make out anything with the sounds of everyone in a conversation. "Sorry, it's kind of hard with everyone talking."
Akira rolled her eyes and sighed. "ALL RIGHT EVERYONE! SHUT THE HELL UP!"
The room fell silent as everyone turned to face Akira. "Okay, thanks for listening to me. Now does anyone else hear that sound?"
It somehow got even quieter as everyone tried to listen. A faint sound of static, like on a TV or radio, was heard.
"Now that you mention it," Ryota said, "It's the static, right?"
"Yeah, dumbass. Considering you're standing right next to a blinking monitor…"
"Who are you calling a dumbass?!" Ryota retaliated, angrily stomping over to Akira.
"Guys…please don't fight!" Eiko shouted, trying to separate them. She pushed both of them back.
"What's with you guys and TOUCHING ME?! First is the spy-loser over there, and now you? How many people here wanna freaking touch me?!"
"…I-I would n-never," Paige stuttered softly.
"Everyone here is so immature…" Daichi said rather coldly. Everyone turned to glare at him.
"I agree," Haniji stated. "All of you aren't nearly intelligent enough to grasp the true concept of art…you all make me sick to my stomach."
"That's pretty unconvincing coming from a creepo like you!" Masahide shouted, his face contorting to an angry expression.
"Everyone, please! This isn't safe! Someone could get hurt!" Eiko said, desperately trying to break up all of the fighting.
"Please, this isn't right. You all need to calm down," Masaru added.
"CALM DOWN?!" Ryota shouted alarmingly. "How are we supposed to calm down when we don't even know where the hell we are?!"
Suddenly, the static of the monitor began to screech extremely loud. Everyone stopped arguing and looked up to the monitor. An undefinable figure appeared, its shape distorting along with light static on the screen.
"Mic check! Mic check! One…two…three…okay, glad that sucker works! Ahem! Now that you're all done blabbering to each other, I would like all students to report to the gymnasium as soon as possible! See you around! Upupupupu!"
The voice that came from it was so childlike and disturbing that it gave everyone chills. The monitor quickly flickered off, the static ceasing.
"…Calm down my ass…" Ryota muttered, rolling his eyes.
"W-What was th-th-that?!" Paige stuttered, chilled to the bone and shuddering.
"I think it is best that we go to the gymnasium and see what that was all about," Natsumi announced.
"To hell with that! There's no way I'm going after that display!" Akira shouted in her usual tone.
"Did you not hear me? I said, I think it is best that we go to the gymnasium and see what that was all about," Natsumi said coldly, about to lose her temper.
"…Hmph. If anyone gets killed in the process, it's that bitch's fault." Akira confidently stomped out of the room. Only a few people started to follow.
"…These bubs need to get their acts together," Elena said bluntly as she walked out.
Kuno looked over to the people who still remained in the room. Ryota, Masaru, Paige, Masahide, Pyonpyon-King, and Ace all stood against a wall, not budging.
"Aren't you guys going to come?" Kuno asked. "They said that we should go as soon as possible."
"I-I'm just…s-s-s-scared…" Paige said, slowly shifting her feet.
"Same here," Ryota agreed, standing awfully close to Masaru. "You never know what's gonna happen, y'know?"
"I think we should go, Ryota. Imagine what would happen if we didn't," Masaru replied. He then proceeded to drag an unenthused Ryota out the door to the gym.
Masahide let out a heavy sigh. "I don't want to, but I guess I should go, too." He sadly trudged out, all happiness he had before drained out of him.
Pyonpyon-King put its head down and walked out without a word.
"Paige…" Kuno started, but was quickly interrupted.
"Good to see you again, Okura-sama!" Ace gleefully squealed. "I think we should walk there together, should we not?"
"C-C-Can I come, too?" Paige asked shyly.
Ace turned to her and gave her an unpleasant and rather nasty glare. "Idiots like you don't socialize with real people like us. Leave now, you unlucky trash."
Kuno shockingly watched as Paige hurriedly ran out, sobbing her head off.
"Jeez, Ace, that was really harsh! You shouldn't speak to women that way."
Ace let out a slight chuckle. "Oh, Okura-sama. You're still so clueless, aren't you. There's a lot I must teach you. Now come along."
Ace grabbed Kuno's hand tightly and dragged him out into the hallway to the gym. Kuno was quite in shock that Ace was holding his hand so tightly.
Once everyone was gathered in the gym, they all started to talk amongst themselves. Ace was still holding on to Kuno, babbling on about how they were the only ones who had any luck.
The talking immediately ceased when the same voice from the monitor rang through the room.
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