Shulk, Zellium, and Saeyimur went into the library from the hidden door and shut the bookshelf before someone could notice, if there was anyone else besides them.
The blonde-haired boy wiped the sweat of his forehead. "That was a close one, but we made it. Now what?"
"We fight back against the mastermind, of course!" Zellium answered.
"Right. Zell came up with an excellent plan and now is the best time to put it into action." Saeyimur agreed.
"OK, so what do we do?" Shulk asked.
"Follow my lead. With this plan, the mastermind won't suspect a thing until the next trial's over!" Sharla's Cinderace partner exclaimed.
Without any objections, the three of them ran off. It was finally time to put Zellium's plan into action and break the survivors out.
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Begin Chapter 5: Despair Lurking Within Hope
At this point, none of us knew what to expect the next day. I went to the dining hall and saw that the ahoge on Keebo's head was gone and that his light had reverted back to what it was before Miu's death.
Gonta, Kiyo, Miyuji, and Kokichi were talking with each other while Kaede, Tenko, and Keebo focused on eating breakfast.
I wonder if Keebo has an eating function installed though. I thought to myself. Regardless, this room feels more empty now with four more of us gone.
"Is everyone feeling OK after what happened last night?" I asked.
"Yeah, I feel a whole lot better than last night." Kaede admitted.
"Me too." Tenko agreed.
"To be honest, all of us do feel a bit better." Keebo said.
"H-How can you guys be s-so calm when f-four people are d-dead?" Kokichi nervously asked.
"You need to calm down, we just needed the time to ourselves to think over what happened." Miyuji responded.
"Miyuji's right. Even us Disciples have a breaking point somewhere and when we're pushed to it then things really snowball from there." Gonta added.
"O-Oh yeah, I-I kinda forgot about t-that." The faux supreme leader admitted.
What happened next really caught us off-guard.
BANG! BOOM!
The whole room shook as an explosion echoed from outside.
"What the hell was that?!" Kiyo yelled.
"It sounded like it came from outside, let's go!" I exclaimed as all of us ran out of the dining hall.
As we ran across the hallways, the explosions got louder. We ran out of the building and saw some parts of the academy being destroyed.
"T-The academy..! It's being destroyed!" Kaede shouted in fear.
"Sharla!"
We turned to see that Shulk, Zellium, and Saeyimur were the ones causing all of these explosions. Shulk's appearance was a big relief to me as I finally found him after many days in this academy.
"Shulk! I'm so glad you're OK!" I said as both of our groups got together.
"Yeah, but we got a bigger problem right now." Shulk said. "The mastermind took most of my fighting ability right out of my body and they became something a single person wouldn't be able to fight."
"And they don't know we're doing this until the next trial." Saeyimur added.
"When the next trial happens, that's when the destruction of this hell can truly begin." Zellium finished.
"You mean after the next murder?!" Tenko asked.
"It seems like it." I answered.
It was at that point that Kokichi and Keebo left us and I didn't see where they went. Regardless, Zellium and Shulk explained their plan to all of us. Kaede, Miyuji, and Tenko seemed a bit nervous but they agreed to it anyway if it can get us out of here.
"Everything will be normal until then." Saeyimur said.
I nodded my head in agreement "Alright. We've been here for a while now, so what have we got to lose?"
I wasn't sure what happened after that but Shulk, Zellium, and Saeyimur kept the destruction at a minimal to prevent the Monokubs from getting suspicious and the day went on like any normal day here so nighttime gave me a moment to think about the plan now in action from here on out.
I'm glad Shulk's safe though. I hope this plan works the way he, Zellium, and Saeyimur want it to. I thought to myself as I went to sleep.