It was noon when Veradis next woke up. Weakly pushing herself up, Veradis walked to the kitchen and got herself a glass of milk. She was famished. Grabbing a bowl cereal, Veradis began scooping it into her mouth. When she was done, she opened the fridge and grabbed some cold leftover pasta to eat. It was cold but she couldn't be bothered to care. Sighing unhappily, Veradis cursed herself for drinking the language potion. "Stupido idiota!" she cursed aloud.
Wait, what?
Had she just cursed in Italian? Hm, apparently the potion was for both real life and the game.
Wait ,what?
That… that meant that if people wanted to learn a language they could just… Veradis froze, stunned.
Brain cannot process.
Rebooting…
10%
36%
54%
79%
100%
Brain still cannot process.
Deleting unimportant information.
Brother's favourite candy-Deleted
Random anime-Deleted
Location of favourite anime figurine-Deleted
Rebooting…
4%
25%
47%
69%
83%
100%
Brain now online.
Processing…
Reprocessing…
In that case, if she wanted to learn any language, she could just enter the game and buy the potion. Eyes widening, Veradis didn't know whether to laugh or cry at that new piece of information. Laughing hysterically, Veradis entered the game once more. Finding herself back in her virtual bed, Veradis went to the wardrobe to choose an outfit.
Now her outfit needed to be bulletproof, this was mafia preschool after all. It was better to be safe than sorry. Thinking of the outfit she wanted, Veradis saw a simple white shirt and grabbed it. Lifting it up, she saw a tag on it.
WHITE SHIRT
Bullet-proof, Fire-proof, Shock-proof
As she looked around, she saw that all other articles of clothing had similar tags on them. Raising a brow, Veradis quickly wore the white shirt along with dark blue jeans and a pair of black shoes. As an afterthought, she pulled on a black jacket as well. She probably looked ridiculous… but who cares? Leaving her room, she met her father at the entrance hall.
"Vera-chan! You look so beautiful and independent! My little girl is growing up so fast!"
Veradis just nodded tiredly. Sometimes, the best solution was to ignore the root of her problems AKA her father. Just then, her father suddenly turned serious.
"Now Veradis, I want you to remember what I say now. First, don't purposely antagonise anyone-unless they start it first. Second, have fun. Third... damn, I forgot what I was going to say. You know what, just take this phone. If I need to tell you anything, I'll message you. Okay?" Her father pressed the phone into her hands. Looking at it, Veradis nodded.
"Okay! Now on to the car!"
Rolling her eyes, Veradis followed mutely.
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Soon they arrived at the preschool. The preschool was not actually a preschool. Rather, it was a just school. Mafia Academy it was called. Stealing her registration form from her father's pocket, Veradis looked at it.
Name: Veradis Abbadon Leonor
Age: 3
Birthday: 7/11
Gender: Female
Allergies: -NIL-
Parent/Guardian First Name: Malen Leonor
Current Address: *Classified*
Phone: 9870-5246
Email: MalenCLeonorMCL .
Please note that any injuries found on your child are not the fault of Mafia Academy.
The teachers of Mafia Academy would also like to request parents to inform their children NOT to agitate their seniors. This is due to them studying in the same building together. In fact, our classes are based on performance levels. For example, if a 10 year old student excels at mathematics, we will put him/her with the older students. The placement of the students are based on a series of tests in the beginning of the year.
Hm, that meant that there was a possibility of her being top in some subjects and absolute bottom in others. Veradis frowned slightly before passing the form back to her father and continuing to walk. Looks like she'd be going through some tests soon. Walking throught the gates, Veradis and her father were recieved by two men.
"Sir, please head this way. As for your daughter, she will have to come us to take the tests." Her father frowned slightly before turning to her.
"Veradis," passing her a taser, her father continued. "Take this taser. If anyone tries to take you, press this to their genitals-if they're a male, or somewhere on their body and fire. Okay?" Veradis nodded before leaving with the two men. Following them, she was soon led to a large room filled with other children her age. Entering the room, she moved towards the corner of the room underneath the security cameras in the room. Then facing towards the door, she took out her phone pretending to play it while spying on the children entering the room. They… didn't seem like much. Rolling her eyes, she continued staring at the children entering the room.
"VOOOOOOOOOOI!" Her eye twitched. He was too loud. Standing up, she marched forward to Squalo before demanding that he 'shut up'.
"VOOOOOI! WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO YOU STUPID GIRL!"
"Because I asked you, loud-mouthed imbecile."
"VOOOOOOI! WHO ARE YOU CALLING LOUD-MOUTHED IMBECILE, OLD LADY SCUM!"
"WHAT! How dare you call me an old lady scum you're practically one leg into the grave already you trashy old man!
"VOOOOOI"
Squalo took his sword and placed on Veradis neck. Looking at the sword, Veradis took out her tessens and placed one on Squalo's neck. She completely forgot about the taser. Veradis and Squalo glared at each other. Lightning sparked to life in between them. Both dared the other to make the next move.
CRASH!
Both jumped back as a body landed between them.
"Ummm, sorry I trippedanddon'tkillmeplease."
"VOOOOOOOI!"/"Tch." Both immediately refocused their glares on the unlucky blond who had tripped. So great was their anger that a red aura formed around the duo. Then simultaneously, both turned around having deemed the blond utterly pathetic.
"Truce?"
"Truce."
"I'm Veradis."
"I'm Squalo."
"Anyway, don't you think that there's something funny about this." asked Veradis.
"Voooi! What do you mean?"
"I mean, they've stuck all of us into this room. There's no teacher or guards… Do you know out of these 40+ children, about 16 of us are heirs to our various famiglias. It's just an estimate of course. So where are the guards? We are currently very vulnerable in the building. After all, our parents have been led away. So, do you have any idea of what to do?"
"VOOOOI! Let me think! Do you have paper?" Veradis searched her pockets for a piece of paper. Hm, to her surprise there was a notebook and pen inside. Passing it over to Squalo, she watched as Squalo started writing.
"VOOOOI! This is the building we are in. Right now we are very vulnerable especially since there is a security camera. As such, it means that we are being spied on right now."
"I can settle the camera problem. Let's check the teacher's desk. There might be something inside that might help us. Just one problem, if there really is something worthwhile inside, the camera might pick us up and we might be in trouble. "
"VOOOOI! THEN SETTLE THE CA- PROBLEM!"
"Yeah, yeah." Veradis took out her phone and stood up besides the camera. Then she began recording the room. Once approximately a minute had passed, she took one of her tessens and threw it up to the camera in order to block the view. Then, setting the video on repeat, she placed it at the camera before motioning for Squalo to check the teacher's desk. Then removing the tessen slowly, she checked that Squalo was doing as she said before removing the tessen completely.
Meanwhile, Squalo was at the teacher's desk to check it out. Grabbing all the papers and objects he found from the desk, Squalo dumped them underneath the table she was using to stand on. Taking her tessen again, she stabbed it into the wall before moving her phone and tessen away. Sitting back on the chair, Squalo and Veradis began going through the papers.
"What do you have?"
"..."
"VOOOOI! WHAT DO YOU HAVE?"
"Tch. Don't be too loud. Anyway, I have blueprints of the entire school building. You?"
"A letter."
"What does it say?" Squalo passed the letter to Veradis while snatching the blueprints from her.
Dear Parents,
We at Mafia Academy would like to inform you that there is no school on 12/01/_.
Due to this, we would like to tell you to keep your children at home.
This is due to the yearly orientation.
Thank you.
Veradis looked at the letter blankly. This was considered an official letter? Rolling her eyes, she began to look through the items ransacked from the teacher's desk.
Fountain pens… They could use it to squirt ink into people's eyes?
Ruberbands… They could use it to shoot at people?
A gun… Now this was useful.
Three hoverboards…These were probably confiscated by a teacher. But they were useful.
Finished going through the items, Veradis looked around the room.
Chaos.
Groups of children were fighting while others cheered them on. Others were napping, screaming, crying...etc…
It was hell.
Turning back towards Squalo, she asked about the plans.
"VOOOOOI! DON'T RUSH ME!"
"The plans?"
"VOOOO! Alright, we should get into the main building first. Problem is, there are no vents or whatever to help us sneak in. Best thing to do is sneak in through the side door. But to get there, we hae to go through approximately 40m with no cover."
"We have three hoverboards. We can use that."
"Good. Then, once we are in, there will be many security cameras. We will need to get rid of them."
"I have an idea. Are the cameras connected to one another? As in the electrical circuits?"
"VOOOI! How would I know?"
"Okay, in that case we will have to get in first. I have a taser, you see. With that, I can overload the electrical circuits and 'boom' and 'bang' the security cameras will cease to work."
"VOOOI! DON'T SAY BOOM! Anyway, if there are any hostile people, they'll probably be in the principal's office. This is due to it being the most secured building."
"But when we are there what do we do?"
"VOOOOOOI! WE FIGHT!"
"I see…"Veradis nodded slowly.
"VOOOOOI! LET'S GO THEN!"
Together the two of them snuck out of the building. Putting the gun in her pocket, Veradis passed two fountain pens to Squalo before telling him what it was for. Then quickly standing on the hoverboard, they switched it on… before smashing into the wall.
"VOOOOI! WE NEED PRACTISE!"
"There's no time! Just hold on to each other and go!"
Grabbing onto each other, they leaned forward before zooming towards the side door. Once they reached the side door, they were stumped. None of them knew how to pick open doors. What to do… What to do? Veradis looked and Squalo looked at each other before scowling. Damn… Looking down, Veradis remembered the gun. Pulling it out, Veradis placed it on the door lock before pulling the trigger.
Bang!
The door opened. Veradis and Squalo quickly ran in. Looking up, they saw a security camera. "Squalo, lift me up."
Squalo grumbled but did as he was told. Then, Veradis took out her taser and setting the voltage to max, she placed it at the wires before pulling the trigger. The next thing they knew, the whole place was plunged into darkness.
"Voooi! What did you do?"
"I don't know! Maybe everything was connected? But we have to go now!" Putting her on the ground, Veradis took out her phone and opened the flashlight app. Then looking at the blueprints, they swiftly made their way to the principal's office.
"Stupid boss making me check what's up. Tch."
"Squalo hide!" whispered Veradis frantically as she switched of her phone. Running to a side corridor, Squalo and Veradis quickly hid.
"We need to take him out. I can use the taser to do it. The gun only has 4 more ammunition inside. I checked."
"Vooi! You distract while I take the taser and do it!"
Nodding, Veradis ran out in front of the random grunt. Putting on her sweetest, most innocent voice, Veradis chirped out, "Papa, is thash you? Me sho scared! Waaah!"
"Umm… I'm not your pa-" The grunt was abruptly cut off as he fell to the ground twitching.
"Okay, let's ransacked his body!"
"VOOOI! What!"
"As in take what he has… You know, his torchlight?" Squalo and Veradis began grabbed the grunt's torchlight, phone, gun as well as spare ammunition.
"Voooi! Let's go!" Then the two of them continued on their way to the principal's office.
Soon they reached it. Looking at each other, they gulped before steeling their features. "If we die here, it was nice knowing you."
"Voooi! Same here!"
Squalo took out his sword and gun while Veradis took out her taser and gun. Jumping up, she placed the taser on the control pad before pulling the trigger. The light turned green before the door opened.
Woa… This chapter is finally done! Who could be behind the doors? Oh, and updates will no longer be as frequent. School is starting this Monday.