Kiryu had no clue what he would gain in chasing them - like he reasoned before, they could very well be going home. Which meant that following them could land him in prison once again, earning yet another painful security marker. Yet he felt like his mission was connected to the girl. If he managed to bring her to that thing that ask him to bring her, then maybe he'd get what he wanted.
And if that meant stalking kids, well, then he'd do it. Stalking people was nothing new. And plus, it wasn't like he was hurting them. That was something he wasn't going to do, no matter what the situation called for.
Luckily, they seemed to stay in the school. The gym wasn't on the level needed to exit the school, and so it was natural for people to take the stairs if they wanted to leave. And yet the three kids never left the stairs. They just kept on going up the stairs, not once deciding to enter the area held by the landing that lead to other rooms. And that worked out perfectly for Kiryu. If he happened to get caught then he could pass it off as "I'm trying to find a room to go to" as he was technically a teacher there, if only for a day. And that sounded nothing like stalking.
Plus, he kept his distance from them. Far enough not to be accused of stalking them, and yet close enough that their conversation was a little more than barely audible noises. Though he honestly had no clue what they were talking about. Because there was talk about a digital something and some kind of emperor. Kiryu summed it up to that being a book that they were reading, but one that wasn't so well received as words like bad and terrible were mentioned a lot. Though they stopped when they reached the top of the steps. Kiryu allowed himself to take two more steps in order to see what they were doing.
They were too far for him to hear if they continued their conversation, but that would've been pointless anyways. With the male (the one without the hat) in the lead, they made their way to the first door Kiryu's line of sight allowed him to see. They entered, leaving the door closed.
As quietly as he could, Kiryu sprinted up the rest of the steps. He wanted to hear if they were having another conversation. Mainly because then it would be easier for him to get the girl to where that thing lived. And yet he was having doubts about following them into the room. He had absolutely no clue as to what could be going on in that room, and truthfully, he didn't want to walk in blindly to it. From what little he saw, he was pretty sure there were no teachers, but that didn't explain what those kids could be doing.
And yet, he had a mission to be done. So as a little compensation for the fact that he didn't want to enter (fear decided that it wanted to stay in his mind), he quietly, yet quickly, made his way towards the door frame. One where he could guard the stairs if he knew he had to leave and still make out whatever they were saying inside the room.
There was yet another conversation. This time it didn't seem to be about a book, but more for waiting for the others.
"You know its common curtsy to wait for people, right?" one asked loud enough for him to hear. From what he could hear, Kiryu assumed it was one of the males that was with the girl.
So they're waiting for someone... Kiryu decided to focus one eye on the stairwell for just in case. If they were waiting for someone then they were most likely going to go up the stairs. And he didn't want to explain what he was doing in front of the door.
"I wish they'd just apply that same bit to us though."
Kiryu was sure that there was more to that line than what he heard, but another conversation - one he didn't have to strain to hear - cut into it. There was another party making its way to this floor, which meant that he was going to have to explain himself. That was only if he decided to stay there.
But he wasn't. Kiryu instead walked towards the stairwell once again, this time making it sound like he was actually there (which was much harder for him to do) instead of the quiet steps he frequently used.
By the time he made it to the start of the steps, the people he had heard were almost up there, two steps away from making it to the top. Neither of them saw him, but Kiryu made note of their appearance. One short, one a bit taller. The shorter one had brown hair while the other had a more purplish color.
With minimal effort, he made his way a quarter way down the stairs before deciding to look back at the door. The one with purplish hair had it open and kept it opened. The smaller one was already inside from what Kiryu could see, and they appeared to be in a conversation.
"This time we'll throw the emperor off his high throne!" someone yelled. Kiryu took another step to verify who it was. And yet it was no one in the room. He assumed it was the one holding the door then, as that made some sense.
The same emperor they were talking about before? It had to be, though what kind of book allowed you to play along? Unless they were like a mini Team Satisfaction...though, he saw nothing that needed to be fixed here at all. With a place similar to Satellite, he could understand, but here? There seemed to be no point.
The door closed. Kiryu hurriedly walked up the rest of the steps to get to the door. He wanted to see what they were doing...and he didn't think he'd be able to achieve that through closed doors. When he got to the door, he waited about four seconds before opening it a crack.
There was a pink-haired boy in the room, sitting by a computer. He wasn't doing anything but watching. As for the others that he knew were in there, Kiryu could only assume they did the same thing as the boy in front of the computer the other boy was watching - getting sucked in by the computer.
Kiryu opened the door. The pink-haired boy took notice and scrambled to get in front of the computer, pressing a couple of buttons. It did nothing to erase what Kiryu saw.
And personally, that had to be the weirdest thing he ever experienced. Yet, it didn't bother him. It just surprised him. Pretty faintly at that. Still, he wanted answers.
"What just happened?"