Kiryu found himself staring at the pink-haired boy who was obviously deprived of his chance to get sucked in as well. Which was fine by Kiryu – that meant he had someone to tell him things. If he decided to tell.

"I was just testing out this software I made. It's still pretty faulty though…" He mumbled the rest to himself, as if he expected Kiryu to know all of that. But still, he saw what he saw. And there was no way for him to accept that it was something else without proper explanation.

"Yet I saw a kid getting sucked into that."

"Someone getting sucked into the computer is virtually impossible. Your eyes must have been playing tricks on you."

Kiryu would agree with that if he could. Not that didn't believe his own sight, but so many things happened over the course of the last two days (or months if he really wanted to push it) that he could chalk it up to weird vision. Especially without any proof. But the problem was that kid. He was going out of his way to hide it, as if he knew that was something Kiryu shouldn't see or know. The kid scrambled to the same computer and was just watching them before. Of course he knew. And he won't let anyone else know.

But as for games filled with tricks and surprises, Kiryu was good at them. And so he was going to play along with this kid's terrible attempt at a lie. At least give him some hope that he successfully did his job.

"What's this program supposed to do then?" Kiryu asked. He didn't bother to change his tone – no matter what, he was still mildly annoyed and pretty tired. He was not going to make himself sound sweeter for a kid who was lying to his face.

"Create a hologram version of someone," he said. Which meant that it was nothing new. Kiryu had seen holograms before – that was basically implemented in every duel he took part in. But this kid made it sound like it was something new. Was that technology something they didn't have? Probably. Well, he was going to have to play along.

"So you were just returning it back to the screen?"

The boy nodded. "It had some faulty programming so I have to fix it."

"Can I see it?" Kiryu had absolutely no clue what he was going to do with the programming when he got it. He had no clue how programming actually worked, but he assumed it would do him some good.

But a small smile found its way on his face instead.

Once Kiryu asked the innocent question the boy panicked. Attempting to form words happened to be one of them. The vowel 'I' could be heard until the kid decided to shut up and push random buttons. A little window that wasn't there before popped up, but that was all the button pressing did.

"I seem to have misplaced that program," he said, his voice still frantic. "I should have the full version on my laptop. I'll show it to you tomorrow if you really want to see it."

"I have no need to see it." The kid sighed. Kiryu assumed it was of relief, especially since it was short and not all that loud.

"Well then, do you need any help operating any of the computers here?" he asked, motioning to the rows of computers. Kiryu didn't notice that first – too busy trying to figure things out – but he really had no need for them either way.

"No. But how likely is it for someone to get sucked into a computer screen?"

The boy hesitated a bit. Kiryu didn't know why. It was a simple question, not at all proving anything the kid did as a lie.

"About as likely as someone coming back from the dead. Why?"

Kiryu smirked. Then it was possible and his eyes were definitely not playing tricks.

"No reason."

-0-0-0-

Kiryu had exited the school shortly afterwards. From what he was told as he went towards the door, he was going to be doing the exact same thing. Teach gym once again and attempt to stalk the girl once again. This time he actually had a lead, but he didn't know how he could actually follow up on that. He never learned how to get into the computer; just that those kids actually did go in there at times. So as for what he could do to follow her, his options where to either hack into the computer and figure it out or just continue to stalk her. Which was a problem. Kiryu didn't know exactly how long he could even stay in the school. He had luckily gotten an extra day, but that wasn't telling him much. Was that extra day his last day or did he have a little under a week to get it done? He hoped the latter, but there was no telling what could happen.

Though, attempting to use the same computer that kid used didn't seem like a bad idea. If the girl happened to visit whatever was in there, then he meet her in there and then take her to whoever he had to bring her to and be on his merry way to death.

And yet it involved breaking in. The thought of breaking into the school had crossed his mind before, but he didn't want to do it now. He could easily get into the school now, being a teacher and all that, so breaking in was something he didn't have to do. He could easily do it the next day and not run the risk of messing with the computer.

Yet, he kind of wanted the thing done now. He wanted to get in there and wait for the girl, not follow her and do whatever he could the chance he got it. That way he could figure out how to get her and bring her back. And see if his deck did anything.

I guess we're breaking and entering then.

But that principle was still in there. Which might be the biggest problem yet. Sure, he was nice enough, but would he really be fine with Kiryu breaking and entering? No, probably not. That was practically a crime everywhere but Satellite. And that might come at the risk of yet another Security marker and more time in prison. And he neverwanted to relive the experience he had in prison - even if it was on a shorter scale than the other one. Because it was there he descended into madness, and that was something that he regretted doing.

So instead, he walked around the area. He was still going to break into the school, but he was also trying to avoid getting caught. Which meant that he had to wait a bit before doing what he wanted to do. And while waiting at the school was definitely something he could do, actually, something he would like to do, he didn't want the guy recognizing him and then potentially messing everything up. Because risking people seeing his security marker was better than getting a plan messed up.

But he had to say that he was pretty sure that didn't matter. Security did a pretty good job with his marker, as much as he hated to admit. It went down the entirety of the left side of his face. So even though his bangs started growing to the point that they were actually able to be considered bangs (but still of a somewhat normal length), it'll still be noticed. And yet, no one - not even any of the other teachers - noticed the mark so far. Sure, it was small in width, but it was noticeable. And the lack of notice prompt him into thinking that they were deemed obsolete and unnecessary.

Though that didn't mean that Kiryu let his guard down. They could still know and maybe report him to the police. But at least he was able to leisurely stroll through the streets.

While they werebarren for the most part, it still felt pretty nice. A different bit of scenery from all that darkness he was used seeing. For the most part, it made him feel less lonely. It had also giving him a bit of hope.

-0-0-0-

The sun was down, and no one was active. It was perfect for Kiryu.

And it surprised him. He had expected the city to be a bit more active at night. Cautious. They had to be because of robberies and break outs, or just simply a Satellite resident attempting to move into the city. And while he hadn't seen much of the city, prison had told him that some at least stayed up. Doing terrible things, sure, but still up.

Yet, when he had managed to run into a more populated area, it stayed populated for a decent three hours. Then people moved away to other places, buildings closed for the day until eventually, he was the only one left in the streets. And luckily, his trench coat was the perfect color to blend into the night.

The walk to school was rather easy. No cars or D-Wheels in sight, meaning that he could simply walk on the roads of the streets without a fear of anything. And while death would've been something that he wanted, he was pretty sure, at this point, that he wasn't going to stay dead until he fulfilled his mission, which basically meant that he had to do this mission or else nothing would happen.

And sight wasn't much of a problem. His eyes had always adjusted to the darkness pretty easily, so it wasn't that hard for him to easily get to where the school was.

The problem was that it was locked. He expected much. And while he could probably bust the door down easily, he didn't want to create such a scene. So he opted for the nearest window instead, opened the latch and crawled inside.

He ended up in the place he was earlier. And while it was a bit harder to maneuver through that place, he managed to get to the door with only the occasional stumble on a chair or something like that.

Kiryu twisted the knob. It, to his surprised, opened, allowing him to step into the hallway and to look around for a staircase. From memory, the room was on the last floor, so he had to figure out a way to get there. And stairs were the only way. And despite being barely able to see anything (the light from the moon was unable to enter the corridor), he figured that he'd be able to find one before he got caught.

And it looked like he wouldn't. No one was in the school, so he was able to move around freely. Which prompt him into tripping on the stairs he needed, but at least he found them.

But the ascent was slower than he normally did. Sure, the added factor of not being able to see played a role, but also because his mind was running a million thoughts. He wasn't even sure if he could get the computer to open up whatever it was that the kid was using. And plus, there was also the fact that he didn't know what the kid was doing before he entered the room. He just seemed to be observing the kids as they got sucked in there, possibly going in there after the last one. And he had changed the program before Kiryu even had a chance to see it.

This is hopeless.

He took a step back. Kiryu knew of nothing about most technology and even if he had managed to learn computer stuff from Yuusei, it would be meaningless if he was unable to figure out what thing the kid was doing. In reality, coming here was pointless. It made no sense. And it would've just been better to sleep on his bench or watch the sea. He should've just tried to get that kid to cooperate with him tomorrow. And hopefully that would work. Which would've been a much better option – no risk of ruining a computer. So he didn't have to continue with this plan.

He took yet another step back before deciding to turn around to continue the rest of it, only to realize that the ground was even. He was pretty sure that he hadn't gone down an entire flight of stairs. He was at least on the second flight.

Turning around, he noticed the somewhat familiar greys and the very familiar bars. It was where he spent his last minutes as a human who had a chance of actually being human and staying dead.

It was his cell in which he rotted, accompanied by something. Something which he was sure wasn't in his cell before.