Disclaimer: Someone told me that I don't own any of the franchises mentioned below since I'm poor as hell. What a pity. I was about to make my Ruby X Yang ship canon, but oh well.

Betaread'd by a guy named Grammarly, I think?

"Is that a child?"

"How unmoral of him, bringing a boy into a murder ground."

Yes, Lady Number 2, how very unmoral of him. It's not like you're holding a child yourself, right? Spoiler alert, she did. Right after she said that a police officer arrived and shooed her and others away.

Huh, where did I go wrong to get here? Oh right, John brought me here to the crime scene, a modest house in a normal urban area. For 'educational purposes', he says. Bringing a child into a blood-bathed place definitely screams 'educational purposes'.

Without any regard for his reputation, which I'm pretty sure he doesn't have in the first place, he kept ignoring the whispers around until he found who I presume to be the one he was looking for.

"Hey, over here!" He shouted to a woman garbed in stereotypical police uniform. Her striking blonde hair flows down her shoulder and her eyes a bright blue. She notices us and walked straight to us.

"Doctor."

"Officer Arc," They both greeted each other.

...Arc?

"I see that you brought someone today," She looked at me with a questioning stare, probably wondering why a perfectly sane man brought a boy here.

"He's an intern."

"A 5-year-old intern."

"He'll grow. Just look at him, he's already growing," John pats me on the back, causing me to stumble forward. He gestured at me to introduce myself.

"Yo," I raised my hand in a friendly manner, "The name's Eflin. Nice to meet you."

"...Right," The woman replied back, "Violet Arc. Nice to meet you too."

I could tell that she wanted to say something else but restrained herself from saying it. Also, Arc?

During one of my 'intern programs', I checked the Scroll when John went out for some business. None of the canon events had occurred yet. So this must be either one of Jaune's sisters or his mother.

Violet looked back at John and said, "I hope you know what you're doing." She turned her back against us and gestured to follow her. We hastened our steps to catch up with her. John walked beside her while I trailed right behind them.

"So, what's the situation?" John asked.

"Here," Violet gave him a file, "But just in case, I'll explain the gist of it. A potential murder happened this morning at around 10:30 a.m. A man's body was found dead in front of his bedroom door with a knife inside his chest. Curiously, no fingerprints could be identified around the knife's handle except for his own."

The explanation goes on and on to the point where I just went blank and didn't pay attention to whatever she was saying since, one, the rest of her explanation is kind of gibberish to my brain.

And two, the world started to slow down and even loses its colours.

Eventually, everything stops. Both the man and the woman in front of me and even time itself. Not a single fibre of my body would respond. Not a single sound could be heard.

Except...

[Oh, good. Thought I messed everything up.]

A voice makes itself very clear inside my head. I could've sworn I'd heard this voice before...

Oh right, the guy who brought me here.

What are you doing here, pal? To ruin my already messed up life?

[N-no! Do you have any idea how hard is it to find yourself in this seemingly limitless world?]

It's not my fault that we got here in the first place.

[Look, do you want to know what really happened back then when the glitch first occurred?]

Sure, after all, we have all the time we need in the world.

So, long story short, this... System.

[Yes.]

This System had been having these glitches for unknown reasons for a very long time.

[Yes.]

And it is the reason why we are in this situation.

[Yep, that's the gist of it.]

Alright, let me take a breather to process all of this.

...

Okay, is there anything that we can do now?

[Um, you could... Kill yourself?]

What?

[I mean if you kill yourself now, we could retrieve your spirit and do all of this again, without interruption this time.]

No, I don't think I will.

[Why?! You're denying yourself a chance to fix all of this!]

Jeez, no need to scream inside my head. Look, I don't like the idea of dying anytime soon. Dying kind of hurts, if you must know.

Besides, can't you use, like, any of your hocus-pocus power to fix this?

[I'm just an employee at the end of the day, okay? The only people who have those kinds of power are the big shots like the boss.]

Go and ask your boss then. Also, you have a boss?

[You want me to get fired, is it? Besides, my boss is the kind of person you do NOT want to cross.]

I have so many questions to ask, but I'll hold them back for now. So, what's the plan here, buddy? I'm not killing myself and you're not asking your boss.

[Well, Plan A is killing yourself.]

I'm kind of concerned that your first plan is murder.

[Plan B is simple. We just simply finish this story. Make sure your uh 'adventure' is completed perfectly. My boss won't notice any unfinished business and you will have my help if you need anything in the future. 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' kind of deal.]

Alright then, give me some OP power-ups.

[I can't do that! I'm pretty sure that I already told you that there will be no System or anything for you.]

Then, what the hell can you do for me?!

[...Motivational support?]

This is gonna be an annoying partnership, isn't it?

[Does that mean you accept?]

Do you see any other option here, Mr No Name?

[You don't have to be mean about it, and the name's Jimmy. Don't forget that. I'll unstop time now so just call me if you need anything.]

And just like that, time moves once again. The pair in front of me started to move again.

I kept walking, pretending anything that happened a few minutes ago didn't exist.

AN

Christ, has it been really more than year since I've updated? Choosing either to write this chapter or pass my chems test is pretty ez. But then life decided to kick me in the nuts and brought me more problems.

Good news, I passed my chems test. Bad news, I failed my history test :(

Now a disclaimer, I am not a medical professional. Anything regarding medical issues in this fanfiction is purely obtained from my own personal research. So forgive me if I got anything wrong in the fic. I'll try and fix anything if I can.

Reviews:

ThanoSstinks: I know right?

Guest #1: Don't really know whether to take this as a compliment or an insult but I'll take it as a compliment lol.

Ghostly: 1st question, obviously. As for the second question, I have plans to include them as a cameo but plot-wise, probably have minor or even no roles for now.

Guest #2: Thanks!

The Nugget Of Terror: Another thanks!

Guest #3: And it would be even more funner.

Anyway, ciao. The next chapter would probably come out in like 1 more year, I think. Maybe.

Bye.