Seventh Agent (Tantei High)

Forty-Six

Ms. Reina's right. We're not thinking outside the box. Nasa loob lang kami and not expanding our thoughts. Masyado na itong occupied sa ibang problema na hindi mabigyan ng buong atensyon ang talagang problema na kinakaharap namin.

Ito lang naman ang ginagawa ko nitong nakaraang mga araw. I'm so occupied in how to say sorry, and that's just a normal problem. I tend to focus on the little things that I forget there are much bigger ones.

Hinila ko ang kumot ko, it's 2 am I think at hindi pa din ako makatulog. Kanina pang 10 nag-lights out. Kanina pa ako nagi-isip ng pwedeng gawin bukod doon sa fight fire against fire plan ni Ms. Reina. A more simple and complicated one that works.

But that doesn't exist. Kung meron man, simple at hindi komplikado ngunit 0.01 percent chance lang ang meron sa pagsa-succeed. If it's easy, it will not work as plan since konti lang ang effort na binuhos dito. I

"Psst," binuksan ni Akane ang lamp na nasa pagitan ng kama nila ni Riye. Nakita ko ang pulang buhok ni Akane na hindi nakaayos, "Hindi ba din kayo makatulog?"

Kinusot ni Riye ang kanyang mga mata at hinila ang kumot papunta saa mukha niya. Pagkatapos ng ilang segundo ay binaba niya na rin, nag-ayos pa yata. Masyadong concerned sa mukha itong si Riye. Mage-eighteen na kasi kaya nagpapaganda.

Binuksan ko din ang lamp na nasa pagitan ng kama namin ni Riye, "Akala ko ako lang ang hindi makatulog. So, anong plano niyo?"

"Walang lalabas ng dorm!" agad na protesta ni Riye at tinignan kaming dalawa ni Akane ng isang tingin na binabalaan.

She knew that iyon ang plano namin, naghihintayan lang na may magsabi. For who will say, will take the blame kapag nahuli kami. And, I wonder what the boys are doing? Hindi din ba sila makatulog? Probably not.

"Bakit naman?" Akane stood up, put on her jacket and smirked.

A smirk has a lot of meaning, 1) the person is mocking 2) the person's way of smiling 3)a person's thinking of a bad plan. At sa tingin ko nandoon kami sa pangatlo. That's behind Akane's smirk. The full moon is seen on the window when she opened it. Hindi pa din kami tumatayo and I'm waiting for Riye to make the first move.

At sana wag. Dahil alam kong sa huli, sermon ang makakamit namin. If Riye stands up, I will just go with it at sumama nalang. Kesa naman masabihan ako ng kill joy, right?

"Pagsisisihan ko ito," and Riye stood up and wore her sweater.

"C'mon, nandito naman kaming nee-san mo to guide you!"

Tinitigan ako ni Akane at Riye and we ended up sneaking out of the window. Feeling ko si Papa may control siya sa moon, kanina pa kami sinusundan eh! This is the worst case of paranoia, parang wala akong pinagaralan sa Science.

Sabay-sabay kaming pumunta sa library, wala ng ibang pwedeng gawin sa campus kung hindi pumunta sa library. First, we're not going to be caught here since wala namang CCTV sa library. Second, pwede kaming mag-conduct ng bagong plan para labanan ang mafia nila Lux. Lastly, may mini-fridge kasi dito kaya free food.

Dumaan kami sa window, since nakakalimutan palaging isara ito nung nagbabantay. Can't blame him, sobrang daming kailangang i-lock sa library.

"If we're caught, sasabihin kong idinawit niyo lang ako dito," Akane said when she's the last one to get in the library.

"Kapag ginawa mo yun hindi kita kakausapin habang buhay. I will treat you as if you're invisible," sabi ni Riye habang sinasara ang window. "And anong nangyari sa 'Andito kami ng mga nee-san mo' line?"

"Gagawin kong parol yung red mong buhok if you do that," I said causing quiet laughters. "I'm serious," while saying that, I didn't sound serious so their laughs are now more louder.

Naglakad na kami patungong history section ng library, maybe may secrets ang history na pwede naming malaman. Or some kind of prophecy to kniw how to defeat the Adams' mafia.

"Aw." I rub my head as I hit someone as cold as the wind.

"Anong ginagawa niyo dito? It's almost 3 am," Ken stated showing the time, "Hindi rin kayo makatulog ano?"

"And you're finding for other ways to defeat the mafia?" Reiji said, which is totally accurate.

"We've search through every history book here and there's nothing useful in our situation," said the walking ice block.

Nalungkot ako, because of many reasons. No more chance, isa nalag talaga ang pwedeng gamitin naming paraan. Ang plano ni Ms. Reina na fight fire against fir- Oh, ano yun?

May nakita ako sa dilim, lumapit ako patungo doon at nagtaka si Akane kaya sinundan niya din ako. And everybody started to follow me kahit hindi naman nila alam kung ano ang pinupuntahan ko. I just saw something shiny.

Ginamit ko ang maliit kong flashlight and a bunch of chairs are blocking it. Para talagang sinadyang takpan ito. And, one had the guts to pull the chairs out of the way. Of course, si Hiro na walang kinakakatakutan. Tinulungan na din siya nila Reiji para alisin ito and a shiny gold door surprised us.

This is well hidden since at first akala mo tambakan lang. At nasa likod pa siya ng isang malaking bookshelf so it's hard to see. Thanks to sixth senses, I can see little things that may be useful.

Maybe or maybe not.

"Anong meron dyan?" tanong ni Akane habang nakatago sa likod ni Riye.

"Different chemicals are in their, maybe it's an abandoned lab?" hula ni Ken ng ginamit niya ang kanyang sixth sense.

"May naririnig akong papalapit sa library," sabi ni Akane.

If we're caught, mahaba-habang sermon ang madadatnan namin. Or a day of community service. Kaya binuksan ko yung trapdoor na gold at hinikayat sila bumaba kasama ko. It's basically a basement.

"Tara na! Do you guys want to get caught?"

Nauna na akong bumaba sa kanila and they followed with no choice whatsoever. It's like a size of a classroom nang makita ko ang lugar. Tama si Ken, puno ng lab materials ang nandito. Different glass tubes, chemicals with labels at mga danger signs.

"I have a bad feeling about this." sabi ni Reiji.

"This might be good, start searching for useful materials."

Sinunod namin ang utos ni Hiro at nagsimula ng maghanap. Pumunta ako sa may shelf ng mga books at puro Science-y things yung mga nandoon. How to make bombs, nuclear weapon activation, mini explosives.. this is a lab where explosives are built.

"Nakita ko na ang librong ito," biglang sabi ni Hiro sa likod oo at kinuha yug lubro sa may pinakamataas na shelf. Again, it needs to be deciphered. Punong-puno ng math equations yung unang pahina ng libro. Maybe it's a guide.

"Saan mo nakita?" tanong ko habang tinitignan ng mabuti ang libro. It's old, dusty at yung mga pages niya parang nalalagas na.

"Palaging hawak ito ni Papa,"

1+1, 17+4, 10+10, 5×4, 3+2, 6×3, 12÷2, 18-6, 5×5.

Sinolve ko lahat ng yan sa utak ko and it didn't make any sense. 2, 21, 20, 20, 5, 18, 6, 12, 25. A bunch of numbers nanaman? And, I guess na-solve na ni Hiro since sinulat niya ang meaning nito sa isang papel.

Wow, ang bilis. He formed the word Butterfly sa papel. Now, alam ko na kung paano niya nabuo ito. Sa alphabet there are 26 letters at bawat letter may number kung saan sila nakapwesto. A is one, B is two, C is three and so on and so forth.

Nang ma-solve namin ito Hiro used his mind in contacting the others.

Dahil alam na namin na this will be a guide. This will be helpful.