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Shot of Silence Chapter 17: Creating The Lines
"Hey, you," calling out the dazed brunet, Henko waved his hand in front of Heath’s line of view to gain the younger’s attention since calling his name doesn’t seem to be so effective anymore, “you okay, dude?” “ah, yes? Sorry, you were saying?” Lips pursed into a line, Henko was clearly unimpressed with his masking, “Is there something the matter, Heath? You've been so distracted since dinner time.” And it’s morning now. A brand new day, yet his cousin looked like he hadn’t even had a wink of rest. Much to his dismay, his intuition was right. Ah, sorry, it’s nothing much. There’s just something on my mind.” Sheepishly scratching the back of his head, Heath offers another smile in hope it’ll make the other less worried. However, unfazed by any of that, Henko, who has seen the exhausted look that the other slips up a moment ago, poked him with another question, “Nothing serious, but consuming your waking hours?” He made a face at Heath, eyes staring straight at the pair of brown, sho
Shot of Silence Chapter 18: The Prankster Hoyden
As soon as he reached the school ground, he noticed that only Perry was in the teacher room. The mutant was comically writing in his planner, like he usually does during his morning routine, when Heath greeted him before heading to class. A yawn escaped his lips as he made his way through the creaky hallway. "Damn, I'm tired," he thought. He knew that Henko had been pointing this out during breakfast, but by then, his mind was still running a mile away. Meanwhile, despite the buzzing alarm in his head, nothing seemed out of the ordinary right now. So, whatever his Enhanced Insight was trying to warn him about, it likely wouldn't happen yet. Probably somewhere around noon, or at the earliest, when his two other coworkers arrived at the school. According to Perry, they would arrive in three hours or so because they had a meeting with the chairman first. "Honestly, the fact that the chairman is agreeing to any of this is—" he paused, searching for the right word. "Sick? Icky?" Well, at
Shot of Silence Chapter 19: Mr. Chameleon
"Sensei, are you okay?" A different voice chimed in, snapping him out of grief as he saw Lia and the two other students behind her, who earlier volunteered to help him clean up. "Hmm? Why yes, Lia-chan. A thought just crossed my mind, that's all," he smiled. "Really? You were so distracted, though," she dragged on, obviously curious but not wanting to make the other uncomfortable. "You can share with us so it wouldn't bother you too much, Heath-sensei," Zane added, looking just as concerned, in which the brunet smiled. 'They're such nice children indeed.' He can’t believe that there are adults with high power out there who dares to taint these children’s innocence just to keep their own hands clean. "Well, It might be a bit disturbing, but since you're asking so kindly~" Heath decided to humor them a bit. "What do you think of Perry-sensei as sushi?" The three students were dumbstruck while the redhead, who was standing behind all of them. "Probably doesn't taste as good as real
Shot of Silence Chapter 20: False Alarm
An astonished expression could be seen in the gleam of the other male's eyes. However, it was not long later that he cleared his throat, “Hmm, that’s good for you.” He then followed up immediately with the formal introduction of the new recruit, cutting short the brief slip of emotion on his face. “Well, Sagara-san, let me introduce you to Mister Orion Conman.” He said, gesturing at the youngest in the room, “He’s been recruited to assist the students’ study from a letter of recommendation from someone,” The man explained vaguely while Orion, just like yesterday, reached his hand out to shake Heath’s hand. “I’ll be in your care, Sagara-san~!” a silly grin adorned his face as Heath took his hand and shook it. Putting aside Orion’s demeanor, Heath noticed that Lillian was giving him a stare from where she stood, not so far behind the young man. ‘I guess they wanted me to keep quiet about yesterday.’ He gave a nod, both to answer the greeting and to the secret agent. Then again, befor
Shot of Silence Chapter 21: Just A Bit Peculiar
"Sagara Heath, quite a weirdo, ain’t he?" Orion remarked as he found himself alone with Lillian in the teacher's lounge. 'Well, I mean, he's not bad, just rather peculiar than your everyday folks.' She ponders before deciding to say something less bold, for she couldn't exactly agreeing with that statement despite feeling the same. "Yeah, He's really not a bad guy, just a bit more on the eccentric side," the ravenette responded, choosing a milder statement. Despite feeling similarly, she refrained from fully agreeing. Eccentricity suits the brunet, evident in his bold fashion choices—different colored undershirts daily and now, hair accessories with feathers and a bracelet adorned with various charms. "I see," Orion hummed, "Well, anyway. I had prepared various approaches for the target," he reported nonchalantly, lighting up another cigar. "I never thought seduction would work. Seems like that punk is also a peculiar one, but hey, what works ain’t stupid." “Hmm hmm,” Lillian glanc
Shot of Silence Chapter 22: Egotistical Seducer
Perry took his leave as soon as the bell rang, stating that he heard someone using the coffee machine and wanted some for himself. The next class was Orion’s anyway, so he left the students in the right person's care. "Er... Orion-sensei?" Nia called out after their new teacher failed to touch, let alone finish off their target. It was embarrassing that he missed his target, but he blamed the fact that he hadn't been given any gun and was armed only with a flimsy special dagger, his least favorite weapon. Either way, the mentioned man was too aggravated to acknowledge the call as he put the dagger back into its sheath. On the other hand, Nia, who kept getting ignored, was also starting to get annoyed. Thankfully, before she could explode on their new teacher, their class rep, Jitsuo, stepped in. "Class is starting. Shouldn't we go back in?" "Class?" he replied coldly, "Oh, right." Lighting up another cigar, he didn't even spare a glance as he said, "Just make it study hall or somet
Shot of Silence Chapter 23: Peak of Chaos
True to his words, Orion could be seen starting to lose his cool, especially now that the students blatantly disrespect him with name-calling. It only fueled the blazing fire caused by the humiliation he gets after the series of failures in his attempt on their target. "Sensei?" Once again, Jitsuo called him. "What is it?" He aggravatedly replied, finally pausing the aggressive tapping on his mobile phone. "If you're not going to teach us anything, could you bring back Perry-sensei? Or at least Heath-sensei or Miller-sensei if he's busy?" It was clear that he's trying not to crack under the pressure, but the way he's disrespectfully staring at the older male made the assassin's gaze slightly harden. "What?" "You know, we've got entrance exams this year, so—" "Ha!" The adult sniggers, "You want that vicious creature to teach you?" His chattering only started, but scowls are already present on the students' faces. "You think your exams matter when there are lives at stake? Heh~ mus
Shot of Silence Chapter 24: One Step Backward
Heath had woken up rather sluggishly and groggily earlier that morning before everything that happened today even started at school. He must admit that lately he's been sleeping less and less, since he used the time trying to go through his phone to find out about the state of Verdena and, if he's lucky, to find his family. After all, 'Heath' exists in this world. Despite the circumstances, he's not the only similarity between this world and his previous one either. His parents have similar names, and even his mother's face looked exactly the same in her photos. So, really, there are possibilities that his dear family whom he cherished a lot might be here as well even though the city and place names aren't the same as the ones he remembered. No, actually, that very thought was the one that bothers him the most to the point that he's been frantic in his search, still to no avail. The fact that the location names aren't the same, but he could still recognize some people within the ci
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