The gaphone screeched upon being turned on. Imdiately, the sound caught the students' attention and they turned their heads toward its direction.
There, they saw a seemingly familiar man.
"Attention, attention," the man said.
Gil adjusted the way he was standing, straigthening his back. With his posture changing, the air around him also seed to change. The air of youthfulness disappeared, transforming to an air belonging to a middle-aged man.
"Who's that?"
"He seems familiar, but I don't know where I've seen him."
Just from his white shirt and black pants, and with the gaphone in hand, the idea of this man being a student did not cross their minds. If they didn't observe him carefully, they wouldn't realize he was but a teenager like them — well, physically. After all, he was an Entity, a reincarnated person.
"You, kids!" Gil started speaking in the gaphone, his voice dignified. "What are you doing loitering around! Stop causing trouble and go back to your classes! If you don't, I'll call your parents! Go away and don't bother my Healing Arts Club's students!"
From the center of the crowd, Rayen, Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru watched Gil. Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru's expressions were odd as they did so.
"Who's that?" Rayen asked. He felt this guy was sowhat familiar, but he wasn't sure where he saw him.
Could it be their club adviser?
Rayen was out in Vallenci yesterday, so he was not aware of what happened after he left them.
As they were surrounded by students, Xu Jiji's mouth remained shut.
"Still not going?!" Gil warned. "You're not afraid of causing trouble, huh? I'm warning you—"
"We're going!" So of the students exclaid and ran.
However, so students remained.
"But it's just the lunch break!"
"Then, go to the cafeteria and eat your lunch!"
"But, Sir! We've already submitted our mber applications!"
"What?! You submitted it? Then I won't approve it!"
"But—"
"If you keep annoying , I'll definitely won't let you be my Healing Arts Club mber! Go away and stop annoying !"
Reluctantly, the students dispersed, leaving Rayen, Xu Jiji and Yeo Haru at the center. Once everyone had truly left, Gil let down the gaphone.
"Phew." He let out a deep breath.
He then noticed Roxie and Shin still standing in front of Elite Club's room, watching him. Suddenly, Shin pointed at him.
"Hey, that's our gaphone! You, thief, traitor—what else?" Shin looked up, trying to find more words. "Uh, ugly, liar Gil!"
Gil looked down at the gaphone in his hand.
"Give it back! Give it back! Give it back!"
This guy truly couldn't let his words be shorter than three sentences.
Gil extended the gaphone in their direction. "Here. Get it."
Imdiately, Shin stepped forward to get it, but Roxie pulled him by his shirt. Shin looked back at her.
"It's garbage. Don't take it back."
"Oh. Then, it's fine. I won't take it back." Shin glanced at Gil once more. "Take that garbage, ugly, liar Gil!"
"....."
At last, Roxie pulled Shin inside the Elite Club's room. The entire corridor beca silent.
Finally at peace, Gil glanced at the three Minstrels. "Let's go inside?"
Xu Jiji nodded and silently pulled Rayen and Yeo Haru toward Room 434. Yoo Gyeo also followed them behind.
The mont they entered, Rayen said, "Thank you, Teacher."
Gil: "....."
Xu Jiji suddenly pulled Rayen's shirt. "Brother, he's not a teacher."
"Eh?" Rayen looked back at Gil to observe him.
Now that Gil was no longer assuming an old person's stance, the air of youthfulness around him returned. The sense of familiarity that Rayen was feeling about him also increased.
'Where have I seen this guy again?'
Gil smiled. "Room 434."
"Room 434?" Rayen blinked out of confusion.
What does he even an by that?
"We t here at Room 434."
At last, Rayen understood. "... You're that guy."
Gil nodded and extended his hand. "Nice to et you. I'm Gil. We didn't get to et in a nice way the first ti."
Rayen only stared at his hand.
Xu Jiji whispered beside Rayen. "He's a new mber of our club, Brother."
"New mber of our club?" Rayen shifted his gaze back to Gil's face.
"Yes. I'm a new mber." Gil smiled, looking innocent.
His air of youthfulness was full of innocence, completely different from how he exuded his act as a teacher earlier. Even Rayen was fooled even though he had already seen him the first ti.
"But isn't he a mber of the club next door?" Rayen asked.
"I quit," Gil admitted.
Rayen frowned. "Why?"
"He's an Entity," Xu Jiji said.
Rayen blinked.
'This guy is an Entity?'
"Yes. I'm an Entity. That's why I want to join you guys. I've also seen your notice at the end of your music video, so when I saw you guys creating a club in our school, I already knew you were recruiting unaffiliated like us."
"Oh..."
That makes it easier, then. They didn't have to find the other Entities by themselves. That's why they set up the mber recruitnt yesterday.
"Anyway, what's the plan?" Gil asked.
"If possible, I just want to explain everything once we've found the other Unaffiliateds," Rayen said.
Gil nodded, smiling. "But what do you do with this many applicants?"
He pointed at the thick stack of paper in the corner of the room.
"....." After seeing the papers, Rayen glanced at Xu Jiji.
Just what happened when he left?
The only thing he heard from Xu Jiji was that they t the adviser of Elite Club, which was also the real Jay, Yeo Haru's bully.
Xu Jiji returned his gaze with a crooked smile. "Well... We kicked out the Elite Club and we beca a sensation in the school. There were also others who thought we were auditioning trainees for our agency..."
The corners of Rayen's mouth twitched.
'When did we kick out the Elite Club?'
"Aside from that, you also poached a key mber of them," Gil said as though he wasn't the sa 'key mber' he was talking about.
"....." Rayen was thoroughly rendered speechless.
Just how much the Elite Club hated them now? Can't their clubs coexist just like normal neighbours? Well, from their first eting, it was already impossible. It's not just the students, even with their adviser, the bad blood ran deep.
Rayen sighed.
"I've already thought of how we should process these applications," Xu Jiji said. "We received a new feature as a reward for the first part of our mission. It has the feature of detecting Entities at sight."
"System?" Gin listened attentively. "So, that's how you spotted in the first place?"
Xu Jiji nodded.
anwhile, Rayen was uninford. Due to his packed schedule yesterday, plus what happened to Yeo Haru, he didn't have the ti to check for his system notification.
When he pulled out his phone to check, there was indeed an unclaid mission reward.
"We'll just conduct a one on one interview with each applicants to isolate the Entities among the Unblooms."
Rayen nodded in agreent. "Then, let's just do that."
But suddenly, Gil interrupted. "I don't think it's a good idea."
From the side, Miles frowned. "Why is that? Jiji's idea is good enough."
"You really want to sort out hundreds of applicants one by one?" Gil said. "It takes so much ti. Also, if you handpick a few students and reject so many, those troubleso kids will surely protest. You already saw how handful they are."
Rayen shuddered at the mory. At this point, he might have gained a fear of crowds.
'That's right.'
"Then, how do you suggest we do it?"
"Simple." Gil smiled innocently. "Let's eliminate them."
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