Chapter 07:

The guy whose face I had grabbed and lifted, Akihito, was acting suspicious these days. The way he looks at me in the class....it didn't seem like he has the eyes of a scared person. One could see that he hadn't given up on trying to make me know my place. Well, if he tries anything funny, I'll just crush his skull.

I went around asking people in the recess more about the missing people. Some ignored me while others got scared and thought that if they spoke to me, they'd go missing the next day. In the middle of the investigation, Keisuke and Makino joined me.

" I kinda feel like a detective now." Keisuke unfolded his collars on his shirt and sunk his head in making him look like a mysterious man.

" Then I'll be your sidekick" Makino did the same and goofed around.

" Well, I myself am doing this for the cornflakes. It wouldn't affect my flow if these two joined." I thought to myself.

" If you're looking for clues for the missing people, you could ask someone who has a great influence on people you know?" Makino somehow had a magnifying glass in her hand.

" Hmm.... someone who has a great influence? I don't know anyone like th- wait, do you think that guy who I fought yesterday would have some clues?"

" Narukami san? Well he is a gang leader and probably has a lot of people under him." Makino Said.

Keisuke's face turned dark immediately.

" I don't think we need to involve with him anymore" he said

" Why's that?"

" People who get involved with gangs don't have a really good ending" His voice suddenly softened.

" Hmm.... you're not wrong about that but I get a feeling that Narukami isn't a really bad guy. So where do we find him?"

Makino and Keisuke pointed up.

" Upstairs? He was our senior? A second year?"

" This guy won against a senior without knowing it was a senior?" Both Makino and Keisuke had the same thought.

We headed upstairs and searched for him. One of his underlings came to me and bowed with respect.

" Have a good day sir." I wasn't used to getting respect from others.

" Uh....ok" we asked him where Narukami was and he lead us to his classroom.

Narukami spotted me and came to me

" Ah Sugawara, how may I help you today?"

" Ah it's nothing much. Just wanted some info about a case."

We told him about the case and he started scratching his chin looking for ideas.

" For now I have no idea, but some of my guys have connections with lots of people. I'll hook you up once I get something." Narukami was eating from a lunch box while saying that, " Want some?" He showed his omelette sandwich.

" Yes yes, we'll have some! Actually I was eyeing that omelette sandwich for a long time." Makino's mouth was drooling.

" Ooooh I was having the same thought. Why does it even smell so good though??"

Said keisuke who was worried about getting involved with gangs earlier.

" You guys..."

Narukami said it while rubbing his moustache proudly

" Hehe... this is my mom's dish which has been passed down generations."

I didn't take one because I was in the middle of an investigation. While they were eating I went out of the classroom and suddenly a girl in a lab coat with a box in her hands crashed into me. My danger sense went mad and I quickly pulled the girl away when the box fell. I pushed my legs on the wall on and slid back with the girl in my arms.

BOOOOM

There was a loud noise and the area where the box fell was black making it obvious that there was an explosion. It was good that not many people were around. I let go of the girl and she started apologizing. I think I heard her say sorry at least 50 times.

" I'm sorry I should've looked where I was going. It's all my fault"

She bowed again.

" No it's my fault too, I was in deep thought."

Makino, Keisuke and Narukami came rushing out to check the situation with their cheeks bloated like chipmunks.

" Oh damn, you guys dropped a bomb or something?"

Narukami asked.

" I'm sorry it's my fault." The girl with the lab coat said.

" Is she a recorder or something. The way she's repeatedly saying sorry is annoying." I thought.

" For now let's just clean this up."

After cleaning up she introduced herself.

" I am Haruno Asa. I'm a member of the science club. Would you like to come to our lab as an apology to what happened?"

Makino and Keisuke looked at each other and nodded.

" Of course we'll go! It's not like we have anything to do".

" Yeah can we go Sugawara San??"

" But the investigation....." I sighed and they were already on their way

" Let's go then."

We walked to the lab and for some reason Narukami also put up his collars and had a magnifying glass in his hand.

"This guy...."

The lab was a bit shabby but clean from the inside. There were a bunch of wires on the table along with batteries. There was an object on a shelf that resembled a gun except the opening was large and had a fan between it. There was a large battery behind it, no it wasn't exactly a battery. There were wires attached to the ends of many batteries. It wasn't a single battery but it was an accumulation of at least 50 batteries.

" Haruno! Did you bring the chemica-- ah visitors?" A guy in a lab coat who had goggles on spoke suddenly.

" Akira senpai (senpai: senior) why are all the weapons outside??"

Haruno said it with a sweaty face.

" She said weapons" Everyone thought.

" Ah don't worry, we'll just eliminate the people who saw it." He looked at our frightened faces and said," I'm kidding I'm Kidding."

Haruno picked up the weapon and pointed it at the guy.

" Yes I'm sorry, I won't make jokes like that again." He apologized.

" Weird people" Keisuke muttered.

" Not weirder than you" I replied to him.

" Anyway welcome to the science club. This is Akira Kazuo. A third year in our school." Haruno introduced him and he bowed respectfully.

" First things first. Is the school actually permitting you people to make these so called weapons??" Narukami asked.

" Hahahaha. Of course not." Akira walked towards the weapon and turned on the circuit and moved the tables and chairs in front of it.

" Watch this." He pushed a lever down to a reading which read breeze. The machine started whirring and a light breeze was blowing out.

" This is just a normal breeze"

" It's no different from a fan." Makino Said.

" That's only from the outside. It's to hide the real experiment."

" But there's no more room for pulling the lever anymore."

He kept a 10 kg dumbbell on the ground in front of it and this time he pushed the lever anticlockwise all the way to the end. The machine started making louder noises and I could feel the atmosphere getting heavier.

" I call this, the typhoon mode." The machine made sounds that resembled a laser getting ready to fire

WHOOOOM.....CRASHHHH

The dumbbell suddenly jolted up and smashed the wall. He quickly switched off the machine. We were all shocked and astonished.

" Hehe....what do you think about this?"

Akira beamed.

" H-how did you make this??"

" It was pretty simple in theory but making this took a lot of time. We had a lot of failures and stuff."

" Anyway this is awesome!! You could probably blow someone away with this wind power."

" Hmm not exactly. The heaviest dumbbell that flew was around 20 to 21 kg"

" This is all awesome and all, but I've got a question. Why call it a weapon?" I asked.

Akira paused for a while and opened his mouth.

" It's a secret. Normally I would've exterminated you people the moment you saw the weapon." Again he looked at our frightened faces and laughed," I'm kidding, I'm kidding."

Haruno pointed the weapon at him again.

" Yes I'm sorry I won't make jokes like that again."

"We made this to defeat a certain man." Haruno's face tensed and filled the atmosphere with bloodlust.

" Ehhh? What about the secret?" Akira asked.

" Defeat is a strong word. I can assume he's a person who deserves to be blown away" I asked.

" Yeah something like that." She replied.

" You've got a name for this thing?"

" Cyclone" Haruno proudly replied.