BXBX NOVEL Chapter 264 Clones [4]
Almost immediately, the griffin seemed to wake up as its gigantic eyes flicked open.
Not knowing... or perhaps not caring about the three humans on it, the griffin stood up without any sudden movements.
Then, like a dog drenched in the water, the griffin began furiously shaking itself without any sign of stopping.
As the griffin shook left and right, the blonde student at the tail of the griffin desperately clung to its fur.
However, the tail, being the smallest part of the griffin, easily threw the blonde-haired and yellow-eyed student off.
Fortunately, the student managed to snatch and cling to the fur at the bottom of the griffin\'s tail at the last second.
With his legs dangling, the student desperately grasped the fur of the griffin.
On the other hand, the black-haired ponytail student... was quite comfortable.
When the griffin furiously shook to the right, the student got thrown against the back of the griffin.
And, when it shook left, the student simply hit the bottom of the griffin\'s wing.
Since the student was between the bottom of the griffin\'s wing and the body of it, it was almost impossible for her to fall off in the left and right direction.
She could still fall front and backward; however, her tight grasp on the fur of the griffin prevented that.
Finally, Lily used a similar strategy, banging between the ear of the griffin and its head.
"YOU GOT THIS...FOR THE THIRD-YEARS RENA!"
"CALEB, DO THIS FOR THE SECOND-YEARS."
"LILY, WE BELIEVE IN YOU!"
"I\'M SO CONFIDENT THAT I\'LL GET A BUZZ CUT IF THE THIRD-YEARS SOMEHOW LOSE!"
"I\'LL SHAVE MY HEAD OFF IF THE SECOND-YEARS LOSE!"
"... I-i\'ll get a normal haircut if the first-years lose..! Yeah! Yeah, let\'s go first years!"
*BAM*
As a couple of seconds passed by, though, seeming like millions of years to the participants who desperately hung onto the griffin, an eventual bang sound echoed through the auditorium.
The second-year boy\'s descent from the eagle had been so fast that no one had actually realized it until he fell against the hard floor of the multipurpose building.
For the next ten seconds, the griffin continuedly rapidly shaking its bodies, while the two girls desperately clung on.
The red-eyed third-year seemed to be in a better situation than Lily, as her expression remained calm and persistent.
On the other hand, expressions of pain and discomfort leaked onto Lily\'s face as her body continuously banged back and forth between the inner ear of the griffin and its head.
Seeing the situation reach an impasse as neither student refused to let go, Seraphina sighed before pointing her wand at the griffin.
Principal Seraphina had purposely started off harshly by commanding the griffin to start shaking rapidly so that this event would end as fast as possible.
At any moment now, the emergency alarm could go off, and Lily, alongside the third-year, would be dizzy, stunned, and stuck on the griffin while the others evacuated.
As Seraphina\'s wand rose, the griffin suddenly stopped and halted its shaking, giving the two girls a moment to recover.
Then, no more than a second later, Principal Seraphina said while pointing her wand at the griffin.
"Flip."
Before the two girls could even comprehend Seraphina\'s words, as their brains were stunned, the griffin suddenly moved.
Then, in a graceful motion, the griffin jumped up in the air... before slowly flipping, its head getting closer to the ceiling with every passing second.
At the apex of the eagle\'s flip, where its beak was at the highest point possible, the two girls now flipped completely and lost their balance.
Both girls, at the exact same time, lost their grip on the eagle and plummeted towards the floor.
Lily, having chosen the ear as her spot, was slightly above the third-year girl as they simultaneously began their descent.
*BANG*
*BANG*
As the sound of the students crashing into the floor echoed throughout the multipurpose building, Principal Serpahina immediately announced.
"LILY... AND THE FIRST-YEARS, CONGRATULATIONS ON F-"
*EMERECENY. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!*
*EMERGENCY. THIS IS NOT A DRILL!*
*ALL STUDENTS EVACUATED TO THE COURTYARD*
*PLEASE HEAD TO YOUR DESIGNATED CLASS SPOTS*
*YOUR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND CLASSROOM TEACHER WILL TAKE ATTENDANCE*
Interrupting the principal speeches, the alarms on every wall in the building began to blare with announcements.
"Are you fucking serious?"
The entire building remained silent... except for one little mutter that sounded as the last announcement from the alarm played.
Confused, almost every student in the room gazed at the principal.
Were they supposed to follow the alarm\'s directions... or the principals!?
Thankfully, the students did not have to choose a side, as not even a moment later, the principal announced. Discover the saga at m-vl-em-pyr
"YOU HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENTS...TO THE COURTYARD."
A second later, all hell broke loss.
These were noble and smart students.
They did not want to die.
For the principal to have confirmed the alarm, something dangerous had to be going on.
...and they wanted to be no way near it.
Students began jumping off the bleacher, rudely ignoring the stairs, and rushing towards the exit.
Thankfully, it wasn\'t an all-stampede as students did not dare push each other around but calmly and silently rushed out of the building without using any physical force.
Lily, regaining her composure, rushed over to the chairs where the main cast sat despite the alarm blaring.
Meeting up with Lily, Liam quickly gathered the rest before announcing.
"As the principal said... we are simply here to take care of the small details without getting hurt. The djinns are for the principal, Kaneki, and Kevin\'s br-"
"So, you can call Kaneki by his name...but you have to say \'Kevin\'s brother,\' do you!?"
Lily, letting out a sigh while the others chuckled, interrupted.
"Oh, come on, do we have to go through this routine every single time?"
Kevin, raising his hands in protest, immediately replied.
"YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS MY FAULT!?"
Ignoring Kevin\'s sudden interference, Liam continued.
"First, we ascertain Ren\'s intentions and whereabouts. Then, it\'s onto the vault where we take care of any small fries."
As the main cast nodded in approval to Liam\'s words, a sudden voice sounded from behind them.
"He\'s all yours!"
Turning around, the main cast did not see a person standing behind them... but an entire griffin.
"..."
The griffin had its gaze locked on the multi-purpose building exit closest to the first-years as his face flicked around so fast that it actually seemed like it wasn\'t moving its head at all.
Just as Liam was about to tell everyone to exit and leave the griffin be, he felt a sudden tap on his shoulder.
"...hm?"
Thinking it might have been someone bumping into him accidentally, Liam simply ignored it and opened his mouth again.
However, before he could speak, it happened again.
Furiously, Liam turned around, looking to see who possibly could have bumped into him twice.
"..."
Yet, he was met with himself.
Quite literally.
A person with his face, his exact height, and the air was standing right in front of him.
The main cast, also seeing Liam\'s replica, was at a loss for words.
Though it was easy to identify between the fake and the real, as the fake\'s facial features were far less defined and more pixelated, the main cast was still on edge.
Before Liam or the main cast could even say anything, the replica opened its mouth.
"I am your father, Liam."
"..."
"..."
Forgetting about everything else, Liam simply stared in absolute shock and confusion.
However, Lily, recognizing the movie references, immediately deduced the culprit.
Speaking directly to the clone, Lily said.
"I guess we can see this as an admission of guilt... Ren."
The next second, the clone simply ignored them and casually walked over to the exit, entering the crowds of students trying to exit.
Ruby, seeing the soulless replica, smiled before pulling out her smartwatch.
The others, regaining their composures, immediately used a prepared exit, slipping past the crowds of students and immediately exiting the building.
Feeling the sun\'s rays beam down on him, Liam led the group, running towards the courtyard, which had conveniently finished construction just today.
Kevin, running side-by-side with Alya, genuinely asked.
"...are we just going to ignore that?"
Alya, her silver hair falling backward as she ran, simply shrugged her shoulders.
Liam, seeing the grass in the distance, was about to scream out when he abruptly stopped.
"..."
Standing in front of the near-perfect replica of himself yet again, all Liam could mutter out was.
"How did you get ahead of us..."
The clone, ignoring Liam\'s question, simply replied.
"Wow, it feels weird being an asshole. I don\'t know how you do it 24/7...my sincerest apologies go out to you."
Calming himself down and reminding himself of the face behind the replica, Liam simply pushed it out of the way before continuing on.