Chapter 2- The Two Mysteries

As One should expect of a forest there were trees, grass animals and other things there but that was only from the outside. Once you enter the forest, there was a whole city and it was so advanced that you can say it seemed to be bigger than the forest itself, as one would expect because this was the city of Saraswati. a city which was as prosperous as heaven itself according to the ancient epics and legends of South-East asia.

But it was nothing like the normal human settlements. Even though only a few, people could be seen flying without anything like a jetpack, even though jetpack itself is an imagination for now. Also the local trains were highly modernised and though seems to be levitating at first glance, they were actually attached to the tracks from the upper side.

In the streets of this city, there were a few kids going somewhere in uniform, At first glance it felt like a school but actually it was a college or university as most of them had age around 17-18 years, which was a bit weird because normally a person graduate from school at 17 (at least in India).

Even though the street had a decent amount of students walking, Some of the kids were also up in the sky. But the main focus were three kids who were sitting or rather flying in a fixed spot under the tree of a house which was on the side of street.

"Hey Rohan, see how nervous the one in the middle is. It seems like he is shitting bricks. How hilarious."

"Come on don't laugh on others, we were the same on our first day, Saurav."

This was the talk between Saurav and Rohan. Saurav was a guy with some average looks and Rohan was the same but with a bit more developed muscle and a little larger height, also the guy saurav was a bit cheeky guy and whereas the guy rohan was a bit gentel. But the actual weirdo was the one behind them both. He was lying behind both of them just chillin in the tree shadow when he suddenly opened his mouth for the first time.

"Could you two please lower your volume."

As the boy chillin in the shadow said this, the other two really slowed down their volume.

"It really doesn't seem like he is in his first year here."

"Yes he wasn't afraid of being here, so we invited him to our favorite spot but he just slept here the whole time."

"Yes, What did he say his name was.... Vik viky.."

"I guess [Vivek]."

As Rohan and Saurav were talking about [Vivek], they were actually surprised. In this city, almost none of the students belonged here. Everyone here comes from outside and has almost no knowledge of this place. The process of coming here was simple but terrifying. If you possess power or say some sort of supernatural ability then you will suddenly be kidnapped and the moment your eyes open there will be a note "Attend University tomorrow or DIE" with the address of "[Gurukul Warriors University]".

As a second year students in this college (more precisely, an University), They knew the fear of the very first day, very well, and so they were enjoying the expressions of the new first year students, but this guy, Vivek, didn't feared a bit while going to school which shocked them and that is the reason why they invited him with them to this place but he was still not interested.

However, the mood suddenly changed in a moment.

Vivek sensed a strange presence and hence he got up in an instant, and started observing the students.

Seeing Vivek, Saurav was shocked and so he asked,

"Hey what happened to you? Suddenly Interested in seeing them."

"Well I don't think that's the reason."

Rohan replied to Saurav. It was already obvious that Vivek wasn’t interested in watching scared faces. If anything, there must be some sort of unique person or thing which picks his interest.

Vivek Opened his mouth for the second time. While pointing his fingers, he said,

"That Guy with the Smartphone."

As they both saw where Vivek was pointing his fingers, There was a guy with not even a single shred of nervousness, was reading something in his smartphone. He was also wearing a red bag, with silver-gray hairs and average build. In a way, He was exactly like Vivek himself and maybe that was what piqued Vivek’s interest. And so in a complete serious tone, Vivek asked,

"What could be more interesting than his own life?"

As Vivek said this, Both the others replied together in a shocked expression.

"Are you in any position to say this."

Their response was quite expected, Vivek, as a guy who himself wasn't scared of death even after being kidnapped, has no right to say this, however Vivek was quite unaffected by those words. He continued,

"Can any one of you tell me what he is reading?"

"Sure, why not, afterall we, of [Archer] class, tends to have have great sight"

Rohan diligently replied to Vivek's query.

"[ANGEL-EYES]!"

As Rohan said this, his black eyes turned green and he focused on the boy. He first gave the expression of "OH!" but they suddenly changed to "WHAT?".

"What is he reading?"

Vivek asked. Apparently Vivek was now not as arrogant as he looked. Maybe He just talked however he felt like, without even considering if he is polite or rude.

"Well he is reading an article on a certain someone, I can't tell you the name, as well as Watching…. anime on split screen."

Rohan answered while sweating.

Vivek was still curious about Rohan’s “What” reaction, so he asked

" So were you shocked because he is watching anime rather than caring for his life? And What is that you can't tell me?"

Rohan ignored this question of Vivek. With a pause he looked at his digital wrist watch, then he continued.

"Only 15 minutes left, You should go, if you don't want to die yet, Afterall you too got that note to attend the University, Right?"

The words of Rohan shocked Vivek. His expressions were telling that the death threat was real and he should hurry. There were various questions in Vivek's mind, but he knew if he wanted answers, he needed to be alive so he left. He wasn’t really afraid of death, but he just didn’t want to die either.

As he left, They both started their conversations.

"Well What Actually is he reading?"

Saurav asked Rohan as he was curious as well.

"An article about... [PHANTOM]"

"But it's impossible! How can he? Only the ones who live here know about him."

"Well it's true but if he survived today, then we will sooner or later know about him but we missed a more shocking thing. Have you forgotten that this boy is a first year and first day? How can he have a smartphone when he was kidnapped?"

They both took a pause.

Smartphone, Something so common that it's obvious that a person is holding it, Right? But what if we say that a kidnapped person is holding a smartphone? Is It Still Normal?

 Actually they realized that they were not going to get the answers no matter how much they think. They couldn't approach the boy either as if the boy got late, it will be a life or death matter for him. All they could do was remember this kid who had a normal body, Average height and the Silver hairs which were a little darker than that of the [PHANTOM].

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