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Chapter 10 Crossroads

2 years ago when Gabriel was still in school. He lives in a house that was formerly occupied by his uncle in the 45th district of the city of Antherius. Every day he goes out to go to school like other children his age. No need to worry about the environment there he can live life as it is without any shocks. A few days later he got the news that someone had just died in his school's art room. Hearing the shocking news made the whole school excited and they then called the police to investigate what happened. When the teachers panicked about the situation but it did not make a child who was standing on the 4th floor feel surprised by the incident. The boy was just silent with a blank stare while looking down. Gabriel, who was at the scene at the time, had to be summoned and interrogated. He felt that there was something strange about all this happening but he preferred to remain silent without anyone knowing the reason. When he sat quietly in the chair looking at the face of the police who was interviewing him with a relaxed look he answered what he knew.
“Hmmm, based on the testimony of a female student. That you were in that room at that time is correct?” said the policeman to Gabriel calmly and slightly threateningly.
"That's right. but I didn't do anything at all."
"I knew you would say something like that. it's just that if he kills himself it shouldn't be like that."
"You accuse me?"
"As you might have guessed this is all pointing to you."
"No. You're wrong sir."
"What does it mean?"
“Even though you accuse me of this incident, unfortunately I don't have any evidence pointing it to me. Didn't you also check the CCTV footage?"
Hearing what Gabriel said, it turned out that the police immediately fell silent and then Gabriel came out of the interrogation room and at that moment he was considered innocent and just happened to come into the room. The police who interrogated Gabriel also did not accuse Gabriel as a suspect from the start, only there was a possibility that the child killed himself. Gabriel, who was still in the room at that time and saw what was happening in front of him, a boy named Antonius was covered in blood and his body could not move. Gabriel who was surprised by the incident made him have to call for help and as soon as he was about to move to call someone, suddenly a female student named Laura immediately reported that Gabriel was the culprit. From there the police began to take him for interrogation and the results showed Gabriel was innocent of the incident. Then who is the culprit? And it remains a mystery even today.
All this time Gabriel kept secret what he actually saw because it didn't make sense where Antonius suddenly slipped and he was then stabbed by the chisel knife he was holding. Gabriel who enjoyed it made himself feel a tremendous sense of fear before he finally managed to hide his true feelings. The other students were immediately frightened and they said that the school had been cursed because previously the same thing happened to a girl named Ruri who died because she slipped on the stairs on the 4th floor and made her lose her life. Again who found it was Gabriel who was about to go to the 3rd floor.
“This is terrible. It seems like this school has been cursed,” said a boy who was gathering with his friends near the school canteen.
"It's very dangerous to continue like this. I think there's a reason."
“What if there is another victim?”
"You are crazy! How could this be a curse. Seems like a mere coincidence.”
"Gabriel had quite an unlucky day, too."
"You are right. every time someone dies why is that person finding it? Isn't there anything strange?"
"I told you. Gabriel is just being unlucky.”
The kids kept talking about Gabriel even after school they were all still talking about the same topic. Strange events during Gabriel's schooling here made him feel that something was wrong and slowly he found out what was the cause of it all and his efforts to find the truth were never successful. The reputation of the school was immediately tarnished because so many children leaked the problem so that teachers and principals could not avoid it. 1 year later Gabriel graduated from the school and he now lives in district 73 of the city of Antherius alone and studies at a famous college in the city because of his genius.
"Hey Gabriel, you also study here, apparently," said a child named Samuel to Gabriel who was just about to leave the hall.
"Yes. What is it?"
"What are you majoring in?"
"Art painting. I think we're classmates."
"Wow, it's true that we are classmates. Unexpectedly."
"Goodbye."
"Hey. Where are you going? Wait."
Gabriel's school friend, Samuel, both of them turned out to be in the same class and in the next few months they became close and often hung out together. Gabriel is an introvert child so he doesn't really like crowds but if he has to join Samuel and Jonthan it doesn't make him a problem. The oddities that happened during his school days are buried deep and almost no one remembers them anymore. The girl Gabriel had previously seen on the balcony of the 4th floor of his school building was none other than that girl named Ruri. His past events suddenly remembered and in his head he met the two of them covered in blood as he had seen earlier at the scene and the two of them drew closer to Gabriel in an instant the room was filled with drops of blood and enveloped everything. Gabriel who felt scared then tried to run away but couldn't happen as if the dimension kept spinning on the spot. In the blink of an eye the two of them who were right in front of him swung their daggers and were about to hit his face until finally Gabriel woke up from his sleep and it turned out to be just a dream.
“Aghhhhhhh,” Gabriel shouted
"What? is this a dream? Oh damn."
His face now covered in sweat made him unable to go back to sleep and suddenly he looked at the clock which was still showing 12 o'clock at night. Gabriel who was still scared tried to fall back asleep but it didn't happen and kept thinking about what was in his dream just now. Memories of the past that had been forgotten suddenly came and made him feel so scared that he couldn't sleep and then decided to play with his cellphone. How imagining what happened earlier made him feel a terrible sensation in his body. There was no way he had been telling everyone the truth all this time and indeed he hadn't done anything to make both of them lose their lives. The terrible incident was a reminder for him that all this time the witness of the incident was himself. Not many know that that day before Antonius's death the two of them chatted for a new art club project and finally they both agreed until Antonius said a word Gabriel didn't hear at that time. I don't know what Antonius said in an instant something terrible happened as soon as Gabriel looked at him it turned out that his friend was covered in blood and his heart was pierced by a chisel. That totally unreasonable incident happened in his life and it was what Gabriel saw that he was misunderstood.
The same thing happened to his girlfriend, Ruri, at that time Gabriel greeted him and they argued a little over a small matter. As soon as they finished arguing, Ruri got a call from her sister who was going to work and said that her sister would pick her up when she finished from tutoring. As the two of them finished talking on the phone, not long after that someone called Ruri with a phone call and said that her brother had been in a car accident that cost him his life. Ruri, who heard about the incident not long after, immediately rushed to leave and on her way when she was about to pass the stairs, Ruri immediately slipped and made her fall. Gabriel, who was surprised by Ruri's scream, made himself come to the direction of the voice and it turned out that Ruri was no longer alive with heavy bleeding on her head.
"Ruri? Impossible. How could it be?" said Gabriel shakily.
"What happened?" said a classmate named Selena
Seeing the scene before the two of them, in an instant the fear within them began to grow and made him almost speechless. Not long after, the ambulance immediately took Ruri's body and the school became chaotic because of the incident. The principal tries to keep his cool by controlling the news and declares it was just an accident. But that didn't satisfy reporters and immediately gave rise to new speculation that this was a conspiracy. Seeing the media announce this made the school angry and wanted to sue the parties involved. Gabriel and his friend were immediately taken to the counseling room to check their mental health and hoped that the incident would not be traumatic. Luckily it didn't traumatize them both and went back to their normal day. Again Gabriel felt a strange feeling inside him, as if Ruri kept calling him and it made him feel uncomfortable and could barely sleep. A dream that came true where he had previously dreamed of the same situation that happened on that day before that day arrived. Gabriel throughout his life has always felt emotions in other people and made him feel frustrated that's why he became a quiet and energy efficient person with the excuse of not wanting to interfere in other people's business until one day he couldn't avoid it. destiny slowly began to unfold before him.

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    Mailyn Quiñones

    Creativity that sharpens clarity is genius.” I put this first because it's the most important tip you can take from this list. If you do nothing more than write clearly, you're going to be in the top 10% of all writers. Don't try to sound impressive, just try to be clear.

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    Novel the best

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    The writing is actually good, unlike most of the novel in this app it has great grammar, not my type of book since it's a crime genre but i recommend it to those who likes that type of book.

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