"...Senpai"

"..."

In the middle of the graveyard, where a grave named Izumi Yukihira is located at. Stands 3 individual, a reunion after a very long time.

"I have doubt at first, but who would have thought you are really part of Z, and you will be coming here"

"We could have said the same, who would have thought someone else, who is of much younger generation, seems to know the movement of ESP even better than certain others.."

"Wait, what? Who is know who?"

"..? I thought that you already know. She's your student and part of the reason why we came here at the graveyard.."

Is it amy?

"Bzzt...bzzt..."

"What's that buzzing sound Shiki?"

"It's.. from the earing"

"All 3 of them look at the earing, who continuously buzzing. Shiki pressed the green crystal on the earing and a voice went through

".. he-llo... Hello~"

"Is this the girl who gives us earing?"

"Yey! It picked up. yup, that's me. Hmm2, let's see~"

"This voice. Amy-san?!"

"Oh! Narumi sensei is also here? Nice. This makes things a lot easier. So Yuka-san, my offer still stands and you wanted to hear my explanation right? Don't worry, I will tell you everything tomorrow; but not now. I'm still resting for quite a bit."

"Unfortunately we can't do that, we are in a hurry"

"Nah.. you can. You already betray Z back then when you decide to save us. Rather, it's because you are worried that they will find you here and decide to attack the school right?"

"...just like back then, you really are good at deducing things"

"Thanks! I'm quite proud of that"

"Anyway, even if we wanted to stay here, we don't know where we can... and there are many other factors that we need to consider.."

"Yep, so there are 2 places I wish to offer. The first one, is, of course Narumi sensei house!"

"Amy-san?! You didn't tell me about this earlier?"

"Yep, I don't sensei. Just thought about it just now~"

"Amy.."

"Oops! Hehe ok, ok. Just kidding there. Actually, if you look to your right, there will be Mr.Bear, standing there. Can you see it?"

They turned to their side only to saw a bear, holding his ax, staring at them. They all just sweatdropped at this.

"Umm, yeah, there's a bear here"

"Right! So follow him, he will show you his hut. You just need to stay there tonight. I will meet you guys there early tomorrow morning. And keep this earing with you. Also, the bear hut is already equipped with safety features and also necessities. I believe you will find yourself comfortable and safe staying there"

"That is.. Quite prepared you are"

"Yep! Oh and Narumi-sensei, please don't be mad yet. I will explain it to you tomorrow too. *yawn* gosh, sorry.. I am really exhausted right now... Narumi -sensei, you might want to return to your house first while Shiki and Yuka-san went to bear hut. Oh, also, please give back Inchou's Alice, it's a bit troublesome if you still keep his Alice, Yuka-san"

At this, Yuka just throw a pouch of Alice stones to Narumi

"Alright then.. Bzzt.. bzzt.. Thi-things already...settle..bzzt.. Tomorrow" and the communicator earing switch off.

All of the adults just look at each other and finally make their decision. Then, they dismissed.

"You're going to meet them tomorrow?"

"Gahh! Oh.. it's you Natsume. Yeah, I am."

"I wanted to go too."

"Nope, no can do. This is something that even they won't appreciate if more people know about. Well... if you want to do something, just do whatever you want. But I won't bring you tomorrow"

"..."

"Ahh, let's go to sleep. I'm tired"

Then, they went back to Amy's room, where the rest of their classmates are and went back to sleep.

It was early in the morning inside the bear's hut. Bear is currently preparing drinks for 2 of the guests that stay with him since last night.

Yuka Azumi. She's now an adult, and a spy. Who went from one place to another with her plan to prevent a certain someone from growing more with power. However, this is the first for her too - to have something as bizarre as making a deal with a child who is no older than her daughter- that somehow has more insight than an average adult. And the first to have a walking bear serving her tea this early in the morning.

She just sighs and massages her temple. Thinking if this is probably a dream.

"Yuka, are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I just find this whole ordeal to be surreal."

"Do you think it's wise, to stay here? Should we run away after all?"

"... I don't know. But she knows too much. And she is just a child- one of many children that we choose to protect when we dedicate ourselves to this line of work. Plus..."

"Plus?"

"Plus, when she passed me the earing, even though she put on a brave and defiant face, her hand was cold and shaking. It's obvious that she is scared.. At least I wanted to know why she is doing all of this.."

Shiki just stay quiet. Still thinking...

"That child, she has a shield Alice, right?"

"Yeah, that's what her friends say and what we saw last night"

"Do you perhaps, she has another Alice? Like mind-reading Alice or premonition Alice,?"

"I'm not sure. Wait, somebody knocks the door"

The door to the hut was open by Mr.bear. A girl, wearing a soft smile waved to them,

"I'm glad that you guys decided to stay... Let's go"

"Go? Where?"

"To a much safer place than this"

A much safer place - Shiki mused. This place is already safe enough, to be able to hide from the clairvoyant eye from finding them is quite a feat. But, they decided to follow her anyway.

Outside of the hut, standing behind her was none other than Narumi. They momentarily have eye contact before averting their gaze.

"Alright, follow me"

Amy leads ahead, walking into the north woods, with a single destination in mind.

Their home base.