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White Envelope
The bus stopped in front of a row of shops that were beginning to get crowded as the end of the workday approached. Ethan got off along with several other passengers. The wind carried the scent of bread from the bakery across the street, mixing with the aroma of coffee drifting from the ventilation of Moonlight Café.He stood on the pavement for a moment. His phone was still clutched in his hand. The screen had gone dark again, leaving only the faint reflection of his own face. The sentence he had just heard continued to spin in his head.Ethan raised his gaze toward the café.The lights behind the window were on as usual. A customer walked out carrying a paper cup, while an elderly couple entered, holding hands as they passed through the automatic doors. From the outside, there was not a single sign that anything was about to happen.He put his phone away. If every anonymous message had to be believed, he would never be able to live his life.The glass door opened as he stepped insid
What is actually going on?
The sound inside the room cut off abruptly. No more conversation. Just an awkward, sudden silence.Ethan held his breath. The clay pot his shoe had bumped into was still swaying slightly before finally coming to a stop. He took half a step back, trying to slip away from the gap in the door.The door panels moved. Not opening wide, but parting just a few centimeters.Someone was checking to see what had just made that noise.Ethan didn't wait any longer. He turned and walked quickly down the porch. He kept his stride as quiet as possible, but the moment he reached the bottom step, he quickened his pace toward the rows of maple trees separating the building from the main library."Hey!"The voice came from behind.Ethan didn't look back.He kept walking until he reached the pedestrian path crowded with students. Some people were just emerging from the library carrying books, while others sat on park benches discussing assignments. That crowd was the best place to melt away."Ethan!"Thi
Archives Room
Lucas chewed on his bread while keeping his gaze fixed on the highway. Afternoon traffic was beginning to thicken. City buses, taxis, and bicycles crowded the intersection in front of the campus until the black sedan vanished behind the stream of vehicles."Strange," he muttered.Ethan put his phone in his pocket."Why?""Guest lecturers are usually picked up by the committee or take a taxi. This one was like... I don't know." Lucas shrugged. "Maybe I watch too many movies."He chuckled softly, then folded the empty bread wrapper before tossing it into the trash can."Are you still going to the library?""Yeah.""I'm heading to the lab first. I've got a practical session."They parted ways at the corridor intersection.Instead of heading toward the main library building, Ethan turned toward the old administration building standing on the northern side of the campus. The building was much quieter than the faculty area. The cream-colored paint on its walls was peeling in several places,
The Vanishing Message
The phone screen went blank again. Ethan waited a few seconds, then opened his messaging app. His inbox had neither gained nor lost a single message. He tapped the search bar and typed *Library*. No results. He returned to the home screen and opened his notification history. Empty. It was as if the sentence he had just read had never existed. Ethan placed the phone on the table, then picked up the metal disc still wrapped in the frayed cloth. He compared the object with his phone screen, which was slowly dimming. In the cramped room, the only sound was the repetitive dripping of water from a bathroom tap that had been left loosely shut. He opened his desk drawer. Inside was an old notebook from last semester. Its front pages were filled with economics notes, while the back remained blank. Ethan tore out a page, picked up a ballpoint pen, and wrote down the exact message he had read. *"Do not go to the Blackridge Old Library tomorrow if you want to stay alive."* He paused brief
The Detective's Inquiry
Ethan stood his ground. The sentence hung in the air, brief but enough to make his entire body tense up. He tried to remember if he had ever met the man in the gray suit before, but the face was completely foreign. What unsettled him wasn't his appearance, but the conviction in his gaze. The man looked at Ethan like someone who had finally succeeded in finding an item long lost.The man in the fedora folded his hands on the table. His face remained calm, but his eyes grew significantly sharper."You shouldn't have come here," he said.The man in the gray suit smiled thinly. "And let you take him away?""I'm not taking anyone.""You know what I mean."Their conversation sounded like a riddle. No names were mentioned, no clear explanations given. Yet, every sentence made Ethan increasingly certain that he was the reason this meeting was taking place.Another waiter passed by, carrying a tray with three cups of hot coffee. He excused himself with a friendly smile toward the two men. Ther
A Face from the Past
Ethan’s heart hammered against his ribs. By reflex, he looked up. The man beside the black sedan was still standing in the same spot. Their gazes met for a few seconds before the man got into the car and drove away calmly, as if nothing had happened.Ethan kept watching the street, which was beginning to bustle with activity. Once the car disappeared around the corner, he pressed the call button for that sender’s number.The call was disconnected instantly.He tried once more. The result was the same."The number is unavailable."The automated voice made the knot of anxiety in his chest tighten further."What are you doing?"A voice from behind made Ethan nearly drop his phone. He turned quickly. Professor Harrison was standing there, carrying several folders. "You look quite pale.""It's nothing, Prof," Ethan answered softly.The professor looked at him suspiciously but didn't press further. He just gave Ethan’s shoulder a brief pat before walking toward the administration building.
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