17 Setapus

The afternoon sun glazed on the ever pink sky, mixing the blue and red hues together. The clouds were dyed a light coral color and floated every so slowly. The sun directly faced the windows of Class 3-5, providing for light. Since school ended, all the lights except those in the hallways and offices were turned off. A rather tall female figure was strictly lecturing the young boy looking up to her. The stern gaze of hers did not affect the adolescent at all, he was as still as a bamboo.

"Sigh," The lady tiredly leaned on a table. "You can go home. Don't forget your textbook again or else I won't just let you off with a warning."

'What warning? This was basically detention!' Yi Fan thought bitterly. However, his face was composed as he let go of his prideful self. He was really worried about Yi Fei and needed to get out as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry, Teacher. Please have a nice afternoon," Yi Fan bowed faithfully and then instantaneously ran out the door. His mundane blue sneakers were mere shadows as he hurried down the bulky stairs. Bam, bam, bam, bam. He was going 3 steps at once.

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"Goalllll!!!! My name is now Messi 2!" Zhang Ye screamed on top of his lungs, sliding across the hardened dirt.

He opened his small arms as he quickly got up, anticipating his teammates' hugs, praises, and high-fives. He tackily smirked with his eyes closed, he could already hear them. With that strange girl's header, another boy passed the ball to him and bam! He easily got it in the goal with his super powerful kick.

'Hm? I can't feel anything?' Zhang Ye opened his slanted eyes. He then noticed the small cluster of boys in the middle of the field. 'Did they already start without me?!'

Zhang Ye felt abandoned. How could his friends betray him so that they could just play the game? Did they not care about his super awesome win? Zhang Ye felt a little teary, but held it in as a man.

"HEY! HOW COULD YOU GUYS-" Zhang Ye hastily sprinted towards them. He was enraged, going towards the huddle with the intention of fighting them. He didn't care if they were gonna fight with fists or it was gonna be a free-for-all. He would beat them all in any category!

However, he soon discerned that the feet of the boys weren't moving. Gradually slowing down, he wondered whether the ball deflated after his super powerful kick. Zhang Ye suddenly felt nervous as he approached them, they were going to be so mad!

Instead, what lied in the middle of the bunch was an unconscious little girl with a bloody ash-gray rock right next to her. Her crumpled face twitched when one of them poked her with a stick.

"Don't do that!" Xiao Ming furiously grabbed the stick out of the boy's hand and threw it aside.

The jumble of boys then stayed still in silence, all blankly staring at the girl. It was unknown whether they were waiting for her to get up or just didn't know what to do. One thing was for sure, they called off the game.

One of them suggested, "We should take her to the infirmary."

One by one, they started murmuring noises of agreement. They all got up and started pulling up the girl. One boy was on her limbs each, two on her sides, and one on her head. They held her high up in the air and the rest just gathered around them. They shuffled around the group carrying the girl, taking turns opening and closing doors. They all took extremely tiny yet rapid steps, making their feet look like flashes of light.

"JA, JA, JAAAAA!"

From afar, it was a very bizarre sight that every child and adult who saw were completely perplexed and mystified. The weak-hearted screamed and ran away while others just stood still, their awfully curious eyes on the weird sight of an... octopus? No... septapus. The septapus carried giant legs with tiny babies surrounding it. It was basically an embodiment of human bodies joined together.

With acquired weirded out gazes, the boys carefully walked into the infirmary. Not being stopped once.