I Became the Drug-Addicted Childhood Friend

To make sure the Doctor would come, what would it take?
Should I set fire to the director’s office?
He’d probably show up even without something that drastic.

I climbed over the academy’s walls and broke through the locked doors to get inside.
Lena was still much stronger than ordinary people.
It seemed she still had some strength left.

Or maybe it was just that the academy’s security systems were no longer operational, making it easier to break in.

“There’s nothing here.”

Lena spoke as we entered the room where the board of directors used to meet.
It was perfectly tidy.
Tidy?
No, it wasn’t that—it was completely empty.

“He’ll come.”

A few security cameras were still active.
If the Doctor was monitoring this place, he would surely notice.
All I had to do was sit and wait.

Did the Doctor think I was dead?
Would he know I was alive because Shihu had fought him so fervently?

I waited in the chair for what felt like an eternity.
Where were the academy’s directors now?
The headmaster had seemed like a strong Awakened. Where had he gone?

“Uh, Seo Ah. Why exactly—”

The space began to ripple.
A portal was opening.

“He’s here.”

Lena couldn’t understand my actions.

“Huh? He’s here? Wait, I’ll go check outside.”@@novelbin@@

Lena stepped outside to see who might have arrived.
I was left alone in the director’s office.
No, not alone.

The Doctor appeared, stepping through the portal.

Clang, clang, clang.
The walls of the office sealed shut, separating the room with barriers.
A fireproofing mechanism, perhaps?
Lena, who had gone outside, would have a hard time getting back in now.

The Doctor was undoubtedly monitoring this place.
I never doubted he’d be watching with his technology or whatever else he relied on.