The Reincarnation Room
Meet the Professor

"Ri-kun?!" Shirayuki was surprised to see Ryan's appearance.

"You?!" Jeanne's eyes were wide. Jeanne didn't even think that she had been attacked inside her own base.

"Wait!" Aria also came in after Ryan. "Isn't this a covert operation? Why do we attack and show ourselves?"

"Bei code of ethics number 5, act quickly. Taking quick action is the key to winning." 

Looking at Jeanne's complex facial features, Ryan smiled faintly. "Because there is an enemy that moves alone, then we just need to catch him, and ask him to take us to see the Professor."

"In that way, we need not be confused anymore with how Professor looks."

Jeanne, who was initially surprised, quickly regained her composure, as if nothing had happened there. "I didn't expect that you would attack IU. This is really stupid."

Before Ryan replied to Jeanne, Aria opened her mouth first with a ketus. "We're stupid, and what do you want?!"

Aria pointed her gun at Jeanne. "Durandal, you are one of the criminals who have slandered my mother!"

"If I catch you, then my mother's sentence will be reduced by 107 years. So, give up and let me catch you!"

"If you can catch me, please try." Jeanne glanced at Aria. On his face, he looks a pity. "Kanzaki Olmes Aria, you shouldn't have come to IU."

This speech made Ryan's forehead wrinkle. 'What does that mean?'

Aria herself looked confused. Moreover, Shirayuki who was still sitting on the bed also confirmed Jeanne's speech.

"Jeanne's right, Kanzaki-san." Shirayuki looked at Aria with a bitter expression and said, "You shouldn't be here."

"Why can't I come to IU? Do you want to threaten me?" aria was full of confusion.

"Shirayuki ..." Ryan would turn his gaze towards Shirayuki and ask, "What happened?"

"IU is a terrible place .." Shirayuki said with a face full of reluctance. "And the IU leader is …"

Not finished his words, suddenly the temperature in the room dropped dramatically. The water particles in the air were instantly turned into ice.

Seeing this state of affairs, Ryan unhesitatingly acted immediately.

Slash

The sharp dagger in front of Jeanne's neck instantly cut her throat. This caused Jeanne's head to fly into the air.

“Ryan?!“

“Ri-kun?!“

Both Aria and Shirayuki are shocked by Ryan's actions.

A few seconds later, the two men could see. Jeanne's head, which flew into the air, gradually froze and turned into a chunk of ice.

Jeanne's body also turned into ice. This made Aria and Shirayuki finally surprised. “This ..”

“Body replacement?!”

This is one of the magic techniques learned by the descendant of Jeanne d’Arc, Ice Avatar.

Perhaps because the first generation of Jeanne was almost burned to death, so the descendants of Jeanne studied ice magic for generations.

You could say, Jeanne is not a holy girl (Saintess), but a witch.

According to the Supernatural Selective Research division standards of Butei High School, Jeanne is a Choutei with the power of ice magic.

Inside the holding room, Jeanne's voice suddenly rang out and echoed throughout the room. “Honey, you guys have chosen the wrong target. We are now in the depths of the sea. To me, this is a place where I can use my abilities to the fullest!"

Shortly after, the door of the room suddenly began to freeze.

"Shut up and stay here!"

Outside the door, Jeanne leaned against the door with a smile. "Ordinary Butei can't possibly fight Choutei."

From the side, a man suddenly heard a voice. "Is that true?" 

Jeanne was startled and quickly turned to the side to see who was beside her.

There, Ryan stood looking at Jeanne with his sweet smile. The dagger in his hand flexibly moved between his fingers.

"You?!" Jeanne took a step back and placed one of her hands on the sword hilt at her waist. "Since when?!"

"If you ask me when I'm out, then the answer is after I cut your replacement's neck" Ryan replied as if this was normal.

"Jeanne d'Arc." Ryan looked at Jeanne and said, "Take me to the professor."

Jeanne was quite surprised by Ryan's words.

Seeing this, Ryan was indifferent and behaved as if speaking to himself. "Riko hides the professor's true identity. So are you and Shirayuki."

"That means, you don't want Aria to know the professor's real identity, do you?"

This time, Jeanne was silent.

"You don't need to provoke me, Weapon Wizard." Jeanne took her hand off the handle of her sword. "Again, if it were you, Professor would definitely be happy to meet you."

After that, Jeanne turned around and said to Ryan. "Follow me …"

Ryan nodded, immediately turning his gaze towards the ice door. "Shirayuki, you and aria stay here. Don't let Aria out."

"OK, I get it." Shirayuki said from behind the ice door.

"Wait, why is everything like this?" Aria's childish voice sounded very loud.

But unfortunately, Ryan's gone with Jeanne.

~***~

Along the submarine passageway, the sound of footsteps was heard so clearly that it caused echoes to spread around him.

Ryan walked along the hallway with Jeanne, looking around and staring inattentively. Until finally, the two of them arrived at a very spacious hall.

This hall was round in shape, similar to a fighting arena.

There was no stage or seating around it. However, there was a second floor surrounding the hall like a grandstand in the stadium.

Ryan suddenly stopped his steps. This is because Ryan can see it clearly. 

In the area of the second floor, there were many figures that suddenly appeared and stood there. They all looked down, rather, looking up at Ryan.

At the same time, a heavy atmosphere burst into the air, making the atmosphere tense and stressful.

Without Ryan realizing it, Jeanne has now disappeared from her place. Only Ryan was left in the hall.

The eyes of the people on the second floor were focused on Ryan. They were very interested in Ryan. It was as if Ryan was their victim.

Undoubtedly, the people on the second floor of the hall were members of IU.

Ryan looks at IU members and tries to identify them one by one based on the information given by Riko.

Until finally, Ryan saw someone he knew very well. "Kinji?"

Ryan was quite surprised to see the whereabouts of his classmates.

The eyes of both of them met. Kinji could only smile helplessly at Ryan. He said nothing and just stood there.

Next to Kinji, stood a long-haired beautiful woman. But she is not a woman. 

He is a man from the Tohyama family, namely Tohyama Kenichi. However, with his current appearance, it was more appropriate to call him Tohyama Kana.    

Seeing Kana's whereabouts, Ryan finally understood, as to the reason why Kinji was here as well.

As Riko had said, some Butei with extraordinary abilities would kidnap IU and make a fake death for them.

Tohyama Kana is one of them.

It's just that, Tohyama Kana doesn't seem wholeheartedly loyal to IU. Otherwise, Tohyama Kana would have killed Aria before Ryan came to her rescue.

It seems, Professor and Aria have a certain relationship. To prevent Aria from making contact with IU, Tohyama Kana wants to threaten Aria by pretending to kill her.

"I wonder who the Professor really is? And what does this have to do with Aria?"

Ryan looked straight ahead. There, there's a door.

The sound of footsteps came closer and closer from the front.   

At that moment, a charismatic voice sounded from the front. "Although there are some irregularities, but as I predicted, you will definitely come here, Ryan-kun."

Slowly, the figure entered the hall through the door that was in front of Ryan.

When Ryan saw the Professor, the Leader IU clearly, Ryan's eyes widened. He was very surprised to see this figure.

The figure was a handsome man, wearing a detective coat and hat. The man was also seen smoking tobacco from a wood-tobacco pipe in his mouth.

Seeing this charismatic figure, Ryan couldn't possibly not have known him. Even more than an hour ago, Ryan saw a photo of this man in Aria's book.

"Sherlock Holmes …"

He is the strongest detective in the world and also the grandfather of Butei who has become a legend in the United Kingdom more than 100 years ago.

And also, Grandpa Buyut Aria.

The IU leader known as the Professor is the famous British Detective Sherlock Holmes.

"I've been waiting a long time for this day."

The famous detective named Sherlock showed a handsome smile.

"And today, is the day when the new history page will open.”