"You can't board this bus," he said flatly.
Lana frowned.
"Why?"
"The sponsor of this vehicle has declined to allow you to travel with the others."
"Who's the sponsor?" Lana asked.
The driver remained silent and simply waved other students inside.
As time passed, two familiar figures approached, Tonyo and Raven, her former classmates.
They looked at her and chuckled.
Tonyo smirked.
"What's wrong? The genius of the Weapon Design Department, who mysteriously disappeared, can't even get on the bus?"
Raven added mockingly, "Maybe she became such a genius that she abandoned us all."
Lana recognized the hostility instantly.
The two had once been her academic rivals.
Their relationship worsened after rumors spread that Lana looked down on them.
Even though it was later proven false, they had never apologized and continued to treat her as an enemy.
'So they're still at it,' Lana thought wearily.
