a dumbass gets isekai'd: the novella

33. i misunderstood the assignment

"Find a way to break the invincible contract?" Ace smirked at the idea. "Sounds devious. I like it!"

"As devious as it is, it may be more beneficial for us." Deuce agreed.

Grim frowned. "Oh, shut up. We're not in any position to follow the rules anyways. We have every right to be devious."

"Plus, they're also cheating, so we're kinda just returning the favor. Azul's the one who sent those two to keep us from getting the picture. Leona may be devious, but he's a very sharp guy. I think there's merit in trying what he said."

"Besides, what's the harm in being devious once in a while?" Yuu shrugged.

Deuce rubbed his forehead. "I feel like we've said devious way too many times, huh."

"Yeah, it's starting to not sound like a word, we should get going."

"I feel that the safe in the VIP room is pretty suspicious."

"Ok, let's check that then. They're probably not gonna be there during lunch."
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Grim looked down the hallway, blue eyes darting back and forth. Seeing that no one was
there, he somersaulted to the other side of the hall.

"Alright, the coast is clear. Follow me, soldiers!"

Yuu gave him a thumbs up. "You're doing great, buddy."

The group reached the VIP room. Like the rest of the lounge, it was empty.

Deuce observed the vault. "There's a passcode and a key lock. Pretty tight security."

Getting in was a lot easier than I thought. Almost...too easy.

Jack suddenly jerked his head towards the door, his ears fully perked up. "There's someone coming!"

Of course.

"Everyone, under the table!" Yuu hissed. "It's the only place we can hide in."

Somehow, all the first years were able to fit underneath. It was extremely uncomfortable. Not only was everyone squeezed together way too close for comfort, but they were all in strange positions, too. Yuu was used to the occasional hugs, but this was too much.

"Which one of you keeps kicking my back?"

"Sorry Grim. Agck! Yuu, I can feel your hair tickling my neck."

"Oh shit, my bad Deuce. Ace, do you mind moving? Your bedhead is in my face, and if I sneeze it's going to be your fault."

"You think I can move at all? It's so cramped in here! Why is Jack so big?"

"What did you say?"

"Don't move-!"

"You guys are the reason why shampoo has instructions."

The door swung open, immediately shutting everyone up. Azul's voice could be heard.

"Let me see."

Then came the sound of keys clacking and something opening: the vault. Azul pulled out a large stack of golden papers.

"He's taking out all the contracts we signed!" Deuce whispered.

Ace pushed past him to take a look. "So he does keep them all in the safe..."

There was a faint sound of papers rustling.

"One, two, three..."

Grim growled as quietly as he could. "Ugh, he's grinning ear to ear while counting them."

"What a trashy hobby..." Jack muttered.

After an agonizingly long ten minutes, Azul got up.

"Hm. It's about time I headed back." he said to himself, before putting the contracts back into the vault and leaving.

One by one the first years slid out from under the desk, stretching and sighing of relief.

"I though we were gonna get caught."

"That felt way longer than it should've."

"Wait!" Jack pointed at something on the desk. "He left a contract on the table!"

"For real!? We gotta try and destroy it!" Ace was the first to approach the paper. "Hurry, before he comes back."

Grim rubbed his hands together. "Hehe, that Azul is a lot more forgetful than we thought!"

Yuu had a bad gut feeling about this. How would a guy notorious for outsmarting others be so forgetful? Something ain't adding up.

"Are you sure we should touch it?"

"It's a piece of paper, Yuu."

"I can see that. But don't you guys think this is too easy? I feel like Azul isn't the type to forget things so easily."

"We don't know him t h a t well. For all we know, maybe he cries himself to sleep every night." Grim shrugged. "Let's just grab the contract already!"

The first years made the unfortunate mistake of all reaching for the contract at the same time. A surge of electricity erupted from the paper and struck almost everyone in the room. Jumbled noises of pain were heard before they fell to the floor, temporarily paralyzed.

Yuu, who had chickened out of touching the contract, freaked out seeing their companions lying motionless on the floor.

"OH SHIT!"

Grim crawled over and grabbed their ankle. "Can't. Feel. My. Body- Help-"

"Grim! Stay with me, bro!" Yuu picked him up, checking for burns.

This is bad. Am I gonna have to drag 4 people to the nurse?

"Ahahahaha!"

Oh my gosh, it just got worse.

Azul and the twins were watching them from the doorway, the three of them finding the situation very amusing.

"Oh my. You're shaking as if you've been struck by lightning. How unsightly."