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LII : Last Hint

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"Where did you find this card?" Cerl asked while examining the card that Unknownimous sent to us a while ago when I was in our clubroom.

"Sa dati nating clubroom. It was placed in the table" I answered right away.

"At sa tingin mo ay si Yohan ang naglagay nito doon?" Viridian seriously asked.

I nod as an answer. We're currently at the school garden. I told them about what happened a while ago. Mula sa pag uusap namin ni Yohan hanggang sa card na galing kay Unknownimous.

"We can't accuse Yohan anymore, we can tell now that he's not our enemy" pagpapaalala sa amin ni Roux.

"That's right. Mayroon naman palang itinatagong bait si Unknowimous, he gave us a clue" pagpuri ni Sienna sa evil mastermind na hinahanap namin.

"What's with Roygbiv?" Viridian think deeply.

"It is the color of the rainbow! Hindi mo ba alam 'yun? Itinuturo na 'yan mula pa nung kindergarten" Cole said in a confident tone. He acted as if he's a genius. Hindi tuloy napigilan ni Viridian ang kaniyang sarili kaya nabatukan niya si Cole. Tinignan siya ng masama ni Cole.

"You two, instead of mocking each other, why don't you help us in order to figure out what's about Roygbiv" pagbabawal ni Cerl sa aso't pusa naming kasama. He look really determined.

I can't think of anything related to Roygbiv. Pumapasok talaga sa isipan ko ay ang colors ng rainbow. Nothing more. Why is it so hard? Wala na bang ibang hint? I took a glance at the card. Parang familiar sa akin ang way ng pagkakaprint ng mga letters. Capslock, bold, italic and underline. A realization dawn me. I remembered something. The word Roygbiv appeared twice in the card that we had during Valentine's day! Yun ba ang tinutukoy ni Unknownimous?

If my memory serves me right, there were only two letters underlined from the Roygbiv word back then. Ano nga ba ang mga 'yun?

"I think what Unknownimous' referring to is the card the we had during Valentine's day. Remember that those two cards have ROYGBIV word written on it. At mayroong dalawang letter na nakaunderline. The letters R and B" I explained seriously. Sila naman ay patango tango habang pinakikinggan ako.

"Tama! Mayroon pa akong picture ng card na 'yun" kinalikot ni Cole ang gallery ng cellphone niya. Hinahanap niya ang picture na kinunan niya sa card na tinutukoy ko, "Ito 'yun diba?" ipinakita niya sa amin ang picture.

"Yan nga 'yun" I confirmed while looking at the picture.

"If that so, the color Red and Brown has something to do with Unknownimous" Cerl look more focused now. He's still looking at the content of the card.

"How could it be a clue? Ito bang mga colors na ito ang favorite niya?" naguguluhang tanong ni Sienna.

Habang patuloy kami sa pagpapalitan ng ideas ay biglang tumunog ang bell kaya't nagsipunta na kami sa mga classroom namin. After three hours ay uwian na namin. Pagkatapos kong gawin ang duty ko bilang isa sa mga cleaners ay lumabas na ako ng classroom. Bago ako umuwi ay pinili ko munang bisitahin ulit ang clubroom namin. Hoping to see another card there. Paakyat ako ngayon ng stairs papuntang second floor kung saan matatagpuan ang clubroom namin. While I am on my way ay bigla kong nakabungguan ang isang lalaking estudyante. Nakafacemask siya, nakasalamin at may suot na hat which covers his face. May lagnat ba 'to?

"Sorry" mahinang sabi niya sabay ubo.

"Sorry din" I apologize while looking at his face.

Umalis na siya pagkatapos nun. Sinundan ko siya ng tingin hanggang sa makalayo siya sa akin. Tutuloy na sana ako ng makakita ng card sa sahig. He must have left it. Baka nahulog ito mula sa bag niya. Pinulot ko ang card at pinagmasdan ito.