š§ [Scene 1 ā Ravik's Suspicion: This Teacher is Not Normal]
At night, Ravik is sitting alone in his room.
In front of him is the same glowing Soul Fragment that has worsened his condition.
> "The clue that Master Rudhva brought... could be fake."
> "Or... he himself is a player."
Ravik closes his eyes ā and slowly puts himself into a Soul Vision trance.
But suddenly ā a terrifying scene appears.
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š [Scene 2 ā Illusion Realm: The Teacher's True Form]
Ravik finds himself standing in a barren desert.
In front, Master Rudhva is smiling ā
But his shadow is not humanā¦ it is a giant serpent.
Ravik is shocked.
> "This is no ordinary teacherā¦ it is an ancient cursed soul!"
Master Rudhva's eyes turn red.
His body suddenly stretches ā and turns into a 30-foot long black serpent.
Ravik's eyes are filled with strategy, not fear.
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šøļø [Scene 3 ā Trap or Test: Ravik's trick]
Ravik thinks:
> "If this serpent has appeared in its true form, it means ā I did not fall prey to its game, I broke its game."
Ravik uses his Soul Seed technique.
He does not retreat, but shows himself as prey ā
Weak, scared, innocentā¦
But inside, he is spreading a web of a fake soul.
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š„ [Scene 4 ā Snake's Attack and Counter Move]
Rudhva in the form of a snake hisses:
> "Do you think you are the only chess player?"
"You are in my clutches now, Ravik."
He wraps himself around Ravik ā coils around him like a snake.
But thenā¦
A strong vibration emanates from Ravik's soul.
His duplicate soul creates a Soul Explosion inside the snake.
The snake shrieks ā doesn't explode, but retreats.
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āļø [Scene 5 ā Ravik's Monologue]
Ravik looks into the snake's eyes:
> "You think I am a pawnā¦ but I am the player who creates his own pawns."
"Don't forgetā¦ I am the one who has learnt to use my soul too."
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š [Scene 6 ā Back to the real world]
Ravik opens his eyes ā he is in his room.
There is a snake-shaped burn mark on the wall in front of him.
> "So that was realā¦"
"Now this is not a teacher's fightā¦ this is a battle between two demons."
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ā The curtain rises: planted evidence and Ravik's game
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š§ [Scene 1 ā Flashback: A week ago ā Ravik's real plan]
Cut scene ā The colors fade, and we see Ravik in a secret room.
In front of him is the same Soul Fragment that Master Rudhva recently presented as "Sabiti".
Butā¦
Reality Twist: Ravik himself had placed the fragment there.
> "Every crime doesn't need to be hidden, it needs to be proved ā just put the blame on someone elseā¦"
"I burned that Soul Fragment myselfā¦ and put in it the shadow of the student whose soul had already died."
> "So that when someone finds itā¦ he thinks it's a clue. And the person he thinks is guiltyā¦ is not me, butā¦ someone else."
Ravik blows the ashes into his palm ā with a smile.
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š [Scene 2 ā Present: Clue announced in the Academy Hall]**
Master Rudhva, on stage, shows the Soul Fragment and says:
> "This fragment shows that Ravik's soul is connected to this murder!"
The Principal gets serious.
All the students look at Ravik.
Butā¦
Ravik gets up from his seat ā quiet, but with a play in his eyes.
> "You're saying that this fragment is connected to me? Can't I tamper with it?"
> "Can you say that this fragment wasn't stolen from the Academy's storehouse?"
> "Isn't it possible that someone placed it there intentionallyā¦ because he knew you were coming to look for it?"
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š [Scene 3 ā Confusion among students and teachers]
Now the whole hall is divided into two parts:
Some teachers say, "Ravik is very clever, he is the murderer!"
Some students say, "No, he is quietā¦ Master Rudhva's eyes of suspicion are shining more!"
Ravik slowly drops a statement:
> "The student whose soul is in this Soul Fragmentā¦ was killed 5 days ago."
"Can you tell me, why did this piece come out today?"
> "Orā¦ you kept it hidden since then, Master Rudhva?"
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š [Scene 4 ā Master Rudhva's panic]
Master Rudhva turns his eyes red in anger.
His soul starts giving slight vibrations.
Ravik smiles ā "Now you're exposed."
Principal takes a step forward:
> "Both sides are suspicious. We need to investigate further."
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āļø [Scene 5 ā Another move by Ravik]
Cut scene ā Night, Ravik is playing chess alone.
The black queen is surrounding the white king on the board.
> "You thought the clues would go against meā¦ but the real game was that I was creating those clues."
> "I made them fight ā teacher against teacher, student against studentā¦"
> "Every piece was on my chessboard."
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šÆ [Scene 6 ā Final Twist: Ravik's Seed Plan]
Ravik is now creating a new Soul Seed ā a "False Memory Parasite"
which will make Master Rudhva believe that "he is the one who committed the murders."
> "The real victory is when the enemy himself accepts that he is guilty."
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š Chapter End ā The Snake Bites Itself
Ravik walks out of the room.
The white king is lying on the chess board behind him.
The black queen is standing over him, smiling.
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