Kaede had inquired about the drawing moments after going back into the girls' tent. Upon finding out that Hiroyuki had seen the creature in the drawing, she asked where he had witnessed it. To which he pointed at the forest, she then nodded and told them "I will be back shortly… I have to check this out, for the safety of my students…". Moments later, she vanished into the forest.
As she approached the bush where Hiroyuki had seen the monster, she narrowed her eyes in search of anything that looked suspicious-
Then, she saw it. A large building that was very noticeable if there weren't trees in the way. There was a logo on the building that displayed the letters, "RES".
Kaede's eyes widened. "O-Oh, crap… I didn't realize they had a research facility here…"
Without warning, a man walked out of the building and glanced around. "...Something seems off…" He told himself.
His gaze swung toward where Kaede was hiding, Kaede panicked slightly before transforming into a rabbit just as the man reached the bush. "...Huh… It's just a rabbit, guess those kids really did get scared by one of Toshi's creations." He laughed before going back inside of the research facility.
Kaede turned back into her regular form. "...Toshi? Who is that…? I thought the CEO of that company was a man named Edd Farsoft…"
She started to wonder if she should even investigate further, after all it seemed rather dangerous to continue her investigation.
Kaede sighed before transforming into a rat, she snuck into the facility through a small opening within the door.
There was a large hallway as she entered the facility, going through it she could see many rooms. Some had people inside of them, others were entirely empty.
One room had a lot of people standing in front of a strange device with a person inside. Kaede decided to eavesdrop before moving forward.
"Okay… It seems the values are all good, Ranpe are you ready? It might hurt just a little…"
He nodded from within the machine. The men in front flipped a switch which activated the machine. Immediately, Ranpe started screaming in pain. Moments later, the screaming ceased and he fell out of the machine as it opened up.
One of the men inspected him. "Hmm… We still need to work on making that process less painful, but it seems to have worked…"
Ranpe slowly got up before suddenly making a lion appear out of thin air. The man clapped in astonishment. "Oh… So you got the powers of a lion, huh? Good job, Ranpe!"
Ranpe sighed. "...It hurt like hell to get this ability though-" He paused as he noticed a rat in the corner of the room. "...Do you scientists always have rats in this facility?"
The scientists turned around and noticed the small animal. "...No, no we do not…" One of them immediately pulled out a gun and fired at the rat, Kaede ran away immediately. "O-Oh crap, they noticed me!"
"Get back here, you stupid rat!" The scientists began chasing Kaede around the facility, meanwhile Ranpe just stood in the room confused. "...Well, I'm going back to HQ…" He walked toward the exit before leaving the facility.
Finally, Kaede managed to get out and run toward a bush, one of the scientists jumped at her before she disappeared into the darkness of the forest.
"Damn it! What if that was a spy!?" The scientists looked at each other before they all sighed.
"...I sure hope not, or Toshi might kill us…" They went back into the facility. Meanwhile, Kaede ran back toward the camp. "...Were they… Creating some kind of Artificial Resonant in there…?"
"...That's… Not good… Especially considering the rumors of that company…" She returned to her regular form right as she reached the campgrounds. "I-I'm back!-"
Akuma flew past Kaede, and landed face first into a tree. "That's what you get for trying to invade our privacy!"
He grunted inside the tree. "...O-Ow… I wasn't trying to invade your privacy, I was told there was food in there!"
Kaede blinked in confusion before looking at Tsubasa. "...Um… Did anything else happen while I was gone?" Tsubasa shook her head. "No… Atleast, not that I'm aware of. The girls have just been in a tent the entire time, and the boys were cooking food next to the campfire…"
She nodded in response. "...O-Okay… Um, Tsubasa… Can I talk to you, preferably somewhere away from camp?" Tsubasa's eyes widened before nodding, then they walked into the forest.
Meanwhile… "This is some really good meat, man…" Keisuke was eating a hamburger. Daisuke looked at him before responding. "...Kinda defeats the point of a camp if we just bought a lot of food from the convenience store nearby…"
"Don't worry about it, Daisuke. You can never go wrong with the power of burgers." Bmon added. Daisuke sighed and sat back down.
Kaede went back into camp and started pacing around the campgrounds, wondering what she could possibly do in this situation. She paused as she noticed Koharu staring at her. "...Kaede-sensei, is everything all right?"
She nodded slightly. "Y-Yeah… Um… We might not stay at camp for that much longer." Koharu tilted her head slightly before walking back to the girls' tent. Suddenly, Kaede remembered something. "Wait… Wasn't there one other student who was supposed to be in my class? What happened to them?"
She checked her bag and pulled out a list of her students, one name she only just now remembered. "...Why haven't I seen Ayame since our classes began…?" Kaede glanced around, before noticing Ayame standing behind a tree. She was seemingly watching someone.
She walked up behind Ayame and looked at what she was looking at, and to her surprise… It was Bmon. "...Um… Have you been watching him this whole time?" Ayame jumped back slightly. "N-No, I…"
Kaede tilted her head before sighing. "...Look, I won't say anything… But, you haven't shown up to class since our classes even started! I completely forgot about you until I checked the list…"
"I-I apologize…! I-It's just that… I don't know if I'll be able to handle being around him that much…" Ayame apologized. Satisfied, she brought Ayame toward the campground.