Everything at Gotham University was as usual.
Apart from Dick and Bruce each visiting the Literature Department three days earlier to ask whether anyone had seen Ririko, nothing had changed.
Evelyn walked into the classroom, sat down in her usual seat, and took her literary theory book out of her backpack.
The classroom gradually filled up.
She turned a page. Suddenly, the student beside her nudged her elbow.
"Look over there..." the girl beside Evelyn said.
She followed the girl's gaze.
A girl with long, straight black hair walked in through the door and sat by the window at the side of the classroom-Ririko's favorite seat.
The girl delicately crossed her legs, lowered her head, and began casually scrolling through her phone.
Even though Evelyn couldn't make out the girl's face, she had only ever seen hair that silky and lustrous on Ririko.
Even the way she leaned lightly against the edge of the desk, gracefully showing off her figure, was exactly the same...
Evelyn's heart jolted. The book slipped from her hands and hit the floor with a thud.
How could this be?
She had clearly killed her, then dug a hole on the mountain with those two boys and buried her.
How was she back?
She felt certain she must still be asleep.
She had had nightmares like this over the past two days, dreaming of Ririko crawling to her feet, covered in mud, asking why she had killed her...
Just as Evelyn convinced herself it was all a dream, her phone vibrated.
She took it out and saw the two boys frantically messaging their group chat-
"What's going on??? How is she back???"
"We already... How is she acting like nothing happened!!!"
Evelyn typed a line:
"Calm down. Maybe she's her twin sister."
After she sent her