Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies-Chapter 313 - 307: Investigator Chika Fujiwara and "Where the Dragons Went"

Chapter 313 - 307: Investigator Chika Fujiwara and "Where the Dragons Went"

"Morning, Secretary Fujiwara."

Haruto greeted her.

But Chika came running over with a bright, cheerful face.

"Haruto-kun came to Shuchiin again! I wonder what magical thing will happen this time~?"

Hearing this, Haruto couldn't help but facepalm.

He was seriously starting to consider whether he should perform a memory wipe on this secretary.

Completely unaware of Haruto's thoughts, Chika continued smiling happily.

"Secretary Fujiwara, isn't it the other way around? Every time something magical happens, it's you who finds it, right?"

Haruto said casually.

In fact, in several abnormal incidents handled at Shuchiin, Chika had contributed significantly to discovering them.

"So, has Secretary Fujiwara found anything strange this time?"

Haruto asked with a smile, though he didn't really expect anything.

Finding anomalies once or twice was already impressive. What did she think this was—Yukinoshita Yukino's daily life?

That every time she went out, she stumbled upon supernatural occurrences?

However, before Haruto could finish his thought, Chika pulled a cardboard box from her backpack.

Haruto's expression froze, then turned speechless.

You're seriously not joking!?

Chika shook the box in her hand.

"I did! Haruto-kun, look at this—don't you think it's really weird?"

Haruto twitched his mouth as he took the box from her hands.

The box's texture and weight were completely normal—nothing unusual at all. At first glance, it was just a flat cardboard box.

Dimensions: 32cm x 20cm x 26cm.

Both the interior and exterior were painted silver.

If anything stood out, it was that the front of the box had writing in permanent marker: "HERE BE DRAGONS."

Chika pointed at the marker writing.

"See? It says there's a dragon in here."

Before Haruto could say anything—

Suddenly, the open box shut itself. Then the entire box shook slightly. When it opened again, a puff of black smoke quickly dissipated into the air.

And with it, a few strange origami shapes fluttered out.

Seeing this, Haruto was stunned.

Chika widened her eyes at the origami, her mouth forming an "O" shape.

"Are those... dragons?"

From the box flew multicolored origami pieces.

They were indeed shaped like dragons.

There were Western-style dragons with wings and Eastern-style wingless five-clawed dragons. These "dragons" flew around the student council room, circling Haruto and Chika.

The origami dragons had no visible propulsion system; it was impossible to understand how they moved.

Yet they flew through the air like real dragons.

Haruto looked at the origami dragons, momentarily speechless.

They were clearly some kind of projection.

Projections of lifeforms from another world, manifesting in the main world.

They had arrived through the cardboard box, for some reason taking the form of origami.

Maybe... to make themselves seem harmless?

Two dragons flew over holding a small note and hovered before Haruto.

Haruto took the note and unfolded it.

On it was written:

"Hello, our friends."

About fifteen minutes later, the origami dragons returned to the box one after another.

The black smoke faded away.

The inside of the box returned to being completely empty.

Chika stood nearby, seemingly dazzled.

When she noticed Haruto staring at her, she looked back with a carefree smile. Haruto grabbed Chika's hand, lifted it up and inspected it carefully.

Then he pinched her cheeks, looked her over, and even poked her at the waist.

Chika giggled and ran behind the couch in protest.

"Haruto-kun! Don't tickle my waist like that, it's super sensitive!"

Catching her breath, Chika shouted. But Haruto was just trying to check—

Was this Chika Fujiwara some kind of anomaly herself?

Why did this girl keep finding anomalies so easily?

The succubus girl and the Kisaragi Station incident were one thing. Even finding the Desire Camera could be passed off as coincidence.

But now this too?

If the Foundation didn't already confirm she had no employment record with them...

Haruto would have thought this pink-haired girl was a professional investigator from the Foundation!

No—most professional investigators didn't even have Fujiwara's discovery rate! Finding anomalous items on the market or discovering them actively—

It's not quite finding a needle in a haystack, but at least gold in a riverbed.

Why did it feel like Chika was just picking up free vegetables?

"Chika, join the investigation team."

Haruto suddenly said.

His sudden statement left Chika a little confused. But she didn't think too hard and immediately nodded.

"Sure! Sounds fun!"

This girl didn't even ask what an investigator did or what it involved.

Truly, that's Chika for you. Her thought process was impossible to compare to a normal human being.

Haruto simply took out the Absolute Contract Codex.

He handed it to Chika.

She looked shocked.

"Eh? Where did you pull out such a big book from? Eh!? EHHH!?"

She circled around Haruto twice in confusion. But she couldn't figure out where he was hiding such a large book.

"Just sign here, and you'll be a proud member of the investigation team."

Haruto tapped the contract with a pen and spoke persuasively.

Chika absentmindedly accepted the pen.

"Eh? A proud investigator? That sounds amazing!"

And with that, she signed her name.

Just then, Kaguya opened the door to the student council room.

Seeing the scene, she froze.

In her mind, Chika Fujiwara was practically a disaster on legs. That girl could unintentionally plunge everything into chaos.

Recruiting her into the Foundation?

Wouldn't that be inviting chaos straight into the organization?

As she and Chika stared at each other in silence—

Haruto quickly snatched the signed contract and tucked it into the Kamui Space.

"Welcome, Miss Chika Fujiwara, to the warm family of the SCP Foundation." freeweɓnøvel.com

Haruto smiled and pushed Chika toward Kaguya, signaling for her to give Chika a crash course in Foundation knowledge.

After a moment's hesitation, Kaguya made her decision.

She pulled out her phone and called Ai Hayasaka. Not long after, Hayasaka arrived at the student council room. Seeing her lady, the scummy president, and the chaos incarnate she least got along with...

Hayasaka felt her vision go dark.

She really couldn't take this job anymore!

While Hayasaka began explaining the basics to Chika, Haruto turned back to inspect the cardboard box.

[Item Name: Where the Dragons Went (SCP-1762), Object Class: Safe-0]

[Item Description: This object appears as a flat cardboard box, measuring 32cm x 20cm x 26cm. Both interior and exterior are painted silver. The lid has the phrase "The Dragon is Here" written in black permanent marker, which cannot be removed. When not in its active phase, the interior of the box is empty. During activation, black smoke is released, followed by the emergence of 'dragons.']

[Item Properties: This item serves as a projection portal, connecting to another world.]

Kaguya leaned in and saw the phrase "HERE BE DRAGONS."

"This... is an anomaly?" she asked curiously.

With only Foundation members in the room, there was no need to beat around the bush.

Haruto nodded.

"Dragons come out of it."

Hearing this, Kaguya's expression stiffened and she looked slightly scared.

After all, dragons—creatures of fantasy—were usually synonymous with overwhelming power.

Haruto gently patted Kaguya's head.

"It's not a real physical manifestation. They're projections that appear as origami. They're not scary—actually, they're kind of fun to watch."

Kaguya blinked. She couldn't quite imagine what origami dragons would look like. Haruto, meanwhile, stared at the box in thought.

If it connects to another world through projections...

Should he try exploring the world of dragons?