21 Years Ago...
17-year-old Ansh is walking down the road in his school uniform.
Suddenly, another 17-year-old boy wearing the same school uniform walks up behind him.
He smiles and says,
"Hey Ansh, how are you?"
Ansh smiles.
"I'm good. How about you, Mayank?"
Mayank replies,
"I'm perfectly fine."
The two continue walking toward school while talking.
After a while, they enter their classroom.
18-year-old Aditya is already sitting at his desk.
Ansh sits beside him.
"Aditya... I didn't complete my homework today."
Aditya casually replies,
"Don't worry. I did mine. You can copy it from me."
Mayank also comes over and sits beside them.
"I didn't do mine either."
Ansh looks at him.
"Then you can do it with me."
The three of them start working on their homework.
But suddenly—
Ansh's diary begins floating in the air.
The diary opens on its own.
Words suddenly appear across its pages—
"A GATE HAS OPENED."
Ansh's expression immediately becomes serious.
He looks at Aditya.
"Aditya... we have to go."
Both of them stand up.
Mayank looks at them suspiciously.
"Where do you guys keep disappearing to all of a sudden?"
Ansh casually replies,
"It's nothing... we'll be back."
The two make an excuse about going to the washroom and leave the classroom.
As soon as they get outside, Ansh and Aditya start running toward the location of the Gate.
A large number of Hunters are already gathered there.
Ansh and Aditya join them, and all of them enter the Gate together.
Same Day — Evening
Mayank is leaving school and walking toward home.
Suddenly, Ansh and Aditya catch up with him.
Mayank stops.
"You two..."
"Where do you keep going every time? Tell me."
Ansh stays silent for a moment.
Then he says,
"We can't tell you, Mayank."
Ansh and Aditya walk away.
After going some distance, Aditya looks at Ansh.
"We can tell Mayank."
"He won't tell anyone."
Ansh seriously replies,
"I know he won't tell anyone."
"But there's no reason to put unnecessary tension on him."
Aditya remains silent.
The Next Day
The next morning, Ansh and Mayank are walking to school together.
They're casually talking as they approach the school.
But the moment Ansh steps inside—
He suddenly stops.
An extremely powerful aura fills the area.
Ansh looks toward Mayank.
"Mayank... stay here."
Ansh moves to the side and takes his phone out of his bag.
He immediately calls Aditya.
But someone else answers.
Meanwhile, Aditya is lying unconscious on the floor inside the school.
Ansh speaks into the phone.
"Aditya, what's going on inside the school?"
"Whose aura is this?"
A mysterious laugh comes from the other side.
"So... you find my aura that powerful?"
Ansh's eyes widen.
He immediately realizes something is wrong.
On the other side of the call, Aditya's phone is being held by a demon.
Ansh immediately cuts the call.
He starts running inside the school.
But suddenly—
He remembers Mayank.
"Mayank!"
Ansh turns around and rushes back.
But Mayank is nowhere to be seen.
Ansh clenches his fist.
"Where did Mayank go?"
Suddenly, he sees him.
Mayank is running through a corridor, desperately trying to escape from a demon.
Ansh doesn't hesitate.
He jumps through a window and lands directly in front of Mayank.
The demon attacks.
Ansh throws a single powerful punch.
BOOOOOOM!
The demon is instantly defeated.
Mayank stares at Ansh in fear and shock.
"What... what was that?"
"And Ansh... how did you defeat that monster with just one punch?"
Ansh grabs Mayank's arm.
"There's no time to explain."
"You need to get out of here."
The two run toward the exit.
But just as they reach the main gate—
BOOOOOOM!
The entire school suddenly begins transforming.
The walls change.
The corridors twist into completely unfamiliar structures.
And a massive barrier appears around the entire school.
Mayank stares at it in shock.
Ansh becomes serious.
"Mayank..."
"From now on, you stay with me."
"If you separate from me, you won't be safe."
Ansh and Mayank turn around and head back inside.
Suddenly, they hear a voice coming from one of the classrooms.
Ansh walks toward the classroom door.
Inside, a girl is trapped beneath a desk.
Ansh clenches his fist.
BOOM!
One punch destroys the classroom door.
Ansh enters, moves the desk aside and pulls the girl out.
The moment she stands up—
Ansh freezes.
"Umang?!"
Ansh looks at her.
"How did you get trapped here?"
"You're a Hunter!"
Umang looks serious.
"Ansh... the demon inside this place..."
"It's not a normal demon."
"Its power is extremely high."
"It was the one who trapped me here."
"I thought I wouldn't make it out alive."
Suddenly, Umang notices Mayank.
She looks surprised.
"Mayank? What is he doing here?"
"And why are you talking about Hunters in front of him?"
Ansh replies,
"He knows everything now."
"And the barrier around the school has already activated."
"That's why I couldn't send him outside."
Ansh immediately asks,
"Where are the other students?"
Umang answers,
"That demon has locked all the other students on the top floor."
Ansh's expression becomes serious.
"Alright."
"You just protect Mayank."
Mayank immediately looks at him.
"But how are you going to fight it alone?"
Ansh looks at Mayank.
A mysterious smile appears on his face.
"You still don't know..."
"Who I really am."
Ansh turns around and starts walking toward the stairs.
He begins making his way toward the top floor.
As he walks, only one thought runs through his mind—
"How can one demon control an entire school by itself?"
Ansh's eyes become serious.
EPISODE END.