291 Monsters

"Aki, calm down."

Asou Chiaki placed a hand on her fiancé's shoulder as the two of them sat in the car on the way towards the Cedar Palace. Earlier that afternoon, he received a message from Miharu that Ara had been taken by men along with Rin and Hiroaki after their exams on the way to the shopping district. It was followed by a video clip of the kidnapping itself.  However, it was already evening when he was able to see it as he had been in a meeting the whole day.

As soon as he saw the video, blood drained from his face, and it took Chiaki a while to find out from him what happened. Knowing that he was thinking the worse and blaming himself, she had called Miharu's number to ask about what happened as well as the school.