11 Hero. Let's burn the world together, okay? (1)

"Yu-chan....you're....fine....right? " Ayumi who cried till she was in a inextricable state crouched and poked his shoulders.

"As you can see, currently there's no jeopardy to your 'Yu-chan's' life. His body is very weak however, so being his elder sister, you should know that you must properly take care of him, right?"

The black clothed man —who previously hit Yuuto — said as he smirked and lucidly glared at Ayumi.

"How dare you hit him?!?!" Ayumi stood up and started to bawl as she threw a fist at the man.

"Easy easy, princess. We can't have you hurt, can we, princess? " The man evaded the fist thrown at his face as he playfully smirked at Ayumi.

"Why?! Why did you hit him yo-you…monster!! "

"Gee, I was only berating him for doing stupid shit, right hero? " The man breathed in as he with a bang, slammed his foot into Yuuto's left hand.

"Ohhf! " Yuuto groaned as he grabbed his left hand with his other hand and tried to remove it from under the man's boots.

"YU-CHAN!! "

"Shut her up, Uesugi. " The man, Hagashi Amami, didn't turn back as he instead waved towards the golden-glassed man.

Uesugi nodded with extreme respect as he snapped his fingers, and as soon as he did so, three women in security suits entered the room and took away the bawling Ayumi.

"Now that the princess is gone, I finally have enough time to talk with you, hero. "

Hagashi crouched, with his leg still on top of Yuuto's hand, and chuckled at Yuuto's face.

Yuuto smirked as he felt his cloudy mind clear up due to the beating he received from his father. And as soon he reached clarity, he started to remember the things he did right after hearing of Sakuya's 'betrayal'.

As soon as he heard all of the relevant information from his phone, his heart broke as his previously shut-off emotional dam broke and flooded his mind with hatred.

In the past, his younger sister died after a surgery. And he didn't want to remember it, so he found a fake-replacement for her in his mind: Sakuya, in order to not be sad anymore.

Regardless, Yuuto still had the jar of pickle his younger sister cooked back when she was still alive; and in a state of misery, he downed the entire jar of rotten pickle.

Yuuto didn't remember anything else other than a massive cramp that happened to his stomach an hour after he ate them; meaning that he either fainted or his memories were still cloudy.

"Foods that taste awful. "

"Are made by the ones we love. "

"And when they are gone; it will be the most delicious food we've ever eaten. "

"Father, I guess you were right back then, huh? " Yuuto's voice was slightly hoarse as it creaked like an old, rusty door.

The man tilted his head and smirked; this time, his smirk was different. Instead of both of the edges of his lips rising; the left edge of his mouth became raised as he patted Yuuto's cheeks.

"I told you before, hero. I gave that jar of pickle to you for safe-keeping, not for consumption."

"Reminds me of why you're such an idiot, hero. "

Yuuto's voice croaked as he felt the boots on his hand be lifted; fully knowing that his father's anger had subsided.

Hagashi Amami, liked to call Yuuto 'hero' —for absolutely no reason —since childhood. Even though Yuuto hadn't met him much in these two years, he still remembered the abrupt beatings he received as training from this dude.

Well, at least the random beatings helped him man-up, ay?

"I couldn't help it. I-I wanted to do something that would remind me of her being still alive, in my heart; so I did what I could. I ate the pickles."

"Are you insane, then? That pile of pickles were at least five-years-old! Hero, you are an amazing idiot. Truly. "

Hagashi stood up as he sat down on a chair beside the bed, everyone in the room at the moment, ignored the sobbing sounds outside the door.

Yuuto meanwhile, was caught in a loop of self-loath and introspection.

"Well, it's okay hero. I'll forgive you this time for failing in the test. "

Hagashi shrugged as he assumed a relaxed pose on top of the chair; yet his confident, rigid smirk didn't dissassipate.

"Sometimes, it's good to acknowledge that you'll never be able to let go of things that makes you sad; because it's one of the few things that make you smile. "

Yuuto however, paid no mind to his father's word as he stood up and leaned on the wall, his hands hurt but he didn't care as he looked at the sliding door leading to the balcony beside him.

The chilly wind hit him in the face as his skin shuddered due to the goosebumps.

It's the end of April but he felt that it's somewhat chilly .

Could it be due to a broken heart's wound?…Or rather, is it even a broken heart? Or is it due to the old wounds ripped apart to form even more wider ones?

No…Yuuto felt that he'd already lost before he could reach onto the stage of the broken heart.

It felt as if he lost in a race against something. As if he had lost a valuable amount of time and resources to an…entry-level competitor.

…That's right, he just lost to something…that's how it feels but it feels as if it's still inside his body …

Yuuto could've confessed to Mizuhara-chan earlier than that man if he knew that this would happen…wait, he can't think like that because…

The result would be the same even if Yuuto somehow felt the need to confess earlier .

There's no way Mizuhara-chan would like a man like him…that's for certain.

No matter how far Yuuto would boast or overblow his status, it would still remain the same.

He was nothing but a man smooching off from Ayumi; and to a lesser extent, Song and his friends.

Yuuto was a rare existence; a very rare existence among the wealthy and affluent families. He had no trustfund, no safety-net and certainly no inheritance, because his grandparents didn't frankly care at this point nor did his parents.

It was decided from the start, Yuuto's mother was the second-in-line of the entire family, and furthermore his father was also outside of any of the famous families, so it was guaranteed that he would get no inheritance due to societal standings and family rules.

Yuuto's mother was already pregnant once again, and in a last ditch effort, Hagashi would be chosen as the successor if another female was to be born in the family.

But even that chance was ruined when his father attempted to grasp control and establish his hold over the «Kazuya House» by establishing a opposition faction inside it with his fellow, or subordinate shareholders and employees; which without mistake, failed as «Kazuya House» was deemed to be too 'big to fall'. Meaning that an internal takeover of the organization would be detrimental to the government so Hagashi's efforts were all stopped by them.

Regardless, Song was still for an unknown reason, the apple of his grandfather's and father' eyes, and so was Ayumi in the eyes of her own parents: so without a doubt, Song and Ayumi were the people that were 'rich' due to their safety nets and money.

Yuuto wasn't. He was renowned for being a wastrel, loner who wastes his youth by doing nothing creative. It wasn't a secret either that his position in the «Kazuya House» was unstable and filled with potholes.

Yuuto, was fat, plain, and everything bad jumbled up in a mess of bad, bad everything.

He, to be honest, never thought that Mizuhara-chan would be someone else's, he would be glad if it stood just like how it was before…he would be happy by only watching Mizuhara-chan.

And yet, Mizuhara-chan is…is with that bastard Kogure!

That's overwhelming….it's too much…It's the worst…fuck!!!

"I never really thought of it before, but you're really interesting, hero. "

Hagashi said as he looked at Yuuto with his hands on his chin; his grin however, exploded to maniacal-levels.

"You're pathetic, you know, hero? "

"You have zero iota of confidence, and whatever much you gather, it t ages, and distorts…However, you're a distorted and miserable man that can't defy your own penis' desire, right hero? "

"I-I... "

"What? You're saying that I'm wrong? Are you going to insist on the delusion that you're a decent man?"

"…No"

…That's right.

Father is right.

Yuuto's distorted, perverse even. Even today, her ogled at Ayumi's body a lot, had fantasies on Song, had delusions of Sakuya…h-he…

Yuuto…he…he felt a strong desire for Mizuhara. As if she was a possession I couldn't let go of.

However…he can do nothing but give up on her. He had no real power, and he doubted he could boost his own value and catch her.

If she's' going out with Kogure…Yuuto could do nothing but stay silent and watch her be fucked by Kogure .

"I…am a weak human. "

Ignoring Yuuto's proclamation of self-defeat, Hagashi stood up and put a hand towards Yuuto's face.

"Hey…what do you want to be in the future, hero?"

"Me? Nothing. "

That's right. Yuuto didn't have a dream or even a perception of what he wanted to be in the future.

"You're as hopeless as usual, eh hero? "

"Regardless, at your age, what I wanted to be was the best of everything and be ahead of everyone. "

"I wanted to burn the world and drown it in its own tears, and yes, it was and still is easy. "

"Burn the w-world? "

"Indeed. It's easy of course also, because I chase after power and wealth, not viscous and temporary satisfaction. "

"It was easy because 80% of the world was satisfied being whatever it had, satisfied with ignorance and mediocrity; and unlike them, I didn't want to be the usual human chasing after desires, I wanted to rule and break the cycle."

"I wanted to watch the world burn: I don't know, murder everyone? "

Hagashi pulled Yuuto in a close embrace as he came face to face with him, his face was only inches away from Yuuto's as he kicked his lips with lucid eyes.

His hands were on Yuuto's shoulder as they gripped them like how cranes would grip rocks by: steady and crushing.

"Hey you, now that you're here and so miserable, what do you intend to do with her? "

Yuuto felt a chill in his spines as he watched the lock of white hair combed to perfection on Hagashi's head keenly glow, a startling contrast to his dark hair.

Yuuto's mind was as cloudy as ever, so it couldn't be helped that his mouth slipped.

"W-who are you talking about? "

"Hm, I know it…everything in your mind, hero. Don't lie. "

The grip on his shoulders tightened as Yuuto felt a sense of urgency and tightness in his chest.

"If you want her body, then I'll get it for you. Of course, her heart can't be taken. However, you can make her body yours, right hero? "

"W-what are you saying…father?"

"Indeed. Whatever you want. Remember however, that she won't he happy, nor will she like you, nor will she be happy; her lover also won't be happy, her parents wouldn't be. "

"But you will be happy; right hero? That what matters, right? Pursue happiness and discard morals. "

"You can do whatever you want with her, but…I'll take only one thing, hero. "

Hagashi's voice was devoid of temper; tension or even his usual rigid charisma. It was cool and playful, without any adulteration.

Yuuto's heart started to scream for him to get out of this situation by any means possible; the meaning of taking one thing sounded extremely sketchy to him, regardless of how tempting the offer sounded to him.

"Just only obtaining her body, isn't that…terrible? "

Hagashi scoffed with immense disdain in his voice.

"What are you saying?…Aren't you interested in only her body? Isn't her heart irrelevant?"

"…That's… "

"In the first place, what are you doing with her? You came to like her outward appearance, her voice, her height; her personality or thoughts clearly doesn't matter in your judgment? Does it? "

"Regardless, take your time thinking about this; because frankly, the thing I'll take from you in exchange will be more graver than you can even imagine. "

Yuuto's mind wasn't working, his sense of self awareness shut itself down the moment the words «outward beauty» exited from Hagashi's mouth.

He didn't understand anything, he didn't want to, but however…

"Anyways, do it quickly…because—"

Hagashi nonchalantly closed his lips as he let go of Yuuto's body. And as soon as he did, he turned around and sat back on the chair in the room.

"However, there's not much time you have. You see; high-schoolers these days have sex don't they?…Even her, she isn't a unicorn that she'll hold her virginity until marriage. "

Virginity…what if that man takes her virginity?

Yuuto… he…

"If a man can possess a woman sexually —really possess— he won't need to control her ideas, her opinions, her clothes, her friends, even her other 'lovers'. "

"If you have the resolve to obtain her…If you have the resolve to wallow in sadness regardless of your actions…if you have the resolve to watch the world burn…tell me. "

"If you do, I'll let you have her: I'll let you do whatever you want with her. And this won't end just after one touch. Her body will be yours for life, no exceptions. There's no man who will be able to embrace that girl except you. Surely, that girl will hate you. She'll curse you for her whole life, but…"

" Do what makes you happy; regardless of whether the world drowns of burns in the wake. "

Yuuto couldn't process everything, yet…

"How do you even know all of these?! "

That's right! How does his father know all of this, even though he hadn't mentioned anything about Sakuya to even to Ayumi?!

Uesugi, the man wearing the golden-glasses chuckled as he answered in the stead of Hagashi.

"I think you're mistaking something here, Yuuto-dono. "

"Your father, is a trustee at the «Littauer House's» school, remember? "

The man, tilted his head as he looked at Yuuto as if he was a rare and also a very unique caged animal, who's albeit a bit retarded.

"Don't scare the hero, he'll urinate himself you know?"

The men shared a small laugh as Yuuto grunted and rubbed his burning cheeks.

"The choice is you-"

As soon as Hagashi opened his lips once again to threaten Yuuto, a white light flashed in front of him —which partially made his eyes burn due to the sheer sharpness— as he yelled in surprise.

"Stop it, all of you! You're all just manipulating papa! "

As soon as the light receded from their visions, a charming voice berated all of them as a girl bounced towards Yuuto and helped him stand up.

Hearing the shout, Uesugi immediately applied a stern look on his face as he took out his gun, while Hagashi still had the ever-confident look on his face as he glanced at the entrance door.

Yuuto shook his head in order to clear his vision as he looked at the girl in front of him: cute bun-like hairstyle, a blue dress, dark hair and elegant but dazed blue eyes.

Mio.

Yuuto felt that something was different today in Mio as he looked at her clothes and saw that they weren't as faded out as before, and her look was also a lot more petrified as she glanced at Hagashi with horror.

Remembering the memory syncing problem of the time machine, Yuuto suddenly thought that Mio might have gone to the future and learnt the changed future, and since it might have another problem, she came here again to help him!

"Wait, what is this?! "

Looking at the girl, Hagashi stood up as he questioned with squinted eyes: he could already figure out that the girl was harmless from her cornered look and empty arms.

Yet what was that white blinding light? And where did that girl come from? — those were the questions that arose in Hagashi's mind the first time his eyes fell on the girl that appeared out of nowhere.

"And no no no no, who are you kid?! "

Hagashi's smirk disappeared as he tensely looked at Mio, while Mio frowned and hid behind Yuuto; which was the total opposite of what she was here to do.

"Go away, you're a bad man! I won't tell you anything! "

Mio forcefully said with a hoarse voice as she cried on Yuuto's leg.

However, as soon as Hagashi's eyes started to look at Mio for more clearance, he saw her blue, but dazed eyes. Her lips and her jaw…

This girl is a 50/50 carbon copy of Ayumi and Yuuto!

A chilling light flashed by Hagashi's eyes as he understood a bit of the situation, yet his confusion didn't subside as it increased.

The girl in front of him looked to be of in her 'tween' years, she wasn't a teen or an adolescent yet judging by her childish features — meaning that it was impossible that she was Yuuto's child!

"Hero, tell me who she is, otherwise… "

Hagashi once again pushed his face near Yuuto's and watched him struggle due to fear and anxiety of him.

"Hagashi-sama, do you need me to inform security? "

Uesugi's voice boomed.

"No need, I see no way the girl can harm me anyway. "

"So, tell me hero; who is this girl and why does she call you papa? "

…

"What do you even mean? Time travel is impossible no matter what your method is of doing it. It is simply, mathematically, impossible. "

"Every single method of time-travel is impossible to achieve or even adhere to — One possibility could be to go faster than light, which travels at 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second) in a vacuum. Einstein's equations, however, show that an object at the speed of light would have both infinite mass and a length of 0. Which means that it appears to be physically impossible with this method. The infinite cylinder method has a large limitation, cosmic strings, everything! Every single method has a flaw or impossible requirement, so how can you even come here from the future? It's impossible!"

"I mean, how? "

Hagashi frustratedly paced throughout the room with a perplexed frown on his face, while Yuuto sat on the bed along with Mio.

"I don't know anything else about how or why it can work that way, father, but I can tell you one thing, and that is that Mio is telling the truth. "

"Yes. " Mio begrudgingly replied as she shrugged.

"Well, hero, is this the first time she's coming here or…? "

"No, this is the second time. She came first a day ago. "

"I see, what did she come here for at first then? "

Hagashi walked towards them, his eyes however were on Mio as they glanced at her as if she was a rare animal.

Mio weakly gritted her teeth as she looked at Hagashi

Hagashi noticed that as he wryly smiled, not knowing the reason why she bore such hatred towards him.

"I at first, came here to find out the reason why my father was so cold and distant with me and my mother, and also try to fix his problems. "

Mio thought back on how she administered anabolic steroids and forced Yuuto to exercise, which were all an attempt to bolster her father's masculinity.

"In the future, my father will always be away on trips; and will rarely meet with my mother. So in that short amount of time, my mother found an external method; another man; to express her loneliness on, soon she fell in love with him and tried to have sex, which my father discovered and then…suffered a heart attack. "

Before Mio could even finish, Hagashi cackled.

"Hahahahaha! " — His laughter didn't die, but increased instead as his shoulders trembled due to it and his mouth rapidly dried. But he didn't stop.

"I know the reason behind why he did all of these, Mio. "

Hagashi smirked as he coolly looked at Yuuto with a murderous expression.

"How, grandfather? " Mio asked.

"This shithead screwed up my plans —or tried to disagree with me on it— and as a result, got castrated. It's simple, because I don't think hero would be as idiotic to avoid his wife's advances, right? "

A furious expression slipped on Yuuto's face as he cracked his knuckles at Hagashi, to which Hagashi raised with eyebrows in amusement.

"Why do you mean by I failed your plans?! " Yuuto exclaimed as he banged his fist on the table — partially to express his anger and partially to exclaim his dissatisfaction with his life.

"It's simple — I want to you to do something right now, and you failed horribly in doing it."

"It's simple, I want you to do whatever I want you to do, that's what I'll take from you, and I'm exchange, I'll give you everything you want. "

"That girl included! "

Yuuto became quiet, while Hagashi chuckled in satisfaction.

"Frankly put, you'll have to rape that girl and do whatever I want anyways. Because I'm afraid if you don't, I'll take everything you have accumulated up until now and throw them up in the streets. "

"I assure you, the girl behind that door and the one sleeping at your house can both be taken away; and redistributed, if you don't surrender to me, hero. "

"This is what I'm trying to stop, papa! "

Mio suddenly intervened in the conversation as she walked towards the middle ground between the two elders.

Mio had an exasperated expression on her face as she looked back and forth between the devastated face of Yuuto and the amused smirk of Hagashi.

"You mean, you're here to stop my plan? But, in your summary of the future: I found no irregularities such as my plan being my families doom or something. My plan failed due to his abstinence in it, and I'll make sure he doesn't do it this time, okay? "

"No! Rape is bad! You're all horrible people! "

"Oh yeah? I don't care — does that reply work for you, kid? "

Looking at the nonchalance of Hagashi, Mio felt her anger blow out of her body as she exasperatedly breathed in and out in order to quell it.

"You're don't understand! I went back to the future and I found out that it changed! Your plan ended up ruining our entire family! "

"What?!

"My father's relationship with my mother is good in the new future, but…you, Higashi, ruined it all by making my father do all of these things now! "

"Sakuya and the rest of the girls open their mouths and tell the media that you guys raped them! "

Yuuto felt his brain ache, whilst Hagashi looked at Mio with panic.

"I…okay, show me the proof."

Hagashi calmly smiled and leaned back on the chair, his confidence and posture, was as infallible as ever.

Mio took out a metal stylus from the white pouch on her belly and clicked the button on top of it.

The dark pen made a small shutter-like sound as the button was lifted, and underneath it a appeared a small compartment that housed a small, red light; the red light started to blink as it moved and focused its sight towards Hagashi.

Hagashi's eyes widened as he saw a blue screen form in front of him, and on it a video started to play along with voice.

As soon as the blue screen appeared in front of Hagashi; the sensor —the red light— which targeted Hagashi's eyesight turned green as a similar red sensor appeared beside it and focused on Yuuto's eyes.

Yuuto looked at the blue, holographic display in front of him with keen eyes, unlike those which were on him before.

Even before anything else was displayed on it, a solemn voice of a female broadcaster rang out in the room.

〔Japan's top finance bureaucrat, Yuuto Kazuya, 34, has resigned on Wednesday after a police case had been filed in Germany against him, saying that he had sexually harassed several female reporters, this latest blow for Prime Minister Higashi Amami, whose ratings have been hit by a series of similar scandals.〕

〔Finance Minister Takeshi Etozawa told reporters that he had accepted Administrative Vice Finance Minister Yuuto Kazuya's resignation.〕

〔It is the latest in a number of headaches for Takeshi and Higashi. A steady trickle of allegations about suspected cronyism and cover-ups has raised doubts about how long Higashi can stay in power.〕

〔This brings to doubt over the cases taken back against the Kazuya family heir, Yuuto Kazuya, over the last decade, whether they were falsified as stated or not. The main one being the case of the sexual abuse against «Sakuya Mizuhara» and of Chinese actress «Fan Bing-Bing»〕

〔Yuuto denies the allegations against him but told reporters he resigned because he could not further disrupt work at the ministry. He said he still intended to sue the people filed a police case against him, calling them a smear campaign〕

〔"I am to blame for causing the media report about myself while the finance ministry faces a severe situation," he said. "Given that the situation after the report has made it difficult for me to fulfil my duty as administrative vice minister, I tendered my resignation to finance minister Takeshi just now."〕

〔He added that he did not recall having gone anywhere near the female reporters while he was away on Germany〕

〔 The identity of the female reporters in Yuuto's case has not been disclosed.〕

〔The Finance Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that it would continue to investigate the allegations surrounding Yuuto through an external law firm, given that the initial internal fact-finding had been conducted by his subordinate.〕

〔Yet, some barriers are present here, as Yuuto Kazuya is currently outside of the country.〕

〔— Nonetheless, this case displays th—〕

The display closed in a simple manner as the men in the room basked in the gloom-filled solemn atmosphere.

"Do you understand now, criminal? This is what happens in the future when your so called plan succeeds! "

Mio said as she waved her hands around in an attempt to explain more clearly.

Which garnered nothing but a clap from Uesugi.

Uesugi's black suit shimmered in the light while the seamless threading of his undershirt seemed smooth as glass to the surrounding people.

"I say little girl, the fact that you came here to stop our plan is simply commendable. It truly says much about your bravery. "

Higashi smiled narcissistically as he watched his dog explain the thoughts rumbling around in his mind like a mind-reader.

"But you ignored one thing, and that is that we are no ordinary men. Because you've given us a general summary of our failures through a news broadcast, we now know what will cause the problems. "

"Little girl, this is a paradox. The problem you've seen in the future will no longer happen, because we now finally know that our plan will fail, so we'll be more careful. "

"See, hero? I don't care even if I die in the future or get chucked in the slammer for it. But. I. Will. Rape. Her. "

"I am only giving you another chance, since I have further usage for you —which is a rather good prediction by me after I've seen the future news broadcast— otherwise, I have plenty of substitutes for her. "

"Choose. Yes or no. Another person will take your chance and enjoy her body in your stead, hero. "

Yuuto's fists curled up into balls.

As expected, his true nature….

"Okay, I'll do it. I'll do everything you need me to do, but let me keep her. "

Higashi brightly smiled as he came up from his seat and offered his hands towards Yuuto.

"So, hero. Let's shake hands and seal this business deal. "

"Your penis will be under my control from now, and in exchange…"

"Whatever you want. "

"P-penis? "

"Don't worry, I'm not keen on castrating people, unless they're against me, which is totally another matter. What I'm saying is, you'll he my hired dick. Get that, who I want you to fuck, you'll do it for me, okay? "

Yuuto sighed as he grabbed onto Higashi's hand and reluctantly shook them.

"Good, welcome to the «Amami House» heir. " Higashi closed his eyes as he smiled.

"Wait, you can't let this happen, papa! "

"I'll say this hero, take care of your daughter. You don't want me to disciple her do you? "

Hearing the word 'discipline' — vivid reminiscent memories arose in Yuuto's brain as he flinched and yanked Mio towards him, much against her deep angst.

Looking at the fearful look on Yuuto's face, Higashi grinned gallantly as he redirected his face towards Mio's.

"Now, I'd like some basic information from you, Mio-tan."

"Don't call me using tan! Yo…y-you degenerate! "

Looking at the rebellious face of Mio, Hagashi grinned as he patted her cheeks.

"Why do call me that? You do not know the circumstances nor the context that lead to this matter escalating to such heights, so I think that what you're doing is called being a goody two shoes. "

"That girl that my son will rape has no relation to you, nor do you know her in reality. So why; why the selfless rebellion against this matter? "

Higashi smiled.

Uesugi plodded his glasses as he monotonously grinned.

"She's just a child. She'll grow out of it soon, Higashi-sama. "

"I see. " — Higashi nodded. "I have no experience with children, so I didn't know. "

That's right. He was never involved with Yuuto or his little sister's life, no matter what happened. He was cold and avoided them, unless it was for specific reasons and specific things.

Mio stamped the floor as she threw a fist at Higashi, which to her dismay was easily grabbed by him.

"You're heartless! " — Mio yelled at Higashi as tears fell from her eyes, which were ignored by him as he cackled.

"I do bad things, but I'm not a demon. "

"Now, care to answer my question? "

"… "

"After the cases were filled and the news channels blew it to the heaven, what was the reaction from Ayumi and Song? "

Higashi smiled as he patted Mio's cheeks while questioning her.

Yuuto looked at Mio.

…

Knowing that whatever she would say would not change anything, and her father also wasn't responsible for anything in the future — Mio calmed down as she without hiding, told Higashi everything.

"Ayumi — my mother, had a panic attack after she saw the news. She clearly didn't believe them but asked papa about it anyways, to which he truthfully replied. "

"In short, my mother bawled her heart out and threw my father out of his house. In the process she tried to slit her hands twice and tried to kill my father. Which were all stopped by him, I don't know anything further as that was everything I saw. "

"Regardless, her reaction was bad, terrifyingly so. Song...had matured a lot by then and mostly understood what the reporters were saying, but she still stood by my father's side. "

Higashi nodded as he took in the information with a solemn nod. Behind him, his crony was writing everything down in a pad.

"So, I guess I now know the general gist of whatever that's about to happen in the future. "

"I don't know if the rape cases will emerge again in the future, now that I've changed it my plans a bit, but for more security, looks like we'll have to let Ayumi inside the plan then. "

"What? You can't let my mother inside this, she's innocent! "

"You can do anything you want, but don't include my mother in this! "

Yes, Mio's true nature was being exposed at this moment.

Selfish, yes. She was selfish.

The only reason she came back here was to warn Yuuto and Higashi, not to stop the rape from happening. Although it might be subconscious since she's only a child, but it was true that the only reason she did said that she came here to stop the rape from happening was due to her morals and teachings.

Listening to the voice in his head , Yuuto smiled in dissatisfaction as he looked at Higashi.

Mio stand-offishly glared at Higashi. While the opponent —in her eyes— smirked at her.

Annoying.

"Hm, Mio-tan, you don't know much about your own mother do you? " Higashi licked his dry lips as he waved his finger at Mio.

"…" Mio stood silent.

"If you don't, let me tell you. The reason she did all of these things in the future is due to jealousy — that all of us here know. But do you know why? "

"It's easy, she's not mad that Yuuto broke the laws and forced a woman —against her wishes— to fornicate, but the fact that he didn't tell her about it before everyone. "

"Let me tell you something, everyone surrounding your father —including his friends— are all broken. "

"I have literally never been —or seen kids— as heartless as them when I was a kid fighting with dogs for pieces of bread. "

"All of them wear masks — Ayumi to protect Yuuto and the others do it to stay friends with each other. "

"Regardless, a mask is not to hide what you are; but to show who you are and I think that's what applies here. You don't know her so don't, mistake something for something else. You're just a kid, I know, but try not be like ignorant. "

Higashi turned towards the quiet door and motioned to Uesugi to unlock it.

Uesugi clapped his hands together.

…

A shadow flashed through the door as soon as was unlocked, while Higashi noticed the knife thrown at him and quickly evaded it.

"Well, she's as fast as ever I see. " Higashi chuckled as he looked at the bloodied, but still alive bodyguards smiling frustratedly behind the doors.

"You know Uesugi, I sometimes wonder what's in the blood of the «Kazuya House», that it enables their offspring to have such potential in martial arts. "

Higashi said as remembered that Ayumi excelled in Krav Maga, Judo and sword arts. Well…it wasn't to say that he was less of a monster but, it took a while for him while Ayumi didn't need it.

Ayumi took like 4-years to learn all of the above, while Higashi..

Yuuto exclaimed in surprise as he felt a heavy weight press down on him and instantly push him down the bed.

Soon, a light and refreshing scent of soap and body fragrance swept by him as he looked on and saw Ayumi on top of him.

Ayumi's delicate and fragile face was filled with tenderness as she caressed his face. Her lips and skin were both pale as she sniffed and blinked her dry eyes. Her eyes however, were red but from the look of it, also very dilated.

Ayumi right now was wearing a light, loose, sleeveless white sundress with a wide neckline. Her curves at all the right places were now outlined perfectly, and it didn't help that her breasts were enveloping his face.

"Yu-chan…my Yu-chan…you've finally awakened...." While crying incoherently, Ayumi tightly hugged onto her Yu-chan, and at that moment, she was even thinking of never letting go of her hands already.

"Yu-chan…does it hurt anywhere…? "

Ayumi's body shook as she cradled Yuuto in her arms, while Yuuto snuggled and closed his eyes in her chest.

Hagashi's expression was now extremely bright as he grinned and looked at his aide, who was also grinning at the same moment.

Ayumi Kazuya is in the bag!

"Yu-chan…don't eat those things left behind by 'her' anymore…I know how much they mean to you…but don't…otherwise you'll be hurt… "

Ayumi still hadn't calmed down as she periodically fidgeted due to anxiety, her expression was unpredictable as she looked here and there erratically.

"My Yu-chan…is as weak as before, right…? You act…like you don't care, but in reality, you're as miserable as me, right…? "

A smile cracked on Ayumi's lips as she gently caressed Yuuto's bruised cheeks, and in the process, wiped away the blood pooling on his chin.

"My Yu-chan…does it hurt anymore?"

"N-no…I feel a bit dizzy although… "

"Aww…let neechan take care of you… "

Higashi looked on at the cute and somewhat-romantic-depending-on-who-you-are scene and clapped.

"Clap. Clap. Clap. "

"BACK OFF BITCH! HOW DARE YOU HURT LITTLE YU-CHAN WHEN HE'S SICK?!?! "

Ayumi gritted her teeth as she howled at the man closing in on her and Yuuto slowly.

Looking at the tiger roaring at him with her 'cub' in her hands, Higashi smirked with amusement.

Mio in the meanwhile glanced at them with a complex gaze filled with irregular emotions — something clearly not expected from a child.

"Easy easy princess. It's not like I hit him just because I felt like it. "

"Oh wait, yes, that's all. I felt like hitting him — and that's all I need as a reason. What'll you do to me, princess? Order a death squad on me? "

"I swear…I'll cut your dick off if your legs move again, Higashi! "

Higashi stopped moving as he smirked at the woman looking at him in pure mockery and disdain.

"That's it, I'm finished. I'm afraid now, of you and your family, princess. "

"Stop this, right now! Say whatever you want to convey without spewing filth, asshole! "

Yuuto clicked his tongue as he heard his pure Aya-nee curse at his father, which he clearly didn't expect.

"Alright princess. I'm going to say whatever is on my mind right now; and I'd like it if you stopped waving that knife at me. Thanks. "

Higashi playfully smirked as he saw Ayumi tuck the short knife in her hands once again in a compartment in her hips hidden by her clothes.

"I'll kill myself if you hit Yu-chan again. "

Higashi pondered over the threat for a while as he reluctantly stopped the hand he was curling up in a fist to hit Yuuto with — just so he could spite Ayumi.

Nonetheless, he truly couldn't take her threat for granted. Because if she ever so at most even slit her hands, Higashi would be in trouble with his «opposition» in the «Kazuya House».

The plan. The plan is the most important thing, not blowing off steam.

Ayumi stood quiet she waited for Higashi's mouth to move, whilst she cradled Yuuto protectively in her chest.

"Now, I'll be taking your Yu-chan away from you for a day, okay? "

Higashi waited for a while as he stopped playing around with words and answered solemnly.

"Impossible. Me and Yu-chan will go to the beach along with our friends an hour later. "

"Princess, I didn't ask for permission nor did I ask for a yes or no. "

"I'll be taking him with me, whether you like it or not. "

"And oh yes, I have a plan, and it will involve raping a wom-"

"Don't say those words in front of Yu-chan! "

She didn't care if Higashi raped someone, so why was he telling her about it?!

"Oh? Well, he isn't as pure as you think he is, Ayumi. Regardless, it's not me that'll be raping someone, but your Yu-chan. "

"What?! Y-yu-chan, is this…correct? "

"Don't bother asking him, he was administered with heavy pain-killers after his stomach was pumped. "

Yuuto calmly smiled as he remembered the hazy feeling in his mind.

"Listen to me, don't disagree with anything; because if I want, I can put Yuuto back in that dark mansion all alone, and I'll parcel you back to your parent's house; and you both will never ever meet again, in an eternity."

"Do you want that to happen? Hm? "

A fearful look emerged on Ayumi's face as Higashi plodded his head and wryly smiled.

"N-no…Yu-chan will forever stay with me… "

"Good. You have no issues with him embracing other girls, then? "

"…I don't know…as long as they're all one-night stands, I don't care. "

The fearful look receded and was instead replaced by a complex one as she coddled Yuuto.

"Okay, sex-friends only then. I won't allow any affections to be born between them. "

"'Them'? How many girls are you planning on making him rape, you bastard? "

"Not all of them will be rape, princess. Only one will be due to rape, the others…I don't know, but there might be another rape but the rest are all guaranteed to be safe and consensual. "

"First of all, how many girls are you talking about? "

Ayumi assumed a protective posture as she made Yuuto lay his head on top of her thighs.

Yuuto however, had his mind flying up in the skies as the painkillers came into effect with a bang, meaning that everything was passing by his eyes and ears like liquid.

Ayumi poked his cheeks as she mashed them together into various shapes —which made him form funny expressions on his face— with a playful look. It almost felt as if she was ignoring everything else to Hagashi.

"Well, we're talking about three here. One is a heiress of a tech giant, the other is a Chinese actress that came here to be an idol and the other is the daughter of a faded out politician. "

"Hm…they all sound good for Yu-chan, especially the first one. Who is she? "

"Heh, you met her before in a party didn't you? "

"I don't like guessing. Tell me. "

"Well, you'll meet her soon today, so keep it as a surprise. "

"Is she…older than Yu-chan? "

Higashi smiled.

To Ayumi, the only contender for her affections would be the ones on her equal standing, and the ones above her age — that much Higashi knew from experience.

An insecure look appeared on Ayumi's face as she caressed Yuuto's hair.

"Are you afraid that your position as his elder sister will be taken away? "

"Yes…Yu-chan…he…he forms connections quickly with older females, and I don't like it! I don't want someone else to be his neechan, I'm his neechan, and no one else! I won't allow any older female in his life, none! "

"It's bothersome to Yu-chan the most, he only loves his neechan, no one else! He doesn't like it when females older than him come closer to him and try to snatch him away! "

Looking at the vacant, destitute and ghoulish expression on Ayumi as her eyes rapidly bounced around the area, Higashi smirked as the plan he made back in his forties come into fruition.

The thing is, Hagashi was planning for everything since he came out from his mother's womb.

He planned everything. He cut off both of Ayumi and Song's —metaphorical— legs so that they'll be dependent on Yuuto.

It was wish fulfillment, in a sense…for Higashi, not Yuuto, because he had a certain psychological problem that made him project himself into his children.

If Yuuto had girls run after him, Higashi would feel the same — as if he was the one being chased.

It was weird, but yeah.

"Your answer is a sound no. I won't let any older women snatch him away from you. "

"I see… "

"But I have a request, I want to watch Yu-chan lose his virginity. "

"You don't want his first?"

"I don't know...I'd like to be his first bu—"

"Done then. Be in Kyoto Grand Capital hotel by ten at night. "

"Now…hand him over. "

Ayumi reluctantly looked down and released the grasp she had over his body.

Yuuto currently had a dazed expression in his eyes as he looked around in confusion. The entire world was spinning as he exclaimed in confusion.

"Aya-nee, what's happening? "

"Nothing, Yu-chan. You'll be sober in an hour or so, so hang on! "

Yuuto felt two wet lips kiss him on the cheeks as a rough hand grabbed his shoulder and took him away from the warm embrace of Ayumi.

…

"I don't know if you're understanding anything I'm saying… but—"

Yuuto felt the warm sunlight embrace him as he sniffed and felt himself sitting on a car.

"You won a very big lottery in women, hero. Ayumi's obsessed with you, but she's also a… hm, I'd rather not tell you. "

"Well, anyways, welcome to the «Amami House» hero. Where boys come; and go back as men, and where heroes come; and go back as villains. "

"I at first wanted to parcel you into the depths of the poorest regions in Vietnam and watch you suffer; and grow. But more of the former. "

"But you; you are a very important character in my orchestra; or more simply, a requirement in order to fulfill a promise to someone, hero. "

Yuuto's mind…

"Where are we…going? "

"To Kyoto. "

"Why? "

"To rape of course. "

Yuuto fell silent as he watched the cars beside him pass by without a sound.

Why, is, this, man, helping, him?

"Why are you doing this? Helping me, even if it's for something, why only me? "

"You're being incoherent, hero. Nonetheless, I'll still answer. "

"I want to burn the world and drown it in its own tears, that's why. Now be silent, and watch a horse race with me! "

"Horse race? "

"The horse race will be a test for you, hero. I want to see how clever you are, before I let you taste what your dick wants. "

"Hero, let's burn the world together, okay? "