-44- Angel and Demon

Finally, the entire Class 1-D announced its dissolution under an extremely unfavorable atmosphere.

If it were any other time, the study group led by Hirata Yousuke and Kushida Kikyou would have started at this point. Even without the study group, male and female students in the class would usually gather together, either going somewhere to have fun or chatting in someone's room.

However, today, after just finishing the midterm exams, and with the incident in the class, no one was in the mood for such activities.

Therefore, everyone dispersed on their own.

Even Kushida Kikyou did the same.

In the past, she would have been surrounded by a group of people, friends would be around her all day long, but now, the beloved angel of Class 1-D walked alone with her school bag and left the school building.

Lifting her head, Kushida Kikyou confirmed the sky.

The time now was approaching 6 p.m.

At this time, apart from students participating in club activities, there shouldn't be anyone wandering around the campus. And today, due to the midterm exams, all club activities were temporarily suspended.

In other words, at this time, there were almost no people on the campus of Advanced Nurturing High School.

Confirming this, Kushida Kikyou suddenly turned around.

Instead of leaving and going back to her dormitory, the girl turned back towards the school building, climbed the stairs, and continued going up.

Second floor... third floor... fourth floor... fifth floor...

Even though she had passed the floor where the first-year classrooms were located, Kushida Kikyou still didn't stop and continued going up.

Finally, Kushida Kikyou arrived at the rooftop of the school building.

Here, the stairs were cut off, leaving only a door that led to the rooftop.

Kushida Kikyou stopped in front of the door, confirming that it was locked.

At noon, the door to the rooftop would be open for students to eat and rest. However, after school, the door to the rooftop would generally be locked, preventing people from going out.

Today was no exception.

At this evening hour, the door to the rooftop was completely locked.

Kushida Kikyou confirmed that she couldn't enter the rooftop and fell into silence.

Then, Kushida Kikyou slowly placed her school bag on the ground.

"Ha..."

Kushida Kikyou took a deep breath.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a loud noise echoed through the stairwell.

The source of that noise was a powerful kick from Kushida Kikyou.

The girl, hailed as the little angel of Class 1-D, the most popular girl at Advanced Nurturing High School known for her gentle and sweet personality, and loved by everyone, kicked the door in front of her with great force.

Then, an unimaginable voice came out from Kushida Kikyou's mouth.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

It was both low and dark, as if all the negative emotions were completely vented out.

Kushida Kikyou expressed this terrifying voice, completely different from before, while cursing and kicking the door in front of her repeatedly.

"What is that supposed to mean? What the hell is that!?"

Kushida Kikyou cursed furiously.

"Who do you think you are? Acting all high and mighty? You think you're so great and excellent, you piece of trash!"

Kushida Kikyou violently vented her emotions.

And her target of this outburst was naturally Horikita Suzune.

Recalling how she had stood up for her in that situation just now, intercepting Sudou Ken, only to receive no gratitude from the other party, who continued to provoke Sudou Ken, leading to her being pushed away violently, and how her well-intentioned advice was mercilessly rebutted by the other party, Kushida Kikyou couldn't help but feel immense negative emotions surging in her heart.

"Horikita! Horikita! Horikita! Horikita! Horikita!"

Kushida Kikyou cursed Horikita Suzune's name with a tone of hatred and resentment.

With each shout, she increased the force of her kicks, as if treating the door in front of her as Horikita Suzune herself, continuously venting her emotions.

Undoubtedly, it was a nightmarish scene.

Who could have imagined that the gentle and caring little angel would act like this, cursing others violently and resorting to such violent actions?

It was definitely a terrifying scene that could chill even a millennium-long love affair.

At least, if Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki saw this scene, they would definitely be scared and never dare to have any improper thoughts about Kushida Kikyou again.

But this was indeed Kushida Kikyou's true face.

People are multifaceted.

Humans are good at hiding things.

The sweet and cute little angel on the surface was just superficial.

Kushida Kikyou's other side was the dark side opposite to what was shown on the surface.

This girl embodied both an angel and a demon.

Now, what she showed was the demonic side filled with evil.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

After who knows how long, Kushida Kikyou stopped her violent actions, as if feeling tired, and began to breathe heavily.

And this was also a sign that Kushida Kikyou had finished venting.

As long as she vented out her negative emotions like this, after leaving here, Kushida Kikyou would return to her angelic appearance and once again become the popular queen admired by everyone.

Unfortunately...

"Is this your true self?"

When this voice came from behind Kushida Kikyou, she froze in place.

"——!"

Kushida Kikyou immediately turned around forcefully, looking behind her.

There, seemingly out of nowhere, a figure appeared silently.

"To be honest, even I was a bit scared by this sudden scene."

Nanaya Hori met Kushida Kikyou's gaze, seemingly sighing at his own naivety, smiling ambiguously.

"But, now everything makes sense."

Nanaya Hori's voice entered Kushida Kikyou's ears.

Leaving Kushida Kikyou silent.

She fell into a very oppressive silence.

Until after a while...

"... When did you start following me?"

Kushida Kikyou asked in a low voice.

And it was with an extremely dark, low, and terrifying voice.

If it were someone else who knew Kushida Kikyou being questioned like this, it would definitely have an impact, right?

Only Nanaya Hori remained as calm as ever.

"Since the moment you left the classroom."

Nanaya Hori gave this answer.

In other words...

"You were tailing me?"

Kushida Kikyou asked in an extremely cold and ruthless tone.

In that case, there was only one answer from Nanaya Hori.

"That's right."

There was no concealment, and he admitted it directly.

Hearing Nanaya Hori's admission, Kushida Kikyou understood.

Her weaknesses and secrets had been completely exposed to the other party.

At this moment, Kushida Kikyou's heart was once again filled with negative emotions.

"Thud!"

Kushida Kikyou forcefully took a step forward, walking towards Nanaya Hori with rough steps.