22 She's Selfishness

"YOU ARE FUCK! YOU ARE LOSERS! YOU ARE SCARY! NEVER STUDY HERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MENTAL! GO NOW!"

She kept yelling and made the atmosphere chaotic. Many of the disciples rushed out as they saw the Astral Beings that were inside the iron box. They were scared and panicked, that was obvious. I'm sure, this is their first time seeing an Astral Being in person.

Astral Beings are indeed so scary to look at, even their fangs make a frightening impression on their own. Anyone who saw it for the first time would be frightened and panicked like now. Their mental state wasn't ready for this, but the woman was forcing it. This is cruel to them.

"Kyaaah..."

"I have to run before the creature eats me."

"Hello, Police. Here is the Astral, please exterminate it."

It's a mess, this place is so messed up. Some benches just dropped. Some people were running around like crazy. Some look still calm in their seats. Several others were laughing at this condition. Meanwhile, Fujita and I...

"Fujita..."

I turned to the side and didn't see Fujita in his seat. He disappeared without me knowing.

Where did he go? Did he run scared like the students?

"Fujita?" I stood up and looked around. "Fujita, where are you?"

My voice was mixed with the voices of these scattered students and the screams of the woman, so my voice felt so low.

"Tch..."

I kept my eyes focused on Fujita's whereabouts. But I still couldn't find it, and only saw the students who were running.

"Actually, where are you, Fujitora?"

"Woah… is this what an Astral Being is?"

Hearing that voice, a voice mixed with the woman's scream from the microphone, I turned towards the stage and saw Fujita was already there looking at the Astral Beings that were in the iron box.

"Oy, what are you doing there?" I ran to find out what he was doing. And after arriving in front of this stage, I asked once again, "Oy, what are you doing there?"

He turned to me with a cheerful face.

"See! These are Astral Beings. This Astral Being is confined, isn't this cool?"

"No, that's not cool."

"This is the first time I've seen it in person. So far, I've only seen it from the internet." Fujita turned towards the iron box. "Hey Astral, you're locked up huh? What a pity."

"GRRRRR..."

"You killed humans anyway, that's why you were locked up. That's the result. But it's better than you having to die."

"Hey, why are you talking to him? Go quickly…" Seeing that woman who was already beside Fujita, I stopped my words.

"Why did you even go up on stage?"

Fujita turned his body right at the woman. "Yeah, I just wanted to take a closer look. You know this is my first time seeing Astral in person. So when you showed me this, I came right here."

"You're not afraid?"

"Afraid? They are creatures like humans, right? So, why be afraid?"

Fujita so casually answered the woman's question. He was so calm even though beside me was an Astral Being who kept staring intently at him, as if ready to pounce on him.

I thought he was crazy about this. After all, this was the first time he had met the creature, according to what he had said earlier. But strangely, he was not frightened and panicked like the students here. He seems to have a stronger mentality than them, I salute him.

The woman suddenly embraced Fujita with her armpits, then she took him to the center of the stage. I who was down here could only look at it without a word.

"SEE! THIS PERSON IS NOT FEAR OF THE ASTRAL, YOU LOSE TO HIM. WHY ARE YOUR MENTALLY SO WEAK, WHILE THIS PERSON IS NOT? YOU ARE VERY LOSERS!"

Well, she's screaming again and I have to get out of here.

"Ah… why did it become like this? What exactly is this place? Circus?"

There was no speech for this second event, everything fell apart. The woman scared the prospective students for her actions, she needed to be punished. Yeah, need to be punished, at least have to apologize to the students.

Things calmed down after the iron box was removed and the woman left the stage. Fujita and I returned to our seats, as did the students who had previously scattered.

The second event took a lot of time, but only the screams of the woman and the students were frightened. Is the event for the admission of prospective students like this? It doesn't look like this. Only this school does it. This school is weird.

"Sorry for the actions of the 1st Division Commander, Misaki Natsuha-san, for causing such a commotion earlier. I as the host of the show apologize profusely."

The presenter even had to apologize for the woman's actions. Even though he wasn't wrong, he apologized.

She's never wrong, isn't she? Men are the ones who should apologize for what women did.

"Okay, let's go to the next event, which is the speech from Karin Nakano-san."

When the emcee left to a standing ovation, a woman walked so elegantly as she emerged from behind the stage. That woman is Karin Nakano, who has a beautiful face but looks so cruel.

"Test, test…" Karin said, arriving at the center of the stage and holding the microphone.

My eyes are focused on the surroundings. Some of them seemed happy to see Karin on the stage, but some felt a little less sure about Karin's face.

"That woman is very beautiful."

"Yes, she is very beautiful. I envy her."

"Hey, don't be fooled by her pretty face."

"Why?"

"She is a firm and high-minded person. Maybe because she's from the Nakano family, she's also like that."

"Heh… I just found out. Oh well, she said she was a captain, didn't she?"

"Yes, she is the captain of Team 1, Division 2. Her figure who is smart and good at leading makes her the captain of Team 1. Even though there are many seniors in Division 2, they all lose to she's abilities."

The students seemed to be talking to each other before Karin delivered her speech.

"Oy, Fujitora..." I said, calling out to Fujita.

"Hmm?"

"That was the 1st Division Commander, right?"

"Which were?"

"Yes."

"Yes, it is true. What's wrong?"

"Where is the 2nd Division Commander at? Is the 2nd Division Commander also a woman?"

Yeah, I'm afraid the 2nd Division Commander is also a woman. I've seen the side of women so cruel in this city, far away from the women in my village. If the 2nd Division Commander is also a woman, I don't want to deal with women anymore. How could it not be, The 1st Division Commander alone is so cruel, especially with the 2nd Division Commander, who leads Karin Nakano, it must be even crueler.

Karin is cruel, all women are cruel, I don't want to deal with them.

"No, he's a man. Even though I've never seen him in person, I know he's a man."

"How did you know?"

"From the Internet."

"Oh, I see. Thankfully, I think women."

This is good news for me. At least, I know that the 2nd Division Commander is a man, not a vicious woman. This proves that women are not completely in control of this city and the AAT Squad is here. If that happened, I would neither go to school nor live here.

"So what?"

"It is nothing." I immediately looked up at the stage after getting this good news, Fujita also looked there.

However, when I looked up at the stage, the atmosphere suddenly became tense as Karin Nakano pointed a gun at me.

"Eh?"

This took me by surprise, let alone this suddenly. Even the other students were confused by this and kept their eyes on me. Again, Karin did strange things to me.

Fearing that the gun would be shot, I slowly raised my hand.

"What happens? What did I do wrong?"

Hesitating about that, I looked at Karin and looked at the students. But after I turned to Fujita, Fujita also raised his hand and closed his eyes.

"I… I wasn't wrong, I was just answering the question. I didn't mean to talk, so I'm sorry."

Fujita kept saying the same thing, apologizing, to that his mouth. I don't know what Karin is doing, and what made Fujita like that. Karin was already like that when I looked up at the stage.

"You over there!" Karin said, continuing to point her gun at me while holding the microphone in her left hand. "You get out of there!"

"I?" I was confused about who she was talking to, whether it was me or someone else.

"No, but the one next to you."

"Fujita?" I was shocked when I heard that what Karin was talking about getting out of the way was the person beside me. Beside me there was only a wall not far away and Fujita alone. What she meant by that was the wall—I mean, Fujita?

"Hurry!"

Fujita stood up slowly while closing his eyes.

"Why are you so boldly sitting next to him? Are you looking for trouble with me?"

I don't understand what all this means. Karin was suddenly like that, kicking Fujita out of his seat. This is like indirectly humiliating Fujita in front of many people. Honestly, I don't like what she's doing even though I don't understand any of this.

I grabbed Fujita's hand and made him sit down next to me again.

"No, you can't go." I turned to Karin and said presumptuously, "He is my friend and also my roommate, so you can't leave the bench."

BANG! One bullet was fired by Karin at the wall and made a hole in the wall.

"Didn't you hear? Get out of there quickly!"

Fujita kept being forced to leave his seat, it made me feel like Karin had gone overboard on this. After all, Fujita was my first friend here, he who had sacrificed for me earlier, while preventing the guard from closing the fence. Even though we just met, we are still friends.

"Hey, hey, this is my friend. What's your problem with him?" I said, staring intently at Karin.

"Tch… I see. You have to be alone to be in that room. Your room must be closely guarded to guard you against the Astral Beings that are after you. That way, I can guard Shiva and prevent you from being attacked by that Astral Being. So, no one can occupy your room except you."

I'm still in an unsafe condition right now. Astral Sakata can appear at any time and attack me or Shiva. It can disguise itself as anyone perfectly, I've seen it and didn't even notice.

Karin prevented it from happening again, she was so considerate of me. She had arranged everything, arranged my room, gave me this uniform and cell phone, even blatantly asked Fujita not to occupy my room, but the way she showed it was wrong. I don't like the way.

I stood up and said, "AH… thanks for taking care of me, Karin. But sorry, I also have my own freedom. You can't just act and embarrass my friend like this. I don't like the way you are. If you kick him out, I'll go with him too. He is my friend, I can't leave him."

"Akio-san..."

"You..."

BANG! One bullet was thrown by Karin Nakano into the wall after passing beside my face.

The atmosphere was full of question marks, the students were confused about what was happening. No one understands what happened. This condition is very difficult for them to witness.

"What is this?"

"I do not know. But clearly, that person seems to know Nakano."

"That person is so brave against Nakano."

"Yeah, he's very brave."

Karin had gone too far in her assertiveness. She is a strong woman with a firm personality. But on the one hand, it makes her a selfish woman. What she wants must be fulfilled and achieved. It can certainly be said to be selfish.

"Akio-san, I better-"

"It's okay, you just stay here."

"But... because of me, you became like this."

"Does not matter. After all, you are my friend. Aren't friends supposed to help each other?"

"Akio-san..."

Fujita was terrified by what had happened. How could I not, the bullet that Karin had fired was so loud it made people shocked. She is so brave and ready to kill anyone who opposes her, even me too.

I looked back at her and already saw some of her colleagues were there, including Shiva, talking to Karin.

I couldn't hear what they were saying there because it was so low. But after that, Karin Nakano was invited by them to get off the stage and just leave.

But before leaving the stage, Karin's and my eyes met. What she was staring at made me feel like she was going to stay away from me because I didn't want to do that. This condition makes my relationship with her will be distant. Even so, I don't want my friend to be humiliated like this. I don't want Fujita to leave me no matter what. He is my friend.

And this event means absolutely nothing to me.