Chapter 11: A Shocking Surprise
A/N: Author Notes, at the beginning, again.
First things first, sorry that it took a while. Watched on Amazon Prime on the weekend "The Mentalist" and played Genshin Impact, since three months, again.
Pulled Neuvillette on my 8th Pull. Did only singe pulls, since I'm so fucking poor...
Just playing since two days, again. But I noticed, I'm really bad at the game, despite being at AR 54...
With Neuvillette, I have now, my seventh 5-Star Character...
Got Luck from the otherworld, somehow. Was the same with Furina when she was released, lol...
8th and 18th Pull.
Anyhow, that aside, I have a couple of questions to all of you, since I'm pretty curious.
How invested are in this fanfic? Is it your favorite cote fanfic currently or just a good way to cure boredom, since it's a bit more on the different side...?
Next question, how do you like the romance between Kurushima and Hiyori so far?
When I wrote this fanfic... the choice of Kurushima's love interest was in-between Horikita, Matsushita or Hiyori, but I was pretty indecisive at the beginning, which is why, it was written like that.
I choose Hiyori, after reading cote once again, since I'm a huge simp of her. But that should be something anyone who has read this fanfic should know, by now.
Best choice, fr. I love writing the romance between the two of them.
And this will be the last question, I swear.
How long are you a reader of this fanfic, already...?
Just wondering how many of my reader's from one year ago are still here?
Anyhow, that'll be all.
It'll be really helpful if you could answer these questions.
Here goes the chapter.
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[19th December, Saturday, 10.21]
[Kurushima Pov]
"A human life..."
"I took one..."
"Everything still feels far too surreal..."
"And I still can't quite comprehend my actions yet..."
"I never wanted to do this, actually..."
"If he told me everything voluntarily, out of his own accord..."
"I would have thought about other methods where both of us are satisfied..."
"But..."
"He was very deeply involved in this illegal and inhumane project..."
"The first sponsor..."
"The one who helped Atsuomi Ayanokoji the most..."
"There's no way he would have told it, despite knowing my reasoning behind it..."
"However..."
"I really hoped this to be the case..."
"Redemption would have been still possible... and a future, one that I held open till now, could have awaited me, too..."
"In the end, I threw it away..."
I genuinely tried...
But in the end, it went like this...
Looking at my trembling hands as I leaned with the back of my body against the door, I could not help but look around my chaotic mess of a room.
As of now, it's been about 16 Hours and 37 Minutes since I arrived at my room.
After that, I broke everything nearby me on the ground.
Blood...
Broken Glasses and Plates...
Everything within my reach...
It's lying everywhere on the ground, completely shattered...
"But I could not let him stay alive..."
"If I did that... he'd have told it to that damn bastard...."
"However, in the end..."
"I'm sorry, Kaoru-kun..."
Those were his last words to me...
"Why did he say this..."
"Why did he apologize...?"
"And why..."
"Did I tell him the truth, anyways...?"
"I could have simply drank the remedy in front of him..."
"Let him see the hopelessness..."
"Let him know the despair..."
"But instead, I reassured him all along... There was no poison for her. I went in his office with a prepared bluff, because I didn't want to overstep that line..."
"Not now, nor ever in my lifetime..."
"A bluff..."
"That's really quite ironic."
"In the end, one of the reasons the poison against him was so effective is because of his increased heartbeat I made him have, through the entire conversation..."
"But I didn't deal the final blow..."
"In a way... he was able to redeem himself in my view, in the end..."
"No grudge, no anger, no frustration... Just acceptance for his actions..."
"He didn't run away, nor did evade his punishment..."
"But..."
"That look of pity he had the whole time..."
"In the end... he was able to see what he created, too..."
"An irredeemable Monster..."
"That's what I am... Now that I am past that line..."
"A Monster..."
"To fight one, you have to become one yourself, huh...?"
"Atsuomi Ayanokoji..."
"The Bastard—The Monster that took everything from me..."
"I'll take everything from him..."
"And just right next to my room... habituates..."
"His one and only success, his masterpiece..."
"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka..."
"His son..."
"The subject he's so proud of..."
"Someone who he doubts could ever be expelled by the students here..."
"If he did, he'd have not appeared here..."
"The very own education from the White Room would be useless then, no...?"
"If they could be matched by mere students of this school..."
"Beginning with him, I'll start my plans on Atsuomi Ayanokoji's downfall..."
"To take everything he's proud of in life..."
"The first thing I will do..."
"Will be..."
"To expel..."
"His one and only Masterpiece..."
"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka..."
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[19th December, Saturday, 10.29]
[Hiyori Pov]
Taking the elevator to the fourth floor, I walked towards Room 402. I ringed at Kaoru's doorbell, waiting a couple of minutes.
Did he perhaps sleep...?
Did I wake him up, then...?
My enthusiasm on spending time with him might have woken him up...
I didn't think that far...
I just wanted to spend time with him since it's the weekend...
Suddenly, I saw Kaoru, dressed up, immediately coming out, closing the door.
"How about we go to your room, Hiyori...?"
"Mine is..."
"In a very chaotic mess. It's something I don't want my girlfriend to see..."
"Are there that many clothes on the ground of your floor...?" I asked, curiously.
"Kinda..."
"I see. You always had the problem of not cleaning your room, did you, Kaoru?"
He formed a slight smile, nodding. "Yeah... True... I can't disagree with that..."
The two of us walked to the elevator, and I pressed the button for the eight floor.
The school had three buildings, with eight floors, each 20 Students in one floor. The first four floor's are for the guys, the latter four floors for the girls.
In total, it's 160 Rooms for 160 Students.
I was coincidentally blessed with the sight of the eight floor. I always liked it, so far. But unlike many other students, I'm not really good with my neighbors.
I'm also not the most social person. But it's far better than I ever was before meeting Kaoru. He has been the best influence on me.
"Kaoru."
"Yes...?" he asks, looking at me.
"What should we do on Christmas? It's just a couple of days left until then."
"I... am not quite sure..."
"Me neither. But I just want to spent my time with you together. After Tuesday, the Holidays will start..."
"So... can I bring a couple of clothes into your room or you in mine...?"
"To sleep, right...? It's been a long time since we slept next to each other. Ever since Halloween, I think..."
I nodded a bit embarrassingly. "Yes, it's been really long. I want to wake up next to you, Kaoru..."
"And be the first person that sees you, when you start your day."
He looked at me, with a slight smile. "I'm all your's, Hiyori."
I did a slight nod towards him. "Thank you..."
"I'm not sure if you're supposed to say Thank you, in such a situation, Hiyori."
"R-really? I'm not sure what else I should have said..." I murmured, slightly embarrassed.
"How about a simple gesture between our lips...?"
"A Kiss...? Oh... So that's what you wanted, Kaoru."
"Can you kneel down a bit, Kaoru...?"
Kaoru was 1.77 Meters Tall and I, as a matter of fact, was only 1.56 Meters Tall.
A difference of 21 centimeters...
He also had a really handsome face, so I found myself often staring at it, whenever I slept in his room.
I never paid much attention to it, before we were a couple, but ever since we're, it's one of the things I would usually do.
Especially, when he's spacing out.
He can be very cute sometimes when he spaces out.
I can understand why the girls ranked him... as the number 1 Ikemen in our year...
His unique features differentiated him between any other boy. In particular, his white hair, which no one else in this school from the boys posses.
In that sense, when you see someone with white hair in this school, it's usually Kaoru you're referring to.
He earned himself plentiful of nicknames, but usually, they're simply based on his appearance. But he disliked such nicknames, since he never liked being judged on his appearance by anyone, at all.
It was one of the single reasons he liked my presence, early on, because I never judged him on it.
I could tell he had very unique features, but it was not something I really put much thought into when I first met him.
Looking at Kaoru again, who was kneeling his legs slightly down, his lips and mine pressed against each other, my arms wrapped around his neck.
*Ring*
"Honami-chan, where are you heading to...?"
"To the convenience store—"
As Kaoru and I heard the sound, the two of us stopped, abruptly.
"We can take the stairs. Excuse us, please..."
Ichinose-san and Amikura-san, two girls residing in my floor, saw us.
I shook my head, several times. "No, no, please excuse us, Ichinose-san, Amikura-san."
Kaoru nodded, following my lead. "We forgot that this wasn't the appropriate place on doing it."
"No, no, you two are a couple, so it's quite normal to do this kind of thing."
"Yes, yes, it's very normal. Don't worry, we weren't bothered by it. Just surprised on seeing you two here."
"Ah, I see. Anyhow, shall we go, then, Hiyori?"
I did a slight nod, as the two of us passed by these two.
"I'm sorry that you had to kneel down, Kaoru. You always do..."
I wanted to wish farewell to the two, but I saw Amikura-san having a shocked expression out of some reason, as the door closed, making me unable to ask her, why.
I wondered for a moment why she was shocked, but I quickly shrugged it off, walking next to Kaoru again, with a happy expression on my face.
"Room 814. We're there."
I nodded, taking the keycard out, scanning it, against the scan device.
Kaoru took his shoes off, putting them inside. I followed along, and slowly made myself on the way to my bedroom.
"My room is not like your's, so I'm sorry if it's a bit disappointing."
"No, it's quite beautiful and cute, Hiyori. Seeing that you sleep with the Giant Plush Teddybear makes me quite envious..."
I slightly giggled. "Is that so...? But you were the one who gifted me it, Kaoru..."
"Indeed, I did. When we two went to the School Arcane. But I didn't expect you to still have it, Hiyori. It must take a lot of space on your bed, does it not?"
"Not at all, Kaoru. I have more than enough space for myself on the bed."
"And..."
"I would never even think of sleeping without it, Kaoru, since it's your gift..."
It was the first gift I got from him, when the two of us went to the School Arcade. It's something very precious to me, so I would never put it somewhere away.
"Besides..."
"When I'm alone... I can reassure myself and think that you're present too, through the presence of the Teddybear in my bed..."
"I see... You also have the book from my Mother alone in your bookshelf, too..."
"Of course. It's something from immense value and very special for me, Kaoru, so I keep it alone in one of bookshelves..."
"But I hope..."
"To return it one day, to your library..."
I looked slightly embarrassed at him, my cheeks completely red.
My gaze went towards that of his, where I noticed a small smile from him, but also, a sad expression.
"I'm sorry..."
I could not help but murmur these words, as it must have been an uncomfortable topic for him reminding himself about his Mother.
"Don't be... I'm really fine..."
"But you don't look fine at all, Kaoru. Has something been troubling you...?"
"Troubling...? I suppose you could say that, somehow. I couldn't close my eyes, since yesterday, not even once, so I'm feeling a bit tired, to be honest."
"Oh..."
"Anyways, it's not really important, so how ab—"
"Kaoru... You're always like that, but it's important. I can wait, but you should focus on what's important right now, to sleep."
In situations like these, I cannot help but wonder what's going on his mind, sometimes. He's often like this, but in fact, he's very careless, when it's regarding himself.
It was like that at the Island Exam, The Cruise Ship, when he appeared at the library, despite being not allowed too by the doctor, the Sports Festival where he hid his injury for five hours...
And now, he's like that, too...
"Okay..." he nodded, walking, but I held him by his sleeve.
"Uhm... You can sleep here, Kaoru. On my lap, if you want. You liked it, very much, the last time, when you were sick."
"And..."
"I want to caress and play with your fluffy soft hair again."
"Okay..."
I headed towards my bed, sitting with my back against the wall, looking at Kaoru, who was still standing.
"Are you sure it's fine with you...? It might become uncomfortable for you, Hiyori."
I did a small nod towards him. "I'm really fine with it, Kaoru. So don't worry about it, and make sure to sleep well."
"Thank you..." he murmured, approaching the bed, lying on my lap.
I slowly caressed his hair, looking at his red eyes. They looked at me, too, with a slight soft gaze.
"The last time I lied on your lap was on July 1..."
"Quite a long time..."
"Kaoru... my lap is always available for you. So if you really like it that much, please just say it."
With a slight smile on his face he looked at me, reassured. "Okay..."
"And..."
"Thank you..."
"I think I needed this, right now..."
"The comfort of another person..."
"I'll be always there for you, Kaoru. If you ever need a shoulder to lean onto, please rely on me, like I always rely on you..."
I looked at him with a flush of embarrassment written over in my face, seeing Kaoru, as he lied in my lap, nodding.
As I caressed his long hair carefully, I could see how his eyes were slowly closing themselves. I continued caressing his hair for a very long time, until I could tell, Kaoru fell asleep in my lap, very cutely.
"I'm really glad that I held the elevator at the first day open, Kaoru. Meeting you, it's the best thing that happened to me..."
"I-I..."
"Want to stay together with you, for so much longer..."
"And do so many things with you, too..."
"So I really don't want..."
"The Class Competitions to become in the way of our relationship..."
"I really hope..."
"You will change to our class, Kaoru..."
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[20th December, Sunday, 0.39]
As I looked to the girl, sleeping next to me, I carefully stood up, walking in the way to her bathroom. I opened the door, leaving the lights off, looking myself admits the darkness in the mirror.
I could not see my face, but I could somehow foresee what face I must have made, currently.
Especially, when I was around her...
"The face I make..."
"How ironic..."
"I know that a Monster like me has no right to be together with her, anymore. It's a right I lost when I crossed that line..."
"Yet here I am..."
"When I confronted him... I felt so much anger in me..."
"In the end, I became the very own person I never wanted to become..."
"The option of a possible redemption also ceased away..."
"And the cycle of hatred will continue..."
"Once Sakayanagi knows the truth, she'll hate me from the bottom of her heart."
"Who wouldn't... after all?"
"I had my rightful reasons, but she has the same justified reasons now, too... to extract her revenge on me..."
"But it'll stop with me, entirely..."
"No one will get worked up over me, since I plan... on distancing myself from everyone, soon, and cut every possible tie I have..."
Clenching my fist, I looked on the ground.
"I-I wanted to exact my revenge completely else... humiliating them in front of the upperclass, slowly take everything from them away, aside from their lives..."
"Their children getting expelled by this school... it'd have made it easier on degrading and humiliating their parents and their families..."
"And finally, when I was sure, I'd have confronted Chairman Sakayanagi... let him confess everything, drop out of the school immediately... and prepare myself for the battle against them..."
"Instead... ever since I heard of the poison... saw the opportunity, it's now like this..."
"I could not ignore it... yet... in case... I genuinely wanted him to confess everything without myself resorting to this method..."
"Why... did he had to be quiet..."
"Could he really just not told me everything...?"
"I'd have made sure to even drop out, to ensure I'm aware of everything that happens outside..."
"All I'm now, currently, is—a Irredeemable Monster..."
"If it wasn't for her—today, I'd have continued on breaking everything in my room..."
"She's the last straw that holds me even in the slightest bit sane..."
"I'll expel Kanzaki and Ayanokoji... and then... I'll drop out, too..."
"The cycle of hatred is going to end with me..."
"I don't expect her or even these two to be like Hareton Earnshaw and forgive me, despite knowing what their parents did..."
"I'm already a Monster... so what's the point of thinking any further about the morality of my actions...?"
"Mother, Father... Aoki..."
"I could not develop as the three of you wanted..."
"I'm sorry..."
"But no one of them will ever be punished for any of their crimes. They will continue to simply evade it, but what I want—"
"It's Justice—Retribution..."
"I'll make sure to change Japan during the time I'm alive as much as I can, without any moral qualms of whether I'm bribing or blackmailing politicians or Minister's, themselves, to bring changes forward..."
"And once most of the changes are made, alongside the work culture here, and much more, too..."
"I will entrust Japan to someone capable enough that has the interest and well-being of everyone in their minds..."
"I won't evade my punishment—however, for the things I plan..."
"I can't be known as the person I will be..."
"Never..."
"I can't bring any shame to them..."
I released a deep sigh, as I was looking at the ground, I heard suddenly the doorknob moving in the direction of opening.
"I lock—"
Hiyori suddenly stepped into the bathroom, turning the lights on.
Did she...perhaps, hear it...?
I was careless...
But her facial expression does not indicate that...
As I felt myself questioning this, I did not expect this to happen...
She hugged me...
"Kaoru... don't worry... you'll never bring any shame to your parents. So you can ease down... and forget what other people expect from you..."
"You don't have to continue to be that perfect boy you're always showing in front of other's. That's too much of a burden..."
I released a deep sigh out, hugging her, too...
Apparently she had not heard it...
Only the very own last part, in which she concluded from what I told her before, that I was putting an act in front of other's to be known as perfect by everyone...
"Thank you, Hiyori..."
"No worries, Kaoru. That's for what a partner is there for, right...?"
"Yes, you're right..."
"By the way, Kaoru, why did you leave the lights off...?" she asks, curiously.
I pointed to the side, as I noticed it, when I initially entered the bathroom.
But Hiyori must have forgotten to remove it...
Of course... I didn't want to tell her... that I did not want to see my face currently...
"Ah... My underwear..."
"I'm sorry... I forgot to remove it..."
Immediately she walked over there, throwing it in the washing machine, with a flush of embarrassment written on her face.
"Don't be... It's nothing much..."
I could see her head moving upwards and downwards, doing a nod, I think.
"As long it's you... I don't mind if you see it... Kaoru..."
Her gaze looked at me embarrassingly, with a flushed and shy expression at my face, her legs slightly trembling.
I had hard troubles on controlling myself.
It felt like... right now... she was not opposed on doing this certain thing...
And neither was I...
In my mind, I could not help but immediately imagine how I would kiss her, slowly carry her to the bed while we would kiss us, her legs enveloping my hips, my arms around her hips as I carry her...
... And then throw her on the bed... undress myself hectically until no clothes were on and do the same with her, too, as I would undress her clothes off completely from her body...
Resulting... with us, doing the deed in the end, sexual intercourse, in other words...
There was the desire that said in my mind I should do it...
I should move...
Kiss her...
Be happy...
But I could not...
Even though I somehow knew that Hiyori was also not opposed to doing this...
"Ah... Thanks..." I said.
How can I even do this...?
Giving her even worse memories when I leave her... all alone... because I don't want her to be together with a Monster like me any further...
It should not be with me...
Internally sighing as the mood was ruined, I could see her being slightly embarrassed.
"Kaoru... I have to go to the toilet..."
"Can you...?"
"Of course..."
I left the bathroom, closing the door, lying myself down on my side of the bed, minutes later, with Hiyori appearing out of the bathroom, who lied herself next to me...
"Good Night, Kaoru."
"You too, Hiyori. Sleep well." she nodded, lying herself against my chest, as the two of us fell asleep.
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[21st December, Monday, 8.21]
[Kurushima Pov]
Tomorrow, will be the last day, until the start of the holidays happen on the 23rd December. We'll formally hold an ending ceremony for the Semester in the beginning, until we continue with the rest of our lessons...
It's been quite the long time, since I'm in this school...
Much happened...
Too much...
I achieved my main objective, above all...
The reason why I was in this school, in the first place...
But I gained also a couple of genuine friends... and a girl I love, too...
However... I did something unforgivable too, in the spite of my whole anger, three days ago...
I'm responsible for the death of one human...
Above all... the surprising fact is... he was able to attain my forgiveness somehow... and redeem himself, in the end, for the wrongdoings he did...
He accepted his punishment... did not try to evade it...
And above all... I could not help but feel frustrated about his look of pity towards me...
Chairman Sakayanagi...
Did you perhaps even realize it was a bluff, but did not do anything, regardless...?
If so... can I even be faulted for it...?
No...
It's too late for just mere speculation...
Perhaps... he realized it might have been a bluff or not...
It does not change that I'm an Monster, since I don't think so...
Something I deeply loathed and prevented to become... is something, I'm now...
Will I become even worse in the future...?
I'm a bit afraid of how I'll develop...
But there's no turning point back...
Kurushima Kaoru...
Will soon be entirely gone...
And what soon remains... is a vengeance-seeking Monster...
My former self... that Mother and Father would love to see...
I will bury it completely, soon...
Become a Monster... to defeat one, huh...?
As I walked through the school on my way to the classroom, I heard some murmurs among the students. "Did you see it, yesterday...? There was an ambulance in the school...?"
"No, I did not. Do you know why...?"
"No idea..."
They must announce the passing of Chairman Sakayanagi soon...
A cardiac arrest—upon hearing that his daughter has fallen unconscious...
After I did what I did on Friday... I was thinking very often whether to frame Atsuomi Ayanokoji for it, by deleting only the camera footage in front of the Chairman's Office, sparkling the hatred of Arisu Sakayanagi and manipulating it to hate Ayanokoji Kiyotaka...
But someone who supports that project that long and is one of his perhaps closest acquaintances...
Would he really go as far as to kill him for the mere fact that his son is here...?
Someone who he knows for 20 Years and supported him, many times, with his resources...?
Was he really that kind of person...?
I don't think so...
And if he were to hear this alongside the details... I would have to go immediately, too, because he might know, I'm responsible for it, at the same time...
I can't reveal my hands to Atsuomi Ayanokoji, yet...
Of course... he knows... he's not responsible for it... so he'd definitely look into the matter with the camera...
While his son and Sakayanagi would not... I don't need to go that far to manipulate her hatred towards him...
It's not beneficial either way...
But now...
She'll blame herself... until I reveal myself, perhaps ten year's later, of me being responsible for it...
Besides...
The Police would be involved, too...
I'm not sure if I could stay completely calm...
For now... it looks like a simple tragic coincidence...
I deleted the help notification too... that came from his office... so no one has a idea about it, anyhow...
The Security was falsely lead by me to a certain location so I could break into the security office... and make it seem like that the software crashed...
As for Masashima-sensei... he realized how it sounded...
The nurse could not contact Chairman Sakayanagi as no one aside from the teacher's have his phone number...
The Nurse contacted Masashima-sensei about what happened, who contacted Chairman Sakayanagi in return immediately, but I did not accept these calls, which lead him to write a quick E-Mail to inform him of what happened...
But he realized what he did and how it could be interpreted by him, alongside his old age and the stress of being the Chairman is, so he sprinted immediately to his office to see if he's well...
In the end... two innocent people will blame themselves about this...
But I cannot tell it to them...
Not now... at least...
I already did more than far enough to Sakayanagi's Family and her too...
Unforgivable things...
It was either that option or the first one... when I did this decision of him drinking the poison out of my pure anger and panic...
Damn it...
I still can't process what I've done...
Deeply breathing in and out, I slowly arrived at the classroom, seeing almost everyone present here.
I greeted them normally back... since I could not appear suspicious in any way...
Someone might connect a few dots... although, very unlikely...
I sat myself on the seat, and soon, Chabashira-sensei arrived, with a sad look upon her face.
Did she know him well...?
I suppose she did...
Probably she could not believe on of her students is responsible for this...
"Before the lessons begin, I've something very crucial to announce..."
"Chairman Sakayanagi..."
"Has fallen into a coma..."
I-into a c-coma...?
I-impossible...
I failed...
He's alive... and he knows what happened...
What do I do...?
I can't let him tell what happened...
Not to that bastard...
Feeling how I was internally panicking, I tried to calm myself down.
Breath in and out...
Calm down...
At least... for now...
I can't let anyone see me like this...
Not now...
I listened to her explanation... but all I currently did, was to prevent myself of breaking down in front of everyone else in pure panic...
It continued even after the lessons ended, but I was able to control myself...
I quickly headed towards the bathroom, locking myself in one of the cabins...
"Haah..."
"I failed..." I murmured, quietly.
He's alive...
What should I do...?
Drop out...?
No... it's too suspicious, now...
Especially for Atsuomi Ayanokōji...
He'll suspect that I was the one behind it...
But what does it matter... if Chairman Sakayanagi were to wake up...
He would know it regardless...
Holding my hands against the head I let a panicked exasperation out...
"Haah..."
Calm down, Kaoru...
Breath slowly in and out...
And don't make the same mistake like yesterday...
Hiyori nearly heard something, but I evaded it through simple luck, so here... might be someone else, too...
Deeply breathing in for a couple of minutes I looked at the ceiling in deep thought.
Think Kaoru, think...
If there's anything you're good at it, it's certainly that...
Looking at the ceiling, as I could not take my usual comfort pose to think, I began to dwell in my mind, while scratching my head, for some possibilities...
But I could not...
Not like this... when I'm in complete utter panic...
I wasn't thinking with an entire clear head right now...
All I knew was that I should distract that bastard from realizing it...
Prevent him...
Distract him...
How...?
I approached the bathroom sink, holding my hands together, washing my face with water...
Calm down...
I waited for a minute, keeping on washing my face with water, until I noticed that my pulse has calmed down, slightly.
I looked at myself through the mirror, seeing the reflection of my face.
Remember your conversation with Chairman Sakayanagi...
What did he say, Kaoru...?
Atsuomi Ayanokoji despite everything, wants to lead Japan into a bright future, where Japan is not crushed by the other countries many years ahead...
For that sole reason...
The White Room exists...
White Room...
Chairman Sakayanagi said one day these children may lead Japan...
So it's also there for the education of the future leader's of Japan...
From the implications of that...
He wants to make his son, the one whom he acknowledges as the White Room's only success, as one of the future leader's of Japan, doesn't he...?
But still...
The thought of Ayanokoji fleeing doesn't add up, precisely...
A leader of Japan...
A Politician, in that essence...
What's needed is...
To express emotions, at the very least...
Something he lacks clearly from his upbringing...
And the reason I've not heard about his Father, until now...
It's because he's no politician...
Or not anymore, at least...
If Kijima-san, someone who wants to help everyone according to father, is aware of this project when he became 8 years ago the Prime Minister...
He might have made Naoe that this project is shut-down...
I'm being a bit reliant... but father judged Kijima-san like this...
A true politician for the folk...
At the same time it meant that that bastard's career as politician ended, probably...
But despite this, he continued in secret with the White Room... until this presumably timespan... before his enrollment in this school... which had to be prepared several months in advance with the application letter...
So he might have sent him here deliberately, didn't he...?
Once you're gone from politics once... it's nearly impossible to even compete anymore in them...
In other words... his expulsion... will be... an immense dealbreaker for him...
I see...
I grasped a new plan...
The Y Facade comes right now, very handy...
If I'm interfering with his plans...
Let him be under the impression that it's Kanzaki that has expelled him before he can make to many investigations towards it and conclude Y is not Kanzaki...
If that bastard's important plan is destroyed by Kanzaki...
He'll surely held a immense grudge against the Kanzaki Family...
Let my two enemies fight themselves, huh...?
What a unhinged plan...
Hahaha...
But even if it's not really successful...
Ayanokoji's expulsion will be enough of an important dealbreaker for him...
It should be like this...
But that all is mere speculation, a inference, in the very end...
...
The most reasonable one I can conclude, however, from the limited information I have at my disposal...
If I didn't have to deal with the financial crisis until the very late 2009, around November... I'd have known a bit more, probably...
Alongside whether that bastard is truly still a politician or not...
I'm aware of the important people in the citizen party... so he had not much of an actual important position in there...
If I had to guess... he should have been most likely, a Legislator...
Only during 2014... did I look for one... as I needed someone to bring this law in question to change the legal age from 20 to 18...
So since I'm not aware of him, that's all I can think of, despite his connections to Naoe....
I looked at every important member of the citizen party, early on, after all...
He was able to hide himself through that from my eyes...
I thought my enemy was someone like Naoe or even more dangerous... but in fact, he was on the less influential side as a politician, after all...
Hahaha...
He has become this influential through his ambition, huh...?
Chairman Sakayanagi said that...
An endless ambition going as far as to kill my family to protect his project...
That bastard....
Clenching my fists I looked at my mirror reflection with a clear focused gaze.
I won't fail...
I can't...
But that did not change the immense panic I felt regarding Chairman Sakayanagi's situation right now...
I failed...
I'm not sure why... but I'm both scared and relieved, now...
Because I wasn't a entire Monster, still...
At least... that's what Chairman Sakayanagi's condition would tell me in the future, depending on his state...
"Don't panic..."
"I've everything in control..."
Like always...
It's just one variable that appeared...
Everything else went perfectly fine...
But should I be happy or not... that I'm not a complete Monster...?
I don't know...
...
Ryūen has also not yet confronted Ayanokoji, apparently, since some people of his class were trailing me until the toilet...
Making X nervous, huh...?
If he has not confronted him yet with Karuizawa... he should plan to confront him tomorrow, as it's the last day...
I'm not sure... but it'd make much sense...
Hahaha... I suppose...
My plans of expelling Ayanokoji have fasten forward way sooner than I thought with this new sudden development...
Tomorrow, huh...?
Well...
Let's see what that Man's masterpiece can do, in the end...
Don't disappoint me, Ayanokoji...
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A/N: And this concludes the chapter.
How do you feel about this new development...?
I did say Kurushima would start his insanity arc, which you can see, currently, but slowly.
Especially with the new development with Chairman Sakayanagi...
I'm sure many of you are asking how, and it's easy...
Kurushima had a longer conversation with him than expected. In particular at the end, too.
To add that, there's also the factor with Masashima too, who might have arrived faster than expected, alongside him not following entirely his own plan with the killing blow of drinking the remedy in front of him.
In essence... a mistake from him... perhaps... or not...
He himself doesn't know how he should evaluate it, currently...
He's both relieved and scared, at the same time.
Anyhow, tell me your thoughts regarding this chapter.
And tell me what you think about Kurushima, too, so far, too, if you could.
Do you think he's a Monster like he's portraying himself to be...?
What do you think...?
Well, that's all.
Have a Great Day.
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