The people were almost like small fish living in a river with running water. Allowing themselves to be carried away by the current, not bothering to swim against the current. Because, yes, what's on the fish's mind. They are just mindless animals. Just follow what is already in front of them to live on. Only that.

Therefore, God created humans in a special way. What makes humans different from animals are the ability to think, analyze, consider what is right and what isn't. Though some people don't use it for anything useful — which is their own business. Unfortunately, as a sentence which says that humans are not perfect.

That's what Karin thought when she returned to school after absent a few weeks after attempted murder at that time. The Elites are becoming more alert and detached from each other, Risa and Yuuka's relationship is getting hotter, Yui is more passive than before, Hono who has been busy lately and always dodging when the Elites meet, and Seki is busy with her program.

But the worst was the accident of Matsuda Rina, a class B student. Karin had just arrived at the class when she heard the faint chatter of other class students outside the corridor. Saying that the runaway hit-and-runer was a member of the Elites, correlates with a car accident a year ago. No wonder some students watched Karin when she got out of the driver's car.

Since when did such information circulate here? Are Elites doing anything bad again? If that's the case, why does it have to be Matsuda?

She did not find her friends inside. There was only a bag hanging from the seat and a few stacks of books on the table. Especially Risa's desk where the locker has 4 Hannibal series. Karin put the bag on the table, moved several heavy books into the locker.

"Put this bomb in Kobayashi's car. Three days from now."

They're after Kobayashi, she thought. Karin cursed herself for forgetting something important. She should have told Yui about it. But another thought tried to influence her intentions. If she told Yui, then, the traitor would find out and finish off all the people closest to her. The most terrible thing is that she is affiliated with Ozono Rei, the mad killer.

Why would that bastard do something like this anyway? She knows anyone can bring out her dark side. But .. this is her partner, who has promised to protect each other and fight together. She just wanted to know the exact reason.

After an internal debate, Karin finally made up her mind. Fuck what happened to her later. She already understood what was going to happen next. Even if she was hunted down, she would happily give up her life as long as she could repay Yui.

I have to tell Yui. Before she catches me again.

Karin took out her cellphone. Open the contact list and tap on Kobayashi Yui's name. It took about 5 seconds before Yui answered Karin's call. This time she used the video call option to find out her friend's exact position.

Calls accepted, indeed. But Yui seemed to be quickly closing her camera with a finger. "Stupid, I'm on the toilet. Don't make video calls."

"Shi — okay. Stay there, I'll meet you." She hastily hung up the call, holding back a little laugh — of course.

The girls gossiping in front of the class were seen pretending to discuss something else when Karin passed in front of them. Karin's gaze met one of them, if I'm not mistaken that the girl's name is Uemura Rina from class C. Karin certainly doesn't have to waste time reprimanding them because she has other things that are much more important.

Yui was standing in front of the toilet, right beside the door, leaning her back with her arms folded across her chest. She glanced sideways at Karin who was walking slowly to her.

Close enough, Karin caught Yui squeezing a few pieces of tissue before tucking them into her blazer pocket. There is a reddish stain on the tissue sheet. Taking a look around to make sure no one was near them, Karin grabbed the wrist of the girl in front of her and led her into the toilet.

"Did it happen again? Why didn't you tell me, Risa and the others? What if something bad happens again because she takes control of your body and nobody finds out? "

Yui was really shocked by Karin that morning. First, Karin called her suddenly saying she was already in school. Second, without permission she took her into the toilet. Third, bombard them with questions without giving them a chance to answer.

A low laugh escaped her lips, making Karin tilt her head. "W-Why laugh?" the short haired girl asked, a little later she realized that she was standing too close to Yui. "Oh .. forget it."

"Look, Karin. Yes, it happens a lot lately but it's all within my control. I told Yuuka, but not with Risa and the others." Yui answered.

"Thank you for answering." Another girl responded. Karin was silent for a moment, confused about choosing the right sentence so that there was no misunderstanding. "You have to be careful, Yui. There are people... no, some people who are after you. How do I say this.. something happened at the hospital. I can't say more about the details, but she asked me to harm you."

From the way she spoke that was as cautious as someone had eyes on her, Yui realized something was wrong. "Who is that?" Her expression hardened as she asked the next thing, "that's... not me, right?"

Karin shook her head quickly, her black mane falling over her forehead, moving with the motion of the head. "You will soon find out, that person has almost revealed her identity."

The shorter girl snorted, grabbing Karin's wrist. "She hurt you. She spreads rumors that we were the culprits in Matsuda's accident, and our secrets were almost exposed. Tell me who it is. We can't wait any longer."

Not an answer, only a bitter smile Karin could give Yui. There was a deep sadness, despair, fear when Karin said, "Promise me to stay alive."

Karin hesitated. Should she tell, Yui? If she did, obviously something bad would happen to her in a moment. But at least she can save her other friends. The problem is, will anyone believe in her later? She was already stereotyped as a traitor.

Finally Karin chose not to say it clearly. Yui knew what they were going to do to her, it was enough to give her a chance to prepare.

"Stop joking around, Karin."

"Does someone like me ever joking?" Karin tilted her head. "I love Elites. I've never had friends before, I don't really need them, I think. But you guys open my eyes. I'm glad that for two years we were able to become friends even though there were so many unnatural things happened. You know that I saved the first photo of The Elites and posted it in my room?"

Tears rolled down Karin's cheeks. For some reason, the fear that had been successfully warded off by her was now eating away at her heart. Her voice trembled slightly as she said revealing the cut marks of the knife on her palm. Yui's eyes sharpened as she saw the cut.

"The traitor cut this to me when she came to the hospital. These are numbers. They give each of us a number, maybe it's a code, a sequence or something. And I got number one, you know what I mean? "

"Therefore, I want you to save yourself. I know they'll come to me after this, but I don't care. My life doesn't matter, you have to save the others and find the traitor among us. "

"Karin.. why..?"

"You saved me when my life was near. I might be buried and becomes a rotten corpse if you don't came to save me that day. Our time is not long. She teamed up with Rei, avenging the revenge they had been harboring for a year. They demand penance."

Karin sighed heavily. Staring at Yui who was standing in front of her with a shady look. The weight on her chest seemed to evaporate in the air along with her life expectancy. Knowing that you will die soon and that you can do nothing to escape death is frustrating. She understood how a death row inmate felt before being executed by firing squad. The difference is that there is no clergy accompanying her. She has thanked and apologized sincerely to her parents, at least she became a good child right?

There was still someone else she had to tell.

It's just.. does she still have time?

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"Fuyuka, please. Listen to me!"

Akane had called more than three times, but Fuyuka had no intention of simply stopping on her way to the cafeteria. Meanwhile Koike and Habu jogged behind them. She smelled something would happen as soon as Akane managed to stop Fuyuka. Her intuition was sharp and this time she was very sure of how she felt.

Fuyuka suddenly stopped, almost making Akane hit her in the back if only she wasn't ready. The girl then turned around, staring alternately at Akane and Koike with uninterested eyes.

"Uh, maybe we should sit down? There is an empty space near the pillar. We can sit there and talk." Habu panted slightly in the middle of the two. Designates a table with four chairs that is unoccupied.

Fuyuka of course immediately walked to the place without waiting for her two friends to hug her shoulders like they usually do. Her heart fell as Akane watched Fuyuka's back move away, but Koike placed her hand gently on Akane's shoulder — hinting that all would be well.

"Fuyuka. I want you to know this. Koike, you too." This time Akane said in a sad tone. Fuyuka's cold attitude still continued and she was trying to improve their relationship now. "About Hirate—"

But just as Akane was about to mention another sentence as successor, Fuyuka suddenly stood up from her seat. Makes the chair she was sitting on pushed back and made a loud sound. But considering that the cafeteria was always full of girls' voices and cutlery, the sound of Fuyuka's chair wouldn't be the center of attention.

"Fuyuka. Sit. Let Akane finish her sentence!" Koike hissed. This time she was more assertive so that her friend would shut up. "Okay, you can continue."

Akane looked down for a moment. Her hands didn't stop squeezing the skirt she was wearing. When she lifted her head, Fuyuka was already staring straight at her. "Last night I met Hirate alone. This time she wanted to say something about the Elites."

Habu straightened her seat and made her tall body rise among them. Koike inched closer to Akane, but Fuyuka suddenly shouted in a high tone.

"Is that still important ?!" Fuyuka raised her hand, then slammed her fist on the table surface. Everyone's attention was immediately fixed on their seats. Staring with a surprised and curious expression. "Tell me, is it still important to find out ?!"

"H-Hey, calm down—"

"Shut up, Habu! You don't understand, you all don't understand. You guys are really stupid, getting too far into this problem and what are the consequences? Matsuri is waiting for the grim reaper to take her sufferings at the hospital. The Elites.. The Elites intend to kill her because we went too far to find out about the rotten things they were doing all this time!"

It's quiet. As soon as Fuyuka stopped screaming, the atmosphere in the cafeteria turned into a choking silence. The students each stared at each other, confirming what they had heard. Their gazes were fixed on the two people sitting near the exit.

At Seki Yumiko and Tamura Hono.

"Akane with her stupid brains is still protecting that gang of rascals. And see what you did in the end? You sacrificed your own friend! Who else are you going to make a sacrifice for The Elites, huh? Koike? I? You better ask the Elites to kill me after this because I'm fed up with your shits!"

Something inside Akane seemed to be heating up. A grenade, which she always guarded so that the trigger did not escape, exploded in just a few seconds. Her face flushed to her ears from holding back emotions. She could have flipped the table in front of her and threw a raw fist at Fuyuka's nose at that moment if something didn't bother her.

"What do you say? How dare you disrespectfully accuse us with only a capital of suspicion!" Hono shouted. She had gotten up from the chair and was walking towards Fuyuka.

"Fuu, don't you realize that this time you have gone too far. Look at the mess you've made." Koike hissed. Trying hard to ignore the hundreds of pairs of eyes fixed on them.

"Me? I wouldn't be like this if Akane didn't act up in the first place! If she brought the documents according to the agreement, Matsuda would not be like this. Or furthermore, if Akane wasn't curious about the deaths of those five girls nothing would have happened, you bastard!"

Akane silently listened to Koike and Fuyuka arguing in front of her. Habu, who originally acted as a separator between the two of them, now had to mediate because two Elites members entered the battlefield. She just had to pray that Risa wouldn't come or a big fight would break out in the cafeteria.

This is my fault. This is my fault. Why was I lulled by Yuuka's kindness even though Fujiyoshi had given me a warning from the start. Why am I too stupid to notice the evidence around me? Why am I easier to tolerate Elites..?

Akane's mind then fell to the long haired girl with her slanted smile that soothed her heart. She didn't really understand either. Why can she be so relaxed even though she's been with a murderer.

"This is all my fault. Forgive me."

Akane turned around and ran away from the cafeteria. Ignoring Koike's attempts to restrain her, the harsh words, and of course the menacing screams from the two Elites there. She intends to meet Ozono and discuss everything with her senior. At least she could be neutral in this matter. Her goal is the third class building, now she is in the cafeteria area which means she has to pass the first class building in order to reach the third class building.

The Long Corridor that connects the café area with the first class building has been crowded with students who have gathered to find out what really happened at the café. Like an ant finding sugar. Akane was forced to take a detour through the back of the school, near the school forest.

Due to her careless steps, Akane tripped over the bricks hidden behind the thick grass. Luckily she was quite agile so she didn't fall on the ground but just fell sideways and rested on the wall.

Wait a minute.

Wall?

When her body hit the surface of the wall, there was a loud sound as if there was a cavity in the wall. While enduring the pain from the shoulder, Akane tapped the wall. One tap makes a loud sound.

What's in here? Akane stepped back and looked up. Her eyes narrowed as bright rays from the sun forced their way into the pupils. It's on the stairs. No wonder there is a cavity in the wall.

She then looked around. No one, of course. Only the sound of insects from the school forest she could hear. As soon as she lifted her leg to walk away, she felt that the ground she was standing on was not covered with grass at all and it was only in front of the hollow wall that the grass would not grow.

That means someone is passing by here. But where?

The image is like in a movie. About an underground secret room located in a building. Which is used as an emergency shelter in the event of a great disaster that destroys mankind. Okay, this time the hallucinations were out of line. But even so, Akane was still idly kicking — pushing against the wall in front of her with force.

BRUK

"Ah? SHIT."

Akane didn't have the chance to hold back the curses when she was pushed into the wall which was apparently a heavy armored door whose color blended into the other walls. She rolled on the descending steps and lay pitifully on the cold cement floor. It was dark ... and damp. The only light came from the wall — the door she had pushed earlier. In front of her there is an iron door, who knows where it is.

Her sore shoulder became even more sore. Other parts of her body also felt similar. But she did not want to and would not allow himself to be trapped in that strange place. After all, why is there an underground place like this in the academy?

Once again curiosity crept down her back. With all her strength Akane tried to stand up holding on to the wall. She opened the door in front of her slowly. A room with several desks with stacks of documents, and a computer set greeted her. The room was indeed dark, but there was one dim chandelier which was enough to allow Akane to see what was there.

The room is still warm. It's true that there are people here,she thought as her palms touched the wall. As Akane went deeper, she couldn't help shutting her mouth in surprise.

Five photos were attached to the walls — from Yuuka's to Seki's. Below each photo is a number written in red paint. And of the five photos, two of the glass was broken and the shards were scattered on the floor. It is a photo of Karin and Yui. She also approached cautiously so that she could have a better look. Without realizing it, her breathing became heavy. Like something pressed against her chest with a weight of tens of kilos. The flickering lights seemed to land her in a mental hospital.

When she turned around, her gaze was immediately fixed on the sign that had the date written on it. Also the names of The Elites. And.. wait. What? Kidnap? Kill?

Her hands trembled as she grabbed the phone from her blazer pocket. She had trouble getting focus because her hands refused to relax for a moment. At least she got a photo of the writing there even though it's a little blurry.

Hair on her neck bristled. Whoever she is, that person must have hated The Elites so much that she planned assassinations. Her attention then moved to the documents on the computer desk. Deftly, she picked up some and read the text there in turn. Unfortunately she did not find any information regarding who used the dungeon.

Akane dropped her head, letting out a heavy sigh from her mouth. She intends to take some photos and videos using flash. A door in the corner, about 4 meters from where she stood was clearly visible in her eyes now.

"Where is that door again?"

Her gaze dropped. On an elongated trail of blood that led inside.

Her feelings told her that she shouldn't go in there. And the urge was so strong that it made her stomach churn violently. But once again, Akane felt that she had found something new. She must not waste this opportunity and take as much evidence as possible.

What a dumbass.

She walked quickly. So excited to open the door that leads to another room.

For God's sake, she might continue her life with severe trauma from now on. What was in front of her was a room with a tool board on the wall. On the floor there was a pool of dried blood, the walls were no exception. Full of blood. In the corner of the room was a dark sack — it was only when Akane shone the flash that she realized that the sack was covered with blood.

She had just found a slaughterhouse — correction. Akane just found the scene of the massacre.

Her feet refused to move. Only her upper body was still under control. With a bated breath, Akane aimed the flash light in another direction. And, my God ... she shines a sledgehammer covered in blood there. The hammer was enough to crush a human head and turn it into a bun. Which crazy person does something like this? In Sakurazaka ..?

Gathering her yawning courage, Akane walked over to the work table. She put her cell phone against the book to light the table. After making sure her cellphone was in the right position, she began to open the drawer and read the papers that had piled up there. Once again she found a photo of The Elites — the same photo as the one in the student council room.

In the photo, their faces were scratched by a red pen over and over again until the mark of the pen tip made the surface behind the photo uneven. With trembling hands, Akane put the photo in her pocket. She turned to the pile of papers, picked up a document with a green cover stained with blood. It's just a school assignment document.

Wait, name. What is the name?Akane closed the document and turned back to the first sheet. Once again, she was shocked to death when she found out who owned the document. O-Ozono Rei.

KLANG

Tap, tap, tap, tap

The loud noise from the next room made Akane suddenly close the document and return it randomly. Panic ran through her body, she couldn't get out now. "Shit. Shit. Shit. " All she could do was hide. So, she immediately jumped and entered into a large filing cabinet in the corner of the room.

Now Akane can only pray that anyone out there won't find her.

The footsteps paused for a moment in the next room. Counted about 25 times the person's heart rate is there. The cupboard where Akane is hiding is very narrow, yes ... at least she gets a supply of oxygen because it has small holes that can be used as peepholes and oxygen to enter. Luckily Akane doesn't have claustrophobia. Her breathing grew heavier when Akane started to hear the person walking again, approaching the slaughterhouse.

However, Akane's gaze was almost dizzy as shock hit her. Repeatedly cursing her stupidity even felt useless. She left her cell phone on the table with the flashlight on. Every second felt like death.

She almost fainted when her cell phone rang indicating an incoming message or email. The person walked slowly and took Akane's cellphone on the table. The light from the cellphone screen shone on Rei's face and Akane could see that the senior was smiling.

"To sister Moriya Akane, we are sorry for Hirate Yurina's death. She died of suicide in her ward last night. The hospital found a letter addressed to you and we will send it in a few hours. " Rei chuckled. "Hello, Moriya. I see apparently you left something valuable. Hehehe."

Damn, damn it, damn it. No, Akane. Calm down .. Inhale .. exhale .. What happened? Hirate committed suicide? Could it be that she meant this person as a devil?

Rei aimed the flashlight in any direction. The bright light hit the cupboard where Akane was hiding and blinded her eyes for a few moments.

"Too bad she killed himself. Even though I just visited last night. Ah no. What I love the most is you Moriya. Even though I have worked hard to build trust between us and you disrespectfully destroyed it by entering this house. "

You bastard... it turns out that all this time you were a wolf wearing fleece. I thought I could trust you!

"Well.. because the situation is just right. Maybe I can say this." Rei put Akane's cellphone on the table, letting the flashlight be the only light source there. "Sugai, Kobayashi, Fujiyoshi, Tamura, Watanabe, and Seki are murderer."

...?

"Maybe you already know. But I'll make it clear for you. Yes, they are a group of killers. If you dig up the ground where the plants grow taller than the other plants in the forest back there, you will find some of the corpses they buried." Rei turned around, picked up a document. And reading it, "those are the students who went missing a year ago at Sakurazaka Academy. And then they killed the other five students — Hirate's friends by crashing and throwing them into the sea. "

W-What..? Yuuka.. kill people? Fujiyoshi too? So that grave was what Hirate was referring to?

"You may not believe it. But I was the first to find out about them. This place belonged them before. I keep all my stuff here."

The long haired girl outside stopped talking. Rei walked around the corner, picked up an axe and started to approach the cupboard where Akane was hiding. "Because I am kind person and I am attracted to you, I give you two options." Now Rei is standing right in front of the wardrobe door. Only inches from her face from the peephole.

"First, I'm going to turn off the lights and shut all exits from here. You have to find your way out by looking for the key I was hiding and doing your best so that I don't chop off your head — ah, hide and seek in short. Second, you let me hit this cupboard with an axe. If you're lucky, it won't hit you. And you can go out and pretend all of this never happened. It's better that Russian roulette, I guess."

Akane's knees were about to give up on supporting her weight. The choice Rei gave her was both unfortunate and .. very dangerous. But she considered again, if she chose the first option her chance of life might be greater. Because she could easily pick up a weapon and kill Rei as soon as she could. Second choice? Hell, that closet is so narrow. There was almost no room for Akane to take cover — after all, she also didn't know where Rei is going to hit her axe.

But her brain couldn't think. Everything she had experienced behind her was completely shocked. Especially the memory about Yuuka.

She still couldn't believe it. Yuuka, who secretly showed her warmth to Akane and made her fall in love even though she knew Yuuka already had a fiancé — was a murderer who was the perpetrator of all this chaos.

"How, Akane ..?" Rei smiled. And somehow.. this smile is different. Usually when someone smiles, the person's eyes will be slightly closed and there are wrinkles around the eyes. But Rei's smile was different.

Her lips are indeed smiling. But her eyes were wide open.

For God's sake, what kind of human is she facing now.

BRAK

Akane jerked backwards when Yuuka suddenly appeared from behind Rei and hit her head with an encyclopedia. She even hit Rei twice with the thick book and succeeded in making Rei down.

"Ozono — you bastard! Crazy psychopath!" Yuuka screamed as she turned Rei's body and crushed her. Her fists made contact with her cheeks, nose, jaw. Yuuka's knuckles were starting to ache now.

Rei lifted her waist, causing Yuuka to fall to the side and freeing Rei. She immediately rolled over, picked up the ax that was lying nearby. Yuuka couldn't allow that, so she kicked the axe away.

"Annoying," Rei hissed. She swung her elbow with full force, it managed to hit Yuuka's chest and made her scream in pain. Rei took her axe and hit Yuuka's head with the axle's handle.

Yuuka shook to the side and her feet stepped on the slippery floor due to the pool of blood that had not yet dried, she fell with her arms holding her weight. Rei spun her ax, swung the sharp side towards Yuuka's head. Yuuka swiftly rolled over and the ax hit the floor, cracking it. If her reflexes weren't fast enough, her head might roll off.

Because the ax was stuck firmly, Rei was too focused on trying to remove the ax. And that gave Yuuka a chance. She hit Rei's head with a hammer. Not too hard, because the shoulder injury made the swing of her arm less powerful. But that punch was enough to make Rei lose consciousness.

The wounds on her body hurt again, especially her bandaged shoulder. Yuuka got up and walked over to Akane. Pulling the girl out of the narrow and stuffy wardrobe, Akane was shaking violently. When Yuuka asked her if she was okay she could barely hear what Akane was saying as her voice trembled.

"We have to go." Yuuka said as she took Akane's cellphone on the table. She also led Akane out of the basement and left Rei unconscious.

After exiting and recapping the only path to the basement, Yuuka silently embraced Akane and led her back towards the second-class building. She was still in shock and couldn't resist the treatment Yuuka gave her. But after a few steps she regained her senses. In the push Yuuka's body away, made the girl startled.

"Don't touch me, Sugai." Akane hissed. She stepped back, putting some distance between them. "You — you... murderer. Because of you all this happened, because of your mistake Hirate suffered severe trauma and committed suicide. You guys hurt Matsuda for fear that everything would be exposed, right? How many people have died because of you, you bastard! "

"M-Moriya — wait a minute, listen to me!"

"You guys tortured Fujiyoshi who wanted to ask for help. You guys accuse her of being a traitor because of that. What else do you want to explain? Why did you come near me, huh? To steal my trust so that I will defend you?"

"Akane!"

Yuuka pulled Akane closer, then held her in her strong arms. The girl struggled, trying to push Yuuka's chest so that the long-haired girl let go of her arms, but unfortunately Yuuka tightened her hug even more.

Stopping her haphazard movements, Akane couldn't help but resist Yuuka's embrace. It was quite soothing to her after seeing everything behind her, the heartwarming smell of her perfume as well as Yuuka's breath as she buried her face in Akane's shoulder. Burdens of thought, Fuyuka's humiliating treatment, Hirate's death, Matsuda's dying, then.. the sad fact that the person she likes is a murderer — with just a hug, all of that can evaporate somewhere.

"Just — please, let me be, Akane."

Yuuka's soft voice cracked. It sounded so small that Akane thought her voice could fade away in the wind. Finally, she let Yuuka down. Releasing all the emotions that bothered her. Maybe she didn't realize that Yuuka had just called her by a first name instead of using a surname.

In addition, the two of them may not have been aware of some of the people who happened to see them.

"Risa, don't." Yui pulled the sleeve of Risa's blazer. The short haired girl almost jumped from where she stood to attack Yuuka. Risa just came back from the hospital, there was no way Yui would let her fight again.

"But, Yui. She— "

"I am fine."

"Yu—"

"I told you, I'm fine. Can we go and leave them alone?"

-----

"Urgh.."

She groaned a little as her fingers ran over her nose and jaw. The side of her head throbbed violently, making her eyes blurry for a few seconds before returning to normal. She could feel the right side of her head was heavier, so maybe the hammer hit had succeeded in getting the swelling there. At least the head didn't break.

"Why don't you put up more resistance?" Endo asked. She was wringing a cloth in a bowl of warm water to compress Rei's swollen head.

"Indeed so. So that Sugai takes Moriya out and Morita can do her job. Ah—sssshh! Be careful there."

Endo whispered an apology and stopped compressing the clot of blood on Rei's head which was turning blue. Give it a few seconds pause until Rei stops muttering and complaining of pain before returning to compress her with a cloth.

"AH, UH!"

"Okay, sorry."

The door was pushed open, making a deafening creak for several moments. Naturally, the door had not received routine maintenance for a long time. Not even just dripping oil on the hinges. Inoue appeared from behind the door. Her arrival seemed to be anticipated by Rei because as soon as Inoue entered Rei immediately stood upright ignoring the pain from swelling all over her body.

Endo even took a rough sigh and threw the cloth into the basin of warm water before sitting down to her place and eating her dinner.

"I did it." Said Inoue. She put her small backpack on the table with a grim face. Her trembling hands were no exception.

Rei tried to relax her body and neck. Her collarbone made a bone-breaking sound as she turned her head to the left and right with a bang. Her gaze was fixed on Inoue who was looking down hiding her face. Rei lowered her head, noticing that there was blood on her face. She smiled wryly.

Straightening her body, Rei walked slowly to Inoue and patted her back. Their position was close enough for Rei to whisper in Inoue's ear. "What do you feel?" Rei's voice in Inoue's ears was almost like a breath that was deliberately blown into her ears to provoke her. It caught her breath in her throat.

Against her fear, Inoue replied, "Restless... maybe? I have no idea. I don't understand."

Both Rei's eyebrows raised after hearing Inoue's answer. "Oh? Why are you still not used to it, eh? I doubt you are really serious about training yourself. " Inoue twisted her neck, looking away — at the five photos of members of The Elites. Rei cleared her throat, bringing Inoue's attention back to her. "This way. Want to get revenge, you say? Hey .. don't forget your goal of walking this far. You want to let Imaizumi cry up there? "

After Rei said that Inoue immediately felt like she was struck by lightning. That name always made her never rest in peace. Which made her have a strong grudge against The Elites who occupy the highest caste in Sakurazaka.

Endo got up from her seat and unzipped Inoue's bag. She took out a hammer and knife wrapped in a white cloth stained with blood. She put the two guns beside the bag. Rei walked closer, waiting for what Endo issued next. And it's a black crackle bag that looks heavy.

When placed on the table whatever was in there gave off an uncomfortable rancid smell — Endo and Rei looked completely unperturbed by the horrible smell, different from Inoue's face flushed from holding back nausea.

Inside the bag is a cat.

Its body was neatly cut according to the parts of her body. Internal organs such as the intestines, stomach, and heart are still there. Rei nodded slowly and closed the plastic bag again, then asked Endo to put it in the other room.

"Good job, Inoue. I love the way you cut her body parts like you chop a chicken, amazing. I don't even bother thinking about such aesthetics." Rei turned back to Inoue who was still trying to hold back vomiting. She ignored that and continued, "Listen, kid. There is something else you should take away from Moriya besides that evidence."

"W-What is it?"

"The hospital sent Hirate's testament that was written for her. As you know, she probably wrote down everything she hid in the letter considering that Akane was the only person who moved to help her. I want you to grab it and return the damn thing to me. "

Inoue's eyes widened when she heard Rei's explanation. Her hand reflexively grabbed Rei's arm. "Hirate.. Hirate died? How can you let her die? What if Tamura finds out about this? Ozono .. I don't understand.."

Rei chuckled. No, she didn't chuckle or laugh the way people do. Instead, chuckle like a lunatic — or maybe a psychopath who enjoys the pain of her victim.

"She will never know."

Meanwhile, from behind the door Hikaru held back her movement to turn the knob and pushed the door open. After hearing what Rei said, she couldn't help but swear at it with extremely harsh words.

That means there's nothing left. Why does my heart feel lonely? I don't even know Hirate at all. But knowing her life was inhumanely taken makes me sick. If this is the case, who should be blamed..?