Inoue Rina moved the backpack she was carrying by in front of her chest. In addition to protecting her from the night wind, it will easier for her to pick up or put things in. Her first mission was to be carried out that night, her heart was racing. Imagine what would happen if she failed in her duties. It would be difficult to deal with Moriya considering that the girl herself is a former Judo athlete.

But this is the moment she has waited a lifetime. Take her revenge on The Elites who killed the senior she respected the most. Making Inoue sink into deep grief for a year, thinking about what it should be if she chose not to listen to Imaizumi's words to leave her. She could ... no, at least her seniors would live longer.

Imaizumi's smile.. how to teach Inoue to play a musical instrument..

Ah.. It felt like she was just going to cry.

She shook her head and took a deep breath. She must not be careless, she must stay focused. The earpiece in her ear made a rustling sound for a few moments before someone's voice could be heard.

"I'll be leaving soon." Said Inoue. She hopped on the motorbike and turned the key. "What about Kobayashi?"

"She already left first. Apparently Watanabe's car will arrive at the target location sooner so I asked her to leave immediately." Hikari muttered. Then came the sound of sharp objects rubbing against each other, followed by a human growl. It looks like the two hostages have been transferred to the basement and Hikari is executing both of them.

Inoue decided not to speak anymore and drove her motorbike towards Moriya's apartment. But unfortunately her mind had already imagined what kind of torture Hikari had done to the two Elites members who were in the basement. When the two men were brought in, Inoue saw that Fujiyoshi's ring finger was partially cut off, there's gaping hole on her shoulder. And Seki with her palms pierced by a hot screwdriver.

She will never forget the white Sakurazaka uniform they were wearing, changing color to brown. Only God knows how much blood was shed and how terrible the mental pressure that Hikari put on them.

Inoue choked. The food she had just eaten an hour ago went up into her throat. She closed her mouth tightly and wiped the disgusting thoughts from her head. Could be embarrassed for her if she disemboweled in the middle of the road.

Judging from the GPS, the apartment building in question has only a few turns from where it is now. Inoue also spun the gas motor and went faster. A few meters closer to the apartment building, Inoue saw a familiar car parked in front of the gate. She suddenly braked her motorbike and stopped, hiding in the darkness.

She knows who owns the icy white R8. Which should have been the owner was kidnapped by Kobayashi. Why is that person here? Inoue's left hand activated and connected the radio communication to Rei. Her eyes could not leave the white car with the lights off. That means the driver will be out soon.

"Rei, Watanabe is here. How can it be that fast?" Inoue's words were too fast. Makes Rei a little confused.

"Who?"

"Watanabe. Watanabe Risa! She's in Moriya's apartment."

"Huh, no way. Kobayashi and Morita are stalking Watanabe right now. She took a taxi with the same goal, to Moriya's apartment." The sound of screaming begging became the background of their chat. Once again, Inoue had to try not to imagine the gruesome scene in her mind.

Communication is still connected, Rei is silent waiting for Inoue's response. But the girl was more focused on the figure of a girl with long hair who got out of the car with a limp step. She even fell down after a few steps and had to drag her feet. From the look on her face, the girl seemed to be enduring pain that made it difficult for her to move properly.

But what became the center of Inoue's attention was the girl's face. "Sugai Yuuka is here. She used the Watanabe's car and was injured."

"Take her down. And bring her here!" this time Hono's voice came from the earpiece.

"W-What ..?"

-----

"Why are you here? Go away! I don't want to see you anymore, isn't it enough trouble you gave me? Ruin my life?" Akane hissed angrily as she opened the door to find that Yuuka was there, staring at her. Her face, which was full of bruises, didn't make Akane feel the slightest pity for her.

After what she did to her, after Yuuka ruined her reputation and life by involving her in a scandal? She didn't know whether Akane still opened the door to apologize for the girl in front of her.

"Forgive me. It doesn't matter you want to hate me or what, but now the most important thing is that you have to get out of here. They will come to you, they are planning to kill you!"

Despair was evident in Yuuka's voice. Her voice was hoarse, almost like a loud whisper. There was not the usual air of dignity, just panic and fear. However, Akane turned her head in another direction as if she didn't take Yuuka's seriousness into account.

"Something must be damaging your brain nerves. You should just sleep in your warm bed, why bother coming over here just to chat like a lunatic? I can protect myself, I don't need your help."

Akane pushed Yuuka away from the door, then moved to close the door right in front of her face. But the door wouldn't close, something was holding the door and when Akane looked again, Yuuka's hand held the door — her hand was caught between the door.

She was surprised. Akane swung the door so fast, it must have caught Yuuka's hand painfully. What's she thinking? Akane growled, opened the door to her apartment room again and found Yuuka still standing there. Her eyes were red like holding back tears.

"Sorry, I'm sorry. I know I've ruined your life a lot. I've lost it all today, it's enough I heard my friends disappeared, kidnapped by them." Yuuka wiped the tears on her cheeks with the back of her hand, took a deep breath before continuing, "They know you have something precious to them, Hirate's letter. They will come and take it back."

"You, bastard. You should be grateful I haven't reported you to the police."

Yuuka stared, she jerked back. Ah.. why am I surprised? Yuuka lowered her head for a moment, catching her breathless gasps. Her fight with Risa really drained her stamina, talking at length like this also left her out of breath.

Yuuka's chest ached when her loved one told her that she would report it to the police. The only person she thought could help, to be her place to go home had apparently turned away from her face.

"I don't care what they do to your friends. Killing, throwing away, torturing, huh! You all deserve it, getting freedom for a year while Hirate — your victim suffered in a mental hospital, until she died there. She died in grief, trauma and loneliness!" Akane said, with emphasis on her last words. Her index finger pointed at Yuuka as if she thought she was despicable.

"I admit it, Akane. I am a murderer, I am a depraved killer who hides behind money and privilege to save myself from the law. But, you don't know our original purpose before all that happened." Yuuka grimaced, her chest aching as she took a deep breath. "We have to corner the Rei group that is in power at school. They are the ones who have killed four senior students and buried them behind the school."

"That night, we came to school and found the grave. Three corpses, one headless corpse. Don't you think how sadistic they were to do that, even burying them as one there? At that time we couldn't think straight, so when we found out Hirate happened to be there, we panicked a lot. We are trapped, we cannot report the discovery of this corpse to the police because our fingerprints are on the corpse's clothes and Hirate is the main witness which further damages our position in the eyes of the law."

"So the Elites decided to take another path, even at someone's expense. We have made our position strong, become a respected Elites group in the school. We took advantage of Hirate, bullied her and it succeeded in making all the students reluctant to us. We succeeded in eliminating Rei's group, they didn't dare to face us after that."

"But, Akane, one night Risa kidnapped Hirate and took her to the countryside. Who knows where she got such a nasty idea. But our minds were blinded by the will to power made us follow her line of thought. We bullied, tormented Hirate there. We thought everything was safe, but no, it's not that easy. Apparently Hirate's friends know that."

"So I have no other way but to crash their cars and throw them overboard to erase the evidence."

Akane listened feeling out of whack. What Yuuka told her was exactly what Fujiyoshi told her a few days before she disappeared. But very contrary to what Ozono told her when she was trapped in the basement. Her mind was completely messed up, as if her brain nerves were being pulled out — making her brain buzz like a computer with a virus.

Who should she trust? If in a position where she had to trust one of these killers, who could she trust?

Akane's gaze turned blank in that instant. But her mouth still spoke to ask the question, "Are you the ones who killed, Matsuda?"

"No."

No ? Then, who? Is that Rei? But why did she want to help Matsuda and chase after the hit-and-run culprit?

The sound of shoe steps snapped Akane from her reverie. Yuuka be a step closer to her now. She looked up, staring at the bruised face. Feelings of anger, horror, pity, disappointment all mixed together.

"There's no time, Akane. Forgive me."

Akane couldn't answer because suddenly Yuuka hit her heart with one hard punch. Blood spurted out from her mouth, at the same time Akane felt her internal organs being pushed back as her consciousness faded.

"I love you, Akane. Please, let me save you in my own way."

Yuuka, you said that love me? Hahaha.. stupid. Why did you say that when I started hating you?

Yuuka cried silently. She felt very guilty that she had hit Akane and knocked her out in an instant. But she had no other choice. If Akane keeps getting in her way, it could be Risa or they will come faster and get Akane. Without wasting any more time, Yuuka carried Akane and put her to sleep on the sofa while she looked for where Akane had hidden the will.

Her steps wobbled, the pain in her knee still didn't go away. Yuuka walked into the kitchen, pushing the heavy logs to retrieve the envelope containing the evidence of The Elites' evil. Corn-sized sweat flowed from her forehead as she struggled to push through the cupboard. She breathed a sigh of relief, the envelope was still there. Now where is she hiding the letter?

Yuuka walked back into the living room towards Akane's room. Turning to the study table, she opened each of the drawers and removed Akane's thick books. Her heartbeat got faster as the clock ticked in Akane's room. She didn't find anything there and it made Yuuka a little frustrated.

Shit.. where did she keep it.

Yuuka walked quickly outside and stood in the living room, thinking hard to estimate where Akane kept Hirate's will. Shit, use your brains and don't stop moving stupid. Yuuka moved to the bathroom and checked everything. Toilets, soap and toothbrush holders, piles of dirty clothes, folded towels, sink.

There is nothing there!

Yuuka was running out of hope. She stepped out of the bathroom, watching Akane, who was still lying stiffly on the sofa. Without waiting any more, she immediately looked for the item she needed in the pocket of Akane's jogger pants. But once again a desperate sigh escaped her lips, she found nothing there.

There's no way she left it for free to Rei as a substitute for life.

Yuuka stepped back toward the kitchen. Maybe she missed something there. But her steps stopped when her eyes caught the white rectangular object lying on the dry floor of the bathroom. She felt strange, even though before she did not find anything there. Maybe it fell out of the towel and I missed it.

Yuuka immediately grabbed the envelope and took another envelope on the living room table before leaving the apartment.

I have to hurry.. I have to hurry—

BRUGH

Yuuka's body bounced off and landed on the floor with a fairly loud sound. Maybe it was quite hard because the occupants of the floor below were knocking with wooden sticks. Her knees were throbbing, she couldn't move her joints because when she tried it would feel like a loud, painful crackle.

She dragged her body backwards, the girl in front of her closed the door of Akane's apartment. A painful groan escaped her lips as she forced her knees to bend. Yuuka was familiar with that figure, but.. why?

"Sugai, give me the envelopes." Inoue said harshly. She unzipped her backpack, took out a sharp, gleaming kitchen knife. She threw her bag in any direction and she started lunging at Yuuka who was still lying helplessly.

CRACK

Yuuka managed to roll over. The tip of the knife could probably pierce her heart if she wasn't careful to read the opponent's movements. Inoue's knife was stuck on the wooden floor, causing her to stop and pull the handle of the knife. Yuuka used it to fight pain in her knee and stood behind Inoue. She grabbed Inoue's neck and choked her between her arms as hard as she could.

Shit, why didn't she pass out!

They're in the apartment room, they can't make a fuss if they don't want the neighbor's room to come and ask suspicious questions. It's up to Yuuka, how to shut Rei's accomplice without causing a noises.

-----

The taxi Risa was occupying was the only vehicle that stopped at the pharmacy parking lot. She was lucky to get a ride from a driver who deliberately worked until the early hours of the morning looking for a drunk office worker passenger. The driver panicked not playing when Risa didn't go inside and just stood holding on to the door with a gasp.

When the driver got out of the car and checked Risa's condition, he was surprised because her left arm was flooded with blood. There is no clinic open at that hour, so the only choice fell on the 24-hour pharmacy. He can purchase several rolls of bandages and antiseptic for first aid.

Risa sat alone in the passenger seat. Her head looked up. Occasionally grimaced due to the pain from her arm. She didn't know if it was true that Yuuka had no intention of killing her or if Yuuka's aim had really missed. But somehow she was grateful that the bullet only went through her arm. She can go on with life and beat Yuuka again at another time.

Her eyes caught the digital clock that was near the wheel, three o'clock. She had to be fast because Yuuka left using her modified engine. But because the taxi driver she was riding insisted on stopping at the pharmacy, she had no reason to refuse.

She was confused now. She begins to believe that Rei is targeting them now as a form of revenge, but that doesn't mean Karin and Yuuka are erased from the accusation of traitors on their records. It means that most likely Seki and Karin have been captured by Rei and her friends?

Wait, does that mean Karin isn't a traitor. Because Seki is smart enough not to be fooled by Karin. Then, it's Yuuka left. However, when my car was painted red Yuuka was with Yui. What is this? Who exactly is the main culprit here..?

The car door opened, Risa was shocked. The taxi driver was also surprised, but continued picking up and unrolling the bandages.

"Sorry for my indiscretion, but this wound must be treated immediately." Said the driver. He dripped a large amount of antiseptic along the roll of the bandage, then wrapped the wound on Risa's arm tightly. At the first roll, blood can still leak out. It took three and a half rolls of bandages to completely seal the gunshot wound.

"Sorry for bothering you."

"No problem. I'm the one who apologized for finding out too late. You can lose liters of blood if you leave the wound open. Then the doctor will cut off your hand, well, that's a slightly better chance than dying of blood loss."

Risa laughed dryly hearing that. The taxi driver smiled slightly before closing the door and walking towards the his seat. However, after just ten minutes the car drove, they were caught by another car. Even the right-hand mirror of the taxi almost broke.

"Ah, shit. People like this I hate the most. Let me take care of them." he stopped his taxi at the side of the road, at a special sign for a stop. Annoyed, the driver rolled down the car window and was ready to spit out a rant.

Just then a silenced pistol was fired, blasting the driver's head off. Blood was splattered on the steering wheel, windshield and seats. Risa was surprised, a little in disbelief at what she just saw. Because suddenly one person in a gray jacket and rubber gloves got out of the car and approached her.

Risa was stunned.

The person got closer, and knocked on her car window. Risa could see the person's face very clearly. "Yui ..?" The person outside the car pointed downwards, gesturing for Risa to unlock the door.

At first Risa was happy. But just as her finger was about to press the button, she suddenly changed her mind. She looked once again at Yui's figure across the glass. Her aura is... very different. Then as if there was an electric spark in her brain, Risa was shocked away from the window glass.

"No.. you're not Yui.." Risa said softly with trembling lips. Yui, still staring flatly at her and waiting for Risa to open the lock. Risa held her breath, for the first time in her life she felt scared. "You're devil."

The car Risa was riding in was soundproof, but it seemed Yui could read Risa's lips. And she knew that Risa would not open the lock for her. So she walked back to the car and grabbed something — like duct tape.

Quickly she covered the window pane with duct tape until the entire surface was coated. Then using the butt of the gun, she broke the window pane. Risa snorted, shielding her face with her unharmed hand. Because the outside of the window was covered with duct tape, all the broken glass got into the car.

"Dammit, what do you want from me!"

Yui doesn't answer. She tore the duct tape and unlocked the car by herself. Risa suddenly kicked Yui's body with the remaining force, but it wasn't enough to push her away. She didn't know since when Yui's alter had become so strong.

Due to being injured, Risa could not fight back. She could feel blood seeping out of her bandaged arm. Next, she saw how Yui was tugging at the collar of her jacket and sticking a syringe in her neck. She didn't know what dark liquid was put into her body, but suddenly she felt her muscles refuse to move.

"I don't like rejection."

-----

Yuuka threw one last punch across Inoue's face. Faintly, she heard the sound of a car engine stop in front of the apartment, followed by hurried footsteps that were getting closer to Akane's door. Yuuka snatched the two envelopes earlier and limped off towards the door.

But two people outside the room first pushed the door open, revealing two people, one of whom Yuuka knew very well. So shocked was she that Yuuka fell to her knees.

"Yuipon!" yelled Yuuka. Behind Yui stood a short girl with cold eyes fixed on her. Yuuka was trapped, two on one was meaningless. She will easily be killed.

"A fucking bug," Yui said. Her right hand grabbed the silenced pistol and pointed the muzzle at Yuuka.

SHIT

Yui pulled the trigger, hot bullets ejected from the muzzle of the gun through the floor. Once again Yuuka was lucky because she was able to escape. Her hand grabbed the table lamp and hit Yui's head so that the lamp fragments were scattered everywhere. Blood flowed from Yui's head, but that didn't knock her down. Instead, she swung the grip of the gun and hit Yuuka's jaw.

She also choked and dragged Yuuka to the bathroom. Yuuka gripped Yui's wrist, as much as possible to survive even though her oxygen supply was running low. I didn't know if she had this strong physique?! "Akh!" Yuuka's head hit the sink. It made her droop weakly with a blurry vision — but she is still conscious.

It proved to be Yuuka's guess. Rei deliberately kidnaps Yui and makes it look as if she died from suicide. They took advantage of Yui's mental breakdown to kill their own comrades. Yuuka was so horrified, what did they do to Yui to get her alter back.

Yui turned around, Yuuka desperately following her. Apparently Yui was about to shoot Akane.

"Hey, watch out!" the little girl shouted, and then there was a sound of metal clashing with her skull. Hikaru hit Yui on the head three times with Akane's baseball bat. Yui collapsed, unconscious. She then turned to Yuuka, who was looking at them with horror.

Hikaru walked back to the living room, then there was a sound of iron knocking. She returned to the bathroom again and knelt in front of Yuuka, who was still in shock.

"Go on, Senior Sugai. Take the evidence with you, Rei will definitely send the others here so you only have a little time to escape." Hikaru said. She gave Yuuka a silver key and a paper with the address on it. It was an apartment in the middle of the city, about 8km away from where they were now. "You have to hide there until everything is safe."

Yuuka was surprised, of course. Who would not be surprised if the enemy volunteered to help her. Hikaru seemed to understand Yuuka's doubts, so she continued, "My name is Morita Hikaru, you can find out about me there. That apartment is where I live."

Hikaru grabbed Yuuka's hand and forced her to stand up. Yuuka herself didn't want to waste this opportunity. She immediately took the envelope that was scattered and ran outside. Hikaru watched Yuuka leave for a few seconds before she walked over and closed the apartment door.

Her cell phone had been vibrating and she had just had time to check who was calling. Hikaru coughed, and adjusted her voice before taking the call.

"Morita, how is there?"

Hikaru was breathing heavily, groaning slightly in pain before replying. "Sugai beat Kobayashi and shot me. Now she runs away with Moriya with her."

Rei fell silent. Listening to Hikaru's grunts.

"Hikari and Takemoto have already gone after Sugai. Return to headquarters as soon as possible." Rei cut the call and made Hikaru breathe a sigh of relief. My plan is going well. She heard the sound of the apartment door opening, then footsteps entered the living room.

"S-Senior Akane—!" Ten went straight to Akane, who was still unconscious. But because Ten was shaking her body, she slowly recovered her consciousness, although not completely. The pain caused by Yuuka's punch completely paralyzed her.

"Thank goodness you came. I thought you were scared and broke your promise."

Ten rose from her knees beside Akane, casting her gaze to every corner of the room. The pool of blood on the floor and the splash on the walls, the sink, there was also a trace of blood shuffling along the corridor to the main room. Stupidly, Ten hadn't realized that since earlier, now she was completely frozen in fear. It was the first time she had seen such a bloody place in person.

She gasped when Hikaru tapped her arm, Ten looked down, staring at Hikaru still with a tense face. "You have to bring Senior Moriya to your house. She can't be left alone because Rei and the others must have targeted her to be killed."

"I... really didn't expect myself to be involved in something dark like this. I mean, at Sakurazaka Academy..?"

Hikaru let out a rough breath. Her hand ruffled her messy hair. "Ten, there's no time to think! Teach Senior Moriya, immediately!" Hikaru's voice sounded like a serious order to Ten, so she picked up Akane with trembling hands and led her out to her car.

Before passing through the door, Ten took one last glance at Hikaru before she closed the door and ran down the stairs. As Ten got near the car and put Akane in the side seat, a booming sound made her wince. Akane even woke up.

But Ten doesn't intend to go back and check what happened. She decided to go immediately according to Hikaru's orders. Besides, she had tried hard to suggest herself that the sound she heard was the sound of thunder. But, no matter how hard she held back, tears still rolled down her eyes and flowed down her cheeks.

She didn't want to accept the fact that it was a gunshot.

-----

4 o'clock in the morning.

Yuuka didn't know where else she would take the car to. She had walked through every street in the city, through alleys, even settlements and the two motorcyclists were still following her. She was getting frustrated. Plus the gasoline indicator shows that the car is running low on fuel.

If I'm going to be taken to jail, then so are you.

She steered her car toward the outskirts of the city. A crazy idea popped into her head. Yuuka slowed the speed of the car, leaving one of the bikers by her side. "Go on, damn bug."

Yuuka turning the steering wheel to the right, bumping into Hikari who was beside her. She seemed about to break the window, but she failed because Yuuka made her fall from the motorbike and crashing on the asphalt. The loud sound indicating the accident was enough to seriously injure her.

Takemoto notices Hikari lying in the middle of the road, immediately turned around and tried to help Hikari. Taking off her helmet and putting her finger under her nose, Takemoto felt a breath and heaved a sigh of relief. She immediately carried Hikari on her back and pulled out the number plate on Hikari's motorcycle.

She ran towards her motorbike while contacting Rei with the radio connected to the earpiece. "Endo fell from her motorbike, she is badly injured!" Takemoto climbed onto the seat, trying to keep Hikari holding on to her. It was a little difficult because her partner's body was very weak.

"Hikari?"

"Yes! Yuuka bumped into her. I'm chasing her now."

"Don't let her off the hook."

Of course, Takemoto thinks. She put her phone in her jacket pocket and spurred the motorbike to catch up with Yuuka. One minute was enough to get them far enough apart. She must go at full speed while being careful so that Hikari who is behind her doesn't fall.

Anger made Takemoto keep going and dodging the obstacles in front of her, until her distance from Yuuka became close again. So much so that Takemoto could hear nothing but the wind. Even her body felt like she was floating.

On the other hand, Yuuka was surprised because the motorbike was already trailing behind her. She hissed, her gaze focused on the road ahead.

In front is a T-junction at that time. If I turn left, it will turn to this road only, if I turn right it will return to town. If it goes straight ... I'll jump into the sea.

Glancing back again, the biker drew closer. Yuuka had no other choice but that choice. So, Yuuka let out a deep breath to calm her restless and doubtful heart. She whispered a prayer — and hoped God would glance at the prayer of a murderer like her.

"God, please help me."

She stepped accelerator pedal gets deeper, the car roars louder. Behind Yuuka, Takemoto was surprised to realize where Yuuka's car was going. Without thinking, she braked her motorbike until it drifted. Takemoto looked forward with a gasping breath and a face drenched in sweat.

Yuuka's car broke through the barrier and jumped off the cliff. Then came the loud sound of a heavy object entering the sea.

"C-Crazy.." whispered Takemoto. Even her hands were still shaking when she used her cellphone to contact Rei. "Sugai died. She jumped into the sea."

"What? Have you checked?"

"Wait a minute.." Takemoto got off her motorbike, still carrying Hikari on her back. She walked quickly to the edge of the cliff. With some horror, she poked her head to peer down.

In the dark she could see that the white car Yuuka was driving was still floating. There was no sign of Yuuka around her. She also noticed the rocky rocks below, Yuuka wasn't there.

"There is no sign that she managed to save herself. She's really died."