Chapter 69
[Cold Darkness]
The school entered winter vacation .
Due to the postponement of school tournament, this year’s winter vacation is somewhat short .
That said, the winter vacation of this school is quite long compared to other schools .
It’s a little less than a month . And when school starts and we take classes for about two months, we’ll immediately enter spring break .
“Ha~, this kind of program again . ” said Roll, and she changed the channel . Variety program is shown on the screen that has been switched .
The previous channel was a news program that studied the death of Midou Ryuusui .
It’s a big lie program that critics about Anonymous’s purpose and SDF’s future response, and about SDF’s higher-ups talks to reassure the citizens .
After that, I didn’t get any contact from Tsurugi .
There’s just an email from Rin saying “Let’s go meet Tsurugi”
This email came this morning . I haven’t replied yet .
Even though she invites me to meet Tsurugi, I wonder what should I do there .
What kind of face should I make if I meet with Tsurugi?
What on earth should I say?
It’s no exaggeration to say that his father died because of me .
“Shion, in the end, what would you do?”
I groan at being asked so by Roll .
I tilted the knife I had polished for no reason, and aim it at the light of the room .
“I wonder what should I doー”
In the first place, Tsurugi is an enemy . Until now, Boss had left him alone, but now that Tsurugi had even made a declaration to defeat Anonymous, I think he wouldn’t left him alone .
I wonder if it’s okay to meet such an enemy as I pleased .
When I was thinking about such a thing, my phone vibrated . The private one .
It was an incoming call from the Tsurugi .
My eyes met with Roll’s for a moment and then I picked up the call .
“Hello . ”
“Hello, Kazato?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“Want to go out to eat now?”
I decided to go out to have a meal with Tsurugi .
The time is 1:00 pm . To be honest, I had already had lunch, but since I want to have a talk with Tsurugi, I accept his invitation .
The meeting place is about 10 minutes walks away from my house .
I am cycling to that location .
When I arrived at the appointed cafe, Tsurugi was already seated .
When Tsurugi saw me entering the store, he waved his hand to notify me where he was .
“Long time no see . ”
“That sure is right . ” I said, and sat down across Tsurugi .
“First of all, let’s make our order . ” said Tsurugi, so we each asked the employee for the usual menu .
Then we were silent until the drinks we ordered were brought to the table .
“I’m sorry about before . I unreasonably brought up the talks about the ability development without thinking about Kazato’s feelings . ”
After taking a sip of the drink and taking a deep breath, he said so .
“Ahh, it’s fine… Rather than that, are you okay?”
I ask timidly . It’s not a good thing to ask .
However, to connect the conversation, and to direct Kamiya Kazato, I asked .
“Ahh, I’m fine . I’m sad, but it’s common to be killed in action in the SDF . It’s just, it was my dad this time . ”
“…I see . ”
Tsurugi seem to be the same as usual .
However, I’ve seen Tsurugi of that day . The Tsurugi whose heart burns with hatred, and shows his emotion that was filled with murderous intent .
Therefore, I was aware of Tsurugi’s real feelings .
There is no change . He’s still filled with hatred .
And I think that’s is something that can’t be helped .
“Well, I have something to tell you . ” said Tsurugi .
“What?”
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“I will quit school . ”
“Eh?”
“With the dead of my dad, I was thinking of working in the SDF in earnest .
I want to continue my dad’s will . As part of the Self-Defense Force, I want to help many people . ”
Revenge, huh .
Certainly, it may not make much sense for Tsurugi to go to school .
He already has a status as a lieutenant general of the SDF .
“I felt bad to Kazato, but I’ll quit after the winter vacation . ”
“What about Rin and Ohashi?”
“I haven’t had a talk with the two of them . They might say ‘let’s quit together’, but I want them to continue to school . ”
“I see . ”
“Sorry . ”
“Well, I can’t stop you, and if Tsurugi has decided so . ”
“Ahh . But it’s not a separation . I won’t be able to play much, though . ”
“I know that much . ”
When I laughed and said so, the conversation stopped there .
After a while, the menu we ordered for is brought to the table .
I’m not hungry, but since Tsurugi seems to want to eat a lot, so I ordered for a reasonable amount .
“Let’s eat . ”
When I said that, Tsurugi hung his head for some reason .
When I thought it was weird and tried to peek at his face, Tsurugi put his hand on the table and said,
“It was lie . ”
“Eh? What?”
“It was a lie…”
*drip* something fell down the cheeks of Tsurugi . It was tear .
“…”
“I said I want to help people, it was a lie . Actually . ”
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“Un . ”
“I want revenge . I can’t forgive them . Anonymous who killed my dad, those evils…!”
“…”
“I want to help people . Certainly, I have that feeling . That’s not a lie, but, more than that, I want to get revenge . I want to quit school is also because I want revenge .
I didn’t think I would feel like this just because my parent was killed . I can’t help but hate those guys who killed my dad .
I won’t be satisfied until I killed them…!”
“Tsurugi…”
“…Sorry, Kazato . ”
“Ahh . ”
At that time, for some reason, I become certain .
――I’m sure that one day, we’ll definitely face against each other .
As evil and justice .
When I was thinking about how to spend the winter vacation, the answer came out naturally .
Training . For about a month, I can undergo hell-like training . At any rate, I wanted to be strong .
“Do you want to train again?”
“Yes . ”
I was standing in front of Tameiki-san .
This place is the dining hall . It’s actually the place where Tameiki-san and I first met .
“What about Roll?”
“I’ve talked to her . ”
About how I wanted to be strong . It was nice to train with Roll, but I wanted to be seen as a strong person after all .
It does not mean that Roll is weak . What I meant is that Tameiki-san is stronger than Roll .
Roll seems to have misunderstood .
She thought that I was hurt because of the deaths of Kuroinu-san and Hyakunetsu-san .
Wrong .
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It’s just, when I saw the previous battle, I thought I wouldn’t be able to survive as I am now .
I don’t want to die like Hyakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san .
I also think that I’m the worst .
But I wanted to be strong just to survive .
That’s why I’m trying to rely on Tameiki-san again .
Actively this time .
“I want to oversee you, but I can’t . ”
“Eh?”
“The situation has changed . From now on, I will be busy .
As I said before, you are too impatient . ”
“…”
I hang my head down . Am I too impatient?
In this world, you will die unless you get stronger early .
It’s not like someone will definitely protect you .
“…No, I came up with a good idea . ”
“…?”
When I raised my face, Tameiki-san’s fist came suddenly .
I reflexively dodge it . However, perhaps she read my dodging destination, Tameiki-san’s side kick hit my flank .
“Gufu…!”
Direct hit, this time I was hit in the abdomen .
My view fluctuates .
And I felt severe pain .
I sense a pressure in my internal organs .
Before I kneeled there, Tameiki-san launched another hit on my abdomen .
“Go look for Yoiyami . He’s my master . ”
Finally, I heard such words from Tameiki-san, and my consciousness was cut off .
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