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Published at 19th of October 2020 08:35:17 PM


Chapter 42

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[Evil Lurks]


Thanks to Chiyaku-san’s treatments, I managed to recover to a level where I could live my daily life.

It seems that it will take more than a week to complete recovery, but this is enough.

I felt a little pain at every step that I took while walking to the school.

It’s been a while since I have been to school.

Looks like the words spread at school was that I was seriously injured because I fall from the stairs at my house.

It’s a stupid story, but it can’t be helped.

The real reason can’t be revealed after all.

Therefore, I have to go to school with a cast on my arm for a while.

Actually, I don’t need a cast anymore, but I wear it to avoid suspicion, because the healing abilities of doctors in hospitals can’t heal injuries this fast.

I have to appeared to had been seriously injured after all.

Roll said that I could recovered this fast was thanks to Chiyaku-san.

I felt the distance to school was quite long due to the pain of my injury, but I managed to reached the classroom.

When I opened the door and entered the calssroom, the eyes of my classmates gathered at me.

Then from their seats, everyone asked about my injury in concern.

I replied to them while I proceed to my seat.

When I took the seat, Tsurugi get up energetically and came towards me.

Tsurugi hit my back and sat on the seat of the guy behind me who hadn’t come yet.

“Yo, long time no see.”

“It hurts, I’m injured you know.”

“Falling from the stairs among other things, It makes me laughed at first before worried. The stairs at your house were rather steep.”

“Aa, I really thought I was gonna die.”

“It was a valuable experience, right?”

“From where?”

As we were having such friendly talk, Rin and Ohashi who appeared before I noticed, put down their bags at their seat and came to us energetically.

“Morning, Tsurugi. Ah, so you’re alive, Kazato.”

“Suddenly that?”

I don’t think those words should came from a childhood friend. No, it’s been like that since old times, right?

“Kamiya-kun, even though she said that, Rin was the one who most worried you know.”

So it’s like that. Well, I know that she was worried from the email that I’ve received though.

“Or rather,  you two were late to school today. Even though you usually came with Tsurugi.”

“I overslept.”

“Me too.”

“What’s that.”

While we’re having such talk, the chime for first period rang and the homeroom teacher, Takada, came into the classroom.

The three who gathered around me also return to their seats.

“A-, it’s about the ability measurement the day after tomorrow, because the gentlemen from Self Defense Force had met with certain circumstances, the schedule will be postponed for a while.
It seems that the Self Defense Force will  enter patrol strengthening week.”

The voices of the disappointed students echoed in the classroom.

“So, club activities and staying after school are also forbidden.
Return home immediately after school.”

I glanced at Roll for a moment.

Roll is signaling me when our eyes met while still facing forward.

From that appearance “Don’t react” is the intent that I sensed, then I returned my eyes to the front.

Self Defense Force patrol strengthening week……

This is probably because Boss sent the information about the Nursery Rhyme’s attack to the Self Defense Force.

I took a glance at the Self Defense Force’s patrol when I went to school.

If the ability examination is postponed, there is a possibility that the school tournament will be postponed as well.

Takeda kept talking for a while, then left  the classroom.

Everyone begins preparing for the first period while complaining about about the postponement of the ability examination.


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After school finished, once I return home, I came to the hideout.

It took me a while to get to the hideout because the Self Defense Force were wandering the city more than usual.

I’m not worried about being followed, but whenever I looked at the uniforms of the Self Defense Force, I need to be more cautious and I can’t proceed further easily.

When I’m Kamiya Kazato and not Shion, I get overwhelmed by the Self Defense Force.

Although I didn’t let it out on my usual behavior, it makes me nervous whenever I see their appearance.

It may be trauma.

While thinking about such things, I head towards Roll’s  room.

When I arrived at the floor where Roll’s room was located and walked slowly down the corridor, I noticed Desuko-san walking from the front.

I turned back at once and thought that I should get away from Roll’s room, but when I thought so, Desuko-san found me, and then she ran to me.

“Shion-kun! Where are you going?”

“Hello Desuko-san. Of course it’s Roll’s place.”

“Then I will go too!”

“Why?”

“Because I’m free!”

“You’re always free, Desuko-san.”

“Shion-kun is also always said Roll this and Roll that, right? If you keep being like this, won’t you become Rolling Shion-kun?”

I don’t understand what you mean.

However, Kuroinu-san once said the same thing.

It seems that I and Roll were acting together too frequently even for a partner.

They said that even Kuroinu-san and Hakunetsu-san pair weren’t as glued as we are.

Well, I’m obligated to go Roll’s room anyway, so there is no other way.

It’s not like I hate it.

“Where were you planning on going to Desuko-san?”

I pretend not to hear Desuko-san’s remark.

“Eh? Just a mission.”

“You are not free at all. Please go quickly.”

“I’ll cancel it, so it’s fine.”

“It’s not fine at all.”

“Then, Shion-kun go with me. It’s boring to do alone.
Ah, if you like, we could bring Roll as well.”

Desuko-san grinned and said so.

Maybe this is her aim from the start.

I heard from Roll that Desuko-san often drag along the people that she met when she is about to go on a solo mission.

“…….that depends on the mission.”

I said after thinking for a while.

“Hmmm. There is a person who has retired from the organization, my mission is to persuade him to return.”

What, it looks like an easy mission. If I could come back before tomorrow morning, then maybe it’s fine.

“I’ll ask Roll. Please wait for me.”

“Okay! Well then, I’ll be waiting at the cafe, thank you!”

“I understand.”

I replied, then after I saw off Desuko-san, I headed to Roll’s room.


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“That mission, Kemuri, Tameiki-san, Meitei-san, Cuffs and even Shimichi-san……. However, everyone has failed this mission one after another, do you know who you’re trying to get back?”

When Roll lean forward and asked me that, I answered “I don’t know”.

When I arrived at Roll’s room, I conveyed the shade(?) that I received from Desuko-san to Roll.

“That person retired 5 years ago. Even before those 5 years, looks like he’s already half retired, however, it’s been a really long time ago so I don’t know exactly what kind of person he is.”

“Yup.”

“His codename is “Yoiyami (Twilight)”.
he is Boss’ former partner.”

Boss’ former partner?
I thought he was always been partnered with Shido-san.
Boss’s previous partner……? It looks like another dangerous person.

“I know that I’ve been here since I was small,  but that person in his heyday was really great. Maybe he was as strong as Tameiki-san now. No, maybe stronger.”

“That’s amazing.”

“2nd ranked at that time. Even though she was still young at that time, Tameiki-san was already 6th in rank at those days.”

Despite the fact that she’s still young, Tameiki-san act like an old woman.

Even though 25 years old is still young.

“That’s amazing. Is that Anonymous’s golden age?”

“Well, that’s true. Though, even now Anonymous still holds enough power as a criminal organization.”

“Even so the reason we became weaker, isn’t it because the old strong people retired?”

“You’re wrong. They’re all dead. Well there were also people who retired like Yoiyami-san.”

“Is that so?”

“The stronger we are, the more we stand on the front line. That’s why we die quickly.”

“…….so that’s it.”

That’s……, for me, it’s like losing the meaning to get stronger.

Even I became stronger, it’s meaningless if I was thrown to more dangerous places.

“Well, the people who died are people who wants to die, because everyone were kinda battle maniac, so Shion won’t necessarily become like them.”

Maybe realizing that I looked anxious, she explained that to me.

Certainly, it may be irrelevant if you have the strength to say wether you are the boss or not.

“That’s right. ……. but to deviate from the conversation, in the end that’s Desuko-san’s mission. Will you accompany us?”

“I have no choice but to follow. If I refuse now, I don’t what that person will do.
Let’s prepare.”

“Prepare…… Is there something we need? Honestly we are like Desuko-san’s attendant anyway, so we don’t need anything……”

“We wouldn’t know, right. Because we are going to meet Yoiyami-san, so we must prepare for battle.”

“Battle?”

“Yes.”

What kind of person is Yoiyami-san……


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We were driving on a highway as Roll drove the car.

I and Desuko-san sat on the back seat.

Yoiyami-san seems to be in the city “New Road”, which is about 200km away from the city we lived.

Every time a member ask him to come back, he changes the place he lives.

If we failed this time, this mission will be on hold until Yoiyami-san is found next time.

Because it’s a mission where everyone failed at, so it seems the same no matter how many times they attacked.

While thinking about that, I looked at the evening grasslands through the window.

“Wai-, Shion-kun…… Even though Roll can’t see…… Ahn, I said you can’t.”





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