Meanwhile
Inside the beast crowd, undercover Mafuyu-chan dutifully sent updates to Kamishiro.
Mafuyu-chan:Any ideas yet? They're getting ready to interrogate them.
Over the past ten minutes, the two had discussed countless rescue and assassination plans.
The conclusion?
None of it would work.
Both rescuing and assassinating were simply too difficult.
Mafuyu-chan did not even have a chance to get close she was afraid that if she did, the frenzied beasts would beat her too.
That wasn't an exaggeration.
She looked carefully and many people nearby were already bruised from accidental hits.
All she could say was
Brutal. Absolutely brutal.
If Kamishiro couldn't think of something soon, his college life was probably over.
"..."
Seeing Mafuyu-chan's message, Kamishiro currently stripping someone fell silent.
These four idiots really deserved to die.
Bang!
Nearby, Iori and Kohei, now dressed in fresh clothes cheerfully tossed the completely naked guy they'd stripped into a corner.
Since they might need to run later, clothing had become a serious issue.
Cross-dressing was way too eye-catching.
But stripping naked?
Even worse!
They'd get arrested immediately and invited to enjoy pork cutlet rice by the police.
Just as they were pondering what to do
There was movement from the tunnel.
The moment a head popped out, Kamishiro smashed it with a brick!
Youth really is great deep sleepers!
One brick later, the guy fell into a deep slumber~
After dragging him out, smiles bloomed on Iori and Kohei's faces.
Clothes acquired~
After knocking out three people in a row, the trio successfully changed out of their previous outfits.
Now, there were five half-naked boys sleeping peacefully in the alley~
Kind of makes you wonder if some pervert might show up~
"Phew, this place is an amazing hunting spot!"
Iori let out a satisfied breath.
Beating people really is stress-relieving!
He was starting to love using bricks.
"Yeah, but why aren't they coming anymore?"
Kohei leaned toward the tunnel entrance.
Only three people? That's it?
Too weak.
He'd been hoping for a thrilling game of whack-a-mole.
"Something's off," Iori said, stroking his chin.
"If the entrance is open, shouldn't they be swarming in endlessly?"
"What's so strange? Did you forget about Yamamoto and the others?"
Kamishiro reminded him calmly.
With Mafuyu-chan inside, he knew exactly what was happening in the venue.
Realization dawned on Iori and Kohei.
So Yamamoto and the others were drawing aggro!
Praise wait!
Iori stiffly turned his head.
"Doesn't that mean… our home base is exposed?!"
That was even worse than being chased!
"Not yet but soon," Kamishiro said, a glint flashing in his eyes.
"If there's really no other way… we'll have to use that move."
(′｀;)?
Iori and Kohei looked at each other, seeing confusion and pity in each other's eyes.
They did not know what "that move" was.
But judging from Kamishiro's smile
Whatever it was, it definitely wasn't good news for Yamamoto and the others.
Every time this scumbag planned to screw someone over
He smiled exactly like that!!!
Kamishiro: Hehehehehe~
Inside the venue
A figure wearing a hat squatted down in front of Yamamoto and the others.
As a student council executive, he would conduct the interrogation on behalf of everyone.
"First of all, I apologize for our earlier impulsive actions."
He opened with an apology.
But in Yamamoto and the others' eyes
That apology was pure provocation!
They weren't blind this guy had been one of the most enthusiastic beaters earlier!
Ignoring their murderous stares, the executive casually adjusted his hat.
That apology was just courtesy anyway.
Accept it or not did not matter.
"Please understand. Our resentment toward that scumbag is simply too deep."
When he mentioned Kamishiro, cold light flashed in his eyes.
This time
They were closer to the answer than ever!
"We won't make things difficult for you," the executive continued.
"Once you answer my question, we'll let you go."
The beasts held no particular grudge against Yamamoto and the others.
Even if they had, it'd already been vented.
Their target had always been one person
That scumbag: Kamishiro!
And if possible, they would take out his two lackeys too.
Though Yamamoto and the others were furious inside, seeing the sea of beasts around them
They chose survival.
Revenge could wait until they were alive.
"No problem! Ask anything!"
"I'll tell you everything I know!"
"I'm wearing red triangle briefs today!"
"I'm wearing blue "
"..."
The executive stared at Mitarai and Fujiwara with a blackened expression.
Why did these two think he wanted to know their underwear color?!
And that red triangle one
Way too perverted!
He did not even dare imagine it!
As expected, no one who hangs out with that scumbag is normal!
After adjusting his mindset, the executive spoke again.
"No need. You only need to answer one question."
"That is Kamishiro's current school and residence!"
The moment the question was spoken
The entire venue fell silent.
Thick black miasma rose behind the beasts, cruel smiles stretching across their faces.
They were itching to go blow things up!!!
Gulp.
Seeing them like this, Yamamoto nervously swallowed.
Too terrifying.
What the hell did Kamishiro do to make these people so obsessed?!
As Kamishiro's best friend
How could he let so many people fail to find their dear friend?!
A crazed, vicious smile spread across Yamamoto's face.
This was all Kamishiro's fault!
Kamishiro prepare to face judgment!
Just as Yamamoto was about to open his mouth
Both his and Mitarai's phones suddenly rang!
Mitarai & Yamamoto: "Huh???"
"Seven: Sudden news was that person you?
Eight: All these years without a word from you?
Ling: …
Girl, why are you crying so loudly?
I'll wait for you by the little river at the side of the road…
…"
Listening to his own ringtone by his ear, Yamamoto had a huge question mark pop up on his forehead.
Who the hell was calling him at such a critical moment?!
Everyone's attention was drawn to Yamamoto's ringtone; they even completely ignored the ringing on Mitarai's side.
Mainly because… Yamamoto's ringtone was way too out of place for this situation!
Trembling a little, Yamamoto took out his phone. When he saw the name "Kamishiro" on the screen, he did not even think he hung up immediately!
With a flattering smile, he turned to the beasts from a certain high school and said, "So, where were we just now? Right about that scumbag Kamishiro, he's now…"
"If one day I leave your life…
If one day you still love me…
Girl, why are you crying so loudly…"
Before he could finish, his ringtone interrupted him again.
"Um "
Just as Yamamoto was about to hang up again, the executive grabbed his wrist.
A twisted smile appeared on his face.
"Answer it!"
Clearly, he had seen who was calling. At a time like this, it was only right to deliver some victor's lines!
What? Popping champagne at halftime?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
They had already come this far he did not believe there was anything left that could stop them!
He had seen Yamamoto and the others' attitudes clearly just now. There would be absolutely no covering up!
Even if there were
they had ways to make them talk!
Did they think all those interrogation videos he'd watched were for nothing?!
They were originally prepared for Kamishiro, but…
If Yamamoto and the others were truly stubborn, he did not mind letting them experience it first!
"And you over there answer yours too!"
The executive shouted toward Mitarai. He hadn't forgotten there was another one here.
"Uh… okay…"
Mitarai looked at the name "Kitahara" on his screen and nodded silently.
He had actually hung up once already at a time like this, a call from Kitahara was never good news!
Especially when it came together with Kamishiro's call!
Just like Yamamoto, after he hung up, Kitahara called again.
This time, he did not get the chance to reject it following the executive's order, he answered.
And turned on the speaker.
If they wanted to listen, then let them listen. At this point, Mitarai did not think things could get any worse.
Yamamoto thought the same.
At this moment, Yamamoto's resentment toward Kamishiro was immense. He was already preparing to apply to join the "Crusade Against Kamishiro" team!
That scumbag did not deserve to exist in society!
"Hello, hello can everyone hear me?"
As the call connected, Kamishiro's infuriating voice came from Yamamoto's phone.
And it sounded relaxed!!!
Hearing that tone, everyone around was already getting angry!
Why the hell could this guy still sound so relaxed right now?!
"Looks like you successfully escaped the venue, huh, scumbag!"
Before Yamamoto could speak, the executive beside him couldn't hold it in and shouted out, his face twisted as he stared deathly at Yamamoto's phone.
As if he wanted to glare Kamishiro to death through the screen!
"Oh, that voice so it's some joker, huh~"
On the other end, Kamishiro seemed to have already guessed that Yamamoto's phone was on speaker. Not only was he not flustered, his tone was full of mockery.
That one sentence instantly broke the executive's composure!
After all, he himself had once been a victim of Kamishiro's charm!
The goddess he'd been simping for so long
Why was it that the very next day after meeting Kamishiro, she was already taken?!
That wasn't fair!
"Scumbag! You'll only be arrogant for a little while longer! Once we get your address, it'll be your death day!"
The executive gritted his teeth. He wasn't worried about alerting him.
Since Kamishiro made this call, he must have already guessed what they would ask.
As long as the school existed, that scumbag couldn't run!
The beasts around him wore feral smiles.
Now
was the moment to pop champagne and mock him!
"Kamishiro! I'll make you taste every kind of torture!"
"We'll strip him naked and throw him onto the field!"
"Idiot! Why would you reward him and satisfy his perverted desires?!"
"Eh?!"
"Rub menthol oil all over him and use a hair dryer!"
"Just use chili oil!!!"
"…!"
Hearing those beastly shouts, Kamishiro instinctively clamped his legs together.
Chili oil was way too much!!!
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Kamishiro forced himself to sound calm.
"Wow, everyone's really enthusiastic. Since that's the case, you wouldn't mind letting me say a few words to my friends, right?"
At those words, the beasts in the venue fell into silence.
Then they stared at Yamamoto and the others with terrifying looks.
At a time like this, he still wanted to talk?
There was a plot!
Yamamoto and the others: "{{(°△°;}}"
Huh???
Hey, big bro!
Don't drag the fire over to us!
We're not close!
Really not close!
Yamamoto and the others shook their heads frantically, repeatedly saying it had nothing to do with them.
Nojima: "You all know me Kamishiro and I are both handsome, we're incompatible!"
Fujiwara: "You all know me, I don't even like Kamishiro's pretty-boy face!"
Mitarai: "You all know me! Kamishiro and I both have squinty eyes. I can't wait for him to die!"
Yamamoto: "You all know me, he stole my golden ticket! I'm the one who wants him dead the most!"
Seeing how worked up the four were, the ferocity in the beasts' eyes slowly faded.
That made sense
too much sense.
If they were really close brothers, they wouldn't have agreed so readily earlier to reveal Kamishiro's address.
Probably no problem.
Even so, just to be safe, they had no intention of handing the phone to Yamamoto and the others.
They even gripped it tighter if there was even the slightest hint of trouble, they'd hang up immediately!
"Really? After all this, you're still guarding against me? As expected, you're nothing but jokers~"
Hearing the mocking voice, veins bulged on the beasts' foreheads. They wanted nothing more than to teleport to Kamishiro's location and beat him to a pulp!
Let him taste a joker's fury!
Wait
we're not jokers!!!
"Hah, just boring provocation!"
The executive was equally furious, but he did not lose his head and hand the phone to Yamamoto.
Instead, he decisively hung up!
"I'm not the kind of villain who talks too much!"
Looking at the darkened screen, a sneer appeared on his lips. Villains dying from talking too much was way too cliché!
They only answered the call to mock Kamishiro.
Now that the mocking was done, why give that scumbag a chance to speak?
If there was anything to say
They'd chat all night in that scumbag's own house later!
"All right, let's continue with the questioning "
"Yamamoto! I still have another golden ticket! I can take you with me!
Mitarai! Think about Rie! You wouldn't want Rie to find out you came to an AV actress meet-and-greet, right?!"
Before the executive could finish, Kamishiro's voice rang out again!
The beasts froze and turned sharply. It was coming from Mitarai's phone!
Mitarai: (°ー°〃)
With everyone staring at him, Mitarai helplessly raised his hands.
He really did not do it on purpose!
No one told him to hang up, okay?! He had no idea that bastard Kamishiro would pass the message through Kitahara's phone!
But… remembering what Kamishiro had just said, a grave look flashed through Mitarai's squinty eyes.
He was right!
He absolutely couldn't let Rie know he'd come to Momo's meet-and-greet!
He'd die!
He'd absolutely die!
"…"
The executive's mouth twitched. He hadn't expected Kamishiro to have this move.
So the earlier phone was just a smokescreen…
Truly worthy of a scumbag.
But just those two lines they shouldn't be that useful, right?
Yet the very next second, the executive sensed something was wrong!
"Hang up the phone now!"
He shouted at Mitarai. Just then, he'd seen something called desire in the eyes of that fat guy named Yamamoto!
He couldn't let that scumbag Kamishiro keep talking!
Unfortunately
Too late. Everything was too late.
If the phone had been in Nojima's or Fujiwara's hands, maybe they'd have succumbed to the beasts' pressure and hung up.
But for Mitarai, who stood between life and death
None of that mattered anymore.
Kamishiro's voice continued from the phone.
"Nojima and Fujiwara are up to you. Don't worry I'll make sure you two get out alive!"
After saying that, Kamishiro hung up on his own.
"Done!"
A smile curled at Kamishiro's lips. He trusted that Yamamoto and Mitarai wouldn't disappoint him.
"Not bad for you, scumbag!"
Beside him, Iori and Kohei looked thrilled.
They did not even need to confirm whether Yamamoto and the others would succeed.
They had zero doubts about Yamamoto's ability to stab his teammates in the back!
Those two would definitely take out their companions before the beasts could react!
However, their excitement lasted less than two seconds before a new problem arose.
"But how are we going to get them out?"
After all, this plan only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
They hadn't been exposed immediately, but Yamamoto and the others were still in the beasts' hands!
Once Nojima and the others woke up, those beasts would still learn everything they wanted!
They did not have anything that could cost those two their lives, after all.
Facing their questions, Kamishiro smiled mysteriously.
"Relax our reinforcements are almost here."
"Reinforcements?"
"The senpai are coming?"
At the mention of reinforcements, Iori and Kohei immediately thought of their two senpai.
As long as alcohol wasn't involved, those two were very reliable!
But…
"Even if the senpai come…"
"Seems like they still can't rescue them, right?"
Thinking about the number of beasts inside the venue, the two shuddered.
Even with the senpai, they couldn't resist at all!
At best, they'd last two more seconds.
That wasn't what they wanted!
Kamishiro did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked toward the venue entrance.
"Look our reinforcements are here."
The two focused their gaze.
Outside the venue, police cars were pulling up one after another.
At the entrance stood a familiar man with a V-shaped hairstyle, directing things!
Iori and Kohei stared at the police surrounding the venue with strange expressions.
Why did this scene feel so familiar?
"You don't mean them when you say reinforcements, do you?"
"Of course!"
A confident expression appeared on Kamishiro's face.
Given what those beasts had done, it fully counted as a mass disturbance, just take them all away!
As for Yamamoto and the others?
As victims, they'd obviously be released early~
Of course
This was all planned by Kamishiro and that bastard cop Hijikata!
Anyone with half a brain could guess who leaked his location!
That bastard just wanted performance points, right?
Fine Kamishiro would give them to him!
What's this called?
This is called a win-win!!!
Those jokers wanted to fight him?
Way too green!!!
Heh heh heh~
…
Meanwhile, inside the venue, things unfolded exactly as Kamishiro had imagined.
Before the executive could react, Yamamoto pulled out the stun gun he had been hiding!
Under Nojima's stunned gaze, he cranked the power to maximum!
Sparks and lightning flashed as Nojima was sent flying.
He did not even have time to curse Yamamoto before losing consciousness.
Not only that after finishing, Yamamoto, to prevent retaliation zapped himself too!
As long as he passed out fast enough, he wouldn't feel the pain!
Nearby, Mitarai acted just as quickly!
He somehow pulled out two handkerchiefs and covered both his own and Fujiwara's noses.
In just a few seconds, both fell into a deep sleep.
The speed of their actions terrified the surrounding beasts!
In just seconds total annihilation?!
Wasn't that way too fast?!
Did we really pop champagne at halftime?!
Everyone stood there dumbfounded.
Wasn't this group just swearing they had nothing to do with Kamishiro?!
Why were they suddenly risking their lives?!
They were fired up!!!
Still, the beasts did not panic.
Instead, cold light flickered in their eyes.
They were only unconscious so long as they were still alive, it was fine!
If they loved sleeping so much, they'd just "take care" of them some more!
Just as they were about to move
The tightly shut doors burst open!
"Don't move! Police!!!"
Beasts: "...?"
It's… it's over!!!