Bab 216: Viral!
"I am home."
"Welcome home."
As soon as Akira opened the door, Yotsuba came to greet him with a cheerful smile on her face.
"Akira-chan wants to have dinner?"
"No, I've had my fill of yakiniku just now."
After removing his shoes, Akira went to the living room and saw everyone gathered except for his father.
"Hot water is ready, you can take a shower anytime." Yotsuba said.
"Mn."
Akira didn't say much and went to his room.
"Did something happen to Akira?"
Rena realized her son looked lethargic and lackluster.
"Maybe Akira had a fight with his girlfriend?" Itsuki spoke carelessly while eating potato chips.
"Akira doesn't have a girlfriend." Miku said firmly.
"Hmph, Akira is too young to have a girlfriend." Nino grunted in annoyance.
"Itsuki, you will gain weight if you keep eating." Ichika said with a smile.
Itsuki puffed out her cheeks and complained: "Mom, look at Ichika bullying me."
"Ichika is right. Don't eat too many snacks at night."
"Even mom too..."
The ahoge on Itsuki's head withered. Even so, she had no intention of stopping her eating.
"But Akira-chan does look a bit different. He's in a bad mood."
Ichika wonders what caused her little brother to be in such a state.
"I'll check on Akira." Yotsuba volunteered.
"Mhm, I'll leave it to you, Yotsuba. And if Akira doesn't want to say it, don't push him too hard." Rena nodded.
"Understood, mom."
Yotsuba climbed the stairs to the second floor, arriving at her little brother's bedroom door. She knocked before entering.
*Knock Knock*
"Akira-chan, it's me. May I come in?"
"In."
Akira's lazy voice came from behind the door.
Opening the bedroom door, Yotsuba saw Akira lying on the bed, still wearing his school uniform.
"What's wrong, Yotsuba-Nee?" asked Akira who had no intention of getting up.
Yotsuba sat next to Akira, and seeing his weak appearance, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.
"Did Akira have something bad today?"
"..."
"See so clearly?"
"En, mom and the others are worried about you."
"I'm fine, just leave me for a moment. After some time, I will be fine."
Akira didn't want to let Yotsuba know about his experience today
"That can't be! Remember what mom said? If one person is sad, the others will be sad together. If one person is happy, the others will share it together. No matter joy, sorrow, anger, or love, everything must be divided into five equal parts."
Yotsuba looked directly into Akira's eyes.
"I..."
Akira opened his mouth, but no words came out. In the end, he still didn't tell Yotsuba.
"I only met scumbags, that's all. Yotsuba-Nee really doesn't need to worry, I'll be fine." He smiled stiffly.
"Because Akira-chan doesn't want to say it, I won't force it... Just don't forget, we always help if you need help."
Remembering her mother's message, Yotsuba stopped asking her little brother and left the room.
"Sorry, Yotsuba-Nee. I don't want you and the others to see the dark side of the world. It's just me who experienced it."
Akira felt nauseous every time he recalled Takuma's memory.
"Master, you better sleep, with that you will be better." Skadi suggested.
"Okay, I do need sleep."
Without intending to take off his school uniform, Akira closed his eyes and fell asleep.
...
The next day.
Akira's mental health gets better after a night's sleep.
While waiting for breakfast to be ready, he and Ichika, Miku, and Itsuki watch TV.
Suddenly the news station was broadcasting a case of the disappearance of a female junior high school student, and the culprit had been caught last night.
"Finally this case is over. Many young girls don't dare to leave their homes because of this case." Itsuki was happy to know this news.
"That person must be mentally retarded, doing something like that to a corpse..."
Miku gets goosebumps hearing that the missing girls have been killed and raped.
"Thank God, the psychopath has been caught." Ichika patted her chest. She had not dared to jog at night since this case appeared.
"This topic is currently viral on the internet. Look at this."
Opening her phone, Miku saw Takuma's name trending. Almost all netizens scoffed at the abnormal perpetrator.
"Such a person deserves to be condemned by society."
Itsuki is also angry after learning about Takuma's crimes.
Ichika's EQ was quite high, she noticed Akira had a subtle expression, and a guess came to mind.
"Could it be that that person was arrested because of Akira-chan?" Ichika whispered softly in her little brother's ear.
Akira paused and nodded slightly.
"Good job, Onee-chan is proud of you."
As if treating a child, Ichika gave praise and patted Akira on the head.
Seeing the behavior of the two of them, Itsuki asked curiously: "What are you doing, Ichika?"
Miku also wanted to know.
"Secret~" Ichika smiled playfully.
...
Walking down the corridor, Akira heard many students talking about this morning's news, especially the culprit who had been caught. After all, one of the students from this school had become a victim.
As soon as he arrived in Classroom 1-A, he felt the gloomy atmosphere among the classmates. Especially those who had a good relationship with Aharen Eru.
"Akiracchi, have you seen the news this morning?" Kise asked without smiling as usual.
"Mr. Phantom was captured, right? And all the victims were found dead." Akira spoke in a low voice.
"That fellow is an utter scumbag! If I saw him, I would beat his genitals until they were crushed." Kise clenched his fists.
"Yeah, that person is trash that can't be recycled." Akira nodded in agreement.
He was the one who actually caught Takuma, so he knew how trashy he was.
"If the police had caught him sooner, Aharen-san might not have been one of the victims." Akashi added.
"Unfortunately, there is no 'if' in this world. Everything that has happened cannot be repeated."
"Still, losing a classmate forever makes me very uncomfortable."
Kise had been to karaoke with Eru and another girl. The interaction between the two of them was indeed not deep and only limited to classmates, but seeing someone he knew die in such a tragic way, it left a bitter memory.
"We can only hope that Mamoru Takuma is given the harshest punishment." Akashi said.
"It should! I hope he gets the death penalty." Kise said angrily
"You think too shallow, Ryota. Death is too cheap for him. Life imprisonment is the most suitable." Akira expressed his opinion.
"Isn't the death penalty the most appropriate?" Kise asked.
"If Mamoru Takuma receives a life sentence. From there suffering until the end of his life began. The lowest caste of prisoners in prison are rapists. They are usually discriminated against, bullied, and ostracized by other prisoners.
"I see... If that's the case, life imprisonment would be the most suitable." Kise was enlightened after hearing that.
*Ding Dong*
The bell rang, and the students sat down in their seats.
With the sound of high heels approaching, the door was opened by Kiryu Yuzuki, homeroom teacher of class 1-A.
With a heavy expression, she stood at the podium, facing her students.
"You guys have probably heard the news from TV or the internet, one of our classmates, Aharen Eru-san has passed away. Her funeral is being held at 10 a.m., who wants to attend her funeral?"
Everyone raised their hands without exception.
"Sensei is pleased by the solidarity of you all. Sensei has obtained permission from the principal, and the school has prepared buses."
"Let's go."
Yuzuki led her students to the parking lot, and after confirming everyone had boarded, the bus sped down the highway towards the building where the funeral was held.
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