What On The Earth Did This
"Senpai, where are you going?"
"Anywhere. Find the three I just mentioned."
"We did see Risa a while ago. Are they all in this backyard wooded area?"
I left the two of them behind and just kept running, single-mindedly.
What should I do. They are all suspicious, but none of the three I chose may be the culprit.
But there's no end to it once I start thinking about that.Risa, Hiroto and Kazuhiro. Someone has to be sacrificed. We were all friends just two days ago, how could we…
"Senpai, look at the front!"
"What?"
I raised my head, which I had been keeping down.
"Yikes!"
In front of me were Kazuhiro and Hiroto.
"Hey, Shūhei, you are alive."
Kazuhiro grinned. It looked utterly eerie to my eyes.
"Kazuhiro…"
"I knew you'd come here. You will run away thinking that those three cronies would no match. Meanwhile you're trying to figure out who to nominate. People who allocate mental resources to thinking don't change direction so easily. That's why I had Risa and the others waiting in the woods directly behind the gymnasium. When you met Risa and others, you're still not sure who to nominate, so here you run away again. And so I knew you guys would eventually come back to this school building."
"You are indeed Kazuhiro. But over here there are five of us, two strong-armed clones and three of us."
I put on my best brave face.
"Huh, you think we were waiting for you guys unarmed? I'm a very efficient use of my time. I had them come ahead of time."
"Haha, I was waiting for you."
"This is it."
From the woods behind us emerged Ryūichi, Hiroshi, Mikado, and clones of Kazuhiro, Risa, Kurumi, Ryūichi, and Hiroto.
"A checkmate. I was forced to make a choice. It was to protect my people. You know, I have no choice, right?"
