Chapter 57 The Sly Fox

The Sly Fox

Somehow I got to the location in time and managed to hold Amane-san’s hand before she hit Aoi-senpai. I forced her to back away from Aoi-senpai while holding her hand.

“Nii-san, I’ll help you too.”

“Thank you.”

Yoka, who came after me, said that and then held her as well.

“Sorry, I’m late.”

“Ah, no, thank you, Hiiragi-kun. Thank you for saving my life. But how did you find this place?”

“My sister Yoka told me.”

“I see.”

Aoi-senpai looked at Yoka.

“I’m sorry too, Shinomiya-san.”

“No, no. It’s okay. Thank you for coming, Senpai. Thanks to you, I was saved.”

Shinomiya-san smiled a bit painfully.

She must be hurting somewhere.

And when I looked at Akasaka-san, she was staring back at me…no, not at me, but at Yoka, with her pupils still dilated. Her eyes are like some kind of eyes filled with a thick cloud.

From far away, I hear the sound of sirens. I’m not sure how many cars are approaching.

Akasaka-san in front of me staggered to her feet, dragging her body as she approached me.

I could not move because I was holding Amane-san back, but Aoi-senpai stood up and looked at her.

Akasaka-san, who was walking toward me, was crawling toward Yoka, so Aoi-senpai caught her.

“It was all a lie, everything…”

“Eh… what?”

Yoka was startled, sounding scared.

Then Akasaka-san’s eyes widened and she let out a scream.

“This is all your fault! You must’ve known this would happen! You tricked me! Go to hell!”

“Hik, I’m scared. Please don’t yell at me. I’m scared, Akasaka-san.”

“Don’t be silly!”

“I’m scared, Nii-san.”

Akasaka-san struggled to get away from Aoi-senpai, and Yoka had a frightened look on her face.

I don’t know what to say or what’s right. Why is Akasaka-san angry?

“Akasaka-san, calm down.”

“Hiiragi-kun, Hiiragi-kun, that girl. It’s all her fault!”

Akasaka-san said that to me like she was yelling at me.

Is it all Yoka’s fault? I don’t know what she means. Yoka shouldn’t have anything to do with it.

While I was thinking about that, the police and Sachi-san arrived.

“Saya, Aoi-chan, Hiiragi-kun!”

Sachi-san ran over and burst into tears.

The police grabbed Amane-san, whom Yoka and I were holding back, and took her away.

“Hiiragi-kun, Hiiragi-kun. It’s all a lie… I did it for you…”

And Akasaka-san tried to approach me and said so. I could feel something in her eyes, like madness.

What should I say to her? She did it for me?

Why? I don’t know.

But the fact that she made false accusations against me back then, and the fact that she was with Amane-san, hurt Shinomiya-san and Aoi-senpai today. So.

“…I don’t know.”

I can only answer like that. But, when I say that, when I look into her eyes while she’s being taken away, her face changes to a look of despair.

Why did she make that face?

Was that the right thing to say?

I don’t know…