Volume 6 - CH 29

The Fake Idol meets her Brother

“Akechi-kun……?”

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Pure disgust.

I can clearly feel the disgust emanating from her.

Does she hate calling out someone from her class for me that much?

She’s eyeing me weird too.

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“……….”

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The girl’s expression darkened.

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“Akechi-kun is not here. Sorry…………I, I can’t help you.”

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Without even checking inside the classroom, the girl apologized and ran off.

She looked extremely nervous as she sped away.

That was rude.

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Moreover, her reaction was abnormal.

It was clear that she was lying.

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“That Senpai was the worst……..”

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I think I asked the wrong person.

She probably wasn’t good at talking to people.

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After that, other students started to leave the classroom.

It’s frustrating since I don’t know what Akechi Hideyori looks like so he may have been among the people leaving the class right now.

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I decided to ask a female Senpai who seemed to be easy to talk to.

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“Ah, he just left.” and although she didn’t do anything wrong at all, she was lowering her head apologizing to me.

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“………”

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What, so he was here…….

It was the earlier Senpai’s fault I missed him.

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I left feeling frustrated at the Senpai with the coffee cup hair tie.

The school is over for the day.

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Guess I have no choice but to try again tomorrow.

I changed my shoe at the shoe locker and left the school building.

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However, when I was walking home–

[[Akechi-kun]] 

I heard someone.

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“…!? Where!? Where did that come from?”

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That voice should come from nearby.

When I looked around, I found a deserted back alley.

Here?

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With some confidence, I ran toward it.

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I can hear someone’s mumbling voice.

Even if I can’t tell what they are saying, I can faintly pick up the word [Akechi-kun].

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There were five people in the alley.

4 of them are boys wearing the uniform of my school.

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I found you……

He must be among these 5 people……

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My brother……..

Onii-chan, I’m Seiko.

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Our family names are different but I’m your real sister.

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Hey?

How wonderful are you, Onii-chan?

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[[You punks, are you looking down on me? Hmm?]]

[[S, Sorry……..Akechi-kun….I didn’t know……]]

[[You’re just Yamamoto and you dare to call me [Akechi-kun]? Hey, you seriously think we are equal? You idiot!]]

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The guy who was called [Akechi-kun] kicked another male student in the stomach.

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“……eh?”

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My brother is among these people……?

But. No matter how I think about it…….

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[[It’s this guy right, Emi? The idiot that tried to hit on you.]]

[[Yup.]]

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A brown-haired man with piercings talked to a girl with chestnut-colored twin tails.

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[[So, it was you two who egged him on right?]]

[[I,………I didn’t know…….]]

[[I didn’t know either…….]]

[[You flirted with someone else’s girl and expected to be forgiven just by saying that you didn’t know? Hey, Nishiyama? Last month you tried to hit on Yamashita too right?]]

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The man grabbed another male student’s neck.

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[[That’s my girl too you know? What, you guys are planning to cuck me or something?]]

[[W, we are sorry…….really…….we didn’t mean to offend you…….]]

[[Orah.]]

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He yanked up the guy and threw him to the ground.

Who is it?

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—is my brother among the men that are being bullied?

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[[You all said that you want a Gift right? Then let me show you what a power that you can never obtain can do. [Nishiyama and that background character over there, beat the shit out of Yamamoto right now] ]].

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When the man gave the order, the two men’s bodies looked like they started moving on their own and they seemed extremely confused.

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[[Eh?]]

[[Uwah!?]]

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The two then started beating up the man who appears to be Yamamoto.

This must be a power of Gift.

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[[Guaah!? Sto–, …….Stop…… Nishi, yama…….Ahh, Arghh……!?]]

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He’s being beaten by Nishiyama and the background character guy.

From the flow of the conversation, it doesn’t seem like the background character guy is my brother either.

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——-that would make the bully my brother…….?

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“Oi.”

“……!?”

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The man with piercings who used his Gift earlier was standing in front of me.

We have the same brown hair.

Same scary eyes.

……..ahh, so this person really is my Onii-chan.

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“This is not a show, you want to die or something, brat?”

“HII……!?”

“What do you want…….?”

“…….I, I……, I’m Hosokawa Seiko……”

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Onii-chan, I’m your little sister.

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I wanted to meet you.

I wanted you to say that I’m cute.

I wanted you to pat my head.

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More than Yume-chan’s brother.

More than LeafChild’s brother.

I want my Onii-chan to be more wonderful than theirs.

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“Ha? Who the heck are you?”

“Eh…..? I, I………”

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I’m your sister.

The only real family you have in this world.

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“Those eyes are so unpleasant. What? You have something to say? These guys tried to hit on my girls so I’m pissed off right now. You want me to do you? Ehh!?”

“…….!?”

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No…..

Someone like this is not my brother!

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In denial, I turned back and started running.

On the other hand, the man walked the other way without chasing me.

The men’s scream didn’t stop until I left the alley.

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When I came to, I was sobbing in the corner of my room.

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“No……..That man……., that man can’t be my Onii-chan………”

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My Onii-chan would tell me that I’m cute…

He would treat me like someone special…..

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He’s not a piece of garbage murderer who killed people with his Gift like my father!

He’s not the kind of person that would treat his classmates like trash!

He’s not such a bully!

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He wouldn’t make fun of my eyes!

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…….that’s not him.

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[[Wicked right? This is the picture from when Yoko put on her idol costume for the first time. This is when she made a peace sign in that costume. This one’s a mid-air shot and this one……]]

The voice of Tatsuyuki-san echoed in my head.

He was boasting about his sister with so much love.

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My Onii-chan would tell me that I’m cute too.

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[[Those eyes are so unpleasant. What? You have something to say? These guys tried to hit on my girls so I’m pissed off right now. You want me to do you? Ehh!?]]

Why, why would he say that to me……

It’s too much……….this is just too much……….

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Author Note: Hideyori’s classmate from the beginning of the chapter was, of course, Sakuya.

The three guys who got beat up were Yamamoto, Nishiyama, and his friend.

After this, the three were sent to the hospital.

However, they could not tell the truth because of Hideyori’s Gift.

Yamamoto’s group[ had been close to each other since elementary school but after this incident, a crack formed in their relationship and they mostly stopped talking to each other.

TLN: Well, that was their encounter.