Volume 10 - CH 6

Yoru Hiru can’t be mean

“Half dead game?”

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The first day of school after Golden Week.

I immediately rushed to my classmate, Kumamoto Sena, and asked her about the HALF DEAD GAME.

What exactly happened?

How is Kumamoto Sena, the first victim reported in that sick death game, alive right now?

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“I don’t really know about a game by that name but do you mean what happened in the gym?”

“Th, That’s it! Probably. Some crazy guy showed up there right!?”

“Yes. Akechi-kun talked him down and made him turn himself in you know! He was so cool!”

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I probably wouldn’t trust her words if I hadn’t known the person himself but after my interactions with him so far, it’s possible that’s what really happened.

That man, Touno Tatsuyuki, it seems what he said was true……

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Just who is Akechi?

Is there someone else inside him…….?

Even so, it still doesn’t change the fact that Akechi Hideyori is someone I should watch out for huh……

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I asked the principal about Tanuma Seiji, the man who organized the HALF DEAD GAME, and he seems to have been missing for several days already.

The Gift Hunters must have purged him…..

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“I wonder if Akechi-kun has a girlfriend? I think he’s probably dating either Sasaki-san or Miyamura-san though. What do you think Yoru-san?”

“Hmm? He’s probably dating someone already right?”

“EEEh! No way! Should I wait for him to break up!?”

“Who knows?”

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I was seriously thinking about how to deal with the Gift Hunters but my thoughts were interrupted when Kumamoto started asking me for advice about Akechi.

I didn’t have time for that so I just said thanks and left.

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“Now then, I guess I should make my move after school huh……”

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Yurika said that [Gift Revenger] is Takiguchi Masaya.

But I’m not stupid enough to rush head first to Takiguchi without a plan.

It’s like playing chess.

Every move I make would be meaningless unless it can get me closer to the checkmate.

While I was grasping my pendant and thinking about where to infiltrate after school.

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“Oi, Yoru~”

“Yurika…..?”

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Yurika suddenly showed up.

I’m not sure if I can count her as my ally yet but she isn’t necessarily my enemy either.

Rather, she didn’t do anything even after she beat me so I guess she doesn’t plan to be hostile toward me……

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“What’s wrong, Yurika?”

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A former Gift Hunter, Uematsu Yurika.

She lives next door to me at the academy’s dorm. We are close enough to call each other friends but all of a sudden, I have to be on guard against her.

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“A message from Towa. All members of the [Western Army] group are to attend an emergency meeting after school.”

“Ha?”

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Hey, I’m planning to conduct a surveillance mission over here you know……

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“Everyone expects you to attend, Yoru. That’s all.”

“Don’t just [That’s all] me! Why do I have to attend that meeting in the first place!?”

“Yoru, you are a member of [Western Army] right?”

“WHO CARESSSSSS!”

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I’m busy finding a way to deal with your former boss here alright!

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“Please, Yoru-san.”

“Risa……”

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Next to Yurika, Risa apologetically lowered her head.

Ugh……I’m all familiar with Takeru’s face looking feminine but these siblings are just too much alike.

How can I be mean to Risa when I love Takeru so much…….

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“Fine, I will go….”

“Alright, we secured Yoru.”

“Yoru-san, thank you.”

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Risa lowered her head again but I told her it’s okay.

It doesn’t have to be today.

Besides, I can look into him during lunch break too.

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When the homeroom was about to start, I left Yurika and Risa and returned to my seat.

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Now I know how the HALF DEAD GAME went.

With this, there’s another individual I have to investigate.

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The man dubbed as the [Living Legend].

Tarzan Sulsul Methan.

I need to look for a way to establish contact with him.

Author Note: Kumamoto Sena-san, one of the participants of the HALF DEAD GAME.

She was supposed to be invited to join Gainen-san’s literature club but that plan was canceled.

I originally planned to make her a semi-regular cast but she just seems to fade from the story……

Sena’s a cute name right?

When people think of a Sena, they’d think of Aoi Sena (TLN: From Chaos;Head) but that’s just a coincidence.

I plan to get the 3rd hidden original member of the Literature club to join the story someday.

Please look forward to that.

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Next up, While Yoru’s busy investigating, Haruka’d…….

TLN: Tarzan……