CH 60

Chapter 60: The Knight

TL: Akabane

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[Ririse's POV]

I am drugged, and my body doesn't move as it should. My vision is narrower and blurred than usual. I was so drowsy that I felt as if I could lose consciousness at any moment. Yet somehow I could hear the sounds around me. Tomoe and I were taken to a cottage by Lake Hamana. Tomoe's mouth was covered with duct tape and her hands and feet were bound. She was still acting up earlier, but she had given up and was cowering quietly.

"That's why I told you to hurry up and mawk that b*tch! You're used to multiple play, aren't you, Representative-san! You had a threesome with Kubodera-senpai when I was drunk! It's just like that!"

"That was just for fun! You were into it then, too! This is too much even for you!"

After all this time, I finally understood the meaning of threesome. I'm glad I told Ayashiro that I didn't want to do it after all, even though the situation was so terrible.

"What are you talking so nicely about! I'm using drugs! I won't let you go back!"

"Tsk, tsk. I'm the one paying for the money and the drugs! I'm the only one who's going to f*ck Igarashi!"

"Shut up! You're a f*cking bon-bon! What's the matter with you? You idiot! You can't make her fall in love with you by drugging her! You idiot! Kubodera! Just go ahead and f*ck this b*tch to pieces!"

"I don't care. I don't think I'll ever get to f*ck a woman this good again! Let's f*ck her too, Representative-san! You like it too, don't you?"

"Kubodera! All you think about is getting laid...! You said you were only going to scare me a little, but you brought in drugs...damn it!"

"Anyway, I'm the only one who's going to f*ck her! Igarashi is mine!"

Usui was terribly angry, pointing at me. These guys had been arguing with each other since a while ago. Usui wants to have me raped. Representative Okuwa who was scared of me at this place. Kubodera-senpai, who is looking at me with naughty eyes. And Houjou, who can't hide his impatience. Why does everyone have the energy to make such a fuss? What's the point of having my body dirty? I hear it makes Usui feel better. I'm sure I won't hate or resent Usui for it. I know that Usui wants to be hated by me. But I can't.

"Oh my god! Okuwa! You'd better go ahead and f*ck Igarashi! If you don't, I'll upload the video of the wild lovemaking we did the other day on the Internet!"

"You! Screw you! You're in on it too! You're gonna blow yourself up!"

"I don't care if you can screw up Igarashi! All I have to do is scream that you forced me to do it!"

"Damn it! F*ck you! B*tch! F*ck! ...Oh...you're such a pain in the ass...Kubodera!"

Representative Okuwa started yelling. The feeling of desperation suited him well.

"Are you sure you want me to do it?

"Hold that bon-bon there!!!!"

Kubodera-senpai did as he was told and put Houjo in a chokehold.

"You guys! I've given you all sorts of money! Leave Igarashi alone!"

"Shut up! You're a stupid man! I don't like you either! You're just trying to keep this nice girl all to yourself just because you have money! Enough! I'll take the first. Don't worry! I'll let you f*ck her later, too! Hahaha!"

"Hahaha! The representative is a devil, isn't he? Oh, I can't wait to get laid too!

"Stop it! Don't touch Igarashi!

This is what a farce is all about, isn't it? I thought I would be punished someday. This is not my punishment. At best, the only people who will be saddened by this will be my family and Tomoe. I wonder if Chusho will be disappointed that I'm not a virgin anymore? Is that about it? ...Huh? ...Ah...I forgot because of the medication. I wonder what Tokiwa would think? Will he be sad that I got f*cked by the people here? Will he regret it? Or will he hate these people? No. That's no good. No, not those strong feelings of hate. I wanted those strong feelings to be directed only at me. Ah... I'm so frustrated... I hate it... If I get screwed here, Tokiwa's eyes will turn elsewhere.... I don't want that. I tried my best to move my hands and feet. But it was no use. I could move a little, but I couldn't walk or run. It's so frustrating, so frustrating, so frustrating. I want to get out of here right now...and I want to be with him.

"No...no... I...no...."

I did my best to twist around and try to get as far away from them as possible.

"Good resist! Then I'll make you cum all over the place! Hahaha!"

Representative Okuwa's hand was reaching for me. But that's when it happened. I heard the sound of a door opening. At the same time, the fluorescent lights in the room went out and the room went completely dark.

"What the hell! Hey! Someone, turn on the phone light! What the hell? Gah!"

With a grunt, Representative Okuwa suddenly blew up against the wall. He then collapsed and fell limply against the wall as it was.

"What? What's what's happening? Is it seriously haunted? Huh? Kyaa!"

In a room with only moonlight, Usui turned on the light of her phone. And what she saw in the light was a pure white skull. Seeing it, Usui sat down flat on the floor. But if you look closely, you can see wrinkles on it. It seemed to be a mask. It had a soldier-like vest on its torso, jeans underneath, and legs. Not a ghost. And there was a faint smell of BBQ sauce.

"What the hell, you son of a b*tch! How dare you play our general!!!!"

Kubodera-senpai punches at the man wearing a skull mask. But the man with the skull dodged it easily and gracefully. That's not all. He caught Kubodera-senpai's leg as he was approaching.

"Haha! You licked me! What? Eh?"

Kubodera-senpai was surprised with his eyes wide open. Because the man with the skull was somehow doing a forward somersault. Then, he extended his leg in mid-air and slammed his heel into Kubodera-senpai's temple.

"Guh!"

There was a dull thud, and Kubodera-senpai's head slammed to the floor. And he went straight into a fit of bubbles and passed out. I've seen techniques like that in the past. I saw it when I went to support the karate club. It seems to be a torso spinning kick. The man with the skull turned his gaze to Houjo.

"Huh? Aaahhhh!"

Houjo ran toward the kitchen. He then took a kitchen knife from the kitchen cupboard and held it with both hands.

"You too! You're also after my Igarashi?! I won't let you get away with it! That person is mine aaaaaaaaah!!!!"

Holding the knife at his waist, Houjou lunges at the man with the skull. I've heard this before in a self-defense course. If you see someone wielding a knife, run away immediately. No matter how good you are, you can't beat a knife-wielding person. But the man with the skull didn't run away. He was waiting leisurely with his right hand extended to the holster on his left hip.

"Die, you bastard!!!!!!!"

With the knife in his hand, Houjo slammed himself into the man with the skull. Houjo smiles thinly.

"Hehehe. How do you like that? Igarashi, look! I stabbed the suspicious guy! I was able to protect you! Look! It didn't stick very deeply...did it?"

The knife had not stabbed the man with the skull. A stick of something shiny and silver was catching the knife.

"Huh? What the hell is that? Why won't the knife go ahead! Let me stab! Let me stab you to death, please! I'll give you lots of money! Ugh."

The man with the skull twisted his hands, and the knife that met Houjo's hand fell away from his hand and rolled on the floor. The moonlight shone on the man with the skull and I finally recognized the shape of the stick. It was doshin. It was a weapon that was used by the police in ancient times. The man had caught a knife with the hook and twisted it.

"Hiiiii. Don't come here! That's right! I'll give you money! Just go home right now! Come on! I have plenty!"

Houjo took a sealed wad of bills from his pocket and held it out toward the man with the skull. But the man with the skull mercilessly kicked his hand away. Then, the wad of money breaks the seal and the wad of money dances inside.

"I don't want your money. I just want to get her back..."

A voice that sounds like something you might hear on the news echoes through a voice changer. The man with the skull kicked Houjo in the thigh and rolled him on the floor. He then stomps on Houjo's neck as it is.

"Kahaha! Stop it! I can't breathe! I can't........ Help me..."

"Alright, don't worry, I'll help you."

The man with the skull took out a gun from the holster on his right hip, pointed it at Houjou's stomach, and pulled the trigger.

"Gugya! Ouch! It hurts!"

Houjo moaned. But there was no blood flowing from his stomach. Looking closer, I see BB bullets lying at the feet of the man with the skull.

"It's just model, but if you got hit from close range, it will hurt, right? Don't worry. There are still many occasions."

Saying this, the man with the skull continued to repeatedly pull the trigger toward Houjou. As soon as he ran out of bullets, he replaced the magazine and kept shooting more.

"It hurts! Please, stop!"

"It's just the model gun, the one with the colloidal weapon. What do you think? Are you going to get hurt? Is that so? Hm?"

"Please forgive me! I won't do it again! Please let me go!"

Houjo must have been in pain and scared. He passed out as it was. The man with the skull easily defeated everyone by himself. Amazing.

"Come on! Igarashi!"

"...Ah..."

I was suddenly pulled by my hair. Usui forces me to stand up and sticks a kitchen knife in my face.

"Hey you, skull! Unless you want her face torn to shreds, get the hell out of here!"

She make the demand to the man with the skull like a criminal in a clichéd detective drama. But the man with the skull ignored the warning and pointed the model gun at Usui's face.

"You ain't hearing me! If you don't want this girl's face cut off, get the hell out of here! I was just getting to the good part! I could finally, finally get her dirty! You're one of those guys, aren't you! You're just another one of Igarashi's knights, aren't you? You're really doing this because you want to f*ck her! I've seen so many of them! I saw so many men like that! They were miserable! The man who tries to protect this woman has a cock, but he won't stop pretending to be a gentleman! And yet, they treat every other woman like crap except Igarashi! I'm the victim! That's right! I'll let you f*ck her! You want to f*ck her, don't you? Come on! I'll let you do it!"

"Just shut up."

The voice change machine cut out. I heard the earthly voice of the man with the skull. I know it well. Oh, that voice! I know it! This man is mine! Mine!!!

"Let me correct one misunderstanding. You are no longer the victim. You've turned to the side of the perpetrator. You've gone off the path. You can't put on the good girl face anymore, so give it up."

"No! It's not my fault! It's this woman's fault that I let this happen! If it weren't for Igarashi! I would still be living a sparkling youth! It's Igarashi's fault! Compared to Igarashi! Who am I! What am I! I'll be reminded that I'm worthless except for my body! Without sex, I can't take away Igarashi's eyes! No... even if we had sex, I couldn't take his eyes away... Houjou was my boyfriend... it's not right that I should be dumped because he's crazy about a woman he don't even hold..."

"Even if there is a fine line between harm and damage, if you cross that line of your own volition, you are nothing more than a cowardly perpetrator who is incurably cowardly. You are already ruined. You can't blame anyone anymore. That's how you choose to hurt people."

"Then what should I do! ! It wasn't my fault, but what should I have done if I fell into misfortune?!"

"Just not giving up."

"What the hell is that?!"

Usui was bursting into tears. Her hand holding the knife was trembling. I finally understood a little of this girl's pain. It was the same for me. It wasn't my fault, but I had no choice but to do what I did ・・・・That regret will always torment me.

"Even if it's not your fault, you can't allow yourself to throw it away. We had an obligation to face exactly what others had done. You threw it away. You consoled yourself with one-sided labels and prejudices without trying to understand Ririse Igarashi. That is why you were ruined. Afraid to face it, you ran away. That is the source of your suffering. That's right. You shouldn't have run away... we shouldn't have run away..."

The man with the skull said, somewhat self-mockingly. But his voice sounded so gentle. The man with the skull slowly approached us and grabbed the knife. The knife moved away from by my face. Usui grunted through clattering teeth.

"I know what you feel. I also know how it feels to want to be desperate. But don't do it anymore. If you understand. So stop it."

Blood dripped from the the knife in her hand. Then, Usui cries out and lets go of the knife. She crouched down and continued to wail loudly.

"...Ah..."

Usui let go of my body and I almost fell on the floor. But the man with the skull caught me. And I am pulled to his chest. I know this feeling. The warmth of his hands.

"It's all right now. Don't worry."

"...Yeah...thanks for saving me. Tokiwa..."

I pull myself closer to his chest. The feeling was very comfortable.