Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 3: THE DOUBLE QUESTION

Karuizawa who had fallen was frightened, only shed tears as she hid her face. And no one realized, I who had been observing the incident, moved without making a sound. Then quietly opened the door of the emergency stairs so as not to shock Manabe and the others.

Some time to come, Manabe's disturbance will definitely continue. No matter what happens. Once something's been so broken, it'll get you into trouble when you fix it back. I quietly and slowly closed the door behind me as Karuizawa's screams were blocked by the door and soon did not sound out.

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After I confirmed that Manabe's group had left, I re-entered the room. Karuizawa may have heard the door open, but she kept crouching on the floor and crying. Perhaps his overwhelming fear had prevented him from paying attention to me.

So, this is the true face of a selfish and unyielding 'woman' leader?

This is all thanks to the advice I gave Manabe. Karuizawa's uniform and exposed skin are more or less intact. If his uniform is torn or someone cuts his hair, it will be difficult to deceive others. While bullying is common, the uniqueness of this school is that it makes bullying harder to do.

If one had already found something to worry about, surely it was because his face had become slightly red by physical violence; tomorrow that day would have subsided.

"Karuizawa" I called her name. He lifted his head and finally saw me.

"Well, how about ...?!" The man who never thought would see it here, witnessed something no one else wanted to see. He started to panic. But the experience was too traumatic for her to stop crying while pretending that everything was fine.

I will finally stop crying. I'll finally calm down. Before he forgot the thing before, a small and futile desire from him would not occur. I'm quietly waiting. After a while, the sobbing Karuizawa slowly turned to a calm figure.

If you put 2 people alone in a dark and isolated area like this, they can't do anything about it, but are able to feel more mentally close. This will work even if the 2 people generally hate each other. This is what humans do.

"It's quiet?"

"...Less is..." Karuizawa used her sleeves to wipe her swollen eyes. He was still paralyzed and could not get back up. I reached out to help her, but she didn't reach him.

"Where's Hirata ......"

"Although the two of you will meet here, but I'm sure the teacher is calling her, I was with her back then, so I replaced her."

This explanation should be enough to explain how it all ended this way. For now I don't have to tell the truth. The first thing to do is let the guard down and make a gap in his psyche.

"So, why are you crying?"

"It's because of Manabe and his group."

He seemed to remember what had just happened to him. Karuizawa's body started to shake. Even if he did not want to show this shameful side to me, but the fear that stained his body was not so easily let go.

"Don't tell anyone if I cry. If you do, I won't forgive you"

Karuizawa's weakness is that she can't report what happened to her to the school. If the physical violence that Manabe and his group committed against Karuizawa is known, then the school wants to find out why. To protect his social status, he could not allow this to happen. That's why now he plans to use Hirata to avenge the girls.

"You know, to avenge them, even people like you can do it. They are basically just girls."

"A senseless request."

"Are you afraid that they'll get back at him?"

"And you claim that you are a man...??"

"It was clear from Sudou that ‘return’ would not solve anything, eyes paid eyes would only add to a problem, moreover it would get the school involved and start an investigation, that's not what you want, is it?"

"So you told me to forget it?" I knew how to answer, but I chose to remain silent.

"Like, they'll agree, no, surely they'll keep doing all kinds of things to me...." Karuizawa's body continued to tremble.

That's right, there's no guarantee that Manabe will stop in this. There were more ways of escaping once we got back to school, but Karuizawa couldn't keep playing hide and seek out the rest of her time here.

At the same time, our classmates will begin to notice Karuizawa's changes. As the two sides approached, Karuizawa had nowhere to escape. Karuizawa realized this and now became very eager to stop her and this kind of anxiety was what I had been after all this time.

"It would be a shame if things went back to being the way they were, I feel sorry for you about this."

"Ah ...... What the hell are you saying? Whatchu mean?" Karuizawa is trying to see how much I know. I saw Manabe's group bothering him, but I shouldn't have known his past. If I really don't know, then her past is something she should hide from me.

"What do I mean? Exactly what that sentence is like. Against all hardships, you fled to this isolated place, and even declared the throne of a D-class leader. But the fact that you're a victim of bullying doesn't change."

"Who, who do you call a victim of bullying!"

"I mean, Karuizawa!" I grabbed Karuizawa's wrist and dragged her up.

"Wait, what are you doing!" I pushed Karuizawa against the wall and forced her to face me.

"You were tortured by Manabe, weren't you? They pull your hair, slap your face, kick your breasts, waist, belly, and that's how you end up falling, sad, humiliated, pathetic, sobbing."

"!?" Even though he didn't want to come face to face with me, he couldn't escape. As if we were gulping down because of this, we stared at each other. There is no love story involved here. What we share is the darkness itself.

"Since childhood you have been a victim, In Junior High the bullying happened without stopping, isn't this the reason why you want to stop it?"

"Did you hear it.. from Hirata?

"I don't know if I should tell you this or not. Hirata imagines himself as a trusted friend to everyone. He will help you and he will help others. Even if you managed to secure your place in D class by pretending to be her boyfriend, she wouldn't be of much use to you in this kind of situation. In other words, as a parasite, he is not a good host"

Karuizawa is much smarter than her looks. He understood Hirata's neutrality, so at first he wouldn't do anything stupid inside the bunny group. Too bad, to show her social status, she fights with Rika and with the expansion of her group. This led to him being accused. He couldn't possibly show this weak side of her to all the women in Class D.

"Why are.... What gives you the right to smartly counsell me!"

"My rights? you haven't noticed yet? You must be aware of your place. Do you know who is in front of you? Not Hirata, this is me, I know your past, I know about the fake relationship between you and Hirata, I know that Manabe physically attacked you and all you can do is scream non-stop. I know all that." Everything that Karuizawa Kei does not want others to know. Me, an outsider, now know it all.

"In other words, if you talk too much, I could be spreading this information all the time." How cruel is that? Karuizawa should know it well.

"Don't, don't joke! Who do you think you are!"

"Someone who knows the real you, that's all, isn't this what you love?"

As I approached her, Karuizawa turned her face to avoid my gaze. I grabbed her cheek and forced her back towards me. He was eager to avoid my sight, but the power of men was too strong to resist. He closed his eyes, trying to escape.

"Your body is, it's not a bad idea." My fingertips slid down Karuizawa's thigh. The tenderness I felt was almost inhuman. The softness of her skin was very different from what I knew and what I had.

"No!!" He tried so hard to get away from me. I tightened my grip on her cheek and made her look me in the eye.

"Don't refuse, if you do I'll tell you everything to school."

This woman, like a curse, cursed her body into a stiff. Angry, horrified, afraid, desperate. Right, how much emotion did Karuizawa bring? He had to notice that right now I was completely different from the personality I was displaying in my daily life.

"Prop your legs." I rule. Karuizawa's tears started to fall as she slowly widened them.

Even if she knew she would be raped here, she still wanted to protect the place she had now. The pain of her bullying has started to get under control, and here's the evidence.

I put my hand on my belt and purposely played with a metal clasp. Even then, Karuizawa did not run away. He tried desperately to accept this new reality. He looked at me with empty eyes and muttered to himself. I was right if Karuizawa Kei was a tool to use.

My goal is not his body. I threatened him to see how far he would go to protect what he had. It is a risky gamble for me to reveal my true nature. If Karuizawa escapes and reports me, then our position will be completely reversed. But this woman cannot do it.

He was afraid of his past more than anything. Afraid that he would lose the place he had. To protect this he was even willing to use his body. It proved how much this place meant to him.

"I will not bow down to you.... I won't be intimidated by you. You just hold onto my weakness and use me! You're an asshole who just did whatever you wanted and raped me!" Karuizawa shouted, as if she was issuing her raw anger to the world.

"But it doesn't matter, this isn't the first time I've given up on strength..." He pretended to laugh. Karuizawa turned around and looked me in the eye.

"Haha... Hey, do you know what? If there is an unchanging truth given, how does man react...?" He trembled and hugged himself. With a blank and blunt smile, he looked far away at me.

"I surrender. Yes, I've been tortured and devoured. I was made with a machine that reacted with a push. I couldn't even muster up the courage to fight back. I can't do anything else. All I can do is accept it.” When she finally decided on this decision, Karuizawa lifted her skirt and placed her hand on ****** ********. I clasped his wrist and held him against the wall of the ship.

"What do you accept, where is the pain that torments you?"

"What ...... Of course everything I had, my shoes were thrown, my desk drawer was full of dead animal carcasses. When I went to the bathroom I was doused with dirty water. My uniform is written in words like 'whore'. My hair was pulled, slapped, kicked so much that I couldn't count it. Any kind of bullying you can imagine, I've experienced it. All I said was how much. They're so 'soft' that I can laugh, so why don't you start laughing? Laugh at me who keeps spitting and being bullied"

After experiencing all of this, it was impressive if he could still muster up his courage and plunge into the battlefield once more. The point is strong and this is why he can still stand up and get into this High School. So this is what happened.But... It's still not enough to explain some of the things I noticed.

"Is that the only torture you've endured?”

"What's......"

"What are you saying, is it all true?" I felt that there was still something critical that broke his heart.

The abnormal way to show his terror did not help much but instead made me think that there was something else behind it. Karuizawa hid something worth by giving up her body.

"What are you hiding?"

"Ap, not ad....." For example, Karuizawa paked and looked to her left waist. I noticed it and made my hand touch it.

"Be, stop!" His crude shout reflected off the surrounding walls and echoed in the empty passageway.

But my suspicions were confirmed by his screams. I grabbed her uniform and pulled her up. On her beautiful skin was an ugly scar. A scar that could only be caused by a sharp blade slicing so deeply.

"Is this your darkness?"

"Fu, hu, huhu .....!" These scars are not the actions of children who torture each other. A deep scar of this really put his life at risk. Even if her past carried such a burden, she still chose to stand up.

In the last few days I observed this woman named Karuizawa Kei. This person, in order to protect himself, forcefully dragged the surrounding people into his group. Even if he received the humiliation from his actions, he still wanted to protect his status.

"Depression comes in many forms and ways, but what you experience is, unmistakably, despair."

The darkness of Karuizawa, his pupils, they overlap with each other. Those who choose to carry their darkness with them are attracted and then, devouring each other and finally, those who carry the darkness, will envelop the darkness of the other with themselves.

"Ap, what..you..!" If this person is being held back by his past, then all I have to do is forcibly release him from his bond.

Even if I don't know him deeply, but I can feel the darkness he has. Thatvs right... This world has something more that Karuizawa has never experienced. In a deeper place, even more vile darkness took root.

"I can promise you one thing and from now on I will protect you from bullying. I'm much more reliable than Hirata and Machida."

"What do you mean, you can stop Manabe and his group ......?"

"What I have to do now is decide how much to believe from my words. Friendly little ones are easy to explode, but a larger flame would have the opposite effect. In the end, the fire would turn into something that a gust of wind could not extinguish. You will act on my behalf and I will act on your behalf. Your emotions cannot and will not come into play here. Do you agree with this relationship? "

"First, we'll get rid of your worries.” I said and picked up my phone.

"I have a way to stop Manabe's actions." Then, I turned on my phone screen. On my phone is a photo of Karuizawa being attacked by Manabe's group.

"It's..."

"If I send this to them, they should reconsider doing more to you. If they still decide to chase you by spreading rumors, this will give me good ammunition to interfere with"

As for Manabe and his group, this particular incident should have been able to calm their anger. There is no need to go further if you want to put them into an unfavorable position. I let go of her cheek, then with an emotionless tone that I said to her-

"I'm just looking for someone to help me, I hope in the future, you'll be my help when I need."

"What, help? What do you want me to do.."

"If the current situation still continued, class D would never overtake class A. Meanwhile the individual abilities of the D-class members are pretty good, but we are so lacking in cohesion, we are like the sand of the beach, yet if you can control the girls for me, then, this situation will gradually change for the better and it makes you, a more valuable creature than Horikita who knows how to fight alone.”

"You, what are you doing..." He must have thought that I was just a normal person, so seeing me in this statement would make his movements visible. But I won't explain about myself. Less words, more horrible and less he refused.

"The first step of our cooperation is to lead our group to victory in this test."

"Victory? But how-"

"Because of you, don't you?" As she listened to her key words, Karuizawa widened her eyes and looked at me. It was as if his truth was echoing within his pupils, thoughts and eyes. I told him the truth.

Karuizawa looked a little confused, but it might indeed be like that. Because the parasite can only live by attaching itself to another plant and now Karuizawa is following me, the new host. His life now would not be able to move forward without me.

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