Lair: psycho heroes
24. Not Right Target

"You heard, he said last night someone met a ghost. " Students chatted with each other about what happened last night. "Yes, he said that. So spooky! "

At a place not too far from the school grounds, Aoyama's group gathered in secret.

"Have you heard? " Aoyama started the conversation. "Yes! "

Aoyama closed her reading book. "Tonight we investigate. " Aoyama stepped away from that place .

"Good! " They split up and returned to their classes.

***

"Thank you Kouta, you saved my life! " Karai patted his friend's back.

Kouta only chuckled with Karai's chattering that intermittently yawned from having just woken up from his sleep.

"You only sleep during lesson time. " The Suzuki next to them came complaining. "I was wondering why you got such a high score when your job was just sleeping in class. "

"That's what I call luck. " Karai laughed satisfied. "Well, what are you going to eat today? "

"Uhm, looks like I'll just buy bento. " Answer Suzuki first. "I'm so hungry. "

"If you are, Kouta? " Task Karai.

"As usual I'll buy bread and coffee. "

"As usual, your taste is like my grandfather. " Karai raised his hand. He and Suzuki laugh at Kouta with his old taste.

"Then, you're alone? "

"I'm going to eat ramen. "

They arrived at the school cafeteria. Kouta, Karai and Suzuki separate to each different food outlet.

Kouta, who was busy choosing bread, glanced next to him. He saw a beautiful girl, with her braids.

"You like bread too. " Nana only realized when she heard the voice, it turned out that Kouta was beside her.

"Not really." Nana was wide for a second when she saw the tray that Kouta had brought with him with the contents of the bread that almost filled the container. "You are the one who loves bread. "

Kouta chuckles crisply with Nana's innuendo. "Looks like you were right. " Nana smiled a little. "I was just lazy to eat. " knock. "so yeah. "

Karai who has finished ordering, came to Suzuki who just finished buying bento. Karai nudged Suzuki's body. "Be careful, you can drop my food! " Suzuki Protests.

"Calm down, it's not gonna happen... Ah, look at that Kouta! " Suzuki turned her gaze towards Kouta who was busy chatting with Nana. They're still waiting at the payment point.

"He didn't say he was close to the new boy. " Zuzuki sighed. "Why indeed, if they... "

"Let's go there! "

"Wait, hey Karai! "

With her ignorant expression, Karai came to the middle of Nana and Kouta to tease them. "Miss, are you Kouta's girlfriend? "

"Wait, Karai we just... "

"What do you like about him? "

"Care... "

"He's not my type." All of them instantly silenced after hearing the cold girl's brief explanation.

"I first. " Nana went to the place of payment and paid for her food, then without further ado she left the men.

"Are you dito... Aw! Why are you pinching me? "

"You who have made him uncomfortable, let's go to Suzuki's place. "

"So he was behind me. " Karai turned his body, but Suzuki was not there. "Ehh?"

"He's sitting there. "

***

At night, Aoyama and his friends gather on the roof of the school. "Are you guys ready? "

"Yes! "

They enter the school building into the shadows, to investigate the ghosts often told by the students there.

They put a communication device in their ears so they can communicate with each other. They were scattered to every corner of the building. There are still some students who have not come home, because of their club activities.

"There are only kids who have just finished table tennis. " Kento's overseeing the table tennis club room.

"Satoru, you haven't come home yet? " Someone approached Kento. Gawat, I'm caught! "Hatori, your game is great!"

"So you watched our rehearsal? "

"Yes. "

"Well, thanks!"

"Then I'm gone. " Kento said goodbye to his classmate. Huh, almost there!

On the other hand Lucas saw something strange, he saw a man of great stature running in a storm. The man looked like he was being chased by something.

"Why him? " Las shifted his gaze, but he suddenly remembered that. A ghost! Lucas quickly moved towards the man.

The man named Tawamori, he ran chased by a Ghost. He ran and asked for forgiveness, but the Ghost ignored him.

Lucas chased them, he saw no one but the man. "He's kan... " Las recalls the story of Ao and Daiji about students who like to blackmail other students, none other than that Tawamori.

Given that, Lucas lost track of Tawamori. "Damn, I lost them! "

Lucas kept running small following the straight path.

"Lu, what's wrong? " Aoyama contacts Lucas, he has a premonition that something is happening around him.

"I saw someone running, but I lost him. Damnit damnit! "

"Running away? Maybe he wants to go to the toilet." Nishimiya.

"No, that's not what I meant!"

"Where are you? " Tanya Aoyama.

"I was in the garden of Bela... "

THE HUT!

Suddenly a loud clashing sound was heard from the direction of the sports hall. "Lu, what's wrong? " Aoyama is starting to worry.

"I'll catch up with you. "

"No, I'd better get close to it." Nana interrupted. He quickly moved to the sports hall which was close to the back garden.

Lucas entered the room, it was dark only a little light came in. Unable to see anything, Lucas searched the light switch first. When he turned on the lights of the room.

"Oforsaken! " Las ran towards Tawamori who had been battered unconscious, but there was no one there but the two of them.

"Who are you? " Tawamori spoke in a limp voice. "I'll take you to the UKS. " Las smeared Tawamori's body with his thin body.

"Lu! " Nana is coming. "Nami, can you help me get her to the UKS?"

"Uhm! "

***

"Permy... Not locked. " Nana and Lucas looked at each other. They brought Tawamori into the room. There seems to be no one. Nana looks for a P3K box to treat bruises on Tawamori's face and covers the berets on her arms and forehead.

"Hows it? " Aoyama came alone.

"Nana has treated him. I didn't see anyone else there, maybe he just ran away. "

"so yeah. "

"Where are Kento senpai and Nishi? "

"I told them to keep an eye on the surroundings. "

Nana who was tidying up the P3K box realized with the awakening of Tawamori.

"Lu, Senpai, he has come to his senses! " Call Nana.

Lucas and Aoyama come to them. "Yes! " Las lifted up one palm, greeting.

"Where's this? "

"You were in the UKS room, we found you unconscious in the gym . " Aoyama Sela.

"I? Unconscious? " Aoyama nodded her head. "You remember anything? "

Tawamori turned to Lucas. "You're a new student, thank you for saving me. "

"Yes, no problem. Can you tell me what happened to you?"

On the other hand Kento and Nishimiya have met in front of his class Nishimiya. "So this is your class? "

"Senpai, you're here apparently. Yes, this is my class, for now. " Hearing that Kento chuckled. "Totally so."

"Senpai, did you find anything? "

"No. How're you? "

"me too. "

"Yeah! " Suddenly a woman screamed from the direction of the woman's toilet. "Umeko, what's wrong? "

Umeko pointed towards the bathroom in front of her. "There's ghosts! " Raika dared herself to go in there, but there was nothing there.

He went back to Umeko. "Calm down, it's okay. " Raika hugged her frightened friend. "Come on, we're out."

BRACKET!

Umeko and Raika were surprised because the mirror in the toet broke by itself, scaring them. "I've lost, the ghost has come!" Umeko shouted hysterically, leaving Raika speechless.

Kento and Nishimiya who heard that, ran towards them. "What's wrong? " Raika and Umeko were shocked by the presence of the two of them.

"Mrsne. " Nishimiya patted Kento's shoulder. They turned towards the mirror that had broken completely and behind it was a threatening inscription.

If you don't stop, I'll kill you. Kento and Nishimiya suspect the threat is aimed at the girls.

"I'm sorry! " Tawamori bowed her body. "Don't apologize to us, apologize to the people you've blackmailed!" Nana hits Tawamori's back.

"Nami, did you forget she was hurt? "

"Then where are your other gangmates? " Aoyama is hurting his left hand.

"They had been out of school for a few days due to being suspended after being discovered by the school, and I told them not to mention my name. "

Suddenly, the door of the room opened. Kento and Nishimiya take the injured Raika by the mirror shards. "Please treat Raika, because of me... "

"Calm down, don't worry. I'm doing fine. "

"But..."

"Come here, I'll treat your wounds! " Tell Nana.

Nana had bandaged the wound on Raika's leg with a bandage after giving her the red medicine. "It has. "

"Thank you. "

"Are you able to tell us anything before it happens, to be honest with us? " Kento put a cold face on the two girls.

"All right, we'll tell it. "

Umeko and Raika confess that they are one of the school bullies the school has long known. But because of their authority, only those who are not caught and do not get punished.

"Now I understand, all the victims are students who always bully or blackmail other students. " Pelius Aoyama.

"We're sorry. " Said Raika. Umeko whined because she was still very scared. "I don't want to be killed, help us! "

"So you're sorry? " Someone came to interrupt their conversation. Aoyama and the others gasped. Since when did he...

"You? " Nana recognized that face, it was Suzuki who was her classmate. "Hanajima Suzuki. "

"Hello, Miss Nana. "

"Why are you eavesdropping on us? "

"I've been here before than you guys, I picketed to keep the UKS today until eight o'clock at night. Ah, ten more minutes. " Zuzuki glanced at his watch.

"Then why don't you help? "

Suzuki hurt both hands, and gave a cold look. "Because I did it. "

Aoyama quickly caught him from behind. "Paying!" All stunned.

"So you're a user of astrakinesis? I've caught you !" Suzuki smiled a little.