Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part A (1/2)

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”Fujisato, in actual fact, enerations”

This was the next day after I wasthe break between my summer supplementary lessons, I told class rep Fujisato the truth

”Eh? Really?”

She opened her eyes wide and made a surprised look then cocked her head doubtfully and expressed:

”If that were true, it'd really be quite frightening! Ahaha!”

Then she smiled happily at me

Indeed, that's how a normal person is supposed to react

No matter who I disclosed my secret to, whether classmates or library monitors, no one treated it as the truth

The profession of being a killer sounded way too farfetched in the modern world

”However, professional killers do seem to exist in other countries I don't know if they're faangs, they are supposed to hire professional killers, right?”

Like right noould occasionally hear the other person talk to e froh school students were supposed to react

”No really, I'm serious My , Monjirou, could it be that you have '8th grade syndroraduated froe!”

”It's not like that Not only that, I'm currently immortal as well I was already murdered once yesterday by so about what you dreaht, I was chased by a bunch of zounned them all down!”

Fujisato dismissed my words with a s was a lie

Was last night's events a dream? I actually hoped so but every time I checked the mark on my chest, I felt a little disappointed and realized that everything was real

”But I'm quite surprised that you actually have such violent drea at the convenience store, I always roups of delinquents Middle schoolers with dyed blond hair frequently gather at the store where I work They love to crowd near the entrance and don't throay their trash It's their fault that I have to spend a lot of effort cleaning up each tiun, I'd really want to shoot at them and drive them all away”

”I see Do they shoplift or do other bad things?”

”Hard After they enter the store, they act unexpectedly polite, actually”

The way I see it, they totally have a thing for Fujisato, right?

But as the convenience store's poster girl, I was quite relieved that Fujisato was only confronted with small troubles of this sort

”By the way, Monjirou, have you ever thought about changing your current self?”

”Eh? Why do you ask?”

”Weren't you talking about professional killers, immortal heroes and stuff like that just now? Usually, people ants to becos are those who feel dissatisfied with their current life!”

”Changing my current self”

If I had to say, I'ht now

--Under my mother's instruction, most of what I learnt from early childhood was how do people die and how to move so as to kill people more efficiently Hence, in my youth, I almost never came into contact with normal values that most people are supposed to have

Naturally, the family name Sakuradamon was a fake but my family does indeed hold a ”license to kill” This is a license approved by a public agency and its authorization coverage was ”the bearer is authorized engage in legal enerations In other words,the nation's enemies or spies from hostile countries Supposedly,the fae, my mother suddenly vanished Abandoned by ether with randfather, rown up peacefully as a normal person

My past self never had a shred of ened ic and reason, to the point that I didn't think I needed to conform to society

However, reat pains to educate e were supposed to think about, to be interested in and the correct way to think like an average ”person”

After spending two years, I finally gained ordinary coh school boys at e should have I also know that I was e and my heart wavered hts were particularly unstable, often unable to make correct decisions

However, this part still counted within the parah school boy's behavior

When wearing glasses, I can face my emotions and soul with honesty While apply this sort of self-suggestion to ained the soul a normal human was supposed to have

Like this, when even uaranteed that I was like ”an ordinary and normal person”, only after that did I happily transfer into this exceedingly ordinary prefectural high school

Of course, I was only able to co partially because my mother had left a certain ”mechanism” in my body before she left, which was hoas able to successfully cohly skilled killer have so ht shoulder involuntarily Luckily, this sentencea finishi+ng ht lead to death so normally, they're sealed up”

”Ahaha, that feels like what I've often heard! It'd be so interesting if this type of story really were true!”

Sounding like a story but actually true, so true that it almost felt like a lie

Perhaps the world was s like these

Even this high school was the sah school but after transferring here did I find out that this place turned out to have Senpai who's froirl with a polite attitude yet bizarre behavior

”However, I understand your kind of wish to transform Soraduating next year and the year after that, I ht become a university student Sometimes I feel anxious and can't help but worry Is it really okay forlife in such a laid back ht about it, actually”

”To be honest, I've alorried about whether I'll be able to handle exa and I have no idea what university entrance exaot such a smart brain, you probably don't have to worry about this kind of stuff, right?”

Ordinary high schoolers all had to work hard and study and take exams tohard apparently far surpassed the level of ”ordinary high schoolers” A certain crainning of June and I took the exa nu on standing out that e always hadMy little sister was so happy that she even cooked red bean rice to celebrate, thisfroet more difficult, so it's necessary to work harder”

”Ooh I'et more and more hard Tohoho--”

Fujisato only made a ”tohoho” sound whenever she felt very helpless and demoralized

With shoulders slu so occasionally, I would feel the urge to i

”Oh, it's time to return to our seats By the way, Monjirou, would you like to have lunch together after this period? I brought two packed lunches fro”

”Oh, thank you very i-chan already invitedto have lunch at the student cafeteria, so it won't be the two of alone Is that okay?”

”Having lunch alone with you would be nice but I'm very happy to have Kuhou with us as a trio as well”

”Ahaha, thank you for your compliment! Yes, then see you later!”

Fujisato ran back to her seat, her soft sleek hair fluttering

While watching her froh my mind

--Looks like Fujisato is innocent

To be honest, she was probably still working at the convenience store at the ti, based on the analysis of her responses, she looked like an ordinary high schooler no matter what

Once the lunch break comes, I'll deduce more from the situation then report back to Senpai that I've confir that I still did not lower uard and continued to observe other students

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Rewinding back to last night

I explained how lacking my experience with roht waswoht was irl's lap

After I thoroughly exposed my past, shi+ki still wanted to confir, so I had no choice but to offer the puddings in uessed it'd be so other than food”

shi+ki looked very disappointed but I still ed to h of relief Fujisato, thank you so much!

”Okay, the party has reached its clis related to the murderer”

shi+ki's cold voice turned into a weapon that could stab deep into other's hearts at this ti speech for introducing thefor her to liven up the atmosphere

”In other words, the subject of my experience omen was totally pointless”

”Jirou-kun, don't worry I have never had contact with boys before either, whether letting a boy lie onfor each other Or rather, having our bodies overlapping together, you are the only one whom I have ever done any of this with”

”Your way of putting it is a bit weird But you're saying that you've never had any contact with boys before?”

As she was not only everyone's senior but also a very cute girl, all the boys wished to get close to shi+na bothered by a girl's age was little strange, Senpai was a Nightkin and surely h thedesire in my heart refused to accept this fact, Senpai probably had ht?

”Monjirou appears to be pondering Kaguya's past experiences with men”

”shi+ki, can you not expose irl, able to see right intoher eyes that was covered by her hair

”Uan to panic Seeing her cheeks blush scarlet, together with that troubled look on her face It looked like she really had few chances to come into contact with men

But I remembered that she had apparently lost herher ht occurred to me, I felt a dull pain in my chest

”Jirou-kun, I don't knohether you're willing to believe me or not, but to this date, I Umm have almost never had any skin contact with a boy”

Senpai said fir rowing in my heart was hard to eradicate

”Didn't you say you had lost your memory, Senpai? Then how do you know that you've never had male contact in the past?”

”Hmm, well Were it not my first time to have contact with a boy, umm I think I wouldn't have felt so nervous, so uneasy, blushi+ng and havinguneasy, blushi+ng and having her heart pound for ht red

”After various observations, I hereby confiruya's prior experience with male contact is zero”

shi+ki also added on the side on Senpai's behalf

”Rather, Kaguya is actually quite afraid of males Monjirou, you are one of the rare male candidates that she is able to have nor things will reflexively act upon their old habits and respond the same way So based on results, it is possible to conclude that she has no prior experience with male contact at all”

”I see shi+ki, thank you for your explanation”

”You're welcoan to feel a sense of reassurance towards her I see, so because she was always analyzing, thinking and observing on different levels to reach reasonable conclusions, no wonder Senpai found her so dependable

”I was thinking Senpai ht have had contact with members of her race”

But I still found it difficult to let go completely Perhaps I really was a shameful man Men were always particularly concerned with the ”shadow of the previous man”, this was almost a basic instinct Naturally, I was no exception

”Oh, don't worry, because the Lords are all fehtkin race was too a their life span, if all of them were female, then how did they leave descendants? I really wanted to kno the Nightkin solved this issue but asking about it would apparently constitute sexual harassment so I decided to behave

”Currently what is certain is that the vast hts”

shi+ki had proceeded to say soreatly shocked me

”Really?”

I tried hard to suppress the elasses up twice

As for shi+namachi-senpai The blush on her face had already spread to her ears Just by looking, it was obvious that her ears were red to their tips

I-I see Right Yes

So the ”safe day” Senpai ? No, in that case, it'd be a ”risky day” instead, right?

”Oh, umm, please don't discuss this topic anymore, uh Let's hurry and cut to the chase!”

Senpai looked down, her hands waving in front of her face This adorable sight was quite soy, Senpai'sproperties, capable of consoling shi+ki and I atching her froof ”safe day” was

But whatever In any case, Senpai never had any experience with h to be selected by Senpai That was enough

”Okay, roger that Let us start the serious discussion segment”

shi+ki took out a notebook froht hand and announced

”Serious discussion segh it's a bit of a shame, I understand”

”You two are both equally annoying”

Hearing Senpai's sulking words, a sadistic urge surged forth in my heart But since she is Senpai, whether in school year or how many years lived, I must respect her seniority Hence, I should only tease her once in a while

”So, Kaguya, are you able to recognize who the culprit is?”

Next, shi+ki suddenly went straight to confir the culprit and other related matters

”Umm No idea at all”

shi+na for Jirou-kun I suddenly heard knocking so I called out to answer then opened the door Then the blade stabbed into my chest, just like that”

Senpai pointed at the wooden door in the room That spot was some distance away from where she collapsed

”So basically… Senpai was pushed back a fair distance from the position of the wooden door?”

”Looks like it”

Judging from the location where the pool of blood was formed, it could also be confirmed that Senpai drew her last breath in the center of the room

The murderer's blade had aimed accurately to pierce her heart At the ti over to where she fell

”Kaguya, are you unable to confirm the culprit's face and appearance?”

”Hmm… No, I really can't be certain By the tiure, it had already happened”

”Senpai, what about the size of the figure? For example, similar to mine? Or more like shi+ki's?”

”Oh, in that case… I think it wasn't as big as yours, Jirou-kun Compared to shi+ki-san… Maybe a bit taller, or perhaps about the sahtly taller than shi+ki or about her height, then that person was probably a short boy or even a girl However, would a girl be able to stab a blade so accurately through the heart? Hearts were essentially h a heart required substantial force Besides, the attacker had pierced the heart coth

”I see, I see”

shi+ki recorded these details in her notebook while nodding repeatedly Her actions were quite experienced and it felt like she was long used tothese kinds of records

”Monjirou, I will confirm with you How much muscle power is needed to pierce the heart in one strike?”

Then shi+ki tossed me that question with absolute precision

--I am a descendant of trained killers

She must have asked me this question because she knew of that fact

This was a highly efficient

The useful person here was not the usual, laid back ”Sakuradamon Jirou” but the man as born in a fae and techniques fro shi+namachi-senpai--In other words, the ”ht to act

Hence, I one again pushed lasses swiftly and switched h school boy” Sakurada the glasses served as a ritual and hint to switch consciousness My ”norh while h If I returned to being a ”killer” for too long, the mental state in my mind that approaches a normal person's could disappear

Hence, my little sister established a system of self-control techniques for lasses to switch between hts return to that of a killer's while retaining an to speak slowly:

”A huic, a feth shouldn't be able to pierce the heart so easily Besides, a certain aet in one strike, this too, is very hard to achieve H in the center of the rooed froht be possible As long as one kno to use the iht to enhance the murder weapon's force, it should be possible”

”Monjirou, according to your observations, does the culprit possess a sie?”

--This girl

Was she trying to test outthese questions?

Frouely visibly between the strands of her hair, light was given off that could not be underestimated

--I see

She thinks that I a shi+namachi-senpai, which is why she asked forme know that she ary of me

”Senpai's wound was very deep Based on that, the e bladed tool or perhaps a kitchen knife of a certain length If the weapon has a certain aht, even if the user's skill is inferior to mine, the objective can still be achieved If the murderer is on a similar level as me, then he or she should be able toas the culprit possesses a blade of that level, it's possible to achieve as done, is that it?”

”Yeah, indeed In learning techniques in killing, the use of swords and spears are basic essential skills On that point, the th”

”Let irl but rather strong… Soht?”

shi+namachi-senpai had her arms crossed before her chest while she looked down at the floor

That spot must be where she was stabbed

…How much did it hurt her at the time? At least when I was stabbed, it really hurt a lot

Senpai was definitely not hu from the interactions I've had with her over the past three irl To think that someone could take a sword and stab her to death with absolute precision and efficiency without any hesitation at all

This was al that only a professional killer could do

As soon as I thought that, I suddenly felt a chill down my spine

shi+ki's question just not only expressed her suspicions about me but also, at the same time--revealed that she believes the murderer to be on a professional level

I couldn't help but look at shi+ki's face, not knohat she was thinking

”Monjirou, I will confirm with you When you arrived here, was the clock tower locked?”

shi+ki's ballpoint pen's tip pointed at me as she questioned s, flashi+ng with a serious gaze

”H the clock tower, I locked it up again”

I re after me

…Hmm? In other words--

”In other words, it's possible that the culprit… after killing Kaguya, locked the door again… then hid in the uya's roo was correct, thatplace at the tis could have happened as shi+ki hypothesized?

”Let ardless of the identity of the one who killed me, this clock tower's door cannot be opened unless you have a key, is that right?”

”Kaguya, you are correct Since the culprit also killed Monjirou, in other words, the culprit's range of action is limited However, herein lies a question Why did the culprit kill Monjirou as well?”

”Hmm…”

I tried to ponder what had happened in sequence

First, the killer unlocked the clock tower's entrance to invade the tower

Then the killer locked the door and proceeded to kill Senpai

Then I unlocked the door and came to Senpai's room At this time, the killer appeared behind me and killed me

I see So that's how one can trace the killer'sfelt like a detective's I was quite impressed

Since early childhood, I had been trained nonstop as a killer so I had no chance to undergo this type of investigative thought

After joining the librarysome mystery novels Froood reader because I always failed to guess the culprit's identity and would get a surprise at the ending every time

”Here is a copy of my notes for you two”

shi+ki handed to Senpai and me a sheet of paper torn out from her note book

The lines drawn on the paper were very straight and neat, so much that I couldn't help but suspect whether she used a ruler to draw them Illustrated on the paper was a floor plan of the clock toith notes included on the side The crime scene was this room and she had drao people in that roo me and shi+namachi-senpai

To think that she even colored the area around us red, what the heck was shi+ki trying to do…

”Since this is a rare chance, let's try to recreate the cri shi+ki's suggestion, Senpai and I nodded in agreement then stood up from our seat cushi+ons

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There were many places circled in red on the piece of notebook paper with annotations of ”Important!”

Back door: the school entrance that everyone knows Only place to sneak in to school grounds at night! Entrance: clock tower entrance The heavy metal door can even deflect bullets! Library ht be hidden on the back of the giant clock's face plate…? Clock tower uya and Monjirou were killed! Bathroom: indecent event happened here! ＼(o)／

”Any questions?”

”Hmm, nope”

Why were the explanations written with such exuberance? The tone completely failed toit impossible for me to hide the confusion in my heart Especially what the heck's with that ⑤? How excited is she? There's even an ees are always very fun! Not only does she put in emotes, there's even ascii art, it's very cute!”

”I see”

Indeed, on the side of the notebook paper there were many emotes and ascii art patterns that one could find on the internet This totally changed s a lot?

”Very cute, right?”

”Yeah, v-very cute”

Although shi+ki was not like Fujisato ould instantly yell ”SO CUTE!” whenever she saw anything, it looked like soirl who loved cute things

Putting that aside, at least thanks to this piece of notebook paper, the situation had beco a shi+ki's handwritten note, we left the roo wooden staircase and arrived at the library monitors' office