90 Nightmare (2/2)

She always believed that Seiji‘s only friends were her and Chiaki. Apart from them, he was only acquainted with his other co-workers, the store owner/manager, and some repeat customers and so on…

Wait—perhaps the hacker was a co-worker or repeat customer!

Was this person really one of Seiji’s co-workers or repeat customers? But someone who could accept such a request and carry it out…

Mika didn’t understand.

She only felt that Seiji currently seemed to be shrouded in mystery.

Chiaki was also just as curious.

She only knew as much as Mika, but now she discovered Seiji had more connections than he appeared to have on the surface.

No, she didn’t discover it just now! She’d learned it last night!

Chiaki thought back to last night and the huge secret that Seiji mentioned, which involved both the student council president and her ex-girlfriend Haruka…

Was this formidable hacker who listened to Seiji’s request one of the select few who knew this ”secret?” Could he also have some connection to President Yoruhana?

Thinking about Natsuya Yoruhana, who was the scion of an amazingly powerful family, then considering the fact that Seiji was actually a young master from a similarly powerful family, Chiaki suddenly felt that Seiji being able to find such a person to carry out such a request wasn’t a strange thing at all.

Rather, this could be said to be… Seiji Haruta’s true power!

In comparison, the twin witches, who merely ruled over a single grade at Genhana High School, weren’t even close to being on the same level!!

Seiji gave them so many chances, but the witches still didn’t know what was good for them, so they ended up being looked down upon, being the target of condescension, and being… crushed! Truly… they received their just desserts.

Chiaki felt this scenario bore resemblance to an adult defeating two children.

And… in a way, this was how it was.

Hoshi, who stood closest to Seiji’s side, was plunged into shock as he listened to the conversation between Seiji and the mysterious hacker.

He was unable to think of anything right now, since Rion and Kotomi’s expressions filled his field of vision.

Just what kind of expressions were those…

Ashen, gray-white…

The immeasurable despair which clouded his sisters’ faces made them seem like they were going to turn into dust…

This was the expression his twin sisters bore as they were truly forced to the brink after refusing to accept their loss and change for the better!

Hoshi had no joy in seeing their expressions like this; he merely felt like his mind was going blank.

But no matter what, he would never forget this scene until he died.

”You found everything! Nice! As expected of professionals!!” Seiji gave a big thumbs-up to the cell phone.

”No, we weren’t certain that it was everything, Harano-kun! Since we felt that this room’s owners were truly scary, we searched the entire house one more time out of an abundance of caution, including even the yard!” The voice on the phone began chuckling. ”But in the end, we didn’t find anything else! It seems like the high school girls felt like their defense was sufficient…”

”What excellent service!” Seiji wagged his thumbs-up back and forth.

”Finally, as you requested, and as Amami-san strongly requested, we took the information we discovered… and destroyed everything!”

As the voice said, Rion and Kotomi acted as though they were truly being executed; they collapsed onto the floor with a sudden jerk of their bodies.

Nightmare… this must all be a nightmare…

Their senses had gone entirely hazy.

Everything seemed to go dark around them, as they were filled with bone-chilling cold, and light seemed to be leaving the world; it was as if they were falling down a bottomless abyss… falling… dropping…

The nightmare continued with no end in sight.