In the end, he had still been too naive. Dragged into a corner outside the school, his body throbbing with pain, Takeuchi Sosuke thought this to himself.
Ask for help?
That was right. This was when he should ask for help, wasn't it? Find someone to help, like Aya had. But where was he supposed to go for help?
"Stop hitting him."
"Which class are you in, student?"
It was a familiar scene. The pain vanished. But this time, Takeuchi Sosuke felt no joy, because when Kumakura Takashi saw Aya arrive with a teacher, a terrifying viciousness appeared in his eyes.
That viciousness filled Takeuchi Sosuke with fear, making even his heart tremble.
Everything was so similar. After a scolding, the teacher contacted Kumakura Takashi's parents, then finally said something to Takeuchi Sosuke that made him feel deeply mocked.
"Don't worry, student. I'll make sure to teach him a lesson. He'll never bully you again!"
The wild joy from last time did not come, because those words were just too similar...
Day after day passed, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.
Kumakura Takashi never showed up, and the tension that had gripped Takeuchi Sosuke's heart gradually eased.
Maybe the teacher's words had really worked.
That was right. They had definitely worked.
Kumakura Takashi would never bully him again...
It was all thanks to Aya.
That was all he could believe. Then, with an increasingly cheerful smile, he walked home with his younger sister Aya. But that false "belief" could not last long at all.
On the way home, in a deserted alley.
He and Aya were both blocked there, unable to escape...
Kumakura Takashi's twisted, terrifying expression filled him with fear.
But Aya was here. He had to protect Aya!!
So he fought back.