Just think about it—Tobe had been willing to play the bully in order to uncover the truth and resolve the emotional knots of those elementary schoolers, even Ms. Takahashi. What was that called? That was enduring humiliation for a greater cause. That was being asashi!
Unfortunately, what Tobe the blond punk hadn't expected was that the very first step of his plan had already gone off the rails. Who had ever seen an elementary schooler casually make a move and throw a high school student to the ground?
Ooka and Yamato looked at each other, genuinely too scared to step out. According to the script Tobe had given them, they were supposed to play the heroes, but this...
What were they supposed to do when the heroes hadn't even appeared yet, and the victim had already dealt with the villain?
Were the two of them supposed to jump out and say, "Let go of Tobe..."?
But would that make them heroes?
Besides, Tobe had gone down far too cleanly. Ooka and Yamato didn't think they were any stronger than Tobe. If they really jumped out, there would just be two more people lying on the ground...
There was no helping it. Rumi Tsurumi had taken down Tobe in less than a second. How many seconds would she need to take them down? Two? Three?
Maybe if they counted the time it took them to run away, she would need around ten seconds. But what could they even do with ten extra seconds?
So, as they watched Tobe get taken down in less than a second, this was what they thought: "Go in peace..."
Thankfully, Hayato wasn't that kind of person. Whether as everyone's little sun or because of Yukino, what Hayato had always wanted was for everyone around him to