#08.5: Penitence

Afternoon, inside a convenience store

Clerk: afternoon sir, how may I help you

Man: ( wears a facemask ) ah, a few things

Clerk: oh, you're from that famous school, UBA right?

Man: ( check his attire ) ah, yeah, yes, well, if you don't mind, do you have gift wrapping materials here?

Clerk: yes sir, I can even wrap it for you if you want, for free of course

Man: thank you ( look to one of the bear prizes ) is that one for sale?

Clerk: ah that, well, you actually need to have our store points to win that? We're you a card owner sir?

Man: oh, can't I just buy that, I'm actually giving that to my daughter later for her birthday

Clerk: I'm sorry sir, protocols ( point to the CCTV camera )

Man: ah, ok, I understand 

The same afternoon inside the gymnasium

Hakarage sensei: Congratulations! It's quite a relief that none of you fail the freshman test and none of the Prisoners tried to do you harm, the test ends with a positive conclusion, and now, all of you, are finally a student of this institution

In a corner

Mann: you sure that he'll be on time right?

Ren: we'll be in a bind if this goes south

Kim: ridiculous, but exciting

Genesis: I hope he follows the procedures, that one is a, well, I hope he follows the steps

Sylvia: ( dragging Rakuto ) oh, hi there! How's the day?

Genesis: quite good so far, so how was your test? Easy I imagine?

Sylvia: not really, but the prisoner that hunts us has a common fetish, our prisoner was a Pedophile, so we offer him our best

Mann, Ren & Kim: you gave up all yourselves to him?!

Sylvia: no you silly, it takes one cutie to persuade that criminal to bow

Genesis: and what may it be?

Sylvia: our ultimate weapon! Erina Canophy

Mann: you mean her! 

Ren: what the fuck are you thinking?!

Kim: Are you insane, not our goddess!!!

Genesis: who is Erina?

Mann: she is the idol goddess of class A, stands at 150 cm, has pinkish pale skin, cutest face in our school

Ren: legend says that even her fart smells like a strawberry freshener and her voice, and her voice is a combination of an angel and a succubus trying to persuade you to dream more, a symphony of purity and lustful arts

Kim: sadly, she refuses to be an idol, but then, she decides to study here, which is a win-win for all of us!

Amiya: ridiculous! Offering a minor classmate to a criminal 

Sylvia: Always the hot-headed huh? Well, all of us here are basically minors ok, except for the teacher of course

Genesis: so how did you manage to persuade your prisoner to give up on hunting you all?

Sylvia: about that

Mann: nothing happened to our goddess right?

Ren: I'm never gonna forgive you if by any chance I see her crying

Kim: talk nice now or suffer later

Sylvia: ok, ok, so here's how it goes, the pedophile wants to lick Erina's feet until the time expires

Mann, Ren & Kim: Ahhh!!!

Sylvia: chill, let me finish first ok? So, our Class President, which is also the student council President declined and gives a counteroffer

Genesis: and what would it be?

Sylvia: he said that he can't allow any delusional pedophiles to have their ways with any of our classmates, so instead, he allows the pedophile to have a look at Erina's feet for 5 minutes per hour until the time expires, but the pedophile refuse, he said that the offer is too small, too small for his worth

Genesis: so how did you manage to convince him

Sylvia: well, Rakuto said that it's either he kills him right there at that moment or he takes the offer

Genesis: well, that's big, talking like that to a death row prisoner

Sylvia: Rakuto said that while performing a butterfly body lock on the pedophile, but then our President halted him, which is a wise decision, our President gave another clause to the offer, he said that instead of letting him lick Erina, he can look to Erina's foot for 5 minutes per hour and he can take a single photo of Erina's feet per hour, and lastly, with one of the pictures, Erina will wipe her entire body with that chosen photo, and alas, the pedophile gave in and said ok

Mann, Ren & Kim: Erina's photo that she used to wipe her entire body?!!

Genesis: wow, that's on another level, how convenient

Amiya: convenient enough to use your classmate as collateral that she might not even want to do in the first place

Sylvia: (Looks to Amiya, then proceeds to ask Genesis) so how does yours go?

Genesis: ( looking to the Prisoners on their way back to the armored vehicle that would bring them back to their prison cells ) well, about that...

10 in the evening, all the teachers are in the faculty room

Shizuka sensei: what happened? Why did Hakarage sensei summon us all here?

Vulong: one of our students is now in the police custody

Shizuka sensei: What?! Who would that be?

Vulong: from your class apparently

Shizuka sensei: that can't be?

Inside the headmaster's office

Hakarage sensei: yes sir, absolutely, we'll help in every way possible to resolve this problem, ok, yes, one of our teachers and the parents of the students that are now in your custody will be there shortly, thank you very much, have a good day

And the mood in the faculty room shifts from then happy from successfully finishing the freshman test to bad, just bad for everyone involved in the incident

Inside the interrogation room

Detective: I'll give you both time to talk about this, be wise, you have bright futures ahead of you, so please, co-operate with us, ok? ( he looks at the 2 students before closing the door and leaving the room )

The 2 students started talking to each other

Genesis: didn't end well at your end I believe?

Kazura: he didn't follow our instructions, what can I do

Genesis: after all our planning, it goes down the gutters huh?

Kazura: life's like that, to each is to their own 

Genesis's offer to Kotaro before the incident

Genesis: here's my only offer, I know that you wanted to go home, to see your family for the last time, I believe that your wife and daughter never visited you while you're serving your time

Kotaro: how can say?

Genesis: you said that you were cooking ramen earlier?

Kotaro: and what of it?

Genesis: you said that you were looking at the recipe in the paper that you were holding, but I find it suspicious

Kotaro: suspicious?

Genesis: Fodak?  Brand of a camera, really, you were actually looking at the photo of your family

Kotaro: how can be you so sure?

Genesis: cause that's what I'm gonna be looking at before my time expires

Kotaro: your deductions might be on point, but what of it little boy?

Genesis: on that note, I can help you

Kotaro: ( he smirks and said ) the government can't, your headmaster can't, and you want me to believe that you can? Ridiculous

Genesis: Cause I'm not them

Kotaro: so how can you help me, huh?

Genesis: how about you take a look outside

Kotaro: ( heard people talking outside so he dashed there ) how? Why the hell are you here?!

Kazura: so are you ready to meet your family or not?

Mann: one shot man, are you in or out?

The day before they execute their plan

Kazura: so you are gonna let him capture you

Genesis: he doesn't expect me, which is wiser, the lesser he knows, the better we move

Kazura: so why are you only talking about these extra plans to me

Genesis: it's not about trust, but seeing Mann doing that earlier, I guess you know that we need to put our actions into consideration

Kazura: consideration?

Genesis: total victory for both parties

( And Genesis told Kazura about the extra plans while instructing the others with only the skin of it )

Amiya: are you sure about this? Half of us will be captured, who knows what he'll do to us

Mann: you're really sure that this will work ok?

Genesis: ( looks to Kazura and proceeds)  that is just a man, and all men have goals, now we have to know his goal, and how can we know his goal if we continue hiding while he hunted us one by one

Ren: but we can just hide until the time expires right?

Kazura: ( points to the dark heaven ) see that, hear those rumblings, soon, there will be rain, and it's safer for the half of us to be in the storage house than be here, get wet and I hope not, get sick

Mann: ok, that makes sense, so how are we gonna distract Kotaro?

Genesis: now we are progressing, on that note, one of us will be a bait

Mann: bait, you mean one of us will be very near the storage house to report on what's happening inside?

Kazura: not just very near, but the bait will be inside, with Kotaro

Mann: then I guess that will be me

Genesis: so we have a bait volunteer, now, we will group ourselves into two groups, one will stay here, while the other half who is very prone to cold will be there

Mimi: don't you think that's kinda bit biased?

Genesis: what do you mean?

Mimi: well, everyone can just claim for that and be safe there inside the storage house while the rest will be here doing the actual task at hand

Genesis: well, that makes sense, so, any proposals?

Mimi: rock, paper & scissors

Genesis: any objections? ( looks around ) If none, then let's begin

After all the forty students finished the game, they separated the victors from the losers of the game, the losers will have to stay, and the victors will be going to the storage house

Amiya: so it will be us then

Genesis: wait a minute, so here's how our plan would go

( everyone listens to him )

Genesis: the bait will go there first, then the 20 of you will go in 4's, for a total of 5 groups, each 4 of you will deliberately move near the storage house so Kotaro can capture you, but then, here's the catch, our signal will be kicking, 1 kick after the 1st group enters the house, the loser group which is us will be gathering those pieces of information, 1 kick if yes, 2 for no, and the 1st group's entrance will signal the 1st question, and the question is, "Is Kotaro harmful?", 2nd group signals the question "Is our group inside safe?", 3rd group signals the question "Can we handle him by force", 4th signals the question "Is his family Vital to our offer?", and 5th signals the question "Can we give him an offer that he cannot refuse?", and that would be all

After giving the plans, they have a small talk

Genesis: so you'll be stitching it huh?

Kazura: again? You're going alone

Genesis: that's why you're gonna tell Mann to do his job, to collect information and dash back to you guys here

Kazura: but why?

Genesis: I don't want him to carry the burden of being pointed at as the stupid person in our group, and besides, I'm the best man on this job

( after they talk, they go on their separate ways )

Kotaro still can't believe what he is seeing

Kotaro: but how?

Genesis: so this is our offer ( gives him extra clothing) you will need this ( then whisper to him the plans )

Kotaro: what are you saying? This is far worse than getting expelled from your school

Genesis: so you care? Well, forget about that, our plans are in motion, so, are you ready?

Kotari: well if you don't mind ( he then wears the UBA uniform )

Inside the interrogation room

Kazura: our plan didn't go well

Genesis: sadly yeah

(They planned to switch Kazura and Kotaro, as Kazura had stitches clothing that looks the same as Kotaro, then some of their classmates were quite good at applying makeup so it was applied to Kazura, and Kazura wears the clone clothes, and wears a wig made by one of their classmates, and finally, he walks back in the gymnasium, wait silently, and get on the police vehicle, he then with the other prisoners were delivered back to their prison cell. One of their plans was to switch back the two in a gasoline station, but then, Kotaro didn't show up, so Kazura proceeds to the prison station until, during the inspection stage, his cover was blown, the police then interrogated him and found out that the criminal was on the loose so they called the headmaster of UBA and the manhunt begins)

3 hours later, 1 in the morning

Police: look at this sir, I think it's a recording 

Chief: let me see

( Kotaro filmed himself using Kazura's phone, but then as he entered their apartment, his wife was having sex with another man, and their daughter was crying, he knew that their daughter is being forced to film her mom having sex with another man. In another footage, from the video cam of their daughter, there it was heard that the daughter which is holding the camera was crying, while Kotaro killed his wife and the man, but the man moves and goes to Kotaro's daughter, used the daughter as a human shield, but then, the man was panicking so much that he accidentally strangle the daughter of Kotaro, Kotaro released a loud cry as he slowly moves to his dead daughter while the man gathered his clothes and ran away. Not too long, Kotaro changes his clothes, smiles at the camera, he looks at his dead wife and daughter, then kicks the chair, and the rope chokes him to his death ).

Chief: what a tragedy

Police: yeah, as you say, sir, quite sad

Class F was then suspended for a week, and all students in that class were branded "Murderers".