What happened after that?
Seiji didn't know.
??
After all, he left the scene. Mika and Chiaki left together with him.
Meanwhile, Hoshi stayed behind.
It was now after school. Seiji stayed behind in class to write a self-reflection — a self-reflection for skipping class for no reason.
Of course, Mika and Chiaki accompanied him.
The two girls secretly glanced at Seiji as they wrote. They saw that he was staring out the window in a daze with his pen unmoving.
A handsome boy with a melancholy expression. This scene was worth remembering … no matter what, they had to take a picture!
"Chiaki!" Mika scolded her friend who took out her cell phone to take a picture.
"I'm sorry, it felt so good that I couldn't help but …" Chiaki scratched her head awkwardly. "Do you want to accept it?"
Mika's face reddened slightly as she nodded.
"What do you think … he's thinking?" Mika asked after accepting the picture.
"He's probably still concerned about what's going on over there."
"Yep, I think so as well. Seiji … is a gentle person, after all."
"Yep, that's right." Something flashed in Chiaki's eyes. After looking at Seiji for a while, she looked back at Mika.
"How much of the earlier scenes did you understand?"
Mika blinked and revealed a contemplative expression.
"I can't say it clearly … I just feel that everything Seiji did was for their sake …"
"I knew it. Allow me to explain it to you, Uehara -san!" Chiaki coughed and acted like a teacher giving a lecture.
"You must've been most concerned about Seiji's darkened state right before the final scene, right?"
"That state seemed rather scary at the time, but now that I think about it, it's actually quite cool ~" Chiaki licked her lips in excitement. "Let's call him 'Dark Seiji!'"
"Why did you have to give him a special name!?" Mika retorted.
"That look … I do mind, because I don't like it. But … I have to do it, right?"
"That's what Seiji considered, and I don't think he did anything wrong, because he couldn't think of anything better," Chiaki said.
"In my opinion, there are at least three reasons why Seiji transformed into Darkened Seiji!"
"First, give the sisters a strong enough blow!"
Second, act as the bad guy and provoke Hoshi Amami! "
"The above two goals are relatively easy to understand. As for the third one, I don't think you've even thought of it." Chiaki smiled.
"I'm just stupid …" Mika pouted.
"You just didn't think too much about it. In fact, if you think about it carefully afterwards, you'll be able to notice it." Chiaki pretended to wave her pointer.
"His third goal was to make the karate club members feel pity for the sisters, creating an atmosphere of 'they're already quite pitiful, so we shouldn't bully them anymore.'
"After the sisters lost their training material, it's highly likely that some of the karate club members would want to take revenge on them and bully them. Since Seiji did such a thing in front of them, the possibility of that greatly decreased."
"Oh …" Mika nodded. "That … seems to be the case."
"This way, if the sisters continue to stay at this school in the future, at least … they'll have a place where they won't feel so bad."
"So Seiji considered so many things …"
"That's right, but this third goal is just a side effect. The main goal is the first and second goal, which is to make those sisters fall into the deepest despair, and then have the person who truly cares about them — Hoshi — come and save them." Chiaki pretended to wave her pointer again.
"This was a vicious method that Seiji had no choice but to use after they refused to change their promise.
In the end … it was probably a success, or else Seiji wouldn't have left the scene just like that. "
Mika nodded again in understanding.
"Seiji's terrible actions … he's probably suffering the most."
"Yeah, but he still did it, which is why he's such a gentle idiot." Chiaki smiled gently.
The two girls discussed and sighed emotionally.
And what the boy was thinking was …
'That acting cool almost blew up, honestly …' Seiji retorted to himself in his mind.
'He did something shameful that he wasn't used to, and he did it in a hurry, so that's all he could do. 'Sigh … Characters like Hikari and Bana aren't easy to deal with.'
There were many places where he could have made a mistake.
The most obvious was where Rion and Kotomi Amami hid their blackmail materials. If they also hid many copies outside their rooms … It would be fine in their house since they could be found on the spot, but if they hid it outside of their house in a place that only they knew about, then that would be bad.
But they didn't do that.
Were the twins too confident in the security in their rooms … or did they feel uneasy hiding outside their rooms? Wouldn't that cause unnecessary trouble? Would it take too much effort? Or perhaps they felt that they didn't need to worry too much about the copies in real life since they already had them on the internet?
Or perhaps, in the deepest part of their hearts, they subconsciously hoped that someone would …
No matter what, the twins had been naive about this … If they hadn't made such a mistake, Seiji would have had a way to deal with it, but it would have been more troublesome.
But fortunately, that wasn't the case, and there weren't any other mistakes that could have occurred, so things went smoothly.
As for the effect … it was alright.
Seiji could already see genuine regret on Rion and Kotomi's faces … that was an expression that only people who had truly come to their senses would have!
They should be able to change for the better.
In that case, the next problem would be their father … and mother.
The best result would of course be for the twins to sincerely apologize, their parents to forgive them, Hoshi to be happy, and their family to live happily ever after.
But that was almost impossible.
Their family's relationship had already collapsed.
Returning to a normal family … it wasn't impossible, but it wasn't something that could be done in a short period of time. There needed to be an appropriate external force!
Seiji drew a card here and played out the trump card that he had saved for the very end.
His boss's wife, Hoshi and the twins' aunt, and their father's younger sister — Rika Amami!
After leaving the crime scene, he borrowed Chiaki's cell phone to call his boss's wife and explain the situation.
He also sent a message to Hoshi's cell phone, telling him to go find his aunt and explain the situation to her face to face and ask for help.
That was all he could do.
Seiji couldn't imagine what the Amami family's situation would be like tonight, nor could he predict what would happen afterwards.
He could only trust in his card … whoops, Rika Amami, the dignified boss's wife.
'Ahh … I'm feeling pressured.' Seiji couldn't help but feel helpless.
On the other side, Mika and Chiaki seemed to be discussing something.
'They probably think that I didn't do very well and can't help but want to discuss it, but in order to not hurt me, they're intentionally whispering … how considerate.'
Seiji was moved by their gentleness.
…
Later that night.
Seiji went to the business district by himself and entered an exquisitely decorated izakaya.
The traditional yet modern decor made this izakaya seem rather classy. Many white-collar men and women were drinking or chatting merrily inside.
Seiji walked up to the second floor and met the person he wanted to meet in a corner by the window.
"Hey, Harano-kun!" The person waved at him.
Tomohisa Juumonji.
The second son of the mafia boss Michirou Juumonji, and a veteran otaku.
He was wearing a cotton shirt and long pants, and his hair was messy, and he had dark circles under his eyes, giving him a perverted appearance.
Just by looking at his appearance, it was difficult to imagine that he was an astute investor and a highly skilled hacker. With such amazing talents, he'd probably be a gold-collar worker in any large company.
Seiji smiled and sat down across from him.
"You're a little early, Juumonji-kun."
"I came out when I didn't have anything to do." Tomohisa shrugged as he placed the menu in front of Seiji.
Seiji looked at the menu, asked what Seiji wanted, and ordered two side dishes and some fruit juice for himself.
"Thank you so much for helping me out this time."
After the waiter left, Seiji looked at Seiji and thanked him again.
"I told you there was no need to thank me like this … but I'll accept it." Tomohisa chuckled.
"I did a good job talking to you on the phone as well, didn't I?"
"That was wonderful!" Seiji gave a direct evaluation.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, as if they both knew each other well.
"This is the data that you might find useful." Tomohisa took out a portable hard drive from his pocket.
"This is the only copy I made; there are no other backups … by the way, I didn't look at the specific contents."
He placed the hard drive on the table.
Seiji looked at the hard drive for several seconds.
"Take it back and erase it; it's no longer useful," he told Seiji, looking at Seiji again.
"Are you sure?" Tomohisa adjusted his eyeglasses.
"To be honest, I'm a little uncertain, but … I don't want to use something like this." Seiji chuckled.
Tomohisa looked at Seiji for a while.
"Alright, I'll take it back and deal with it." He put away the hard drive.
The two of them were rendered speechless for a moment.
"Although I've heard some things from you and have some guesses, I don't know what exactly happened." Tomohisa broke the silence. "Could you tell me the entire story?"
"Of course." Seiji smiled. "Speaking of which … it's actually not that big of a deal, as far as you're concerned."
At this time, the side dishes and drinks that the two of them ordered arrived.
Tomohisa raised his beer and gestured to Seiji.
Seiji picked up his juice and offered it to Seiji.
The two glasses clinked.
After a sip of the cool and refreshing juice, Seiji felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
Then he considered how to speak.
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