Dinner time.

I forgot to mention something. My schedule, no, everyone's schedule isn't exactly light. We start classes at 8 am, then have a break of 15 minutes every 2 hours.

2. HOURS.

But, nonetheless, that's not what pisses me off. We, the boys, just do something random during our supposed lunchtime. Yes, because we do have lunchtime, but we eat absolutely nothing! No, that's still not it! It's not it.

The girls, all go to their dorms. It doesn't take a fool to realize the situation...

"Those bitches eat and we don't..."

Exactly! How is this fair!? Those ungrateful bitches, especially that bitch, get to eat during lunch when we don't!

Still, I'm surprised that my thoughts are loud to the point where I've started to listen to them. No, hearing my thoughts is completely normal, it's just that, they felt genuine. You know, there's a difference between the sound of your inner thoughts and real words when they are spoken.

Oh, wait...

"Waahhh!! Who are you and what master do you serve!?"

"I serve no master!! Now drop your chopsticks!"

"You still didn't answer me who you are!"

I and this guy were causing a ruckus for apparently no reason. Actually, it is for a reason. I didn't notice this guy. At all. He just stealth moded me like a ninja, what the fuck.

"Oh. Sorry about that. I was just looking for a place to sit, but then I was like: 'Man, none of these guys actually talk at all. It's soooooooo boring.', so I went to your table. Mister 1000 years to fulfill in jail, hahaha!!"

I chopped his head since that wasn't a laughing matter.

"Your name...!"

"Wait, seriously? You don't know my name!? What the hell dude! We've been in the same class over a fricking week! Come on!"

I seriously didn't know this guy's name.

"Alright, alright! Tsudo. Tsudo Toharoh."

"Daniel Lead."

"Yeah, unlike you I actually knew your name, loool."

No way, did this guy just use 'loool' in real life? Eh, it's not as weird as it sounds. I thought it was simply an expression limited to the online world only.

Aside from that, I asked something out of pure curiosity.

"Tsudo, why are you here?"

"Why am I here? Let's see... One, I'm starving because we didn't eat anything for breakfast and for dinner yesterday, and two because I wanted someone to talk to."

His points were reasonable. I was just insecure because of what Kan told me. He had told me to not interact with anyone. Interacting with criminals under the premise that they have done such an immoral thing would normally alert anyone. Additionally, if I was someone else and given that 'I' would interact with the real me, knowing what I did, then 'I' might just not interact at all.

However, he didn't get my question.

"Not that..."

"I know, I know. You want to know my crime, right?"

I nodded in response.

"I don't mind telling you, but only under special conditions."

"I'm listening."

"But first... do you prefer them small or big?"

"...What exactly are we talking about? I don't want this to be the type of conversation where one side remains clueless until the end."

"I'm talking about breasts! Breasts!"

Oh, what a silly question. This guy.

I check my surroundings and then, after noticing that no one is looking at our table, I say:

"To be honest, I prefer all kinds. It's fine if she is flat or if she has big boobs. I really don't mind. However, I truly prefer them medium size. The medium size is perfect. You can't go wrong with medium size. What about you?"

"I prefer them big! I just don't get the appeal of small chests, man. If there is nothing to play with, then what's the deal? Big chests, on the other hand, allow a far bigger entertainment. Wouldn't you agree?"

This is turning into a conversation that I like.

Could this guy be...

"Pardon me for saying this, but you're at fault here, Tsudo."

"Eh?!"

I needed to explain to him the real deal.

"Small chests are not for everyone. Their infinite beauty is so profound that an average mind would immediately think nothing about them. Yet that's it. They are nothing. Nothingness in itself holds such a beautiful affinity with the observer."

"I see. I think I understand what you have just said. In other words, I need to see it beyond my horizon, huh? Maybe my own perspective is flawed and my obsession with big boobs is blinding me."

No way. He's reflecting on this.

This guy!

I know. A test.

"Tsudo. Answer me this question seriously, like your life depends on it."

Tsudo then puts down his chopsticks and firmly glances at me. His eyes shone red, like magma.

"Ass or boobs?"

Without even thinking about it for a bit, he spills out his own words.

"You see, that's a tricky question. As we have discussed previously there exists a certain affinity between breast sizes, however, when it comes to asses, there is simply something far more alluring. If someone asked me whether I wanted to see a girl in her swimsuit or bikini, I would think about it. Because the whole premise of having a swimsuit isn't to see whether or not the boobs fit in. No! It will obviously fit it! That's not the point! The point is, how will the ass be!? Subsequently, should anyone ask me whether or not I would see a girl in her bikini from the front or back, I wouldn't even think about it. Because my answer would obviously be, from the back! I am an ass man until I die! No! Foolish me! Allow me to amend that!"

"Permission granted!"

Not being capable of hiding my inner happiness, I hastily permit him from going forward.

"I am an ass man forever and beyond!"

I couldn't hold back my tears. That's right. My manly tears had come out. Although, they were quickly interrupted by someone clapping as that someone came in our direction.

"Bravo. I have never heard such a truthful speech in my whole life."

I do remember his name though.

"Sagasuga, are you an ass man too?"

"Sorry, I prefer personality. I mean, what's the point if she's good looking, has a great body but then her personality is utter shit? Doesn't make any sense to me."

To contrast Tsudo's question, Sagasuga gives a completely different answer that has nothing to do with the question. I could be an asshole and just simply say that he didn't answer the question, but I am not gonna be that guy. After all, Sagasuga did say some fat facts. What's the point if her looks are the only she has to stand out for?

However---

"Eh... A girl having a nice personality is a dead myth. It's a legend now. Do you actually think that, within our class, there exists a girl that has a good personality and a good body!?"

"Nope. They're all fucked up as hell."

He wasn't lying.

"But you know, I thought you were being idealistic. What I mean is, I thought you were being hypothetical about it. Are you actually aiming for someone within our class? It's only been one week, chill out."

Sagasuga really had a point, but it's not like he knew that Tsudo was aiming for someone. Besides, you have to be utterly insane to aim for any of the girls in our class.

"There's no point in aiming for someone in our class right now. But I was thinking about something interesting..."

Tsudo then told, Sagasuga, who had already taken a seat in our table, and me, what he had in store.

"I see. That's certainly a possibility. But, aren't there multiple flaws in your plan already? For example, the fact that we can't interact with any other girls from this whole school immediately cucks our options. Wouldn't it make more sense to aim for someone on the outside? No, even then, you are only allowed to leave school once a month."

That's right. Our class is only allowed to leave school once a month. There were stores in our school, therefore we didn't really need to leave out of school. However, those stores, just like any, ask for money from you if you are going to buy something. Therefore the reasonable thing to do was to ask for an allowance from our parents. Or so, did Basara-sensei say.

Furthermore, we had a free month of storage spending. Meaning that we could buy anything to a certain degree from the stores. Otherwise, we would just starve.

More importantly, Tsudo suggested that even though we are attending classes for the sake of abolishing our jail sentences, that we shouldn't let that blind us. What he truly meant was that, even though Basara-sensei said that we should not interact with anyone in school except our school staff and classmates, that we should, instead, let our youth bloom.

In order to do so, we had to go against Basara-sensei's words and seek out the beauty in our surroundings. In other words, we should try our luck with the girls in our school. I wanted to talk about how flawed this whole plan is, but I felt that, if we actually tried hard enough, we could somehow make this work.

And so, I held on to that hope.

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"Sagasuga, think about it. Why is it that we can't interact with other students?"

"Because Basara-sensei said so?"

"That's very true. However, how would he know?"

"Mhm, good question. I have my own thoughts, but I would like to hear about Daniel's first."

How the hell did such a reasonable individual get a jail sentence?! This isn't making any damn sense.

"Well, the first thing to state is that our uniforms are different from the rest of the students in school. Therefore we are extremely recognizable, by a long shot. The second thing to also mention is that things such as cameras and reports are an option. If we are caught interacting with other students outside of our own class by the cameras, that would give Basara-sensei the ultimate providence. Furthermore, students out of spite or just any reason at all can report us to the teachers... This really isn't gonna work..."

I felt that my opinion was a bit harsh and that it had a chance to crush Tsudo's spirit, but his sudden smirk said otherwise.

"As expected from a fellow ass man. Your opinion is correct. That's why I have come up with the ultimate weapon! Listen up and be amazed!"

Both Sagasuga and I listened to Tsudo's ultimate plan.

.......

For a second, I really thought that there was nothing off about Tsudo. Appreciating a woman's body does not make you a bad person, I believe. I, additionally believe that as long as you don't do something extremely stupid with that adoration of yours that you are technically one hell of a person. But Tsudo's plan, somehow, managed to enlighten me on what type of crime he might've just committed.

"And then, we will get their uniform-"

"Tsudo, I'm just gonna stop you right there. Stealing uniforms? Now, I'm not questioning the moral sense of that, since I believe that we are morally corrupt to a point where we do not care about it anymore, but, shouldn't we avoid stirring up shit?!"

To put it into a retrospective, Tsudo claimed that the right plan would be the following:

At the beginning of the month, when we are allowed to leave school, we would assault a group of three students.

I immediately began to saw his plan, and yes, I did fully guess it.

All we had to do was to gather some ski masks and bang gang this group of three students in an isolated area. We would not be wearing school uniforms, instead, we would be wearing casual clothes.

This was to prevent the students, who, after getting knocked out, being able to identify that the ones who orchestrated this whole plan were no other than from this school itself.

Plus, our uniforms are different from theirs. That would be flat out stupid.

Given that we had that taken care of, we would then, beat them up to a whole new level. Beat them so hard that they would go to the hospital.

I didn't oppose this part.

It's true.

If we wanted to make this work then we needed some motherfucking courage backing us up. Being a pussy wasn't an option.

However, the flaw came next.

Tsudo said that after that, we would randomly infiltrate the school and started to interact with someone pretty girls.

That was illogical for one reason and one reason alone. There is no one. And I mean this, no one that hasn't seen what we look like. It's irrelevant whether or not our uniforms change, because our faces sure won't.

"Also, let me add something to Sagasuga's opinion, if those students decided to tell the teachers about this, then we would be suspects. It doesn't take a fool to realize that we, the ones who are forbidden from interacting, would most likely be the masterminds of this. It also doesn't matter if they don't have evidence, the fact remains, we males, would be suspects."

"You guys... You were really ready to commit huh?"

He asked a strange question. However, I and Sagasuga immediately nodded.

"By the way, what did you guys do?"

I insisted on this subject since Tsudo initially wanted to discuss this before moving on the actual matter at hand. It's not as if there isn't any more room for discussion about the plan, but rather, this is far too rushed. If Tsudo wants to create a successful plan then he should think first.

No, that's wrong.

He did think.

He just didn't think about the plan thoroughly.

"Oh, you mean the crimes?"

"Yeah, you got 25 years of jail. Why?"

"Oh, that's because... I killed someone."

I'm not sure what shocked me more, the fact that Tsudo didn't even flinch or the fact that I didn't. I didn't because what I did was something on a higher scale, supposedly. So I had to act like it.

"Why though? You don't seem like a bad person, at all."

Tsudo really had a point. Sagasuga looked like the type of dude to actually take the bullet for you.

"It's actually really fucking dumb... Are you sure you wanna listen?"

"Yes."

Both Tsudo and I, without hesitating, said.

"So, I have a sister. A 16-year-old sister who was dating this thug. I am not someone who is overly protective but I knew something was off about that guy. Nevertheless, I didn't want to be a hypocrite and stop their relationship due to my biased opinion. I say 'hypocrite' because I wouldn't like if someone did the same to me. Having freedom is nice."

It's a weird scenario where the younger brother has to stand out for his older sister. Coincidentally, everyone in our class is 15 years old. It feels as if it's not a coincidence though.

"Eventually, I was returning home one day, when I heard my sister screaming for help. At the same time, I was terrified. I was so terrified because I just heard the damn bastard feeling good about the situation."

Then suddenly---

His eyes just took a 180-degree turn.

The noble Sagasuke who had the expression of someone who could not hurt a fly began to clench his fists so hard that he started bleeding from his inner palms.

The only logical explanation would be that while clenching his fists, he broke his nails, thus the bleeding coming from it. Nonetheless, he held a completely different expression.

Both anguish and rage could be viewed.

"My sister was being raped. Now, what I'm about to say next isn't probably something relatable to normal people, so I'll tell you two, since you two really aren't normal, right?"

We couldn't disagree. Our reasons might diverge, but we, without a doubt, have gone beyond the boundary of what is qualified as 'being normal'.

"I felt immense courage. I felt the need to protect my sister at all costs. No, the correct feeling would be euphoria. I felt like I could do anything. So, I dashed to the kitchen and then grabbed as many knives as I could. It was hard to believe that the thoughts of killing someone never crossed my mind. After I went to my sister's room, I didn't announce my presence. It just naturally happened. My sister was traumatized to a dramatic extent. She will probably never recover, honestly. That's why I made sure the guy would never be able to recover as well. I'm not trying to justify myself or anything. I admit and I believe to truly be an evil person. I didn't feel sorry for the guy nor do I regret what happened."

Tsudo and I just kept our mouths shut. We both couldn't escape from this scenario. I felt guilty for pursuing this yet I felt relieved. After all, what I did, wasn't so far from this.

I have no idea about what Tsudo is thinking though.

Then, just as we were reaching the climax, Sagasuga's expression completely changed again.

This time he showed an extremely devilish smile as he said the following words.

"Nonetheless, it fucking happened. I killed him so hard that he stopped reacting. At first, he tried to resist. It was useless, I stabbed him all over the place. I made sure to aim for the legs first. The bastard had to suffer. It couldn't be helped, right? I wasn't in the wrong. He did that to my sister. He needed to be punished for it. Anyone who harms those I love will receive death. That's why I must apologize to you two. I lied about something."

"Haha, don't worry about it, man."

"Yeah, if you don't feel like telling us anymore, then that's fine."

We tried to give him some words of encouragement, but we were naïve.

"Oh no, it's just... I didn't just kill him."

"What!?"

Unable to contain our surprises, we both exclaimed.

"I killed his whole family as well. I'm not very proud of having this ability, but once I truly look into someone, even their family is not safe. I already knew from the get-go where he lived. I always took into consideration the possibility of that guy treating my sister badly, but never did I imagine that he would flat out rape her."

After that, he continued to tell us how he killed the thug's whole family.

Needless to say, after that, I couldn't sleep all night.

The next morning.

My slumber was interrupted at 4 am by King George's shouts.

"Wake up, you motherfuckers!! If you aren't in the cafeteria in the time span of 5 minutes, you will not receive any food for the next month!!"

Hearing that absurdity, I dressed up as fast as I could.

No way am I sacrificing food, especially when I barely get any.

Hell no!

The cafeteria, 4 am.

"Man, what the fuck is this shit!? Give me my sleep back!"

"Kawahara, shut the fuck up! All of you, listen! You can all go back to sleep at any time! However, the fucking rat that stole food from the kitchen will experience the truest of all hells by yours truly!"

"You don't tell me what to do! Our agreement was that we respected you and slept before midnight! I have been doing that shit every single fucking day and yet you have the nerve to act like a tyrant now!? Give me some logic! Explain the damn situation..."

Kawahara Ryou. Unlike him, everyone else was on their pajamas, but no, this guy was here without his shirt. Flexing his abs. Unnecessary flex, if you ask me.

"What? Didn't your teacher told you, people, that someone had been stealing food from the kitchen!? I'm not even worried about serving you people, because I have bigger worries right now. That's right! It's fucking empty! Nothing left! I can't fucking eat!!!"

I'm surprised I didn't go deaf right here.

"Ah shit, I was probably sleeping..."

"You were. Sensei informed us that someone had been stealing from the kitchen."

Thankfully, Hyunda clarified it to him.

"What the fuck!? Who did this shit!?"

Nonetheless, Kawahara's aggressive behavior remained.

"Wasn't it Kuzan?"

Said Kan, with a cigar in his mouth. Wow, this guy does not chill.

"Oi, Kuzan! Speak up!"

It was then that Rayazaki, the one who shouted at Kuzan, noticed that Kuzan wasn't there. In fact, Kuzan was nowhere to be found.

"Oh my fucking god, where did that bastard go!? I wholeheartedly refuse to mandatorily skip breakfast again!"

Not only was Tsudo angry, but everyone else was too.

Unfortunately, I had a bad premonition and I couldn't demonstrate anger, instead, I showed worry.

I hope that the premonition doesn't become real.

"The fuck are you little shits waiting for!? You better find that rat as soon as possible! Or else you will all be starving! And if I have to starve, then you will all become my food! You hear me!?"

"Sir, yes sir!" We all said out of fear.

"It's King George, motherfuckers!!"

Thus, we left.

The basic ground rules say that activity from midnight until 6 am is forbidden. The fact that King George didn't care for this rule just proves how dire the situation really is.

I had to take into consideration his possible escape factors. However, as soon as I had thought about that, a superior thought came along. Nonetheless, someone was already way ahead of me.

"Hey, why don't we all make teams? This way we can make our search more effective."

Akihiko's proposal sounded incredibly logical and reasonable in my eyes. There was just one slight problem.

"Fuck off, pussy. Teaming up and shit like that, what are you, 5?"

"Kawahara, I understand that you're a special nutcase, but we all are. Can't we just stand united when the goal is the same? It's literally so fucking illogical to fight over this, I swear."

"Hell no. You're all weak as shit. Depending on people you barely fucking know. Can't you use your heads a little?"

"That's my question, but you really aren't following my trail."

"Tsk. I don't care. I'll just find that piece of shit and beat the crap out of it. Damn it. Why do I have to do all this to get food?"

Blasting off, he left. Right now, we were only 11. 10, if you count Kawahara out.

We had to do something in order to avoid starving. However, things weren't looking good. The rest of the boys weren't really looking forward to Akihiko's team up proposal anymore.

"His attitude has flaws, sure, but his whole point wasn't flawless. When he said that we were depending on people who we don't even know, I'll have to agree with him on that. We should just search Kuzan via solo without any hard feelings."

Tatsu's opinion wasn't incorrect.

No one spoke after that. They both went in different directions.

Now then, what to do?

There is no way that Kuzan is somehow still in the dorm. I bet King George is looking for him in it like mad. Plus, as Rayazaki said earlier, he was supposedly right there, so in that time, he barely had time to escape. He could not have gone that far.

What's more, is that, even though he could not have gone far, that's assuming his physical ability is weak. If I take into consideration to evaluate his physical ability as high, then it's fair to assume that he went somewhere far away.

It's impossible to access such things as classrooms. It's also out of the question for Kuzan to infiltrate other dorms. In other words, Kuzan's only options were places he could access for now.

Or maybe not.

If he holds out for 2 hours, then he can simply infiltrate any surroundings.

What I don't understand is, why would you do this just to steal some food?

Especially when you are going to get caught later on. It's utterly meaningless.

So why?

"I'm going back to sleep."

"What nerve you have! Didn't I say that you all could only sleep when Kuzan was found out? So what do you think you're doing?"

"This is pointless, King George, and let me explain to you why."

Since I was close and since I still hadn't left my initial position, I went back a little to King George's office and heard the talk that was going on between him and Hyunda.

"But before that, Daniel, come here, you're essential for this to work."

Busted.

I'm not even going to pretend to not listen.

There's no reason to.

"Listen up well. There is only one place that Kuzan could've gone to and it's plainly obvious where. I didn't see where he went but the chances of him being inside the girls' dorm are extremely high. I'm confident that he could not have gone anywhere else."

As I thought, it really came down to that.

But, what the fuck?

Is Kuzan nuts? Of course, he is.

Is he expecting some sort of romantic development or something by going to the girls' dorm?

No, no way.

Kuzan is the type of guy whose character is extremely dense. I just don't see him going there for that reason.

Thus, he went there to hide.

"But now what? We know that he's there, but without any plan of infiltration, we can't get Kuzan out of there."

"Your worries are relatable, but the real worries are far more fierce. This is all assuming that Kuzan isn't somewhere else. That's why I will do you the favor of investigating the places that I think that Kuzan could've gone to in the meanwhile. But no more than that. After that, I sleep. That's why---"

After exhaling a bit, Hyunda resumes his speech.

"Daniel, you alone stand no chance of infiltrating the girls' dorm. However, I want you, to create a team of 5 people who are down to this."

Then, to assure that I couldn't run away, he does the most cowardly move ever.

"I am counting on you."

On top of putting his hands on my shoulders, his dark eyes reflected the image of someone saying: 'Don't fuck this up or we're all dead'.

Man, this guy shouldn't be a father in the future if he hates so much responsibility.

"I'll see what I can do..."

"Also, forget about Kawahara. You cannot get him to cooperate, yet."

"Yet? You mean there will be a time where I can?"

"It's hard to know. But I'm sure you have realized this by now, a failure from someone means failure for all of us."

Saying such strong words, Hyunda leaves off.

Now then.

What do I do?