Chapter 86: Student Council and Internal Strife.

When Tsukino and Chiya met the man who had posted the request about the old school building, they learned about some of the victims who had been caught up in the situation because of the old school building.

According to the man who spoke at the time, so far, a total of four people have been involved in incidents related to the old school building. Two were school security guards, and two were students.

At that time, Tsukino and Chiya judged that the Multifaceted Man incident at the old school building was the one the school valued more than the Cloth Strip Man incident at the preparatory school building. That's why the school used the Cloth Strip Man incident to evaluate Tsukino and Chiya's abilities after accepting the commission, and then considered whether to entrust them with the more important Multifaceted Man incident.

Although Tsukino and Chiya used this guess as a test, the man who heard this deduction replied very bluntly with "This has nothing to do with the content of the request," but his behavior was enough for Chiya to judge that her idea was correct.

Of the four people involved in the previous incident, two are missing and two are in a coma.

A coma... just like Hyuga Hajime is now. He wonders if the two people in comas were also possessed like Hyuga. Thinking about it that way, Hyuga's awakening might come later than he imagines...

...

However, since the person who was previously unconscious is still not in mortal danger, there should be no need to worry too much about the safety of Hyuga, who is currently unconscious.

Moreover, whether it's to wake up Hinata Hajime quickly or to extend the marks on each of them for just one more second, the old school building incident needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

And in order to resolve the incident—

Tsukino and Chiya pulled their somewhat tangent thoughts back and refocused their attention on the four people involved in the incident at the old school building.

Of the four, only one is noteworthy.

That person was different from the other three who voluntarily entered the old school building. One day, he suddenly fell into a coma for no apparent reason during class. The school tried everything to wake him up but failed to find any memories of him before he fell asleep. They could only guess from the marks that suddenly appeared on his body that he might have entered the old school building...

Unlike the previous incident involving the people in the rags, where the school thoughtfully provided information about the victims, this time, Tsukino and Chiya only learned the general details from the man who had spoken about it, and didn't even know the names of the four people involved.

Why not provide the information as before? Is it because you feel it's unnecessary?

Tsukino and Chiya disagreed.

He speculated that this was because Hope Peak School still didn't fully trust him and was worried that he might inadvertently leak some information, which could cause trouble.

For example, trouble like this: "An undergraduate student with a super high school level talent at Hope's Peak Academy has run into trouble inside the school and remains unconscious for unknown reasons. The school's security capabilities are worrying, and its protection of undergraduate students is also questionable."

Now, Tsukino and Chiya have obtained information about the unconscious undergraduate student from Ohma Kokichi.

—Early Spring in the Village. The Ultimate Student Council President.

According to Wang Ma Xiaoji, this Murasame student has not appeared at school for some time.

However, his silent disappearance was well covered up by the school—after all, Hope's Peak doesn't really restrict undergraduates' movements. As long as they can pass the annual practical skills assessment, it doesn't matter if these undergraduates with super-high-level skills miss all classes throughout the year.

Of course, there were still people who were puzzled by Murasame Haru's disappearance, but... obviously, the school did something to successfully dispel their doubts.

and……

It's unbelievable that someone with such talent like this is Murasame Satsuharu. Tsukino and Chiya simply cannot believe that she wasn't a member of the undergraduate student council.

Sure enough, in the subsequent information, Tsukino and Chiya saw that this person had become the current student council president of the undergraduate program through his own talent.

However, due to the school's explanation that "Murasame went abroad to participate in a competition," although he has not been removed from his position, the affairs of the student council are mainly managed and arranged by the former vice president.

Student Council...

Tsukino and Chiya's hands resting on the table tapped the surface lightly without their fingers moving.

Tsukino and Chiya were confident that, given Komaeda Nagito's fervent passion for talent and hope, he wouldn't mistake the identities represented by the names on the sides of the boxes they found in the old school building yesterday. —Of course, after leaving, Tsukino and Chiya also looked up information about those names themselves, and sure enough, they were all Hope's Peak's Ultimate High School Students.

And like Murasame Sahisa, who was in a coma, he was a member of the student council.

In addition to the situation in the old school building, and some of the things that were revealed when Hinata Hajime was possessed yesterday, it was clear to Tsukino and Chiya what had happened in the old school building in the past... no, in the future.

That is—

One day in the future, in an abandoned old undergraduate building, several student council members of Hope Peak engaged in a battle royale-style infighting.

Although Tsukino and Chiya still find it absurd that such a thing could happen at a prestigious school, it is probably true.

Self-destruction... This kind of setting, which usually only exists in games and movies, actually happens in real life.

Even the kind of werewolf-like events his parents had encountered... those involved many factors such as remote villages, ancient beliefs, families, and calamities.

However, now is not the time to criticize the idea that modern society, especially a school like Hope's Peak, would have such a setting where people kill each other.

Tsukino and Chiya felt that although many student council members had participated in the infighting that took place in the old school building, not all of them were undergraduate student council members.

Because... the throne of the gods has emerged.

Thinking about it carefully, aren't Murasame Satsuharu and Hinata Hajime's situations somewhat similar?

Tsukino and Chiya didn't believe that Murasame Satsuharu would go to the restricted old school building in the North District for no reason. But what if he was someone involved in that future infighting, like Hinata Hajime when he came to the old school building, and he went there unconsciously?

Hajime Hyuga, who will be known as "Kamikura Izuru" in the future...

Was it because his extraordinary talent was discovered that he successfully embarked on the path of changing his name, transferring to an undergraduate program, joining the student union, and then engaging in cutthroat competition, or...?

"Tsukino Kazuya." The sudden appearance of a familiar voice interrupted Tsukino Kazuya's thoughts.

Tsukino and Chiya subconsciously looked up and saw the foreign language teacher standing on the podium looking at them: "You answer this question."

Oh no, I've been caught.

Tsukino and Chiya stood up, but their first reaction was to subconsciously glance to their right—generally, if this happened in the past, Hinata would kindly offer a reminder.

But now...

Seeing only empty seats, Tsukino and Chiya paused for a moment before regaining their composure and calmly answered the question, looking at the blackboard: "The answer to this question should be... because..."

The question was quickly and correctly answered. The teacher standing on the podium could not find any mistakes and, after reminding them to listen carefully, let Tsukino and Chiya off the hook.

Tsukino and Chiya agreed and then sat back down in their seats.

After sitting down, he glanced at the empty seat on his right.

...Friends, ah.

*******

Hajime Hinata felt as if he had been having a long dream.

But every dream eventually ends.

The brown-haired boy lying on the hospital bed slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with confusion as he had just woken up.

An unfamiliar ceiling.

here it is……?

Feeling the softness of the mattress and pillow beneath him, Hyuga Hajime subconsciously tilted his head to survey his surroundings.

Is this a medical clinic or some kind of medical facility?

...Speaking of which, doesn't this situation seem a bit familiar?

Hajime Hinata, recalling his experience of being possessed at the preparatory school building and waking up to find himself in the school infirmary: "..."

However, unlike the previous time when he woke up to find Ouma Kokichi trying to cause trouble, this time Hyuga Hajime was all alone.

I've fainted again...

This shouldn't be the old school building's infirmary, but it doesn't look like the infirmary of the preparatory department I stayed in before... Of course, the undergraduate infirmary is even less likely. So... where have I been brought here?

Hinata Hajime thought to himself, while struggling to get up. Now that he was awake, it wasn't good to stay lying there in a daze.

But, the moment he sat up in bed—

Eh...?

Hyuga Hajime discovered that the environment, which had resembled a clinic or hospital room, had changed; everything around him had become an empty and enclosed room. Apart from the bed beneath him, which had somehow become sparsely furnished, there was nothing else there.

Hajime Hinata felt as if he had been split in two.

One half was bewildered and anxious because of this sudden change. The other half, however, was surprisingly calm, finding everything perfectly reasonable, and unable to muster any interest in anything that happened; right now... they were extremely bored.

And now, under the influence of these two conflicting emotions, Hyuga Hajime... did nothing.

However, as if he had anticipated what was about to happen, Hajime Hinata felt his gaze involuntarily drawn to the closed door across the room.

There was no reason at all, but he knew that someone would soon push the door open and walk in.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the door to the room was suddenly opened by an unfamiliar woman.

Hello~

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Author's Note: Qianye: Who still plays the game of killing each other these days? x