Chapter 95 BOSS Battle: The Old School Building...
That was at the Peak of Hope...
After the strange figure before them kept changing its form and appearance, Tsukino and Chiya noticed it in time—
Some of the figures were wearing the uniforms of Hope's Peak Academy undergraduates.
The uniforms for undergraduate and preparatory courses at Hope's Peak Academy are different, and the requirements in this regard are also different.
Preparatory students are required to wear uniforms on campus, but undergraduates are not restricted in this regard and can choose to wear them or not... Just like now, Ouma Kokichi is wearing a straitjacket-like outfit, while Komaeda Nagito is wearing the school uniform.
In other words, the fact that the undergraduate uniforms also appeared on the anomaly means that... when these seniors died because of infighting, they were indeed still students at Hope's Peak.
When talking about the "future," people sometimes subconsciously imagine a very distant timeline, but in reality... the future where the student council members are killing each other may be surprisingly close to the time they are in now.
For example... a year later?
Tsukino and Chiya heard the sound of gentle footsteps.
He glanced slightly at Hyuga Hajime, who had slowly walked from the doorway to the others before stopping. After seeing that familiar profile of his classmate and friend, he looked away and returned his gaze to the ever-changing oddity.
That should happen after everyone here has become a second-year high school student.
In this way, the story can be connected with the information they learned in the Cloth Man incident.
Yoshiko Morikawa confesses her feelings to Junko Enoshima but is rejected and dies at school. Junko Enoshima successfully enrolls in Hope's Peak High School, becoming one of the new "Ultimate Students." Hajime Hinata becomes Izuru Kamukura. A battle royale-style infighting takes place among the undergraduate student council members in the old school building, and Izuru Kamukura also participates.
This is still the information they have at the moment.
As for the unknown future... Tsukino and Chiya don't think that the absurd things related to Hope's Peak are really over yet.
But indeed, Hajime Hinata is right.
Let's deal with the immediate problem first before talking about anything else.
After noticing that the strange figure in front of them had finally stopped changing, Tsukino and Chiya pulled themselves out of their reverie.
This is... a bizarre and deformed form that I have never seen before.
Unlike the two bodies that Tsukino and Chiya had seen before, which were forcibly pieced together, the strange thing before them... appeared to be composed of body parts from more than a dozen people, awkwardly and incongruously pieced together.
At the very top of the bizarre structure were four heads crammed together at an angle. Each head bore the face of a student council member that Tsukino and Chiya remembered. Their expressions were frozen in horror and pain, their mouths opening and closing, emitting weak yet chilling groans. Some of the heads also bore very obvious and gruesome wounds.
Further down are the same pieced-together torso and limbs. The strange left arm is thick and muscular, while the right arm is slender and pale. The left and right hands even belong to different people.
The same is true for the four legs below... However, despite their varying sizes and lengths, they achieve a strange balance, preventing the leg from being unable to stand or move.
No matter how you look at it, this inhuman being standing in the corridor was truly bizarre. So bizarre that even Ohma Kokichi and Komaeda Nagito, who also appeared strange in Tsukino and Chiya's eyes, seemed much cuter and more approachable at this moment.
However, none of the people present, at least on the surface, seemed unmoved by the strange appearance.
"It's...you..."
The two heads on the sides continued to emit faint, painful groans, while the two heads in the middle... their eyes moved in a strange way, and finally, they both stared intently at Hyuga Hajime, who had come to them.
Oh...is that so?
Tsukino and Chiya watched as Hyuga Hajime walked to the front and understood that his intention was to hand over the task to him.
So much has really changed. Judging from the timeline, Hyuga Hajime became Kamukura Izuru before the infighting in the old school building happened... In a sense, he should praise him as the Peak of Hope, easily accomplishing what ordinary people cannot, transforming Hyuga Hajime into his current state in such a short time.
By now, Tsukino and Chiya were fairly certain that this person was indeed Hinata Hajime himself.
He decided to wait and see for the time being, and let Hyuga Hajime, who seemed to know a lot about the inside story of the infighting, take the lead in resolving the old school building incident.
Ouma Shokichi and Komaeda Nagito probably thought the same thing. Komaeda Nagito... Tsukino and Chiya weren't particularly close, but he knew that Ouma Shokichi was definitely the kind of person who could be relied on in crucial moments, and would never cause trouble simply for the sake of causing trouble at such a critical time.
Therefore, with the tacit consent of the other three, Hyuga Hajime arrived in front of the strange creature and stopped at an extremely close distance.
Hajime Hinata stared into the eyes of one of the heads.
But this alone seemed to have provoked the monster. The heads on either side of the monster, which had been groaning, suddenly let out a deafening, shrill scream. Under the weight of this scream, the voices emanating from the two heads in the middle were drowned out and became weak.
However, Hyuga Hajime was very close to it, so he was able to hear what the two heads were saying.
"It's you again..."
"I remember you."
"That person called you..."
"The throne of God."
"You're with those two people..."
"We came together."
"Everyone in our student council, except for the president, is..."
"They're all dead."
"But in the very end..."
"You are still alive."
"So why you..."
"..."
"...Still alive?"
After this whisper, which sounded like both a question and a self-reflection, the multifaceted man suddenly moved.
Its massive left arm rose, and with incredible speed, it swung the cleaver repeatedly at Hyuga Hajime, who was right in front of it. Just one strike... just one strike would be enough to cause a terrifying and serious injury, even if it wasn't fatal.
But Hyuga Hajime showed no panic whatsoever, dodging each of its attacks with incredible agility and speed that would dazzle anyone watching.
Hajime Hinata's demeanor was far too calm and composed.
The composure was so great that Tsukino and Chiya, who were watching the scene from the sidelines, couldn't help but have a strange feeling, as if what they were seeing was not a life-or-death crisis, but an incredibly exquisite martial arts performance.
Curses and questions continued to pour from the mouths of the two faces in the middle.
"It's all because of you."
"You took my mother away..."
"And my sister."
"Go to hell."
"Those are my most important family members!"
"How scary."
"It was just an ordinary night..."
Why did everyone suddenly start killing each other?
"Why were you the one who survived in the end?!"
"I must live... I should be the one who survives in the end..."
Suddenly, Hyuga Hajime seized the opportunity, dodging the attack while striking the strange creature's left hand that was gripping the hilt of the sword, and snatched the cleaver from its hand as the multifaceted creature cried out in pain.
Even the strange creature hadn't anticipated this turn of events. It instinctively tried to take the weapon back by brute force, only to find that it couldn't overcome the human in front of it, who appeared much thinner than the strange creature.
“There’s no need to keep killing like this,” Hyuga Hajime said. “It’s time to end this.”
Although the monster had lost its weapon in its left hand, it clearly hadn't lost its desire to attack. As Hyuga Hajime spoke, it raised its slender right arm.
Its right hand held a small but powerful pistol.
Hyuga Hajime continued, "Enoshima Junko isn't here, and neither is Ikusamoto Mukuro."
The strange creature, of course, had no patience to listen to Hyuga Hajime finish speaking. As soon as it raised its pistol, it pulled the trigger without hesitation.
However, Hajime Hinata had no intention of dodging at all, and simply stood there as if he hadn't seen anything.
At such a distance, it's virtually impossible for a bullet to miss.
But Hajime Hyuga was indeed unharmed.
"It's jammed?"
Tsukino and Chiya murmured to themselves in a voice only they could hear. After realizing what had happened, he subconsciously glanced at Komaeda Nagito, who was also incredibly lucky.
"This is really..."
That's a really useful ability.
Despite being content with their ordinary lives, Tsukino and Chiya couldn't help but feel a touch of envy. Well... considering the consequences of Komaeda Nagito's good fortune, it was really just a tiny bit.
This trick is so effective!
“Nothing has happened yet.” Hyuga Hajime looked at the cold gun barrel pointed at him. “Although it is a monster formed from the resentment of the future, as members of the undergraduate student council... you Ultra-High-Level students should be able to understand what I am saying.”
"Junko Enoshima hasn't enrolled in school yet."
"Warblade Mukuro also went abroad again some time ago and has not returned yet."
With a muffled bang, a burst of flame erupted from the shattered pistol. The grotesque hand was instantly twisted in shape by the impact, and the exposed skin was also injured by the high temperature, flames, and flying debris.
Seemingly stunned by this, the multifaceted man finally stopped his relentless attacks and attempts to kill the person in front of him.
Still unharmed, Hyuga Hajime said, "Your important people and important things haven't been destroyed either."
Completely unconcerned about being attacked by the strange creature while his back was turned, Hyuga Hajime simply turned around and walked unhurriedly toward the door.
"This time, things will definitely not develop that way."
"Your very presence here already signifies a change in the future. In this new direction, there will be no more infighting."
“You will not be trapped here, you will no longer have to fight amongst yourselves, and everything important is still safe and sound.”
"And now—"
Hajime Hinata opened the door to the old school building.
"Even if you go outside, you won't be killed."
Even though it was pitch black outside, in the unlit North District, the darkness outside was not even as bright as the school buildings illuminated by flashlights.
But looking at the world outside the door, Wei Yi felt a long-lost sense of peace within him.
This is a place they cannot reach.
Even though they knew the door was right there, none of them ever thought of going out. Even when they tried to get revenge on Murasame Satsuharu and Kamikura Izuru, who were envied for surviving their infighting, they only lured the two of them to the old school building.
Because if you try to leave... you'll be killed by that horrible short-haired woman.
They don't want this.
Therefore, you must not go out until you have killed everyone else.
But now, this person—the one who appeared alongside those two guys and survived effortlessly in the end—is saying…
"The infighting is over, you can go back now."
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Author's note: Chuang Ge won MVP.
Qianye: You guys are so lucky, it's almost cheating!
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