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Ishikawa Kaoru didn't have time to think before he suddenly jumped to the side!
Almost at the exact moment he leaped, the metal baseball bat came crashing down with force.
The immense power struck the trash bag, and the metal bat even emitted a trembling sound!
Bang!!!!
This guy really wanted to kill him!
Ishikawa Kaoru's heart tightened as he barely managed to twist his body and tried to escape.
So close, he could almost feel the gaze stabbing into his back like a sharp knife.
As he propelled himself forward, he caught a terrifying glimpse of something behind him in his peripheral vision.
Against the light, with a face full of indifference, Beichuan Si was raising the metal bat! A cruel and violent aura pressed down like a giant stone!
Ishikawa Kaoru hurriedly lunged forward.
Boom!!!!!!!
With such a heavy blow, the solid asphalt road was brutally pounded into a huge chunk!
"You, you really want to kill me?!" Ishikawa Kaoru was finally overwhelmed by the fear in his heart.
The other party was ruthlessly attacking; if he was hit head-on by the bat, resulting in paralysis would be the best possible outcome.
He had a long life ahead of him, wanting to spend it with Yuuki, he couldn't just die here!
At that moment, Ishikawa Kaoru suddenly heard Beichuan Si standing behind him, laughing cruelly.
"Heh heh."
This guy must be some high school killer!
Ishikawa Kaoru already regretted it.
Why did he provoke Beichuan Si? This high school student was anything but normal!
Compared to Ishikawa Kaoru's complicated thoughts, Beichuan Si's were much simpler.
The bounty was gone, Gangye Yoshiko was probably catching up, so even if he crippled Ishikawa Kaoru with harsh blows, what difference would it make? Leave this guy to harm the world?
Ishikawa Kaoru just moved, and the next second the bat was slammed down hard on the ground right in front of his face.
His actions froze.
The decisiveness of the other's move left him with no doubt that he really intended to kill him.
On the other side, Beichuan Si was watching Ishikawa Kaoru, who was lying on the ground.
Ishikawa Kaoru was wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap.
He truly looked like a typical suspicious character.
Beichuan Si didn't hesitate for long, lifting the metal bat and stepping in front of Ishikawa Kaoru.
Seeing the other man's face twisted by fear, he frowned, "I want to ask you a few questions."
"Ask me... a few things?" Ishikawa Kaoru repeated stiffly, feeling like ice was lodged in his throat.
Beichuan Si was really too young.
He never thought that the person wielding a metal bat, exuding a murderous aura like a mad butcher, would have such a young face.
If that were the case, would he still have a chance?
A thought arose in Ishikawa Kaoru's mind, and just as a trace of wickedness emerged—
Crack!!!!
"Ah!" Ishikawa Kaoru cried out miserably.
He hadn't expected Beichuan Si to break his shin with one swing of the bat!
Ishikawa Kaoru arched in pain, curling up like a boiled shrimp, writhing in agony.
"I want to ask you a few questions."
The voice, cold to the extreme, rang in his ear once more.
This time, Ishikawa Kaoru didn't hesitate at all, hurriedly nodding to declare that he understood.
The cruel metal bat ultimately did not swing down.
Ishikawa Kaoru was truly going insane.
The person in front of him was like a real executioner, attacking with crisp precision, giving him no time to react!
Were students in Tokyo all like this now?
"What's your name?" Beichuan Si asked calmly, "You have five seconds to answer."
"I—Ishikawa Kaoru," Ishikawa Kaoru stammered, sweating profusely.
It seemed basic conversation was still possible.
Beichuan Si raised an eyebrow.
Ishikawa Kaoru showed fear but could still engage in basic conversation, implying that he might not suffer from a mental illness as Shinkai Mirai had speculated.
However, he had only asked two questions, so he couldn't jump to conclusions.
Beichuan Si rested the metal bat, pondering for a moment before asking,
"What is your objective?"
"..." Ishikawa Kaoru hesitated for a moment.
Bang!!!!
The bat swung down.
Cold sweat quickly slid down Ishikawa Kaoru's face.
Fortunately, this time Beichuan Si didn't hit his other leg but rather the ground not far from it.
Beichuan Si raised the metal bat again, his murderous gaze causing Ishikawa Kaoru's whole body to twitch.
"You... you were an obstacle to me, so you had to be eliminated."
He answered through chattering teeth, forcing down the fear in his heart.
Hearing Ishikawa Kaoru's response, Beichuan Si calmly placed the bat on the other's injured leg, speaking in a flat tone, "How many people have you killed in total?"
"I can't remember."
Ishikawa Kaoru answered in a small voice.
"Is that so?" Beichuan Si's eyes flashed with cold light upon hearing this, and his hand applied more pressure.
"I've already answered the questions!" Ishikawa Kaoru screamed in despair.
"Next question." Beichuan Si ignored him, his voice still calm, but his eyes glinted sharply, "Who is the person behind you?"
The person behind him?!
Hearing this, Ishikawa Kaoru's body trembled, and a thought of disbelief arose in his mind.
Did this high school student know about Yuuki?
If earlier his heart was just filled with fear, now his whole body felt icy and his breath came in rapid gasps.
He couldn't help but raise his head to look at Beichuan Si's expression.
The other man's face remained unmoved, hard as a rock, revealing nothing of his thoughts.
"There's no one behind me." Ishikawa Kaoru gritted his teeth and initially answered boldly, but soon his face was full of tears as he lowered his head and pleaded, "Please, please, can you let me go?"
The pressure from the sinister bat intensified, causing more excruciating pain in his already broken leg.
I cannot die here.
For Yuuki, I must return no matter what.
"Let you go?" Beichuan Si seemed both amused and annoyed by these words.
Ishikawa Kaoru's stance of treating himself as a murderer made Beichuan Si feel that their roles had reversed.
But indeed, chasing Ishikawa Kaoru with a metal bat in the dead of night, shrouded in death, he truly took on the appearance of a bloodthirsty villain.
Yes...
If Ishikawa Kaoru hadn't attacked him today, but someone else, the person lying on the ground now would probably be the victim.
Since Ishikawa Kaoru clearly wouldn't divulge the information about "Yuuki," Beichuan Si didn't hesitate to show his malice.
He threw the bat down hard; with the clatter of metal, Beichuan Si's cold, eerie voice resonated in Ishikawa Kaoru's ear.
"In fact, even if you don't say it, I already know. You were the one who killed me and buried me around your home all those years ago, but it was Sakura Yuki pulling the strings in the background—"
"You, you are?!"
Ishikawa Kaoru's pupils constricted to pinpoints, trembling with a bone-chilling fear.
He pointed at Beichuan Si, looking at the writhing sinister shadows moving across his face, and managed to squeeze out a few hoarse syllables from his throat.
"Are you Sanki Youko?!"
After saying that, his eyes rolled up, and his legs convulsed, clearly terrified to the point of breaking.
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