*Kiyoko Sasaki's POV*
//June 14, 2040//Thursday//
Machida's left arm started disintegrating. Both Ichika, and Megumin were screaming in terror, while the rest of us were frightened, and Kanade was holding on to me tightly when Ichi disintegrated Machida's arm.
That is right, Ichi has the power and we do not. What is the point of telling him that he should not kill us? There isn't!
We are terrified for a few seconds because of what happened, and when we looked at Machida, rather than worried, we are surprised that he has not been reacting at all. He is not even terrified that his arm was disintegrated.
"Oh… This is what it feels like to lose an arm."
"You don't look terrified at all, Kei Machida. Do you have any last words before I kill you?"
Machida opened his cellphone on his remaining arm and played an audio recorder from it.
"Do not worry, I am a man of my word, and that is a promise."
"Oh, what is this Ichi? You are a man of your word? So Why are you trying to kill me right now? If you are this self-proclaimed God you are always telling them about, are you a bit embarrassed that you can't even keep a promise to your dear students? HAHAHAHAHA!"
When Machida played that recording, I remembered those things that Ichi told us on the first day we met him. Machida mockingly asked Ichi about it, Ichi looked furious, and it seems like he doesn't have anything to say about the recording.
"S-SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I'M THE GOD HERE!!! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!!!"
"Oh? But even Gods make promises that they do not break. In Greek mythology, Zeus even promised Thetis to bring honor to Achilles, and he even did it. And you a God in this school of yours can't even keep one small promise? HAHAHAHA!!! You must be joking. What a pathetic God you are! HAHAHAHA!!!"
"Shut up! I'm the one who will be killing you here! You do not have the right to ask me questions!"
"Really? Then how about you take my other hand as well if you want to embarrass yourself in front of these people? Kill me Ichi. Come on, show your students how a piece of shit you are who can't even keep a small promise. Hey, come on. Kill me, kill me, kill me."
Machida reached his arm in front of Ichi with a smirk on his face.
Is he insane?
This guy, does he not fear death at all? If I was in his position, I might not know what to do. Not only is he smart, but he is not afraid to die as well. This is our first time watching Ichi losing to someone else.
"Even if I embarrass myself in front of these pieces of shit, they do not have the guts to defy me!"
"Really? I don't think so. These people are gifted with great talents and amazing minds. If they really wanted to kill each other, shouldn't they have done it earlier? Do you know why? Because these people are strong. Just like what Kiyoko Sasaki said to these people on the first day that they met, I also believe in these people."
The words Machida said have lifted my spirit, and Ichi felt helpless when he realized that there is no point in killing him.
"Tch! Regenerate."
Ichi was left speechless while he was regenerating Machida's arm. As he looked at each one of us, he realized that there is no more point in talking anymore.
"I'm out of here."
He left the cafeteria while leaving all of us surprised at how Machida fought back against Ichi. Hyakuzawa then stood up and walked straight to where Raku is.
"YOU FUCKER!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
"Stop it!"
As soon as I blocked Hyakuzawa's way, he did not hesitate, and he was about to punch me in the face for stopping him. Machida then blocked Hyakuzawa's punch with his palm.
"Don't you think that's enough?" Machida asked.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!!!"
Hyakuzawa used his other hand to punch Machida in the face.
Machida dodged it and landed a blow in Hyakuzawa's chin that made him fly for a second. Machida's knuckles started to bleed because of what he did, and he was glaring at Hyakuzawa who collapsed on the floor.
"Owww.. that hurts. You know, if you have a cool head, Hyakuzawa, I wouldn't have stood a chance against someone like you. Unfortunately, your temper got the best of you once again."
Hyakuzawa did not expect Machida to land a punch on him. Not only Hyakuzawa was surprised, but everyone who witnessed it did.
He is the first one who fought back against Hyakuzawa, one of the great young athletes in Japan, and he succeeded in stopping him.
"Fuck this! I'm leaving!"
Hyakuzawa left the cafeteria leaving the seven of us here inside.
Relief was what I felt when the two dangerous people here inside the cafeteria left, and luckily, Kanade also escaped death from Ichi earlier thanks to Machida.
But the others are different since now we know that we are really missing from the outside world, I can see from their faces that they are restless and confused.
Kanade was done checking up on Raku's injuries, and she tried to approach Ichika who was hit by Hyakuzawa earlier.
"DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!!!"
"Ichika... I just wanted to treat your wounds-."
"I SAID DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!!!"
This is the first time I saw Ichika acting this way. She didn't even look this scared before the incident last month when Raku got knocked unconscious by Hyakuzawa.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT TO ICHI YESTERDAY!!! THIS WOULD NOT FUCKING HAPPEN!!!"
"Oi, Ichika! Raku didn't mean to do that! You don't have to blame him for what happened earlier!" Asahi said.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! THEN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHY ICHI IS FURIOUS EARLIER?! IT'S HIM!!! AM I RIGHT?!"
"That's enough..."
Raku stood up and faced everyone. He got down on both his knees and apologized to all of us.
"It's my fault, and there are no excuses. I'm sorry for what I have done."
Raku shouldn't even apologize in the first place. He didn't even do anything wrong, and it wasn't even intentional that resulted in what happened here earlier.
Ichika was left speechless, and I can still see the hatred in her eyes when she is looking at Raku.
"But… Where have you been, Machida?" Megumin asked.
We all looked at Machida after Megumin asked him the question that all of us are wondering.
Megumin was right, where has he been all this time? I still have a lot of questions to ask this guy.
"Just like what I said earlier, I've been inside this school for the past month."
Machida is still giving us some half-assed answers. I know he still has a lot of answers to the things we are asking, and he is not giving them to us.
How he acts, how he talks to us, it pisses me off.
"You said that you also believe in us, Kei Machida. Maybe you should give us the answers that can satisfy our questions?" I asked.
"Oh? Is my answer not enough for people like you, Kiyoko Sasaki?"
******** TO BE CONTINUED ********