"Then?"
"..."
"..."
"Why am I also here??"
Tachima Kanade said that with a annoying tone of her...
"I'm sorry Miss Tachima, but I really need the help of two of you, if you know something please tell me..."
The three of them decided to talk near the entrance of their school before going home.
"But why do I need to be-"
Yuzuri Kyoko cut in...
"Come on now Tachima Kanade, its not like you have something to do after the class right?"
"Huh, how can you be so certain about it that I don't have some errands to do?"
"Well its because you got someone to do all of the troublesome work, including the house chores and etc, right, Tachimagumi?"
Yuzuri Kyoko said that with a cynical smirk on her face...
"Tsk, this dork..."
Kirisaki Tsubaki began to speak...
"Umm, Can I ask the two of you about something?"
The two of them turn their eyes to Kirisaki Tsubaki after she said that question...
"Huh, yeah ask anything..."
Responded by Yuzuri Kyoko.
"Hey!"
Exclaimed by Tachima Kanade added by a click on her tongue...
Kirisaki Tsubaki didn't hesitate to ask a very sensitive topic to them...
Tachima Kanade already hinted what Kirisaki Tsubaki would ask them...
"Umm, do the two of you and Ms. Nobukawa's families are like enemies?"
"..."
"..."
Tachima Kanade didn't get to know what Kirisaki Tsubaki is implying about...
"Huh?"
Responded by Tachima Kanade...
"I mean like you know, when your neighbors keep messing on you and you get mad and that made the two families get annoyed to each other and became a enemies to each other?"
Tachima Kanade got the answer she was looking...
"(Looks like she really thought that our matter is just some trivial arguments between neighbors, our house is not even in the same area...)"
Yuzuri Kyoko speaks...
"Hmph, you would never understand the complexity of our matter for someone as normal as you..."
"???"
"Hey!" exclaimed by Tachima Kanade...
Shortly after that, a presence that is coming behind of them has noticed by Tachima Kanade...
"Who's that??" said by Tachima Kanade as she turns her head behind...
A person has come to show themselves from the spot they're hiding, somehow, Kirisaki Tsubaki recognized the face of the person who showed up...
"Ms, Edogawa?"
"..."
"..."
"Nyahahahha, I haven't expect you would see me, even thought I was hiding so perfectly there..."
"Perfectly? You're head literally sticking out though..."
Responded by Tachima Kanade...
"Umm, what are you doing here, Miss Edogawa?"
"Nyahahaha, I saw Tsu - senpai a while ago at you guys classroom at the front and I overheard about what you guys talking about, HAHAHA, it intrigued me so I decided to follow all of you, NYAHAHAHAHA..."
"Intrigued?"
Said by Tachima Kanade.
"(How annoying laugh this girl have tsk.)"
Said by Yuzuri Kyoko in her mind.
"As expected from Miss. Edogawa, usual as ever..."
Said by Kirisaki Tsubaki as she fake her smile...
Kirisaki Tsubaki started to introduce her to both Yuzuri Kyoko and Tachima Kanade...
"Sorry, I haven't introduced her yet to the both of you. This is Edogawa Rina, She is in the same year as we're and a Junior student in our families dojo..."
"Nice to meet nya..."
Both Tachima Kanade and Yuzuri Kyoko stared at Edogawa Riina out of annoyance...
"Ohh what a cold stare you got there young girls..."
Said by Edogawa Riina as she being sarcastically to the both of them...
As Edogawa Riina finished her introduction, Tachima Kanade decided to go home since she thought that it would be meaningless for her to stay longer...
"Ok, I will be going now..."
"Hey wait Tachima kanade!!!!
"(It would be nonsense if I stay here longer, I rather should eat ice cream and read some manga if I have a time for this...)"
Kirisaki Tsubaki spout her name with an soft sound indicating that she wants her to stay."Miss. Tachima..."
"Tachima Kanade, right?" Questioned by Edogawa riina as she was checking her name if she said it right...
"Umm, yes..."
Responded by Kirisaki Tsubaki...
"Tachima Kanade!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The three of them who is in that spot was shocked by Edogawa Riina who shouted Tachima Kanade's name...
"(This girl...)"
Thought by Tachima Kanade out of annoyance.
Tachima Kanade go back to where the three of them are and confronted Edogawa Riina..."Hey! You what's your problem, does it needed for you to shout my name like that you dork??"
"Its because you would go away if I didn't do that..."
Said by Edogawa Riina while smiling at Tachima Kanade.
"Tsk, listen. The matter of Nobukawa Yuriko has nothing to do with us, even to that stupid girl over there..."
"Huh, me?" Responded by Yuzuri Kyoko.
Tachima Kanade decided to speak again but this time it is for Kirisaki Tsubaki.
"What you heard from us a minute ago, was just an misunderstanding that's it, we don't know anything about the one who wrote the blood lettering in Nobukawa Yuriko's desk and-"
As Tachima Kanade about to finished from what she's saying, Edogawa Riina cut in...
"Uhh, the one that wrote the blood lettering. Actually, it was me."
"..."
"..."
"..."Everyone in that spot was left speechless. Minute after, Kirisaki Tsubaki speaks.
"Wha- what?"
"Nyahaha."
"MISS EDOGAWA!!!!!! I SAID TO YOU THIS BACK THEN THAT DON'T BE TOO MISCHIEVOUS DIDN'T I!!???"
"That's what I did though, I just did a little-"
"EVEN LITTLE IS WRONG!!"
"But you said-"
"WRONG!!!!"
"Okay..."After Kirisaki Tsubaki scolded Edogawa Riina, Yuzuri Kyoko speaks.
"Wait so are you saying that all of the things that is happening around Nobukawa Yuriko was your fault?"
Edogawa Riina stated her side.
"No, no, I just did the blood lettering with an fake blood that I ordered from some online shop, Nyahaha."
"Why did you do that?"
Asked by Kirisaki Tsubaki.
"Well you know me right, before I took a classes to your families Karate Dojo, I'm really into mysteries, it's not like I want to be a detective, but you know, I want to be a figure that is in a side, solving mysteries, calculating every single move of the culprit and reaching to the end line of a mystery, but sadly I can't find some kind of scenario that I was imagining, so I thought about something, something that would replace my cravings for some scenario that I want temporarily. I decided to create a stage where there's a victim and a culprit, although it's almost perfect but one thing is that, I created the scenario, the stage itself..."
"..."
"..."
"...""But still, no one was harmed so I guess it's alright NYAHAHA!"
Kirisaki Tsubaki speaks...
"What you did was a selfish act, Miss. Edogawa, no one harmed, yes, physically, but mentally there are, didn't you thought about our classmates before doing this act...
Edogawa Riina face change to a enjoying to a regretting face as she heard what Kirisaki Tsubaki said to her.
"Sorry, Tsu - senpai..."
"Sigh..."
Yuzuri Kyoko speaks...
"Hey!! Are you just going to forgive her like that so easily???"
Kirisaki Tsubaki responded...
"What she did was a serious infraction of our school's rules, and forgiving her will take time, especially for the students affected. However, prolonging this situation will only make it more difficult for everyone."
Kirisaki Tsubaki added...
"Besides Ms. Edogawa seems like she regretted about what she did..."
Kirisaki Tsubaki as she smiles towards Tachima Kanade and Yuzuri Kyoko and Edogawa Riina, who is making her face like a pity one and looking at Tachima Kanade and Yuzuri Kyoko but that just made the both of them annoyed and Tachima Kanade speaks to her mind.
"(That's not a face of the one who regretted.)"
The four of them decided to go home and decided to talk things tommorow, obviously for Tachima Kanade it was a inconvenient so she decided also to just avoid them tommorow and not show herself to them especially to Yuzuri Kyoko.
Meanwhile in a streets where Kirisaki Tsubaki and Edogawa Riina are walking...
"Ms. Edogawa, please don't you ever do that again understand..."
"Roger that maam!!"
"Miss. Edogawa!"
"Okay, okay I got it..."
"Sigh, I already know about you since we're kids but I haven't thought that the weird mind you got would thought something about this..."
"Hehehe..."
"Sigh..."
Just as they walking, Edogawa Riina speaks to her mind...
"(Well, It was all a plan for Tachima Kanade to get involved, honestly I hadn't expect that things would get much easier since we're talking about Tachima Kanade, well she still reluctant but it's all about process, let's take things slowly right, Tachima Kanade.)"
Edogawa Riina utter that in her mind as she smiles far from a mischievous smile she got a while ago.
In a high-rise building in Tokyo, an elderly man with a cane stood alongside a girl with glasses, black twin-tailed hair, and a katana at her waist.
"Is Yuriko alright now?"
The old man asked.
"She's resting now, sir,"
The girl replied.
The old man nodded thoughtfully.
"Very well. I have a new assignment for you."
The girl's expression remained neutral.
"What are my instructions, sir?"
"I want you to travel to a certain countryside, which I'll disclose to you the location later. Your mission is to bring a man named Yamada Naoto here."
The girl's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yamada Naoto, also known as the Black Demon of Tachimagumi?"
The old man nodded.
"The same. I'm aware of your familiarity with him, given his exceptional combat skills."
The girl's gaze remained steady.
"What's the objective, sir?"
"I want you to bring him to me, using any means necessary. However, I must stress that don't kill him. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, sir,"
Replied by a girl with a firm voice.
The old man's eyes seemed to bore into her soul.
The old man speaks again to her...
"I have high expectations for your success. Don't disappoint me, Kirisaki Tsumiho."
END OF NOBUKAWA YURIKO FIRST ARC.