Published at 17th of February 2023 4:16 pm

Chapter 292: Fugitive, Looking At The End Part 1

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For me, games are nothing more but a hobby.

If I were to trace my bloodline, it would turn out that both the extended family on my father and mother’s sides were having many different and sometimes unique hobbies. If you were to go north to the house of my father’s parents, you would find that my grandfather has a vintage sports car in his garage, one that he maintains and occasionally takes for a spin around the neighborhood. And if you were to go west to the house of my mother’s parents, you would find out that many of the space out there was occupied by the plastic models that my grandmother loves to both put together and collect.

I also heard my grandfather saying after getting a few drinks with my dad on a certain day that once he was going to pass away, I would get that sports car of his as inheritance, but since he said that while being drunk there is no way for me to actually know if he was serious or not…… So maybe it was not such a bad idea to train is some racing games for the time I would be trying to get my driver’s license.

But anyways, enough about that for now.

What I was trying to say here, it seems that both my sister and I are a crossbreed of two lineages that cultivated many different and unique hobbies, so being a hobbyst was actually in our blood…… I get a feeling that when I am going to find a wife for myself one day, I need to be very careful about her hobbies and qualities, or else my children might turn out to be quite a disaster hobby-wise. And when it comes to Rumi, some of the signs were already starting to show there.

That is why just playing the games is the “purpose” for me…… That is also why I can say with utmost certainty that for me playing video games is not a means of “escapism” as people often like to assume. And even if it is, it is a fairly rare occurrence.

Why do I bring that up? It is because of the last happening with Saiga-san at school, the one in which she almost went and self-destruct herself.

To say the least, Saiga-san is the perfect member of society. A perfect being. If you were to ask ten people about their opinion on her, nine out those ten would give you the exact same opinion.

I mean, I get it, I really do. All of a sudden, she approached a boy in the middle of the scgool’s corridor. What’s more, she told that boy that there was something important that she would like to discuss with his once the classes were over. And taking into consideration that she was an honor student and the ace of the track and field club, there was only one thing this this could point towards. So I don’t blame other guys for taking me into custody and wanting to cross-examine me about what was that all about.

And despite me preaching all the time that even during an interrogation basic human rights guaranteed by various treaties and conventions should not be broken, the giant and muscular arm of a guy belonging to the Judo club does not loosen its grip over my neck. And seeing how they were so eager to deliver a quick sentence here…… Let’s at least try to buy some time here.

「Ah, Grand Inquisitor, I propose that we skip all the needless procedures here and proceed directly to reading the defendant his sentence.」

「What about my right for the layer?」

「…………???」

I did not know that we even had an Inquisition here in this school. Was there even a need for such a thing? I could also tall that everyone present in the room were glaring at me very intensly, as if I was some kind of criminal. I wonder what that is all about?

There was an easy way out of this mess for me. I would only need to deny that I have no romantic interest in Saiga-san, and that she does not have any such interest in me. However, that would give birth to other question that would be almost natural in here.

Then what is that “important story” that Saiga-san wanted to talk about?

Let me reiterate here.

Saiga-san is the perfect and exemplary member of society. If you were to ask ten people about what they think of her, nine out of those ten people would give you the same kind of answer. But I am the one who cannot answer in the same way as everyone else…… That is because I know about Saiga-san’s secret.

The fact that exemplary honor student Saiga Rei is actually a hardcore gamer ––––!!!

Privacy is really important when it comes to personal information in games. I don’t think that Katsu would care much about it anyway, but Pencilgton…… Hoo, Pencilgton is a whole other story. That bitch would certainly try to pull something off with that information.

That is why when it comes to others, I try to protect their privacy and information as much possible, while expecting the same kind of treatment in return. So these lips are sealed, and that’s final. And no matter what kind of interrogation may await me, I won’t spill the beans, no matter what!

「Kuh…… This bastard! Did you see how his eyes were sparkling at that moment earlier!?」

「Are you sure everything’s okay with your memory, guys? Want to hit your head on the ceiling and lose it all, just to be sure?」

「Alright, if that’s how you want it to be, then so be it. Hey man, are you really sure that this special futon folding technique of yours is as spectacular as you claim it to be?」

「Yeah, just leave it to me.」

「Wait just a moment! The fuck!? My spine!? Do you want to fold my spine!?」

There are no joints to be found in the spine, right? It cannot be folded, no matter how hard you try, right?

………………

「My sister’s wedding ceremony is coming soon, and I was thinking about buying her a nice set of earrings. I think that your life is going to be nice trade-off here.」

「Look at you, way to go! Selling your friend so mercilessly the first moment when the situation allows for it!」

「Younger sister…… I heard that this guy’s sister is quite popular, but is that true?」

「Really, really. I heard that she’s extraordinarily cute.」

「You hear that, defendant Hizutome? If you give us your sister’s contact information, we are willing to forgive you…… This time.」

「You stay away from my sister, you bastards! Besides, she’s WAY out of your league! Why don’t you try that again after taking a long look in the mirror and reevaluating your lives?」

「I shall now pass the sentence!」

Kuh…… So, it has come to this……?

「Alright, you lot! Stop fooling around and take your seats! Today’s lesson will cover the things that are going to be on the test!」

「Hyaa, boy, I sure love studying! Hah! Studying is what every student should be doing!」

「Teach! Can you wait with the lesson for a bit? Just long enough so that we can execute this guy!」

「Don’t get your hopes up, you lot. Please remember that all of the great people across history were immortalized by the way they lived, not the way they died.」

Can you believe this? Was that something a true educator would say!?

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