The Crisis World XX

Chap. 108: Time to Act

Herlin had already decided, that he would take care of everything alone without asking Iraya for help. Because on this matter, he felt that he was the one who made Hanasaki-san's school life unsettled.

"Patience in a moment. I'll help you."

**

The Herlin PoV

Day as usual. It is a normal morning every time I want to leave school, I have also helped Yuuki-san to prepare breakfast for the other orphanage children. And after that, I took a shower and got ready to go to school.

There is nothing special about the journey either. I walked for a while, then at the junction of the housing block I met Iraya who every morning walked to school with a sleepy face and yawned every few minutes.

Besides Iraya, sometimes there are also two friends Iraya who approached us, namely Takushi-san and Tooru-san and then went to school together.

But even though it was the same day and normal as always, there was something a little different for me. I will conduct further investigation into the matter of Hanasaki-san.

I have to solve this problem myself. Wh why? If you ask me that, yes, it is my selfishness and I feel that I am the one who caused this problem. Even though I didn't do it directly.

"... Lin! Herlins!"

"Hn? What's up?"

"Why are you daydreaming like that? Is there something?"

"No, nothing."

Iraya noticed my daydream. Though stupid, but I admit sometimes he's useful too. Although he had to really wait in the right moment, if in an ordinary moment like this, he was not much different from the lower ranked disciples in the class.

"really? Yes, that's it."

"Yes." Yeah."

A moment of silence is common between the two of us. I know it's a little awkward but I don't really care about it because I don't really like to get stale. Iraya finally reopened the conversation.

"Nee. Have you given up on Hanasaki-san?"

"You mean?"

"I realized he needed help, but he kind of rejected our existence."

It seems that Iraya also noticed, Hanasaki-san resolutely refused our help that was what she said earlier. But Iraya didn't seem to fully understand what Hanasaki-san said back then.

But for now, I'll just assume that Hanasaki-san refused our help.

"Well how else, there's nothing we can do if the guy doesn't want to."

"Truly too, anyway."

"Oi! What are you two talking about? It was once Tega who left us both just like that."

"Aah .. is not a very important business, really. Oh yes, by the way ...."

Iraya then started talking things that I didn't understand with her two friends, so I didn't listen to her too much and chose to focus on putting together a plan later.

**

The break has rung and the teacher has also dropped out of class. This is a good time to look for information. The first thing I have to do is find out the names of the five people who will be my targets. And I got it by listening absent this morning.

I know, I know. It is ridiculous not to memorize a friend's name. But you guys have to remember that I've only been in this class for a few weeks, so I'm not completely wrong here.

Anyway, I got his name and wrote it on a blank piece of paper that I put in my uniform pocket.

"Haku Rin, Aiko, Misaka, Touko, and one more .. the one who threw down Hanasaki-san's stock, Himeko. I got everything."

Then the next step is to get something to contact them. This is also what I need for business this time, because I have to gather them somewhere in the same. I tried asking Anna-san if she had their LINE ID, but her answer disappointed me.

"I'm sorry, Herlin-san. I do like to collect someone's biodata, but I only collect biodata from people I like. I'm sorry I couldn't help! I-i'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

As usual Anna-san was too demeaning to herself. Then I'll try another way. It's a rarity for me to do it, but if I had to then I wouldn't mind it at all.

I went to the desk of one of my classmates. He was talking to his other friend when I came to him.

"Hey, you."

"Ririsaka-san is? Did you call me?"

"really. I'd like to ask you something, do you have LINE IDs from Himeko and her friends who are in a group with her?"

"Himeko? Yeah I exist, anyway."

I also managed to get the number from Himeko and her four other friends easily. It seems like she is indeed quite famous in this class, even though I instantly forgot her name.

Then the next thing is to get a number from Hanasaki-san. I also used the same way of asking the classmates again, but they had no idea and were never interested in Hanasaki-san's number.

According to the classmates, Hanasaki-san is a mysterious person and not easy to approach, even when she is not in class and eats alone as usual.

He exuded a bad feeling when he was around him and his intimidating eyes scared people and easily misunderstood him. Even when the others found out that he was being bullied by Hanasaki-san and her group, they did not help him because they felt it was not their problem.

So in the end I asked Hanasaki-san directly. As usual he was eating alone in the bike parking lot and then he noticed my arrival.

"Would you like to come here?" he said he saw me approaching him.

"If you talk to everyone like that, you won't have any friends, you know."

"I don't care."

He continued eating. It seems like he won't listen to my advice so I'll just directly convey my wish here to him.

"Hah .. it's up to you. By the way, I'm asking for your LINE ID."

"Hmm? Make what? I don't think you're a person who likes to chat with someone."

"That's right, anyway. But I need it for another one this time."

"The others? I don't understand what you mean, but I won't just give it away."

"Why?"

"I don't want to give it to people I hate."

So it's been to the stage of hating me, huh? It turns out this has something to do with me. Then Hanasaki-san looked forward, but not at me but at the one behind me.

And when I looked back, there were five people who were already standing listening to our conversation. They are none other than Himeko and his group.

They had a chance to look at me and his gaze certainly did not like it. They then walk and pass and then pull Hanasaki-san's hand away from here.

"Curry with me."

Hanasaki-san's food again snatched and fell to the ground, but Himeko ignored that and continued to pull her hand. And since there was no one here and my efforts failed, I decided to go back to class.

Arriving in class, I leaned my body on the bench and then grabbed my chin with my hand. Even though I was one step away from doing the plan, but there was an obstacle.

"What's up, Herlin-san?" Anna-san then asked me who was dissolving in my own thoughts.

"I wanted to get Hanasaki-san's LINE ID, but she didn't give it away easily. Hah ... If only I could get something to contact him."

I took a pencil on the table and played it on each of my fingers while thinking what other way I should use to get Hanasaki-san's LINE ID.

If I want to go straight to her house, but I don't know her home address and inevitably have to follow her like a stalker.

"A-ano, Herlin-san ...."

"Yes?"

"That's .. if it's Hanasaki-san, I'll have some contact."

My expectations instantly became high when Anna-san told me the very pleasant news.

"really?"

Anna-san then nodded.

He further explained that before I moved to this school, the relationship between the two of them was still fine even though Anna-san was not very close to him.

"Actually Hanasaki-san doesn't have LINE, so I only have her number."

"It's okay, it's more than enough."

This way I've got everything I need to execute his plan. Just meet Caramel and I can do it. Tonight.

**

On Sunday night, in a residential complex in one of the rooms. A girl went into her room while drying her hair with a towel indicating that she had just finished her bath.

LINE~

When you want to do skin care, suddenly the notification of his LINE application reads which immediately attracts his attention.

"Himeko, can you go to the school tonight? There's something I want to show you. The others came too, though. I wait ya, bye~"

"Nl? Aiko? Again his strange habit of attacking, I must warn him not to go out at odd hours."

The woman—Himeko, then put her towel on the mattress and change her nightgown with a jacket and clothes to go out. He thought that the message came from his friend who behaved strangely.

But actually not.

While at the orphanage, I just sent a message to Himeko as well as being the last of the five people. And the one to contact right now is Hanasaki-san.

I quit the LINE app and tried to send a message to Hanasaki-san. But just after sending the message, I hesitated and my thumb stopped just above the send button.

And in the end I decided to delete all the existing posts and immediately pressed the call button.

"Huh-hello? Who is this and where did you get my phone number?"

A few minutes later there was a lift and the tone I first heard was Hanasaki-san's frightened and panicked tone because there was an unknown number calling her.

"It's me. There's no need to be afraid."

"You-you? How did you get my number, you stalker!"

"I'm not a stalker. Forget it for a while, I called you because I want you to go to school right now. Your problems will be solved by my own hands tonight."

"My problem? I told you I don't need your help! If—"

"If I don't finish up to the roots, it's better not to help at all. Am I right?"

Hanasaki-san was silent when I said that. He was silent because what I said was true.

"Trust me, at least once. I also feel guilty because I accidentally made you this way now."

"Th-that ...."

"You can explain everything later. To follow my orders first."

And the word 'fine' was heard from Hanasaki-san's phone before she closed it. Now I also have to get there immediately and in front of the gate of the orphanage there is already someone waiting for me.

"Yahoo~ you're finally out too." The one who was waiting for me was Caramel.

"It turns out you really came."

And the two of us then walked while talking along the way.

"I told you if I could, I'd definitely come. And it's also a coincidence that I want to try my new technique."

"New technique?"

"Let's see, you'll be surprised."

"Originally they weren't killed, it's up to you."

In front of the school gate, Himeko had arrived and checked whether her other friends had also arrived here or not, every few moments she also checked her HP if there was more information.

But Himeko realized something, she saw that the front gate of the school was not tightly closed which indicated that it was not locked. He smiled and went inside to find another friend.

Himeko kept looking. In the dark area of the school field, bike parking, and others, but he did not find any noise from his friend. Until finally the LINE notification from its HP again reads.

Chat from the same person who he considers as Aiko told him to enter the classroom B and he went straight there.

Blam...

"Yeah! Who's that?!"

"Don't yell, it's just me."

"O-oh, it's just Himeko."

The sliding door opening that Himeko had quite hard made her friends surprised. But after that, Himeko walked up to them and asked for the purpose of telling him to come here.

"These nights in class are fun too, yes!"

"Yes! It's like a stay."

"Hah .. Your habits are weird, Aiko."

Himeko slightly smiled at the behavior of her friends, but the smile was instantly gone when Aiko gave her an explanation.

"My habits?"

"Yes. Send a message to come to school at night like this. If we want we can stay at my house."

"Eh? Himeko, what do you mean?"

"You told me to come here via LINE, right?"

Silence happened between them all. The four friends of Himeko were confused and did not know what to talk about, they looked at each other and made Himeko curious.

"Why are you confused like that?"

"Himeko, isn't it who sent us all here .. are you alone?"

"Eh?!"

"Wait on! If it wasn't Aiko who sent it, then who told me to come here?"

Chequek...

"Yahoo!!!"

When everyone was confused and frightened, suddenly the sound of an outlet and the bright lights made them shocked and almost fainted.

"What the hell made him tell me to come here at this time—Eh?"

The one who turned on the light of the class was the newly arrived person who was also told by Herlin, namely Hanasaki-san. But he was also surprised when it was not only him who was in this class tonight.

"Hanasaki?" ask Himeko.

"You-you guys?"

Without waiting for a long time, Himeko immediately approached Hanasaki-san quickly and pushed her against the wall roughly like she used to do during the break.

"Akh!"

"How dare you play me like this?!"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend not to know! What do you plan to do by gathering us all here?!"

"Bu-not me who—"

"Will lie again?! Damn you, Hanasaki!"

"He's right."

"Eh?"

The voice of someone they had not expected made their attention immediately go to the source of the voice. From behind the shadow of the dark hallway came a person with unraveling blonde hair who shone in the classroom lights.

"You ...."

"He didn't call you here. The one who called you all here is me."

"So you, huh?"

"Now can you take your hands off her?"

"Tch."

Himeko then took her hand off Hanasaki-san's shirt, though it was also rude and caused her some pain.

"Well, the reason I called you here is because I wanted to ask you a few questions."

"don't want. I'm not answering your question. I better get out of here."

Himeko did not answer my question and just left from here. But unfortunately it wasn't that easy for him because I had already prepared something for him.

Duongs...

"Ouch! I-I hit something?"

Himeko tries to touch something that prevents her from leaving the classroom. There's a kind of transparent thing blocking the way out.

"What's this?"

"You won't be able to get out of here before you answer my question."

"Damn! Get me out of here!"

Degh's... Zwuushh...

As Himeko snapped at Herlin asking to be expelled, suddenly the atmosphere of this class turned gripping. Not only the atmosphere, but slowly they all seemed to be in the middle of a dense forest with a thick enough fog.

"So this is the new technique he's talking about" Herlin murmured.

"What'sthis? What are you doing to me?!"

"To-please, Himeko!"

"Friends?!"

Himeko's other friend was grabbed by a bunch of living skulls still clinging to a little bit of flesh on her bones which made them all scream in fear. And not only them, another skull also came and held Himeko so that he could not move.

To add to the tension, I conquered some of The Unseen that was around the school. They are harmless, but at least enough to scare people.

Seeing the expressions of Himeko and the others made me a little curious about Hanasaki-san's expression, but when I saw her, she showed an ordinary face and was not frightened at all.

"Aren't you afraid?" my many.

"No, what am I afraid of. In fact I feel sorry for them for being ruled by you forcibly."

"... I see."

He's used to this kind of thing. So it was wrong of me to expect an exaggerated expression from him. Then I approached Himeko and asked her.

"Well, do you want to answer my question now?"

"What do you want?!"

"Why did you bully Hanasaki-san? He doesn't have any problems with you?"

"Well! That's your question?! You took my old toy and still ask? Of course I'm looking for a new toy."

"Toy?"

"True, Kuromichi is my toy. But he now takes cover behind your body and follows you wherever you go! So I just need to find a replacement, which is Hanasaki."

"Is that true, Hanasaki-san?"

I asked him. But he did not reply and instead turned his face away and it seemed like it was the correct answer.

"Hah ... Why the hell do you have to interfere with other people's lives? Are you not satisfied with your own life?"

"Yes. My life became more colorful when I saw the frightened face of someone who was helpless. Am I wrong for that?!"

"of course. Your happiness depends on others proving you're useless."

"Why then? Are you gonna do something to me? Talk to me until I change my attitude? Huh! Don't be so arrogant!"

Himeko was very firm with her stance and could not be swayed easily even by Herlin in the slightest. But Hanasaki-san had expected that, so she told me not to interfere because in the end Himeko's behavior towards her would be even more rude.

"It's free. Whatever you say is useless" Hanasaki-san said.

"Just calm down, Hanasaki-san."

"Eh?"

"I told you that I'm going to solve your problem to the root, right?"

Is correct. I have decided to save Hanasaki-san's youth, therefore there is no word of retreat for now and I will make sure that my plan will work.

"So you really don't want to stop bullying Hanasaki-san?"

"Yes. Then what do you want? This must be your plan to scare me and my friends, but I know it's all fake!"

"Well then .... The banshee."

I think I should use the last way. The banshee then appeared suddenly behind me which made them all terrified. Banshee instantly showed a sinister face and piercing aura that made their stomachs nauseous and then vomited.

"What is this feeling?"

"I'll use a slightly rough way. So you still want to bully Hanasaki-san?"

"Nope-no. Ja-keep her away .. Keep her away from me! I don't want to! Release him! Get me out of here!"

But he did not have time to give the answer, Himeko had already lost consciousness and fainted. His other friends had also fainted from earlier due to the fear of dying.

"In this way, they will remember this fear when they want to bully you again, Hanasaki-san."

I looked towards Hanasaki-san. But he did not move from his place and stood stiffly looking towards Banshee. He had already let out tears of fear but his body was too stiff for him to move.

"W-what is he .. who has been with you all this time? Why does he feel so bad? Is he gonna kill me?"

I then told Banshee to go back in invisible mode. In addition, the atmosphere of this forest and fog also slowly disappeared which then turned into an ordinary class again. Caramel also entered the class.

"It's over?"

"Oh, Caramel. Thanks for your help."

"But aren't you overreacting a little on them? I don't know what they're doing, but they're still just ordinary people."

"I knew. But I've been furious to see them."

I looked back at Hanasaki-san who had fallen to her knees. I seem to be overdoing it on them a little, anyway.

Then I drove Hanasaki-san who was still limp in fear to her house. Although he was still a little wary of me, but I couldn't let him walk home alone. While Himeko and the others, I called an ambulance to have someone else take care of them.

Hopefully, in my way, I can make amends. Although a little rough.

Seriate