What If I Told Tomori-san, The Girl Who's Cold Only Towards Me, That I Knew Her Secret Account? - V1 Chapter 9.4

The Hidden Side of Kimitaka Kagisaka 4

“Did you know Hiroto-san?”

“..Hiroto-san?”

“What?! You don’t know Hiroto-san!?… He’s one of the founding members of Kazarina and the current leader! He’s the one who took charge of Kazalina after the legendary Kei and his partner disappeared——Hiroto-san is way scarier than me. So it’s better to settle things before he arrives, okay?”

For now, it is clear that they are a fox borrowing the might of a tiger.

(——This is my chance.)

The discussion has been at a deadlock for three hours.

Bringing up this topic all of a sudden should be their breaking point as well.

“Hey! Don’t stay quiet!”

He’s here.

Seemingly fed up, one of the entourage members blocking the exit grabbed my collar and forcibly lifted me up from the sofa—that was the moment.

“Huh!”

I grabbed the right wrist of the person who had roughly grabbed my collar with both hands.

With my weight, I swiftly twisted their arm.

It’s one of the self-defense techniques I learned from a friend who practices Aikido, and it works effectively.

(TN: Aikido Front Choke Defense)

I slammed the man’s body onto the floor.

I twisted his right arm in a joint lock, restraining him face-down.

“You, you bastard!”

As the groaning entourage member writhed in pain, I stepped on his back and made a dash for the exit.

I have to get out of here for now.

“Ah, a pity!”

Suddenly, a surge of electricity ran through my body.

It’s not a metaphor.

My vision flickered with electric sparks, and my thoughts short-circuited.

An electric shock ran through my entire body, causing both of my knees to give out.

“Ah——”

This is bad.

By the time I realized it, my body had collapsed onto the floor.

“Whoa, that’s amazing! What was that, Takashi?”

“Hehe, it’s a self-defense taser gun that I added to my collection recently.”

“A gun?”

“In layman’s terms, it’s a long-range stun gun. You shoot electrodes at the target and deliver an electric shock through the connected wires. It’s used by police in America and stuff.”

“Where did you buy something like that?”

“On an illegal overseas website! I’ll lend you one later—”

“We’re not in a situation to talk about that!”

The man I had restrained earlier became furious.

With an enraged expression, he stood up and delivered a powerful kick to my side.

Pain and agony made it difficult to breathe.

I could sense my consciousness fading rapidly into emptiness.

“…Tsk, idiot, you went too far.”

“But this woman…!”

“For now, stop it. After we’re done filming, you can do whatever you want.”

Filming.

That word filled me with a sense of dread.

I try to resist, but my limbs are powerless.

“Well, let’s get started.”

I’m roughly laid down on the table with the support of the men.

“I should have done this from the beginning. The story about secretly filming Takakura was a lie, wasn’t it?”

“Hahaha, did you find out? Well, we got a better blackmail threat material now, so it’s okay.”

At this point, I understand what they intend to do to me.

They want to use me as an ATM.

That’s why they want to create the necessary intimidation to squeeze me.

“Sto…p…”

I desperately resist with an incoherent tongue.

I felt like tears were about to stream down my face from frustration and fear.

(——Ah)

How did it come to this?

Even though I was so happy during this past week…

K-kun… I was able to get closer to Kagisaka-kun…

I was overjoyed that I finally became friends with him.

I felt like I could do anything on my own.

But somehow, I ended up arguing with everyone in the class.

I didn’t want to put everyone in danger, so I ran out of the classroom alone.

(Even though I tried to show Kagisaka-kun at the coffee shop how good it is to connect with others…)

Ironically, I myself ended up abandoning my connections with everyone.

“Huh? Who is it at a time like this, Yamashiro?”

And then, a phone ring echoed.

“I don’t know. It’s an unknown number… Ah, hello? I’m in the middle of something… Hi, Hiroto-san!?”

Yamashiro answered in a frightened voice as if he were a completely different person.

“W-why do you know this number… and, huh? You had your people looking into us…? Are you looking for us?”

Yamashiro’s words confused his followers.

In a flustered state, Yamashiro hung up the phone and shouted.

“Damn it!”

“Oh shit, Kazarina is looking for us!”

“M-maybe it’s not a big deal? You’re acquainted with Hiroto-san…”

“No, actually, we only happened to be together once at a large gathering, and we never spoke to each other… Anyway, let’s escape! If we get caught, who knows what will happen to us…!”

Ah, thank goodness.

From the conversation I overheard, it seems like Yamashiro and the others are planning to escape thanks to this person named Hiroto——

“——Wait a minute. Before we escape, should we have some fun with this girl?”

However, the moment of relief was only temporary.

One of Yamashiro’s followers, who had kicked me earlier, spoke in a voice filled with anger.

“It won’t settle if we just let her go! Besides, if we run away from Kazarina, we’ll need even more money, won’t we?”

“T-that’s true. What do you think?”

“——That might be okay. Even if it’s Kazarina, they won’t easily find this place. Let’s do it before they come. And if it’s because of this woman that we’re in this mess… Then…”

Yamashiro straddled me dominatingly, saying he would mess me up like crazy.

My blouse was roughly undone, and buttons came off, exposing my skin and underwear.

I tried to resist, but my body refused to move.

(Please, someone help me…)

My entire body trembled with despair and fear.

No matter how much I wished for help, I knew no one would come.

All I could do was pray.

And slowly.

Yamashiro’s hand reached toward my chest!!

“——Hey, enough.”

Suddenly, a chilling cold voice resounded.