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Shoyo arrived at an abandoned place, buildings with two to three floors and destroyed houses could be seen. Shoyo walked through the place and entered somewhere that looked like a house but instead of windows with glasses, they were covered with a black screen.

He goes more inside. A chair... a man, tied up and unconscious. Four men standing behind the tied man. Shoyo slaps the man's face. "Oi! wake up you bastard! It's almost noon now." Shoyo came and stood in front of the man and said while taking off the tape that was on his mouth. "Thank you guys for taking care of him! You can go now. There will be no need of keeping him here any longer. We will finish him today." Shoyo said. "What do you mean sir?" A man asked. "We will kill him. That's what I mean." "But..." "How can a police kill a man?" the man tied up asked. "What... HA HA HAHA!" Shoyo laughed. "What? Police can't kill a man? Who told you that? HA HA HAHA!" Shoyo continued laughing. He laughed like a crazy man.

"You know it don't you? That... even the police break the law. Not every police officer is good, you know..." Shoyo looked at the people standing in front of him. "Kill him," Shoyo said. "What?" "Did you not hear me? Kill this man." "But sir... We can't kill him like that." "Why not?" "Cuz we are the police." Shoyo stared at the man who talked and took out his gun and pointed at the man who talked. "Will you kill him or not?" Shoyo asked with a dark expression on his face. "Sir..." BANG! Shoyo shot the man. BANG! BANG! BANG! Shoyo shot all three men who were in front of him. The tied man was startled and shocked. He was trembling and looking at Shoyo. Shoyo's face is the same. A dark face. No expressions. Lowered eyes looking straight into the tied man's eyes. "Why? Why did you kill your own men?" The man asked with a cracky voice. "Why do you mean why?" Shoyo spoke with a tasteless voice. "They didn't do what I asked them to do." Shoyo said. The man started to freak out even more. "You are probably wondering why I kept you here without arresting or killing right? Well... The answer is... I am playing a game. A game with someone. Someone I love and care about a lot." "What?" Sweat drops rolled down the side of the man's forehead.

"You know him too. You saw him. of course he isn't here but, he helped you to come here. Remember? A pretty boy? A young one? A tall one. Taller than me. Yeah, you remember right? So... I'm playing a little game with him. A fun game, for me of course. He will love it too. I'm sure he will like it, after all, he is my brother. That man's son. Yoshiro ....." BANG! Shoyo shot the man. "I will have fun on my own with him. But I don't need that Naoko bastard to have fun with him. That's why I will help get rid of Skulls. Let's see Rei. What will you do? Keep in mind. I'm on neither side. Nor Rei's nor Naoko's." Shoyo left the place.

~Three days later, Wednesday morning~

"Alright class, important information. Everyone take your seats." It's the second period around 10.00 am. The Japanese language teacher takes out some papers from his files.

"It's the end of the first term and the pre-exam week was a success. Next Monday the first term test exams will begin. Right after the exams week... meaning the exams end on Thursday next week and Friday will be the last day of the first term. We got one more day to study in the class. For the exams, unlike other years... it will be held in a hall. For everyone's safety." The Japanese teacher said, "But sir, it's Wednesday today. we got two more days, not one." "No, you only have one. Since I won't be able to come to school on Monday, the day you will have your Japanese exam, you will be writing it tomorrow." "WHAAAATTT?!!" The entire class panicked. "What?!! That's not fair! Come on!" "I know I know. But everyone in the senior section, not just your class will have the exam tomorrow. I'm sorry I couldn't say this before. And don't worry. The exam is easy. I made it myself. You won't be writing the exam from the ministry. So trust me. Just study what you learned for the past two weeks. The exam will be pretty easy. This term pretty much everyone will pass." The Japanese teacher explained while writing down something on the blackboard. "Focus on today's lesson cuz this is going to be in the exam. Now let's begin!"

Students whispering. The teacher is busy teaching. Four boys are asleep and some other girls are doing nothing but looking at pretty boys in the class. The rest is taking notes. The bell goes and the second period is over.

"Yo, you know what this quote means?" Sen came and put his hand around Hiroto's shoulders. "Yeah, but I don't think this will be on the exam." "huh? Why not?" "Cuz... he already made the exam papers." "Still.. he told us to focus today, meaning he probably made the exam including today's lesson." "Oh, dummy! Mr. Seiji is dumb to do such a thing." Hiroto smirked. "Yeah. He might be a teacher but everyone knows how dumb he is." Ishiro joined them. "Really?" "Oh yeah! He isn't as smart as you think he is. So don't stress." Ichiro said while tapping on Sen's shoulder. Kuromi also joins except Rei. He is sleeping with his head inside his arms. "Oh ok. Then I should just study what I learned in the last two weeks." "Right." Ichiro keeps tapping Sen's shoulder. "Oh and... what about the science project. I do not understand it." "Oh as for that... It counts for a lot of points. you better do it fast. The due date is tomorrow." Hiroto said. "WHAT?! Really? Holy shit! Sorry guys, I gotta go. I will join you later. See ya!" Sen ran out of the class.

"Damn!" Hiroto gave a fist bump to Ichiro. They are both laughing. "Come on you guys! You didn't play with Sen's studies again now did you?" Chiyo came and sat on Hiroto's desk. "Nope! We didn't!" Ichiro said while giving a smirk. "Come on.... we would never do that," Hiroto said while looking down and giggling. "Yeah, guys. They did play with him. They said Mr. Seiji is dumb so he doesn't have to stress over today's lessons and the science project counts for a lot of points." Kuromi said while laughing. "Oh come on now guys! The Japanese said clearly that today's lesson is going to be in the exam." Chiyo said. "Yeah well it's not our problem is stupid and believed us." Ichiro gave a high five to Hiroto while laughing. "You are having fun messing around with your friend's grades aren't you?" It's Rei. He is up. "When did you hear all that? Weren't you supposed to be asleep?" Kuromi asked. "Because of you, he lost many points in the pre-exams. And if you do it again will he pass? I'm telling you... No, I'm warning you. Quit playing with Sen's grades. If not I will play with your grades. How about that?" Rei said while giving a death stare to Hiroto and Ichiro and left the class.

"Alright guys, you heard Rei. Go find Sen and help him with his work. We don't wanna see a cat playing with some rats." Miya said. while smiling. "Who do you call rats huh?!" "Quit it and go find him. Next period will start soon." Chiyo said and went outside of the class with Miya. "Yeah, you heard him. Go on... Rats! bahahahaha!" Kuromi returned back to his place with an evil laugh. "Let's go. Or we will be late for class." Hiroto got up and went to search for Sen.