Waking Buried

'Breaking news! Ikeda Akihiko, the son of the well-known biologist and activist, Hideaki Akihiko, was reported missing two days ago. Hideaki is known to be the mastermind of the assassination of the previous President, Heichi Matsumura.'

'Hideaki was caught a year ago after the evidence of the documents of plotting the assassination was found in his apartment. As for today, Hideaki still claims that he is not the proprietor of the plan. But the evidence strongly points towards him, including the DNA and fingerprint tests.'

'But after hearing the stated news from his wife as his family visits him, the guards called out as they saw that Hideaki went enraged with it. "Let me out of here! You will all punish me for what you did to me and my family! Someday, the truth will not be covered! I assure you, that the real demons here aren't me, but you!" This is the statement that he shouted while shaking the jail bars in his prison room as recorded by the camera.'

'Ikeda Akihiko is a second-year student from Nishigawa High School. According to the students of the high school, he seems to be an energetic guy not until the crisis in their family arose. This caused him to be bullied by other students, more of the reason he's not attending classes.'

'The high school officials said that they already gave punishment to those guilty of bullying, but they didn't know the whereabouts of Ikeda since he vanished from the attendance list.'

'His mother told us that she didn't know about the bullying that is happening to his son. She promised that she will find a case after the matter of finding her son is closed. She also told the media that his son tells her that he'll stand by to the library, but he never came back for six hours.'

'As they reviewed the footage around the library, the investigators didn't see his face in the camera. They concluded that Ikeda has been missing on his way to the library. On this evidence, they might have been considering the possibility of kidnapping and abduction as the cases suddenly went high. That's the news for-'

With my tired eyes, I shut down the television with the remote. It has been three days since I tried my ways of escape but this facility offered the strongest durability of materials that exceeded my expectations.

Everything that has circuits inside is covered with a very strong polymer, including the remote. I tried breaking the television but even so, the screen didn't have a bit of scratch on it. The same goes for the electric stove, water heater, coffee maker, refrigerator, and air conditioner.

They should have prepared these measures against me, who can completely create a new device using scrap parts. They completely created a whole new world using the technologies that they have. And even if I break some, there might be something mysterious about these gadgets that ignores my knowledge of circuits. In the present world that I know, this remote isn't just this thin like paper.

I hate wasting my time on things that don't progress, but still, the hate for murderers will never fall down the ranks. As for my belief, the only way to stop murders is by removing murderers, and that involves a flexible number of ways to do it, even killing. Killing them won't make you a murderer, but a hero.

And for those who murder, they will find their judgment within me. They will never escape my wrath as I wander my dead soul in this living world. This is the only way to pay my debt to god.

The night rests as I close my eyes in the soft comfortable bed that I will slowly miss before it goes away. I already prepared cases of different scenarios on my mind on how I will approach the game. Three days of preparation is already enough for me. And once I'm finished, I can go back to my usual life in the shack.

Now that I'm in my sleep, I'm still conscious and I wonder why. Then the repeated topic rose through my head. 'Ikeda Akihiko', the student that is from the news earlier, I already knew him since the uproar that he's involved with. Like him, I'm also a victim of bullying.

He's an active student and an energetic one, but they didn't include his kindness. 6' 1" and has black eyes, and short, fine, blonde hair, he stands at the top of the physical fitness tests, completely opposite of mine. He is a very athletic person and has a strong leg power that made him compete in Olympic competitions.

But he didn't take pride in it. Instead, he humbly accepts defeat to those who wanted to beat him, but instead of achieving victory, his opponents get irritated because he's taking it easy on them. In this world, one gives a good intention but is mistreated by others, and it can't be removed until humanity is.

One day, I was mistreated by three of my classmates, letting me hold their bags and stuff until we reach our rooms. They did exploit my weakness, but Ikeda noticed it. That is why he scolded the leader of the bully like a close relative.

"Mayumi, you better not take advantage of the people around you." Short and solidly built with white skin, Mayumi has a rebellious feel about her. She has brown eyes, and shoulder-length, straight, brunette hair.

"Ikeda… It's not what it looks like… We're just helping each other, right, Saori? We're best friends, right?" Mayumi stuttered like she'd seen police inquiring about her while she hides her crime.

Before I made my talk with my shaky lips, he had already taken the bags around me, including my bag. "Saori, is it? Can we go first?" He said as he continues walking. Lately, I realized that I need to follow him.

I can sense the sullen stare of jealousy made Mayumi while we walk out of her view.

"Did she scold you?"

"That's not…"

"If she threatens you again, just approach me. I'm Ikeda Akihiko from 1-B."

"I'm Saori Kitagaya, from 1-D."

"Then Saori, I'm going to keep my eyes on you from now on."

"T… Thanks?" What is he even saying? Is he flirting, or does it seem like he's trying to start stalking me? But I didn't expect him to be in the first year too, judging from his physique. "She seems scared of you… can I ask…"

"Oh, that? Hahaha! It makes me laugh when I remember, but the real reason is…"

At this point, my dreams stopped, and I can feel my eyes opening but it was still black. I can't see a thing, and all I can hear are my echoing breaths. In front, in my back, and even on my side, there are walls, wooden walls as I confirm it with a fillip.

I can smell the aroma of excavated soil. I suddenly felt a familiar tool besides my waste as I stayed completely lying down. It has a plastic body with a metal gear above it. The moment I flicked my fingers on the gear, the lighter lit. And that is when I discovered…

That I am buried alive.