Reincarnated into Abyss ( The Eighth Chapter)

'Does everybody understand?, you are now responsible for the success of our annual cultural festival ' megumi announces to us

All 20 of us in this hall is now getting punished to be her free labor, great.....

I quickly raises my hand to question her 'Excuse me prez, if we are going to be the one who preparing the cultural festival, what is student council going to do? lazing around to profit from our hardwork? and when do we start? thank you...' i tell her

'Ignoring the blatant insult you directed toward the student council, i will assure you the student council will help when the time is come, as for now we are taking the role of your supervisors, and you're going to hold meeting after this announcement,you're free to decide where do you want the meeting should be held, be sure to choose a place that can accommodate all of you' she announces

'And i want you to submit the report from your meeting tomorrow morning before the class starts, or you're all going be in big trouble' she adds

And we look into each other eyes waiting for someone to suggest where the meeting should be held, but none of us says a word because we didn't know each other except few people

'If none of you gonna suggest a place then i will appoint takashima katsuo as the leader for today meeting and he will be the one that provide the place, you don't have any problem with that right takashima-san?' Megumi asks me

Oh so that's how you wanna play huh megumi? that's okay, you wanna send kiichiro to scout what kind of resources i have? then be my guest i'll blow your mind

'Sure, if y'all want it, i can provide my place for meeting, i mean my current place not the place that i used to call home where harumi lives, that place stinks to hell, anyway it can hold this many people and it only 10 minute bus ride from here' i tell them

'Shut up katsuo...' harumi yells

'Ehhhh katsuo-kun? were going to go to your place.... but I'm not ready yet.....' akemi tell me

'You sure katsuo? don't push yourself for this, if you want i can offer my place instead' Rin tells me

'Nah it's okay, i got this' i reassure them

'Okay then, anybody who agree to held meeting in katsuo's place raise your hand' megumi asks

Akemi and rin quickly raise their hands, followed by miki and keita, then a student in the back also raises her hand, but she seems mysterious she wears hoodie, a black sunglass, and a mask, who the hell is she?

Suddenly, kiichiro also raises his hand

'I agree to held the meeting in katsuo's place, if he generous enough to provide us,i appreciate his gesture, since i also curious to see your place katsuo' Kiichiro  announces

Ah kiichiro you dummy, he must be thinking that i still live in my old dingy apartment, hahahaha brother you have no idea....

And with kiichiro raising his hand everyone follows

'Alright it's decided then, the meeting will be held in katsuo's place, remember you're not fooling around but working, i expect the report tommorow in my desk, goodbye, please be responsible' Megumi announces

Then megumi and junko leave the school hall leaving us to coordinate ourselves, miki and keita quickly walks into our direction

'Akemiiiin, kat-chann... heyaaaa, oh rin-paisen is here too, hello we meet again' miki cheerfully greets us

'Hello akemi-san, katsuo-san, and h..... hirayama...senpai.... hello....' keita nervously greets rin

But miki elbows him and gave him side eye, how cute.... she's jealous of him now

'Heya, supp.... nice to meet you both again' i greet them

'Hello guys,nice to see you' akemi adds

'Oh you guys already know each other, my name is hirayama rin, it's good to know you, no need to be nervous with me' rin greets miki and keita

'Okay then paisen i hope we'll get along wit'cha' miki smiles

'Yes my name is Oguchi keita... let's get along well senpai' he offer his hand

'I'll be glad to' rin shake his hand and smile

'Ehhhh enough greeting.... keichiii back off' miki asks

'I'm sorry miki-chan, okay....' keita obeys

Hahaha this cute couple is really entertaining i want to watch them more , but still i have a job to do, so i make an announcement to address everyone

'Listen everybody, just like our beloved student council president said, i formally invite you all to my place for the meeting, if you want to go with me right now then follow me, but if you want to change clothes first, my location is in Nagoya central Park tower, go to the reception and tell them you're katsuo friend, and ask for access to the rooftop penthouse' i announce to them

'WHAT?! NAGOYA CENTRAL PARK TOWER! THERE'S NO WAY'

'PENTHOUSE?!'

'HE MUST BE LYING'

I can hear all the commotion from the students that doesn't believe i live there, though i understand because the chance of a lone male student living in the penthouse is unbelievable

'Katsuo, this isn't funny, if you don't have a place just say so, don't be making up stuff' harumi tells me

'If you don't believe it then it's not my problem, I'm tell you the truth, i don't need to prove anything to you, I'm going now, if you want to leave or stay be my guest, but i won't responsible for prez scolding if you doesn't attend, by the way food and drink's are on me, see ya' i tell them

I take a quick step to leave the hall, then rin, akemi, miki, and keita follows, while the other students still debating wheter i telling them the truth or not, but finally they decided to follow me reluctantly because they have no other choice

'Katsuo, are you sure you live here?' rin asks me

'Yes, don't worry about it, i won't lie to you guys' i tell them

'Wow.... katsuo-kun i don't know you're really this rich... i guess i missed a lot stuff about you' akemi responds

'Nah it's alright akemi,i got this fortune recently...' i replies

'Ehhhh kat-chan, are ya secretly a rich CEO grandson or something?' miki asks

'Haha... nope, I'm just lucky, that's all' i tell her

We take the bus together and everyone who follows us also taking one too, not long we arrive at the nagoya central park tower entrance and i stop them to see if anyone is missing, but there's none, it seems everyone is keen to follow me because of their curiosity

'Okay everyone, follow me, and don't be noisy at the main lobby, i don't want to bother other tenants' i tell them

'Katsuo this is your last warning are you 100% sure you live here? this is not one of your prank right?' Harumi asks again

'How many times do I have to tell you I'm serious, so now either shut the fuck up or leave' i firmly tell her

'Harumi... it's okay, katsuo please lead the way' Kiichiro tell me

I ignore him and just walk to the entrance door, we enter together and they are amazed and impressed by the interior of this building, i go to the receptionist and greets her

'Good afternoon sakuya-san, as you can see i bring a lot of guest today, can i request for private access to my place please?' i request

'Ah.... afternoon katsuo-san, oh it's rare for you to bring a lot of friends,here, this is a card for the private elevator access to the rooftop, have a nice day' she smile

And with that their doubt is answered, harumi can't even speak anymore she looks stunned to see that i truly live in this place, so i gather them and guide them to the private elevator

'Be careful.... one by one please' i tell them while i arrange them to enter the elevator

We go up and the elevator stops at the rooftop, i guide them to my penthouse and stop in front of my door, i swipe my keycard and the door automatically opens my penthouse, then i turn around and tell them dramatically

'Welcome, to the jurrasic park'

"cue the jurrasic park music"

Like a bunch of kids in disneyland, they quickly enter the penthouse to explore them looking giddy and excited, even a girl as stoic as rin can't even hide her amusement

'WHOAAA SO COOL'

'THERE'S A PATIO, A GARDEN PATIO'

'HOLY SHIT A JACUZZI AND A POOL'

'A BASKETBALL COURT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!'

I just stand there to observe them as they explore and i smile, kiichiro's group although reluctant can't even hide their amusement to explore my penthouse, i don't know what they are feeling right now, but seeing them like this is amazing

'Okay everyone gather here' i announce to them and they gathered in the living room

'I know you're keen to explore my place right now, but still we have a job to do, so at least let me give the rundown, after this announcement you are free to do anything for two hours, remember an two hours only, after two hours pass we gather here and start our meeting no question, as for the logistics, i already orders food from cafeteria below, they will bring us snacks, pastries, pizza, sushi platter and everything else, so feel free if you're hungry and if you're thirsty drinks are on the bar, but be careful because there's alcoholic drink i put there too' i tell them

'Ehhhhh are you serious katsuo kun? there's food too?'

'Oh my god katsuo....you're the best'

'Cheers for katsuo-kun yaay'

'Hahaha it's okay guys chill it's nothing for me really, I'm just doing what mr. beast would do' i tell them while smiling

'Kat-chaan i don't know you live like this, are ya living here alone? , maybe ya need  miki to accompany ya so ya don't feel lonely?' miki tell me while getting close

Hey..... hey..... miki what the hell, I'm trying to pair you up with keita here, why are you try making me an NTR Antagonist?, what the hell, i look at keita and he seems frowning clearly jealous, wait a minute.... keita jealous? so this is your plan all along miki you sly bastard...

'Nah it's okay miki,I'm good haha....' i tell her

'So katsuo, where do you get all of this?' rin asks curiously

'Well if you want to know....., i got all of this facility because i work with a kurogane publishing company recently' i explain

'EHHHH kurogane? isn't that famous publisher company? and the one who created "romance dawn" manga?' keita asks excitedly

'Ah yes so you're already familiar with it keita, look who's the author of that manga

'No way.... katsuo-san let me look' keita opens his backpack and pulls out the first volume of the manga he looks at the back of the manga and yells ' OH MY GOD... IT'S YOU IT'S REALLY YOU, CAN I GET AN AUTOGRAPH KATSUO-SAN?' Keita yells enthusiastically

'Yeah it's me....., sure keita I'll sign your manga' i tell him

'Eh.... sign mine too katsuo-kun'

'Not fair.... me first.....'

'Katsuo-kun are you still single?'

The students then swarm me asking me questions they're curious about, kiichiro is looking angry because this time he's not the center of attention, i have outshined him and i look at him while smiling, he sits on the sofa with harumi and rei trying to calm him

'Hey.... enough, stop bothering him, if you keep asking questions, then you won't be able to do other activities' rin interjects

Wait is rin pouting? that's rare for her, i dunno why but it's cute

After they are done asking me question, everyone is getting busy having fun and doing their thing, rin, akemi,and miki is having a conversation on the poolside keita is looking at them at the other side of the pool, few students is playing basketball, chatting on the patio, or eating the food, meanwhile the three stooges Kiichiro, harumi, and rei is still on the living room sofa fiddling my stuff and talking to each other, so i decided that it's time to make fun of them

'Heyaaaa guys, liking the place so far?' i ask them

'Heh... it's alright but Kiichiro place is better than yours' harumi replies

'Ah babe you flatter me' Kiichiro replies

'Oh really? can Kiichiro place do this..... JARVIS... OPEN COMPARTMENT NO 74' i yell

Suddenly a certain area of the the plain wall in my place turns around, revealing a huge LED TV, 2 big speaker with karaoke set, and a newest gen console below the TV, i smile at them smugly, i tell Kiichiro face to face 'I'm better than you and you know it, because that is... undisputed hahahaha'

'Oh my gosh is that graystation 6? can.... i play it?' rei enthusiastically asks me

'Sure be my guest, play my console, what's next? you want me to buy a car for you? get you on a vacation to venice? not a chance shitbag' i tell rei firmly

'I... just.....okay then katsuo' she replies looking dejected, but i have no sympathy for her

I roam around to see if anything interesting happen, and i see in the corner of the room the mysterious student is looking at my musical instruments, those are things that i buy for my hobby, and she's looks very interested

'Like what you see?' i tell her

'It's nice, you play?' she asks

'Everyday, it's my hobby' i reply

She then take off her mask, glasses and she put down her hoodie to reveal her long wavy blue hair

'Ah you're.....' i tell her

'Shin Ga-eun... nice to meet you, you can call me gaeun' she tell me

Holy shit it's Shin Ga-eun the last target of Kiichiro in this manga, ranked #4 on nagoya high most popular girl poll,a korean girl who lives in japan because her work focused here, she's a young upcoming actress, singer, and one of the member of X-Rose, a very popular girlband in japan, korea, and the west area, she's a legit celebrity, i forgot that she also in this manga, what a coincidence meeting her like this

'Something on my face? why are you looking at me like that?' she asks

'No...., nothing maam... i mean miss gaeun, big fan btw' i can't help but looking at her face, otherworldly beauty like an ice queen,gray eyes, and thin but sensual lips, celebrities are really different breed

'I see, no need to be formal with me, can i play this?' she asking my permission to play with my guitar

'Yes, you can play' i reply

'Thanks' she tell me

Then she plays my guitar, playing a beautiful melody while humming a very nice tune, i can't help but mesmerized by her performance, a lot of students also gather here to hear her performance

After she's done i can't help but clap, followed by the students also clapping grateful for her performance

'Here, it's your turn now' she hands me the guitar

'Me? you want me to sing?' i reply

'Why not? I'm interested' she smiles

'Okay then.... here's nothing' i sighs

Then i start strumming my guitar and make sure my voice is in tune, then i start to sing the first song that my wife used to sing for me in my past life

~You're just too good to be true~

~Can't take my eyes off of you~

~You'd be like Heaven to touch~

~I wanna hold you so much~

I sing it with all my heart channeling my feelings for my wife in my past life, the students are smiling while looking at my performance, miki, akemi, and rin also can't help to see me sing, they are stunned to see katsuo actually have a great voice, can't help that this dude is too shy to showcase his talent

~I love you, baby~

~And if it's quite alright~

~I need you, baby~

~To warm a lonely night~

~I love you, baby~

~Trust in me when I say~

'awwww so cool'

'kyaaa katsuo-kun'

'i can't believe katsuo can do this'

~Oh, pretty baby~

~Don't bring me down, I pray~

~Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay~

~And let me love you, baby~

~Let me love you~

I finished my song and met with thundering applause from them, holy shit some of them even shed a tear that includes akemi.....  ah i know it's probably because of my new skill

After my date with Lady Hebiyama i noticed that i acquired two new skill

- Presence of the dark lord - a skill that can inflict fear to a target rendering then unable to do anything for 10 seconds and -Ladykiller- a passive skill that increase my charm for 50% and increasing chance of persuasion for 30%, must be my ladykiller skill in work

'That is really amazing performance, I'm impressed' Gaeun says to me

'Thank you, it means a lot coming from you' i reply

'Woaaaa kat-chan ya really top boyfie material' miki adds winking at me

'Miki please, it's nothing haha' Miki what the hell..... stop flirting with me dammit

'Katsuo-kun I'm really sorry' akemi tells me while sobbing

'Why are you crying?' i tell her

'Because i don't know you're capable of this, i must have been holding you back all this time' she adds

'Well then i should thank you for throwing me away like a trash, making me realizing the talent i had hahahaha' i joke with her

'Eiii katsuo-kun that's not funny, you meanie' she pinches me

Anyway i want to leave the room but it seems the students still expect an encore, well can't help it then

'Okay this is last song for you guys' i tell them, for the last song i think it's time for me to sing a japanese song, so i play my guitar once more and sing

~Datteee boku wa hoshi dakaraaaaa~

~Stellar-stellar~

After i'm done singing i wonder who should i talk to next, ah i almost forgot, i see keita still on the side of the pool looking gloomy, so i come over to talk to him

'What's up keita... why the long face?' i tell him

'It's okay katsuo-san.. nothing really' he replies

'Ah come on keita,it's really clear that something is on your mind, just tell me, we're friends aren't we? ' i tell him

'It's about a girl that i like, katsuo-san i'm trying to tell her how i feel but I'm not so sure' he explains

'So it's about miki?' i tell him

'Ehhh shhhhh.... katsuo-san how did you know?!' he tells me

'Come on now keita it's so obvious, everyone can see that, even blindfolded stevie wonder in the middle of blackout can see that' i reply

'I.... see... so everyone already know, well then no need to be secretive, i confused about her, sometimes i wonder if she like me too?, i know she's been nice to me, but she's also nice to everyone, i just don't want to embarrass myself' he tell me

'So that's how it goes.... keita you might not realized but i think miki actually likes you too, she's might be nice to everyone, to the boys she meets, but have you seen she's keeping her distance? it's only with you that she never put any distance with, she's comfortable touching you or hugging you, that's the difference, that's a proof of how much she trusts you 'i tell him

'Ah.....if you say it like that.... well i guess you're right, i never pay attention to it but still....' he stutters

'It's okay keita, it's okay to have doubts and be wary of another people intention it's part of our survival instinct, but sometimes, we gotta throw it away and see what your heart tells you, even if she didn't like you, what's the harm of telling a girl you like them? ,sure getting rejected is hurt, but you know what's more hurt? when 10 years in the future, you look back to this moment wondering what kind of possibility you have with her if you could just brave enough to take extra step, and win her love ' i tell him

'You're right katsuo-san, but still..... am i worthy for her?, earlier at the afternoon when sakuraba-san attacks us, if it wasn't for you, bad things might happen to her and i can't protect her because I'm weak... I'm so weak katsuo-san, maybe... maybe if it's you.... you can protect her' he sobs

I pat him on the back and try to reassure him 'Keita it's okay, you're not weak, you stand-up to sakuraba even though he's stronger than you physically, a strong person is not measured by physical strength, but their will, how many times you gonna stand up when you knocked out, use it keita, use your will to protect miki, use it to get stronger, you can still improve, but for now it's time for you to step up and secure miki's love'

'Keita,imagine if she ends up with another man, are you sure that man can make miki happy like you do?, are you sure miki will be treated right and not played, like her ex did? are you sure you want to see that? , miki with another man?, if you think you're the best for her then do it, it's okay to be selfish for love, do it keita, you're the man! ' i tell him

'No i don't want it, miki is mine!, i don't want to see her with another man, I'm her man! ' he tells me

'Great now say it with me' i tell him

I clap my hand and said

'you're clap the man... clap you're clap the man... clap'

Keita answers ' I'm clap the man.... clap I'm clap the man YEAHHH!'

'Now soldier, go and ask her to talk with you if you don't want to confess now, ask her to go for a date!' i order him

'Right away sir.... I'll talk to her right now' He salutes and walks away confidently, determined to talk to miki, but suddenly he turns around to me

'Ummmm katsuo-san, what do you think is the best invitation to miki, what if....' he tells me

'AH SCREW IT, FINE..... I'LL DO IT MYSELF' i pulls keita hand and drags him to the place where miki, akemi, and rin chats, for my surprise, gaeun is here too

'Hello ladies, good afternoon, i'm sorry to intrude but, miki haaave you met keita?' i tell her

'Heyyaa Kat-chan and keichii?, eh what are ya doin here?' miki asks

'Keita wants to ask you to play a fighting game with him, in my room together, just the two of you' i tell her

'Whoaaaa keichii, izzat true?' miki asks excitedly

'Y.....yes...miki-chan,do you want to play with me?' he tell her

'Yes.... Yess.... omigosh, I've been waitin for ya invitation all this time, come on keiichi' She then drags him away with her enthusiastically, to play together

'Goodluck, young pandawan, may the force be with you' I salute to their direction

'Woww that's pretty sweet katsuo-kun, i know what are you doing to them' akemi reacts

'It's so obvious they like each other, good job giving keita the push he needs' rin adds

'Tale of two lovers, too shy to be honest about each other feelings.... a good theme for my next song' gaeun talks to herself

'Hehehe.... all is in the day's work for the best wingman in town' i tell them

And with that activities continue in my penthouse, miki and keita busy playing games together, having fun and getting closer, meanwhile me and rin, akemi, and gaeun plays board game together

The students seems still having fun, and i wonder where the three stooges go? harumi is eating while chatting with few students, rei is reading manga while drinking soda, where's that walmart gilgamesh Kiichiro goes, hmmmm it's suspicious...

'Ladies I'm sorry to bail, but i have something to do, cya' i tell them

I go straight to the master bedroom where i can look at CCTV, and i find Kiichiro is in front of the entrance calling someone, luckily my CCTV can also picks up voice, let's see who's he talking to

'Sakuraba, yes it's me, i see your ex, she's playing with that wimp keita right now, yes I'm in katsuo house... no i can't do it, there's too many people here and that bastard katsuo won't let anything happen to them'

Ohh he's talking with sakuraba on the phone, i see, what are you up now you freakin dollar store kise ryota?

'How about this i heard they are going to a date tomorrow, i hear them while they're talking to each other, how about i lend you my men from the soccer club, and then you can ambush them during their date then you can fuck Miki, and make sure that wimp keita watch, how about that?'

Ohhh so that's your plan, just like in the manga, you bastard.... do you think i will let you do it fucker, no... everyone who tries to harm this wholesome couple will answer to me

'Yeaaa, brilliant right? hahaha don't worry, just make sure you let me and the guys from baseball club have the fun with miki too, okay, alright see ya' Kiichiro then puts his phone in his pocket then enters the room again

'Caught you in 4K you bastard, there's no way to run now' i record all of his conversation with sakuraba on the CCTV then export it to my phone as another leverage, i won't let this wish.com arthur pendragon gets away with this

Well since the 2 hour mark i gave then almost complete it's time to me to go back

'Everyone gather in the living room please the meeting is about to start' i announce

The students reluctantly stop playing and they gather in the living room to start the meeting, i appoint akemi as the secretary and her job is to writing all the important decision in this meeting to make a report

We then talk about the concept of the culture festival, what kind of event should we do, where should we ask for sponsorship, lastly we agreed that this staff at least give one performance to entertain the audience, we agreed that me and gaeun will sing duet to represent the staff

And with that the report is written and printed we then ends our meeting, the students say goodbye and thanked me before they are going home, the only one left around is akemi, rin, gaeun, miki and keita

They insist to help me clean up the mess students left, how nice of them

And after the cleaning done we gather together again to chat while i order additional snacks for us

'Miki, keita let me ask you, do you plan to have a date tommorow?' i tell them

'Ehhhh how do ya know kat-chan, are ya spying on us?' miki asks me

'No, i don't spy on you but someone else did, i request that if you want to date tommorow cancel it it's dangerous' i tell them

'But katsuo-san you're the one who's telling me to ask her' keita seems confused with my action

'Katsuo, please, it's their business don't pry' rin tells me

'What's actually happening?' akemi asks

'I'm sorry for being vague, here maybe this can clear up misunderstanding' i tell them while showing my CCTV record that have from kiichiro conversation

They listened to it and shocked, even a girl who's emotionless as gaeun shows her disdain

'I knew it, that kiichiro guy, he's really weird' gaeun tells us

'I can't believe it, there's no end to how evil this bastard can be' rin grimaces

'Sakuraba.... ya asshole, just you want i won't forgive ya if ya try to hurt my keiichi! ' miki shouts angrily

Meanwhile akemi shivering 'is this.... what he's been doing all this time.... and i play a part..... i can't...' akemi starts hyperventilate

'Hey.... hey.....it's okay... it's not you anymore, akemi look at me, it's.... not you anymore.... understand' rin tries to calm her down

'It's difficult if we send it to authorities, his parents can cover it as a doctored file, same with student council, the student council prez is backing him up, the only plan that works if he's actually done it but we prevent him somehow, but it's too risky he could bring a lot of people and endangering miki and keita, so the best way i can think of now is to cancel your date ' i tell them

' So there's nothing we can do? ' rin asks

'Ummmm everyone, i have a plan..... if this plan successful we can bring Kawabata-kun down and his soccer club with him, it's still risky but I'm willing to take that risk, if they aren't dealt now they can be a threat to miki, i don't want that, i will protect miki' Keita tells us

'Awwww keiichi thank ya' miki kisses him in the cheek, and he backs away shyly

'Well, an idea wouldn't hurt, tell us your plan keita' i tell him

Keita then explains his plan in detail, shocking me, i don't know that this guy is this smart, not bad.....

'Wow, that's a great plan, but still, rin you will play a lot of role in this plan, you could be in danger, if it's okay with you then i have no problem' i ask her

'It's okay, I'm not gonna be in danger, akemi will help me, wouldn't you?' she asks akemi

'Yes, I'll do it, i will help rin-senpai and make sure she's safe, it's a way to atone for my sins' akemi tells us

'Okay, then it's decided, well move tomorrow after school, kiichiro won't bee seeing what's coming for him

'Heh i just joined this group but you guys seems having a lot of fun, i'll help too, just tell me what to do' Gaeun tells us

'Okay if everyone is on board then there's only one thing to say...' i tell them:

-AVENGERS..... ASSEMBLE-