They weren't fools either. As masters of archery, they were well aware that Hikari, who possessed such terrifying combat power, was definitely not an ordinary person.
And those like Natsuha and Akane, who similarly possessed strength surpassing that of ordinary people, just happened to be very close to Hikari, stuck together like glue all day long. This kind of relationship must have been very good for Hikari to accept.
However, this condition wasn't much of a big deal for Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya at this moment.
After all, they were no longer like before. The pair of once-yuri sister flowers.
They even started sleeping in separate rooms now, which even made their parents at home feel it was strange.
And after being saved by Hikari a few times, Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya had also secretly thought about Hikari casting water magic(mastu*nation). After all, the beautiful girls in this world would always think in that direction.
So as for the possibly implicit or non-implicit suggestion in Hikari's words, they didn't care at all.
Seeing the Sakuramiya sisters agree so decisively, Hikari also nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll give you two a chance later. You'll need to prove that you have the resolve."
"Okay!"
The Sakuramiya sisters both nodded firmly to show their agreement.
And as Hikari walked out of the gymnasium and was talking with the Sakuramiya sisters and the others, from inside the gymnasium, the sound of boiling noisy commotion kept coming out. Countless screams and wails echoed without end.
Just by listening to those sounds of impact and screams, it was clear that the battle inside was extremely intense.
After all, Hikari had just set the rules for them, and they were extremely fearful of Hikari's power that far surpassed ordinary humans. Naturally, they obediently followed orders.
Amid the countless screams, a hoarse voice from Tachikawa echoed the longest and wailed the loudest.
For several whole hours, endlessly.
———
About three hours later—
Hikari had the Sakuramiya sisters let go of the hands hugging him, and without taking anyone along, he returned alone to the gymnasium.
He could already guess how tragic the scene inside the gymnasium would be, so naturally, he didn't intend for those beautiful girls at the prime age of sixteen to see it.
Before leaving, Hikari even specially borrowed the bow and arrows from the Sakuramiya sisters.
Sure enough, when he opened the door to the gymnasium, a scene of utter chaos appeared before his eyes.
Broken cloth strips were everywhere, white filth flowing all over the ground. It looked just like a scene during the Great Depression where milk was poured out.
And in this messy scene, with filth flying around, most people lay on the ground exhausted, though a few beasts were still tangled together, as if running a train.
Many who were relatively skinny or shorter were given special treatment. Each of them covered in filth, with dull expressions.
And among these few people, the one who looked the most miserable and dazed was Tachikawa, who was once the high-spirited commander and leader figure.
At this moment, Tachikawa lay half-prone on a table, completely naked. His butt unconsciously stuck high in the air, his expression blank, his body full of wounds and white stains. Half of his hair had even been torn out, exposing bloodied, pale scalp.
However, at this point, Tachikawa only had dried tear marks. He neither cried nor shouted. Maybe the tears had dried up and his throat had gone hoarse.
In short, he looked like someone who had lost all reason, completely broken.
And as Hikari looked at all of this expressionlessly, the people in the gym also noticed Hikari pushing the door open and entering.
Maybe because the party just now had gotten too intense, the naked beasts in the gym seemed crazed.
Upon seeing Hikari, each of them had eyes reddened with excitement and charged toward him passionately.
"Wow! What a handsome man!"
"Even more handsome than Tachikawa!"
"Fk him to death! Fk him to death!"
"His butt must be super bouncy!" [T/N: Tf brooooo?]
These beasts perhaps had indulged too much just now. At this moment, they had lost all reason, crazily rushing toward Hikari, actually trying to drag him into their party.
Seeing this scene, Hikari was unsurprised.
He took out the bow and arrows from his back, nonchalantly drew the bow.
Casually, he shot one arrow, piercing down a naked beast covered in white filth. The arrow struck dead center in the chest.
Seeing this, the beasts who had been charging forward with red eyes froze in place.
Perhaps stunned by death, they immediately came back to their senses, kneeling down while pleading for mercy.
But Hikari didn't bother replying. He picked up the bow and arrows and began picking them off one by one.
With Hikari's master-level archery, every arrow hit its mark. Every shot a killing blow.
Except for Tachikawa, whose anus was bloody and whole body numb and unable to move, not a single one of these crazed beasts survived.
And watching everyone around him die one after another, Tachikawa still had a blank expression, as if completely unaware of what was happening.
Only in the depths of his dazed eyes could one see a trace of extreme fear.
Clearly, he was still conscious of Hikari's actions, and very afraid.
It was just that after being ruined by so many people earlier, he was a bit mentally broken.
After nearly purging all the beasts except Tachikawa, Hikari glanced at Tachikawa and casually said, "Tachikawa, I know you're still conscious, right?"
"Go clean your body, put your clothes back on, and wait for me at the place we first met. Did you hear that?"
Hearing Hikari speak, Tachikawa nodded frantically, "Yes, yes! I heard!"
At this point, Tachikawa seemed to no longer feel the pain from his torn lower body. He jumped off the table, grabbed a set of clothes, and ran toward the gym's restroom as Hikari instructed.
After Tachikawa's figure disappeared, Hikari looked at the corpses of beasts scattered across the gym, and expressionlessly snapped his fingers.
A flame from the fingertip corpse-burning spell burst out, and the blazing fire quickly incinerated all the evil here.
With that done, Hikari also turned and directly left the gym.
———
After exiting the gym—
Hikari walked to the Sakuramiya sisters waiting under a tree and said to them, "Hinata-senpai, Saya-senpai, are you two sure you want to join as well, and help punish evil people like Tachikawa?"
"Mhm!", The Sakuramiya sisters both nodded firmly.
Clearly, they trusted Hikari a lot. Even though he didn't explain the conditions, they were basically willing to accept everything.
"Alright, follow me," Hikari said immediately.
Under the slightly confused gazes of Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya, Hikari led them away from the gym.
They stepped into a small forest.
The dense forest was rarely visited by people.
And the deeper they went, the quieter it became.
Seeing this secluded, uninhabited small forest, rumored to be where many couples secretly met, the Sakuramiya sisters exchanged glances, their cheeks slightly blushing.
'Could it be… the condition for joining that Hikari want from us… is something so embarrassing?'
Thinking this, both Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya blushed furiously. Yet, their footsteps didn't stop. Instead, they even quickened a bit.
But as they walked, they gradually began to realize. They might have misunderstood.
The small forest that Hikari brought them to now seemed vaguely familiar.
It seemed to be the very same forest where Tachikawa had first used photos to threaten the sisters.
And upon reaching that very familiar clearing, where Tachikawa had first threatened each of the sisters, the scene surprised them even more.
They saw Tachikawa had actually been tied to a large tree in the center of the clearing.
"This…", The development before their eyes differed from what the Sakuramiya sisters had imagined. They immediately looked at Hikari with puzzled expressions.
Hikari calmly explained, "Every debt has a debtor. This guy Tachikawa plotted against you two so many times, always trying to use dirty tricks to defile you, to ruin your lives."
"So I want to give you sisters a chance for revenge. To kill Tachikawa with your own hands."
"Okay!", Upon hearing Hikari's words, the Sakuramiya sisters immediately understood.
They each took out their bows and arrows from their backs, drew their bows, and aimed at Tachikawa who was tightly tied to the tree.
Seeing those sharp, gleaming arrowheads, the fear of death hit him hard. Tachikawa couldn't withstand the fear and started begging desperately for mercy.
"No, no, no! I know I was wrong!"
"Don't kill me!"
"I'm begging you! Don't kill me!"
When a person truly faces fear, it's different from imagination. At this moment, Tachikawa was tormented to the brink, and unlike his previous arrogance, he began to beg like mad.
If Hikari had been the one acting, Tachikawa probably wouldn't dare say a word. After all, Hikari's decisiveness and ruthlessness had been witnessed by him in the gym.
But with the Sakuramiya sisters holding the bows, he held onto a sliver of hope of surviving. So now he kept pleading and begging, hoping to be spared.
And Tachikawa's begging did seem to have some effect.
After all, even though Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya were skilled at archery, they had only ever shot targets.
They had basically never aimed at people. Let alone killed anyone with arrows.
So upon hearing Tachikawa's desperate pleading, they couldn't help but hesitate.
But remembering all the scheming Tachikawa had done to them, and with Hikari still standing by, watching them, the Sakuramiya sisters forced themselves to suppress their fear and discomfort, their trembling hands letting go of the bowstrings.
Whizz!
Two arrows flew out simultaneously, both hitting Tachikawa.
But neither struck the same place, nor were they fatal.
Hinata's arrow hit Tachikawa's thigh.
Saya's arrow hit Tachikawa's arm.
"Again," Regarding this, Hikari neither praised nor criticized, he just said calmly.
Upon hearing that, the Sakuramiya sisters bit their silver teeth and drew their bows once more.
Whizz!
Another two arrows flew.
Perhaps due to overwhelming mental pressure, the two arrows hit again, but still weren't fatal.
Interestingly, this time it was reversed. Hinata's arrow hit Tachikawa's arm, and Saya's arrow hit his thigh.
Now, Tachikawa had arrows stuck in all four limbs. It looked quite strange. Though the scene seemed comical, the pain of blades piercing flesh was still very real.
Tachikawa not only screamed in agony when hit, he continued howling nonstop.
Hearing those howls, the two sisters, despite having loosed their arrows, couldn't bring themselves to continue drawing again.
Hikari noticed the hesitation in their eyes and asked, "Still feel like you can't do it?"
Hikari could more or less tell. Crippling Tachikawa was doable for the Sakuramiya sisters, but killing someone was still too much of a shock for them.
"Mhm," The Sakuramiya sisters nodded in shame, clearly confirming Hikari's guess.
Facing Hikari's gaze, Sakuramiya Hinata and Sakuramiya Saya both lowered their heads in embarrassment.
But looking at the ashamed, head-lowered Sakuramiya sisters, Hikari spoke with a calm tone to comfort them, "It's alright, it's your first time after all. It's completely normal for you to be like this. Although you didn't score full marks, the fact that you dared to draw your bows means you at least passed."
"You two step back first and go rest on those rocks over there."
Hikari pointed at a few large rocks in the distance.
The Sakuramiya sisters immediately obeyed and turned to leave.
Leaving this place to Hikari and Tachikawa alone.
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