Betrayal in its simplest form

Chapter 17

"Going to the computer room, again, Akashi-san?" a first-year asked. Many students were packing up for their short break. Most students hung in the classrooms. Akashi had different plans.

"Yes. I would appreciate it if you kept it to yourself," Akashi ordered indirectly and left the classroom before getting an answer. He only had ten minutes, but ten minutes would be enough if he didn't waste time. In his backpack, he had picked his notes, just in case he forgot the name (impossible, though, since his memory was exquisite).

Akashi reached the large computer room his school owned. All of the computers were full, but a poor first-year quickly abandoned his computer when the red-head stared at him. Satisfied, Akashi took a seat and opened up a browser. He quickly typed in the first name, but paused at the last name. After all, he didn't know the last name yet. His notes had the names of the celebrities that he had researched, and he picked the last name that had the most suspicious background.

His guess was right.

Many articles popped up, most from foreign websites. Akashi picked on the first one, and found the article in English:

She is a wanted murderer and abuser, missing for more than three years. Police officers believe she has taken flight to another country, but the case was filed as cold. Her victim was Harold Smith, found in his own home, deceased in his bed. The crime scene has detected fingerprints, but the owner was missing.

The perpetrator, from more research, is the daughter of Julie Sevaine and Liam Sevaine . . .

Akashi clicked on another article. This one was also in English:

Branded a murderer, a killer, a criminal. She has been missing for years, but traces of the hitman could still be detected in many open spots of the government. Police officers have rested it as a cold case, but are still secretly investigating it until now, where they have made their continued investigation public.

Julie Sevaine was the mother of the hitman, a popular singer known throughout the nation. She has moved to Japan for unknown reasons and stopped her career in the country. Police officers cannot contact the mother and have no connections between the murder and her sudden stop in career.

The father was named as Liam Sevaine, another popular entertainor as an actor. Similar to his wife, he stopped his career and moved to Japan. Officers believe the hitman has also moved to Japan with the help of her parents.

Later, it was found the parents died in Japan just a few years after.

Akashi noted the estimated date of the parents' death, and then looked at the date where the three corporations in Japan started growing. What a coincidence the businesses started to grow in popularity right after her parents died, Akashi mused and wrote the note down.

He glanced at the picture that was attached to the article and sent it through email to Kise Ryouta. The bell rang once more just as he pushed 'send'.

They were now passed the complicated. Unravelling Ibuki's secrets now would simply be untying a shoe knot.

~Setting Skip~

A small vibration from his phone brought Kuroko out of his daydreaming. Knowing that he was invisible in class, Kuroko secretly took out his phone and checked his text message. Nobody usually texted him during class, so he figured it was important. The teal-head blinked, though, once he saw Akashi's name:

Get out of school and meet me in the Tokyo Park. You have five minutes.

It was a typical text message from Akashi; demanding and timely. Kuroko sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to disobey Akashi. He raised his hand and made sure he was noticed by the teacher.