Napoleon Fay had lost due to the agreement put forth on this bet by Kobashigawa Kumiko and himself. Gina was looking at Kumiko from far away, she seemed much less tired than the exhausted Kumiko who had lost quite a but of blood and was drunk. The actions of everyone in the room felt like it was all for her, like a puppetmaster hosting a play, all for Gina, and yet nobody in this room acknowledged her, her eyes were of a monster that came out of a child’s vivid imagination. She smiled happily as she would get to face Kumiko.
-MD- «Everyooooone! All of today’s matches have been completed, rankings and results will come next week! Remember your position and points highly impact what club you will end up on! Well not fully, depending on your ranking you get to pick said clubs in those orders!»
A board appeared on a screen over the wall.
1st place : obtains any from clubs between 20-1
2nd place : obtains any from clubs between 1000-21
3rd place : obtains any from clubs between 10000-1001
-MD- «The rest can pick any club outside of the clubs mentioned! Have fun!»
-Kumiko K- «(… that’s amazing… so many blessed individuals that they have thousands of clubs consisting of dozens of them… it’s awesome… let’s see, I want to go with my friends, that way I can protect them but I have to think of which place I would want to go to for the elections… They are all strong but, probability wise they are probably between clubs 500-30… Yeah, that makes the most sense probability wise… fuck I can barely think straight… I’ll have to see next week to see who I have to go against… I…)»
Kumiko would be lost in her thoughts as she was analyzing what club she should go in, she was tired, her eyes seemed dead, no more rather they seemed like someone drained all the energy out of them.
-Kumiko- «(Damn it… I fell apart to such an opponent like him… damn it… why do I always do this…)»
Her vision was blurry, and she could barely stand straight. She fell on her knees, her mouth open from exhaustion, as she passed out on the floor. Her face was pale, and her clothes were drenched in sweat from the drinking and stress she just went through.
She opened her eyes at a small bed, the girl had bandages on her shoulder with stitches underneath, stitches Kumiko could not see. She was always getting goosebumps from needles or even the idea of a wound being stitched, so she was thankful it was covered in bandages. She looked up at the ceiling, her eyes used to be empty but they had life in them now, she felt like crying, just to cry, not because she was sad. But because she felt like crying, she decided not to do so to keep herself composed.
It all smelled like a hospital which made her feel like a patient, she felt vulnerable being in a state like this but she quickly shook it off, she had a numb expression on her face as suddenly everything became clear and she almost jumped out of the bed, her wounds hurt like hell as she went to do so.
-Kumiko K- «AH FUCK! Ah… that was… painful… after all of this is done in going to beat up everyone related to this facility damn it! My elegant body, they violated it!»
The girl said having no idea what that sounds like and apparently having forgotten she did this to herself. Such confidence is rare…
Her face would then shift from looking forward towards the door as a man came our of it holding a cup of water.
-???- «Ah thank God you’re awake! You were in an awful state earlier!»
-Kumiko K- «Hey rude much!»
She would say pouting.
-???- «Haha sorry sorry!»
-Kumiko K- «… who are you?»
-Toru- «Ah my sincere apologies! My… my name is Tengan Toru! I am the man who carried you here… I’m 19 years old!»
-Kumiko K- «Ah I see I see. Couldn’t MD bring me here though?»
-Toru- «Y-yeah but, I did not want to trouble it…»
-Kumiko K- «… you did not wanna trouble a machine who’s more than happy to do so? Like it enjoys doing all of the procedures!»
-Toru- «Still! I don’t do what I do for others, well I do but… I just do what sounds right…»
-Kumiko K- «… my name is Kobashigawa Kumiko… sorry I forgot to introduce myself! Hehe… and… you have something you want to tell me don’t you?»
-Toru- «K-Kobashigawa-Kun well… are you… good or evil?»
-Kumiko K- «What kind of question was that?»
-Toru- «Well… you ended up getting Napoleon closer to death back then… did you not… feel anything. Nothing that you got a man closer to death?
-Kumiko K- «… Toru-Chan… life comes and goes, he chose to go against me without any further bets placed. He’s going to suffer for his own mistakes… If I could I would. But I cannot save every life, even if I tried back then Napoleon would not agree»
-Toru- «(Chan?! Aren’t I older than her?) I don’t know if I can believe you… Kobashigawa-Kun»
-Kumiko K- «I don’t need your trust Toru-chan»
-Toru- «… I’m terribly sorry… I’ll be leaving then»
-Kumiko K- «I still haven’t answered your question… Toru… I’m a good person. I’ll show you that through, not killing another person in my remaining two games»
-Toru- «But… why would you do that? You aren’t obliged to listen to me!»
-Kumiko K- «Oh well. I feel like I’ll regret it if I don’t! Call it woman’s Intuition!»
-Toru- «… K-Kobashigawa-Kun…»
-Kumiko K- «Call me Kumiko!»
She would say with a smile.
-Toru- «O-okay Kumi-cchi!»
-Kumiko K- «(Eh I didn’t say that… hoho! He found a nickname, how odd)»
-Toru- «Kumi-cchi… you’re different from most people aren’t you?»
-Kumiko K- «Yes sir! Tengan-dono!»
Toru laughed a bit as Kumiko made her joke. Her face though changed in a second as she asked Toru immediately.
-Kumiko K- «Toru! How many matches have you had?!»
-Toru- «T-three»
-Kumiko K- «FUCK! Toru get me out of this bed! I need to hurry!»
-Toru- «W-why… won’t you still be fine. There is not a time limit in the election process so you can wait as much as you’d want for your matches…»
-Kumiko K- «No… I probably won’t get to have my matches…»
-Toru- «What are you talking about? Eight people couldn’t do all three matches each!»
-Kumiko K- «… think about it this way. We have eight people, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. Number A has a match with B, C and D. So A is out with three matches. E does the same thing with F, G and H and is also out with three matches. B then fights C and D and since he already fought A he is out with three wins. Then C fights D and they both leave with 3 matches each. Same profess with F, G and H. F fights G and H and then G and H fight between each other and cancel each other out»
Presented : Each letter us shown only thrice.
A : B, C, D
B : A, C, D
C : A, B, D
D : A, B, C
E : F, G, H
F : E, G, H
G : E, F, H
H : E, F, G
-Toru- «I see… I think I get it! But I doubt anyone would have thought of that Kumi-cchi»
-Kumiko K- «I do! Now carry me!»
-Toru- «… (C-carry?!)»
Toru who had stayed back until the election process was over to watch over Kumiko whose wounds were in a better shape than they should have been, the wounds were already closed within a few days of her staying on that bed.
Toru carried Kumiko as they reached the lobby only for it to be completely empty. Toru let her down as she walked a few steped forward and then fell on her knees.
-Kumiko K- «God FUCKING DAMN IT. THAT WHORE GINA FIGURED IT OUT!»
-Toru- «Kumi-cchi relax! Relax! Listen… the games are still ongoing… for you at least? Or some others! Look… MD said all of us would fight a third of the group but you fought one person did you not? Would that not bother the system in some way? Let’s say you fought person A once. That means that from the people B, C and D would not have one of their matches. Is that not true?»
-Kumiko K- «No… if it was they would be here… hey Toru… you said you had three victories?»
-Toru- «…»
-Kumiko K- «… Toru, why did you lie?»
-Toru- «… Kumi-cchi… I… I did not lie…»
-Kumiko K- «Then what is it. You know something»
Kumiko said staring at Toru. Her eyes dead, it is the same look a predator would give to a weak and hurt prey. A hurt rabbit perhaps, in the snow as its leg bled out.
-Toru- «… I… the person… who… lacks a match is…»
-Gina- «It is I»
Gina came outside that same door which Toru and Kumiko left out of.
-Kumiko K- «… Toru, explain yourself»
-Toru- «… Kumi-cchi I… I did not have a choice I…»
-Gina- «Won’t thy—»
-Kumiko K- «I believe you Toru… Gina, you threatened Toru with your remaining match, he hates hurting others, he’s easy prey especially for someone like you. He would be one of the last few people still having a match left and since everyone in the room was on your side… you threatened Toru that you’d start a match with someone, that would leave him with two matches, not only that but Toru could have had to fight someone who would not agree to peaceful terms. So he agreed to your plan, of you being the one to fight me isn’t that right?»
-Toru- «H-how—»
-Kumiko K- «I’m not done. Gina got everyone in the room to agree by being the one with three victories the fastest, she then privately gave orders to everyone to make sure she controlled the flow of the matches. Currently, aside me and Gina, there is only one person who has three victories. Isn’t there? It’s interesting you did not get three victories, you are not the type of person who would do such a thing without something to gain… so that person you allowed having three victories… they must have been someone you were forced to help right?»
Kumiko glanced at Gina trying to read her body language to get an understanding of what fully happened. Most of it was obvious due to Toru’s body language and Kumiko’s idea of Gina. But that last part dependent on Gina herself only. And yet she did not even react, not the slightest movement. Gina, was able to maintain full control of her emotional state.
-Gina- «Now I do not need to be formal for this… Kobashigawa Kumiko. Would you, entertain me, with a game of chess as our challenge?»
-Kumiko K- «You still sound like a bitch. But sure»
-Gina- «Alright MD! Prepare the chess board!»
And as it was ready to do so. Kumiko said something.
-Kumiko K- «————»
Gina froze in her steps as she turned back to look at Kumiko. She was hoping she heard something falsely.
-Gina- «… what was that?»
-Kumiko K- «Ugh… do I have to spell it out for you?»
She would say as she smiled and raised her hand next to her head like a kitty paw. She winked once and then she repeated herself.
-Kumiko K- «I. Give… UUUUP!»
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The Unnamed Poet : Volume 1
ParanormalA book following the story of Hagatsuma Kumiko, a woman that is sooner or later going to be met with a fate that cannot be avoided. You can read this without reading volume 0. This is the continuation of volume 0 whilst also being the most important...
