COTE\OC Unpolished Diamond Year 2

Volume 5 SS

Shinji: Two aberrations

The special exam which I've been assigned to as monitor just ended. 

Yato, who was the real reason why I was here monitoring the whole class, stood up in front of the class and started talking without any filters or masks.

Shinji: Zenin Toji's son huh? I was rather curious to see what kind of person he would be by witnessing him with my own eyes and not simply reading information about him on paper but... he's truly worse than I thought.

I looked at the whole scene in silence until he started walking toward the door next to me.

Earlier, he entered using the other door in the back, but seeing him approaching me, I decided to try out something. 

I haven't been given proper instructions about a situation like this one, but I was genuinely curious to verify something.

That's why, as he stood in front of the door, I got up and picked up the knife from my left pocket. Making sure no one in the class would notice anything...

SLISH

He stopped the blade with his bare hand and just started looking at me with the same gaze.

Yato: ...

Shinji: ...

I immediately put the knife back in my pocket, and when he saw this, he opened the door and left.

Shinji: After learning he crossed the line and killed people by himself, I was rather curious to see the eyes of that ki...no...he's not a kid but an anomaly.

I just kept my smile and the professional attitude I had to maintain in this precise situation. No one noticed the small intercalation I just had with Yato and they all started to leave the classroom.

My job as monitor just ended and I also left the classroom. I was supposed to go make my report to the teacher's room, but I started walking in the opposite direction. 

After all, the main reason I came here wasn't to monitor this special exam or Yato himself, no...

As I walked to the special building, I saw a teenager standing further away. I started to get closer and just as he turned around...

???: Shin...!!!

TAP

I didn't waste a second and pushed him against the wall with my forearm against his throat.

Shinji: Great...you're not stupid enough to ignore my call two times in a row, Yuuichi.

Yuuichi: ...

Putting pressure against his throat, I knew he couldn't answer, but his eyes were enough to relay the answers I wanted.

This morning, I tried to get in contact, but he intentionally avoided me and put himself in a position where I couldn't approach him despite being at school.

Shinji: You don't have to worry about anything. It's a blindspot for all cameras here, and this little exchange will remain unknown to everyone.

Yuuichi: ...

I was applying the same pressure. Just enough to bother him but not the strangle him completely.

Shinji: My presence here should already make you understand the situation, right? He's already tired of waiting and wants Yato...get to work faster.

I then started to apply less pressure on his throat so that he could speak up.

Yuuichi: Cough...already? I knew he was impatient, but already? I thought I had more than a year...