Truth or Dare (Satsujin Series #1) | COMPLETED ✔

[36] Wanted Truth

Y U M I  K E I K O

I glanced around, seeing that everyone was busy in collecting files. Sitting upright, I saw Ryoto looking back at his phone – still trying to open it. I sighed, knowing that our hope in getting out of this academy was thin. I've already researched a lot about this place more than any academies I've been looking for. I've already heard about the massacres that happened at this spot right before this building was constructed.

And I knew some of the students' death that weren't written in the newspaper or any sorts of document.

As Hidou glanced at me, he quickly approached me – giving me this weird vibe that I should be afraid of. I already knew that it was my turn. Standing up, I dusted off my pants and looked at him. He gave me a raised eyebrow as he asked me the same question just like everyone else.

"Yumi Keiko, truth or dare?" I then looked down, knowing deep inside of me that they at least had to know what happened on the others. Not everyone could be saved by the files that they were gathering.

"Truth," I answered as I saw him frown. I knew what he had done to change Honoka's choice from the first place. But, he won't change mine. No, I'll make sure to tell them what really happened to some of the students in this academy; particularly what had happened to the twins. As he ran his hand through his hair, he then told me the same statement he said from Honoka.

"Do you mind saying dare? If not, say dare," he said as I stayed silent. I could feel the tension between us as Natsumi went towards us and gave Hidou a confused look. She then glanced at me, giving me a frown.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you saying dare?" she asked me as I gave her a blank expression. I don't want to. Can they stop forcing me to say dare? It's a bit annoying. They deserve to know the truth. Shaking my head in disapproval, I quickly answered them.

"I don't want to say dare. My choice is going to be truth and that's final." They both looked at each other, frowning at my choice. Hidou sighed as he thought of a question to ask. If I was him, I would've asked the oblivious question of what happened in this murder school and the other students that weren't on the news. Suddenly, he finally asked me.

"Do you know how the twins died? Were they killed by Aya?" I then looked down and nodded. I truly know what happened to them. Even if they weren't on the news, being a journalist was a very important role for me. Knowing all the details of the case is really something, you know?

"Aya didn't kill them," I answered as Hidou and Natsumi listened. Even Jun and Akio were interested on my answer since they both stopped what they were doing just to eavesdrop on our conversation.

I sighed, knowing what happened on the twins weren't Aya's doing. She doesn't really hate them. In fact, she doesn't really feel any hate on those two. To her, they were just her classmates. I didn't really know who the suspect was but I was sure that it was from the Yukiko family. They probably didn't want her to be sad or harmed. But, since she died, they perhaps plotted revenge against the other students.

"Then, who did?" Natsumi asked as my attention went to her. I shrugged as Hidou gave me a raised eyebrow. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't really believe me. I'm not going to blame him. I wouldn't have believed me either. I then shook my head, trying to tell them that I didn't know. Knowing that they wouldn't stop asking me, I looked for my bag and opened it – taking out a blue notebook before giving it to them.

In those notes was how each student died. But of course, some of them had remained a mystery. They were either gone or buried in some place unknown. The others, on the other hand, were on the hands of the forensics. They were still in further study and the results would still come by the end of the month due to how many they were.

How do I know this? Well, my uncle was the detective. So, being his niece, I was allowed to snoop in to their little investigation.

And based on the injuries that were marked on their skin, it wasn't from any abuse. It was intentionally carved there to avoid any suspicion of a killer. I did tell my uncle about that but he told me to leave this case to the professionals. All I could do was to make sure to jot down notes when I wanted to. Good riddance.

They didn't release it to media since they still haven't gotten the results. Once it is done, they would tell the news of what had happened to the poor unfortunate students of Satsujin Academy. I had made sure to make some notes about the bodies found along the deceased. Some of them were still fresh when we had gotten them out of the rubble.

One of those notes was the details of Choi and Mino's body after their death. The date of their death was the same and the injuries on their body were absolutely identical - which is impossible to happen unless it is done purposely.

Entry 1: Choi and Mino Yasuo

Found at October 29, 1999, 10:25 am at the janitor's closet - both having scar marks on their faces. The bruises were not from abuse or bullying of some sort. There were fresh and looked like a male had beaten them after their death. Same cut marks from a knife were on the left side of their arms and their tongue was cut out by a cutter – judging the appearance of a crooked line. Based on the red mark on their right arm, I could see the hint of struggle. They probably tried to get free but the killer was much taller and bigger than them.

Judging the looks on their faces and widened eyes, I could surmise that they weren't expecting who the killer was. And I have a hunch that it was from this academy. It was from a person and not a ghost.

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Message from ???:

"Death isn't the end of our meeting. Who knows? I might come back."

"If I do, let's start over with a sweet cup of coffee, alright?"

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