[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 88: Conflict (5)

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After witnessing the figure of Izaya slowly disappearing, they all instantly froze in silence.

That awkward and frightening silence was completely unbearable for Charlotte, so she spoke up to break the silence.

"So .. Noelle was involved in the case as a 'behind-the-scenes mastermind', yes … "

Lilith nodded her head.

"Unn .. It's hard to believe, but .. Noelle .. She should have been the main culprit in that case. Because, he was the one who instigated the boy to commit a massacre."

Norman shook his head in disbelief.

"No. That's .. Impossible! There's no way he'll do that, right?! "

Rico frowned. "Calm down, Norman."

"Lilith ... Can you explain to us in more detail? About Noelle instigating the man to carry out the mass slaughter."

Unlike usual, this time Rico displayed a calm figure that was completely unexpected even for Kaira, he could only widen his eyes when facing that seriousness.

Meanwhile, Anzu with an uncomfortable face continued to stare at the floor while ignoring everyone.

"I have no memory of how Noelle instigated her, but .. I once had a conversation with Noelle about this. Liscia, continue the playback with the memories I gave you earlier."

Liscia nodded at Lilith's words.

The room changed once again. It was still a classroom, yet it was a different classroom from the previous one.

There, Izaya is seen sitting relaxing on a chair while playing her phone.

Moments later, the door opened and featured an adult female figure in a full work suit.

" ……… "

Lilith looked embarrassed when she saw the woman. After all, the woman who entered was herself in the past.

Kagarin came in and closed the door, and went to Izaya's desk.

Already aware of Kagarin's presence, Izaya immediately raised her head and looked at Kagarin.

"What's wrong? Is there anything 'Sensei' needs from me? " ask Izaya with a wry smile on her face.

Seeing that, Kagarin instantly frowned and stomped her hand on Izaya's desk.

"No need to talk anymore. What did you mean yesterday with that kid?! "

"Conversation? That kid? Whatchu mean? Can you give me a clearer question? You're a literature teacher, aren't you? You're supposed to be a good example in words."

Izaya continued to talk to Kagarin without removing her smile.

As she stared at Kagarin, her fingers kept moving to press the keyboard on her phone.

It seems that he was chatting with someone right when Kagarin entered the class.

" … Do you pretend you don't know anything? I'm asking you, what do you mean by the 'action' that you planned with that kid?! Tell me it's all just a joke! You ... What are you planning? "

Kagarin involuntarily shouted with a face of fear towards Izaya.

It was clearly impatient. After what he heard yesterday, there was no way he would just be quiet.

Most people would probably assume that Izaya's conversation with Tanaka was just a joke. A children's game.

However, Kagarin clearly knows the nature and personality of Izaya who was never interested in following such a silly game.

So, it was clear that everything Izaya and Tanaka talked about yesterday was a serious matter.

Izaya's smile deepened.

He stood up and put his phone in his pocket, then walked towards the window.

"Well, you'll know soon. Whether it is serious or not, I will leave it to your own thoughts. But .. I think you're a little late, Sensei."

Saying that, the smile that was on Izaya's face widened, she without erasing her smile pointed towards the outside of the window.

Instantly, the sound of the warning siren went off very loudly.

Although the siren's voice was quite far away, Kagarin could hear it very clearly from his current position.

He widened his eyes in disbelief, trying to support his body by holding on to the table.

"Mmhmm~ Even though you're a teacher, you're pretty stupid, yes, Sensei. Supposedly, after you heard our conversation yesterday .. You immediately went to report to the authorities and gave a warning signal to the Sakuragaka school, instead of coming to me on the day of its execution."

From a distance, he could hear the sirens of police cars and ambulances, while the sound of helicopter propellers filled the sky.

"Even though you came to me with such confidence .. You still seem to be in disbelief with what we're going to do, huh? "

"No ... That's … "

Kagarin slowly fell to the floor while her face was in a mess.

"Why ... Do you do .. That? " ask Kagarin with her trembling body.

At this moment, Kagarin had lost her energy and spirit to stand up because of her regret for her own stupidity.

As Izaya said, he should have gone straight to the authorities once he heard about Izaya's plan.

But, he did not do that, and instead went to Izaya the next day to make sure.

He will regret his stupid decision.

"Although yesterday I deliberately let you go so that you can make things more fun .. It turns out your way of thinking is the same as most adults."

Izaya leaned her body against the window, then sighed in disappointment.

"But .. Yahh, their reaction exceeded my estimate … "

He wryly smiled glanced towards the sky filled by several military helicopters.

"Surely Tanaka can't finish them off alone .. Yahh, what to do … "

Saying that, Izaya then picked up her phone and started calling someone.

" … Ahh, Tanekada. It seems like everything is not going as planned. Help Tanaka get rid of that helicopter."

Izaya was silent for a moment to listen to the answer given from that 'Tanekada. Then, he smiled and turned off his phone and looked back at Kagarin.

"Hey, do you want to see fireworks? "

His smile grew even more crazed, then, the helicopter that was several kilometers behind him instantly exploded due to the collision of something.

Not only one helicopter, but the 'gunfire' instantly blew up several other helicopters in the vicinity.

"Mmhmm .. I've guessed fireworks are not suitable for viewing during the day .. But .. Tanekada is a great sniper, right? He could shoot down all those helicopters in a short time from a considerable distance … "

Realizing that Kagarin would not answer anything she said, Izaya began to speak for herself while looking at the blast flower in the distance.

Izaya reopened her phone.

"Whoah! It had only been a few minutes since Tanaka's attack began, but .. The news had already spread everywhere. As expected of the Internet."

" … Hey … "

As Izaya is focusing on her phone to see the news online, the voice full of bitterness from Kagarin drags her back to reality.

" … What? "

"Why ... Do you do this …? "

Izaya looks confused for a moment when she gets a question from Kagarin. He closed his eyes to think.

He then opened his eyes and looked at the sky in confusion.

"Hmmm .. Even though you ask that .. I myself do not understand … "

" … What ... You mean? " ask Kagarin.

"That's .. As I said. I don't understand why I'm doing this either. All I know ... I .. Just want to do something rather than be silent waiting for my destiny to run itself … "

Kagarin was silent as she continued to stare at Izaya.

On the contrary, Izaya seemed completely unsettled as Kagarin looked at her as if scanning herself from hair to toe.

He just kept staring at the explosions that kept happening in the distance.

"Rather than want to do something ... Maybe ... Like looking for identity? I don't really understand. However, if you ask me about what I want .. I will definitely answer .. 'To finish off all criminals' .. Like that."

After saying that, Izaya smiled.

" … Eliminate criminals ... What are you talking about? If you really want to finish off the criminals, you could have used other means" Kagarin said, narrowing her eyes as she stared at Izaya.

Izaya did not mind, she shrugged and chuckled.

"Another way? What kind of one? Act like a disgusting hero and issue a ridiculous declaration like 'I will protect the weak! ', something like that? No, thanks. In my eyes, such a hero is nothing more than one who oppresses others while expecting praise from the majority of society."

" ……… "

Kagarin. To be honest, this was the first time he had heard Izaya talk about something based on his own point of view. So, he did not know what to say to face it.

"Either since when, but ... The definition of a 'hero' has long shifted in my mind. I used to think that heroes were great and exemplary, but .. Somehow I really don't like them now … "

Izaya then turned around and looked at Kagarin with a small smile.

"Hey, Sensei, do you think .. What is a hero? I'm not asking for your opinion as a literature teacher, but I'd like to hear your answer personally. People have different definitions for 'a hero'. And what do you think heroes mean to you? "

" ……… "

Kagarin was unable to answer. He didn't know the reason, but, the words he had prepared to answer the question from Izaya had already vanished from his mind.

As if, the answer he had thought of earlier was not his own.

Realizing that, Izaya smiled sadly and returned to look at the scene outside the window.

"I've guessed that you don't know it either, yeah .. Yahh, forget about the meaning of a hero. All I want is to exterminate the criminals. However, I don't want to be an indistinct figure like that hero."

From the window, Izaya could see a crowd of people curious about the situation starting to disperse with the sound of gunfire from the police around.

"The relationship that Tanaka and I have is not a friend or something. He's just a client, and I'm an agent of a service provider. Maybe you'd understand if I called it that? [BlackMarine], have you heard of that site? I was one of the admins there, and .. It just so happens that my client is Tanaka."

Norman and the others tilted their heads when they heard the name of the unfamiliar site.

They knew absolutely nothing about the site called 'BlackMarine' managed by Izaya.

Charlotte asked Lilith with her gaze, forcing Lilith to answer.

"That .. is a dark service site that caters to attempted suicide and retaliation. The site was not accessible in the normal way like other web surfaces."

Charlotte frowned in confusion.

"If it cannot be accessed by normal means .. How can a man named Asahina Tanaka open it? "

" …… I ... Do not know.. Probably ... There are people who tell him about it, and the most likely is ... Noelle or Izaya itself."

" ……… "

Charlotte still doesn't understand. He then focused his attention on recollection in order to better understand this.

"Why ... Did you do it .. To that extent? "

Kagarin asked him with a sad face.

"I told you, right? Destroying criminals. That was my goal. Since I can't do it in the usual way like convincing both sides to make peace, I can only help the victim and eliminate the perpetrator."

Noelle's smile slowly disappeared, replaced with a face that had mixed emotions between pleasure and sadness.

"I'm not a hero, nor do I have any intention of acting as a hero. I'm sick of my life just waiting for a good destiny to come to me. So, I'm trying to do something else by helping the 'victim' by avenging the crime the perpetrator committed on him."

Even after he said it, Kagarin still did not understand.

He did not understand how to think 'an Izaya'.

(No... Can't be like this .. )

Kagarin clenched her hands tightly to convince herself.

If the situation continued like this, he would never understand the way his disciple thought. It would be a regret for the rest of his life if it continued.

" … Can ... I know why you started this? "

"Hmm? Didn't I explain? I–"

"No, not that one."

Before Izaya finished her sentence, Kagarin interrupted her in a loud voice.

"I asked, what is your reason for having such thoughts? There's no way you've come up with the idea yourself, is there? There must be something that triggers you to have that kind of thinking."

Izaya's smile slowly disappeared. His eyes slowly became empty, and his expression was easily erased completely from his face.

As if he was not a living creature.

Being stared at with such lifeless eyes made Kagarin unable to contain her anxiety.

His body goosebumps, but he clenches his hand tightly to look back at Izaya.

However, contrary to what he expected.

Izaya immediately smiled as if nothing had happened.

"Ahaha, what are you talking about? There's no way the thought I have right now is triggered by anything else, right? The only person closest to me is Ayano. Ayano's father and mother are close to me, but not as close as I and Ayano."

"Eh–"

"But .. Are you sure you want to spend more time here? The longer you stay here, the more people will die, you know."

Ignoring Kagarin's shock, Izaya immediately opened her phone and showed it to Kagarin.

"Look, there are people who record Tanaka's actions and publish them into a live broadcast."

Kagarin widened her eyes and froze in shock as she looked at Izaya's phone screen.

After all, on his cell phone screen, there was a teenage boy the same age as Izaya who was firing his rifle crazily and killing all the disciples before him.

From Izaya's speaker phone, Kagarin could clearly hear the voices on the recorder side.

『Ahahaha! Eat this! Shoot it! Shoot it! Shoot it! Keep killing those scum! Ahaha! It's delightful! Uhhh! And finally! My revenge! All! Blessed Lord! I can avenge my sister! Uhhh! My god! Accept it! This offering! Give 'em! Give me more! More satisfaction in this vengeance! Give it all to me! I won't let you down! 』

The man named Tanaka whom he saw yesterday shouted madly in front of the camera.

His face was filled with a loathsome mad smile, while both of his hands continued to fire his weapons to finish off everyone.

As his rifle ran out of bullets, he quickly threw a small ball the size of a tennis ball at the fleeing students and teachers.

The small ball quickly exploded and unleashed a shockwave that blew the bodies of the helpless disciples and teachers, and crashed them into the wall.

Tanaka with a very agile and well-trained movement refilled the bullets and continued shooting in the other direction.

『Tu-wait! Ja-don't kill me–』

Tanaka stopped shooting when he saw the figure of the man in a miserable state.

He fell on the floor with his pants wet and let out a disgusting pug.

『Ahh! Aren't you Satomi? Ahaha~ You look so pathetic~』

Tanaka laughed amusedly when he saw the figure of the man named Satomi.

Not only him, but even the whole person watching through the live broadcast let out a mocking laugh at them through the live chat that was taking place.

Not a few people donated to increase the number of murders carried out by Tanaka.

Kagarin gulped her saliva in horror at seeing it all.

As for Izaya, she smiled faintly as she looked at the frightened Kagarin while watching the live broadcast.

『Tu-wait! The tanaka! Ki-we're friends, right? That'sthat's true! We are friends! You are my best friend Tanaka! You can't kill me! 』

Satomi began to shout uncontrollably while showing a disgusting, parched face.

"Ahhh .. This is it .. My favorite … "

Izaya involuntarily muttered.

"When a person is in a state of urgency on the brink of death, he will immediately pull out the other side of him that is disgusting. People like them would say anything and use anything as long as they could survive. They might even want to swallow pig shit if that means they're safe."

-–However, people like him are so disgusting.

Izaya did not need to say that directly because everything was clearly drawn on her face.

『 … 』

Tanaka is silent when he sees Satomi begging for her life. However …

『Ahaha .. Hahaha! That bastard! You fucking bastard! Goddamn bum! 』

He with a face full of anger immediately hit Satomi's body using his weapon.

『Friends? Pfftt– Hahahaha! Fuck that! You are! Call on! Yourselves! As my best friend?! Right after you harassed and killed my sister?! Ahahaha!! Don't joke with me, asshole! Just die you bastard! People like you are unneeded people in the dream world of my Lord! 』

Tanaka's hand easily catches Satomi's head and grabs her hair to prevent her from escaping.

Afterwards, Tanaka quickly slammed Satomi's face against the wall and shards of glass and stone debris around it.

Even though her face was already broken and was spitting out a lot of blood, Satomi somehow still maintained her consciousness and begged Tanaka while crying.

There was no trace of that handsome face on his face right now.

Only a disgusting crushed face.

Tanaka laughed out loud as he continued slamming Satomi's face into the surrounding surface.

『How?! This is a technique I learned from my Lord! In this way! Me! Can continue to torture you! Without letting you pass out! 』

"Ah .. No. No. Stop … "

Kagarin with a look of despair on her face muttered to stop Tanaka's actions, but it was obvious that it was in vain.

Izaya smiled coldly.

"Why? You want to stop Tanaka? Does that mean you're defending the criminal? "

"You know, that son of a bitch named Satomi was a playboy bastard who was very famous at his school. He's fucked almost every girl he's ever met. In fact, Tanaka's younger sister was also his victim."

Because of his position holding the phone so that Kagarin could continue watching the live broadcast, Izaya could only move a small part of his body.

He used his free hand to comb his hair back.

"Of course her sister Tanaka wouldn't want to sleep with that bastard even once. But, that bastard Satomi strongly insisted on desecrating the sacred body of her sister Tanaka. After screwing her forcibly, the bastard instantly killed her at that very instant. Do you think...People like him can be forgiven? "

Izaya's voice talking to him was very different from the Izaya he knew.

There was no trace of warmth and hospitality that he always showed everyone.

At that moment, Kagarin realizes that it is too late for him to change an Izaya.

Izaya was already too far from his reach. The words he spoke would never affect Izaya's thinking and resolve.

It was too late for him to change that.

"You know? Originally ... Tanaka hired our services just to kill himself. But ... I convinced him to stick around and avenge his sister, the only family he had."

Tanaka's parents had long since died, leaving Tanaka and her very young sister.

Tanaka has always worked hard to provide a decent living for her sister. However, instead, he had to endure the bullying that happened to him every day.

He could ignore their bullying because he only cared about his sister. However, Tanaka's sister, who knew of the treatment her brother received, immediately gave a report to the teacher and the police.

He hoped it was over. However, the teacher and the police ignored his report and justified the actions taken by the bully group.

His sister who at that time knew nothing about how the world worked could only endure the confusion with sadness.

One thing that still makes him excited is the existence of his brother who still keep and support him.

From then on the sister will be very obedient to every word Tanaka, so that he does not mess with the school life that his brother has.

However, the actions of the bullies have only gotten worse since then. Teachers and police can only turn a blind eye to Tanaka's case because they don't want to deal with the parents and the connections the bully group has.

And, Satomi was one of the people in that group.

He could still withstand every act of violence and ridicule being unleashed on him. However, he had completely lost his hope upon seeing his sister's lifeless body at home.

Naturally, he knows that the culprit is Satomi, but he can't do anything to her because he has absolutely no power, or even connection.

So, he asked for help on a site called [BlackMarine] that someone had told him about.

He hoped that the [BlackMarine] party could kill itself to wipe out all that misery. However, the one responsible for taking care of him was Izaya, one whom he would later regard as his Lord.

Izaya was somehow able to turn her thoughts of suicide into revenge on everyone who had already turned a blind eye in that school.

Izaya only took a few months to teach him martial techniques and techniques using various kinds of weapons so that he could use them to avenge his sister.

And today, on July 17th, is the day his vengeance begins.

Tanaka with a crazy smile and a horrible laugh kept firing his rifle to slaughter all the students and teachers he saw.

If he missed a few disciples, he would instantly fire valuable projectile bombs to finish them off.

"Geez, even though I've asked him to save the explosive weapons, how could he be that wasteful? "

Although she said that, Izaya smiled gently at Tanaka who was on her phone screen, as if she was observing her pets playing in the park.

Tanaka continued walking while dragging Satomi in his hand.

『Ahhh, Lordku~ Me! Feel it! Be born! Back back! What'sthis?! Blessing from you?! If it is like that! Then! Me! Will be! Give it! The best show! Only for you! 』

"Oy oy, Tanaka. Have you forgotten your purpose? Oh my God, he's too wild. Even though he was supposed to be avenging his sister, why did he actually do me a cult? "

Izaya smiled wryly.

"Yahh, however .. I'll just be behind the scenes enjoying the adoration she gives. As he wished," Izaya said as she shrugged her shoulders.

Ignoring Kagarin who continued watching the live broadcast with a face of fear as well as resignation on her face, Izaya turned her head outside the window and looked at the blue sky that was slowly filled with black smoke.

"Ahhh ... Hakui .. I .. You could say it works, right? "

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(AN: in the next week, starting this Monday, the update I'm doing will probably be a little more chaotic because I'm busy with the midterms that have come, then, Adios~)