Global Sign-in: 10x Multiplier with the Strongest System!-Chapter 91: Love Is War [8]

Yoshida Aiko’s vision blurred as tears began to form.

"Aiko-chan?"

She quickly put the letter and pictures back in her locker, cleaned her eyes, and raised her head to see who it was.

But from the voice alone, she already knew.

Pierre stepped forward. "What was that?"

Aiko opened her mouth to answer, but she faced ahead and opened her locker. Promptly, she transferred the items into her school bag.

"What’s wrong? Why are you ignoring me?" Pierre asked and grabbed her arm.

"Get away from me!" Aiko shouted and wriggled her arm from his grip.

Ksh~

Her schoolbag fell to the ground, and some of the photos fell out, along with the letter. Aiko hurriedly bent down and zipped the bag up. And then, she faced ahead blankly, looking completely out of it for a few seconds.

Pierre’s eyebrows furrowed. He squatted too and simply asked, "Were you threatened?"

His words shook Aiko, who was still traumatized by the events of the night prior.

She didn’t answer, but her expression told him all he needed to know.

"Please, Jean-san... stay away from me."

The Class Rep stood up weakly and walked away.

A shadow hovered over Pierre’s eyes, and he gritted his teeth.

"That crazy bitch..."

He stood up and ran to Class D, where he hoped to find Suky. But she wasn’t there.

At last, he found her already on her way home, outside the school premises. When he found her, she was skipping like her stomach was filled with butterflies.

"Suzuki Kyouno!"

Suky paused and turned around. She raised her hand, smiled, and waved.

"Pi-senpaiii—"

"Shut up, you rotten bitch!" Pierre stomped forward, fumes already erupting from his ears, mouth, and nose.

"I don’t fuckin’ want you! Why can’t you get that through your thick fuckin’ skull?"

Suky shrank back. Tears were already forming in her eyes.

"Pi-senpai... what did I do?"

Pierre grabbed her collar like she was a male.

"Don’t bullshit me, you crazy bitch! You put those photos in the class rep’s locker. You conspired with that fucker, Daichi. You tried to make him rape Aiko, didn’t you? What the fuck is wrong with you, huh?"

"Pi-senpai, w-what are you talking about?" Horror and fright were evident in Suky’s eyes and facial expression.

"Don’t fuck with me, you bitch! Now, listen and listen carefully, if you release those photos of Aiko-chan, I will never talk to you ever again!"

He let her go, and she fell on her butt with a thud.

"...W-Wait, Pi-senpai—"

She reached out and grabbed his trousers.

Pa! He smacked her hand away.

"Don’t call me that! My name is Pierre. If you really want me to continue being your senpai, leave Aiko-chan alone."

"..."

Suzuki Kyouno had her face down.

"...do you love her?"

"Tch." Pierre turned away. "That’s none of your business."

"..."

Suky grabbed her bag, stood up, and wiped the dust off her skirt.

"I see."

Suzuki Kyouno had an unreadable expression on her face. Her walking steps were quite robotic.

Pierre had already walked some distance away from her, but he paused briefly as he heard those words. His shoulders trembled ever so slightly.

Roy, as Haruto Takahashi, and ever so present, had a gut feeling things were about to reach their conclusion.

’I have to watch Aiko more closely. She must not die.’

...

The next day, when Roy arrived at school, he heard students whisper.

"Did you receive it?"

"No. Heh, can you send it to me?"

Roy passed by a group of three girls conversing.

"So she seduced Daichi-sensei and got him arrested."

’Dammit. Where is Aiko?’ he wondered, but quickly spotted her entering their class.

It wasn’t hard to figure out that Pierre’s goading prompted Suky to release the photos, completely disregarding the instructions she gave Aiko.

Roy entered the classroom and found Aiko sitting alone. The other classmates distanced themselves from her, and hurtful words were written on her desk.

"She did this, didn’t she?" Utahime appeared beside Roy and asked.

Without waiting for an answer, she entered the classroom and went to help Aiko wipe off the written nonsense along with Sati Himari.

Throughout, the Class Rep’s eyes were blank and unfocused.

Bam!

"Get outta the way," Haruka Yosuke voiced with disdain after pushing Roy away to enter the class.

Roy didn’t mind that and just went to his seat.

That was when Pierre entered. He held a gaze on Aiko, then glanced at Roy before clicking his tongue and heading to his seat.

’Goddamit. If he just waited just a bit longer, we might have gotten Suky in control. Now we’re on suicide watch for Aiko,’ Roy lampooned.

He got hold of the photos, and wickedly, only Aiko’s neck, hair, and upper body were visible in the picture. Her sealed lips and bound hands were cropped out of the picture so the wrong narrative could be pushed further.

When recess arrived, Roy spotted Utahime leave class. He remained in class since Aiko too did the same.

However, Pierre left.

Roy suspected he was going to find Suzy and had to decide. Watch Aiko to prevent her from committing suicide, or follow Pierre to prevent Suky from murdering him?

Either way, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. In the end, he chose to remain with Yoshida Aiko.

Pierre returned when recess was over with furrowed eyebrows. He was more grumpy than usual.

’He didn’t find her,’ Roy figured.

Classes kicked off again, and Roy noticed Utahime didn’t return from recess.

Just when the bad gut feeling settled in his mind, his flip phone buzzes with a new message.

"Come to the girls’ gym restroom. I caught her and tied her up."

After school, Roy wasted no time and sprinted down to the school gymnasium.

Suzuki Kyouno was extremely dangerous. How did she capture her? Questions like these filled Roy’s mind. As for keeping an eye on Aiko, Roy left that in Pierre’s hands.

He stepped into the girls’ restroom and rushed over to the last stall.

The door flung open, revealing Sasaki Utahime bound by her legs and mouth, and blood rolling down her face from an impact on her head.

"Mmm!"

"W-What the—"

Roy realized he had been tricked, but it was already too late. Suky stepped out from the other stall and slit his throat before he could act!

"Ack!"

Blood group shed out from Roy’s neck and sprayed Utahime before rolling down his body.

He held his neck and scrambled towards the exit.

’Shit. Time slowed down for me and sped up for her. This bitch system wants me to die!’

"You’re the one who told your girlfriend to become that bitch’s friend and say good things about Pi-senpai. It’s your fault I lost he loves her and not me!"

She raised her knife but paused.

Watching Roys’was futile attempt to keep the blood in his body was amusing.

She smiled.

"I will let you bleed to death. You are not coming back from that anyway. No one is coming to save you."

Suky stepped over his body and left.

Utahime, with tears rolling down her face, fell forward, but she couldn’t undo the ropes fast enough to help the dying Takahashi.

...

Aiko took one step after the other in a daze. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

All she could remember was the whispers of other students. They had all seen a vulnerable part of her. She was utterly devastated and ashamed.

Her dream of becoming the President of the Student Council was rendered impossible.

Now, no one would look at her the same way. What about when her parents found out about it?

She knew she was going to be called in by the Principal tomorrow.

Her friends, her dream, and her reputation were ruined. What more was left to live for?

She had even shunned romance because of her goals. But in the end, it was all for naught.

"This isn’t over, Aiko-chan. I will have you one day, even if it is in the afterlife."

She remembered Daichi-sensei’s scary words and couldn’t bring herself to fall from the edge she now sat.

"I hate love."

She gritted her teeth and tightened her fist. Because of it, Daichi ruined her life. And whoever threatened her with those photos surely loved Pierre. That was why they wanted her to stay away from him.

"But why me?" she wondered, tears dripping down her cheeks.

"Aiko-chan! What are you doing?"

Pierre arrived at the school roof in time, panting.

Yoshida Aiko looked back at him and the ground far, far below.

She muttered, "Leave me alone, please."

"How can I ever do that?" Pierre placed a hand on his chest. "Do you have any idea what you’re asking me to do, Aiko-chan?"

"Why is that hard? I’m just some girl you pity."

She faced ahead, her eyes covered in sadness.

"Pity? Hell no! Aiko-chan, I can’t leave you alone because..."

She glanced back. "Because what?"

"Because I..." Pierre couldn’t bring himself to admit it, but he tried again. "Because I love you, goddammit!"

Yoshida Aiko’s eyes widened.

"And that is why I can’t let you die."