Chapter 37: Official version.

March 27, 11:30 am

The story of Arisa and Yukari, two students brutally massacred by their colleagues at Schwarze Sonne, quickly made the rounds of Japan. The news, obviously, seasoned with the crudest details and spread in newspapers, TV and on the web, aroused horror and indignation in the Japanese population. On social media, the pages of Asahi Shinbun and other important newspapers were invaded by hundreds of comments, which expressed solidarity with the victims and hatred of those who had reduced them to that state. The photos of Arisa and Yukari standing motionless in a hospital bed, and their tearful friends and relatives spread over the internet. Groups of protesters gathered under the foreign school ship, shouting loudly against the students. All sympathy for them was now gone. The echo of the matter also echoed in distant Europe, where demonstrations against the Black Sun took place in the main cities (Paris, London, Rome, Berlin etc.) and on this occasion both school flags and photos of Hilda and her collaborators, and on the web they were covered with insults. To try to appease the spirits, a press conference was held at the Shibuya hotel. The room was packed with reporters, both Japanese and foreign broadcasters (CNN, BBC and others). At one point, Hilda made her entrance from a side entrance, followed by her parents, Himmler, Göring and Mako.


Mako-san ...

Miho thought, who was attending the conference from the student council office.

Hilda had positioned herself in front of the lectern, and looked impassively in front of her.

"Now let's see what it says." Flint said.

"11 days ago, Yukari Akiyama, an Ooarai student, and Arisa, a Saunders student, smuggled in on board, pretending to be two of our students. Unmasked, they were arrested and imprisoned on charges of espionage. After a four-day detention period, I gave orders to bring them back to their respective schools. " Said the blonde girl .


"I would like to add that neither I nor my assistants have ever authorized any mistreatment of the aforementioned, and that the tortures were the work of a group of troublemakers who, act without our knowledge, inflicted atrocious suffering on the prisoners. Just yesterday, those responsible for the torture were taken into custody by our police force after five days of careful investigation."

"Are you going to hand them over to the Tokyo police?"

"How is it possible that in four days none of you noticed anything?"

"Why did they rage with so much ferocity on them?"


"I said so ..." Klara said.

"Obviously she could not admit her responsibilities." Nonna supported her.

"Let me hear!" Katyusha exclaimed.

"Gentlemen, one question at a time. We have not received any request for ... Extradition from your law enforcement agencies, but if it does come we would be happy to turn those bloodthirsty criminals to Japanese justice, so that they will respond to the crime committed."


But who wants to deceive that bitch?

Kay wondered, angry.

"As for the second question ... Well, we have been very busy, as always. It is not easy to manage a school ship like ours, with more than 100,000 inhabitants."


"She is lying." Maho said.

"What makes you believe it?" Erika asked her.

"Because the students of that school wouldn't even take a shower if Hilda didn't tell them they should take it. Right, Sheska?"

Sheska looked at her without replying, then went back to staring at the TV.


"As for the motive ..."

Hilda ran her hands over her face, then shook her head.

"I swear to you, I don't know what pushed them to carry out such an heinous and cruel act, to rage so ferociously against two helpless girls! And it breaks my heart to know that such despicable people nestled in my ranks!" She exclaimed, with shining eyes and a voice broken by emotion.

"Sure, she can act well ..." Said Darjeeling.

"Act?" Orange asked her, puzzled.

The blonde nodded.

"What makes you believe it?" It was Assam who asked that question.

"Because Hilda exercises strict control over her students, who would never act without her knowledge, fearing her anger if they are discovered. Have you seen what happens to those who prove aggressive or violent?"

"Yes, it's true…"


"I trusted them ... I was very wrong. And because of my stupidity and excessive trust now two innocent girls risk their lives. I am deeply ashamed of myself."

"Maybe she's sincere ..." Pepperoni speculated, doubtful.

Anchovy turned to her, looking at her contemptuously.

"As if it were possible to do such a thing under her nose, without her noticing!" She stated.

"So you're lying?" Amaretto asked.

"Obvious ... However, since Yukari and Arisa are in a coma, it is impossible to deny her!"

"I understand…"

"By the way, have you seen Carpaccio?"

"Actually no, it will be around school ..."

"She chose the right moment to go who knows where ..."

The gray-haired girl snorted and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"And to aggravate everything, this evil heat starts ... I dare not imagine what it will be like after noon!"


"So you deny any responsibility in the matter?"

"I assure you that I never imparted or took part in any torture."

"So you have no objection to handing over the culprits?"

"Yes, as soon as I receive a formal request from the Tokyo police. For my part, even if it is of little use, I offer my most sincere apologies to the families of the victims, for the unspeakable behavior of my students, and for my negligence."

Suddenly Leila leaned forward, speaking into the microphone:

"As a representative of the German federation of sensha-do, I will make sure that the two hospitalized students receive the best medical care, paying them out of my pocket if necessary!"

That statement aroused quite a few positive comments from those present and caused a smile to Hilda.

Congratulations, mom ...

She think.


"She's working well there ..." Was Marie's comment.

"Like mother, like daughter ... Leila is also an excellent speaker." Andou said.

"Do you think anyone believes them?" Ruka asked.

"A part of public opinion for sure." Her commander replied.

"And not wrongly, since she invented a credible version of the facts."

"Does this mean that despite the double crime committed she will go unpunished?"

Marie hesitated before replying:

"There are no witnesses, the victims are in a coma and as far as we know they will remain very long. We cannot understand whether Hilda is sincere or not."

"True ... We cannot have absolute certainty, and this irritates me!"

"Andou, whatever irritates you, you're always in a bad mood."

"Witty girl…"