Chapter 15: At the school

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"How many victims are there?" Asked Erwin, inexpressive.

"About fourteen, including the entire ducks team. Also Oryou, Azusa and a couple of others. "Saemonza replied.

"And the injured?"

"Many more."

The blonde shook her head.

"Kami, what a bloodbath ... And we could have avoided it if we had known the truth."

"How could we know that the council had kidnapped Erika? Or that to kill Miho was Yukari? There was no way! "

"They told us ... But we treated them as lying, when they were right about everything."

"Do you mean kuro?" Caesar asked.

"Yes, the kuro. And who, otherwise? They too are victims, first of all our prejudice ... The same thing that pushed Anzu and the others to kidnap and torture Erika. "

"In any case we should form a new school council, since the old one is in prison."

"And for what purpose? The school is destroyed, in every sense. We have suffered serious losses, and if my fears are founded, they will increase. "

"Do not be so bad ..."

She turned her back on them, looking out of the window of the school building to the desolate panorama of the floating town, damaged by recent clashes.

"I'm simply realistic. And I will tell you more: tomorrow I will leave school. "

At the news her two teammates were amazed.

"What? And to go where? "

"I will join another ... Maybe Anzio, maybe Saunders ... I still have to decide."

"You can not abandon us right now!" The brunette exclaimed.

Erwin turned to her interlocutors.

"We have one last battle to face!" Saemonza told her.

"We do not have, you have it."

"Why are you doing this to us?"

The blonde did not answer, looking back at the view. Impatient, Caesar turned her toward her.

"I said why you're doing this!"

"Because we can not win, Takako! The kuro will cut us to pieces in a short time! "

The two girls stared at her in shock.

"You're crazy!"

"Oh yes? And why, Kiyomi? "

"They are a team like any other!"

"No, that's not a team like any other! That is the team of Sensha-do par excellence, the strongest of all, virtually unbeaten! Even before they would do anything to crush us, but after the events of tonight it will be even worse! They will fight like wolves to avenge their wounded or dead teammates! "

"But we did not know anything about the kidnapping!"

"And do you think that they will be freed? Not after the battle of tonight! "

"But we have to win anyway, or the school will be closed!"

Erwin looked at her with pity.

"Do not you understand it, Saemonza? It's over now: Miho is dead, our team is decimated, morale is broken. It is impossible to win. "

She looked down.

"If only Yukari got her hands in her ass, instead of putting them on our winning ace ..."

"It's not said ... Maybe after the blitz tonight the Kuro will be disqualified!"

"And even if it were? They will resume another team! And in these conditions even Anzio would win against us! "

"This is not true at all! Now various teams will find themselves without a commander, and this will demoralize them as much as we do! "

"The commanders will be replaced ... At the schools it will be enough to declare their total extraneousness to the matter. And there's a risk that they will take on a team that is not involved in the story ... Think of Jatkosota, Blue Division or BC Freedom. "

"We are passed off, so ..." Caesar said.

"Full marks for for having understood."

At the same time Carpaccio and Pepperoni were in Caesar's apartment, and both were sad.

"I can not believe that Sister Anchovy was so cruel ..." The blonde asserted, with shining eyes.

"And yet you saw the poor girl too ... The marks on her back and the rest." Her teammate answered.

"She has always been kind to us, he has never mistreated us ..."

"But she did it, Carpaccio. She acted like the monster she is not. And now we will have to choose a new commander. "

"Are you sure?"

"Anchovy is destined for prison or worse. Even if she were to leave in a few years she will no longer be able to show up in front of the girls. Ergo is necessary to replace it. "

"Immediately?"

"Yes…"

That said Peperoni put her hand to a 5 yen coin with a hole in the middle, on one side he presented some ideograms and on the other an ear of wheat.

"Head, me; cross you. "

She threw it into the air, grabbing it on the fly.

"Cross!"

"Then I am the new commander of Anzio ..."

"Exactly, and you'll have to appoint a new deputy. Do you already have any names in mind? "

" Amaretto."

"Great choice, but now let's rest. It was a hard day ... "

She lay down on the bed.

"Wait, this is not our home!" Carpaccio protested.

"Your friend lives there, right? She will have nothing against it ... "

"And where do I sleep?"

"You can sleep on the sofa in the living room. Or…"

Her tone became lascivious.

"... You can always sleep with me."

"Ok ..."

"Damn, what a disaster ..." Saori stated, observing the tortured landscape around her.

"The fruit of hate ..." Said Mako.

"And stupidity," Hana added.

At that moment the trio was joined by two companions.

"Aya! Saki! "The black-haired exclaimed, seeing them.

"They told us that the student council was arrested, and Yukari with them! Can you explain why? "Aya asked, a girl with brown hair tied in two tails, eyes of the same color and wearing glasses.

"The student council has kidnapped and tortured Erika, with the complicity of some commanders from other schools. And Yukari killed Miho. "Hana replied.

Aya put her hands to her mouth to hold back a cry.

"So the kuro told the truth about everything ... But what is the motive of Yukari?" Saki asked her, who also had hair (short) and brown eyes.

"Yukari was in love with Miho, but she was secretly with Erika. So she rejected her advances, and Yukari, in anger, choked her. "Mako explained.

"Oh, kami ... So the council is not only keen on an innocent girl, but also on the girl of Miho! "

"Exact."

"And now what will happen?"

"The only thing I know is that we'll have to choose a new school board and a new commander."

"Do you already have names in mind?"

"I, Saori and Hana, at least temporarily. As far as the commander is concerned, I can not think of anyone. "

"Strange, given the brain that you find yourself."

"I am very intelligent, and I have a capacity for apprehension that is out of the ordinary. But I'm not a seer, and as far as I know Miho was the only one with the right cards. "

"Quiet, you will see that we will find a good replacement," Saori stated.

Or at least I hope.

The two girls nodded and resumed their journey, moving away.

"Do you really hope to find a valid replacement?" Hana asked.

"We have to, or it's over for us."

"You did not answer my question."

"We will find them! Ooarai has made great strides, we can still win! "

"We made them thanks to Miho!"

"Thanks to all of us, Mako-chan! The times when we escaped the first cannon shot are far away! Now we are matured, and we have improved! When the final takes place it does not matter who our opponent will be, if Kuro or another school ... A single cry will have to unite us! Win, and we will win! "The girl said boldly.

Her teammantes stared at her uncertainly, but nodded, keeping their fears for themselves.