強い人と弱い人
The Strong and The Weak
Chapter 3 : What Do You Mean "Kidnapped"?ー
"Excuse me, but where am I again?"
She's just gained consciousness after being assaulted and right now she was in the middle of being interrogated. How the hell did it come to this?
"Scepter 4's base of operations." Another man clad in a blue uniform replied from behind an office desk in front of her. Haruna stared at him intently; twirling the layered ends of her hair while listening to him closely,"I'll ask you again, Aigasa-san. Is there anybody within Ashinaka High School that resembles this boy?"
He slid a computerized photo of a teen dressed with their school uniform with a gun pointed towards the camera. The quality of the image was fuzzy, but the manic glint in his eye and that disturbing smile had already sent shivers down her spine. The words that came out of her mouth were not about the picture or whether she knew the boy or not, but something else she felt she had to address right away,
"You look an awful lot like that creep who kidnapped me."
The busty woman who stood by the seated man bent down to meet his ear. He nodded his head slightly as she whispered into his ear. Haruna eyed them in silence until the woman stepped away and the man calmly folded his hands atop the table. He cleared his throat and introduced himself, pushing his glasses up with a finger,"Reisi Munakata. Captain of Scepter 4." The schoolgirl's gaze shifted to the blonde woman who proceeded to leave the room.
"You must forgive me." She looked back to the captain who resumed piecing together the puzzle on his desk,"This afternoon, we had entered your school and addressed your teacher about this boy and his involvement in a case we are currently investigating."
"What kind of crime did he commit?" Her chocolate eyes widened with curiosity.
"I'm sorry, but we cannot disclose that to you or the public." Reisi replied without meeting her disappointed expression,"In any case, I also apologize about one of my subordinate's actions towards you. He needed access to the school's student council office in order to find this student."
"So he had to drug me." She cut in,"Which kind of did work."
"It did work, but it wouldn't have been so difficult if you didn't struggle."
Haruna turned her head to see the women with the skimpy outfit and the creep with an expression full of disinterest. As much as she wanted to stand up right away and cut him into little pieces, she remained seated. The sabers that each person kept on their hilt was intimidating her.
"I'm sorry. I'm just not used to being forced to breath in chemicals and getting kidnapped, you know?"
A smile crept onto his lips,"Kidnapped? What a childish-"
"Fushimi-kun."
He clicked his tongue at his higher ranking officer's intrusion.
Reisi finally looked up from his puzzle and asked the eighteen year old again,"Aigasa-san, please give me an answer. Have you seen him on campus?"
Haruna's eyes flickered back to the device's monitor with the boy's photo. All three Scepter4 associates eyed her as she pondered.
She shook her head.
"Never." She admitted,"I don't even recognize him anywhere."
Another silence filled the room and she began to feel uncomfortable. She knew that wasn't the answer they wanted to hear. The Scepter 4 captain broke through the discomfort,"Thank you for your cooperation, Aigasa-san."
He removed his glasses and propped his elbows onto the table; leaning his head into his hands,"Awashima-kun. Please transport her back to her living quarters for today."
The woman turned to their captain,"I still have work to do at Ashinaka. Is it possible to leave that to Fushimi-kun?" All eyes were now set onto the dazed officer who stared at them blankly.
"What?"
"Take the young lady back to her living quarters." Reisi repeated to the young man. The creep looked to his superiors. "I'll assign this as a level azure blue." The man seated at the table informed him with a look on his face saying 'you can't escape this now'. The nineteen year old thrust his hands into his pockets with an irritated expression and wordlessly averted his gaze towards the wall.
Reisi finally brought Haruna, who was feeling incredible tired at the moment, into the conversation,"You must be feeling tired after what happened. It's completely understandable. Allow us to escort you to your apartment complex."
Haruna heard another light, almost inaudible sound of a tongue clicking in dismay from the young man with messy hair,"I'll be the one doing the escorting."
"Fushimi-kun?"
She heard him exhale before replying,"Nothing, sir."
A/N: Wow, these chapters are s-h-o-r-t. I usually write twice as much, but it wouldn't feel right to me if I added the next part into this chapter.
Eruruu4 and Guest:
Maybeー
Probablyー
Most likelyー
You might be able to get an answer out of me by the next chapter.
See you guys next time. C;