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Guilty Crown - Sins of an Emperor

Phase 15: Disturbance

Previously on Guilty Crown – Sins of an Emperor

"Loop 7?"

"But we're inside Loop 7!"

I was clenching my fist in anger and a hint of worry as I thought what would happen now, while the rest of the student body was panicking and in disbelief.

Keido continued to speak, "We will devote our utmost efforts to eradicating the Apocalypse Virus and thereby dispel the concerns of the international community… As the newly inaugurated President of Japan's provisional government, I believe it is my duty to bring about rebirth via purification."

"Well, things have just gone to hell… What're you up to… Keido…"

Scene: Student council room

P.O.V: Shu

As we entered the room, I let out a sigh as Kanon went over to open the projector… Last night was hectic… It took a few minutes before Alisa could calm down the worried students.

Today, she'd be allowing them to voice their concerns thus they had a school assembly at the Gymnasium… We, the student council however were asked to stay in this room and listen to the assembly here.

As the student began entering, I thought back to last night…

After Alisa had gotten the students to calm down for the moment, Ayase who was still right beside me along with Inori asked.

"Hey, Shu?"

I turned to look at her, " Yes?"

She began, "Earlier… Why were your eyes red? As in they were crimson in color…"

I rubbed my neck as I answered, "Well during the time, Gai and I went to save Inori, it seems that according to this Daath person, I had unlocked the 'New King Mode' which gave me these eyes, I then showed the eyes to Inori and Ayase.

"Ah. I see… what do they do though?"

I thought about it for awhile and answered, "Well, I'm not entirely sure but the eyes allow me to actually see Voids now and eventually come to understand their uses and abilities."

Ayase was pretty surprised and gave me a sly smile as she commented, "So that's how you knew that my Void would allow me to fly…. thus called them wings…"

I chuckled as I nodded to her statement before my eyes widened as I said, "Hey, let's go find Hare before I forget again."

Ayase only had time to say; "Eh?" before I began pushing her towards where I remembered Hare was while turning back and asked, "Inori? Wanna come with?"

She tilted her head as she asked, "Is it okay?"I was about to answer 'yes' immediately but stopped to turn back to Ayase asking.

"Is it fine with you?" She simply smiled saying, "I don't mind… But can we bring Tsugumi along as well?"

I smiled before nodding and going over to where Tsugumi and asked her to join us though I didn't mention what we were doing... We went over to our classroom where Hare had said she was going to be at and true enough, she was there. She noticed us by the door and came over saying, "Hey everyone, anything else happened?"

I shook my head smiling as I asked, " Hey... umm Hare? Are you done with your duties?"

Hare placed a finger on her chin as she looked around the class before saying, "Pretty much, I'm free at the moment... Why? Was there something you needed me to do?"

I looked towards Ayase and asked, "Do you want to ask or should I?"

She looked at me briefly as she answered, "I'll do it since it involves mainly me."

I gave her a smile as she began, " Hare... umm, Shu mentioned that your Void might be able to cure my legs and I'm asking you if you'd let Shu use it for a while."

"EH!" Tsugumi shouted as she turned to face me asking, "Shu is that true? Is it really possible for Aya-nee's legs to be cured?!"

I gave a hopeful as I replied, "It's not totally confirmed but I'd like to think that, yes it is possible."

Ayase gave me a smile as well before I noticed Hare was looking alternately between us before smiling and giving us a nod as she said, "Sure! If you think my Void could be of help, I'd be glad to let you."

Taking in her reply, we were all smiles as we thanked her and I then said, "Well, let's go to somewhere more secluded, despite our performance earlier, I don't think a repeat performance would be a good idea…"

I received uneasy chuckles as they too thought of what would happen if we showed a Void out again…

They all then agreed on my suggestion and after telling the teacher in charge of our class that we were going to borrow Hare for a moment, we went over to the student council room.

There, Inori stood watch by the door while Tsugumi, Hare, Ayase and I were standing in the right corner of the room where there was plenty of space.

I faced Hare as I said, "Well, Hare… shall we begin?" Receiving a smile and a nod, she closed her eyes as I stretched out my right hand and extracted Hare's Void.

The bandage Void coiled itself on my arm as Hare made her way over to where Inori was standing except she was still watching what was happening.

With Tsugumi behind Ayase placing her hand on her shoulder as a show of support, I went over and kneeled by her legs as I looked up and said.

"Ready?"

She gave an uneasy nod which I simply smiled comfortingly as I told her.

"Hey… It's going to be alright, there's nothing to worry about… Just trust me, okay?"

"Okay…"

She gave a determined nod as I held onto her hand and willed the Void to heal her legs… Following my wishes, the Void untangled itself from my arm and flew over to Ayase legs, wrapping around them.

It then began glowing, and after a moment, Ayase gasped all of a sudden causing me to snap from watching the Void and looked at her, I was surprised that there were actually tears falling from her eyes.

Worriedly I began asking, 'Ayase? Ayase, does it hurt?" Tsugumi also noticed Ayase gasp as she walked out from behind her and held onto her other hand with a worried look on her face as she murmured, "Aya-nee?"

"My legs… I can actually feel some warmth from the Void… and I think my feet can move now…" She began smiling as she continued to cry tears of happiness.

Her statement had an immediate effect on everyone in the room, Hare and Inori rushed over while Tsugumi was gushing about how happy she was for her and I held onto her hand firmer as I was mindful of the Void that was still healing Ayase' legs.

At first it was a slight movement of her toes but eventually, she actually could lift her legs and move them just barely.

The glow that Hare's Void was giving out eventually faded and released its hold on Ayase's legs… I allowed it to dematerialize before saying, "Ayase? Wanna try standing?" I continued to hold on to her hand as she gave me a nod and braced herself.

It was slow but eventually with the help of Tsugumi and I, she was able to stand on her own! And with her new found capability, she grabbed both Tsugumi and I into a hug while squealing about how great this was.

Tsugumi was equally enthusiastic about Ayase while I grinned and whispered to her ears, "I'm happy for you, I'm glad that I was able to fulfill both promises I made to you… I love you Ayase."

Her eyes soften as she said, "And for that, I thank you from the bottom of this heart that you own, now and forever… know that I too love you... Ouma Shu." blushing a bit at her declaration, we both began leaning towards each other when-…

"Ahem, not that I want to spoil this moment for Aya-nee but I'm still here you know!"

We blushed as we finally noticed that Inori and Hare were looking at us with smiles while Tsugumi had a playful grin on her face.

Ayase released her hold on us and as soon as she did so, she nearly fell to the ground but I thankfully caught her in time. Hare and Tsugumi cried out in worry while Inori also looked worried but had her sight on the door in case someone came in hearing the cries.

Ayase laughed sheepishly as she said, "I guess I'm not totally used to using my legs yet… it's been too long."

I rolled my eyes as I commented, "You'll just have to start walking around more often from here on out, you do have a large amount of walking to compensate for." finishing with a playful smile.

Ayase slapped my arm equally playful as she pouted causing Tsugumi to giggling which lead to us laughing.

With that, Ayase slowly began walking for a bit before I told her to sit back on her wheel chair as it was better not to strain her legs… after all they've just been healed, and it was better to be safe than sorry.

Ayase seemed reluctant but agreed eventually, Ayase and I turned to Hare as we thanked her which she blushed before waving it off as I even bowed to show my appreciation of her actions.

With that, we all went our separate ways, with Hare going back to class to see if anyone still needed help, Tsugumi going back to deal with the lightings and Inori heading back to her room as she murmured that she was tired.

Waving and bidding them all 'good night', Ayase and I made our way to her room… and as we reached her door, she turned to face me still in the wheelchair and said.

"Shu… come closer for a moment." She seemed to be smiling for some reason and I followed her request.

She surprised me as she suddenly stood up and kissed me to which I took a moment before responding with wrapping my arms around her so that she wouldn't strain her legs while bringing her closer to me as I returned the kiss tenderly.

We pulled apart as we both smiled at each other… We then bade each other 'good night' before I left her room and headed for mine.

I'm not sure what the future will bring, but for now… I'm glad that we can have some moments of peace and happiness… I just hope these times will last…"

"That's exactly why we're sick and tired of you dodging the issue!"

I was surprised to hear someone actually shouting and looked back at the screen to see that it was the friend of the student wearing specs who was about to harass Ayase yesterday.

I began glaring at him and Ayase noticed as she was sitting just beside me… She asked.

"Shu? What's wrong?"

I shook my head as I answered, "It's nothing, just remembering what nearly happened that day and also a bit worried at what Keido is going to do…"

Now that I think about it… What happened to Haruka…? Is she alright… I wonder if she's still working with them…

"I am not dodging the issue; I'm simply saying that we should not do anything rash until the situation clears up." It seems that Alisa was trying to explain her actions…

But… The students don't seem to like her response… as evident with their worried looks… Alisa noticed this and she tried to lift their spirits.

"We should be hearing from the Kuhouin Head, my grandfather, soon. All we need is a bit of patience."

I raised a brow as the friend of specs shouted with an annoyed look on his face.

"Come on! Face the facts! We don't officially exist anymore!"

I noticed a female student giving a gasp but was ignored by the person who continued shouting.

"Don't you get it? They're going to kill us along with the virus!"

I let out a sigh as I knew that certainly seemed to be the case, when we all woke up this morning, we noticed that there was a huge wall surrounding Loop 7 and with the Endlaves stationed there, I doubt we'll be able to get out of here soon…

I returned my attention to the video feed as I heard someone giving out a cry and saw that the girl who gasped earlier was sobbing and her friend was shouting.

"Hey, cut it out! Nobody knows that for sure!"

Alisa agreed with that statement as she began, "That's right… Also, don't shout. This is why I requested that no one takes the floor until they have the microphone."

"The way I see it…"

Oh? It seems that the student who was wearing specs was waiting for that as he was now holding the microphone and was begun his statement…

"Our biggest problem right now is that we don't know anything about the situation… Shouldn't someone take responsibility and inspect the wall enclosing Loop 7?"

I rolled my eyes… did he think it was that simple? I let out a sigh as the students began rallying behind his banner shouting.

"Yeah! He's right!"

"Don't just stand there, do something!"

"Nanba's right!"

So… his name is Nanba, eh? I then felt a hand on mine and turned to see Ayase giving a sad smile which I returned.

Tsugumi then began, "I don't understand why president bothers taking guys like that seriously. I don't know if its integrity or just stupidity…"

I turned to see Souta facing Tsugumi before retorting, "She just wants to hear everybody out! What's wrong with that?!"

Tsugumi calmly replied, "Nothing but only if we're in a peaceful time…."

How true… I closed eyes as I was about to begin thinking of any possible solution to our dilemma when suddenly a cry was heard from the video feed.

"Please!"

My eyes snapped opened and looked at the screen in front of me… It seems that amidst the chaos, the same female was sobbing earlier had managed to go up the stage and was approaching Alisa as she pleaded.

"Please do something! I want to see my mom and dad!"

A glance behind us allowed me to see Tsugumi having a frown on her face before my attention was once again brought to the screen as Nanba began speaking.

"What we're saying is we want you to decide on a course of action"

As the girl earlier was beginning comforted by the head of the disciplinary department, Nanba continued speaking in a mocking tone.

"If you ask me, ' grandpa will come and save us' so wait for him… isn't something a leader should say, am I right?"

As the students began muttering their agreements, Alisa seemed to be embarrassed, not that I can blame her as anyone would be in that situation… Nanba however wasn't finished as he announced.

"As per article 32, section 3 of the student council charter…"

I raised a brow as I muttered, "Someone's been studying…" causing Ayase to give a slight giggle and Inori to smile while Yahiro just smirked as we continued to watch Nanba's announcement.

"I'm filling a no-confidence resolution against the president and request that we elect a new president in her stead!"

My eyes widened as I whistled, "Whoa, someone's serious about this."

I got a slap on my arm as I turned to see the culprit only to find Ayase giving me a glare which I cowered instantly as I said, "Sorry, I know it's not the time for joking around."

With that revelation, Alisa had little choice but to concede and allow the students to vote for a new president, however meanwhile she would continue her job until then which she readily made everyone know before dismissing the assembly.

With the event done for now, I looked at the clock before turning to Ayase and said, "Time to distribute the vaccines?" Receiving a nod, I turned to Hare and asked, "Do you mind doing the announcement? Ayase and I will go get the vaccines for the students."

Hare didn't mind and with that, Yahiro, Souta and Kanon stayed behind to wait for Alisa while Inori decided to go wandering around to which I told her to be careful…

Hare made her way to the P.A room while Ayase and I went over to the storage and got out one of the boxes of vaccines that we've managed receive from Alisa's grandfather.

As we carried the boxes to the infirmary, I turned to Ayase and asked, "How're your legs? Any discomforts or pain?"

Ayase smiled before shaking her head as she replied, "They're fine, though still a bit weak, I'm sure with time, I'll be able used to walking again." To prove her statement, she moved her legs and showed no signs of pain or signs of hiding it.

Convinced, I gave her a smile as we reached the infirmary. We set up a table and I grabbed the checklist of those students who received the vaccine today as Ayase prepared the vaccines to be given. Hare then began the announcement.

"It's time to distribute the vaccine, everyone allotted a dose this week are to report to the Infirmary before going for your lunch."

With that, all we had to do was, wait and soon enough, the first student entered the room and as he gave his name along with class, Ayase gave him the vaccine while I ticked the checkbox beside his name.

Eventually, more and more people came entering the room and I realized that we should've taken more earlier, thankfully Hare came by to see if we needed help and I asked,

"Hare, do you mind ticking the students who receive a vaccine? I've gotta go get another box since it seems that there are still quite a lot of people coming."

Receiving a nod, Hare grabbed the checklist and began ticking, I went over to Ayase and told her, "I'll go get some more vaccines, I'll be right back."

She gave a nod as she passed another vaccine to a student; I then headed out and made my way back to the student council room as the storage was there.

I entered the room to see that the storage room was open and when I went over, I noticed that everyone aside from Alisa were inside and Inori along with Tsugumi and Kanon were checking the Vaccines.

"This is the school's unofficial website, Tennouzu Underground. Take a look."

Souta and Yahiro were by the corner looking at his phone which had a web page on it.

I entered the room which everyone noticed as they greeted me and Kanon asked, "You're done already?"

I shook my head as I replied, "No, I've just come to get another box of vaccine, the one we took turned out to be only half full… I guess it was yesterday's one."

With that, I went over and grabbed a box that Inori told me was already checked before I turned to Yahiro and asked, "The net's back on?"

Yahiro looked at me and gave me a nod saying, "Apparently so, the jamming suddenly lifted on just the school's local network so the internet came back up."

Yahiro didn't look to happy though so I hazarded a guess, "We're still not able to contact anyone outside?"

Yahiro had a grim expression as he gave a nod before Kanon, Souta and I went over and looked at the website….

'I wonder just what the heck is she doing!'

'I know right? She just doesn't get anything done.'

'Hey… isn't that untrue? I mean she did provide the vaccine for us, didn't she?'

'I guess that's true… But still if she could get the vaccine from her grandpa, why couldn't she just ask him to get us out of here, instead of being useless!'

'Maybe-'

…. Dang, all of us had solemn expressions on our faces as Kanon summed up our thoughts, "They're really going after the president."

Souta muttered under his breath, "But she's working very hard! That's just being mean!" Probably referring to the 'being useless' comment…

"I can see their point, though."

Eh? All of us turned to Tsugumi as she commented, "I mean she's really not cut out to lead."

Souta seemed to take that badly as he shouted, "Hey! That's a horrible thing to say! She's one of us and we care about her!"

Tsugumi then retorted, "'one of us'? We're only together because of the circumstances, I mean… don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for the help she's done for Aya-nee and I."

I guess I can understand what Tsugumi was saying… yet Souta was right as well… Before I could even stop them and ask them to calm down, Souta shouted.

"You're not cute at all!"

An angry expression appeared on Tsugumi's face as she stuck out her tongue before saying in an annoyed tone.

"Well, I'm so sorry!"

She then stormed out of the room as Kanon shouted her name. I wanted to go talk to her but I had to bring the vaccine over to Ayase… I went over to Inori and asked her, "Inori, can you bring this to Ayase? I'll go talk to Tsugumi."

She looked at me for a moment and replied, "Alright…" and she took the box from me.

I gave her a smile and thanked her before we left the room after bidding the rest of them good bye and went our separate ways….

Scene change: At an empty hallway

Three male students were sitting on a bench while Nanba overlooked them as they were accessing the net.

Nanba then ordered, "Gather as much information as you can on what's happening outside and on the people who want to leave. We'll confront her with that at the assembly."

"Whatever, why don't we just kill her?"

Nanba let out a sigh as he answered, "Don't get hasty; we can play our trump card whenever we want."

He then opened his uniform to show that he had a pistol hidden in a pocket…

What on earth is going to happen…?

Scene change: The school compound by the river

P.O.V: Shu

"Where did she run off to…?" I muttered as I looked around for her… I turned to the side and to my surprise, I saw Tsugumi there sitting as she gazed at the setting sun…

I went over and began to say as I sat down next to her, "Hey… you okay?"

"I'm fine… just remembered something unpleasant…" She seemed sad… and I was about to ask if she wanted to talk about it when she suddenly asked.

"Neh… Shu? This may seem to be a weird question to ask but have you ever felt lonely?"

Raising a brow at the question, I then answered. "There have been plenty of times… Whenever Haruka was never home… At first I felt lonely but got used to it as it happened more and more frequently… When my dad died… and the times when I wasn't able to see you guys for a long period of time…"

The last part of my answer seemed to bring a slight smile on Tsugumi's face, I asked, "Tsugumi… Are you lonely?"

Tsugumi turned from her gazing and looked at me while shaking her head as she franticly replied, "No, of course not! I mean, sure, the Undertakers are gone but I have been living on my own even before I joined them… I'm way past being lonely…"

Living on her own…? "Tsugumi… Why were you living on your own… what about your pare-"

She shook her head as she interrupted, "I didn't get to meet mine, I was an orphan."

I felt bad for bringing that up thus apologized which Tsugumi simply gave soft smile and said, "It's alright, and I've more or less accepted that I wouldn't get to see them."

"I see… Well, I just came to see if you were upset… are you okay though?"

Tsugumi gave me a look as if I was an idiot…" What're you talking about, I'm fine! Like anything that guy could say would make me upset."

I chuckled sheepishly as I rubbed my neck, replying. "Ah… I guess that was pretty obvious… I just thought so because you seemed sad earlier."

My statement seemed to cause Tsugumi to giggle, I pouted saying, and "Hey… it isn't funny."

Calming down, Tsugumi said, "Ahh, sorry about that Shu… Though, thanks for caring."

I shook my head with a smile on face; Tsugumi then rummaged into her pocket and pulled out a cylinder shaped device.

"Here, as a reward for being so thoughtful…"

I took it and looked at it for a moment before turning to her and asked, "What is this?"

She simply smiled and said, "Let's get everyone together first, I don't want to have to repeat it."

With that, I messaged everyone asking that we all meet up by the benches just outside the school's building.

Receiving positive replies from everyone, Tsugumi and I stood up and began to make our way to the destination.

Eventually all of us met up, I greeted Ayase and Inori and was about to apologize to Ayase for not coming back but she shook her head and said "its okay, Inori already informed me… Thanks for looking for my best friend.

Ayase made sure to ask Tsugumi whether she was okay before she began her explanation to everyone about the device that I showed everyone…

"That device Shu is holding is called a Genomic Resonance Gauge."

"A Genomic Resonance Gauge?" I looked at the device in question with a puzzled stare.

Tsugumi continued her explanation, "Yep. To put it bluntly, it's like a gadget for measuring the strength of Voids.

I pressed a button on it and a compartment opened up showing a screen as I asked, "Tsugumi, where'd you get this?"

"It was just lying on the ground near the truck those guys attacked us in yesterday."

"Oh?" Now… why would such a thing be with those people… a coincidence? Or did someone plant it there…

Tsugumi continued, "It seems like the bigger the number, the more power the Void is with the max being at two thousand."

Intrigued, I tried it out by pointing the device at Hare… The red screen began showing numbers and they were increasing to thousands before stopping at 1830-1831.

Ayase leaned to look at the number as she said, "Impressive!" as she smiled at Hare causing her to wave her face blushing as she began saying.

"Wh-What? What is it?"

I shook my head smiling as I answered, "It's nothing, just that your Void is pretty high."

Deciding to go ahead and find out the numbers of the rest of our group, I pointed the device to Inori and the numbers rose till it reached 2000 and it said 'OVER'…

I whistled and commented, "Whoa… Inori your Void can't even be measured by the gauge."

I turned and pointed it at Ayase this time that had a surprised look not expecting me to turn to her… The device showed 1753-1755. I told her so and she simply shrugged saying, " It isn't so surprising considering all my Void can do is fly, though I wouldn't trade them for anything else, they are after all wings given by you." finishing with a smile.

I blushed a bit as I saw everyone smiling at the two of us before Ayase asked me to pass over the device, thinking that she wanted to test it as well, I let her have it and she pointed it at me surprisingly.

Her eyes widened as she said, "The device isn't showing anything… Does that mean you don't have a Void?"

I shrugged while tossing around the idea of my own Void… if I had any and Ayase changed her target to Tsugumi and looking over at the screen, it showed 1485-1486, it was pretty low but…

Hey, now that I think about it…

"Come to think of it, what's Tsugumi's Void?" It seems that Ayase had read my mind and turned to me asking that question.

I shook my head as I replied, "I don't know, I haven't drawn it out before."

With that we both turned our heads towards Tsugumi along with everyone else… Tsugumi looked lost as she became wary of how we were looking at her.

"Eh?" was all she could say before Ayase passed me the device and grabbed onto Tsugumi's left arm. This made her look at Ayase alarmed.

Ayase simply looked amused as she said, "Think of the situation we're in. It's best to get an idea of what everyone's Voids, right?"

Before she could even retort, I watched amused as Hare walked over and grabbed onto her other limb as she cheerfully said, " Don't worry, it only hurts for a second."

Tsugumi alarmingly exclaimed, "It hurts?!"

Kanon joined in as she made Tsugumi look forward while I stood up as Kanon began playfully…

"All right, Dr. Ouma, go ahead."

Tsugumi was so worried that she began stuttering, " Hey- Wait-"

I chuckled as I said, "Sorry about this Tsugumi," I held up right hand as a runic circle appeared and I prevented my eyes from changing as I began approaching Tsugumi who was struggling as she said with slight tears in her eyes.

"St-stop!" instead of going ahead with drawing her Void, I actually listened as I didn't want to force this on someone… Not anymore… I turned towards Ayase and asked, "Hey… I don't think we need to force this if Tsugumi really doesn't want it…"

That seemed to cause Tsugumi relief as she thanked me while Hare, Ayase along with Kanon felt a bit guilty at what they were about to force on to Tsugumi and apologized.

Yahiro however said, "Although, Ayase did bring up an important point, it would be bad not to know what all of our Voids can do."

I rubbed my neck as I commented, "True but, it just doesn't feel right to force her if she doesn't want to…"

"-urt…"

"Huh?" I looked at Tsugumi and asked, "What was that?"

She looked down as she murmured, "Does it really hurt?"

I looked towards Ayase and the rest of the group as I didn't know how painful it was to have your Void drawn out.

Hare answered as she was the one who said it hurt in the first place, "It's not anything severe maybe just a shock of pain before it fades… "

Receiving nods of agreement from the rest of us, Tsugumi seemed convinced and said, "Alright… Shu, go ahead and draw it out."

I looked at her uncertain as I asked, "Are you sure?"

She looked at me as she gave me a nod, "alright…"

I once again, approached her and drew out her Void, as I plunged my hand Tsugumi flinched in pain but it faded as her Void began materializing… into a magic wand?

"What…" Well at first glance it looked to be a magic wand… but now that I got a proper look at it… it seemed to have a scanning part on top of the wand… a scanner perhaps?

I tried pointing the scanning part myself but it didn't do anything, Tsugumi who had calmed down from having her void drawn out for the first time, looked at her Void and made to grab it… when her hand passed through the scanning part, it glowed.

Tsugumi froze not knowing what had just happened when I noticed a button that I didn't see earlier and pressed it while stretching out the Void and standing up just in case.

When nothing happened, I decided to just enter New King Mode… my eyes changed as I gazed at the Void… through my eyes; I actually understood the workings of the Void and deactivated them as soon as I knew what to do.

Seeing everyone surprised by the change of my eyes except Ayase and Inori both who have seen it already, I would tell them later but first I'd show them how Tsugumi's Void worked.

I bent down, stretched out the Void before pressing and holding the button as I slowly stood up. An image began appearing… and it was Tsugumi!

I looked at the scene in front of me; Tsugumi was currently looking at Tsugumi #2… Everyone was pretty much surprised at what just happened and turned to me with inquiring looks while Tsugumi continued to check out the details on Tsugumi #2.

I began to explain what just happened, " Tsugumi's Void… is a hand scanner which from scanning a person's hand print can create copies of 'said' person like you see in front of you." gesturing the Tsugumi #2 which everyone indeed looked at.

I continued, "However that is not all, Tsugumi Void also allows the control of the copies by the will of the user."

To demonstrate, I willed Tsugumi #2 to ruffle Tsugumi's hair, which caused her to jump in surprise not expecting the action.

She then looked at me and in a blink of an eye, grabbed her Void and began moving Tsugumi#2 to do all sorts of things…

We eventually decided that I would keep the gauge while Tsugumi decided to play around with her Void a bit more… I warned her that she should release it soon as this was her first time having her Void drawn out after all…

We headed over to the cafeteria for dinner since it was pretty late and we were all hungry.

Scene Change: GHQ Main Base

Keido who had just landed, got off the chopper and entered the building, he then headed towards one of the rooms and entered it.

Inside, Segai was there while in front was a huge panel showing a map of Loop 7…

Keido gazed at it for a moment before ordering, "Report."

Segai began, "Yes, sir. We're deploying a mop-up team, based on your strategy. Next, we'll form a ring around the area and proceed to purify then shrink the blockade zone."

He began showing video feeds from various locations showing the positions of each team, he then continued his report. "As for our main force, I've strategically stationed the Ghost unit formed from the data you gave me."

He then turned to Keido as he said, "Now then, Mr. President…"

Keido narrowed his eyes before saying, "Begin."

Officer Rowan who received the order through a video call, answered.

"Yes, Sir! Now beginning Operation: Purify Tokyo!"

Scene Change: By the edge of the wall enclosing Loop 7

Alarms began blaring as red lights began shining from the top of the walls, marking a certain part of the ground in front of it.

The people who were by the edge of the walls hoping that it come down were all astonished when they were blinded by a red light for a moment as an announcement was made.

"This is an announcement from the new Japanese government. As of midnight tonight, we are shrinking the quarantined area… anyone who attempts to venture outside the red lines-…" The Endlaves lined up in front of the wall, all stood up in sync as the announcer continued.

"-Will be purified on sight, so please be careful."

Suddenly the machine guns mounted on the left shoulder of each Endlave were aimed in front at the people… All those who were standing on the red line were shocked at the scene of weapons being pointed at them and before they could even react, the Endlaves began firing and mercilessly killing all unfortunate people who were standing on the red line…

Scene Change: A GHQ control room somewhere.

Officer Rowan sweatdropped as he gazed horrified at the scene in front of him…

"I don't like this."

Officer Rowan turned and saw that it was Daryl who had spoken…

"President's orders or not, there's no love in this kind of killing."

Daryl seemed to be annoyed… he continued saying, "And that 'Ghost unit' they're not connected from here, are they? And they're not on scene either… so where are the operators?"

Officer Rowan answered, "That's top secret, I'm afraid."

Daryl having expected such simply kept quiet.

Scene Change: Atop Tokyo Tower

Haruka is seen configuring something and all around her were Endlave cockpits that were shut and in operation… however, there was no one inside all of them…

Haruka typed in some code before looking at a screen… It showed that the wall enclosing Loop 7 was moving… closer towards the center of the area… The walls crushed through buildings and swept up any corpses…

Scene Change: At the student lounge

Two students were by the couches looking at their phone which had a chat room on it… They were muttering as Nanba came by exclaiming, "Is it true!?"

One of the two replied as the other checked the chat room again…

"It's happening at Koenji…" Nanba then bent down to look at the conversations and saw that people were talking about the event…

He murmured, "A massacre… Things are getting really bad now…"

"Nanba-san." A person called out which caused Nanba and the other two to look at his direction…

It seems that Alisa was taking a walk and noticed them, she asked. "What're you all doing up at this time of night?"

Nanba stood from his position and informed her. "According to rumors, there's been a massacre at Koenji."

Alisa seemed surprised at this as Nanba continued, "What now? Do you still want to wait and do nothing?"

Alisa looked troubled as she began thinking what could she do…

Scene change: Shu's room

P.O.V: Shu

I was about to sleep when I heard a 'beep' from my phone and got up to grab it by the table, I opened it up and saw that a new thread was made and already people were chatting about it…

Curious, I opened the thread and was quickly horrified when I saw pictures of people killed and a small video of them getting shot at by Endlaves…

I franticly checked the conversations and found out that if one were to step across the red line… they would get shot without any warning… I felt a headache coming as continued reading through the thread before finally going to sleep as I began thinking about what else could happen…

The next day

Scene: A GHQ control room…

Segai and Rowan were both in the room and Segai was busy typing on his phone as he asked Rowan a question.

"Officer Rowan, do you know what brought down the ancient city of Greece? In one word"

Unfazed by the seemingly random question, Rowan answered, "I'm afraid I was a physics major."

"Demagogy"

Rowan turned his attention to Segai as he began talking, "Look at what happens when we stop jamming their signals…"

Segai had been typing a message and sent it as he said that…

Segai then had a cruel smirk on his face as he muttered, "Now, I wonder how they'll react…"

Rowan commented bluntly, "You're a cruel man, Sir."

Now normally when a superior gets insulted by their subordinates, the superior would be sure to punish them… However Segai simply turned to face Rowan with an amused smile on his face as he saying, "Please, don't compliment me so much."

Scene Change: Kuhouin Estate

"Thanks a lot, Gramps." A familiar voice began.

Arugo and Oogumo were standing in front of Alisa's grandfather and both of them looked alright, Arugo who said his thanks earlier, continued.

"We couldn't have stayed on the run any longer."

Oogumo then asked, "How can we repay your kindness?"

Okina Kuhouin gazed at them seriously while a female stood beside him.

"All lines of communication and transport into the city center have been shut down as soon as Keido took office. But there should still be plenty of survivors left, I want to save them.

Oogumo easily answered, "It'll be our pleasure to assist you."

With that they began planning on how to get the trapped survivors out…

Scene Change: Back at Tennouzu High School – A hallway

P.O.V: Shu

Ayase, Hare and I were simply hanging around… Inori wanted to go look around the school while the rest of the student council had their duties to perform. Hare then asked.

"Hey… Did you hear about Koenji?"

I gave a nod while Ayase asked what had happened.

In response to her question, I took out my phone and showed her the thread containing the pictures and the conversation about 'said' pictures.

Ayase was horrified while Hare let out a gasp in shock as she exclaimed, "Oh my… I thought it was just a rumor…"

I shook my head with a grimace as I commented, "From what I know of GHQ… I'm sad to say this doesn't surprise me as much as it should…"

Hare mumbled, "I worried about what's going to happen to our school…"

I turned to look at her as I said, "Don't worry, we've got everyone with us and I'll also be fighting to protect all of us."

Ayase and Hare smiled before saying that they too will support me however they can…

I thanked them as Hare asked, "Hey, Shu… Don't you want to be the leader?"

"Eh?"

"Why don't you run for student council president?"

Surprised at the question, I didn't say anything for a moment as both Ayase and Hare looked at me… I then rubbed the back of neck nervously as I replied,

" I don't think I should, I'm the last person who should be giving people orders… besides I'm sure there will be a better person who will step up to the job." I still think I'm too kind… not strict or confident enough to be a leader like Gai…

A glance to my side allowed me to see Ayase frowning and was about to say something when Hare retorted, "That's not true! You've just convinced yourself that's the case!"

She then smiled as she commented, "You can be a king, Shu."

I was taken aback at her confidence in me before I smiled and thanked her just as we heard rapid footsteps and a loud laugh down the hall way.

"Now you're what I'd call a really soothing girl! Aya-nee you'd better be careful or she might just take your Shu away from you."

This caused all three of us to blush before I shook my head and attempted to say something when my phone beeped and all three of us turned to look at it while Tsugumi went over and looked as well.

I checked what had been updated and it seemed a new conversation had opened up… The starting line read…

"If you hand over members of the Undertakers, you can get outside of the wall. "

The rest of the conversation were, students asking about confirmation and the truthfulness about that statement… despite the doubts they were showing… I grimaced as I thought of what would happen now and how relieved I was knowing Ayase and Tsugumi were with me… but what about-

I looked at all three of them and Ayase and I asked in sync, "Where's Inori?"

Just then someone shouted, "There! It's the Undertakers!"

Our eyes widened as we ran towards the window…

"No..!"

"Don't let her get away!"

Two guys were harassing a girl as they began shouting at her to confess that she was apart of the Undertakers… which she wasn't as I had never seen her before aside from school.

They began mumbling something we couldn't here and I was about to go down and help her when one of them pushed down her head. Thankfully, Alisa and Souta suddenly came by and began shouting at them.

I cursed, "If this is already happening, we've gotta find Inori quick… not that I don't think she can protect herself."

"We've got trouble, Shu!"

We turned to the side and Yahiro was holding his phone as he mentioned the rumor that we all just read.

I told him, "We already know about it, all we gotta do is find Inori."

I turned to everyone and asked, "Yahiro, you and I will go look for Inori while Tsugumi, can you please bring Ayase back to the student council room, Hare please go with them."

"Wha- Shu! I don't need to be protected like this."

I kneeled down as I said, "I know… but it'll make me feel better knowing that you're safe… so please Ayase? "

She still seemed reluctant but eventually agreed; I gave her a smile before turning to Tsugumi and Hare.

"Keep yourselves safe and be careful, okay? Yahiro and I will be back."

Receiving nods, they headed towards the Student Council room while Yahiro and I split up to look for Inori.

Scene Change: By the staircase in school somewhere.

"I-It's okay, I'm only going to check whether you've got a tattoo."

Inori was surrounded by three male students and they were closing in on her… She looked afraid when suddenly her expression changed to one with an evil smirk and screams were heard…

P.O.V: Shu

I entered the other school's building and as I climbed up the stairs, I thought to myself…

Inori… you had better be alright…

As I was about to climb another flight of stairs, I paused as Inori was coming down.

She looked at me as she asked, "What's wrong, Shu?"

Snapping out my surprise in meeting her so soon, I asked her worriedly, "There's an awful rumor spreading, did anyone attack you?"

"It's okay, I haven't seen anyone else here." … Weird… I get the feeling that she's lying yet she's not and why does Inori seem cold all of a sudden…

I shook my head of such thoughts as I said, "Ah… I see, that's good, then. Let's go and meet up with Ayase and Tsugumi."

Receiving a nod, we began heading down the stairs as I messaged Yahiro saying that I found Inori… I never noticed the bloody bodies of three male students on the next level that Inori had come down from…

As we met up with Ayase, Tsugumi and Hare, Alisa made an announcement…

"We're moving up our plans. A student body meeting will be held in ten minutes. All students please assemble in the gymnasium immediately."

We all looked at each other before I said, "Well… let's go, we'd look suspicious if we didn't attend."

Receiving nods, we made our way to the Gymnasium and as the students began filling in, we stood at the corner where we met with Souta.

Every student was muttering… about what was going on… whether the rumor was true… what this assembly was about…

Alisa eventually took the stage as I watched out for anyone that was approaching us with ill intent.

"We mustn't be led astray by false rumors! Help will come if we wait for it. What we need to do now is endure the storm!""

That however did nothing except infuriate the student body as they began shouting.

"You always say that!"

"Don't you have anything else to say?!"

Yahiro commented on the obvious, " That stance isn't going to fly with the other students anymore."

Souta however still defended Alisa as he retorted, " How can you say that? Don't you feel bad for the president?"

I answered, " It's not that we don't feel bad for Alisa but you have to face the facts, Souta… Simply telling students that they'd have to wait and wait until eventually whenever the help they're waiting for comes is all they can do would obviously cause this kind of reaction and would lead to people doing all sorts of reckless actions."

I glanced to my side and saw that Ayase, Inori and Tsugumi were still by us as they looked and listened to the reactions of the Students, I let out a sigh of relief not knowing what I'd be doing if they weren't here with us.

"President…" Everyone quieted down as I turned my attention to the stage where Nanba had stepped up.

He began summing up the students thoughts as he said to Alisa, " What we want to hear right now is how to avoid getting slaughtered. If going by the rumors, it means that we only need to hand over the Undertakers and we can get out of here, right?"

Alisa retorted, " That's simply a false rumor, there aren't any Undertaker members here!"

"Oh, but there are!" Nanba's friend came up stage as well, making us turn our attention to him.

He continued to say, " In fact, we discovered some ourselves!"

Alisa asked, " And where are the people you've discovered?"

Oh shit… Please don't tell me… Suddenly the lights dimmed and a spot light shone at our area….

Nanba pointed at us saying.

"Those two girls, the one in the wheelchair and the one wearing some sort of nekomimi on her head… They both are wearing our school's uniforms, but has anyone seen them before the blockade?"

As he said those things, Nanba began approaching us while every student was looking at us.

Someone shouted, "Undertaker members have tattoos on their backs, you know!"

Nanba's friend, whom I now recalled to be Takaomi Sudou also began approaching us with an evil grin on his face as he muttered, " Really? Well, maybe we should try looking for it to make sure."

Roars of approval came from the students and Sudou continued saying as he hasten his approach.

"The Undertakers are a criminal organization that has committed bioterrorism! That is why we can't let them go unpunished!"

He began reaching for Ayase's hand when I slapped away his hand and shouted, " Stop!"

When I saw Nanba taking out a gun, I quickly pulled out Inori's Void and aimed it at him which froze everyone in place….

People began muttering about me along with Ayase being the people who dealt with the Endlave two days ago.

I turned to Nanba and said, " Put away the gun." When he hesitated, I repeated my words, shouting this time.

This time he did put the gun away and I lowered Inori's Void as my red eyes took in everyone in front of us.

I then calmly said, " If you're looking for a member of the Undertakers, then I am also one."

The students began nervously muttering amongst each other and I turned to them saying, " Sorry about this but could you let me handle this? I have a plan."

They all looked unsure, but eventually allowed me to do so…

I turned to Ayase giving her an encouraging smile before turning to Tsugumi and gestured that we should go up stage…

Nanba and Sudou followed along, as we reached the stage and the lights were turned back on, I turned to Nanba and Sudou and asked, " I'll need one of you for the plan I thought of, don't worry it won't cause any injuries whatsoever."

Reluctantly Sudou volunteered and giving him an annoyed nod as I still remembered the time they were harassing Ayase, I turned to Tsugumi and said, " I'll need your Void for this plan. May I?"

She gave me a nod and with that a runic circle appeared and I drew out her Void before giving it to her.

People were all in awe in seeing me properly drawing out a Void and I knew they had a ton of questions.

I informed them, " Please hold on with your questions for now, I'll answer them to the best of my ability later on."

I turned back to Tsugumi and asked, "First, Tsugumi please make a copy of Ayase, Sudou, yourself and me."

A bit surprised at the request, she nodded and made a copy of herself before moving on with the rest of us. Even Sudou who was reluctant at first went along.

With the copies made, I asked Tsugumi to bring Fyu-Neru and prepare him to show a video feed through the gymnasium's projector.

With preparations done, I asked that Tsugumi make the copies go onto the military hummer that had crashed into our festival yesterday and make them drive to the red line.

We watched as Fyu-Neru recorded the transaction, the copy of Sudou came out of the hummer and as the Endlaves pointed their guns at him, he pleaded for them to wait and said that he had brought the Undertaker members.

Our own copies, with mine holding Ayase's bridal style and Tsugumi handcuffed behind us were shown to the Endlaves…

Sudou's copy then informed the Endlaves that there were still plenty of students at school using it as a shelter and that they'll hand over our copies and in return pleaded that they allowed the students to be free to go.

Sudou's copy then ordered ours to move on ahead and as our copies crossed the red line… they were shot mercilessly… somewhat expecting that reaction, Tsugumi made Sudou's copy slowly back away as he muttered,

"So now can we…" Before he got to finish whatever he was about to say, the Endlaves pointed their mounted guns at him… and shot causing Sudou's copy to perish as well.

Nanba along with the rest of us saw the video, live and he was freaking out… he began exclaiming.

"How can this be…. Handing over the Undertakers should have solved everything!"

He looked at me in panic as he shouted, " What the hell is going on?!"

I looked at him sternly as I said, " Now do you get it? Relying on the government when they are the ones who isolated us without reason isn't going to work. Tsugumi shouted from behind me, standing along with Ayase and Sudou…

"And you understand Shu's Void power too, don't you?"

She showed her Void as she explained, " This is my Void: The doll-making hand scanner… It allows me to make copies of anyone that had their hand scanned on top and I can even control them remotely."

I looked at all the students as I said, " To me, you all looked afraid because you didn't understand the situation. So with that in mind, I made one fact perfectly clear. Now we can hopefully move forward…. I want you all to calm down."

The students then began asking questions

"What exactly is your power?"

"Are all our so-called Voids the same?"

"What are Voids ?"

"Are you three really Undertaker members?"

I raised my hand and the onslaught of questions stopped, I calmly said,

" My power is called the power of the Kings and so far it's only ability is to draw out Voids, no everyone's Void is different as they are our hearts given form and yes all three of us are really genuine Undertaker members and before someone asks, no we did not commit bioterrorism, that was GHQ's Antibodies doing."

I then noticed Nanba shaking in frustration as he began reaching for his gun, I quickly looked around and noticed Alisa was too far to draw her Void from and quickly entered New King mode and looked at Sudou and saw that his Void was some kind of boomerang, as Nanba took out his gun shouting,

"The government and your powers…It's all fake!"

I quickly looked at Sudou's eyes briefly and pulled out his Void, shooting it out instantly at Nanba's gun sending it flying.

As the boomerang reentered back into Sudou's body, he felt into a heap on the ground while I leveled a harsh glare at Nanba, " Didn't I just tell you to calm down? Don't make me angry."

I turned back to the stunned students and said, " Just like you saw yesterday, we have a way of fighting. So please, rest easy regarding that aspect."

I then gave them a determined stare as I informed the student body, " This is why I want whoever is going to be the leader, to really think… To think of a way that we'll all be saved… That's all."

I then gestured that we should head back to where Inori was still at when suddenly Yahiro shouted, :

"Hold up, Shu!" he made his way through the students and said, " This isn't over yet."

I watched as he turned back to the students as I gave confused glances to Ayase and Tsugumi who shook their heads not knowing what was going on.

"Hey everybody! I think Shu's absolutely right! So let me ask you, who on that stage would make the best leader?"

My eyes widened at what Yahiro was planning and I was about to say something when the whole student body began shouting my name.

I turned to Yahiro and asked, " What're you doing, Yahiro." Yahiro however ignored me and announced, " Everyone who agrees Ouma Shu should be our new president, clap your hands!"

I was stunned when everyone began clapping their hands with smiles on their faces. Suddenly I heard claps behind me and turned around abruptly to see Ayase and Tsugumi were also clapping their hands with smiles on their faces.

I turned back to Yahiro and asked what was that for… he simply smiled and said, " I'll help you with the job, give it a try. After all didn't I say that the decision would be made for you?"

I was about to retort when Yahiro said, " Don't you think this is what you can do right now?"

I let out a sigh and smiled as I said, " I guess… I don't really have a choice now do I ?"

He shook his head and said, " Nope."

I felt a hand grabbing onto mine and I glanced to see Ayase had taken my hand in hers as she looked up and told me. " Don't worry, I'm sure you can be a great leader, Shu."

"Thanks Ayase, I guess I'll give it a shot."

I held her hand as I wondered… would I really be okay as a leader… I have to be… For all our sakes.

Meanwhile in a GHQ facility somewhere…

A figure is seen coming out of some kind of pool of liquid… the figure was wearing a cross necklace and overseeing the figure were Haruka and Keido… Keido then mutters, " The time has come…"

And so ends chapter 15, just four more to go before this story ends. Hope all goes well ~ See ya tomorrow, hope this was satisfactory!