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"But why Sugase-san?" asked Odajima. "I thought he said that he didn't really know the victim."

"No," Kyuu corrected. "They went to the same high school together. However, it seems that he was lying about not knowing her."

"How would you know if I was lying or not?" Sugase-san retorted.

Kyuu held the bagged brochure up closer to Sugase-san. "Recognize this?" The personal trainer's eyes widened, and he froze as everyone else read the title.

"Is this… a brochure for an anti-bullying club?" asked Minabuchi.

"Ah. Now, you must think about why such a muscular man would be so involved with advocating anti-bullying. Why would a sports jock have such a thing? There are two explanations. One, he was a bully, who regretted his past actions. Or two, he was a victim. Either way, we decided that we would need to do some research, and we found a guidance counselor's report on a specific high school's website."

Kazuma nodded. "When I searched 'bullying', two pictures popped up, one of a younger Yamaguchi-san, and one of a very scrawny boy. Imagine my surprise when I clicked on the article and found Sugase-san's name."

Everyone turned to Sugase-san, who had shadow cast on the top half of his face. His hands shook, and he spoke so softly that everyone had to strain to hear him.

"That witch used to pick on me a lot, because I was a nerdy kid back then. One time during freshman year, we were in the same gym class. She convinced some of the boys in the class to grab my stuff while I was taking a shower. I got into trouble with the principal, and was expelled, all because I was forced to go around the school without clothes that day.

I finished online school, and applied and got into university. I was a physical fitness major, and I started weightlifting and bodybuilding, so that no one would ever pick on me again. Then, I got a job here. Imagine my surprise when my former classmate just down the hall.

We met each other as we were passing each other in the hallway, but she didn't recognize me. She even had the nerve to flirt with me. Me! The person's life she destroyed all of those years ago. That was when revenge crossed my mind. I asked her to meet me at the pool at 10:30 p.m. Luckily for me, no one was there at the pool.

I confronted her about what she had done. Do you know what she did?! She just laughed! So I –I got angry. I shoved her, but I didn't realize how much force I had put behind it. She hit her head on the metal ladder leading to the diving board. She was only unconscious, so I panicked. If she told anyone about the assault, my life would be ruined for a second time. By the same person, no less! So I held her underwater. Eventually she stopped breathing altogether."

"And she died," said Kyuu, his eyes on the personal trainer.

"And she died," repeated Sugase-san, his tone unreadable.

Odajima sighed, motioning for the officers to arrest him. Before they could even take a step, however, in a blur, he rushed past the officers, and to the others' alarm, used his body weight to launch himself and Kyuu into the pool. Before they hit the water, Kyuu heard Sugase-san mutter, "I'm sorry about this, kid. Pluto told me that if I was caught, I had to escape by any means necessary. Even if it means using a hostage to do it."

Then, with a large splash, both of them sunk into the water.

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As the bubbles cleared away, Sugase-san found that he had a grip on Kyuu's throat. The boy was struggling, arms and legs flailing about in his effort to free himself from his captor's hold. After what seemed like an eternity, Kyuu started to slow down, and his legs were still in the water.

At the same moment, everyone had rushed over and was now standing at the edge of the pool, the shock of what had just transpired still present. They tried to make out what was going on, but the two were so far deep that the others could only see two figures moving around in the water.

Kinta was getting ready to jump in after Kyuu, but Ryuu shook his head. "If you jump in now, your clothes will weigh you down. Not to mention, you don't know what is going on. You could inadvertently make the situation worse."

Kinta didn't like it, but he understood Ryuu's reasoning and stood down. Megu placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, her eyes betraying her worry. "We just have to have faith that he will make it out alive. He can do it. I know he can."

Meanwhile, Kyuu's legs had ceased kicking. Thinking that the boy had stopped breathing, Sugase-san started to let go of the boy's neck.

That was his big mistake.

The next thing the muscular trainer knew, Kyuu had kicked him hard in the stomach, causing him to let go of him entirely. A few bubbles escaped as the breath was knocked out of him.

Recovering from the slight pain, the annoyed Sugase-san lunged at him, trying to get a grip on him again. Kyuu dodged, just in the nick of time. In return, the boy sent another kick, this time at the murderer's shoulder. Unfortunately, it was intercepted by the target himself, who grabbed the boy's ankles and flung him headfirst toward the wall of the pool. Kyuu managed to reorient himself so that his feet hit the hard surface instead, and he used the same force to push himself toward the personal trainer.

Sugase-san may have had size and strength, but here in the water, the smaller Kyuu had speed and agility. Adding that to the fact that Sugase-san was getting more and more agitated, Kyuu formed a plan. He ducked from a hard punch aimed at his head, and as his attacker's body swung from the momentum of the move, Kyuu moved.

As the muscular man studied his surroundings, he frowned. Where was that kid?!

He felt a creeping sensation crawl up his back. However, before he could turn around, Kyuu's foot connected with the back of his head via a particularly strong kick. As his world turned to back, he remembered wondering regretfully, "Was this how Yamaguchi-san felt?"

Up at the edge of the pool, Kazuma turned to Ryuu, panicked. "How long has it been since Kyuu was taken underwater?"

Minabuchi-san checked his watch. He paled, and with a trembling voice, said that it had been four minutes. Megu inhaled sharply, Kyuu's shoulders tense at the sound. Most people could hold their breaths underwater for only two minutes. It had been twice that long. Not to mention, Kyuu had been caught off guard, and probably hadn't had enough time to draw in a full breath. "But-"

Before she could finish that sentence, the sound of someone breaking the surface of the water and gasping for breath made them freeze, and the police officers reflexively drew their guns, only to lower them at the sight.

Kyuu was swimming toward the edge of the pool, with an unconscious Sugase-san slung over his back.

Class Q was stunned into silence, staring speechlessly as Kyuu let the officers haul the killer out of the water before heaving himself up onto the floor by the bleachers.

As he went towards the men's locker room to dry himself off, he sent a knowing smirk over his shoulder.

Oh, by the way, Kinta, Kazuma, I do know how to swim, thank you very much.