Kouichi: Because of this phenomenon, everyone is avoiding you and Naoki?
Mei: Well, yes.
Kouichi: Is Naoki so hostile to everyone?
Because you see... He threatened me with death.
Mei: Naoki didn't threaten you with death at his hand, but rather by something else, I don't know if it will do anything now if you start ignoring us again, like the rest of the class.
I think this has already started.
Kouichi: Can I ask one more question?
Mei: No, I don't like to be interrogated.
Besides, the police officers have already questioned me enough.
Kouichi: Okay, so… see you later Misaki-san.
Mei just nodded, Sakakibara started looking for Yukari, he wanted to apologize to her for talking about her father, soon Akazawa spotted him.
Izumi: Kouichi-kun, we need to talk.
Kouichi: Oh, okay…
Izumi: Yesterday you hurt Yukari, you may not know it, but you brought up a very sensitive topic for her...
Kouichi: I know, I just wanted.. I just wanted to say sorry to her..
Izumi: Good, Yukari is not at school today, so pardon yourself for today.
Kouichi: Akazawa-san, I'm so sorry that I touched that topic…
Can you tell her that I'm really sorry?
Izumi: She knows that you did it unintentionally.
Kouichi: I feel terribly silly...
Izumi: So tell her tomorrow.
Kouichi: I'll do that.
On his return to school, Kouichi remembered Mr. Sasaki, and stopped by his newsstand.
Kouichi: Good afternoon Sasaki-san!
Hiroshi: Umm? You're the guy I told about the 1970s murders?
Kouichi: Yes, that was almost a month ago though..
Hiroshi: Right, so why you came here now?
Kouichi: You were supposed to tell me the rest.
Hiroshi: Oh, right..
But it will cost you additional 500 yen.
Kouichi: Ugh fine..
Hiroshi: So, it all started with..
Kouichi: With the murder of Tetsu Hironiwa and his family in 1974?
I read your article on this subject...
I got old newspapers from a friend...
Hiroshi: And do you know how, it ended?
Kouichi: No, to be honest..
Hiroshi: The murders ended with the massacre of the Muneyoshi clan in 1977.
However, don't think to yourself that this is all the fault of any of the killed Muneyoshi.
Kouichi: Huh?
Hiroshi: My friend hit the trail in 1994, however, he bitterly regretted it...
Kouichi: Was it Takanori Sakuragi?
Hiroshi: Yes, he was cruelly murdered by the Great Clans, he simply knew too much...
Kouichi: Did he have a daughter?
Hiroshi: Yes, her name is Yukari, she discovered her father's massacred body as first…
Kouichi: Oh my god…
What did they do to him?
Hiroshi: I don't want to talk about it…
Kouichi: Oh, I see
Hiroshi: He reportedly knew who was responsible for the 1974-1977 murders, as well as the 1986 killing of Shion Muneyoshi's family.
Also, curious why me and Sakuragi didn't write an article on Malgheri's death?
Kouichi: A headline about the Elizabethburg Mafia would be more profitable?
Hiroshi: That's right, even such supposedly credible local newspapers with a small reach become ordinary trash talkers if anything profitable happens..
Kouichi: Oh, okay so...
Kouichi soon noticed Naoki, he wasn't walking towards his house or the place where he usually met Ayato.
Kouichi: I think that's it, thank you for providing the information.
Where does he go, after all, he did not go with either Mei or Ayato...
I know, it may be a bad idea but I will follow him," thought Sakakibara and followed Naoki. Where does he go, after all, he did not go with either Mei or Ayato...
I know, it may be a bad idea but I will follow him," thought Sakakibara and followed Naoki.
Naoki realized after a while that he was being followed, but did not react.
He arrived at Dr. Muneyoshi's house, Kouichi was confused, "Why is Misaki-kun visiting Dr. Muneyoshi?".
After a while, he heard an argument, between Kaito and Naoki, both of them calling each other by name, which shocked the boy even more.
He was about to walk away when he saw Naoki pulling some thing out of his jacket, it looked identical to how gangsters in gangster movies pull out guns, so Sakakibara's heart stopped for a moment and he tried to take a step back.
He closed his eyes, when he opened them he didn't have a gun held to his head in front of him but 2,000 yen, Naoki held, wearing a signet ring from the Muneyoshi clan's kamon.
Naoki: Here's 2,000 yen for you to keep your mouth shut.
Kouichi was so shocked that he couldn't say a word…
Kouichi: I…I…I….I
Naoki: Will you eventually say something?
Kouichi: I.. I. I don't want money...
Naoki: Then what do you want?
Kouichi: For you to reveal your real name to me...
Naoki looked around and maintained a strong eye contact with Kouichi
Naoki: Naoki Muneyoshi, That's right, I belong to the Great Clans... Kaito is my uncle.
But if you tell anyone about this, you will die the next day understand?
No one has the right to know about it, not even Akazawa nor the police nor anyone else.
Kouichi: But why is it a mystery?
Naoki: This is something my "family" doesn't even know.
Kouichi: So… see you tomorrow Misaki-kun
Naoki: Yeah, I hope so.