Chapter 5: I Will Break That Illusion!

Motoharu was checking out the drawers, but, found nothing. "Man, so far nothing." He stepped on something that made his foot a little down on the floor, but not too deep. "What was that?" He wondered as he got on his knees and pressed his hand on the spot where he felt his foot almost sink. "That seems suspicious." He put his fingers on the wooden plate and attempted to pull up.

Funatsu was making his way to his office. "Man, at this rate, Milady will surely meet her maker." He continued until he saw a faint light across the hallway. "Why is my office light on?"

Kurusu was making his way to the underground prison. He was talking on the phone with Aiho. "I see, so, it seems that 9th was abducted by someone else but not the cult."

Aiho thought otherwise. "Yes, unless, Tsubaki and the man are working together. I had a small chat with Tsuchimikado about 30 minutes ago. We concluded that other Diary Holders will probably form alliances which could give us future problems."

"Good point, but, the only thing is, is the man a Holder and what power does this guy have?" Kurusu questioned.

Aiho already had that figured out. "Tsuchikmikado just texted me something about the cult members being controlled by hypnosis. Yukiteru and his group are leaving toward the exit. As for Motoharu, he's checking something out in the head leader Funatsu's office. For what reasons, I'm not sure, but, if I know Uiharu, she's smarter than she is."

"Very well, I'll continue with my task. In the meantime, I'll give Yukiteru a call and you along with the rest of the officers get here as quickly as you can."

"Roger that!"

In the underground prison

12th was holding a tape recorder in his hand. "Sha..." Minene saw what was in his hand. "A small tape recorder, what is he listening to?" Curiosity took over her mind. "What is that device that you're holding?"

The 12th Holder turned to look at her. "This is my Justice Diary. It records the evils that must be defeated and the weak must be protected."

"18:48 next to the corner of the table leg. There is a piece of trash" 12th looked to see where the trash was and swept it up. "Justice prevails..." He walked over to a set of keys hanging on the wall and tossed them in the cell. "Take this opportunity to escape."

Minene wasn't expecting this turn of events but had a question. "You came to kill 6th and yet you're going to rescue me, what is the catch?"

12th gave her a stare for a second. "Compared to your terror, it's cuter than 6th's." He then looked at his Diary again and looked uneasy despite his mask hiding his face. "I'm going to take this bomb."

Minene was stunned. "Wait, wait, what did you foresee?"

"Who knows, I am only here to carry out justice until the end." 12th soon exited the room. Minene was left speechless for a minute but brushed it off.

She then looked at her Diary. "Hehe...like this I can escape." Her joy was replaced with shock when she saw something in her Diary's entry. "Damn it, 4th is on his way!"

Motoharu was finished taking off the loose wood. "I wonder what's in here." He put his hand inside and took out a journal. "A journel..." He looked around and saw a lamp. He turned it on and started to read it. "Hm...this is Funtasu's journal, who knew this old geezer wrote down every detail of his life while working here." He turned a few pages until he came across something that seemingly shook him. A hint of anger was shown on his face. "So, Tsubaki's parents...were..."

"Hey!" The academy city's spy lifted his head and saw an angry Funastu. "What do you think you're doing?"

M

Yukiteru and Touma along with their friends continued to run along through the building.

"Tsubaki, can you tell us about your childhood?" Touma asked.

"Yes, my parents were once in charge of this place," Tsubaki replied. "I can't recall much, but, I do remember they wanted me to be happy and to have a normal life."

Touma gave her a surprised look. "Wait, are you saying you didn't want to be in charge of this cult?"

Tsubaki nodded her head. "Yes, they were going to announce that later after they came home from their trip...until..." Yukiteru overheard this and gave her a sympathetic look. "Did they have an accident?"

"Tragically yes..." Tsubaki replied looking down at the floor. "Later, I was raped by the members stripped to bare skin. The only thing I had to comfort myself was a plaything my mother gave me."

Touma felt disgusted upon hearing about Tsubaki's past horror experience. He was lost for words before he gripped his hand tightly. "Don't worry..." Sixth looked at the high school teenage boy and saw him glancing at her. "I'll make sure you'll find a way to smile again."

Orsola smiled but she noticed the members were just staring at Tsubaki with casual looks. "Something isn't right, despite the incident they seem calm."

Accelerator was having similar thoughts. "I smell a rat...two rats..." He thought looking at the passing members suspiciously.

They soon were out of the building and from the ahead was the front gate. "Look Yuki, there's the front gate!" Yuno pointed out.

Yukiteru felt utterly relieved. "Great, this hell is about to be over."

Touma stopped abruptly feeling pulled back. "Hey Kamijou, I believe the thing will show villas in kindness for saving us." She insisted cupping her hands on Touma's left hand. "The members have returned to normal and we have numbers on our side. Plus, Yukiteru Amano, I would like it if you joined us."

Despite the generous offer, Yuno wasn't buying this innocent act. "You...won't...deceive...Yuki...or..." Yuno looked exhausted but that wasn't the only thing that Yukiteru noticed. "Crap, she looks like she's in psycho mode."

Accelerator had enough of this. "Cut the crap!" He barked getting sixth's and everyone else's attention. "Accelerator, what is the deal?" Touma questioned at the white-haired boy's outburst.

"Don't you morons notice that the cult idiots are still acting strange?" Accelerator was eyeing the nearby cult members. "Last time they were rushing at us with weapons. Now, they're acting casual despite the bloodshed and the chaos that is happening."

Orsola hated to admit but the esper made a good point. "Yes, the cult members seem so calm. Plus, the ones that were hypnotized, I doubt this was done by Tsubaki herself."

Tsubaki felt a little hurt. "Hold on, did you suspect that the cult members' condition was my doing?"

Orsola narrowed her eyes. "Not at first, plus, I don't your followers could have gotten hold of Minene so easily unless..."

Yukiter felt his phone ring and answered it. "Kurusu, what is it?"

"C'mon, you and your friends need to get out of there! 12th is heading your way!" Kurusu replied. "According to 9th, 12th is as blind as a naked mole rat but has ears like a radar. Plus, he intends to use 9th's bombs too."

"Just when the situation couldn't get any worse," Yukiteru groaned.

"Anyway, I have 9th, I'll take her in while you guys handle 12th. Any word, on Motoharu?"

Touma took hold of Yukiteru's cell phone in his left hand. "This Kamijou, to answer your question, no, but, I believe he'll be fine, no doubt, he'll meet up with us later."

"Roger that, over and out," Kurusu hung up.

"Yuki, someone is on the rooftop!"

"Guys, someone is on the roof!" Yuno pointed at another building seeing a figure on top. But, the figure wasn't alone as four more masked figures joined in.

"12th Red!"

"12th Blue!"

"12th Yellow!"

"12th Blue!"

"12th Pink!"

"Together we form...the 12th Five!" They declared as color explosives were blown behind them.

Touma was in awe out at the five-suited figures. The five masked figures blocked the teenager's path to the front gate.

"Pleasure to meet you, first."

"Surprised, are you?"

"I'll bet."

"Not that I blame."

"It's a pleasure to meet your friends."

"Look at that girl with the blonde hair...a nun I believe."

Tsubaki looked at Orsola seemingly surprised. "A nun..." Orsola narrowed her eyes. "How did they know, wait, one of them is one with the super hearing, so, the one must've informed them of me."

Accelerator was annoyed at the enemies before him. "Great, five morons in tight suits...boring..."

"Their suits are nothing to compared to girls in bunny outfits," Touma muttered.

12th Red overheard their comments due to his super hearing and looked offended. "Five morons in tight suits...these suits are for justice you brat!" He pointed at Accelerator, who didn't even flinch.

12th red then pointed his finger at Touma. "And girls in bunny outfits...talk about perverted!"

Orsola didn't know what to make of the suits that five enemies were wearing though there was one thing that did make sense. "I take it that you're the one that hypnotized the cult members, am I right?"

12th Pink giggled playfully. "You got it right!"

"Yeah, plus, I can tell that some of you might have figured out that sixth is playing all of you!" 12th red stated. "She tortured 9th to get some information about you and the others. To do something like that, she must have a secret."

The accelerator was seemingly impressed. "So, these clowns think can see through Tsubaki and her cult." He had figured out who the 12th Holder was.

"This place has secrets that linger in the dark!"

"The cult members are people that act nice but in reality, they're evildoers!"

"In other words, this place is a brainwashing factory!"

"One of us has a bomb planted inside us, if the one that has the bomb dies, there will be a big kaboom!"

Yukiteru had a question. "Okay, what about the other four?"

"Memorize decoys all I'm afraid. Desperate times desperate measures." The 12th red put down the Diary tape recorder on the floor.

"This is a waste of time..." Everyone looked to see Accelerator who was annoyed and had an irritated look on his face. "Honestly, if you clowns think your justice is going to help you win then you guys must be delusional."

"Hey, we're not clowns! We're instruments of justice!" 12th Blue retorted.

"Yeah, justice will prevail and turn this place into a wasteland!" 12th Green added.

"Whatever, I will just have to take you clowns down together," Accelerator bluntly stated.

The 12th five were speechless for a second before they laughed their heads. "Take us out all at once!"

"This brat is losing it!"

"How is he going to take us all out?!"

"I think the punk is just saying that to act tough!"

Touma wasn't liking this. "Wait, why would you five, or one would indigest a bomb to kill Tsubaki?"

"As long as we take that enemy with me, then the task is worth the effort." 12th red replied.

"Enough of this justice crap," Accelerator remarked as he walked toward the 12 five squads. "Time to use my Blood Flow Manipulation." He put his hand out.

"What are you doing boy?" 12th red asked puzzlingly.

Splat

All five blood was spurt out of their bodies like a leaky water pipe.

Yukiteru, Yuno, Touma, Orsola, and Tsubaki were in shock at what they just witnessed.

"I lost...let your justice prevail..." 12th red spoke as he dropped on the floor and his body blew up with his squad caught in the blast.

Yuno was stunned. "What did that guy just do?"

Touma grabbed the white-haired teenage boy by his shirt. "Accelerator, what the hell was that for?"

"Hey, the guy was the enemy, plus, even if I didn't kill the real one those other idiots would get caught in the blast," Accelerator replied not even flinching.

Tsubaki felt utterly worried. She then saw Yoshino hiding in the crowd of cult members and nodded at her.

The result of the bomb shook the underground prison.

Kurusu had Minene handcuffed to his right wrist. "What was that?"

Minene guessed what just happened. "Listen, give me my cell phone right now!" The chief looked at them with a puzzled look. "Do you want to walk out with your legs or in a body bag?!"

B

Funatsu was rushing at the blonde teenager with a knife. "Give me that journal back!" He roared taking a swipe with his knife.

Tsuchimikado evades the blade by leaning his back and quickly throwing a nearby flower pot at the man's face.

Smash

The pot was smashed in pieces leaving marks on the old man's face. "Damn you!" He yelped in pain.

Seeing his chance, Motoharu rushed at the old man and thrust his palm into the old man's chest sending him crashing through the door seemingly knocking him out. "Nice try old man, but, it seems like your little secret will come to light." He then saw a rope. "But, to be sure you don't go wandering off..."

Tsubaki giggled as a faint evil look took shape on her face. "Well, Accelerator, your power is quite astounding. Though, it won't matter now since all of you are going to die." By the front gate, a group of cult members closed the gate.

"What the hell is going on?" Yukiteru asked.

Orsola took out her lotus wand. "I got to act quickly!" She just was about to activate a spell when two cult members appeared behind her, one snatched her lotus wand while getting her in a headlock.

"Orsola!" Touma yelled.

Yoshino took out a strange speaker and pressed a button that released a powerful high-pitched sound.

Accelerator and Touma were affected by the sound as they covered their ears in pain. "This sound...why..."

"Crap, how come we're hearing this here?"

Motoharu was affected by this too. "Damn it, is the capacity Down, why is that here?" Luckily Funatsu was still unconscious. "I mustn't let this get to me, I need to get this journal to the others and Tsubaki too."

Yukiteru was held by the arms of two cult members. "Tsubaki, what is the deal?"

"Still haven't put it together..." Tsubaki taunted with a cold stare.

"I think I know, you were working with 12th for the time being. You even got him to help you find Minene and get information out of her. You planned to lure Future Diary Holders Touma, Kurusu, and Yuno, then later when the time was right, you could kill them at once." Orsola summarized

"You figured out, you're quite the bright nun, Orsola." Tsubaki giggled mockingly.

Yukiteru couldn't believe this. "Why, aren't you a witch that serves God?"

"I was never a witch..." Tsubaki replied eyeing at the first diary holder. "From the time I was born, I wasn't used to deceiving together."

"What do you plan to do with the power of God?" Orsola asked.

Tsubaki giggled. "I suppose there's no harm in telling you since all of you going to die. I intend to use the power to destroy this world. That way the pain I had to endure will be for nothing. As far I can see, this wretched world is nothing but evil that needs to be wiped from existence!"

Orsola looked at her with a disapproved look. "Your plan is evil!"

"Evil, that's a nasty way to put it. As I said, the world is evil that needs to be wiped out. Using the power of a God will help me remake it into a peaceful one." Tsubaki corrected.

Touma overheard this and remembered Oriana saying something similar.

"You've lost it..." Yukiteru muttered with disbelief. "So, you're taking everything from innocent people just so you don't have to feel bad about what happened to you!?"

Tsubaki felt utterly hurt by the boy's words. "Well, do you expect, this world is an evil one that doesn't give a damn about the innocent! Only the strong survive while the weak get nothing at all!"

Orsola quickly elbowed the cult member who had her lotus wand and snatched it away. "Light grant me your power to release your shine to ensure our escape..." A gold light shined through the area blinding the cult members and Tsubaki(though, her eyesight was poor). "Everyone retreat!"

Yukiteru quickly went over the bridge's rail and on the lower ground. Touma, Orsola, and Accelerator followed along. Yuno was about to join them until she suddenly collapsed due to exhaustion but before she did. "Yuki, catch!" She tossed her Diary which Yukiteru caught. "Run!"

Once the light was gone, Tsubaki saw her chance. "Grab second right away!" The cult members ran toward the girl and took her away.

The others retreated and hid under the deck.

Kurusu and Minene on the roof. "Yuno is caught while the others are on the loose and we've been chased to the roof." The chief said.

"Hey, unlock these handcuffs!" Minene demanded. "I won't die with a freaking pig!"

Kurusu glanced at the terrorist with an uncertain look. "Hey, the reason I haven't laid a finger on first, second, and that Kamijou pervert is because 12th is dead and Tsubaki will surely meet the same fate! So unlock my handcuffs!"

A smirk took shape on Kurusu's face. "I'll agree on one condition." Minene wasn't expecting that but she listened to the chief.

Motoharu had the old geezer tied up well and was running cautiously around the area. "Damn it, sounds like the plan went downhill. No doubt, some of the others are together hiding." He took out his cellphone texting a message to Touma.

Yuno was taken to a room gathered by Tsubaki, Orin, Ai, and other cult members.

"Tsubaki, the others haven't been caught yet and that blonde teenager hasn't been spotted either," Ai informed.

"Yes, I admit that blonde had slipped away. A slippery one he is." Orin added.

Tsubaki scoffed. "Damn it, I admit Yukiteru and Yuno's new friends are full of surprises. No matter, Yoshino will find them and kill them." She approached the capture of Yuno with a smirk on her face. "Anyway, I'll use you as bait to lure your friends out including 1st. Though, I wonder if first will come considering he's harmless and cute."

Yuno glared at the kimono girl. "You bitch..."

Yukiteru and the others were hiding the deck when they saw the cult members searching around still. "Did you find them?"

"No!"

Yukiteru was holding his and Yuno's Diary checking out their entry. "Damn it...at this rate, who knows what is happening to Yuno." He felt utterly hurt that Tsubaki was a bad guy. "Tsubaki...how could you trick me and the others like this?"

Touma glanced at the expression on the first diary holder's face and clenched his hands tightly. "This is crap..." Hearing that snapped Yukiteru out of his thoughts. "I can tell Tsubaki was just pissed about the tragedy that she endured and is thinking the world should be destroyed."

Orsola had to agree. "I agree, this isn't the first time someone we met that wanted to do the same thing." She remembered the enemies she and her friends had tried to destroy Academy City.

Accelerator didn't say a word.

Yukiteru was astonished to hear those words leave his friend's mouth. He then looked back at Yuno's cell phone and saw what she had written from the amusement park. "Wow, she thought that we were on an actual date." He felt flattered and somewhat happy. "Still, she's a strange girl, but, it's a genuine feeling." He kept reading what else his stalker wrote down feeling more touched than ever. "Because of love, she does things to protect me..." Two images of Touma comforting and the nobleman Yoshino making a move on Yuno came to his mind. "Why am I thinking about that?" He glanced at the others who were talking amongst themselves. "Touma, Orsola, and Accelerator are mysterious, but, they're my friends as well as Yuno's too."

He wiped his arm. "I feel like such a pathetic loser unable to make a choice." Sniffles were heard from his voice. He felt someone pat him comfortably on the head. "It's fine..." Orsola's voice was heard. "Let's go rescue Yuno, she is our friend too." The first diary holder saw Touma nod his head with a smile on his face.

Accelerator scoffed. "Honestly, I just want to fight those cult bastards for messing with me. So, if we have to rescue the crazy brat, then whatever."

Yukiteru felt better to hear that. "Thank you guys." He sat up and turned his head noticing something by the deck's support beam. "What is that?" He took hold of it. "A handball..."

Touma realized what it was. "That's Tsubaki's handball." He felt his phone vibrate and looked at the text from Motoharu. "About time...let's see..."

Orsola looked at it. "From the look of things it's been under here for quite some time."

"Guys..." Touma began to say as a smile was shown on his face. "I think I know a way to help Tsubaki."

B

Orin handed a microphone. "Milady..."

"Good..." Tsubaki held the device to her mouth. "Listen up first, I'll make this easy, you and your friends. Prove to me that you guys have what it takes to rescue Yuno from getting the pleasure of her life!"

Touma didn't like that sound. "This can't be good..."

"Help! Yuki, save me!" Yuno cries as her clothes are stripped off by several men with blank expressions.

"You might as well come and save her! That includes you too, Touma Kamijou, after hearing your flowery speech, I wonder if those were just words of a man and empty words!" Tsubaki yelled with disgust in her tone. "Either way, I don't believe this world is worth saving! After the evil that goes within it, it deserves to be wiped off!"

Yukiteru and the others ran through the crowd.

Accelerator knocked down a few members and sent a large amount of them flying using tremors from stomping his food on the ground.

Yukiteru began to recall him and Yuno in the Ferris wheelcart. "Why did you kiss my forehead?" He asked flustered.

"Next time...Yukki has to take the initiative. I'm always protecting Yukki, it will be my present." Yuno replied sweetly.

The four broke down the doors. "All of you get away from Yuno!" Yukiteru demanded swinging his axe scaring the male cult members away. He took off his jacket and gave it to Yuno.

Tsubaki was impressed but saw this as a flawless plan. "First has come including his friends, but, as you can see the numbers are large on my side."

"Shut up..." Touma muttered catching the kimono girl's attention.

Tsubaki let out a small gasp as the other cult members did including Ai and Orin. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me..." Touma glared at the 6th holder. "You go around acting like the world is a messed place because of the despair and tragedy that you have endured for so many years." He clenched his hands tightly. "You think becoming a God will help improve this world!"

Tsubaki was a little taken aback by the boy's tone but regained her composure. "Yes, the pain I had to go through will surely be erased once I destroy and remake this world once I become a God."

Orsola gave the other girl a serious look. "Does that mean once you remake the world you'll make everyone like how the cult members?"

Tsubaki giggled playfully. "Not quite, but, I'll make sure that the people are happy but if they don't agree to my terms, I'll see they're wiped from the new world." Orsola's serious expression didn't leave her face. "Your plan is evil!"

Accelerator had his word to say. "Sounds like your past is so haunting that you plan to run away."

Tsubaki flinched at the comment. "Running away...how dare you, you have no idea of the suffering I had to go through, the pain I had to endure when I was all alone!"

"Whether we did experience what you had to go through doesn't change the fact that you're behaving just like those evil monsters that turned your life into a living hell!" Touma lectured. "Instead of trying to find a path you could believe in, you would rather destroy innocent lives just to spare your pain!"

"Touma is right, whether you want to believe it or not, you're acting just like those people you call evil," Orsola stated. "Perhaps if you only got to look at the outside, then you would see that the world is not evil as it is!"

Yukiteru was astonished. "Touma...Orsola...Accelerator..."

Tsubaki gritted her teeth. "Shut up...shut up...SHUT UP!" She shrieked as tears fell down her eyes. "Kill them all!"

Accelerator smirked as the male member's blood was spilled.

Orin and Ai were in shock at what they just witnessed. "What the...

"How did that happen?"

"Coming through!" Motoharu rushed as he thrust his hand against Ai sending her crashing into the wall.

Accelerator leaped in the air using his vectors and swung a punch in Orin's cheek sending rolling across toward the wall knocking her out.

Touma rushed at Tsubaki. "Tsubaki, all this time you think the world is a dark place where despair and sadness dwell! That is nothing more than an illusion that blinds you! So I'll shatter it!" He pulled back his right hand and threw it forward slamming his fist into Tsubaki's cheek and knocking her down.

Tsubaki's cheek had a bruise on her cheek. "Ugh...Uhh..." She groaned in pain. "How could I lose?"

"Tsubaki, we brought you a present." Yuktieru threw the handball and Tsubaki was surprised to see it. She sat up and took the ball in her hands. "Where has it been all this time?" She questioned with a small smile on her face.

Motoharu went outside the corner and pulled a rope that had Funatsu tied up. "Funatsu, why is he here?" Tsubaki inquired.

"For a good reason, here's the reason why." Motoharu then approached the girl holding a journal. "This is a journal that belongs to your supporting Funatsu, he wrote something that will shed some light on your parent's death."

Tsubaki was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Motoharu opened the journal and read a certain page. "My plan has worked, the bomb I implanted underneath Tsubaki's parent's car blew up and the parents are no longer in charge. I'll be taking the place and doing what I want with the Omeketa Cult for people to cleanse themselves of their sins and use Tsubaki as a sponge as a sex slave."

Orsola, Yukiteru, and Touma felt so disgusted.

Tsubaki couldn't believe it. "So, my parent's accident was planned by Funatsu...and he's the one that turned my life into hell." She felt like crying even more. "My world that was turned upside down because of him."

Touma crouched down in front of her. "Tsubaki, listen, this bastard will pay for his crimes, and you can be free from this place. We'll help you I mean after we're friends here."

Yukiteru smiled. "He's right, after hearing what truly happened to your parents. Nobody deserves to be alone not even you."

Orsola lends her hand out. "Tsubaki, you can start over and live with us, you can find a path you can truly believe in and one that you can be proud of."

Tsubaki saw the warm smiles on their faces except for Yuno who was exhausted. A sudden image came to her head and the exact smiles she saw on her parent's faces, though, their faces were blurry at the time, she finally remembered the warmth that her parents made her feel. "Mother...father..." She sobbed happily tears pouring down her cheeks.

Orsola hugs the kimono girl like a big sister. "It's alright, you're safe now."

Yoshino was outside and fled the scene. "Looks like that Tsubaki lives for now. No matter, things will get interesting."

A short time later.

Motoharu handed over Funastu to Chief Kurusu, who he informed of the murder of Tsubaki's parents and showed the old man's journal as evidence. "I see, I'll see that this scumbag is sent to life in prison." The magician esper spy nodded his head in response and walked away.

Tsubaki was taken in by Aiho. Touma, Orsola, and Accelerator informed her of the incident. "I see, this poor girl has suffered a lot." The Anti-skill smiled softly. "We'll make sure she has a bright future."

Yukiteru and Yuno were inside the police car. The first diary holder glanced at his sleeping stalker. "Yuno Gasai, just who are you? You change moods at the drop of a hat. You have dead bodies in your household, how is a guy supposed to feel about that?"

He kept his eyes on his stalker's peaceful sleeping expression as her words echoed in his mind. "Next time, Yukki has to take the initiative..."

"Could it be that I'm falling for her?" He thought as he lifted her chin and kissed her on the lips. "Maybe...I am."

Yuno's Diary entry read "7/28, Yukki and Yuno become one. HAPPY END"

Outside the city, Minene was on a motorcycle. "Did that cop just hit me up for my number?" Her cell phone's ringtone went off and a message from the chief. "What is he up to, well, whatever it is, I don't like it."

Kurusu looked at his entry seeing that his message went through and a soft chuckle was heard.

Ai was driving while Orin sat in the backseat. "That Kamijou boy and his friends put on quite the show."

"Yes, though, First is still a weakling despite his soft heart. Tsubaki did say that he was too quick to trust. I wonder what she'll do now since she's not living in that dump."

12th was defeated and Tsubaki's parent's death was revealed and done by the headboss Funatsu.

Tsubaki surrenders and leaves to live with Aiho and the others. Yukiteru decides to trust Yuno a little more despite how uneasy he feels. As for Kurusu, what reason does he have for letting Minene go free? In due time.

End of chapter.