The students of Class B gradually bonded more deeply after the convocation and the opening ceremony.

Almost every day they invited each other to go to school together, it was convenient that everyone was in the same apartment.

Charlotte witnessed that, feeling very pleased and proud of her students.

With each other's help, everyone's spiritual life gradually improved, well, except for Kiyo. He still had to secretly go on a "mission"  that he had long considered disgusting.

He knew that if his identity were revealed, Sunny and the others wouldn't be too happy about it, of course. Furthermore, Kiyo didn't even think they would accept an assassin like him.

From July until now, he has had to work two jobs: working as a cashier in the morning and holding a gun in the evening. When he entered the school year, he continued to study the subject of mechanical engineering. Extremely tired.

Every time Kiyo looked at the corpses, he felt like something welled up inside him. But then he also had to put away those horrible images, wishing he could forget them and appreciate how precious those three years of peace were.

That time will never be regained, and may not be back again...

Sunny noticed that Kiyo looked more exhausted than before, and his face was tenser. Not knowing what happened to Kiyo, he asked:

"You look so tired Kiyo."

"Really?" - Kiyo put his face on the table.

"What happened?"

Kiyo didn't answer for a long time, causing Sunny to think he was dozing off, so he stopped asking, and went up to IT room.

Why am I like this? Before, I was straightforward, daring to confront and speak frankly. But now, just because I hide my true identity, I have turned myself into a coward.

Lying here forever won't solve anything, but I keep worrying. Fearing that they would take the lives of anyone in this class and Ryota, or even me, without knowing it...

The strange voices spoke again.

Shut up..

While he was lying face down on the table, a hand pulled a strand of hair sticking out of the top of his head, pulling it really hard.

Kiyo was startled, irritably pounding the table:

"Ouch! What the hell?"

It turned out to be Angie, her face still holding a look of disdain.

She asked, acted to be concerned:

"What's wrong? Are you sick? Damn, go to the infirmary, Kaori is there. Or sad about something?"

Kiyo knew that every word of those questions was filled with hypocrisy and contempt, with no pity at all. He didn't need to explain so much to someone like Angie:

"None of your business."

"Oh my, that means something's up. Come on, tell me, so l can tell the whole class."

"No one wants to hear."

"Looks like you don't have the strength to argue with me. Too bad, let me take care of my brother for you." - Angie smiled maliciously.

Kiyo then protested:

"I know what you'll do. While in town, Sunny had to shoulder all the responsibilities in the family while both parents were away. But you were so ungrateful that you hurt him both mentally and physically. You've already skipped two grades, and still do the same thing to everyone around? You never know how to judge your words."

"The-"

"You're such a lousy person. The worst girl I've ever met. Insensitive. Stupid. Wretched. Irresponsible. I got into this class a while and I haven't seen a change in you."

Perhaps Kiyo had endured Angie for too long to start spewing out such words. He stood up and quietly left the classroom, leaving behind an angry Angie.

Okay, let's see... You'll know my hand.

Throughout the day, Angie thought of ways to get back at Kiyo.

She wanted to poke him in some way related to his talent, which had to be special.

In the afternoon, Angie sneaked into the engineering class, and reached for the files on top of the closet, when suddenly she lost her balance, tripped against the revolving wall, and fell to the floor.

Feeling no pain, she stood up and looked around at the weapons.

Interesting, but I don't know how to use it. And if I do, the school will kick me out, it'd be annoying...

She went deep inside the room and discovered there were quite strange papers.

They were all blacklisted by assassins, but Angie didn't recognize them.

Suddenly, she saw a stiffer sheet of paper, decorated with textures.

"... dear yo." - Angie read silently.

The more Angie reads, the more she smiles. At the signing part, she laughed loudly, showing great satisfaction.

No wonder he looked so miserable... Turned out to be dragged back to the camp!

* * *

Angie took the letter with her and kept it safe, because she had a chance to get revenge for what Kiyo said to her.

But she thought she couldn't do it all by herself, so she would drag someone in.

The first person she thought of was Junko. Because the two have been friends for a long time.

Just as the writer arrived, Angie ran out to meet her:

"Hey, Junko!"

"Angie? What's wrong?" - Junko put down her bag.

"Get out of class with me, I've got something cool." - Angie pulled the paper out of her bag and pulled Junko out.

Angie let her read the entire letter.

Junko's face turned pale and eagerly asked:

"Are you kidding? Is this real?"

"Both you and I received letters like this before entering school."

"Yes, the typeface, exactly the one of the letter sent to us. The signature, too, is the principal's."

"Did he copy his signature?"

"Yeah, that's quicker. Look at the date of submission, it's the same year when we moved up, three months before the start of school."  - Junko pointed to those numbers.

"Did school also send it to us during that?" - Angie asked.

"Right. Writing style too, is true to the principal."

"So this letter is real!"

Junko still couldn't help but be surprised:

"I didn't expect Kiyo to be an assassin... I remember a few months ago, he even asked me about that problem and asked Nam about the idea of ​​that anti-crime painting. I've seen him being really stressed out these days.."

"All the evidence is clear! Should Tomoyo and the teacher be known about this?"

"Tomoyo and Kiyo are both in the same orphanage, our teacher is from the same place... Maybe they knew it a long time ago."

"How ridiculous, it's too dangerous for everyone to hide such an urgent matter! We have to remind them to watch out for him!" - Angie quickly got up and ran down the schoolyard.

"Wait a minute, Angie!"

Kiyo just came out of the library room, holding a book. Stumbling across both of them by chance, it looked like there was something urgent going on. Kiyo then asked Junko:

"Where are you two going looking in such a hurry?"

"Ah, well..." - Junko stammered.

"Oh, such a right time. Now there are three people, I tell you: There's someone worse than me right here."

"What?" - Kiyo doubted.

"Triggered? I'm not done yet. That bad guy has probably gone through harsh training sessions, armed with guns and knives to kill people. Whoa, doesn't that sound horrible? Oh yeah, it seems like yesterday that person even said I was wretched and stupid."

"That's enough!" - Junko and Kiyo said in unison.

Immediately, Angie held up the invitation in front of Kiyo. Realizing it, he recoiled:

"Where did you find it?!"

"In that armory, right inside the Engineering class.."

"Is there a hidden room there?!" Junko was surprised.

Angie continued, despite Kiyo's helplessness:

"Hey, it's a bit late when you find out, Junko and I will tell everyone to stay away from you, including Sunny, get it? Either you walk out of this school yourself-"

Quickly, Kiyo grabbed Angie's neck, as if jostling her.

"What are you doing...? Why.. why do I feel suffocated... Are you strangling me..?"

"Shut your mouth, Angie. I didn't choose to be an assassin, I was forced. Do you know what would happen to both of us if you spread this news? You think it would be that simple?"

"Kiyo, she is still young, don't do that, she doesn't feel hur-" - Junko interrupted.

"I don't care if she's two years younger than me, or if she's a girl. And you, Angie, I've been holding on to you for a long time, you treat your brother like a servant, and you speak insolently to us, while the whole class is two years older than you. I fucking hate you, despite you since Sunny told about you."

"You.. trust Sunny that much huh..?"

Junko tried to remove Kiyo's hand from Angie's neck, but she was not as strong as him, so it was also ineffective.

"Let me go... wait any longer, I'll die... and rumors about you will spread throughout the school..."

Sunny also just came out of the library, and suddenly saw Kiyo strangling his sister, and Junko trying to free Kiyo's hand. The programmer ran out and helped Junko to release both.

"Sunny?" - Kiyo backed off.

"What are you guys doing?! Why are you strangling each other?!" - Sunny panicked as if screaming.

Angie coughed hard, then took a breath to say:

"Brother.. Look, your friend is a real killer."

"What?! Where's the proof?!"

Angie quickly snatched the invitation back and handed it to Sunny.

It's over.. That idiot.. Kiyo turned away.

Sunny's face was pale and numb, his neck seemed to have something stuck, and his legs were about to fall off. With trembling hands, the paper fell to the ground.

"It's impossible..It's impossible..It's impossible...It's impossible.." - Sunny repeated that sentence over and over and ran away.

Kiyo desperately ran after:

"Sunny!"

Now there's Junko and Angie left. The younger girl didn't say anything, just turned to ask:

"What now?"

"What now?! You've already shattered the relationship between those two, are you satisfied?!" - Junko screamed.

"You care about those two very much? Aren't I helping people avoid that murder?"

"By hurting other people like that? Maybe you said something yesterday, that made him mad at you, so you want to get revenge?"

Angie was furious because Junko had inadvertently guessed why she did what she did earlier.

"I helped you to change your mind, but in the end, it's all the same, it seems that your obnoxious behavior is very serious."

"Who made you help? I'll pass the message anyway."

"Did you forget that I'm the class vice president? Both Tomoyo and I have the right to send you to the Disciplinary Committee. If you let this happen again, I won't let it go, one last reminder." - Junko said sternly, then went to class.

Angie scoffed, to the point that she almost knocked the shoe she was wearing off her foot. But Angie didn't want to be expelled, so she gave up on taking revenge on Kiyo.

She returned to the sewing factory by herself, it was time for class, but she did not return.

***

Sunny ran to the far end of the school's backyard, sat down on the nearby steps, held his head, and fell silent.

Kiyo was still outside, looked around, and couldn't see Sunny.

Where is he? I just saw it running over here... Damn it, I didn't notice him for a minute and he went somewhere..

Sunny must be furious... Who wouldn't be shocked to hear that their loved one did such a bad thing...

But why is my invitation in the storage room? I went there once and I didn't bring any papers...

Well, find Sunny first.

Kiyo tried to enter the backyard, only to find his friend sitting in it.

"Sunny!"

Hearing the call, the brown-haired boy looked up, bewildered.

Waiting for Kiyo to approach, Sunny demanded:

"This is just a joke, isn't it? A mean joke from Angie right? I don't believe you're that kind of person!"

Kiyo remained silent, not knowing what else to say.

"Is that true, Kiyo?" - Sunny's eyes filled with tears, as if they were about to overflow.

Kiyo immediately dismissed:

"It's as you saw it. Yes, I'm an assassin."

"Since when?"

"From the end of the sixth grade. The eighth grade ran away, and was caught from July until now."

"That means you've been taken away twice... Why are you hiding this? How long will you keep it yourself, when Angie has found out the truth about you?! Since the end of the summer, both Ryota and I have suspected that there's something wrong with you..."

"It's all for your sake! For the safety of you and the others! You want both of us to die together?"

From there, Sunny felt silent.

"I already know how you would react like this, and would you feel comfortable around a murderer like me? Think about it, assuming you found out beforehand, then start to be afraid I'll get rid of you at any time, try to ask yourself if we were still friends at that time, or even still lovers!?"

Kiyo found himself rarely uttering words like this, so after he finished, he tried to regain his composure, while Sunny was still thinking about something.

"You're right... I shouldn't have run away like that... I lost my temper.."

"Who wouldn't freak out when they hear such news?"

"So I hurt you, didn't I? You have such a past, and I'm deepening that pain... I know what it's like to be an assassin, but I didn't expect you would be like that.. Am I bad? A bad friend?"

"I've been hiding it for years. No, you're not-"

Sunny began to apologize profusely, including what his sister did. Apologizing and crying at the same time.

"Hey, you have nothing to do with this incident, it's not your fault. Because I kept it hidden until now." - Kiyo took the initiative to comfort his friend.

Sunny hugged the other tightly, wetting Kiyo's shirt. But Kiyo ignored it.

Kiyo's heart was mixed with so many emotions that he couldn't cry.

"Hey." - Sunny raised his face.

"Hm?"

"We'll keep this a secret. Don't let anyone know you've been revealed, not even Tomoyo."

"Tomoyo? Doesn't she already know who I am? Even though I told her that I quit..."

"That's all she needs to know. Come on, it seems to be lesson time, let's go." - Sunny wiped his face.

"Yeah.." - Kiyo wandered up and went to class with the brown-haired boy.

Even though his identity was revealed at a time that didn't seem very suitable, at least Kiyo felt less burdened after years of keeping the secret.

But Kiyo was still stuck in something.

"Hey... do you feel safe knowing who I am..?"

"It's okay. I believe you're still a good person, never assimilated by that evil... I'm pretty sure. The years we've been friends and my intuition speaks for itself.."

Sunny seems to be very assertive here.. His belief in me is so strong..