The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

It's lost.

The trash cans were changed by the cleaning staff last night, so this time the trash was thrown in just the right amount and nothing got on it.

If you want to recycle it, you can.

However, shoes are not private clothing, and feet are not sexual organs.

Hoshino Utsunomiya wouldn't scoff at someone else's smelly shoes.

They would never rub their eyes at someone else's feet.

Even now, Yuki Tsukishiro was walking barefoot on the hard, dry floor, following behind him as if nothing had happened.

Today's bullying took place on a barefoot school campus.

The bullying accusation of 'stealing someone's indoor shoes'.

The rating is "P".

......

recent.

Xiaoxue looked a little strange.

It wasn't just recently; ever since Hiro went abroad to study, Xiaoxue's behavior has become very strange.

At first, Emma Sakura thought it was because she had made new friends.

Utsunomiya Hoshino.

That transfer student.

On the day of her transfer, she was mistaken by Hiro for a kidnapper and happily left school early with Xiaoxue, holding hands with her.

Because she had friends who were different from her and Hero, and because she wanted to do many things with her friends that she had never done before, she gained a friendship that Hero could not give her.

That's why Xiaoxue has become rather strange.

But it doesn't seem to be like that.

He is not a friend.

It wasn't in the first place.

"Splash—"

"Splash—"

"Splash—"

Today also begins with this bucket of water.

It has been going on for who knows how many days, every single day.

Every morning, Hoshino Utsunomiya would carry a bucket of water and pour it on Yuki Tsukishiro.

Emma Sakura had long since stopped watching.

How could anyone tolerate it? How could anyone bear to watch it? How could anyone accept it?

But she suppressed her emotions and chose to remain on the sidelines.

It wasn't because of cowardice, fear, or a lack of courage to stand up.

It was because of what Nikaido Hiro left behind before he left.

"...I'm entrusting Xiaoxue to him."

That's what Hero said.

Instead of giving it to himself, he gave it to Hoshino Utsunomiya.

This is not a lack of trust in myself, but rather an increase in trust in him.

Because of his clumsiness, he was unable to protect Xiaoxue well, and he was unable to protect Xiaoxue like Hero usually did.

That's why Shiro entrusted Yuki to Hoshino Utsunomiya.

I felt a little disappointed, but not as sad as I had imagined.

As long as Xiaoxue is well protected, that's something to be happy about.

The only worry is, if Xiaoxue makes new friends, will she no longer have time to eat with me?

Emma Sakura hates eating alone.

After entering junior high school, she has been living alone ever since.

She has never been good at making friends since she was a child, and has always just followed behind Hero.

When the class was separated, Emma was even less able to do anything.

Until that day, Yukishiro appeared before her.

"Sakura Emma...can we be friends?"

The words were very simple, plain, and even impoverished.

But she recognized her almost immediately. It was her classmate, the girl who was just as isolated and helpless as she was, without friends, and even suffering from bullying.

Because they were both lonely, Emma always thought that maybe they could play together.

So, when Yukishiro spoke to her...

She was very happy.

You said you wanted to be friends with me...

"real!?"

"Ah."

"We're both in the same boat, let's get along well."

"That's great! Please take care of me, Xiaoxue!"

She reached out her hand and took it.

Yuki Tsukishiro is Emma Sakura's irreplaceable best friend.

That's why she was watching.

I've been watching.

He was late on his first day at the new school and couldn't see anything; he was late and didn't notice anything.

Only Emma Sakura would keep watching.

But, however, only.

Sure enough, this was still too much.

"—Why would you do something so outrageous?!"

I couldn't help but ask a question.

......

Chapter 29: Should we really go even further?

During this period, Hoshino Utsunomiya also personally tested and evaluated a number of bullying methods.

There are bullying tactics that he has already rejected, deemed useless, and proven to be unsuccessful.

There are also bullying methods that have never been done before and have no precedent, which are proposed by the system and are acceptable.

There are also those bullying methods that sound exactly like pranks played by elementary or middle school boys, very subtle, but which are still irresistible to try.

Without exception.

None of it worked.

Even the bucket of cold water that he thought was the most successful method seemed to lose its effectiveness after it was gradually transformed into a routine watering method.

Has the favorability rating really decreased?

Does she actually hate me properly?

Is she acting like this to deliberately annoy me? Or is she really—

I dare not think about it, I do not want to think about it, I cannot think about it.

The illusory image that floats before my eyes at this moment remains.

There is only one image.

Tsukishiro Yuki, Tsukishiro Yuki, Tsukishiro Yuki with a smile.

Sit in his seat and smile at him, sit on the toilet and smile at him, take off your shoes and socks and place them in his hands and smile at him.

emotionless, not gentle, like a dead person...

smile.

Why isn't she angry?

Why couldn't she be any angrier?

Why, why didn't she just kill me?

Hoshino Utsunomiya didn't understand; ultimately, humans simply couldn't comprehend the thoughts of witches.

Those are witches, a race completely different from humans, who wield a great power called magic.

...As expected, it still has to be done. Shall we go a little further?

They had been restraining themselves in the past, and had never chosen to use their methods, but in theory, if it were bullying, there would definitely be no shortage of such behavior.

'Violence'

When it comes to bullying, violence is definitely an indispensable element.

They use fists and feet, stomp on heads and faces, and insidiously and maliciously inflict pain in ways that leave as few traces as possible.

Compared to violence, most other forms of bullying can only be considered minor actions, pranks, jokes, or farces.

These are all things that can be covered up with these excuses.