The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

"Tell me! Has Hoshino ever liked any other girls in the past?!"

Subconsciously, Yuki's heart tightened.

He will deny it.

Because he has never liked me.

He won't admit it.

It's impossible for someone to admit that they ever liked someone who is already dead.

he.

he.

He said.

"Yes, there is."

The casual words made Yukishiro's ears ring slightly.

But she quickly calmed down.

If it exists, it exists; if it exists, it exists.

It's been a long time since then, so it definitely wasn't me. He must have had other people he liked, even if it was just a crush.

It has nothing to do with me.

only......

I do have a tiny bit of curiosity about Yuki Tsukishiro.

What kind of woman would Hoshino Utsunomiya like?

It's not the kind of intentional, unbiased preference that someone might express when they like Meruru.

Rather, it's the type he would actually like.

Yes......

【"nice."】

A person who is more beautiful than ever before.

Unparalleled beauty.

...Prettier than me?

Just as Tsukishiro Yuki was about to have doubts, she heard Utsunomiya Hoshino look up and sigh.

"It's a pity she's dead."

Good-looking people.

The dead.

People I've liked.

...?

Could it be...?

Tsukishiro Yuki didn't want to say it.

She had guessed this many times, but every time she thought he liked her, she would get a negative answer.

Therefore, although she already felt in her heart that it was herself, Yuki Tsukishiro still harbored doubts.

However, despite her outward composure, Yuki Tsukishiro had to admit that...

Her heart began to race again.

Thump thump, thump thump.

"If she weren't dead, I probably wouldn't be here."

Turning his head, Hoshino Utsunomiya added this sentence.

I had already told myself not to overthink or make wild guesses.

Upon hearing this, Yukishiro's mind was filled with uncontrollable thoughts.

If he didn't die.

If it were me, Hoshino would think that he was imprisoned because of my death, but I never revealed my identity to him, so the logic should be that because I died, Hiro knocked him out, and that's why he was brought here.

But if it's not about me, then the logic goes to another level.

...Speaking of which, why did Hoshino want to die at the hands of the witch?

He was so young, yet he wanted to die so badly.

Is it possible that Hoshino had a beautiful but dead first love, and that dying at the hands of a witch was a special ritual to see her first love again?

Yuki Tsukishiro has no doubt that there is some special consciousness in this world. After all, even this great witch herself is bound to a special ritual that allows her to be summoned again.

Once all 13 witches are gathered, she can be summoned using a special ceremonial sword.

Whether they live or die, it doesn't matter.

The main thing is that now that I suddenly think back, Yuki Tsukishiro really feels that the requirement of 'dying at the hands of a witch' is especially like a condition for a ritual.

Otherwise, why not die at the hands of someone else, or why not choose suicide?

If you want to die, then die; if you want to destroy yourself, then destroy yourself.

Why do we have to have a witch do it?

...But what does that have to do with me?

Anyway, I won't kill him.

Hehe, I'm not going to kill you, I'm not going to chop you up, are you in a hurry or not?

Yuki Tsukishiro wanted to stick out her tongue, but felt it was childish.

How childish.

In any case, at this point she wouldn't care about Utsunomiya Hoshino's reasons for wanting to die.

Even if there really was such a deceased first love, her white moonlight, it had nothing to do with her.

Why did she die?

Extremely curious, Tachibana Sherry would ask such a question.

If someone is dead, they are dead. Is there any reason why?

People will always die from various accidents.

Maybe he just suddenly wants to die.

"Because she's an idiot."

Thinking this, Yukishiro heard a rare, cold curse uttered by Hoshino Utsunomiya.

It's really rare; Hoshino rarely uses such foul language or expresses malice in this way.

They're the people they like, yet they have to insult them like that.

For some reason, Yuki felt like she had been scolded.

She currently has a conflicting desire for this person to be herself, yet also a reluctance to accept that this person is herself.

If it were myself...

But what if it weren't for myself...

“She’s definitely an idiot.” Nikaido Hiro, sitting in the front row, said expressionlessly, “She’s the idiot, the most inexplicable, and the stupidest woman.”

She hadn't actually been silent these past few days, but Tsukishiro Yuki hadn't been listening much.

Because he didn't listen much, and because Yukishiro Tsukishiro preferred to play dead, Hiro Nikaido also spoke much less.

But upon hearing this, she couldn't help but speak up.

"I don't know what he was thinking, that he would fall for a woman like that."

The veiled words were pointed directly at someone.

Sawatari Coco glanced at Nikaido Hiro.

She understood.

"Oh my god, why didn't you say so earlier? It's true." Then, Ze Du Ke Ke raised her voice: "I said witches are idiots."

Why is Hoshino only realizing this now?

Tsukishiro Yuki: "...?"

What does this have to do with me? They're not even insulting me.

"Hang him."

Just as Yuki was about to deny it, she heard the answer that Sherry Tachibana had pressed for.

That person, the one Hoshino liked, handsome, but dead, the one Hoshino considered an idiot.

He was hanged.

Wait, wait, wait...

Hey, hey, hey.

No way...

"He hanged himself in front of me."

The more you dare not believe something, the less willing you are to admit it.

The more clearly the facts will be presented before us, the more obvious they will become.

Sherry Tachibana began to speculate about the reason for the death, tentatively but with uncanny accuracy, giving the answer of 'bullying'.

As expected.

Hoshino Utsunomiya also nodded in agreement.