Unspeakable bubbles

"Look at how fierce you all look. If I hadn't put in the slightest effort, I would be the one lying on the ground screaming in agony right now."

"No, we wouldn't go that far! Yuko, please, let go of Takano and take her to the infirmary. It's my fault, it's all my fault."

Naoe Akimoto spoke incoherently; she truly hadn't expected Ikuko to be so crazy.

"Isn't that going too far?"

Yuko pulled her foot back, and the next moment, she forcefully stomped on Takano's other intact finger.

After the sharp scream, Takano fainted.

"You don't even have this much awareness, yet you dare to provoke me?"

Yu Zi's face showed anger: "When you're ready to hit someone, you should also be prepared to get hit yourself!"

“Every time, I was prepared to fight back.”

"If I lose today, and you torture me in the same way, then I'll accept it!"

"Ikuko..."

Naoe's face turned pale. She quickly racked her brains: "Stop it! The school won't ignore what you're doing!"

"Oh? What a coincidence. Old man Nakamura told me to go ahead and do it."

"Professor Nakamura?"

Naoe paused for a moment, then quickly added, "Regardless of what others do, Ikuko, you should also think about Professor Nakamura."

"He's helped you so much, you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Sakakibara Ikuko burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha, Nakamura? Thinking of him?"

She laughed so hard she almost fell over: "Let him die!"

After saying that, Yuko moved her foot toward Takano's other finger.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Naoe Akimoto struggled to her feet and stumbled toward Ikuko.

"Hmph!" A heavy punch made Naoe's stomach churn, and she vomited.

"Tsk, our great hero is really in a sorry state."

Yu Zi looked at her with disgust and quickly took a few steps back to avoid getting splashed with dirt.

"Next one, hmm, let's go with Ninomiya."

"Huh?"

Lying on the ground, trembling, Ninomiya stared blankly at Yuuko, as if he didn't understand what she was saying.

"So you think you're out of the picture just because you're lying in the corner?"

Yuko looked at her with considerable surprise: "I told you long ago, you should be prepared before you do anything!"

"Yuko, please forgive me. I didn't mean to. Yes, it was all Naoe's fault. She tricked us with her sweet talk."

Ninomiya was so frightened that tears streamed down her face, turning her face into a mess of sobs.

"Waaah, I won't do it again, I'll never do it again."

Yuko remained unmoved. She squatted down in front of Ninomiya and said, "Hold out your hand, or I'll get angry."

Seeing Ninomiya's pitiful state, her sadistic desires were completely aroused.

"Hurry up. Otherwise, I'm going to do something even more terrible."

"No!" Ninomiya stammered, reaching out his hand.

Yu Zi grasped them tightly, examined them carefully, and exclaimed, "What beautiful fingers!"

She slowly bent the index finger of the Ninja Palace backward, and soon, another suppressed cry of pain rang out.

"Yuko, I'm convinced, I'm really convinced."

"So please stop, I beg you."

Naoe's plea seemed to move Ikuko, who turned her head and asked, "Are you really convinced?"

"I give up."

"Completely convinced?"

"I am completely convinced."

"So you're not going to do anything about it?"

Naoe was taken aback by these words.

Then, she slowly knelt down before Yuko.

Naoe pressed her head to the ground and said in a tearful voice, "Ikuko, I really give up."

"Oh"

Nodding, Yuko then twisted off Ninomiya's other finger.

“You…” Naoe stared blankly at her.

"Fine, I give up. Did I promise you anything?"

Yuko glanced at her. "No one who came here today is going to escape. Hmm, but Naoe, I might have the mercy to spare you this time."

Section 51, Chapter 051: I'm Here for You

“Please do it to me too,” Naoe said, surprising Ikuko.

Despite being terrified and trembling slightly, she still spoke out.

'It's all my fault, I'm the one who made everyone like this.'

'It won't do if they don't punish us; it won't do if they don't punish us.'

Sakakibara Ikuko looked at her face, which was filled with guilt, and suddenly smiled.

"Yes, they are truly sinful people. If it weren't for you, they wouldn't have turned out like this."

"But I won't punish you."

Yu Zi leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Losing one hand will make things easier, but if I treat everyone equally, you'll become a victim too?"

"There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Sakakibara Ikuko laughed and said, "Besides, punishment should not be carried out through my hands."

“That’s right, I… I should do it myself.” Naoe nodded absently.

"Oh, you'll do it yourself?"

"Have you figured out what to do?"

"........"

Seeing that Naoe remained silent, Yuko continued, "Besides you, there are seven other victims here. It won't be easy for you to atone for these seven sins."

"Not going to talk? That's okay, just listen to me."

"I do have a suggestion... why not continue to listen to me?"

"Don't even think about it!" Naoe reacted fiercely.

"Hmm, you're very resistant? That's to be expected."

Yuko looked at her with amusement: "You find it hard to listen to me, and you'd rather die than continue listening to me?"

"So you have to listen to me."

Yuko lifted Naoe's chin, forcing her to look directly into her eyes: "To atone for your sins, you have to listen to me."

"The more something goes against your will, the more you should do it; the more your heart bleeds, the lighter your sins will be."

"Understood?"

Naoe stared blankly at Yuko for a long while before weakly saying, "I...I understand."

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"professor!"

Early in the morning, Misa Ohara frantically knocked on Nakamura's door.

"What happened?"

“This guy!” Misa Ohara pulled Ikuko’s hand and walked in.

"This guy's caused trouble again, and this time it's serious!" Misa Ohara's angry tone carried an undisguised schadenfreude.

"Speak gently and slowly, don't frighten the child." Compared to Misa Ohara, Nakamura was much calmer.

Scaring the child?

Misa Ohara turned around and realized that Ikuko, who had looked impatient on the road, had changed her appearance.

The girl's face was filled with sadness and self-blame, and tears welled up in her eyes; she looked utterly pitiful.

"Keep pretending!" Misa Ohara didn't believe her at all. Who was she trying to fool by pretending like this?

“Misa!” Nakamura frowned unhappily.

"Here's what happened."

Misa Ohara took a deep breath to calm herself down.

“Last night, eight girls, led by Naoe, had a conflict with Sakakibara. It was originally just an ordinary conflict between students.”

"But this guy doesn't know his own strength and seriously injured all seven people except for Naoe."

Misa Ohara not only shifted all the blame onto Ikuko while speaking, but also emphasized the word "seriously injured".

"Conflict? There are eight of them in Naoe's gang, right? This is a serious case of school bullying."