Tokyo: Restricted Tutor

“To be able to take someone away silently, Hotta-dōgaku must have been drugged or gagged at the time.”

“Let’s go to the underground parking lot and see what’s going on. If they took her from down there, they’re bound to leave traces!”

“……”

The few of them discussed back and forth, and finally decided to go to the underground parking lot.

“All of you, stick close to me. If our deduction is correct, then those people must be observing us from the shadows. Everyone, be careful.”

Having gained everyone’s trust, Hojo Saki Rei walked out of the classroom without hesitation.

The art classroom was on the first floor, and directly beneath it was the underground parking lot.

If one were to guess where the person was taken from, Hojo Saki Rei and the others felt that the underground parking lot was the most suspicious place.

Soon, Hojo Saki Rei and the others arrived at the underground parking lot. They began to pinpoint the direction of the art classroom, and then came to a wall.

After all, only this wall directly supported the art classroom above.

“Everyone, look carefully. I think it should be right here.”

Hojo Saki Rei said, shining his flashlight on the ceiling of the underground parking lot.

Because if there was a secret passage, Hojo Saki Rei thought it should be on the ceiling.

Unfortunately, after shining his light for a while, Hojo Saki Rei still couldn't find any hidden layers.

The ceiling looked freshly painted, with no cracks whatsoever.

“If it’s not this ceiling, then it can only be that wall!”

Moving his gaze from the ceiling, Hojo Saki Rei looked at the wall not far away.

Then, he walked over.

Thump, thump, thump!

Hojo Saki Rei raised his fist and began knocking on the wall, walking forward as he knocked.

Thump, thump, thump!

Another sound of a fist hitting the wall. Hojo Saki Rei quickly noticed that there was something off about the sound.

“It’s hollow inside!”

Hojo Saki Rei immediately said.

Upon discovering this, he was now certain that the wall inside was where a secret passage existed.

As Hojo Saki Rei’s words fell, Asahi Rinka and the others, who were still searching, also walked towards him.

“Saki Rei-kun, what did you find?”

Asahi Rinka asked, looking at the wall in front of her with some confusion.

They had also looked at this wall earlier and thought there was no problem with it, as it had no cracks, which indicated it was safe.

However, just as her words fell, she saw Hojo Saki Rei raise his fist and smash it directly against the wall.

Bang!

As Hojo Saki Rei’s fist landed, the wall also emitted a hollow sound.

“This is it!”

After confirming that the wall was hollow, Hojo Saki Rei immediately determined that Hotta-dōgaku had been taken inside.

Thinking of this, Hojo Saki Rei began to search around.

And as he searched, he knocked on the wall with his hand.

Soon, under Hojo Saki Rei’s knocking, a spot on the wall was actually smashed open by Hojo Saki Rei, forming a small hole.

Through this small hole, Hojo Saki Rei could see that there was a hidden room inside the wall.

“What is this?”

“This is a room. Why is there a room here? Why didn’t we see it before?”

When everyone looked inside through the hole and saw that it was actually a room, they couldn’t help but be stunned.

Soon, expressions of nervousness appeared on their faces.

“Alright, this should be it. Let’s go in and take a look.”

Hojo Saki Rei said.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say this, everyone looked at him curiously.

Although a hole had been smashed here, it was so small, how could they get in?

Just as everyone was still wondering what Hojo Saki Rei would do next, they saw Hojo Saki Rei directly kick the area below the hole.

Crash!

As Hojo Saki Rei’s kick landed, the seemingly solid wall collapsed in an instant.

When they saw this, everyone finally understood what Hojo Saki Rei meant by “go in and take a look.”

With the opening revealed, Hojo Saki Rei walked into the room without hesitation.

As soon as he entered the room, Hojo Saki Rei saw that there was a circular crack on the ceiling of the room.

And beneath the crack, there was even a staircase.

Without any hesitation, Hojo Saki Rei directly climbed up the stairs.

Upon reaching the top, Hojo Saki Rei even saw that what was above was an iron object resembling a manhole cover.

And beside it, there was even something like a handle.

It seemed the other party used this handle to directly open the passage between the basement and the art classroom.

Hojo Saki Rei reached out and grabbed the handle, pulling it hard. Instantly, the ceiling of the art classroom appeared before his eyes.

“This… I didn’t expect it to be like this. No wonder we couldn’t find any traces. It was here all along.”

“You scared me to death. I really thought we had encountered a supernatural event just now. Thankfully, we found this passage, which means Hotta-dōgaku, like the others, was taken from here.”

“Great, now that we’ve found this passage, we can find the people.”

“Speaking of which, this room is sealed. So where did the other party take the people from?”

“Come over quickly, there’s a passage here, I don’t know where it leads.”

Just as the girls were still looking up and discussing, a familiar voice came from not far away.

Looking in that direction, they saw that Shiratori Kashi was actually looking at the corner.

Hearing Shiratori Kashi say this, Hojo Saki Rei immediately closed the passage above again, then jumped down the stairs and walked towards Shiratori Kashi.

“Saki Rei-kun, do you think Hotta-dōgaku and the others were taken from here?”

Asahi Rinka asked just as Hojo Saki Rei arrived.

Looking at Asahi Rinka, whose eyes were full of anticipation, Hojo Saki Rei nodded without hesitation.

“It should be. Let’s go down this passage and see what’s going on!”

Since this place was connected to the art classroom, and there was such a passage, Hojo Saki Rei was naturally certain that those people had taken the students who were playing the spiritual game from here.

And when they were playing the spiritual game, they could feel a cold wind, which naturally came from this room blowing upwards.

Without any hesitation, Hojo Saki Rei led the girls and walked directly down this passage.

The passage was winding, but it was all made of concrete, looking as if it had been deliberately constructed.

As they walked further down, Hojo Saki Rei and the others frowned more and more deeply.

And the further down they went, the more Hojo Saki Rei and the others could confirm that people had been taken from here.

In the dark passage, Hojo Saki Rei and the others used their phones and flashlights as illumination tools. After about five or six minutes, they reached the end of the passage.

Before them was a vast, empty cavern of over eighty square meters.

And in that place, the students who had previously gone missing were all lying motionless on the ground.

Among the crowd, Hojo Saki Rei and the others quickly recognized Hotta-dōgaku, who had just gone missing.

“Hotta-dōgaku!”

“She’s here, she’s really here! This is great!”

“We finally found her!”

“Hotta-dōgaku, how are you?”

When the girls saw Hotta-dōgaku, they ran towards her without hesitation. Even Hojo Saki Rei, upon seeing Hotta-dōgaku and the others, quickly walked over.

“Saki Rei-kun, what is this?”

“Hotta-dōgaku’s neck seems to be injured, and the wound is still bleeding.”

“Saki Rei-kun, Hotta-dōgaku will be alright, won’t she? Please save her, boohoohoo.”

Before Hojo Saki Rei could reach Hotta-dōgaku, Asahi Rinka, who had already picked Hotta-dōgaku up from the ground, felt as if she had touched something when she reached out to Hotta-dōgaku’s neck.

After helping Hotta-dōgaku up, she realized that Hotta-dōgaku’s neck was injured, and a strange device had been installed on her neck.

Hearing Asahi Rinka’s words, Hojo Saki Rei also sped up.

The moment he saw the object on Hotta-dōgaku’s neck, Hojo Saki Rei was immediately startled.

“Don’t… don’t touch her, that’s a chip bomb!”

The moment Hojo Saki Rei saw that the object on Hotta-dōgaku’s neck was a chip bomb, he immediately spoke.

The girls, who were wondering what it was, were also startled upon hearing Hojo Saki Rei’s words. Asuka even took several steps back.

“Chip bomb?”

“What… what’s going on? Did those people bring Hotta-dōgaku here just to implant this chip bomb?”

Asahi Rinka was also scared, but she forced herself to calm down and asked with a trembling voice.

“Asuka, you, Shiratori Kashi, and Mika, go out and call the Police Department. This matter can only be resolved by the police!”

Upon seeing the chip bomb, Hojo Saki Rei immediately made a decision.

Then, his gaze moved from Hotta-dōgaku to the other students who had fainted on the ground.

When his gaze shifted to the back of their necks, Hojo Saki Rei couldn't help but gasp.

Because all the fainted students present had chip bombs implanted in the back of their necks.

So many chip bombs, just seeing them made one tremble. And with so many, in such a confined space, if these chip bombs were to explode simultaneously, the entire building would probably collapse.

“Come, you go out with them too, give Hotta-dōgaku to me!”

Seeing Asahi Rinka still holding Hotta-dōgaku, Hojo Saki Rei squatted down without hesitation, took Hotta-dōgaku from her, and walked out with Hotta-dōgaku.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei take Hotta-dōgaku, although she felt scared inside, Asahi Rinka still listened to Hojo Saki Rei and walked out.

“What? You found the students who were previously missing? Where?”

“The school’s underground parking lot? And chip bombs?”

“Students, don’t move around. Leave that area first, it’s too dangerous. We’ll arrange for professionals to come immediately!”

At this time, Shiratori Kashi and the others had just come out. Seeing that their phones had signal, they quickly reported the case.

On the other end of the phone, the Police Department officers were very excited when they heard that Shiratori Kashi and the others had found the missing students.

After all, these students had been missing for so long, and it was almost one every day.

These police officers had even started to believe that it was a supernatural event.

Of course, they had also planned to suppress this case recently and not spend effort on it, treating it as an unsolved case with no clues.

But they didn't expect that someone had now found the missing students, so how could they not feel surprised and excited about this?

Soon, all the police officers from the Police Department were dispatched to Sakuragi High School.

In the early morning.

When Hojo Saki Rei and the others came out of the Police Department, it was almost dawn.

Because they were too tired, Hojo Saki Rei and the others immediately chose to go back after finishing their statements.

Of course, at the same time they arrived at the Police Department, Tomoda Minako had also received a call and rushed to the Police Department in a hurry.

Tomoda Minako finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Hojo Saki Rei and the others were not injured.

“You guys, you really have extraordinary courage! Didn’t the school already seal off the art classroom? You still dared to go, aren’t you afraid of encountering supernatural events or something?”

On the way back with Hojo Saki Rei and the others, Tomoda Minako looked at Asahi Rinka and the others in the car and immediately asked.

When the Police Department called her, she was indeed scared.

Because during this period, that spiritual game in the art classroom had caused many students to go missing, so she was naturally worried that her own students had also played that game and then disappeared.

At this moment, seeing that Asahi Rinka and the others were still safe, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

If Asahi Rinka and the others had really gone missing, what would she do next?

After all, even the Police Department had been searching for nearly half a month without any clues, and the school, out of helplessness, could only seal off the art classroom.

“Hehe, Minako-sensei, don’t say that. Haven’t we all returned safely?”

“And this time, although Hotta-dōgaku was taken, we also found the missing students because of it. Isn’t that a good thing?”

Asahi Rinka saw Tomoda Minako’s worried expression and knew that she was concerned about them, so she immediately spoke.

“Yes, Minako-sensei, if it weren’t for us, those missing students might not have been found. It’s just that Hotta-dōgaku suffered this time, her neck is injured, and I don’t know if the scar can heal,” Shiratori Kashi also said at this moment. (End of this chapter)