Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

"If you really don't want to tell me, you can take the money."

"why?"

Matsuyama Shouta looked at Oreki Gen in confusion.

The boy smiled.

"We are good friends, so I would rather play dumb for once. But I hope you are fine and nothing happens to you."

Seeing Oreki Gen's smile, Matsuyama Shouta let out a long sigh.

"Oreki... I can tell you what happened, but... you have to promise me not to tell anyone."

"it is good."

"Even Sakuraba-san can't..."

"What's so serious?"

Oreki Gen frowned.

Matsuyama Shouta raised his head and leaned back in the chair. This was the first time that Oreki Ken saw the young man looking so melancholy. He looked really old.

he said softly.

"It's like this, about three days ago... Miki found me."

"Who is Miki?"

"That's... the girl I told you about before... the one who talked to me for a long time and was my junior high school classmate."

"Oh, that's the girl you like, right?"

Matsuyama Shota smiled wryly and nodded.

Oreki looked at him strangely: "What does this have to do with you borrowing money? Did she ask you to borrow it?"

Shota Matsuyama nodded.

"That's right. Three days ago, she found me and asked me out. She seemed... very hesitant and in pain. She asked me to borrow money. Fifty thousand... Of course I didn't have it, but I was very worried about her condition, so I wanted to ask her why."

When Oreki Gen heard this, he couldn't help but think of one of his favorite things in some youth pain literature...

"Could it be an abortion?"

Matsuyama Shota shook his head.

Oreki Gen let out a sigh of relief: "That's good..."

"It's something even more abominable."

"what?"

Is there anything more abominable and more ridiculous than this?

Zundu is fake?

Matsuyama Shouta said softly.

"I also questioned her for a long time at that time, but she was unwilling to tell me. She even covered her face and cried in front of me. I asked her what happened, and she told me...she was...secretly photographed."

"Secret photography? What's the big deal about secret photography... Wait, this secret photography you are talking about can't be..."

When Matsuyama Shouta sighed and nodded, Oreki Gen couldn't help but be shocked.

Shota Matsuyama clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"The boyfriend that Miki dated outside of school... lied to her one day that it was his birthday and took her out to a bar to drink... He put something in the drink, and then... when she woke up, the bastard told her that he had taken a picture of her. If she didn't pay 50,000 yen, her picture would be spread all over the school, and her teachers, her parents, and all her friends would see it..."

Oreki Gen's expression was a little distorted, and his heart was also a little twisted, because he found that he didn't know where to start complaining!

What the hell is this!

"No... I think you said they haven't been together for a month yet?"

Shota Matsuyama nodded.

"Yes... She said she was too naive and believed it right away. She was also drugged, Oreki. She is a victim."

Oreki Xian felt a slight headache.

He looked at the other person helplessly.

"So after you heard that, you softened your heart and decided to help her with the 50,000 yen?"

Matsuyama Shouta nodded and looked at Oreki Gen earnestly.

"Listen to me, Oreki. You must think I'm too in love and willing to help her with anything. But at that time, she cried and told me that she couldn't call the police, otherwise that bastard would spread all her photos and she wouldn't be able to live anymore. She would die, Oreki... I also advised her to call the police, but she was in extremes at the time. I really had no choice but to do this..."

Oreki looked at him.

"Did you hear all these things from her?"

"Um..."

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if she was lying to you? She wasn't drugged at all and was willing to have sex with him, but she didn't think about being secretly filmed?"

Matsuyama Shota hesitated.

"So...she's a victim too."

"Even if she was willing to be fooled, you still want to help her?"

Oreki Gen found it difficult to persuade the boy. He was really... too pure.

Although I always say that being simple is not a bad thing, it is not a very good thing either. The bad thing is that there are too many bad people, and simple people are too easily deceived.

Oreki Gen felt that it was not that simple just by listening to his description, but this boy seemed to be completely immersed in it.

I even felt that the girl had done nothing wrong and she was just an innocent victim.

Of course, from the perspective of a complete bystander, she is indeed a victim. After all, girls are naive and may be careless at times, and she would not want such a thing to happen.

But if she lied, and specifically called out Shota Matsuyama, acted weak and aggrieved in front of him, and even said that she would die... then what kind of behavior would that be?

It can be said to be a person's instinctive means of self-protection. After all, no one wants such photos to be exposed.

But it is really difficult for Oreki Gen to sympathize and pity him like Matsuyama Shouta.

Matsuyama Shouta said with a distressed look.

“I know this may seem like a bit of a bootlicker, a bit of… a bit of a loser. But Oreki… I can’t just watch her do something stupid. You should understand, right? Even if I don’t like her, even if she’s just a junior high school classmate of mine, I still want to help as much as possible.”

"Then will you find a way to get 50,000 yen for her?"

"...What do you mean, doubting my character?"

Oreki Gen said angrily: "You are still telling me this, come on... just tell me why you want to borrow money from me?"

Matsuyama Shota smiled and said, "Isn't your girlfriend Sakuraba-san..."

"Do you think I'm the gigolo of a rich lady? This is my own savings."

"...Then you won't starve to death even if she's here."

"That's the truth... No, why do you seem so righteous?"

Matsuyama Shouta immediately grabbed Oreki Gen's hand.

"No, no, no, if you help me, you are my brother, my real brother!"

"You're still your brother if you don't help me... If I don't lend you the money, what are you going to do?"

Matsuyama Shota shook his head.

"I don't know... I just said I would think of a way. I don't know. Aren't there a lot of companies that lend money out there?"

"Are you crazy? Do you want to get involved in loan sharking or online loans? Do you know that it's like a bottomless pit once you get involved with that thing?"

Shota Matsuyama gave a wry smile.

"Isn't there anything I can do about it... But everything I just told you is true. I just wanted to save people..."

"Otherwise, are you still thinking of taking over?"

"Take over... How is it possible!"

Oreki Gen stared at the other person with narrowed eyes.

"Tell me something honestly first."

"what?"

"If I help her and her troubles are solved, how are you going to treat her next? If she says she's touched by you, will you let her be your girlfriend?"

Oreki Gen asked with a frown.

Shota Matsuyama immediately shook his head.

"No, absolutely not."

"Why? Is it because you think she is unclean?"

"No... I think if she really said that to me, I would probably feel that she is not worthy of my love."

Oreki Gen looked at Matsuyama Shouta in astonishment.

"I didn't expect...you could actually say such a thing."

He smiled bitterly.

"I know I'm stupid, and sometimes naive and easily deceived, but...if you put yourself in my shoes, you'll understand that I can't just watch someone I loved fall into such a hell, right?"

Oreki Gen stood up by supporting himself on his knees.

"Okay, I get it."

"Are you going to lend me money?"

Oreki looked at him.

"Do you know where that man is?"

"What's the meaning..."

"I'll go with you to give him the money."

Oreki Gen said so.

Matsuyama Shota hesitated.

"Um...I'll go, you don't have to go."

Oreki Gen frowned: "Why? Are you worried about me?"

Matsuyama Shota shook his head. "No... I've seen him. That bastard is just a gangster. I don't know how many times he has cheated young and innocent girls and then taken photos to blackmail them... He is just a bad youth. Last time I went to see him, there were a lot of people over there... I was afraid you were in danger."

Oreki Gen said with amusement, "Aren't you afraid of being in danger?"

Matsuyama Shouta smiled foolishly: "That's better than you getting hurt with me, and you lent it to me, so I owe you..."

"What an idiot..." Oreki Gen commented, and then said unhappily, "Come on, stop talking nonsense and take me with you. You can't handle this by yourself. Do you think this kind of person will really stop when he sees the good? If you go by yourself, the only result is that he will blackmail you more. I have to go and make sure he doesn't use this matter to further escalate."

Matsuyama Shouta hesitated for a moment, "Okay... when do we go?"

"Can you find where he is now?"

"Now... He often hangs out in a bar in the Blue Residence District, so you should be able to find him. But... That bar is where many of his friends are... You..."

Oreki Gen pulled Matsuyama Shouta up.

"Stop talking nonsense and let's go. Trust me, I won't hurt you."

Looking at Oreki Gen's back as he took the lead.

Shota Matsuyama was a little confused.

Can he really solve it?

One person, two people... Is there a big difference? They are just high school students.

But looking at his posture...why doesn't it look like he's going to give money at all?

Chapter 73: Who is the Sword Tomb?

"right here?"

At nearly eleven o'clock, the Lansu District was still crowded.