Episode 44 – A Sycophant Shouldn’t Be Stupid…..

“Are you okay, Sora?”
When I nervously called out my frighetend step sister who grabbed the end of my hem. It was the first time for me to see my step sister shrinking like this, and I couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

My step sister noticed my voice and looked at me with a bright red face.

“D-don’t misunderstand ! ! what I meant by Onii chan is not you ! !”

“I-i get it ! ! I remember that you had a twin older brother, didn’t you?”
When I said that I knew the information about my step sister, she glared at me.

“S-say no more ! !”

“O-okay, sorry ! !”
Probably because she has a past that she doesn’t want to be touched by anyone, so my step sister cut the conversation and i didn’t ask anything unnecessary.

As I stopped talking to my step sister, I checked behind.
Idol sama clinged to me and didn’t leave, the gyaru was staring at me while clinging to my childhood friend.

Then, the childhood friend said [What are you guys doing here, Onii chan ! !] and began to get angry at her two older brothers.

My childhood friend’s two older brothers who were chatting with Genpaku, startled and backed away with a bitter smile on their faces.

I don’t know why they were afraid of my childhood friend, even though all the bad guys were afraid of them, but it seemed like she was in the high caste in the family.

“Onii chan, where and what have you been doing? Mom was worried about you two ! !”
They just flinch at my childhood friend’s question as if she was blaming them.

“As I thought, Miuchi san was your siblings.”
Genpaku, who saw the situation of my childhood friend’s siblings fight, approached me casually.

When I saw that, I remembered the anger I had forgotten.

“….Oi, Genpaku. How the hell can you be so casual? Don’t you think there’s something you need to tell me first?”

“Hm, what are you talking about?”
Genpaku averted his eyes as if to play a fool.

“What the hell are you saying ! ! I was so worried that you’d betray me.”

“Why would I betray you? I wouldn’t do something like this if I didn’t have any chances of success.”

“Don’t do that ! ! you even got the girls involved ! !”
I clenched my fists in anger.
Of course. There’s a possibility that he might have endangered everyone here.

I, who usually didn’t get angry over something, got angry at Genpaku’s remark that didn’t seem to understand anything at all.

“Sure, I feel bad for the girls. But everyone here was their target. I wouldn’t be doing something like this if i didn’t have that information. It was just a coincidence that Reizei san and Izuma san came.”
Genpaku immediately looked at Idol sama and the gyaru.

When they saw Genpaku’s expression, their faces twitched and came near my back. Seeing their behavior, I turned toward Genpaku. I asked [What do you mean?].

“Hm, yeah. I heard that they were trying to harm the girls at our school, so the informants were checking their every move very closely. Then I found out that you guys were the targets, so i used you as a decoy.”

“Huh? What the hell was that? Why?”
I don’t understand. I couldn’t understand why Genpaku had to do such a thing.

“This neighborhood has its own vigilante corps. A group that gathered representatives from each school came together to detect, prevent, deter violence and criminal acts. Im one of the representative now.”

“That doesn’t make any sense. Why are you?”
When i questioned him, Genpaku pointed at the MIuchi brothers.

“Because i’m working with them.”

“Excuse me?”
In the direction Genpaku pointed, my childhood friend’s two older brothers who looked like a delinquents, were being scolded by my childhood friend.

By sharing information with our comrades at each school through the vigilante information network created by those people, we can prevent students from committing crimes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t help them.

“Why is that?”

“Even if what you’re doing is justice, if you use force against them, you’re just as bad as the delinquents. Then the question is how to stop that behavior. That’s why we need a material to either catch them red-handed or drive them out.”
As he said that, Genpaku stared at me.

“So that’s why you used us as a decoy to catch them….”

“Yeah, if it’s you, I’m sure you can protect the 4 of them, and there was no other decoy better than you. With this, now they can’t lay a hand on you guys.”
Genpaku spoke confidently as I put my hands on my head.

“How can you say that? If they get revenge on us individually, we’ll lose everything, and I don’t think they’ll go quietly.”
Genpaku’s words didn’t make the uneasiness in my heart disappear.

“Yeah, it’s alright. They can’t do something like that if Miuchi san glared at them. And they’re on our vigilante list, so they’re probably splitting up by now.”

“And why is that?”

“The school will contact them soon, right? They can’t do anything on their own, they’ll destroy themselves.”

“You’re not making any sense. Then why didn’t you tell me first?”

“There’s no way I can tell you, you know? Even though it’s a vigilante, it’s an act that can’t be shown on the surface.”

“……we found out though?”

When I speak to Genpaku with an exhausted look on my face, his expression turned surprised

“Oh no, you found out.”

“….Oi, can I hit you?”
I clenched my fists once again to Genpaku, who had a dumb look on his face.

“W-wait a minute ! ! In the end I helped you guys, so please forgive me ! !”
Genpaku hurriedly tried to stop me as I was ready to punch him. When i saw that, I felt foolish and release my grip.

“More importantly, who are the Miuchi brothers? All the guys were pretty scared of them…….”

“Y-yeah. Those people have destroyed many delinquent groups. Not only with their strength, but with their actions. they were legends, in front of the delinquents they were called Miuchi the demon brothers.”

Genbaku boasted as I watched the two of them scolded by my childhood friend.

“So, they’re not good at fighting?”
When I said that, Genpaku shook his head.

“No, they’re strong… They seem to be strong. Though I’ve never seen them fight that much.”

“Is that so…..’
When i said that, the Miuchi brothers walked towards me.

Their eyes were sharp and piercing through me……