Play with Mad Scientists!

Masama rolled his eyes for a moment in surprise at the sudden appearance of the thrush, but his smile quickly widened. It was as if he welcomed the surprise.

On the other hand, Tsugumi, on the other hand, is staring at Masama with a straight face that doesn't have the slightest hint of his usual naivety.

''Hmm. You have a different vibe from earlier.

He didn't call out to Akane, in fact, he didn't even look at her, and Masama kept his gaze locked with Tsugumi's as he teasingly said.

''I'm sure you've already heard, but I took out Masanori-senpai. Do you have any other bad guy friends besides Masanori-senpai and Masama-senpai?　If there were, though, we'd all beat them up.

The way he spoke wasn't the usual thrush either. Instead of an inflectional, bouncy voice, Akane felt uneasy because of the indifferent tone of her voice, which she didn't think was a thrush. No, she had been anxious long ago. It would be better to say that her anxiety increased. If a thrush appears at this point in time, it's natural to be anxious.

In addition, the provocative words and actions that were not typical of Tsugumi made Akane even more scared.

(Tsugumi, I'm mad at you: ......)

Naturally, Akane has never seen a thrush get angry before.

'Come on, come on. You can call for additional people, but there's no need for that, or rather, it's not worth being too persistent, I think the current lineup is enough.

Akane stiffened as Masama turned to Akane as he said this. Fortunately, Tsugumi didn't seem to notice that Masama's gaze was on Akane.

'Do you want to compare strength with me too, Masama-senpai?　It looks like Masaki-senpai was, though.

'Yeah. I think it's good for us to get to know each other, but don't you like it?

'If you're going after just me, but you can't have the school involved as well. Masama-senpai and the others do it knowing that as well. Masaki-senpai stopped it, so it's fine, but Masama-senpai should stop it too.

'Hahaha, then I'll do a lot of work on it too and then I'll stop. If I stop, it's okay at that point, right?　No matter how much collateral damage you do to a student, if you stop, reflect on it and apologize, you're forgiven, you're missing out if you don't do it a lot, right?

The thrush appealed seriously, but Masama caught the end of the thrush's words and laughed.

'They bother people, and when I tell them to stop doing that, they laugh and tease me, they're an evil organization in the end. I won't join an organization of such bad people.

'Well, um, if you think I'm evil, why don't you use your power to take me, that evil, out here and now?'

''Senior Masama hasn't done anything wrong yet, and I can't sell a fight to him.

Tsugumi said with a heartfelt look of sadness to the provoking Masama.

'But I know that you will do bad things from now on. But the bad behavior so far has been done by my will. If you know this much, you might as well attack me, but you can't. But you can't. You're one of those kids. Oh, I'm not kidding. It's more of a nice touch. You're likable.

As he speaks, Masama walks over to the thrush and Akane.

'A girl like you is exactly what the Snowflake Society deserves.

Masama said as they passed each other. It's a good idea to have a good time.

''By the way, Akane, why are you on the roof?''

After Masama leaves, Tsugumi calls out to Akane.

"Ki...... I don't feel so good, so I thought I'd take a little ...... rooftop to refresh myself.

(Liar.)

Another voice in Akane's mind.

(Akane is ...... the worst liar ever. ......)

This time I can see not only her voice, but also her figure. The other Akane gives him a look of disdain and chastises him fiercely.

(You should have ditched the Snowflake Society from the start and taken a friend. Then you wouldn't have suffered so much. (No?)

That statement from her other self made sense. That's what Akane had been thinking all along.

'Why is Tsugumi-chan?'

Akane asks, desperately ignoring her other self.

'I knew that guy was like an evil boss. So I thought I'd try to talk to him like a skeleton...''

He returns to his usual thrush and speaks with a cheerful expression.

'Skeevan ......'

'Yeah, I escaped class and was reincarnated as a skeleton, so it looks like I'm going to go the way of evil and enter a benevolent battle of evil versus evil.

(I know I'm kidding, but Thrush is already ready to fight Masama-kun: ......)

Akane thought as she looked at Tsugumi, who put her hands on her hips and threw her chest out with a smug look on her face.

(Why? ....... Until just a few days ago, even Tsugumi was as weak as Akane, so why is one of you so strong ......)

Akane felt both jealous and miserable at the same time. And a little later, she felt even more miserable as a fierce self-loathing boiled over at the thought of having such feelings for someone she considered her best friend.

******

The women's soccer team members finished changing and walked together down the hallway to the field.

"Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap.

Angelina hummed as she walked ahead of the girls' soccer team members.

'Ta-da!'

Angelina, who was in a good mood, suddenly stopped with an angry voice. Seeing this, the female soccer club members wondered.

''What's wrong?''　Ms. Angelina.

Seeing Angelina bracing herself with caution, Eikai calls out to her with a questioning look.

Masama appeared in front of Angelina.

Angelina knows that Masama and Masaki are bringing disquiet to Anrakuni Junior High. They've hurt Kami, too. It's impossible not to be alarmed, and the fire of anger flickers in her eyes.

'Oh, this is great. Great. I didn't check it out the last time I saw it, but this dolphin, despite its loveliness on the outside, is carrying a tremendous amount of karma. I didn't check it out properly the other day, but now I'm going to look at it with my own eyes, so I can clearly see it.

Masama, projecting the holographic display, looks at Angelina and Diplay in turn, and with a happy look on his face, he speaks the words that only he can understand.

'What are you talking about?'　This guy,

It's kind of gross. He's cute in the face. It's gross.

"Atai kaoyoktemo denpanatoko kirai.

Seeing Masama like that, the women's soccer team members are drawn back.

'Was it Angelina?　Do you know what I mean?　Don't know?　You want to know what it is?　I can see the karma that people have to carry. I can see the weight of guilt. I can see the guilt that people have to bear, too. The amount of guilt you carry is enormous. And you carry the guilt, don't you?　Isn't that right?

Jack. ......

It's not just something I can see. I can also quantify it.

Masama flips the holographic display over and shows it to Angelina. The screen shows Angelina's image on the screen, and she shows him how her name and numbers are reflected together. The numbers are yellow and red, with two floating above and below. The yellow number on top is 5756 and the red number on the bottom is 72891.

That's a high number. It's the first time in a long time that I've seen a red number that is so high. Do you know what this number means?　It's your guilt quantified. The yellow on top is guilt. Red on the bottom is guilt you committed.

Japs: ......

Angelina could understand a little bit of what Masama was saying. Angelina remembers. He was right. I have a karma on my shoulders. I'm also dragging my guilt with me.

'Hey, let's go, Angelina, ....... And this guy is crazy.

''Yeah. We're in the same class, but she's friendly with the back street dwellers, Kumozuka and Shibatani, and it's looking bad at that point.

The women's soccer team members urged Angelina--

I can't. Angelina can't move anymore.

Masama said with a smirk. In fact, Angelina didn't move from her spot.

'It's called 'Yama-Appli'. It's not 'Yama-Appri'.

As he said it, Masama switched between the images on the Diplay and pointed to an appley icon in the shape of Enma's face from the row of icons.

''Ja-......p .......''

Mr. Angelie?

What's the matter with you?

The football team members also noticed that Angelina was acting strangely. Frozen in place, it was clear that her charming dolphin face had turned into a sad and pained expression.

'Is crime and punishment something that people's minds decide for themselves?　But in front of me, it's certainly a force to be reckoned with. It can be described as a number. It can be transformed into power. The guilt that exists in your consciousness, the guilt that you've accumulated can be quantified by my standards and transformed into power that conforms to that number.

Masama explained his abilities, but the meaning of his words was largely unknown to those present.

'I'll have you do some 'prison work','

Japs: ......

With Masama's words, Angelina felt a horrible sensation as if her consciousness was being rewritten.

And I'll have you make a 'statement' as well. If you don't speak the language, write it down.

After Masama says just that, he turns on his heel and walks away.

Angelina follows suit.

''Hey ...... Angelina!''

Eikai shouted, but Angelina wandered off and followed Masama.

'Isn't that the one who's causing all the commotion by any chance?'

You mean he has paranormal powers?

It would be better to inform Kumozuka-senpai and Kagamuro-san: ......

"Soleyori Aizawa-senpai, recommendation.

We've got to let Tsuruga-sensei and the other guards know first, don't we?

I prefer Mr. Yukioka from Temporary Insurance. That man is actually a famous mad scientist.

The female soccer team members called out to each other and went to report to each other. Eikai was the only one who took the opportunity to send a text message to Tsugumi to report it.