Chapter 258 – 16.12 Invocation

“──Revive Rune!!!”

Deep dawn.
I jumped up from the shock as if I had been struck by lightning.

“Right… Yes…”

Akane, who was sleeping next to her, tosses and turns at the loud noise.

But I didn’t have time to care about that.
It was because he remembered the existence of the revive rune while he was sleeping.

Revive Rune. It is a rune that revives the dead.
The price is the rune holder’s own life, and this rune is owned by the mother and daughter of student council president Kyoko Mizuki and president Ryoko Mizuki.

In other words, President Mizuki has a means to revive even if he dies.

──Why did I forget something so important?
You probably won’t use it anyway, so you erased it from your head?

“Kuh…”

“President Ichiro Mizuki, currently in cardiac arrest.”

Breaking news stopped updating after that news. No news came.

Cardiac arrest is, in effect, the equivalent of death. I thought that he was just delaying the official death announcement because of the social confusion.

At first, I thought all of this was President Mizuki’s own play. However, after seeing the news that the president had a cardiac arrest, I had no choice but to reverse my judgment.
If you say it’s a self-made play, it’s a play to increase approval ratings. I bet he didn’t really make up his own play with the intention of dying. So I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be a self-made play.

However, with the Revive Rune, the story is different.
Even if you die once or twice, you can come back to life. If you had insurance like that, it was worth a gamble with your life.

At the news of President Mizuki’s death, the people will mourn and mourn. Resentment towards the opposition will also increase.

However, the governor, who he thought was dead, soon comes to life. Even at the cost of the sacrifice of his rune holder wife or his daughter.

While Governor Mizuki mourns the loss of his family on his behalf, he will continue to support Rune Holder, following that will. The story of Mizuki’s mother and daughter who sacrificed themselves for her husband or for her father will be told as a beautiful story. The people will also be moved by the beautiful story, and the president’s approval rating will become stronger.

Everything was in sync.

– Fast.

“Mizuki, Ichiro… !”

It may be necessary to achieve great things.
It may have been a necessary self-made play to support the rune holders, to build a better country, and to build a base of support for the prime minister.

However… Can I risk my family’s life in return?
Is it really something that must be done, even at the cost of his wife’s life or daughter’s life?

I couldn’t accept

I thought that implementing a policy for rune holders was for the sake of his wife and daughter.
But sacrificing your family to achieve that goal? It was a story with a degree of jugaekjeon.

If that’s not the case… Did you marry Ryoko Mizuki with that in mind from the beginning?

With the intention of using her runes, her life, for political purposes? Was that why she was so happy when it was revealed that her daughter, Kyoko, was a rune holder?

I shuddered with anger that felt like betrayal.

I liked Ichiro Mizuki’s love story. Even in this rotten world, there was pure love, even thinking that it was the only light of this era.

But what if, all of that was a deception for the sake of politics?
What if it was a political show to use the lives of his wife and daughter from the beginning?

… Ichiro Mizuki.
If you resurrect
If they are resurrected at the cost of the lives of the two mothers and daughters.
I will never forgive you
No matter what. Never.
Will pay for it

*

… After all, that day, I couldn’t sleep a sigh after waking up at dawn.

I kept calling the president, but he didn’t answer the phone. He tried to contact Shino Shino as well, but all he heard was that he was still not answering the phone.

“Shit.”

I wandered around the room feeling emotionally unstable.

The academy was closed today. As long as it was clear that the people who attacked the academy yesterday were terrorists, normal classes were impossible.

Thanks to that, Akane and noona are resting at home today. The Kurosaki family next door is also all at home.

It’s a great opportunity to play. However, my nerves were so sensitive that I was shutting myself in the room like this to avoid getting into an unnecessary accident.

– Beep.

The cell phone rang.
It was an unknown number.
But I got

“Honey.”
“Are you Mr Knives Windsor? This is the NPK broadcasting station–“

-Beep.
I hung up without even listening to the end.

This phone call has been going on since last night. I wondered where my information leaked, and there were endless requests for an interview with Knives Windsor, a hero who saved the school from terrorists.

If you don’t want to receive it, don’t take it. However, thinking that maybe the chairman would call from another number, I couldn’t help answering the phone even if it was an unknown number.

– Beep.

The phone didn’t stop for a second.

“Hello, Mr. Windsor. We are a YouTube channel──”
“Are you Mr. Knives Windsor? This is a news channel–“
“Tokyo Broadcasting—-“
「ANN Radio──」
“YouTube——”
“Yoruhi Newspaper—”
「Nekoneko——」

“These fucking things… !”

There was no end.
Should I just break my phone?
I heard that urge, but then when the SOS comes from the chairman belatedly… Shit!

– Beep. Beep.

“Fuck you! What else!?”

As soon as I received it, I screamed loudly, and a disgusting voice returned from the other side of the receiver.

– Kuck. Isn’t it tough to talk to your boss? KW.
“Don’t give a damn. Who cares?”
-Muramasada.

I forced myself to swallow the bursting irritation.
Are you Muramasa? Why is Muramasa to me?

“So what?”
-KW. Have you ever thought about joining us?
“Damn it.”

There was nothing to hear

– Beep.
I hung up.
Then the same number immediately rang again.

– Beep.

It seems my refusal was weak.
As soon as I answered the phone, I screamed.

“I won’t——!!”

Still angry, I threw my phone against the wall.

-Puck!!

… My cell phone got stuck in the wall of my room.

Ah. Shit. In the end, it was smashed. Not only my cell phone, but also the walls of my room.
Muramasa you bastard… I can’t possibly forgive I’ll claim compensation for this damage from Muramasa!

– Beep.

The cell phone, which I thought would have been smashed, rang while plugged into the wall.

“What? Were you alive?”

It’s also three songs. Because it is strong

I pulled my phone off the wall, checked the screen, and opened my eyes wide.

Senior Kumon Kikuno.
It was one of the three people who didn’t answer the phone, along with Mizuki and the chairman.
And he was the most likely person to know the family’s current situation.

“Kunokuno-senpai!”

I got a quick call

– Knives. Where are you?

It was a calm voice.

“Are you at home? Senior than that——”
– I’m waiting for you at home. I’ll be there in an hour.
“Senior! The president——”

Pop.
The phone is disconnected.

“Oh shit!”

I called back right away, but it didn’t connect.

You can tell me at least what happened to the chairman! Between us! Even doing things like that! Shit! I’ll spank you the next time you do it!!

“Grunt…”

But how did it happen?
Why is Kunokuno-senpai coming to my house?
How’s the chairman? The chairman? Who is the governor himself?

My mind went round and round.
I wanted to do something. If there was a clear enemy, I would run and beat him. There was nothing I could do. I just have to wait for the senior to come.

One hour felt like ten hours.
As I walked around the room, I waited for the senior to come.

And finally.

“Senior!”

A black sedan arrived in front of the house.
As I jumped out the window of my room, the back seat window of her car rolled down and Kuno Kuno-senpai showed her face.

“Ride first.”

I quickly jumped into the seat next to the senior.
As I entered the car started right away.

“Senior! What happened?”
“What?”
“How is the governor? Who is the chairman? What about the chairman?”
“Ha~.”

The senior leaned deeply into her seat with an air of arrogance.

“Well, you’ll know when you go.”
“So where are you going?”
“You’ll know when you go.”
“Senior. Please tell me at least what happened to the president.”
“Shut up. You have a wiretapping device in your body.”
“Wiretapping?!”

No way! Who the hell What did you mean by eavesdropping on me?
But if it was something like that, it was understandable that the senior didn’t say it easily.

Instead of asking through her mouth, I decided to peek into the senior’s mind with a soul rune.

“Nyah. It’s a lie.”

“Seonbat-!!”
“Oh, be noisy.”

Got hit The senior who knew what my rune was was preparing in advance.

“Senior. Are you really like this? How much have I worked with my seniors until now!”
“Noisy. You know you can’t say anything with my mouth either. Do you know everything when you go?”
“Okay.”
“Hold on for an hour.”

Even her expression wasn’t too bad.
Is that okay?

“Ah. I want to eat steamed dumplings. I also want to eat dumpling soup. I want to eat warm dumplings.”

… Mind couldn’t figure out anything.
Shit.

“… Senior. Then tell me this one thing.”
“What.”
“Who asked you to come pick me up?”
“I can’t speak.”

The senior refused this time with a single knife.
But the mind——

『Mizuki Ichiro.』

She was replying like that.