Discomfort crawls across his skin at her laughter. Teeth grind, glare becoming harder as that disturbing sound echoes around him. Whatever feelings he originally had for Chiaki are quickly being replaced with a level of disgust and hatred he once only held for Enoshima. A manipulator of this degree. Someone who sees life as a game like her words seem to imply. This is a person deserving of his ire and not a reverence for the memory she was.
Hands clench and unclench, fingers pumping with his irritation. He wishes he had something to take this frustration out on but he doesn’t know where she is. Nor will he be able to find out. If Hajime was here he probably could but he did not come on this trip.
Then, within her seemingly mad ramblings, she says a name. A name many of them do not wish to hear again. Izuru.
Every muscle goes rigid, eyes widening and he stares at the floor, seeing nothing. As he listens to her words doubt swirls within his mind, stomach churning. What she says does make some sense. Hajime regained all his memories, including Izuru’s, after waking from the Neo World project. Wouldn’t he have known about Chiaki’s survival?
But no. No! He can’t let this girl put a wedge between him and his comrades. From what Hajime has said Izuru was never directly involved with any of Enoshima’s plans. He simply observed. He wished only to find unpredictability and used Enoshima’s despair as an experiment to that end. He cannot let her reverse everything they have regained. No one else can hear this. They’ll go mad. … He can sort of feel himself sliding in that direction again. He will not allow it.
“I won’t allow this,” He snarls, shoulders shaking as his head rises once more. Eyes glare up at the screens. “I will not let you plant this seed within me, within any of us again! We are free! Your game is broken! Perhaps you need to return to the planning stages.”
“Ah. ah. I guess you just don’t want to accept the truth right? You want to cling to your hope, your belief that everything is allright now. Pathetic. My game is not bkoren. On the contrary, everything up to this point is going exactly how it is supposed to be. Well, everything other then the survival of those who are now glitches. Your class.” her face became a little more serious. With a bit of surprise. Those giant mood swings were bizzare. There is almost no trace of hatred in her voice, no anger or other intence emotions anymore. She just talks like an old chiaki would. Slightly tired, almost friendly. It seems like she was demonstrating that mask from the past again. That perfect class rep. That Chiaki that will allways help no matter what.
But it was not the truth. The mask now seemed obviously fake. No matter how sweet, a poison is still poison. Everyone just simply failed to notice that. Nobody expected this. Should anyone really blame them? No. The monsters who are responcible laugh in glee as they see their victims tear apart their own lives and the world around them. These thoughs were both irritating and exciting. She remembered every second of her perfect game looking at the glitch before her. It’s no wonder that are small flaws look giant if the rest of the game is almost perfect right? And so she wants to see more. More of his anger, despair.
“But you see, i have something to show you. Junko-chan was so generous to share some fun videos with me! Don’t worry. Those are real. Exciting isn’t it?” Another mood swing followed. She was smiling again, typing something on her keyboard. As soon as she finished. A few screenes changed. A video started playing. Kamukura, Junko and Chiaki sitting in one room. Both females actively talked about their plans. They were so happy saying how the lives of everyone will be ruined. The game will finally be wort while! And then, suddenly, Izuru interviened. He proposed the fake execution. He explained why would that be...interesting in his opinion. The video showed how both females started to get excited. Finally, their silent perfect human wanted to help in the despair cause! And then the video ends. An evil grin spreads further. She watches his reaction to this small video. What shall it be?