Seiken Academy

Case 1: The Young Lady's Assassination

Seiken Academy, the school for the elites. The students enrolled ranges from the scholar students – who are sponsored by a philanthropist, or by the school itself in exchange for a good performance in their studies, to the children of the business tycoons and billionaires. The school isn’t as exaggerated as Hogwarts. The school covers 40 hectares of land. There’s a long road from the entrance and you either drive from the gate to reach the school building, or have the service minibus drive you. The sides of the road are lush green grass lawn with fountains in every 50 meters. There are four school buildings with five floors arranged in a square shape, and a giant fountain in the middle. The front building is the administration building. The building on the left is the teachers’ building and dormitory. The building on the right is the building where the classrooms are located. And the fourth and back building is the students’ building where the club rooms and offices, student council office are located in the first few floors and the dormitory in the upper floors. At the back of the Seiken Academy is a wide lake with a mini forest around. The lake is deep and so it’s prohibited for the students and teachers to go there. The school already closed the lake’s vicinity. But the students can still go to the mini forest for various activities.

Today, multiple cars in various brands are parked near it. The students are to assemble near the mini forest together with their parents or guardians to check their attendance. From here, they will all exit to the back entrance of the school to go to the 8th Beach Resort which is in the south part of the country.

Students in flaming red P.E. uniforms can be seen together with their rich parents. The scholar students are either with the teachers, their parents or their guardians. One by one they boarded the school bus.

The driver and the guard opened the car’s doors. Mio and Aria went outside. I was about to go outside when a voice was heard.

“Mio-chan. Aria-chan.” A soft and gentle sweet voice said as they heard footsteps approaching them.

Suzuki Mio and Aria turned. Surprise can be seen in their eyes. “Teacher Ruka!” they exclaimed in glee and rushed to hug their teacher. “You’re back!” they said and hugged her tight.

It was a good-looking woman. Her hair is long and dark, and her skin is fair. Her eyes are round and has a kind look. Her lips are thin, maybe because she’s always smiling. The girls chatter with her and from their conversation, their teacher just came back from her maternity leave.

They turned when they heard a crisp sound of high heeled shoes hitting the cemented ground. The teacher’s eyes went wide, along with the crowd who coincidentally had their sight this way, in shock when they saw a gorgeous woman gracefully went out of the black car. Maybe the light from the rising sun just happened to fell upon her, but she looked like she’s glowing.

An angel descended in this mortal world, casting an everlasting spell to the human beings, was their first thought.

“Nee-sama.” Suzuki Mio broke the momentary silence with her soft voice.

They all held their breath when they saw her smiled. They felt their soul was purified.

“Mio-chan.” The moment her voice fell, it was like a ripple on a still lake. They all broke in gasps and started whispering to each other.

“Is she an actress?

“A model?

“Oh, my gosh! She’s so tall and beautiful!

“Goddess!

“I heard Mio called her ‘neesama’. Is she her sister?

“No. But I heard she has a cousin…”

The ‘woman’ gentle smiled and turned to the teacher who is still yet to recover from her shock. Her face is red for some reason. “Ni hao.” I greeted her in Chinese. “I am Suzuki Hare, Mio-chan’s cousin. I went back from China to visit.” I said and looked at Suzuki Mio full of affection.

Suzuki Mio, who knows the truth, felt goosebumps on her skin. She tried her best not to show it. “Neesama.” She said as she ‘shyly’ lowered her head. Yet she’s grimacing secretly.

The teacher finally recovered from her shock. “I am Kitagiri Ruka.” She said and offered her hand. “I am glad you’re getting along with Mio-chan.” She said and smiled.

I took her hand and shook it, then let it go after a second. I don’t like having long skin contact with other people. Otherwise I feel sticky and feel like peeling off my skin. “Yes. Otherwise, who else should get along with my dear cousin if not me?” I asked then patted Suzuki Mio’s head. “Thank you for taking care of my cousin during her stay here.” I told the teacher.

She nodded. “You’re welcome.” She said and looked at her watch. “We’d better go now.” She said and looked at the two girls.

“Yes, teacher!” the girls answered as the bodyguards brought their luggage to the school bus.

“Take care, Mio. I’ll follow you right after.” I said and hugged Suzuki Mio while patted her back.

In an angle where nobody could see, Suzuki Mio’s face is green. This ba****!” She thought and forced out all her will not to puke. This transvestite! It’s not like she’s against transvestites. Just that it happens to be this man, she now hates his guts! How dare he played us earlier! He’s too good acting his role! Too good it spooks her! “Yes, neesama.” She said and forced to blush. She turned to Aria and signaled with her eyes to leave. “We’ll be going now!” she told him and looked at him, then ran away with Aria.

She realized now – that guy is harder to deal with than the bodyguards! She just have a feeling that this is what it is!

“I’ll be taking my leave, too.” Teacher Ruka said and bowed. “I hope to see you later.” She said, then left.

I just nodded and waved at her as the students’ bus left one by one. Teacher Ruka hailed on the bus, glanced at me, then went inside. The door closed behind her and the teachers’ bus followed the students’ bus. The parents and guardians of the students also left in their own vehicle and followed the buses to the resort.

After a few minutes and it was only I and the Suzuki bodyguards were left. Or should I say… just ‘bodyguards’ only? I thought and turned to see them encircled me. “What’s the meaning of this?” I asked and smiled as I looked at them ten people.

“Suzuki Hare.” Their leader called, gone is the respect in his voice. “It’s a regret but we have to kill you.” He said as they all took out their gun and aimed it at my temple.

The smile on my face disappeared. “Well, it is really a regret.” I said as I took out my hair tie and tied my hair in a bun. “Me killing you, that is.” I said and grinned as I waved my arm and a stun baton come out of my sleeve.

Their eyes went wide as they pulled the trigger. Too late. I ducked as multiple gunshots rang out in the parking lot of the school, along with groans in pain as some bullets hit the other ‘bodyguards’ instead of me. Some of the bullet hit the bark of the tree.

Three guards fell down the ground when their eyes, temple and neck were hit by the bullet, taking their life away in the process. Another three of them were hit in the shoulder and is now bleeding. While four of them had managed to dodged. I crouched on the ground, my left hand touching the ground for balance while my right leg stretched taut and swept the leg of the three near me. Then, elongated my stun baton and hit the ones left as much as possible.

“Argh - !” those who were hit by the bullet in the shoulder cried in pain when I stabbed the baton on their shoulder, then set the electricity full.

One, two, three – stunned paralyzed as they fell on their back, can’t move an inch and their eyes wide staring at me.

“Kill her!” the four left who was not wounded and just fell on the ground after receiving a shock from everything happening in a fast motion yelled and cursed as they aimed their gun at me again.

I just smirked as I dodged the bullets from four directions and then threw the stun baton which was still in full charge towards the one near me again.

They felt their chest constrict when they saw the baton hit bulls’ eye at the throat of their companion and watched him fell on the ground. I watched them as they all process what happened in their mind, not moving and unafraid.

After a few seconds and they all turned and glared at me, like a predator to a cornered prey. “She has no weapon left! We have to kill her now!” they roared and raged as they ran towards me.

“Naïve.” I muttered as I took off my hair tie.

As the wind blew, my long black hair… wig fluttered and fell on my back like a waterfall of ink.

“Aaaaaarrrrgghhhh!

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