Chapter 62
――At long last, it was time for the final target. She was the one I couldn’t forgive most.
"Eek..."
Still on all fours, Misa retreated in terror.
When our eyes met, she began making excuses in a grating voice.
"H-hey, I’m not like El. The one I truly loved was you, Rento! Please, give me a chance. I want to start over with you! I’ll do anything! You can do whatever you want with my body! Please!!"
I smiled and spoke to her gently.
"I see. So you don’t love Guy anymore?"
"Y-yes, that’s right. That’s right, of course!"
"Then, do you want to start over with me?"
I asked,
remembering how I used to speak back when I mistakenly thought I liked Misa.
"Yes, I’d love that. Let’s start over. You’re the only one I truly love, Rento."
"—You thought I’d say that?"
"Huh...?"
"Relax. There’s someone just right for you. I’ll introduce you right now."
"Huh? What do you mean...?"
"The only one who’d kiss a bitch like you is the ground!"
――A filthy floor is the only thing that’d kiss you.
The humiliating words she’d said to me came back as I slammed Misa into the ground with all my strength.
Misa’s body bounced off the ground.
"Sorry. I was wrong."
"R-Rento..."
"Even the ground says it wants nothing to do with a bitch like you."
"P-please forgive me... I... I love you, Rento..."
"So die here."
I had no intention of killing her, but my threat seemed to work.
Misa began making a desperate attempt to save herself.
"P-please... help me... R-Rento... I... love... you..."
Even now, she was still spouting that nonsense...
Even though she didn’t mean it.
She just wanted to save herself.
Did she really care about herself that much...?
The anger I’d been holding back all this time erupted inside me.
A worthless woman like her has no right to live.
She deserved to die for this, didn’t she?
――Snap.
Something inside me snapped.
There was no need to hold back or show mercy.
I drew back my fist, filled it with murderous intent, and swung with all my strength—
"Rento-san!!!!!!"
A loud shout from behind made me suddenly come to my senses.
I turned around to see Rinka’s face, on the verge of tears...
Just now, I’d been trying to kill her...
I’d been going to kill this woman...
I hadn’t intended to kill them.
Rather than kill them here, I’d collect every last drop of blood from them in the future.
That would make them suffer far worse, and I’d get more out of it, too.
That was what I’d been thinking, at least.
But in that instant, I’d completely forgotten all of it.
All that remained inside me was murderous intent.
There was a raging beast inside me.
A beast I couldn’t fully control.
And Rinka had stopped it...
"Thank you, Rinka."
After murmuring softly, I let go of Misa.
Misa’s body lay limp on the ground—
"That’s enough! Rento is the winner!"
Roger-san made the announcement, and the duel came to a close.