This Japanese Slice-of-Life Isn’t Lame - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: I Am Not Joking

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

The most troublesome thing to him now was definitely the murderer that was hiding among the people.

Kitagawa Tera clearly remembered that when he was eliminating the ghost hand by the lake, he had scanned the surroundings and did not think that the other party had the ability to hide from his senses that were strengthened by the system.

At that time, no one else should have been at the lake park apart from Kamiya Mirai.

Furthermore, Kitagawa Tera did not think anyone could follow behind him silently.

Not to mention that he had gone to the police station halfway.

How did the murderer find out my address?

In that case, I’ll visit the lake park again to test what I have in mind…

Kitagawa Tera was slightly silent as he decided to visit the lake park again after school.

Class ended not long later, and Kyokuboku High School officially entered lunch break.

Most students rushed hurriedly to the cafeteria and the convenience stores.

“Kitagawa-san, aren’t you going for lunch?” Asamiya Hitomi found her wallet and looked back at the composed Kitagawa Tera.

He did not seem to be anxious at all.

“Asamiya-san, you go first.”

“Ah… Okay.” After hearing this, Asamiya Hitomi nodded and walked away.

After a while, Kamiya Mirai appeared at the door of the classroom.

“Tera-kun! Tera-kun!”

She waved happily at Kitagawa Tera while holding two bento boxes with her other hand.

This young girl was very well prepared in this aspect. Knowing that meeting Kitagawa Tera would eat into his lunchtime, she had prepared two bentos early.

Ignoring the astonished stares from the surrounding students, Kamiya Mirai walked up to Kitagawa Tera, placed the larger bento box in front of him, and smiled. “Ta-dah! Surprise! This is the bento that I, representative of the beautiful first-year girls, made for Tera-kun!”

“Do you have something you want to tell me?” Kitagawa Tera took the bento without much surprise on his face.

“Hehe… It’s indeed Tera-kun. Such accurate intuition!” Kamiya Mirai did not mind and only nodded vigorously.

Without any expression, Kitagawa Tera made a light sound in acknowledgment and reached out to lift the bento box. Feeling the weight, he nodded to himself.

After strengthening his body recently, his appetite grew larger, and he would occasionally feel famished. His meal sizes were two to three times that of a normal adult, and it was not too exaggerated to say that it translated to around three to four times that of an adult’s constitution.

Considering his body was still growing, he never skimped on food and thus recently spent money quickly.

But for a high school student, being able to eat was good. And having someone deliver him food was even better.

“Really, Tera-kun is still so cold.”

Compared to Kitagawa Tera’s indifferent attitude, Kamiya Mirai’s actions were undoubtedly more lively. She ignored the dumbfounded students surrounding them and simply grabbed Kitagawa Tera’s free hand.

“I have something to say to Tera-kun. This isn’t a good place, so let’s go to the courtyard and eat while we talk.”

“Go to the courtyard?” Kitagawa Tera frowned, but he did not care too much about it.

Kyokuboku High School’s buildings were the standard square structure format, leaving sufficient room in the middle for long benches to rest and small paths. This was the courtyard that Kamiya Mirai was referring to.

After sitting down on the long bench, Kamiya Mirai said anxiously, “Tera-kun, did something strange happen to you yesterday?”

“Something strange?” Hearing her question, Kitagawa Tera paused in opening his bento. “Someone broke into your house as well?”

Er…

The assured tone made Kamiya Mirai’s words become stuck in her throat.

Her face turned red, and she finally exhaled, looking astonished. “You know?”

“Guessed.”

Looking at Kitagawa Tera’s calm face, Kamiya Mirai sighed.

“Had I not known earlier that Tera-kun was not a criminal, I would have suspected that you were the murdering psychopath.”

“How do you know I’m not?”

Er…

His question caused Kamiya Mirai to choke on her words. A dense chill spread from beside her and seemed to stifle Kamiya Mirai’s breathing.

Kitagawa Tera’s aura suddenly became cold and cruel, as though he were a mad doctor dissecting people expressionlessly.

“I have dissected real people before.” Kitagawa Tera’s voice exploded in Kamiya Mirai’s ears. She felt as though ice had filled her throat, and she could not say a single word.

Her body trembled for a long time before she reluctantly returned to her senses from his aura. “You must be joking, Tera-kun.”

“Yeah, I’m joking.” Kitagawa Tera nodded in agreement.

The blood, ice-cold aura disappeared in the blink of an eye. The weather was still sunny, and Kamiya Mirai signed in relief.

Once she was relaxed, she could not help laughing. “Haha… Since it’s a joke, then Tera-kun saying that you’ve dissected real people before must also be fake!”

“…” Kitagawa Tera did not speak, merely smiling and looking at Kamiya Mirai.

This was the first time he smiled in front of Kamiya Mirai.

But upon seeing that spine-chilling smile, Kamiya Mirai could not smile.

Heh… Heh heh heh heh…

However, Kitagawa Tera was not lying. In his previous life, when he was studying medicine, he had dissected numerous corpses and had also seen dying people.

He untied the bento cloth, revealing a light blue bento box, and calmly said, “Kamiya.”

“Yes?” Kamiya Mirai responded.

“Something happened in your home last night, right?”

“Yes. I came to look for Tera-kun today because I wanted to discuss the next steps with you. And didn’t you also say ‘someone broke into your house as well’? Was Tera-kun’s house…”

Kamiya Mirai was as sharp as ever, being able to perceive the hidden clues in someone’s words.

“The other party seemed to pretend to be a delivery man on a whim and sent me a pair of arms. Looking at the size and degree of stiffness, they should belong to Hoshino Nana, the body in the cabin yesterday.” Kitagawa Tera’s voice sounded fearless.

“Sent you a pair of arms directly?!”

Gulp.

Shivers ran down Kamiya Mirai’s spine by just thinking of that scene. But hearing Kitagawa Tera’s words and looking at his nonchalant face without any fear, Kamiya Mirai could not take it.

Wouldn’t a normal person receiving such a ‘thrilling’ present be scared to death? Why does Kitagawa Tera still have the mood to go to school?

Although she knew that Kitagawa Tera was not an ordinary person, he was way too calm.

She then recalled what Kitagawa Tera said earlier. He’s really dissected people before…

Kamiya Mirai was a little flustered. They both had to undergo twelve years of compulsory education, so why was it that Kitagawa Tera was so outstanding?

Her sharp eyes saw Kitagawa Tera smile.

“I wasn’t joking.”

“…” Kamiya Mirai.

His gaze caused her scalp to go numb, and Kamiya Mirai silently took a few steps back.