“Yuugo, have you heard of Black Veil?”
“Nope. What’s that?”
After meeting Raiha by the entrance to the fifth dormitory, she asked Yuugo to save her fellow combat miko Sakura, and he invited her to his room.
Despite not knowing what it was about, he decided not to talk out in the open. He felt it would be best to hear more about it while keeping its secrecy as much as possible.
After entering the room and taking a deep breath, Raiha mentioned something Yuugo had never heard before, Black Veil.
He asked what it was, and Raiha told him everything she knew.
“I don’t know much either. But I heard it’s a dark punisher that has become a talking point recently…”
“Dark punisher? That’s an ominous nickname…”
“…Executing justice on sinners under the cover of night. That is Black Veil. Apparently this person has been talked about for a while, but something made this name shoot up in notoriety.”
Said Raiha while taking out a newspaper clipping.
Yuugo took it and read what it said aloud.
“‘A suspect released for lack of evidence was found as a corpse!’… What is this?”
“Apparently the culprit was Black Veil. After that, people with criminal records or suspects who were not prosecuted for lack of evidence continued being attacked, and many people came to know the culprit as an executor of justice.”
After showing the incident that happened about a month prior, Raiha showed more clippings of incidents thought to have been perpetrated by Black Veil.
Yuugo checked it with Ryuuga, and grimaced.
“The corpses are all terribly damaged, to the point where it doesn’t even look like a person did it… Could it be…!?”
“It was probably done by a person with the power of a monster armor beast. Someone having fun hunting bad people with that power.”
Black Veil attained the power of a monster armor beast much like the siblings in the insectary, and was hunting bad people… Yuugo nodded a little, agreeing with Ryuuga’s conclusion.
But how was that related to Sakura, asked Yuugo as he turned to Raiha, and she answered.
“Black Veil is a criminal, but because of the image of someone punishing those the law and guards did not judge, there are fervent fans. Some came together to create a fan club called the Friends of the Night Society.”
“…Is Amamiya among them?”
“…I saw it. She was wearing the black feather badge that serves as proof that someone is a part of the Friends of the Night Society…! Sakura is a really honest girl, so she might sympathize with the sense of justice of Black Veil and…!!”
Raiha’s face turned pale as she trembled and clenched her fists.
She was genuinely concerned for her friend, and looked up at Yuugo as if pleading.
“I think it would be terrible if Sakura sympathizes with Black Veil. Black Veil is an extremist, and it’s bound to be a big problem eventually. I don’t know much about this city and I don’t really know anyone here, so I will be helpless if something happens…”
“And you want my help…”
“Yes… Please Yuugo. Help me bring Sakura back from the Friends of the Night Society. If possible, I want to solve this problem before the academy finds out. I know it’s selfish, but please help…!!”
“…Okay, I will. I know a guard, so I’ll ask him about this Friends of the Night Society. I don’t know what Amamiya is up to, but… I’ll do my best to fix it before it falls in a bad direction.”
“Thank you…! How can I repay you…!?”
“It’s fine! Helping someone in need is a cornerstone of being a hero!”
Said Yuugo with a nice smile and a thumbs up as Raiha bowed.
After talking a little more, Raiha left, and Ryuuga spoke to Yuugo.
“…Are you sure about this? I know you don’t hesitate to help people, but we’re talking about a murderer with the power of a monster armor beast and fervent followers. Isn’t that a little more than a student can handle?”
“I get it, partner. But Utsusemi was really troubled so… And you heard about it from a teacher a week ago, right?”
“Yes. I guess it did stay in my mind…”
It was not as though Yuugo accepted it without consideration. And as Ryuuga felt worried that it was too much for a student to take on, Yuugo brought up what Uno spoke about recently.
Ryuuga agreed to some extent, and they thought back to what happened the day after the incident in the insectary.
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dark father badge
Hida, is it father or feather?
Also this plot is lifted wholesale from cygnus zodiart