The Magician of Sound

Chapter 51 - Realization

"!!!" Kai Carter thought of something ridiculous because of the spilled coffee. He remembered that the incident happened while it was raining.

George used his fresh blood to write on that stone. The rain then swept his blood downward a little. He tried to formulate what kind of two characters he wrote and arrived at an incredible conclusion.

"What if the character George wrote on the stone was 'KT' and not '1H'?" Kai murmured.

When she heard his murmur, she could understand what he meant by 'KT' and immediately frowned. "You have quite an imagination, don't you? I know we have a problem with Katsuragi Takaki, but you can't just relate everything to him and be done with it."

Kai only shook his head, not taking offense at her remark. "I should explain it a bit more to you. Do you have a photo of the clue?"

"Yeah. They just distributed it to us at the meeting. If we can't find anything even with that clue, we'll give George's family the power to investigate," Tasha said while taking out her device. She then opened the photo of George and the '1H' behind him.

After seeing the photo once again, Kai's guess was basically confirmed. "As expected."

"?!" Tasha looked at him in confusion. "So can you explain it to me? If you can't explain it to me, then no one will believe it."

"I can." Kai nodded as he pointed at the '1H' in the photo. "Look at these two characters. Usually, number '1' would have a diagonal line on top of it, like a hat. But in this photo, it doesn't have that diagonal line. But because the rain washed the blood a little bit, the blood flowed down a little bit according to the rock's texture. That made a little diagonal line and also made us think it was '1'. In fact, it was an upside-down 'T'."

"Then, how about the 'H'? I can't imagine how you can say it's actually a 'K'," Tasha said.

"Look at the left part. Don't you feel that it's strange seeing the left stroke so biffy compared to the right one? And the thickness isn't the same on the top. It suddenly bent in a weird way. If you think of it as an upside-down 'K' where the edge of the diagonal strokes flowed down, I think you'll know whether I'm right or wrong," Kai explained.

"..." She looked down, weighing it in her mind. Although she had yet to believe all of the things Kai said, Kai indeed had a point there. If it was an upside-down 'T', then it would correlate with the '1' they had, since the diagonal stroke on the top would practically be nonexistent.

As for the 'H", she didn't know if it was really an upside-down 'K'. It was true that the top of the left part bent in a weird way. If the rain washed the blood downward, she could understand why Kai said it was an 'H'. However, she felt that something was missing.

"If it was an upside-down 'K', then shouldn't the thick part on the "K' be on the right?" Tasha questioned with an unsure tone.

Kai shook his head once again, smiling at that question. "I shouldn't say upside down. Rather, it's inverted."

"What do you mean?" Tasha was confused.

"It might be because I'm right in front of you and am looking at the picture upside down, but I can see this. If you were George and wanted to write 'KT' while leaning on a stone, then you would write it inverted," Kai said as he slowly turned the picture 180 degrees.

The moment Kai turned the picture, Tasha dropped her jaw in shock. Although the blood part was a bit disturbing, it didn't stop her from imagining 'KT'. She was too shocked to see that behind the '1H". If it hasn't been raining yesterday, she could certainly deny him again.

Tasha thought for a while before saying, "But it will be a bit problematic to explain it to those guys from the army. Well, I'll try to do whatever I can. Maybe they'll understand what I'm saying. If possible, I want to at least persuade the army to try investigating the Katsuragi family in tomorrow's meeting.

"After all, just as how the Katsuragi family is the ruler of the north, George's family is the ruler of the south. So if I use the right words, I should be able to move the army."

Kai nodded in agreement with her suggestion. If the army could be moved, they should be able to buy some time. Within that time, they would move their parents to the US base so they could fight without worrying about them.

Unfortunately, little did they know how important they were in the eyes of the Katsuragi family.

"All right. I'll leave the persuasion to you. But is the army enough?" Kai asked. He was wondering whether he should ask Shirotsuka Sanae about this, but he forgot to ask for her contact.

"No." Tasha shook her head, shooting Kai's hope down. She added, "Of course. The army is the dog of the government, and they wouldn't be enough to oppose the Katsuragi family in the north. But there's another family that will get a direct confrontation with the Katsuragi family because of this incident…"

"George's family?"

"Ah, that's one too. Besides George's family, there is one more."

"?!" Kai was utterly clueless about this. He pondered for a moment, but nothing came into his mind.

"George was also a student of Genesis Magic Academy, and the one that oversees the students is the student council. With this incident, the student council… no, to be precise, the student council president will be forced to move. In other words, she'll use her family's influence to investigate this matter.

"With the addition of George's family, they should be able to pressure the Katsuragi family for the time being," Tasha explained.

"Is that true?" Kai wanted to make sure. He didn't know that it was like that. After all, after thinking about the matter, Yajima Haruko might move the student council to investigate this matter, but not her family unless it was an obligation from the school.

"Yes. Our student council president will need to use her Yajima family's influence to investigate this together with the army and George's family. After all, the student council alone wouldn't be able to contend with both the army and George's family. So, she'll at least need to use her Yajima family's influence to investigate it hand-in-hand instead of being forced to investigate it like a slave.

"This is not an obligation, but a matter of saving face. The Yajima family is the ruler of Gunma. If their princess were to be treated like a slave by the army and George's family, they won't swallow it down. Because of this, she'll need to obey hee family and use their influence."

"Ah…" Kai was finally enlightened. "But couldn't you just explain it like that since the beginning rather than going about it in a roundabout way…"

She pouted when she heard that. "I just want to talk with you longer. If I end the conversation early, you'll just go back to your tent…"

He sighed. "All right. I'll leave the persuasion to you."

"See, you're going back since the business is finished now." She pouted while looking away.

"Ahaha… I'll make it up to you later," Kai said.

After that, he left the tent before walking toward Shirotsuka Sanae's tent. He couldn't hear any sound inside Shirotsuka Sanae's tent when he arrived. He thought that she was patrolling around, so he planned to ask her at a later date. But when he turned around, he felt a sound wave coming from the air, so he looked up and saw Shirotsuka Sanae descend.

"So, what are you, a student, doing in front of your teacher's tent? Are you going to fantasize about me or peep with your ability, Mr. student?" Sanae narrowed her eyes while releasing a bit of killing intent from her body.

Most people would be frightened either from the killing intent or the misunderstanding. Luckily, Kai always thought it would be better if he didn't act like that to make the matter clear without inviting any misunderstanding.

He remained calm and looked into her eyes. "No. It's just… I don't know how to contact you. And I've deciphered the real meaning behind the clue George left behind."

"Ho…" Sanae grabbed his shoulder and said, "Tell me."

"Do you have a meeting tomorrow?" Kai asked.

"Yes. How do you know?"

"Then you'll learn about it tomorrow from my sister. I'm a bit too tired to explain it again," Kai said.

"Hmph, you cheeky bastard. Give me your communication device." Sanae stretched her hand to him.

Kai didn't say anything and took out a small capsule from his pocket before handing it to her. The capsule was thin but had around ten centimeters in length. This device was like a smartphone before civilization was overturned.

She also took one out of her pocket before turning both devices. Both of them suddenly projected a blue translucent screen. In Sanae's device, it showed her picture as well as her identification number. It was also the same in Kai's device, but it showed his data.

After the devices finished scanning, she returned the device to him and walked away. "I'll inform you about the investigation through this later. As for you… Don't ask me anything weird, especially if you're trying to hit on me. You're not a harem protagonist in a story just because harem is legal, so don't try to hit on me, since you're going to fail."

"Ahaha…" Kai shrugged. This teacher was really unique, especially her explanation, whether it was about this or about 'p*nis.'