"Really… really want it…"
"Hikari-kun… help Auntie…"
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The hot, stifling wind swept over the waves of wheat, cicadas crying one after another.
On the road, a tractor drove past carrying a bundle of dead branches. The ends of the branches dragging on the ground kept making pa-ta, pa-ta slapping sounds.
Natsuki Akito walked along the shaded side of the road, his movements uncoordinated, his expression dazed and unfocused.
At this moment, Natsuki Akito's mind was filled with the words Yoshizawa Takeo had said to him just before he left the Yoshizawa house.
("Catching you was actually just an accident, so I'm willing to give you a chance to live.")
("Haven't you been coveting your sister-in-law, Miyuri, for a long time? According to my investigation, the one she's always liked is actually you, not your brother Natsuki Kazuto.")
("The reason she got engaged to your brother was just because she was tricked by him. The one she's always liked has only ever been you, Natsuki Akito. You know that too, don't you?")
("I'll give you a chance. Go kill that fraud Natsuki Kazuto. That way, not only will you get a generous reward from me, you'll also get the Miyuri you've been longing for.")
("And if Natsuki Kazuto doesn't die, then you'd better prepare your own coffin…")
Natsuki Akito felt like he was really about to go insane. That bastard Yoshizawa Eigen was actually forcing him to kill his own biological older brother.
Even if the other party had stolen his love and taken away the Miyuri-nee he loved so deeply, how could he possibly bring himself to do it?
That was his real brother.
But when he instinctively tried to refuse, the smile on Yoshizawa Eigen's face vanished in an instant, and the painful scenes of being brutally beaten yesterday came flooding back.
He believed that if he didn't do as Yoshizawa Eigen said, the other party definitely had the ability to make him beg for life but not be able to die.
So even though Yoshizawa Eigen's demand was so insane, he didn't dare refuse at the time, and even agreed to it.
But after leaving the Yoshizawa residence, Natsuki Akito finally realized just how crazy that demand was.
When he was walking home in a daze and was about to reach his front door, Natsuki Akito finally thought of a solution.
"I got it! I've thought of a way!"
"I can't bring myself to lay a hand on Kazuto, but if I don't kill him, Yoshizawa Eigen will kill me. I don't want to die."
"Since Yoshizawa Eigen wants Brother Kazuto dead, then let him 'die'."
"I'll explain the situation to my brother in a bit, talk it over properly, let him fake his death for a while, but actually hide out somewhere else, avoid the limelight first and drag things out. When the time comes, we'll just move away."
Natsuki Akito looked excited, feeling that he'd come up with a brilliant idea.
Sweeping away his dejection, he happily quickened his pace and went into the house.
Seeing the familiar pair of leather shoes placed in the entryway and confirming that Natsuki Kazuto was home, Natsuki Akito quickly walked into the living room.
The moment he entered, he saw his older brother Natsuki Kazuto sitting on the sofa, seemingly deep in thought.
After yesterday's torment, suddenly seeing a familiar person made Natsuki Akito's eyes turn a little red, and he shouted excitedly, "Kazuto!"
Hearing the call, Natsuki Kazuto raised his head. Seeing Natsuki Akito's bruised and battered face, he raised an eyebrow, "Akito, what happened to you…"
Hearing the questioning tone, Natsuki Akito was just about to explain.
But Natsuki Kazuto suddenly interrupted him, "Forget it, come over here first."
Although he was puzzled and really wanted to immediately tell his brother about the brilliant idea he'd just thought of, letting him fake his death, seeing that Natsuki Kazuto looked like he had something to say, Natsuki Akito still quickly walked over.
However, when he reached Natsuki Kazuto's side, the first thing the other man said made Natsuki Akito freeze in shock, his scalp going numb.
"Akito, you're having an affair with your sister-in-law Miyuri, aren't you?", Natsuki Kazuto asked coldly.
Facing Natsuki Kazuto's sharp, indifferent gaze, Natsuki Akito's legs began to tremble uncontrollably. His teeth chattered as he stammered, "Ka… Kazuto-nii, what are you talking about? I… how could I be having an affair with sister-in-law?"
Hearing Natsuki Akito's denial, Natsuki Kazuto let out a cold laugh, "Oh? Is that so? You really haven't been coveting your sister-in-law Miyuri?"
Faced with Natsuki Kazuto's questioning, Natsuki Akito, who hadn't slept after being tortured yesterday, felt a strange surge of anger rise in his chest.
He was already in such a miserable state, yet his own brother showed no concern at all and instead kept pressing him about these baseless things the moment they met.
Even though he was furious inside, Natsuki Akito still held it back and replied, "I… I haven't been coveting sister-in-law Miyuri!"
Hearing this, Natsuki Kazuto finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He burst out laughing and tossed his phone into Natsuki Akito's hands.
Then he clenched his teeth and sneered, "Open that recording yourself."
A strong sense of dread rose in his heart. With trembling fingers, Natsuki Akito tapped open the recording.
A voice that clearly belonged to him came out of the phone's speaker.
["Yes! I am coveting Miyuri, coveting my beautiful sister-in-law!"]
["I really have wanted to fack my sister-in-law for a long time! She's so sexy, what man wouldn't want to fack her? And she's so horny, always seducing me."]
["After all, the one she really likes is me, not my brother!"]
["My brother is a liar. Miyuri-nee only got engaged to him because she was tricked! The one Miyuri really likes is me!"]
["So sooner or later I'll get Miyuri-nee pregnant and have her give birth to my, Natsuki Kazuto's, child! No matter who she marries, even if it's Kazuto, it'll be the same!"]
["Miyuri is so sexy, so beautiful, she should've been mine in the first place! I want to lick every inch of her body, I want to devour her whole!"]
["Miyuri-sister-in-law, I like you… I really love you…"]
Hearing those words that had been buried deep in his heart playing over and over from the phone, Natsuki Akito's face instantly turned deathly pale.
His arms shook uncontrollably. Before the recording even finished, his hand went limp and the phone dropped onto the table.
"Well? Natsuki Akito, what do you have to say now? Any more excuses?", Natsuki Kazuto crossed his arms and looked coldly at his flustered, pale-faced younger brother.
In front of this recording, facing his brother Natsuki Kazuto's questioning once again, Natsuki Akito was completely at a loss.
After hearing those words in the recording, he instantly understood.
Weren't those exactly the thoughts he'd been forced to blurt out yesterday under Yoshizawa Eigen's men's interrogation?
Some of them were his true thoughts, but some were made-up pleas to beg for mercy and avoid getting beaten.
He didn't know how this recording had ended up in Natsuki Kazuto's hands. His mind was in complete chaos.
But no matter what, facing his own brother's icy gaze, there was no way he could admit to having said those things!
He could only grit his teeth and stubbornly say, "Kazuto-nii, listen to my explanation…"
"This recording… this recording is doctored!"
"Yes, it's doctored!"
Seeing Natsuki Akito still being so stubborn, Natsuki Kazuto sneered coldly, "Huh? doctored? Who do you think you're fooling, a child?"
"Many of the details in that recording aren't things anyone but the person himself would know."
"And a lot of it matches up with our everyday life!"
"And you still say it's doctored. You really have no shame at all, Natsuki Akito!"
Seeing Natsuki Kazuto scolding him, Natsuki Akito panicked, "Brother! Listen to me explain!"
"Explain what? You want to make up another lie to fool me, is that it? Can't you just tell me the truth?", Natsuki Kazuto slammed the table and roared at him.
"Akito, Akito, why can't you just be honest with me and not lie to me?"
"As long as you tell the truth, and Miyuri is willing too, it's not like I couldn't give her to you." [T/N: 😶😐😑]
"It's just a woman, what's the big deal? We're real brothers! If you had something going on with her, couldn't you just tell me the truth? Why did you have to lie to me?"
"Acting all brotherly on the surface, but secretly coveting your own sister-in-law behind my back. Don't you think that's going too far, that it's worse than an animal?"
Natsuki Kazuto felt he was already speaking very restrainedly, and even being considerate of his younger brother.
But to Natsuki Akito, every word was unbearably harsh.
Especially since he'd been interrupted before he could even finish speaking, then immediately got scolded. As his older brother, Natsuki Kazuto's tone was full of suspicion, without a shred of trust left.
With anger rising in his own heart as well, Natsuki Akito finally snapped and shouted back, "Say what, say what am I supposed to say!"
"How am I worse than an animal? I was the one who met Miyuri-nee first! We were the ones who fell in love with each other first! I only let her go because I saw that you liked her!"
"Do you know how big a sacrifice I made for you?"
"And now you're standing here acting all high and mighty. I come back covered in injuries and you don't care at all. The moment we meet you start interrogating me. Who do you think you are? Giving her to me? You really have no shame!"
Hearing his younger brother's words, Natsuki Kazuto flew into a rage, "Natsuki Akito, your university tuition was all paid by me. When you didn't have a job and were struggling to live, it was me who supported you. You were like a parasite, living off your older brother."
"And now this useless trash not only seduces his sister-in-law, but after being exposed, actually dares to call me shameless? Do you have any bottom line at all, any conscience?"
"You say I'm useless?", Natsuki Akito's eyes instantly turned red, "If it weren't for letting Miyuri-nee go to you, I wouldn't have deliberately gone so far away to study, I wouldn't have ended up unable to find a job and needing your support."
"Everything about me is because of you, understand? What do you mean I seduced Miyuri-nee? We were clearly in love, a perfect match! You're the useless older brother who barged in."
Seeing Natsuki Akito still refusing to repent and pushing all the blame onto him, Natsuki Kazuto was so angry he couldn't speak. He could only point at him and shout, "Fine… fine, fine! Very well said!"
"I'm useless! I was meddling! I should've let you starve on the streets!"
Burning with rage, Natsuki Kazuto rushed into Natsuki Akito's room, packed up all his clothes and luggage together, then quickly carried them into the living room and threw them out into the yard right in front of Natsuki Akito.
"Since you don't need my support anymore, then get out! Get as far away as you can!"
"Oh right, before you leave, take a look at these photos of Miyuri you've been secretly hiding in your closet."
"And you still dare say you're not coveting your sister-in-law. You even secretly kept photos. Do you jerk off to your sister-in-law's pictures every day?"
"You're facking an animal, Natsuki Akito. You might as well just die!"
When Natsuki Kazuto threw his clothes and luggage into the yard, Natsuki Akito was already standing there in disbelief.
What shocked him even more was that his usually gentle older brother was now pointing at his nose and screaming abuse at him.
Those accusations stabbed straight into his heart, making his hands and feet turn ice-cold in the middle of the day.
Sure enough, no one in this world would truly be good to him.
Everything was fake.
That mature big-sister type, Sayoko, who had once taken good care of him, was fake.
Miyuri, who had once been in love with him, was fake.
Even his older brother Natsuki Kazuto, who had always seemed gentle and caring toward him, was fake.
He was a complete and utter bastard.
Every time Natsuki Kazuto cursed him, Natsuki Akito's eyes grew a shade redder.
When Natsuki Kazuto cursed that he might as well die, Natsuki Akito's eyes were completely red.
"I'm an animal? I should just die? Then you go die, Kazuto!"
He rushed up to Natsuki Kazuto. In the latter's stunned gaze, Natsuki Akito pulled out a syringe and swiftly stabbed it into Natsuki Kazuto's arm, rapidly injecting the liquid inside into his body.
The liquid in the syringe Natsuki Akito was holding was called succinylcholine.
It had been given to him by Yoshizawa Eigen before he left.
According to Yoshizawa Eigen, this was a kind of muscle relaxant used in clinical medicine.
Patients are often injected with succinylcholine before undergoing surgery, the purpose being to prevent them from moving during the operation.
Once this drug enters the human body, the patient will be rapidly paralyzed.
And if an oxygen tube is not inserted after injection, the person injected will eventually suffocate to death while fully conscious.
Therefore, succinylcholine is also one of the drugs commonly used in lethal injections for executions.
Originally, Natsuki Akito hadn't planned to use it, and didn't dare to.
But at this moment, provoked by Natsuki Kazuto and blinded by rage, he really couldn't hold himself back anymore.
Seeing the once arrogant Natsuki Kazuto now staring at him with pupils full of shock, his body unable to move at all, only able to look at him in terror as he gradually died, a strong sense of exhilaration suddenly surged up in Nat
suki Akito's heart.
'So this is what it feels like to hold the power of life and death, just like a big shot like Yoshizawa Eigen. It feels amazing.'
He had clearly given Kazuto a chance, but the other party hadn't cherished it.
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