I’m not a Regressor

nce named ‘Kurosaki Sosuke’.”

What was the best method for a culprit to get rid of their past criminal record?

Secretly going into hiding?

Going through cosmetic surgery on their entire body and disguising themselves as someone else?

No.

The best method was making it seem like the ‘culprit’ was dead.

After all, there was no way to hunt down a person who was already dead.

“Why? Did you start to feel the pressure after hearing that Cheon Doyoon died?”

“…”

Sosuke shook his head like he was sick of it.

“It’s my loss.
You win.”

He didn’t think that his plan was perfect and impeccable in the first place, but he hadn’t expected it to get demolished so thoroughly.

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When Sosuke leaned his back onto the chair with a frustrated expression—

Thud, thud—

—heavy footsteps coming down the stairs could be heard.

Sakaki, with a stiff expression, and Ha-eun, with eyes containing contempt, walked down to the basement.

Behind Sakaki were Koshiro and members of Kuroushi trailing down to the basement in a line.

“Sakai Yuji… no, Kurosaki Sosuke.”

Sakaki’s eyes shone fiercely like he had heard the whole conversation as he stared at Sosuke.

“What? Were all of you gathered up and eavesdropping outside?”

Sosuke smirked and looked around at the people who’d come into the basement.

“You bastaaaaaard!!!”

Bang!— 

Sakaki shouted out with an ear-splitting scream while he twisted the collar of Sosuke, who was tied to the chair.

“Are you telling me… that all of that was just an act!!!”

How much had he contemplated about Yuji during the past three days? He felt disappointed at himself for being unable to swing down his sword when Yuji had begged him to kill him.

“Honestly, I was a bit scared, but a man amongst men is certainly different!! I trusted that you wouldn’t kill me!”

Sosuke laughed out loud like he was insane while his collar was being grabbed.

“But… Mr.
Taurus, did you know…?”

His lips twisted up.

“That I’m not the only one—who’s been acting.”

“What?”

Sakaki furrowed his brow.

Tak!!— 

The sound of feet roughly stepping forward could be heard from behind him.

Killing intent coldly brushed past the back of Sakaki’s neck for a moment.

What Sakaki saw when he urgently turned his head around—

“…I’m sorry, Oyabun.”

—was Koshiro, holding a knife with both hands.

With an expression on the verge of tears and his knife raised up high, he swung the knife down towards Sakaki’s back.

When the knife that had clear droplets dripping down was about to pierce through Sakaki’s heart—

Thud—

—as if he knew it would happen, Ohjin arrived beside Koshiro before they knew it and caught his arm.

“…Ah.”

A breath of relief came out of Koshiro’s mouth once his arm was stopped.

As if his attack being prevented was instead a relief, a light smile formed on his mouth.

“Sigh.”

Ohjin exhaled a deep breath after catching Koshiro’s arm.

“…I hoped that this goddamn situation wouldn’t happen.”

He mumbled swears and roughly kicked Koshiro’s stomach.

Bang!— 

Koshiro was sent flying back and crashed into the wall, and the knife that had been in his grasp clattered onto the ground.

“Just what is…”

Sakaki’s mouth opened dumbfoundedly with an expression that was several times more in shock than when he’d found out that Yuji’s was Sosuke.

“……”

Ohjin looked down at Koshiro collapsed on the ground with a bitter expression.

He wasn’t going to bring it up first if he didn’t make his move, but he couldn’t hide it any longer once he swung the knife at Sakaki.

“Mr.
Sakaki.
Do you remember when the Yumehanashi was used?”

“…I remember.”

“We most certainly used the Yumehanashi on Sosuke back then.”

But despite that, he hadn’t told the ‘truth’.

How was that possible?

The method was simple.

It was so plain that it was boring, and so bland that it caused yawning.

“The Yumehanashi was a fake.”

“……”

“And back then, there was only one person that could swap out the real Yumehanashi with a fake one.”

Ohjin looked down at Koshiro, who had his head dropped down in silence.

He hadn’t fallen unconscious.

There was no way he would fall unconscious from crashing into a wall when he was an Awakener of Scutum.

“Koshiro…”

Sakaki looked at Koshiro with trembling eyes.

“Why? Just why…?”

He recalled the way Koshiro called him Oyabun.

He recalled his voice when he energetically shouted out that he wanted to become a man like he was with sparkling eyes.

Koshiro wasn’t simply his subordinate…

He was his disciple, and an existence akin to his son.

“Why, why, why, whyyyyyyy!! Tell me why, Koshiroooooooo!!!!” Sakaki cried out.

“…Oyabun.”

Koshiro chewed his lips while his shoulders trembled.

Ohjin silently looked down at Koshiro and then turned his head to Sosuke.

“Why do you think Sakai Yuji obeyed Kurosaki Sosuke?”

“What are you talking about? Isn’t Sakai Yuji a nonexistent person made up by—”

“Why… do you think he obeyed Kurosaki?”

“……”

Sakaki’s expression stiffened.

It seemed that he realized something as his fist that was holding Sosuke’s collar started to shake. 

Ohjin exhaled a short breath and soon continued with a bitter expression.

“The one who was poisoned wasn’t Sakai Yuji’s younger sister… but Koshiro’s.”

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