The Wandering of an Unstuck Stepbro: Multiverse Travel

Chapter 64: Kidnapping

(Ryoto's pov)

The school trip will soon begin, but first, we needed to decide our groups. We could choose groups ourselves. I ended up with Nagisa, Tomohito, Kaede, Manami, Yukiko Kanzaki and Karma. Most of the groups were made of seven students as the number of people couldn't be divided equally for all groups.

Before the trip began, Koro-sensei gave everyone a guide that he personally wrote. They were thick, very thick, unreasonably so.

We are traveling by train to Kyoto. Class A tried to mock us, but they shut up when they saw Irina. She dressed up like a Hollywood celebrity. Karasuma forced her to change later, though. Karasuma looked really pissed off.

At first, Koro-sensei attached himself to the outside wall of a train, but we dragged him inside with his human disguise. Sosuke Suguya made Koro-sensei a new nose as the old one didn't fit him.

Surprisingly Koro-sensei gets motion sickness. He looked deflated, but it was hard to kill him even in that state. We tried. Even though he was finally in Kyoto, Koro-sensei flew back to get his pillow as he couldn't sleep without it. It was impressive that he could forget something while having a comically large backpack.

On the first day, we could explore alone wherever we wanted. Nagisa wanted to take a little. We went to some famous assassinations spots. As Kaede said, 'Kyoto was always at the heart of Japan... and yet it is an assassination holy ground.' In my eyes, it's an assassination holy ground because this city was always at the heart of Japan.

As we walked through empty streets, I had a need to go to the toilet. I excused myself to relieve myself, and when I came back...

Karma, Tomohito, and Nagisa were on the ground. The back of Karma's head was bleeding. He probably was hit by a blunt weapon. I couldn't find Yukiko or Kaede anywhere near. Manami came out of hiding, looking worried and guilty at the same time. Everything happened in an alley where there weren't any witnesses. It obviously was planned.

Ryoto: "What happened here."

My voice became cold.

'Am I angry? Why am I angry? Do I care that much about her?'

Karen: "She is similar."

'Huh?'

Karen: "She is similar to you. A liar, actor/actress who doesn't show her true colors, fooling everyone around you and having a clear goal to achieve. Or at least you used to be like that. While you are still not an entirely open book, you're working on it. You don't even pretend to be happy all that often anymore. You just enjoy yourself. You even forget that you wanted to get out of this world as fast as possible to return home. Do you know why it changed?"

I see. I care about both Rio and Kaede... Shit, I care about both Rio and Kaede.

I quickly changed my thought process. Now there are more important things at hand.

I'll think about it later. First, I'll save the girls. I opened my eyes and turned to the guys on the floor.

Ryoto: "I'll look for them."

I was calm, scarily so. It's not that I want to feel angry, but it didn't cloud my judgment.

Nagisa: "Wai-!"

Before he could finish his sentence, I jumped between two walls gaining height with each jump. In seconds I found myself on the roof. I scanned quickly in all directions. I was lucky as I saw a group of high schoolers coming out of a van with two tied-up girls.

Bingo.

(3rd pov)

In a big, white minivan, there was a group of high schoolers. There were four of them, probably on a school trip. It was a typical sigh, or it would be of not for two girls, tied up so they wouldn't escape.

The leader of this group was named Ryuki.

Ryuki: "Uhyahyahya!!! Those guys are too easy!!! Didn't I tell ya? Brats who've generally got nothing but book smarts are completely helpless against strength like ours."

The most hated thing for Ryuki was anyone who looked down on him, so he decided that he would ruin them instead.

After a short ride, the group came out of a car and went inside an abandoned building.

Ryuki: For a salaryman in a nice suit... use a woman and accuse him of molesting her. For a seemingly successful woman... kidnap her and engrave wounds that will never disappear into both her heart and body. That's what we do with elites that think that can look down on us."

Ryuki had a very twisted view of the world. Instead of trying to improve himself, he would rather drag down everyone else to his level. That was the motive behind this kidnapping, just an ego of a sorry excuse for a human.

Kaede: "Awful."

That was a single word that Kaede said to Ryuki, and he didn't take it kindly. He hit Kaede and attempted to choke her, but he was lifted in the air by someone or something before he could. Inside, the building was a bit dark, but something resembling a pair of eyes shone lightly. It was pretty scary, but Ryuki's underlings were hanging from the ceiling, wrapped in something resembling a spider's web. They couldn't even scream as their mouths were covered by the same substance.

The figure was hanging upside down, and for the first time, Ryuki felt like prey in front of a predator.

Ryoto: "You know what? I am furious at the moment. I haven't used it in a long time since there wasn't any opportunity, and the last person I used it on was traumatized, so congratulations, you managed to piss me off enough to use it! You will meet someone new today, so I hope you'll get along."

At first, Ryoto's voice was calm, but the last sentence was said in a happy tone, which was strange given the situation. Before anyone could ask anything, a Ryuki and his underlings saw themselves on the floor again. They couldn't see the girls or the boy who appeared suddenly.

Ryuki: "What is going on?"

He then felt a hand on his shoulder. It was big and muscular. When Ryuki and his classmates turned to see what it was, they saw something that couldn't be described in words.

Ryuki: "AAAAH!!!"

A scream of terror could be heard in the abandoned building, but Kaede and Yukiko didn't know what had happened. In their eyes, Ryoto appeared, looked at the kidnappers, and they started screaming.

Kaede: "What just happened?"

Ryoto: "They met someone new and fainted from happiness."

They obviously didn't believe me, but it's not important. I lessened the rope that tied the girls.

Ryoto: "Sorry that I couldn't come sooner."

Kaede: "What are you talking about? You saved us. You should feel proud, not guilty."

Kaede tried to cheer up Ryoto as she could see that he was blaming himself. For her effort, she got a rare genuine smile and a headpat from Ryoto.

Ryoto: "I'm glad that nothing to you..."

Remembering that Yukiko was also in the room, he quickly added.

Ryoto: "And to you too, Yukiko."

Yukiko just gave a knowing smile.

Shortly after, the rest of our group came to the rescue, and after them, Koro-sensei came as well.

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