Well, uh... Hello there, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm pleased to see not just headmasters,
but many people of all sizes from all the different species, and uh...
Ah, um... I'm afraid I'm not too comfortable speaking in places like this...
Cherryton!
Let's get the meeting started already.
Today, we have asked you all to gather
because five entire years have passed without a Beastar being named from Cherryton, the elite of elite schools.
Can't you see that we need a hero?!
Take responsibility!
We need an herbivore Beastar!
Look, there the herbivores go making a fuss again.
I didn't want to come here...
Is it true that the top Beastar candidate, Louis, has stopped coming to school?
What is he doing now?
Naturally, I wish for him to come back to school as much as anyone.
However, I have no intention on forcing him back for the sole purpose on naming him the Beastar.
Are we clear?
They are still only children!
They are busy studying, falling in love, pondering their own roles in the world,
and learning to grapple with their own deeper instincts.
This system that places so much responsibility on one single student...
I've been against it from the start!
Heroes are born, not made! Don't you agree?
Wh-What I'm trying to say is, they are all my dear students.
Your dear students, is it?
So,
does that apply to devourers as well?
Huh?
I swear...
What a laissez-faire speech, truly befitting a cat.
Is it not that very attitude of yours which resulted in the devouring to begin with?
Oh, the one that took place this spring...
The one with the alpaca student?
And the perpetrator?
Still on the loose.
I hear the police find it very unlikely that the perpetrator came from outside the school.
Well, that's...
Which means, in other words...
The perpetrator is going about life at school with an innocent look on their face. Am I wrong?
Even as we speak, the students of Cherryton are being exposed to danger, are they not?
It seems the time has finally come
for me to show myself!
Even since I came across you, my good wolf,
my heart has not ceased its palpitations for a single moment.
Why do you know about me?
There is nothing that escapes my gaze.
I am said to possess six eyes, and have had them trained on you.
You wish to enjoy a peaceful life at school now?
Please, spare me the comedy.
I'm sorry, it seems my laundry is done.
Huh?
H-Hang on just a moment, okay?
Um.
It'll get smelly if I leave it too long...
Even faced with a snake who professes to be stalking him,
he can still return to his own world at the drop of a hat.
And not only that—he is bold enough to fearlessly turn his back to me.
As I thought, this male wolf holds limitless possibilities within.
Truly marvelous.
And to behold every part of his body up close...
Limbs throbbing with his racing pulse...
His stiff and robust fur...
Fearless yet precise...
He is nothing less than a work of art!
Um... So, uh...
Who are you, exactly?
Oh, I beg your pardon.
I am the sole security guard of this school.
My name is Hexeye.
A security guard?
I didn't realize we had one.
As you bewitched the audience at the welcome performance,
I was left speechless at your devilish luster.
Oh, no, uh... That was just...
I'd lost my senses...
I am aware.
Every action you take
is prompted by that promiscuous, baby-faced dwarf rabbit.
The more I learn, the more intrigued I am.
You are an outrageously brutal, degenerate, deeply perverted wolf.
The most insane and fascinating man at this school.
I simply cannot allow you to remain unnoticed in the shadows any longer.
Because I know what you truly are.
But, H-Hexeye,
why do you hide yourself when you're supposed to be a security guard?
I may be a security guard, but I am a rattlesnake above all.
The shame of having a body with no limbs will be with me until the day I die.
I envy you.
Tell me, O young wolf.
What strength lies hidden in those beautiful limbs of yours?
He is showing an interest in my body?
I had no idea
that there were snakes who suffered like this.
Is he actually trying to comfort me?!
Ouch!
W-Wait! Hang on!
That man truly is one of a kind.
Come after me.
Come after me, young man.
I'm sure you... You should be able to...
This is the site where an alpaca from the drama club was devoured.
Alone, I have been unable to track down the perpetrator in these past months.
In spring, new students will arrive, and the school will experience a transformation.
At that point, it may become impossible to find the devourer.
Both as a security guard,
and as one of your humble fans, I would like to request an encore.
You want me to find the culprit?
Make full use of that pure heart and devilish body of yours, and think.
You should be able to track them down.
Louis...
But with that said,
"Heroes are born."
I fully agree with you, Headmaster Gon.
As such, why do we not simply select the student who tracks down the perpetrator as the next Beastar?
What?!
Heroes are born, are they not?
A splendid idea, I say.
Y-You can't be...
Well, it certainly is straightforward.
We have no time to waste in solving this case!
What are you saying?!
Now then, those in favor, your applause...
Very well.
Oh, by the way...
Do you have any information on who did it?
That I cannot disclose.
Huh?
I would not want to falsely accuse someone based on poor evidence.
What?!
However, perhaps you...
Show us what you are capable of once more, for the sake of this school.
It was nighttime when Tem was killed, too.
What was he doing in a place like this?
Hm?
Hey, can you believe it?
Some gym clothes got stolen from the girls' dorm again.
What? Yesterday?
Yeah.
"Be careful", they said, but that's easier said than done.
Huh? What's up?
Apparently someone stole some gym clothes again.
Must be someone with a pheromone fetish.
Maybe a friend of Tem's would know something.
But you know...
Hey there, paparazzo. What's with that sullen look on your face?
Well, I'd like to talk to him a bit.
Right.
But he'd probably be scared if I went up to him out of the blue.
I was wondering if someone could introduce me.
Huh? Hey!
Check it.
Hm?
You'd be able to talk to Els, right?
Yeah.
There's something I'd like to ask him.
Right.
Well, I'd like to help you if I can...
It's just, he's my ex.
Huh?
Are you sure? Won't it be awkward?
We haven't spoken for a while, but it's all in the past.
But Tem had a thing for...
You're the only one who knows that.
Sorry to bother you.
Is Carl here?
Els?
I'd like to talk to you for a bit.
It's a wolf!
Why's a carnivore here?
What's your problem?
That's so spineless, bringing a wolf after all this time.
I mean, I'm not really concerned about something from that long ago.
This is Tem's friend and a member of the drama club, Legosi.
U-Um...
There's something I was hoping to ask you.
What is it?
You wouldn't happen to know if Tem was arguing with anyone?
What?
Like, if he was arguing with someone, or something...
Or, uh...
Did he often go out at night by himself?
Or even with someone else!
Hey, what exactly are you trying to...
Don't tell me...
Why's he gotta talk to a carnivore?
Yeah, that's right!
Besides, wouldn't you know better than Carl?
W-Wait, hold on a second!
Tem only hung out with the drama club anyway.
Come on, listen to me!
U-Um... Do you have any letters, maybe?
Shut up! I'll spit on you!
You're scaring us, dude!
Or a diary! Did he keep a—
No leads...
What do I do now?
Oh, the guy who was running yesterday.
Does he always go running at night?
Maybe he saw something on the day of the incident.
Excuse me!
There's something I'd like to ask you!
You were running here yesterday too, right?
What about it?
Were you running around April this year too?
Did you happen to see anyone suspicious?
Huh? N-No, I can't really recall anything from that long ago.
I see...
Was there something else?
You're the one who's been stealing the girls' gym clothes, aren't you?
Goddammit!
No leads again...
Legosi!
Is it true you caught the gymwear thief?
Yeah, Roger from the boxing club.
What?! But he's like, really strong, and has a bunch of medals!
Anyone other than Legosi would've had no chance.
You think so?
Yes, of course! That's awesome, man!
Oh, teacher's here.
Carl...
"Her blinking is like the spring wind."
"Her white fur shone like pearls..."
I feel bad for reading this.
"Today we drank soda together on the way home from club again."
Who's "we"?
"I never thought I'd become this close to a carnivore."
"I didn't realize carnivores had issues too."
"It's like Louis said, we're stronger together."
Hexeye!
Are you there?
Hexeye?
Hexeye!
What do you need?
I finally got what you were saying.
Oh?
Someone asked me something once.
"Why won't you take responsibility for your own strength?"
I don't want to let his apology go to waste.
So I'm going to catch whoever did it with my own hands.
Then, in honor of your newfound resolve...
The clue exists within yourself.
I hear you've been getting more active lately.
Have you been asking everyone to go along with this insane deal?
If you want to live out your whole life span, Mr. Turtle, it's in your best interest to take it.
We'll protect you with all the power that the Leo Group possesses.
And all you need to do is hand over half your sales.
Not a bad deal, huh?
It's been pretty dangerous here in the dark market lately.
The Inari Group, consisting of foxes.
The Spotted Group of jaguars.
The monitor lizards' Venom Group.
We'll protect you from lunatics like them.
Don't make me laugh.
The biggest lunatics out of all of those organizations
are you, the Leo Group!
No, the Leo Group has changed.
Anyway, I'm not discussing this with underlings like you.
Get me someone worth talking to.
If you would.
Good grief.
Very well, I'll apologize on their behalf.
For the past mistakes of the Leo Group.
Don't worry.
You can leave the cats' housebreaking to me, their boss.
So the rumors were true...
The new boss is an herbivore...
You're in the red, aren't you, owner?
Make use of me.
If you want your sales back,
you need to bring those hypocrites back to the dark market.
What carnivores need the most right now is "forgiveness".
If even just one herbivore appears who encourages the use of the dark market,
they'll come running back in no time.
So be smart and work with the new Leo Group
to contribute to the peace in the land of the light.
Hold on just a second.
First thing's first... Have you lost your mind?
You realize that you're currently sitting in a deer meat shop?
What of it?
You carnivores always seem to have the wrong idea.
There are only two kinds of animals.
And it's not carnivores and herbivores.
It's something much more complicated and definite.
Winners and losers.
That's all there are.
This world is built on lies.
If herbivores try to ignore the truth of this world,
it'll devour us whole.
This time I'll take hold of true strength.
Trusting in myself, and in the wickedness of carnivores.
Hey, Free. You just looked at me as if I were a juicy steak, didn't you?
N-Not at all.
Got it?
Don't forget the promise we made.