Chapter 105

School Festival (Part 2) (の) is the one-hundred and fifth chapter of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun by AidaIro.

Summary
The Chapter begins with the recitation of the rumor about The Three Clock Keepers and the Big Clock in The Sealed Auditorium

"...Have you heard the Rumor? About School Mystery No. 1, The Clock Keepers? Somewhere within this Academy lies a massive ancient clock...And that clock is the Academy's "Time" itself. If one is able to get its hands moving, they can bend the school's time to their will. But those who touch the Big Clock without permission will-"

- The Rumor of the Big Clock in The Sealed Auditorium, and their connection to the Clock Keepers.

Meanwhile in the Sealed Auditorium itself, the First-Year Students are preparing for the Wizard of Oz Play. As Yashiro Nene looks on, she notes that something is off, or rather, a lot of things are off. Hanako appears by her side, and asks her if it's her tornado outfit that's off, to which Yashiro clarifies that it isn't, and then points out what's really off. She points out that no one's in the audience, then Yamabuki Lemon come in, and adds to her concerns that it isn't just the audience, it's also several of their classmates as well.

Firstly, the student playing the lead role of Dorothy, Hanazashi, is missing and because of that, they couldn't do their dress rehearsal. And yet despite that, Aoi Akane, who was busy with Student Council work and part of the play's Lights committee, was able to show up at the last minute. Then the sound guy, and Nagisa-San are not there as well. The missing people in question also aren't answering their calls, which causes concern for everyone involved in the play.Hanako also chimes in and points out that Akane Aoi is missing as well, which causes Yashiro great concern, and so she tries calling her.

However, she gets no response from her, and while she is trying to get in contact with her, a few of the First Years cry out as see the Big Clock in the Sealed Auditorium dripping with Hyuuga Natsuhiko's blood. As the First Years try to get a grasp of what's going on, Hanako grabs Yashiro, and tells her that he senses something terrible behind the Big Clock, and that it felt like it was the stench of a bunch of dead people back there. Hanako tells Yashiro to stay behind while he deals with the problem, but Yashiro decides to go with him, and tells Lemon that she will scope out what's going on with the clock.

After this, the First Years wonder what to do now, and whether the play is cancelled. Lemon tells them that he has to go check outside, and they ask him why, to which he replies that there might be a troublemaker who is trying to sabotage the class play, and that he will make a big scoop out of it. With that confidence, Lemon goes to the door, and opens it, only to see Nagisa, who has been corrupted by the petal and turned into a supernatural.

Meanwhile, at the Big Clock, Yashiro climbs to the platform, and meets up with Hanako, who is very appalled at the sight of the blood oozing and surrounding the Big Clock. Yashiro wonders if it's a supernatural cocoon or egg, to which Hanako dismisses those words. He then touches it, and suddenly gets a burn on his finger. Yashiro asks Hanako if he's alright, to which he says he's fine. He then tells Yashiro that the blood is "Cursed to the brim and defiled with Death", and yet it came from a human.



Hanako then wondered who would do such a thing, but before he can continue, something starts to happen, and the reality around them starts to stretch out. Yashiro asks Hanako if something happened, but Hanako instead tells Yashiro that they need to get out of there. But before they could go out, the blood has already done its work, and it shatters the Big Clock, and the platform both Hanako and Yashiro were on. Reality fades to black as the broken pieces of the clock floats around. Then, Time stops. Both Hanako and Yashiro are also suspended, and Yashiro wonders that she couldn't move any part of her body at all. Her legs, her hands, even her voice, she couldn't move them at all. And yet even if she couldn't breath, she also couldn't suffer any pain or any other feeling. She then wondered if Hanako is undergoing the same thing as well. Yashiro begins to get scared of her predicament, and wonders what she can do.

Just then, a figure appears between her and Hanako. It is upside down, and revealed to be Yugi Tsukasa. He asks Yashiro if she is ok, to which Yashiro couldn't reply back. He then approaches Hanako, and is amused at how frozen stiff he is. As he wonders around the time-stopped reality of the broken Big Clock, he gets a piece of the clock, and mutters that it brings back memories. He then tells Yashiro that Hanako, in life as Amane, spent a lot of time in order to try and fix the Big Clock and get it to move again, and while nothing came out of it, the rumor about it is true, confirming that whoever fixes it, can bend Time to their will. He then asks Yashiro a question: what happens if the Big Clock gets destroyed? To that, he answers simply that if the Big Clock is broken, the Time inside the School can never move again, and that no one, human or supernatural, can do anything but keep their consciousness, for the rest of time.

Then Tsukasa continues his monologue, and tells Yashiro that the only way to start time, is an easy task. He tells Yashiro that she must remove the Clock Keeper's source of power by defeating them, and removing their Yorishiro. He then goes to Hanako, and reminds him that Yashiro's lifespan shortage is still in effect, and then he asks him if they would rather destroy the Yorishiro to free themselves, or remain suspended in stopped time forever. Then he exclaims that he has no idea what they both of them are thinking in a rather sarcastic tone.



Then to add insult to injury, he decides to kiss Yashiro on the mouth, knowing full well that Hanako's consciousness is intact. Hanako in his state can do nothing but be internally and gravely angry as Tsukasa takes advantage of their state to do what he did, and Yashiro herself could not comprehend that her kiss has been stolen. Afterwards, Tsukasa gleefully exclaims that he kissed her, then takes Yashiro away from Hanako, and tells her that she's his assistant now. He then exclaims a farewell to Amane, as he leaves the place. Hanako at this point is still suspended in time, and can do nothing but get angry at the current state of affairs, while being unable to do anything about it. His body starts shaking in anger, slightly overcoming the time stop's effects on Hanako's body.

Meanwhile, Akane and Minamoto Teru, who are seemingly not affected by the Time Stop despite it having a school-wide range, are racing up the Big Clock in an attempt to stop whatever's going on in there, only to see a crying Hanako. His body is still shaking from the anger, and his tears are moving out of his eyes, all despite the suspension of time affecting him. Akane and Teru both wonder why he is there. The Chapter then ends.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Several unnamed First Year students
 * Fuji Suzuto
 * Yashiro Nene
 * Hanako
 * Yamabuki Lemon
 * Aoi Akane
 * Hanazashi (Mentioned, seen in flashback only)
 * Akane Aoi (Mentioned, Release Notice only)
 * Nagisa (Mentioned, appears in chapter)
 * Yugi Tsukasa
 * Minamoto Kou (Cameo)
 * Mitsuba Sousuke (Cameo)
 * Minamoto Teru
 * Nanamine Sakura (Chapter Cover only)
 * Hyuuga Natsuhiko (Chapter Cover only)