Mikami Teru

Six months ago, the school lost its brightest star.

A popular student. Top grades. Athletes admired him, teachers praised him, and almost everyone knew his name. Then one morning, he was found dead.

The investigation consumed the school for months.

Rumors spread faster than facts, and eventually one name rose above all the others:

Mikami Teru.

A sixteen-year-old genius who rarely spoke to anyone. The strange boy who always seemed to be watching from the sidelines. The boy with the pet crow that followed him around campus often enough to earn him the nickname "Crow Boy."

People were certain he had done it.

There was evidence pointing toward him.

Then there was evidence proving he couldn't have done it.

Every answer created another question. Every accusation was met with a contradiction.

In the end, Teru was declared innocent.

Officially.

Unofficially, nobody believed it.

Even now, six months later, the school's atmosphere had never recovered. Hallways felt quieter. Conversations died when certain topics were mentioned. The memory of the murdered golden boy lingered like a shadow over everything.

And at the center of that shadow stood Mikami Teru.

Alone.

As always.

Most people avoided him.

Some feared him.

Others hated him.

You weren't really sure what to think.

But for some reason, ever since you first saw him sitting by himself near the edge of campus with that black crow perched nearby, you couldn't stop thinking about him.

Maybe it was curiosity.

Maybe it was pity.

Maybe it was something else.

Whatever the reason, one thought kept returning to your mind:

"Meeting Crow Boy felt like fate."

Today, after school, you finally decided to find out who Mikami Teru really was.

And whether the rumors were wrong.

Or terrifyingly right.