I Teach Kendo in Tokyo Chapter 22: About the mother, the brave woman

Ikeda Shigeru pressed the last button.

The phone makes a connecting tone.

At this time, Shigeru Ikeda, who was full of killing intent towards Naoto Ikeda, suddenly remembered that it was not the first time he had experienced such a high-spirited feeling.

He remembered how long, long ago, he had been so high up.

And to the same person.

It was the day before his mother left - Shigeru Ikeda recalled this moment very clearly, because it was something that was engraved in his deepest memory, deep into his bones.

It should be surprising why such an important thing has been forgotten before?

On that day, Shigeru Ikeda, who plucked up his courage, wore his beloved transformation belt on his waist, completed his transformation, and then went around behind his father who was abusing his mother with a kitchen knife.

The adrenaline made Shigeru Ikeda breathless, and the hand holding the kitchen knife trembled greatly.

It's not weakness, it's not fear, it's excitement - adrenaline-driven, pure chemical agitation, if I had to.

The long-cherished wish is about to come true, and the world where mom will not be bullied is coming.

Ikeda Shigeru cheered, jumped for joy, and walked towards the neighborhood without noticing it.

Then what happened next was beyond the expectations of young Shigeru Ikeda.

Mum saw him, through the armpits of the abusive father. The expression of my mother, who was crying and begging for mercy, suddenly became calm and brave.

Her precise kick knocked down Shigeru Ikeda who was about to pounce.

Ikeda Shigeru was not too young at that time. He was very strong since he was a child. He wanted to be a Kamen Rider, so he asked his mother how to become a Kamen Rider, and his mother said that he should eat more and exercise hard.

He did.

He is much stronger, bigger and heavier than children his age.

That shouldn't be a figure that a weak and suppressed woman can kick down.

But he was kicked down, maybe he was too excited at the time, his footsteps were vain, maybe it was some other coincidence, anyway, he fell, and the knife fell far away.

Father sensed his presence, let go of his mother, pulled Shigeru Ikeda, who fell to the ground, and slapped him fiercely: "What do you want to do, little bastard? What do you want to do with a knife?"

Ikeda Shigeru thought that he had been betrayed by his mother, and he was in despair.

That night, my mother woke Ikeda Shigeru while his hungover dad fell asleep.

She packed a small bag and put it at her feet.

"Shh!" She gently stopped Shigeru Ikeda, who was about to speak, and then whispered, "Although your father is a lousy person, he has not made me and you starve all these years.

"Listen, Ah Mao, maybe you will never understand what I say, maybe when you grow up you will think that I am lying to you, that I am justifying my actions, but now you listen. /

"Mom, I originally planned to endure it until I raised you. Mom has been saving money secretly. Although he found out a few times and was beaten for this, I saved a lot. .

"I was going to endure it until I raised you and then gave you the money to go to college.

"But today, I know, I have to go, because if I don't go, you will one day be a murderer, and a kinslayer that society will never forgive.

"Your life will end forever.

"I can stop you today, but you will continue to grow, how strong you are."

Mother gently stroked Shigeru Ikeda's shoulder: "What a strong shoulder, how safe a girl who will lean on this arm in the future.

"I'm fast, I can't stop the strong you. So I have to go, A Mao, remember, the bravest people in this world are not those who are extreme, those who are bad, but those who don't care about life No matter how difficult it is, he will never give in.

"Those who choose to be good no matter how difficult it is.

"If your mother is still in this house, one day, you will be labeled as a murderer in order to save your mother, and you will not even have the right to choose a good person or a bad person.

"Mom will leave for now, I'm too weak, and I'm sure we won't have a good life with you. Mom will come back to pick you up when it stabilizes! I'll definitely come back!"

Ikeda Shigeru remembered that the reason why he still wanted to get his mother back was because of the agreement back then.

He also remembered that he asked himself when he was young: "What if Mommy never came back to pick me up?"

At that time, my mother was silent for a few seconds, obviously shaken, but in the end she recovered her brave and determined expression: "Amao, remember, as long as your mother is alive, she will never give up on you, and she will never give up on you. As long as you are still alive, you will definitely come back and take you away from this man."

Ikeda Shigeru remembered everything.

I chose to forget this memory for so many years, it must be because I didn't want to face the increasing possibility.

——As long as he is still alive, he will come back to pick me up. On the other hand, if he does not come to pick me up, it means he is no longer alive.

With each passing year, this possibility increases.

The sudden memory made Amo froze in place. The sweet-sounding operator sister in the phone's receiver repeatedly asked, "Moses Moses~IndoMTL.com~ Moses Moses? This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's police station, may I ask what you want? Call the police? Moses Moses?"

Ikeda Shigeru hangs up.

He was very confused.

After putting down the receiver, he punched the wall, denting the wood wall directly.

Tangled thoughts rushed into his mind.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Although that rotten guy is rotten, he hasn't let you starve after all."

"He still paid the tuition fee anyway."

"But he is indeed a rotten person, and it is not a pity to die."

"If I choose to die here, is it the same as killing him? Will it go against my mother's wish?"

"What was my mother's wish back then?"

Amao, in the chaos, ran into the dojo and slammed open the door to the yard.

The wind poured into the dojo, ruffled Amo's hair.

The wind from opening the door caused the wind chimes hanging under the eaves of the edge to clatter.

Although the big cherry tree is not in full bloom, it still has a very strong sense of existence. On the thick trunk of the cherry tree, there is a sign that Chiyoko put on when he was joking.

The sign reads "Many Fingers Under the Tree".

Ikeda Shigeru looked at the big cherry tree and felt his mind slowly calm down.

"By the way, go ask Master." He suddenly had such an idea.

Anyway, the other party didn't limit when to go, and Shigeru Ikeda had plenty of time to ask Master if he should ignore Naoto Ikeda's life and call the police directly.

So Ikeda Shigeru stuffed the note with the address into his pocket, ran to the door, got on his bicycle, and rushed out.

If you go to Koshikawa Girls' High School now, you should be able to meet Kiryu Kazuma on the way to pick up Chiyoko.