Chapter 109

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**The Clock Keepers' Court (Part 2)** (時 (と) 計 (けい) 守 (もり) 裁 (さい) 判 (ばん) の二 (に) , *Tokeimori saiban sono ni*?) is the one hundred and ninth chapter of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun by AidaIro.

## Summary

### Part 1: The Trial Begins

The chapter begins where the previous chapter left off, with Hanako, Yashiro Nene, Minamoto Teru and Yugi Tsukasa being suspended on the scales as they face the Three Clock Keepers for judgement. Hanako appears surprised by the sudden change of the boundary, as he wonders when the Clock Keepers have such power. But before he could finish his thoughts, he glances at Teru, and then gets the shock of his life. He asks Teru why he was captured, while using the little Yashiro as a shield from him. Yashiro, for her part is just happy to see Teru, while he remarks that she looked different due to her age regression. Meanwhile, Tsukasa looks around his surroundings, and notes that aside from the Clock Keepers at the forefront, the court is filled with numerous Owl Guardians who are clamoring among themselves.

Hanako wonders what is going to happen, with Teru telling them that there will be a trial to determine the one who is responsible for the disturbance, as what Akane had told him. Which means that at the trial, they will decide on who among them will take the blame. Hanako is shocked at this, and remarks that there are more important things to do than hold a trial, like figuring out how to get the school's time back, or stopping whoever is responsible. Yashiro then remarks that the trial is happening because the Big Clock was destroyed, and that's probably messing with Kako. Teru laughs at Yashiro's remarks, and then mockingly says that he has probably lost his marbles while showing an angry expression, which the others take note.

### Part 2: The Charges

Either because they were talking too loud, or he heard what Teru said about him, Kako demands for "Order in the Court", and as all fall silent, he begins the trial by having Mirai read the charges. Mirai, however gives the the Charges to Akane instead, and so he reads the charges:

Leader of the Seven Mysteries, Yugi Amane
Present-Day Kannagi, Yashiro Nene
Student Body Representative, Minamoto Teru
And
*(Yugi Tsukasa says his name)*: Tsukasa. My name is Tsukasa
*(Aoi Akane continues)*: Yugi Tsukasa
All four of you, Though the severity of your crimes may vary, are complicit in the destruction of the Big Clock. Your actions have led to the time within the school coming to a halt. That much is undeniable.
Therefore, the court finds merit in bringing each one of you criminals to trial.
That is all

As the mention of "criminals", all the Owl Guardians present clamored out the same word over and over, which greatly terrifies Yashiro. As Akane finishes reading the charges, Kako begins by giving each one of the accused a chance to make their defense. And with that, the Three Clock Keepers call for Hanako to step forward.

### Part 3: Hanako's Defense

Once Hanako takes his place at the stand of the court for his defense, he starts by telling the Clock Keepers that he has no defense, because he is not the one who broke the Big Clock. To that, Kako asked him if he has evidence to back it up, to which Hanako is confused by it.

Noting that both his brother and his assistant are among the accused in the trial, Akane then tells him that any testimony from either a family member (Tsukasa) or a colleague (Yashiro) will not be accepted, and in addition, states that as his assistant, Yashiro would be willing to lie for his sake.

In response to that, Hanako then shifts the defense to a motive as he tells the Clock Keepers that he has no motive. But to that, Kako remarks that Hanako had at one point exclaimed that if he had the powers of the First Mystery, he could do all the pervy stuff that he wants (If we remember, this was the very reason why Hanako had no access to the Clock Keeper's boundary, and therefore, their Yorishiro). When Kako recalled and then said Hanako's words exactly, it left him greatly embarrassed, and at that he had nothing more say and then just laid down on the floor in embarrassment.

The reactions among the others varied: Tsukasa was curious at what he said, Yashiro recalled that Hanako did said such a thing, Akane found it disgusting, one of the Owl Guardians considered him a Criminal just for being a pervert, and Teru exclaims that Hanako's better off dead, to which Hanako states that HE's already dead.

Kako came to the conclusion that Hanako has a motive, and no alibi, marking him as guilty in their eyes. With his defense finished, he now calls in Yashiro to defend herself.

### Part 4: Yashiro Nene's Defense

Once Yashiro was called to the stand, she was so small that her head barely peeked out of the stand. She tells the Clock Keepers that she's not a criminal either as she didn't do anything to any of the Clocks. To that, Kako asked her on what evidence she has. While Yashiro was trying to comprehend what Kako said, he also came to the same conclusion as what Hanako, for if time was stopped, then Yashiro's impeding death would be forever delayed.

Akane, being Yashiro's classmate, tries to appeal to her by asking her if she remembers anything that happened during the School Festival or when Time froze, just anything so that she can prove her innocence. To that, she answered that the time stop would bother her because if the school festival never ends, then she would be unable to con...

Yashiro stopped her words from there, confusing the Clock Keepers. However, she is too embarrassed to say it, so she beckons Akane, who then beckons Kako to call in an Owl Guardian to hear what she is scared to say. She tells the Owl Guardian her secret, and then tells it to be quiet, but this was to no avail, as the Owl Guardian cries out her secret that she was going to confess to Hanako when the School Festival ends.

This shocks everyone in the court, and especially embarrasses Hanako. And while the Owl Guardian was finishing up her lines, she slaps it as she screams out a loud "NO". Hanako remains mesmerized as Yashiro continues slapping the Owl Guardian, and the others look on. And as Akane gives out a sigh due to the commotion, Kako calls for Minamoto Teru to stand for his defense.

### Part 5: Minamoto Teru's Defense

Once Teru was called to the stand for his defense, he begins by explaining that he is not the kind of person to break the Big Clock, because he is both an exorcist and the School Council President, As such, he tells the Clock Keepers that he is not the type of person to go and disrupt the flow of time in the school. All the while, Teru was using his Rizz to the best of his ability. However, it did not affect anyone in the courtroom save for Yashiro, who just fawns over him.

In fact, it was to no avail as Kako reveals that Teru has a hidden desire for destruction that is presenting itself at the trial. And because of that, he gives a silent threat to Akane that he will kill him when the trial is over, to which Akane tells him to not give him that glare.

With his defense ending without much commotion as with Hanako and Yashiro's defenses, Kako calls in for the final accused to stand in his defense.

### Part 6: Yugi Tsukasa's Defense

Once called to the stand for his defense, Yugi Tsukasa begins his defense by saying that he did not break the Big Clock, like the others said. However, he was the one who told his Broadcasting Club members to do it. This shocks all the others at the court, including both Hanako and Yashiro.

Tsukasa explains that he had to help Nanamine Sakura by destroying all the Yorishiros. But in order to destroy the Clock Keeper's Yorishiro, he needs to stop time so that he can first enter the boundary. And in order to quickly make time stop, he has to destroy the Big Clock (By having someone else do it for him). Tsukasa also tells the Clock Keepers that he is curious to find out what would happen if he broke the Big Clock to smithereens.

This very clear admission of guilt gives Kako little time to reach the conclusion for him. It was very clear to him that of all the accused Yugi Tsukasa is guilty.

At that, Akane asked if he should be fed to the owls, to which Kako answers that he be turned into one of the gears to be used for the clock instead. At that, Mirai decides to act on the sentence, and approaches Tsukasa because earlier, he had manhandled and hurt her, and so he must be punished for doing so. She then attempted to fast forward Tsukasa's time so that his whole being can be turned into nothing but dust.

### Part 7: The Disruption of the Trial

However, what happens instead is that Mirai's spell backfires, and she is pushed outwards. It also destroyed the shackles that were keeping Tsukasa's arms closed, and given how the shackles work, it also restored Tsukasa's powers upon their destruction. Mirai is shocked at the sight of the destroyed shackles.

With his powers back, Tsukasa called in his Kokujoudai to wrap and restrain Mirai as he jumps towards Kako. When he realized what Tsukasa is about to do, Hanako screams out his name, trying to stop him, but his cries were in vain as Tsukasa punches through Kako's chest and grabs a gear from his body. Kako's body is revealed, which is filled to the brim with gears and other clockwork. This action seemingly kills or incapacitates Kako, and as Akane comes to his side, Tsukasa notes that the Yorishiro wasn't in his body, revealing to us that his true motive for being at the Trial was to get a chance to grab the Yorishiro from the most powerful Clock Keeper, who was in that case, Kako.

Then, Tsukasa comes to a terrible conclusion:

Since I couldn't find the Yorishiro while searching through the boundary, I wondered if it could be hiding in the School Mystery itself.
So if not him, maybe it's this one

Then the Chapter ends on a cliffhanger.

## Characters in order of appearance

* Hanako
* Yashiro Nene
* Minamoto Teru
* Yugi Tsukasa
* Kako (Dies in this chapter)
* Mirai
* Aoi Akane
* Nanamine Sakura (Mentioned and Image)

## Trivia

* Kako is killed in this chapter, when Tsukasa tore his chest with his hand and grabbed his gear at the center of it.
* This Chapter also reveals that the Yorishiro for The Clock Keepers is something associated with the Clock Keeper of the Present, in this case being Aoi Akane.
	+ This is in keeping with the definition that a Yorishiro is something or someone dear to the School Mystery so that they do not abandon their duty, and as both Kako and Mirai are impartial supernaturals with no attachments so far, then the Yorishiro would instead be associated with Akane, who does have an attachment in the form of his love for Akane Aoi.
		- Chapter 110 debunks this theory, as the Clock Keeper's Yorishiro is actually inside Mirai. However, the question whether it's really connected to Mirai or the other Clock Keepers remain.