Kameji/History

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## Background

One morning, Kameji was happy to arrive at school early and to be able to crawl through the corridors without feeling the trembling of the other students' footsteps. Upon entering his classroom, Kameji finds that a school student has committed suicide by hanging himself on one of the ceiling beams. Kameji gave a loud scream and upon discovering that the student's body was still warm, deducing that the subject was alive until recently, and he lowers the body after cutting the rope with his fangs. Looking closely at the subject, Kameji realizes that it is Murou the hyena, a bully that Kameji has been a constant victim of. Kameji wonders why Murou would try to commit suicide and decides that he should call a teacher, but has a nervous breakdown that makes him examine the situation. While he was the first witness and was only trying to help, others would not believe that a python bully victim discovered that his bully hanged himself and they would believe that he strangled him for revenge. Feeling haunted by the insults towards his species that Murou himself has told him, Kameji considering that even in death he continues to torture him. Hearing that someone is about to enter, Kameji panics and acts impulsively, quickly engulfing Murou's body completely. Upon entering, the teacher sees Kameji with an excessively swollen body and assumes that he had a heavy breakfast. Kameji sees how he just swallowed his classmate when he tried to hide it and surprisingly managed to swallow his whole body. Throughout his school day, Kameji wonders if people weren't suspicious seeing his body so swollen and he doesn't know what to do. He supposes that being a python he could dissolve Murou's body within a day, but he retracts that idea and even thinks he can hear Murou inside him, being lighter than he thought and assumes he hasn't been eating much. Kameji wonders again why Murou would commit suicide and checks his backpack to see if there are any suicide notes. However, even after checking his backpack and locker, the more he searched, the less he found. There was nothing - no hobbies, no skills, no friends or even a crush. Kameji remembers how Murou was only recognized for being a mean hyena and for pulling pracks and scaring other animals. Murou only acted under the stereotype of a typical hyena that everyone thought he should be, and maybe he just struggled to find his own path. Kameji prepares to spit out Murou's body and show it to the teachers and decides to take responsibility for whatever they charge him with. Before spitting him out, Kameji feels Murou's body squirming. Realizing that he is alive, Kameji fights Murou, begging him not to move or he will end up dead, since he will not be able to spit him out. Kameji tells him that he will forgive him for everything, declaring that on his call he will come back safe and sound. After spitting him out, Murou is annoyed and is not pleased to see him, but Kameji hugs him and asks him when he woke up. Murou replies that he woke up when he said that "there is nothing here" and curses at him. Kameji says he's glad that Murou is okay. He asks him what he said, but Kameji says he didn't say anything.