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The Great Eminence Front

It's a Put On

By Clay RobbinsPublished about a year ago 2 min read
The Great Eminence Front
Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash

“What are you doing here?” Kazuki asked. Raiden was surprised by this response. “Why… I’m here to check on you. I heard about my homeless shelter burning down so I wanted to check on you.” Raiden said trying to hide the shaking in his voice. “Your building?” Kazuki mu4ered to himself. “What did you say young man?” Raiden aked. “Get the camera out of here.” Kazuki states sternly. “Why son? Are you camera shy?” Raiden joked with a fake chuckle. Kazuki stared at Raiden with a sharp look before sta0ng, “Fine then… Let the world know you burned down that shelter.” Raiden’s face grew angry and turned to his cameraman “Turn o@ the camera.” Raiden then turned around and looked at Kazuki. “What the hell are you talking about?” Raiden tried to keep his voice down, but the anger was very present in his voice. “You had that shelter built right?” Kazuki asked in a solemn tone. “Yes, but that has nothing to do with it burning down!” Raiden retorted. Kazuki con0nued to talk in his solemn tone, “You didn’t strip the resin from the wood that made the building.” Shock swept over Raiden’s face. “I had no control over how it was built… the architecture 9rm that built it is to blame.” Kazuki then sat straight up and started to raise his voice, “That’s ridiculous! You know damn well that YOU hired that company and YOU had control of how they built it!” Raiden lost his temper and shouted “Fine, you’re right! I wanted to build that shelter so I could burn it down and take you worthless pieces of garbage down with it!” Kazuki stared at Raiden as he con0nued to confess. “Homeless people are a burden on society so I wanted to send them to hell where they belong!” Kazuki then switched back to his solemn tone and asked, “Why?” Kazuki paused for a minute before con0nuing “Why would you want to kill hundreds of people?” A-er that sentence, Kazuki thought about Akia the day of the 9re. “What made you

Kazuki used his one million yen to build a true homeless shelter. Also, with the money Kazuki was now making from his job Kazuki was able to send his son to the newly christened Suzuki elementary school. Aki loved his new school, especially his teacher, Ms. Fujimori

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About the Creator

Clay Robbins

Clay is a Teacher.

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