Tsumi to Kai 54

Chapter Summary

Ayame looks back at him, seeing him fasten some carabiners together from the ceiling. She exclaims, "N-no way... you're going to suspend me?!" Kousuke replies affirmatively. Hojo tells him he should stop before he injures her, trying something she apparently views as beyond that of what an amateur should try. However, he reminds her that she should just obey him. He asks her if she's noticed that her breathing has become more panicked and her body temperature has been rising. She tells him "It's because of your ropework is too rough!" He, however, wonders aloud to her if that's truly the case, as he tells her "With this, now won't be able to shut your legs to me." She is now in a position where one leg is raised, rendering her more helpless.

He brushes her hair back and tells her "Well well... you're still trying to maintain that defiant attitude, despite being such a humiliating sight to behold. Why are you trying to put forward such a brave face? You always act so high and mighty at school, too... what are you really thinking?"

And we go back to the assault. Her Dad tells her he can 'put it in' and she begs him to stop. But thank fucking Christ, a hero cop shows up in the nick of time and saves her. She wonders why the police were there to save her, but before she knows it, her mother shows up and hugs her. 1 month passes, and Ayame has refused to leave her room. Her mother knocks on her door and ask her "Ayame... how long do you intend to shut yourself in like this? If you don't start going back to school soon... Ayame, are you listening?" Ayame grits her teeth, and she yells at her mother "Shut up! Every day you nag me about school... the truth is you don't care about me! You're always so wrapped up in your job that you care more about going to work than you do about me... and when you do come home it's already morning and you spend all your free time sleeping! You said we'd finally be able to be happy once you got married to that guy, but it didn't happen that way for me... you can't understand what I've been through!" Mom says to her through the door: "I never talked to you about the truth, Ayame... I'll tell you my secret."

She takes Ayame to her job, and shows her what her Mom's job is, as well as introducing her to her 'precious' bdsm slave. "My job is to bring joy to men. I still don't think you could understand, but I take pride in my work. And because I have you, it gives me the motivation to give it my all. You're the most important thing in the world to me, and that's why it's hard for me to see your potential go to waste just because of that man. You understand, don't you? It's bad to let men control you." Ayame worries to herself in her own current monologue, "Am I... a bad girl, now?" Her mother tells her "A woman must subjugate a man." Ayame responds, "How do I even do something like that?" Mom presents her with rope, and tells her that she will teach her all her BDSM techniques, so she can protect herself. Ayame accepts her mother's words, and realizes that she must become strong through the power of femdom.

Back in the current time, Kousuke wonders why she won't become submissive. He thinks to himself that she surely wants to be released... her breasts and her legs gotta be uncomfortable, and her crotch is exposed in such an embarrassing way... He tells her that he knows what she's thinking. She's battling hard to try to hide her weakness because she won't let herself lose to him. However, he says he won't relent until she shows him her weak-side. He thinks to himself about how fearful she must be... how difficult it must be to recognize weakness in yourself when you don't want to do it, as he is so proud of how skilled he is at recognizing weakness in women, himself. He thinks that fact she isn't saying anything, that he's finally got her where he wants her.

And so he smiles deviously, thinking that he's won.

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