2025-10-17: Three Against One
- Log: Three Against One
- Cast: Jun Kashihara, Takaya Sakaki, Jin Shirato, Niko Kirisaki
- Where: Hirasaka - Main
- OOC Date: October 17, 2025
- IC Date: July 27, 2012
- Summary: Intrigued by the Joker Killer's interest in Jun Kashihara, Strega harasses him for answers - if nothing else, for an ace up their sleeve should one prove necessary. In the end, the only one who gets anything they wanted out of this is Niko.
(|============================= Hirasaka - Main ==============================|)
-=============================================== Sumaru City/Hirasaka Ward ====-
The westernmost ward of the city, and also the one furthest inland, Hirasaka is
considered one of the least desirable places to live in Sumaru. This is in part
due to the bad reputation of local Kasugayama High School, nicknamed "Kasu High"
by its students and "Cuss High" by its detractors. A school of overwhelmingly
boys but some errant girls, it's said to be for delinquents, poors, and other
"problem" children. Just down the street is Sumaru Prison, which is not a prison
but an underground club with a live stage, and either way the parents of Sevens
students hate it.
It's not all bad in Hirasaka, though. The shopping is second to none, with a
huge five-story mall called Smile Hirasaka that offers a wide variety of
businesses and conference meeting rooms; just be sure to go on a day when the
stores aren't closed. For those who want a more homey atmosphere for their
purchases, there's Kameya Alley. Plenty of office buildings populate the area,
too.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
The last of the day's school bells chime out in Hirasaka Ward, signaling not only that the day's exams are over but that Kasugayama's students are finally free for the day. There's one more day of exams left--a half-day, really--and then finals are done.
For some, this is a coming bliss, especially with summer vacation right after. For Jun Kashihara, it's no big deal, really. He studies on the regular every day, so the tests have been easy, and he has no particular plans for this coming summer. It might be a little sad, what with it being his last summer as a high schooler, but he'll have college after he graduates, so it's not like he'll miss out on future summer vacations.
Things have been so strange lately, anyway. Jun honestly doesn't mind a quiet vacation, where he can support his friends who are involved in more... sordid matters... from afar. He accepts--or rather, is resigned to--the fact that he can't emotionally handle whatever is going on with this city around the Joker Killer. It's... best to stay out of the way. As humiliating as it is, it would be even more humiliating to become a victim who needs to be saved.
So, when Jun leaves Kasugayama for the day with his peers, clad in the summer uniform with a yellow lily in his breast pocket, he bids the other students a friendly farewell and turns the corner from the school gates towards Kameya Alley. His mother's going to cook a big dinner tomorrow for him and his father to celebrate the end of finals, and she encouraged him to make whatever requests and buy whatever groceries he wants for that. This is the perfect time to browse the local markets and make up his mind on what he wants. A chocolate dessert would be lovely--maybe a rich sachertorte... but dinner itself will require more thought.
Something he isn't thinking about: the man with the pale mane of hair he met the other day on the way to Seven Sisters High School, to whom he gave a lilac to encourage him about his long-lost friend. Jun certainly doesn't think he is that man's friend, however odd the many coincidences surrounding the both of them are. And he certainly wouldn't expect that this might get back to any of those man's other associates, who might well get curious enough to finally track him down and see him for themselves...
This young man with the face of a goddess, with whom the "Old Maid" is so obsessed.
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
When Jun comes into Kameya alley, there is a blonde mix raced man slouching in the middle of the path. The man, shirtless with arms covered in sleeve tattoos, smirks as he catches sight of Jun, straightening out as he stands up straight with his arms out in a christ-like fashion.
Takaya tilts his head unnaturally as he continues to smile at the Kasugayama student. "I knew if we waited, we'd eventually run into you...It must be a fated meeting. A canon event..."
Takaya looks dangerous as he starts to take a small step forward toward Jun. For the moment, his fire arm is out of sight. Probably why someone didn't call the Police on the weird adult man. "Jin...what was the boy's name again? The one Sudou is obsessed with...He must be him." Takaya keeps his arms out, as if dealing with a vicious animal...Quite Ironic considering the person doing it.
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
"Jun Kashihara," Jin supplies, irritated. He didn't know what he was expecting, but it wasn't a teenage pretty boy. _This_ was what Sudou was so obsessed with? It felt like a waste just to come out here.
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
In case Jun entertains the very sensible response of retreating, he will distressingly find that the way back is now blocked by someone who followed him in. A pink-haired girl in punk clothing, all of it black, and all of it shorter than typical, is barring that direction, grinning from ear to ear. The amount of muscle on her makes it clear at a glance - forcing one's way past would likely prove challenging at best. Boxed in by a bunch of street thugs... what could Jun possibly have done to attract that kind of attention?
Niko is friendly though, just look at that cheerful wave given as soon as a look is given in her direction. "So you're the guy Ojisan keeps talking about! I see, I see!"
Then her face scrunches up as she studies him. "Huuuh... nope, actually I don't see. You sure we got the right guy? He don't look like anything special to me." She starts to take a few steps towards him, her eyes briefly glancing over to the yellow lily. "Hmmm... what could you be hiding, I wonder, I wonder...?"
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
There are lots of strange people in Hirasaka, so Jun is prepared to pay Tatsuya and Jin no mind past a passing glance. It's rude to stare, and Jun is aware that by some people's metrics, he'd be equally worthy of gawking at, which he knows he would find annoying. However, the bare-chested man with the tattoos spreads his arms and walks directly into Jun's path, and so he has no choice but to stare--especially when the annoyed one in glasses names him, and a pink-haired girl closes off any hope of retreat.
Jun recognizes a cornering when he sees one. He's been jumped by bullies before. These three have a significantly different air from the typical homophobes, though. Jun shoots a glance forward and back, one eye shaded by his bangs, stance and expression guarded. "...."
A fated meeting. A canon event. It's strange how, to Jun, these words make perfect sense. But... 'Sudou'? Surely they don't mean Sutoh-san... Theirs was only a chance meeting. But there were a lot of coincidences and very similar names... The muscular woman suggests that maybe this is a mistake, and though Jin named him quite clearly, there is a possibility here.
"Is it possible you're mixing me up with someone named Jun Kurosu?" Jun says politely, keeping a calm and unflappable demeanor--not because he doesn't fear anything from these threatening three, but because not showing fear is the best way to avoid getting hurt. "As you've already observed, I'm no one special, but that's a name I've heard recently that could've been confused with my own."
Could he be hiding something? Well... not that he can recall.
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
Takaya smiles and snaps his fingers. "Yes, Kashihara-kun. That was it." The blonde man tilts his head more when looking back to Jun. "Don't worry, Kashihara-kun...This is just a parle and we don't be dispensing any vengeance today." He can almost feel any annoyance from the others as he takes another step toward Jun. "But please don't be mistaken, we -are- very dangerous people who have an interest in you. So lets be friends who tell each other the truth, alright?" Takaya smiles in a worldly fashion as he leans toward Jun.
Takaya raises a brow when 'Jun' mentions another Jun. The messiah figure looks to Jin questioningly before chuckling. "No, I'm afraid this is a little more than misunderstanding..." He attempts to place a hand on Jun's shoulder. "Fate has brought us together so we might as well stay on this destined ride a little longer, eh Kashihara-kun?" Takaya's face grows very serious as he attempts to meet eyes with Jun. "Why is the Joker-killer interested in you?"
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
Jin shifts his weight from one leg to the other. "You really think we'd be stupid enough to get our intel wrong?" he snips when Takaya finally says his piece. He probably should bite his tongue, but since when has Jin ever done that? No sense in changing that now.
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
"Mm-mm," Niko agrees with a headbob, "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not gonna harm a hair on your pretty little head." Which, assuming one can take her word for it, might alleviate some concerns about her continuing to get close to Jun. She can't help herself from invading people's personal space when given half the chance.
Which makes two of them, with Takaya doing the same. At least Niko refrains from outright touching Jun, she defers to Takaya on that, as she does in all other ways. "Right, right, we should be friends~! It's good to be friends, isn't it?"
She's the only one who seems to entertain the possibility of this being the wrong Jun, if her pensive look is any indication. "Ehhh? You're saying there's someone who looks like you, with the same first name but a different last name?" One might expect her to express disbelief at that, but instead, she laughs. Why? Isn't it obvious? "That's so funny!" She thinks so, anyway. "Isn't that funny, Jin-chan?" Couldn't leave him out of it, could she?
She leaves asking the question that really matters to Takaya, though she does annoyingly echo, "Why? Why~?" Clearly, Niko is the type who has fun just by being there.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
Parle, French for talk? Is this person half-French? More importantly, what does he mean by 'vengeance'? Jun watches Takaya with coolly polite wariness as he approaches. He does not doubt him when he says he's dangerous. He doesn't respond to Jin directly when he gets snippy about intel wrong; after all, Jun has no idea who they are or what they want with him, and one of their own just made that suggestion herself.
At least Jin isn't crowding Jun. Jun keeps his back straight and his head high, but Niko's crowding close to his back, lilting about being friends in echo after Takaya. Jun glances again over his shoulder at her as she laughs at his suggestion--and in that moment, Takaya places a hand on his shoulder. He tenses, hands clenching, as he shoots a glare at Takaya--but when their eyes meet, the pale man drops a bomb.
One can all but hear Jun uttering a pair of exclamation marks; one can certainly see the blood drain from his pretty face.
'Let's be friends who tell each other the truth.' Jun will certainly keep that in mind, and it shows as he glares at the three of them, sweat beading down the side of his face. One false word and things will go very badly for him: Jun gets that message loud and clear.
"I... don't know," he says stiffly, thinking back to what Akechi told him about a 'prophetic' poem about what happened that day Kasugayama High was attacked. (It was actually written after the fact, but Akechi made sure not to mention that part.) "It seems to me it would be easier for you to ask him yourselves. After all," and here he makes an educated guess, "you three are part of the 'gang' that attacked Kasugayama High School with him, yes? Along with the girl in white?"
His memories of that day are muddled, but he remembers her more than well enough. There's no way he could forget the moment she--Chidori--hurled an axe in a boy's stomach and nearly killed him on the spot. (So why can't he remember the rest of what happened then...?)
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
Takaya smiles when Jin gets defensive of their work. It was good to have loyal members to the cause. He is further amused by Niko's games with this probably clueless high school student. Right, there was a possibility that Jun didn't know his significance. That he could be just as clueless to his place in this unfortunate game.
"That really is funny." Takaya says with no warmth despite the smile on his face. "I imagine two boys destined to your fate but only one of you is rightfully so. That is a cruel joke you've set yourself up with."
Takaya mostly ignores Jun's discoloration and reactions to Takaya's closeness. He is making note of it internally as he watches Jun make some educated guesses on their identities. "Very good guess. Yes, we were dealing with another student that day...Very well and how can we be sure that we will get more information from him than by asking you? Give us a reason to trust you are just as in the dark." Takaya smiles darkly as he sideward glances to Jin. "Jin is a little bit of a ...stickler for information. He gets very upset if you give us bad information. It just creates a hassle for us...and your family. Do you think this information you're giving us is good, Kashihara-kun?"
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
"Yeah, yeah," Jin says in response to Niko; he knows it's easier to humor her than it is to ignore her. She just gets more obnoxious the more you try to. And frankly, if it were anyone else, he'd think that were impossible.
But this was Niko they were talking about.
"I thought you were supposed to be smart," Jin snips. "Ranked number one in your class, but you mistake us for common thugs." Clearly Jin has done his research. "Guess it's not your brains he's after." Jin would be insulted if Sudou was headhunting someone for their smarts when he was right here, ready and waiting.
"Takaya's right, though. You really should give us the answers we're looking for. We wouldn't want to make any trouble for your classmates. Especially since you seem to know exactly what we're capable of."
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
"He doesn't know, he doesn't know~" Niko sing-songs when Jun responds to the question, which may sound mocking but she's really just having fun, in her own way. She's all about the lightening the mood, and this might be a moment that needs it. Takaya doesn't appreciate it when he doesn't get the answers he wants, after all.
Weren't they with the Joker Killer at Kasugayama though? Niko readily cops to that. "Oh yeah, I was totally there! Had to keep people from getting in the way 'n' all, y'know how it is." Does he?? "Jin blew up a guy's motorcycle, that was awesome." Look just don't argue with her, Jin knows what's up, there's no point in trying.
While Takaya is increasing the tension, she decreases it on her end just as much, taking a casual stance with her arms behind her head. "Ojisan says what Ojisan wants to say, in the way Ojisan wants to say it," she clarifies, thinking this is a very good explanation actually. "We wanna hear the way you'd say it. That's all!" Bit of a discord between her cheerfulness levels and the attitude of her fellows, but she's still ultimately asking the same thing.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
Jun wasn't even trying to throw these three a line--Sutoh had told him about a Jun Kurosu that he'd been friends with in high school. Jun has no idea what he would look like--surely he wouldn't have his same face--but it sounds like these three are assuming he's trying to tell them a line. Sutoh and that 'Sudou' that was mentioned must be different after all... Just another series of coincidences in the relentless deja vu Jun's been experiencing lately.
Niko sing-songs more, and to Jun, it does indeed sound like she's mocking him. Jin gets even snippier, insulting his intelligence after he calls them a 'gang.' Jun doesn't bother to explain that his use of the word was ironic, based on how the attack was reported in the news. He does not get the sense that any of these people are interested in his excuses, and he knows better than to rise to others' bait anyway. Let this 'Jin' think he's stupid. That might help Jun later.
He shoots Niko another glance when she mentions 'Jin' having blown up someone's motorcycle. So that was how Tatsuya got those wounds... That, even more than Takaya's casual confirmation, convinces Jun that these people are exactly who they say they are.
So it's strange to him. If these people are indeed the Joker Killer's allies, as the pale one confirms, they're trying to ask him about this rather than the Joker Killer himself. If they were approaching him on the Joker's behalf, that would make a grim amount of sense. The Sevens emblem still rests in his uniform pants pocket. It might protect against the Joker Killer, but no one's ever said anything about it protecting against his allies. Ironically, Niko says something that makes sense here: they want to hear it from Jun directly, in his own words. He supposes he can't fault them for that.
What he can fault is the implied threat against his family and classmates. That's met with a scorching glare, teeth bared in a grimace that contrasts his fair face. It's the kind that people mean when they say 'if looks could kill'--it sears Takaya and Jin with controlled fury, as if he might burn them both alive.
But he wouldn't. Jun is a kind, gentle boy who prefers not to fight. More to the point, on this side, he's never killed anyone. He simply does not have that killer instinct the three of them have. ...however, that glimpse might give them an idea of his potential.
"I sincerely don't know why he's interested in me. I don't have many clear memories of the night you all attacked my school. Head trauma," Jun says icily. 'Head trauma' is more or less the truth. "I understand there's supposedly some kind of prophetic poem he wrote or that he took inspiration from that might mention me, but I've gone out of my way to know as little as possible about it. Whatever he wants from me, I want no part of it and have no intention of cooperating with him."
The street is narrow. Takaya and Niko block Jun in from both directions, and Jin is to one side. Still, it's not impossible to make an escape. If Jun can distract the pale one with a flower and use it to take the hand on his shoulder and do a martial arts throw, he could collide him with the woman. That will leave only Jin, and while Jun is no athlete, Jin doesn't look like one either. Jun can then run into Kameya Alley where it's sure to be more crowded and call for help...
But it would be a big risk. It assumes that Jun can successfully distract and disarm, that Jin won't catch up to him, that they don't have anyone else waiting in the wings. More than anything, he'll have only one chance to pull it up. Jun will wait a little longer for a proper opening--knowing that they might not give him one.
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
Takaya shuts his eyes when things start to happen. He is good at letting his subordinates have their own agendas and agency. For a moment, the messiah figure does nothing. He just listens to Jun try to get out of this dangerous situation Jun finds himself in.
Finally Takaya opens and eye and grins, catching sight of that look on his face. So the boy has some fire after all.
"A poem? Interesting...Tell us more about the poem. Surely you have a title or something to tell you what to avoid." Takaya considers what this poem could be. Could it be a weakness of the Joker Killer? While he didn't necessarily want Sudou's weakness, it was always handy to have in these sorts of arrangements.
"The more you tell us now...the less likely you'll see us again." Takaya offers the boy some hope at the end of the rainbow.
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
Jin wants to ask 'Why bother?' but this time, he manages to bite his tongue before the words slip out. Jin doesn't even know why, but he finds this guy _especially_ grating. Whatever they need, he can try to find it online. _Away_ from the people and sunshine. Jin doesn't particularly like either.
Instead he folds his arms over his chest and shifts his weight from one leg to the other again.
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
It certainly doesn't appear as if Niko would be ready for any sort of escape attempt on Jun's part. That casual pose makes it seem as if she might not even care. Of course, it's exceptionally dangerous to go by appearances. She's proven that much already, given that she looks like she would be a thug, but doesn't act like one at all. If anything, she's been playing the role of Good Cop here. But that could indeed just be a role.
Whatever the case may be, what little Jun can tell them does draw her immediate attention. "What? Ojisan writes poetry?! He never told me he writes poetry! Oh, I gotta hear this. Gotta ask him about that too, this should be good."
There are no hidden agendas here. Niko just likes poetry. Of course she does, doesn't she look like a poet? Don't answer that.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
Fair's fair: Jun doesn't find Jin especially endearing either. Something about being cornered in a street and having his loved ones threatened puts him in a bad mood. Niko might be the 'good cop' of the group right now, but considering how she laughed about Jin blowing up a motorcycle, she can't be underestimated either--and that's before taking her muscles into account.
"It's only something I was told about. I didn't read it for myself, only had a verse read to me," Jun replies, as much to her as to Takaya. "I got the impression that it was information confidential to law enforcement, so I hope your sources for intel includes the police."
He certainly doesn't hope that, but he does hope that it provides a wall to these three finding out... whatever the hell they want to find out. Jun has no intention of dropping Goro Akechi's name to these three--it's not a lot better to point them at the police, but at least they're an organization rather than an individual who'll be much harder pressed to defend himself against friends of a serial killer.
Either way, if he gets out of this situation in one piece, he'll need to reach out and warn them...
"Since we're being so friendly," he adds with that in mind, "might I ask you three to introduce yourselves? You know my name, but I don't know any of yours." Aside from 'Jin,' but Jun leaves that unsaid. He doesn't know if they'll play along, but it might be worth asking.
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
Takaya looks over to Jin when the cops are mentioned. While Takaya is sure that Jin could find his way into the police information network, the cult leader can only guess the computer genius' limits.
"Thank you for your concern but we'll be sure to find this poem--if it exists." Takaya grins, patting the boy on his shoulder again. "Are you sure thats all you can tell us? We really do want to understand your place in all this, Kashihara-kun. The more you tell us, the quicker this will go."
"My name? Amusing but pointless. Our names are the names of the forgotten. The ones at Death's door. We are the chorus, the ones who will watch the world's last desperate scream...But you may refer to me as Takaya....I'll let her introduce herself." He gestures to Niko.
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
"Jin," Jin says simply, though it was obvious from Niko's crowing earlier what his name was. If he's expecting anything more than that, Jun isn't getting it.
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
Niko lets out a sigh. She's gotten tired of this interrogation and its lack of results, it's just getting boring now. She may not be the best at spotting lies, but Jun is supposedly smart, so surely he would've realized lying wouldn't be a very good idea here. Which means, as she eloquently puts it, "Maaan, this is pointless, this guy doesn't know shit."
She wouldn't outright bail before Takaya is satisfied, but at least it's clear what camp she's in. It's the 'not entertaining enough, let's do something more fun' camp.
Jun asks for an introduction then, which seems to perk up Niko again, especially when Takaya prompts her. She does love to talk, so it's pretty easy to get her to. "Nice to meet you, I'm Niko! You can call me Niko-chan, everyone does~" Everyone does not. In fact this is a blatant lie, most people do not. Not for lack of trying on her part.
And, since she was given the perfect opening, she takes the opportunity to add, "And together we aaaaare... Streeeegaaaa~"
She says it exactly like the 'Sega' jingle. And you thought Jin was the biggest nerd here.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
Takaya, Jin, and Niko... Well, it's better than Jun had feared, especially after Takaya went on about how names are 'amusing but pointless.' He does note that look Takaya gives Jin--it is a look, but it doesn't seem particularly worried. So they don't have a contact already, but they aren't too concerned about being able to get that information... Jun doesn't know what that signifies.
His stare remains flat and unwelcoming, particularly when Takaya pats his shoulder again. He does not like being touched by him, but Jun understands that's part of the point. Again: he's been bullied before. For all that these three are certainly several levels above the type Jun usually deals with, he knows how it works.
"It does exist. I promise you that," Jun says evenly. It just isn't the poem that Strega might end up finding in connection with Sudou--but Jun, in all fairness, doesn't know that. He's working off incomplete and incorrect information, too. As Niko so eloquently points out-- "Quite," he says curtly.
And together, they're called... Strega. (Niko's sing-songing notwithstanding. Jun is not a gamer, so the reference goes over his head; he assumes she's just trying to be cute and/or annoying.) Italian for 'witch.' Jun doesn't know what, if anything, that signifies, and he does not try to ask.
"Well then, Takaya-san, Jin-san, Niko-san," oof, a pretty blatant snub at the end there, "may I go now? As I said before, whatever the Joker Killer wants from me, I want nothing to do with it. If you find out on your own, I sincerely hope you fail to inform me."
<Pose Tracker> Jin Shirato has posed.
Jin turns and _looks_ at Niko, exasperated. If they didn't look stupid before, they definitely do now.
"You think we're on some kinda sentai show or somethin'? We're not Team Featherman."
Not that Jin would know anything about that.
Not that he has every series pirated on his computer.
Not that he hacked the local network to snag the newest episode early, either.
Not. At. All.
"Screw this. I'm going back. This guy isn't worth our time." If the sun and the people weren't enough to be pissed off about, knowing a wimpy pretty boy like this one was the subject of Sudou's fascination was even _more_ irritating.
Jin turns to make his exit, briefly looking over his shoulder at Strega's tiniest (but strongest!) member. "C'mon, Niko-_chan_. Let's go." Yes, he used _chan_ purposefully. Because Jun purposefully _didn't_.
<Pose Tracker> Takaya Sakaki has posed.
Takaya listens to Jun, nodding his head softly. "Very well. Have a good night, Kashihara-kun. We will be on our way after one final bit of information."
The wirey man moves back to stand beside Jin, turning to look at Jun. "This has been us at our best behavior, no? We have not harmed you in the slightest. Please take note of that...because if we find out that you weren't open with us. If you lied. If you thought you could fool poor Jin here...well, We wouldn't be friends next time." Takaya gets a spooky look on his face, staring with haunted eyes.
"We would be enemies...And while I can find some blood in my cold dead heart for a misguided friend...Jin, I'm sorry to say, from my thorough understanding of him, is less likely to oblige."
Takaya smiles when Jin loses it and merely gestures to the retreating form. "And with that, Ta, ta, Kashihara-kun."
<Pose Tracker> Niko Kirisaki has posed.
Niko just, entirely deflates when her reference falls flat AND she gets a -san yet again, letting out a 'guhaaaa' as she sags forward. "So cruel..." Clearly that was all that still mattered to her in this interaction. Poem? What poem, she's already over that.
She just makes a whining noise in response to Jin's beratement of what she thought was a cool, if belated, intro. She's already been defeated, no need to kick her when she's down.
...is what would be the case, if Jin didn't turn around and actually called her Niko-chan. She immediately straightens up, like a dog who just noticed a squirrel. She can't manage any sort of additional comeback, or comment for the situation at hand. None of that matters right now, because Jin called her Niko-chan.
There is nothing but simple joy in her eventual response, consisting of merely, "Yes!" before she skips more than walks after him. Today turned out to be a good day, after all.
<Pose Tracker> Jun Kashihara has posed.
How ironic. Jun appears to have gotten out of this situation by being insufficiently interesting. He watches Jin lose his patience and start to storm off with Niko-'chan'--but before he can hope that this might be the end of it, Takaya points out that this was their best behavior and makes no guarantees next time will go so nicely if it turns out he hasn't been totally open with them.
"..." Jun only eyes him. He has been honest to the extent that he's been able--there really was a poem that seemed to hint about the future, he really doesn't know what the Joker Killer wants with him, he really does not want to get involved--but there's no knowing if these three will decide to come for him again anyway for whatever reason.
Once the three are gone, Jun continues on his way to Kameya Alley. Rather than any of the grocery stores, he heads to Izakaya Shiraishi where Ma'am and her bodyguard are. There, he takes a seat at one of the tables, where he clutches a napkin to his mouth until he eventually stops hyperventilating.