Prologue I-

A lunch For 2 At The Riverview

Her trip to Japan was not lost in translation. She had no lover to envy and no misunderstanding to the Japanese people. Her goal in this trip was to get the scoop of a very bizarre story. It didn't relate to how youth-obsessed an aging population was. However, it was already frightening enough to see a 40-year old woman with spray tan and pink hair, but she had seen worse in her journalism career. Also, she subscribed to 'Hannibal' on Netflix; the only person she sends her heart to was Will Graham.

Stephanie O' Riley got an email from a college friend. He works as an English teacher in an international school in Tokyo. He told his roommate, Keiji Okada, that she was a journalist for 'Weird Tales' and that he wanted to talk to her about something. Apparently he wanted the world to hear his story.

She had asked if they were able to do a Skype interview. His reply was less than polite; to be honest, it made him looked as though he was paranoid. He said that it was unsafe to Skype since a third-party could be recording the interview Stephanie wanted to do. So she had no choice but travel to Tokyo, via Singapore. However, before she hung up, she had asked him what his story would be about. He cryptically mentions the Taisho Tower incident in CNN.


She read the article he had mentioned while waiting for her flight at Changi Airport. The Taisho Tower incident was labeled as a terrorist attack. Half of the upper-levels were totally destroyed. The lower half however had intrigued investigators. Their reason was the strange markings on the floor and walls; it had been etched or carved precisely with thousands of surgical lasers to cover the whole room.

"It had appeared to be some kind of language?" one of the police officers spoke. He too was unsure what those symbols meant. Translators specializing in modern, cultural and historical languages weren't able to the crack the code. They all had described it as though it had come from another world.

Added to the bizarreness of the incident was electronic equipment. People that were in the area had experienced a sudden blackout before the building had exploded. Some nearest to the building felt as though they were hearing a wartime siren being made. This was added along with jade-green light that had surrounded the building.

"It just went BOOM!" a witness had spoke. She had suffered minor injuries to her forehead.

Another victim commented that the windows of his apartment just shattered out-of-nowhere. His apartment wasn't the only one to had its windows shattered. According to the data that CNN posted, all the buildings that were in a radius of fifty meters away from the Tower had reported injuries made by broken glass. This was due to aftershocks made by the explosion, which was logical considering the destruction it had made to the tower.

However, the most frightening feature of the article was the presence of strong radiation in the area. The local military and police forces had to evacuate the area. Some conspiracists had believed that it was a nuclear bomb that had destroyed the building. However, luckily for everyone in the city; it apparently to be an isolated event. The reason why is that when the nuclear physicist measured to see how dangerous the radiation activity was. Surprisingly, the levels were pretty low compared to the initial revelation. They say that this is due to the short half-life of the material, which itself was deemed a mystery since no bomb material was scattered at the scene.

Lastly, what had made Stephanie curios was the presence of the Kirijo Group. Even though it was labeled as a private company specializing in the R-and-D sector; they had managed to close the area for investigation. The police and the military were there to investigate as well. However, for some odd reason; her inner conspiracy theorist was tingling. The article had made it look like as though Kirijo was in charge. Her reason was the lack of interview from the police and military personal. Most of the post-investigation interviews consisted of the CEO Mitsuru Kirijo and fellow head-scientists of the corporation. Even with the famous detective Queen Naoto Shirogane added to the mix on how to calm a panicking city. Stephanie felt there was something to hide; and this was a pretty obvious cover up if you ask any amateur besides her. So getting this scoop was definitely worth the trip


"Konichiwa Stephanie-chan." Keiji greeted in english with a rather thick accent.

"Likewise." she spoke as bowed back to him.

Keiji and Stephanie were having lunch at the Riverview. A somewhat chic, urban restaurant for middle class worker that had stunning views of the city landscape across the Sumida River.

"I heard you like fish?" he inquired with a somewhat classy voice.

"Indeed..." she spoke as he order two plates of something she doesn't know since her Japanese wasn't that great.

"Anyways, shall we begin?" Stephanie had asked.

"Anything for the pretty lady." he spoke while taking a sip of his red wine.

"I take that as a yes." she spoke while pulling out her laptop from her bag. She had asked him to start from the beginning to end as every little detail might be important for this article.

"Everything?" he repeated. A devilishly smile appeared on his lips. Compared to his paranoid act on the internet, Keiji was kind'a laxed when talking face-to-face.

"Are you sure your ready to hear the rambles of a drunken man?" he asked.

"You don't sound drunk to me?"

"Touche madame. Touche..." he laughed before taking another sip of his wine.

"Anyways, the story began four years ago last spring. I was twenty-three back-then when everything turned to hell for most of us..."

"You were in a group?"

"Somewhat..." Keiji shrugged. "Anyways, most of us have either separated and probably gone hiding."

"What happened to the rest?"

"They died..."

Stephanie looked at Keiji with a face of shock. Her fingers ceased to type. She had asked him if he said, "Died". His nodded had confirmed his suspicions.

"Anyways, want me to continue the story?" he had asked with a serious face.

"Sure. Go on." Stephanie replied, Keijie repeated what he said earlier on...


A/N: If anyone has questions about Malice. I deleted it because I didn't had the feeling to write it again. My reason why is that exam had sucked the imagination out of me, instead, I replaced it with this. I'm going for the same noir mystery in Kaya's story. Like Malice, I accepting OC's. However the twist is that you have to review after Chapter two is made. So, if you like this chapter (or not). Type it in the review box down below.

I always love you my dear readers- Anom Director