Chapter 3:
Familiar Feeling and Sent
Once again, Robin and Amon found themselves in Kyoto. They waited outside of the city's police station until they spotted the late reporter's cameraman leaving the building.
"Excuse me, sir." Amon grabbed the man's shoulder.
The poor man turned to face him, he was so scared. He shook and was near tears. "W-what do you want from me?" He asked.
Trying to calm the man down, Robin spoke calmly. "We just want to hear what you have to say about what happened last night."
"I already told the cops everything I know, who are you people?"
"We are independent detectives who would like to hear your story." Amon lifted his hand from the man's shoulder. "We'll treat you to a meal." The man looked from Amon to Robin and nodded.
They led the man (whose name turned out to be Mr. Green) to a small café and he began his story.
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"It was around nine last night. Ms. Finch and I were talking in the park outside of our hotel about the food that was served at this restaurant we went to for supper. No one else was around. Then, someone cloaked in black appeared out of the trees. About your height, miss." Mr. Green pointed to Robin and continued.
"This person just stood there and I said to Ms. Finch that it was creeping me out. But when I turned to look at her I saw that she was in pain. I asked what was wrong and she clutched her chest and gasped for air. She fell to the ground and started screaming.
"I called out to the person in the cloak and he came over."
"So it was a man?" Amon asked.
"I don't know." Mr. Green admitted. "I didn't get a good look at him." He continued. "He came over though and I told him to call an ambulance. He didn't move, just stood there staring at Ms. Finch and she started screaming again. She kept saying 'stop it' even though no one was doing anything to her."
"I called for an ambulance since the person wasn't doing anything. I asked the guy to help me lift her onto a bench and then the weirdest thing happened. All of a sudden there was a pain in my chest, I can't describe it except that it hurt. Now don't call me crazy, but somehow I knew that the cloaked person was doing it, I swear. I also fell over onto the ground. I looked up at the person and he smiled."
Robin stood up from her chair. "Excuse me." She said and headed in the direction of the bathroom, clutching her head with one hand. Amon nodded for Mr. Green to continue his story.
"So he smiled at me, but not a normal smile. It was a crazy smile and when he did, the pain got worse." He shuddered. "The ambulance came then and the person ran off."
"That's strange." Amon muttered. "And you said that you can describe the pain."
"I've never felt anything like it." Mr. Green replied. "Maybe almost a burning sensation…"
"It was so painful, it burned?" Amon thought aloud.
"They're examining the body this afternoon, would that help?" Mr. Green offered. "I could get you in to see."
"That would be very helpful." Amon said. "Thank You." Robin returned to the table with a confused look on her face. "We'll be going to check out the body." He explained but it didn't seem to ease Robin in whatever it was that troubled her.
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"Now don't touch anything." Amon warned Robin when the entered the room that held Ms. Finch's body.
"I won't." She promised.
"Now what did you find?" Mr. Green asked the forensics official.
Robin only half paid attention to what was being said. She smelt something strange. It was a familiar scent but she wondered why it was here. It was the sent of burnt flesh. "-Appears like she's been burned from the inside out." She heard the official say.