CHAPTER SIX
The corpse of a woman, seemingly dead by having her throat cut, is the only thing left in the park where BK-201 and NC-805 were active when Misaki, Saitou and Kouno arrives. Misaki wonders if this has anything to do with that she went to Li's place, but she doesn't think so. That was probably just a coincidence, but she still finds it weird that he's suddenly using his ability again.
For two weeks, there was no activity from BK-201's star, and now there has been twice in just two days. Though knowing where he lives, Misaki is no closer to catching him than she was before. But now, she wants to catch him for personal matters. Otherwise she could've used the police for getting into his apartment.
There are no witnesses, so NC-805's identy remains a mystery. Maybe Li knows who it is, but there is no way for Misaki to find that out.
Searching the area gave nothing either, which is frustrating Misaki.
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Back in her apartment, Yami is lost in thought. The Black Reaper beat her, he got the object, and he electrocuted her. If she hadn't been using her ability on him, it probably would've killed her, but the pain must've weakened him, because she can see no reason for him to let her live. Having an ability that can't kill is a huge disadvantage for her, but Yami still considers her ability very useful. This time, she must've done something wrong, but she can't come up with what. She worked just like normally, not using her power too much, and pretending to give her opponent a chance to beat her, only this time, he actually did, and that has never happened before. Neither does she like using her powers too much since the more she uses them the more she has to cut herself, and it's not impossible that her obeisance would kill her.
She had followed Hibiki's instructions, she had forced the Black Reaper down with her power. And she had been so close to succeeding. Failure is a new thing to Yami, and she doesn't want to experience it ever again.
There's still much time left in the day, so she decides to go out exploring the town. When she was little she dreamt about going to Tokyo, but as a contractor, that dream has no importance whatsoever. She at least needs to find somewhere to eat again, because only one meal is far from enough to survive an entire day.
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Misaki and Kanami are sitting at a table at McDoness, Misaki eatinh a hamburger and fries, Kanami eating a salad. The place is almost full, and they were lucky to get a table for themselves. Kanami is the only one Misaki has told about Li being BK-201, and she wants to talk to her friend about things like that.
"I went to Li's place this morning", Misaki tells Kanami. "But he didn't seem to be home."
"Maybe he wanted you to kick down the door to prove to him that you really love him?" Kanami suggests, making Miskai blush.
"I don't love him", she says, stuffing her mouth full with fries.
"May I sit here?" a faint voice suddenly says beside Misaki. She looks up to see the girl from outside Li'a apartment standing there holding onto a hamburger. The girl still has her hair covering the upper part of her face, and is wearing the same black sweater and pink miniskirt.
"Sure", Kanami smiles at the girl who then sits down beside Misaki. Kanami returns her attention to Misaki. "We know he's still in town, so don't give up trying to find him now that you've started looking for him again, maybe you can find him at a romantic hotel..." she flashes a knowing smile at her best friend.
Misaki nearly chokes on her fries. "Kanami!" she exclaims, shaking her head at her friend. "I just want to talk to him."
Kanami sighs, disappointed in Misaki's lack of interest in romance, but she knows that she has feelings for Li, even though he is the contractor she's been chasing after for a very long time. But maybe that just increased her interest in him. Remembering that someone else is sitting with them, Kanami turns to the girl.
"We're being rude", she say. "I'm Ishizaki Kanami, this is Kirihara Misaki", she points the friend while saying her name.
The girl looks up at her, and says, "Kajiwara Katsumi", before returning her gaze to the table and finishing her hamburger.
"I saw you earlier today", Misaki says and the the girl, Katsumi, nods slowly as reply. "Have you ever seen someone in the apartment I was standing outside of?"
"No", she doesn't even look up when she answers. She then stands up from her chair and starts to walk away.
"That was a weird girl", Kanami points out.
"Everyone isn't as talkative as you", Misaki replies.
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The next day there is a new letter inside of Hei's door. He quickly reads it, getting instructions on who to give the package to. It also says that he'll retrieve his payment then, and the letter ends with a complaint about that he let the woman die.
"Yin, did you see who left this?" he asks the doll.
"No", she replies.
Hei would like to know who he's working for, but he's somehow getting to work safely without having members of The Syndicate trying to kill him, and he's getting paid. Maybe he would dare going to Homerun House for a meal? He quickly shakes the idea out of his head. Two missions might've gone without any trouble, that doesn't mean he's safe. But if things remain like this...
A/N: sorry for the late update, school's been keeping me busy...
But please let me know what you think so far? Would mean a lot