Chapter 13: Saito Hajime
I was called to the station that day. It must be another assignment. Stupid chief. I should kill someday and make it look like he committed suicide.
Arriving at the station, I went to the chief's office. Entering, I put on my best fake face. The chief didn't seem to be very amused. He must still remember my little incident with him...
"You called chief?" I asked.
He didn't answer. He looked at my carefully while drumming his fingers together as he stared. I looked back at him, not bothering to fake it. I relaxed and looked at him with all that longing of killing him. I wonder if he was keen enough to notice.
After a while of silence, the chief shifted in his seat and leaned on his desk. In a quiet tone, he said, "I'm resigning you from the force, Hajime."
I raised an eyebrow. Did he actually notice? What joy. "Why do you think I need to resign, sir?" I asked. "I'm perfectly fine and functional. In my opinion, you're the one who should be resigned from the force." "Oh really? You think I should resign and you are still functional? Well, I disagree with you when you say you're functional," he said. "Functional officers don't leave dangerous cases unfinished and declare it closed."
He suddenly stood up and stood right in front of me, putting his face as near as he would dare. "Do you want to know what I'm talking about?" he asked.
I looked down on him. "So what if I do?"
He chuckled. "Then I'll take that as a confession, which gives me the regulation to have you arrested under the charges of deliberately keeping information from your commanding officer and the government."
I didn't move. Did he think he was scaring me? The fool. "You don't seem too contented to just arrest me," I said.
He smiled and pulled away from my face and began to pace. "Yes, you're right," he said. "I'm not contented with just your arrest. In fact, killing you for wanting to kill me isn't enough either. You want to know what I'm going to do?" he asked threateningly.
I smiled mockingly at him. Who does he think he is? "I'm shaking in fear," I said sarcastically.
He returned my smile with one just like mine. "You think you're so untouchable, Hajime. Well, I don't know about you, but how untouchable is, say...your wife?" he asked with an evil gleam in his eye.
I haven't felt the nervousness I felt at that moment in a long time. Cold sweat broke out on my body and my hands began to shake and my breathing became shallow. Slowly, I began to hold my sword.
"What do you plan on doing to her?" I asked in a soft but stern tone.
He was staring at me with an evil glare for a while but he later laughed at me so mockingly that it almost scared me. "Why should I tell you? You'll see for yourself when you get home tonight," he said.
He noticed the flare in my eyes. Before he could actually move, I quickly unsheathed my sword and cut the bastard in half. With its last impulse and breath, the upper half smiled at me and said, "I'll fuck your wife in hell," before going limp and dying altogether.
I didn't even care after that. In frenzy, I ran out and got the nearest horse I could get. Tokito was at home alone, and some men who were loyal to the chief would be on the way right now to harm her. Who knows what she could possibly do to defend herself.
I was called to the station that day. It must be another assignment. Stupid chief. I should kill someday and make it look like he committed suicide.
Arriving at the station, I went to the chief's office. Entering, I put on my best fake face. The chief didn't seem to be very amused. He must still remember my little incident with him...
"You called chief?" I asked.
He didn't answer. He looked at my carefully while drumming his fingers together as he stared. I looked back at him, not bothering to fake it. I relaxed and looked at him with all that longing of killing him. I wonder if he was keen enough to notice.
After a while of silence, the chief shifted in his seat and leaned on his desk. In a quiet tone, he said, "I'm resigning you from the force, Hajime."
I raised an eyebrow. Did he actually notice? What joy. "Why do you think I need to resign, sir?" I asked. "I'm perfectly fine and functional. In my opinion, you're the one who should be resigned from the force." "Oh really? You think I should resign and you are still functional? Well, I disagree with you when you say you're functional," he said. "Functional officers don't leave dangerous cases unfinished and declare it closed."
He suddenly stood up and stood right in front of me, putting his face as near as he would dare. "Do you want to know what I'm talking about?" he asked.
I looked down on him. "So what if I do?"
He chuckled. "Then I'll take that as a confession, which gives me the regulation to have you arrested under the charges of deliberately keeping information from your commanding officer and the government."
I didn't move. Did he think he was scaring me? The fool. "You don't seem too contented to just arrest me," I said.
He smiled and pulled away from my face and began to pace. "Yes, you're right," he said. "I'm not contented with just your arrest. In fact, killing you for wanting to kill me isn't enough either. You want to know what I'm going to do?" he asked threateningly.
I smiled mockingly at him. Who does he think he is? "I'm shaking in fear," I said sarcastically.
He returned my smile with one just like mine. "You think you're so untouchable, Hajime. Well, I don't know about you, but how untouchable is, say...your wife?" he asked with an evil gleam in his eye.
I haven't felt the nervousness I felt at that moment in a long time. Cold sweat broke out on my body and my hands began to shake and my breathing became shallow. Slowly, I began to hold my sword.
"What do you plan on doing to her?" I asked in a soft but stern tone.
He was staring at me with an evil glare for a while but he later laughed at me so mockingly that it almost scared me. "Why should I tell you? You'll see for yourself when you get home tonight," he said.
He noticed the flare in my eyes. Before he could actually move, I quickly unsheathed my sword and cut the bastard in half. With its last impulse and breath, the upper half smiled at me and said, "I'll fuck your wife in hell," before going limp and dying altogether.
I didn't even care after that. In frenzy, I ran out and got the nearest horse I could get. Tokito was at home alone, and some men who were loyal to the chief would be on the way right now to harm her. Who knows what she could possibly do to defend herself.