A/n And here is the second and last part of "Informative Interrogation" this time introducing... you'll see :D I had a blast writing this chapter (it's my favourite one of this story, if I may say so myself) so I hope you too will enjoy your read.
Chapter 5: Informative Interrogation, part II
The place usually has been quiet. It had a dense, unfriendly atmosphere, so much so that even the workers preferred not to talk to each other out of fear they will so something wrong. But, it was hard to expect anything else as only the most dangerous criminals were interrogated here. That's why the buzz of an alarm caused everyone to jump.
Goro Akechi, the young detective prince, was on his way to the interrogation room when the alarm sounded. Soon, he was pushed aside by three men in black rushing somewhere.
"Hey, what's going on!?" Goro shouted after them, but they did not bother to answer.
Akechi turned around and noticed a few more men running towards him.
"What's happening!?" he repeated his question.
The apparent leader of the guards, a muscular man with short, spiky black hair turned around to face him.
"They say that prosecutor chick attacked the suspect!"
Akechi gasped. He quickly followed the men. The interrogation room was not far off, and soon he could hear the comotion. However, even he was not prepared for what he saw after he entered the room.
The chair was broken,the desk knocked down, and laying on the floor, Sae Nijima was cursing angrily, choking Ren Amamiya with one hand and trying to fend herself off the guards with the other one.
"No!" Nijima screamed as some of the guards grabbed her shoulders "Let me do this! I have to do this!"
"Come on, Nijima-san." The leader of the guards grabbed her firmly and finally dragged her away "We all want to do this, but you're acting unreasonable."
"Keep her away from me!" Amamiya was gasping for breath "She is insane!"
"AHAHAHAHA!" Nijima laughed maniacally "I AM insane!? LET ME GOOO!" she kicked the air a few times,trying to break free.
"It's okay now, Sae-san". Akechi extended his arms "It's okay."
The young prosecutor was let go and Goro hugged her tightly. Whatever Amamiya did, caused Sae to start crying in his arms.
"Why Makoto,why, why..." she whispered through tears.
"It's okay..."
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Suddenly Nijima broke the hug and tried to attack Ren again, but was grabbed by some guards in the last moment.
"Get her out of here!" The leader ordered his men "Goddammit, I told her his methods are unknown..."
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Sae tried to struggle as she was forcefully dragged out of the interrogation room "I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL KILL YOU!"
Four men were needed to held the young prosecutor and escort her out of the room. Finally, it was achieved,. and the leader of the guards closed the room.
Goro Akechi was the only one who stayed with Ren Amamiya. He looked furiously at the other teen and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"What did you do to Sae-san!?"
"Nothing! I just told her about the day I meet her sister, that's it!"
"What exactly did you tell her!?"
"Well..."
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"Watch where you're going!" Ren shouted, as someone collided with him.
"Oh." A young, raven-haired girl looked at him with her reddish eyes. She bowed her head " I am sorry, I was just trying to get to Principal's..."
"Dumb idiot. Stupid cow. Retarded..."
"Excuse me!?" The girl's eyes widened "You're Amamiya-kun, aren't you? We don't tolerate this kind of language in Shujin, even from you!"
"Horsefaced poopbrain..."
"I am talking to you!"
"Pathetic parasite..."
"ENOUGH!" the girl was shaking with fury "How DARE you say that!? I'll have you know I am your school president!"
"That's just what the students are saying about you. Sorry."
"What!?" Nijima stuttered. "T-that's not true..."
"Sorry, someone needed to say that to your face. Kobayakawa's lapdog."
"Oh, yeah!?" Makoto shouted. Most of the students turned their heads towards her. "OH, YEAH!? FINE! I QUIT!" She grabbed Yuki Mishima, who was just passing by "Now you can be the school president. We'll see how you like that!"
And with that, Makoto ran to the girl's restroom, crying heavily.
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"Hm..." Akechi muttered "If that's what you said, maybe Nijima-san overreacted. Though you could have been more polite to the poor girl."
"I'LL KILL THAT BASTARD!" suddenly errupted through the corridors
"But why would the students say something like that about her own..."
"They didn't."
"Excuse me!?" Akechi blinked a few times.
"They loved her as the school president."
"Then why did you..."
"Because I didn't." Ren said calmly.
"You're sick in the head."
"Eeew, dudee! GROSS!"
Akechi looked at him like he wanted to choke the boy himself,but before he could, Ren spoke again.
"But hear me out..."
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Makoto was siting alone on one of the benches outside the school,with her head burried in her hands. The students were passing her by, not paying any attention to her. Suddenly,she felt being patted in the shoulder.
She raised her head and saw Ren Amamiya extending a hand with a drink.
"What do you want!?" She asked angrily.
"I came to apologize." The boy said with sadness in her tone. "I shouldn't have said all that. I am sorry, Nijima-san."
"Well, that's just what they apparently think about me." Makoto tried not to sound sad.
"Yes it is." Ren sighed and sat next to her "Wanna drink?"
The girl was hesistant for a moment, but smiled weakly and took the can.
"I apologize once again." Ren said "I don't know why I said that. To be clear, I think you're doing great as our president."
"I WAS doing great." Makoto took another sip. "I handed the presidenture over to Yuuki Mishima. Now he will have to deal with all that crap about mafia using our students."
"Say what now?" Ren was unusually interested
"They may even have ties to Yakuza." The girl sighed "I knew it was dangerous, but I wanted to do something so much.."
"Maybe you still can?"
"Huh? What do you mean?... Anyway, I am not the president anymore, Mishima is..."
"Exactly! Let's prove to those low-lives that you were a hundred times better then this zombie boy! I'll help you!"
"Why?" Makoto looked at him surprised.
"Well, because I feel bad for what I did..."
"It's no use..."Makoto sighed again "We don't even know their boss' name."
"Leave that to me." Ren smiled "I'll find it out."
"How?"
"I'll think of something... What do you say... Makoto?"
The girl smiled and looked at him.
"Thank you, Ren."
The boy was quite handsome, although he would look better without those glasses on... oh no, not such thoughts again. Last year Sakamoto and now Amamiya!? She promised herself she will control herself. She decided to break the eye contact before she does something stupid... again. But my, those eyes...
She quickly looked at the can she was holding and gasped in fear, standing up rapidly.
"IS THAT A COLA!?"
"Yeah, what's wrong!?" Ren also stood up.
"I..." She mumbled as she felt something happening in her stomach "I... cannot drink... carbonated..."
"OH, Crap!" Ren shouted "Makoto, I am sorry! I did not know that!"
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"Just to be clear: I totally knew that."
"So, you promised Nijima help. You aquired her trust, for what purpose... exactly?"
"Well, listen and be entertained:" Ren smiled "Let's fast-forward a few days."
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"Ren,is that really a good idea?" Makoto asked as the gang members were pushing them forward "Maybe we would be better off calling the police?"
"Calm down, Makoto" Ren said calmly "I have eyerything under my control."
"No talking!" One of the mafia members slapped his head.
"Ren, I am scared..." Makoto whispered.
"No need. I am here with you,after all."
"No talking! One of the mafia members slapped his head again.
"OW! Why are you only beating ME up!?"
"No talking!"
Makoto could not control herself and looked at the boy. In the pale moonlight , his face looked so mature. She felt he would protect her always and anywhere. The girl could not wait until they get out of here and she will drown in his strong, manly embrace...
"Amamiya-kun? Is that you?" Came a voice as they entered a room.
"It is me, Kaneshiro-sensei." Ren bowed down so hard he almost touched the floor with his head "It is a honour to see you again."
"Sit down, my boy."
A fat,ugly man smiled at the teenager and patted the seat next to him. The women around the fat man giggled with joy.
"No,thank you. I'll stand."
"Oh,Amamiya ,always so tactful..."
Makoto was observing all that, not understanding what was going on.
"I brought a girl again, Kaneshiro-sensei." Ren said "She'll be perfect for that OTHER buissness of yours."
"REN-KUN!?" Makoto looked at him with shock
"Is that our little miss student council president?" Kaneshiro gave her a ugly smile "Sister of prosecutor Sae Nijima?"
"Indeed it is."
"Well then, mrs. Nijima... it appears we have work for you."
Makoto paled and gave Ren a pleading look, but the boy just smirked.
"Take her away, boys. Our clients are waiting"
Two muscular men grabbed Makoto from both sides. She tried to struggle and break free, but the men escorted her out of the room.
"NO! REN, PLEASE!"
Ren started laughing, and Kaneshiro soon joined in.
"How do you do it, Kid? You're clearly my best man for this job."
"It's all thanks to my natural charm."
Kaneshiro smirked and opened one of the suitcases.
"You did good. As always, 25 yen is yours..."
"Don't need it, sensei. I am not doing this for money."
"Oh, what are you doing it for, then?"
"Fun."
Kaneshiro laughed out loud.
"Oh, Amamiya-kun,you're just like a son to me."
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"YOU DID WHAT!?" Akechi screamed in Ren's face.
"What's the big deal?" Ren answered "At least she has a job!"
"You forced her to be a prostitute!"
"SO!?"
Akechi took a few deep breaths.
"At least, the justice system got you. There is no way you won't get death penalty."
"WHAT!?" Ren stood up rapidly "DEATH PENALTY!? FOR WHAT!?"
Goro grinned maniacally.
"It's no use wasting prison space for people like you."
Akechi reached into his pocket and grabbed something - a gun. The black haired boy sat back down and gasped in fear.
"Have you finally figured it out?" Akechi smirked "Case closed, this is how your insanity ends... what are you laughing at!?"
"You don't have the balls to do this, Goro Akechi..." Ren smiled deviously "Or should I rather say: Goro Shido?"
Akechi/Shido dropped his gun.
"H-how do you..."
"You have your ways of knowing stuff if you're me." Ren stood up "Always the unwanted one, huh, Goro Akechi? Not loved by your father, not liked by other kids..."
"STOP IT!" the detective took a few steps back.
"... Considered a freak by the detective society, hell even Sae Nijima secretly hates your cheap attempts at flirting, and you know it, don't you?"
"NO!" the other boy fell to his knees and covered his ears.
Ren calmly picked up his gun.
"Your own father called you a bastard child, didn't he? Is this why you hate people, Goro? Out of jealousy? Is this why you became a murderer? Because you somehow thought people will appreciate you?"
Goro looked at Ren with terror on his face.
"Oh yeah, I know that too,don't I?" Ren began toying with the gun "You say I am evil? That I am a maniac? Sick in the head? What about your own deeds?
"I-i..."
"You pretend to be this amazing, wonderful detective, yet in reality are just a mercenary who eliminates his targets where they can not even defend themselves. And you say we're different?
"I... am not like you! I can't be!"
"Oh, but you are! You want to bring justice? To punish evildoers?" Ren handed him the gun "Then do what you think needs to be done. Unless you are a coward after all."
Goro looked at the gun in his hands. After a few moments he slowly brought it to his head.
"Do it." Ren smiled "Prove to me that you are this great detective who punishes criminals . The one you dreamed to be."
The other boy started welping. He felt his finger touching the trigger. He saw Amamiya's cocky smile. He...
Suddenly, he dropped the gun. Without looking at Ren he turned around and ran from the interrogation room, crying heavily.
"Goro!" Ren picked the gun "Goro, you forgot something!"
He wondered for a minute, and decided to put the gun in his pocket. Calmly, Ren walked towards his chair and sat back down. The boy turned his face towards one of the cameras in the room.
"Hello!? I am still here! I'd like to be interrogated,please!"
But as noone came for 5... 10... 20 minutes, Ren stood up. He opened the door, and then the building undisturbed by anyone.
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"C'mon... faster... faster..." Ren muttered watching the TV
He did that continuosly, getting the attention of not only Sojiro Sakura, but all two of his customer's.
"What are you waiting for?" Sojiro risked to ask.
Ren turned to face him with dead eyes and the man gulped, but all the kid did this time was point to the TV.
"Those are today's Headline News" A young woman was hosting the news report : "Yakuza memebers Akihiko S. and Mitsuru K. have been arrested in Inaba, following yesterday's police raid." The camera first showed a young, muscular man with tatoos covering most of his body and then a red-haired woman of similar age, who was sticking her pierced tongue towards the camera with insane look in her eyes "Those two dangerous criminals were probably send to Inaba to silence Yu Narukami, a key witness in the case revolving a drug-dealing scheme involving the death of news reporter Mayumi Yamano. for his own safety Yu Narukami is living with one of the police officers, Ryotaro Dojima, who is posing as his uncle. They currently reside in Inaba's Lowers Street, house number 14. However, due to the case still being unresolved, and he still can be in danger, Yu Narukami's privacy must be respected and all details on his whereabouts are restricted."
"Recently" a man added "There has been some new controversies surrounding the case, as it has been discovered Dojima's daughter Nanako might be the mastermind of said murder.."
"GOD DAMMIT FASTER!" Ren yelled, causing everyone to jump and Sojiro to wince in fear.
"Another breaking top-story is about the arest of the artist Madarame after his only pupil, Yusuke Kitagawa, has been found dead in his room, and the doctors confirmed the cause of death to be starvation..."
"I have to interrupt you." The man interrupted her "We have news that the detective prince Goro Akechi is ready to start his, suddenly called, press conference. We're moving there to see what he has to say."
"Finally!" Ren yelled "Now everyone be quiet, or I'll get angry."
The room was still empty, with some people correcting the position of the microphone, however the flashes as the newsmen were taking pictures were already quite heavy. Judging by the voices, not only media were allowed in, but at least some of Akechi's teenage fangirls somehow made their way inside.
Rapidly, Goro Akechi entered the scene, with the cameras being able to catch the glimpse of someones hand, clearly trying to stop the boy for the last time.
As soon as Goro turned to the audience, it was clear something was wrong: His brown hair were messy, and apparently wrenched in places. His shirt was blotchy and the buttons weren't exactly buckled. His pants weren't even present.
Some of the girls screamed in terror.
"Thank you all for coming here." Goro started with a trembling tone "Tonight I have a very important announcement to make."
Everyone got quiet.
"I am the cause of all recent mental shutdowns."
The room erupted with voices, some expressing their disapproval, some disbelief, and some trying to ask a question.
"That's right. It was me. But let me just say that I was not the one ordering those incidents."
"Who was it then!?" A young reporter asked.
"Someone more powerful then me."
"This... person... did he or she order all of the attacks?"
"Yes, that's ri..." suddenly Goro stuttered "No. Not all of them. The first time I did this I was fueled by nothing else but my very own jelousy and greed. I-i." His voice started to crack "I wanted to be appreciated too... I am so,so sorry... I know nothing I say or do will bring Naoto Shirogane back to life... but... but... but..."
The boy could not take the pressure anymore. He turned around and started to cry visibly. Everyone in the room fell quiet.
"Can you tell us who was it that ordered the mental shutdowns?" A reporter asked calmly.
Goro took a few moments to calm down,but nodded his head.
"That's the least I can do after all this... It was..." Suddenly, he stopped and grabbed his throat.
"OH! HERE IT COMES!" Ren could not hide his excitement
"Here comes what?" Sojiro asked
Akechi was visibly chocking, and some black substance started to come out of his mouth, nose and ears. The public was terrified.
"EEEEWWWW!" screamed some of Akechi's fangirls.
The boy's body began convulsing, until he finally fell on the floor.
"Dear God! Akechi-kun!"
Ren turned around and started jumping around the restaurant and beating his chest triumphantly. Finally he pointed at the TV.
"YEES! MENTAALL SHUUUTDOOOWN!"
"Dear God!" Sojiro screamed "This kid just died on live TV"
"I know! Ren shouted! And it might all been thanks to me!"
Dancing, the boy reached the stairs to his room.
"WAIT!" Sojiro shouted after him "What do you mean it has been thanks to you?"
Ren turned around.
"You don't want to know."
The boy entered his room. Another point for Ren Amamiya.