Izaya tapped his fingers on his desk, his other scrolling through websites while chatting on the Dollars. The screen reflected in his eyes. He was focused on nothing else but the screen in front of him. Normally he would have a light on, or something because he knew his eyes eventually began to hurt. And he would definitely regret sitting in front of his screen, in the darkness like that.

[ Setton ] I heard that Tokyo will be hit with a storm soon.

[Saika] Me too, It's going to rain a lot.

Izaya smirked a little as he glanced out of the window behind him. He couldn't exactly see the harsh rain, but he could surely hear it hitting the glass violently.

He turned back to the mail he was writing, and after a little while, he was done with his information and send it to Shiki.

He couldn't afford to go out now when all the chaos was rising. The dollars, the yellow scarves, Saika. Everything. It was dangerous... It was exciting.

Izaya snickered and leaned back in his chair. He needed to wait for Shiki to reply, so he couldn't just go to sleep yet.

He stared blankly at the city beneath him for a moment, before he leaned forward in his chair and rested his elbows on his desk, his head resting in his hands.

He turned on the desk lamp and turned back to his computer. The informant tapped his fingers restlessly on the wooden table. A sigh dared to break out along with a yawn. He just sat there, and did nothing but wait.

He didn't feel like chatting anymore. He was getting tired, but a single thought stirred in his mind when he glanced at the still active chat room.

He sat closer to the computer and began typing.

[ Kanra ] Hey, do you people know Heiwajima Shizuo?

[ Tanaka ] Heiwajima Shizuo?

[ Setton ] Doesn't ring a bell.

[ Bakyura ] Heiwajima Shizuo? The nutcase?

[ Tanaka ] You know about him?

[ Bakyura ] Don't tell me you don't. He was all over the news at some point.

[ Saika ] I don't remember seeing anything about him.

[ Bakyura ] Are you all blind or something? He was legit on the newspapers and in tv. People talked about him for MONTHS!

[ Tanaka ] Oh wait! I remember him now—

[ Kanra logged off ]

Izaya didn't want anyone to spoil this, he wanted to find out the ugly truth about Heiwajina Shizuo all by himself. He couldn't believe he had been all over the news at some point without the raven realizing it. Maybe the raven had been in a coma or something.

He began his research and typed in the blond's name. And hundreds of articles immediately popped up on the screen.

Izaya was surprised over how much information there was on that guy. Just like Masaomi had mentioned, it really had been all over the news, and there were several videos about it on Youtube too.

He then clicked on one of the highly rated article websites.

Heiwajima Shizuo. Age twentythree. Height—

Izaya yawned on the inside and scrolled further down the website.

—Heiwajima Shizuo was arrested for brutal manslaughter. However, all charges were dropped because of mentall ilness, and the teenager was placed in the care of Everserh Mental Asylum—

"Manslaughter.." Izaya muttered to himself and ignored the other part, feeling excited all of a sudden. He scrolled further down and let the information stick to his brain.

—Heiwajima Shizuo killed all in all, five people. The five people being his father, mother, his little brother and two others outside from the family. He murdered his whole family while they were sleeping peacefully in their beds at midnight. The neighbors claimed to have heard no screaming or arguing. Heiwajima's family was happy and held no strings of abuse.

Izaya's smile faltered a little, but it wouldn't be visible to anyone who would have watched him. He clicked away from the old website and found a newer one that contained updates from Shizuo's current condition.

Heiwajima is said to have murdered all of his doctors and nurses in the hospital, witnesses say he did it without showing hesitation, and the victims were bashed against something, having their head crushed by the powerful strength—

Izaya clicked away again, finding yet another website.

Heiwajima Kasuka, a victim of the monster of Ikebukuro, he tragically died while sleeping. The killer admitted having intentions of only choking the young boy to death, but ended up completely crushing his throat and breaking his neck. Shizuo described with detail how he had planned on doing it for months, but the reason why was never given away. Mother and father's injuries were different from the brother's, where Shizuo simply crushed their skulls—

"Interesting.." a wicked grin spread over his lips. He knew Shinra said he was dangerous, but he hadn't known how bad until now. Shizuo was nothing but a pure psycho, if not a sociopath.

—Heiwajima Shizuo had lived for weeks in the same house. He didn't do anything about the bodies and let them stay where they were, completely untouched. He ate breakfast like a normal person, did his homework and went to school. He openly admitted slaughtering his family without regret or guilt. Charges were pressed by Ruri, S—

"Hahaha! This is simply too exciting! To think that there actually exists a monster like that! It's simply too amazing!" Izaya chuckled to himself while scrolling through the internet. The blond truely was a psychopath at it's finest, and with that strength? Or boy. And to think that the informant had met him earlier was beyond mindblowing. "To think that I had been playing with fire without knowing it~!" Izaya snickered and began reading again.

He was about to click on yet another website until he noticed a video with Shinra's face on. Curiosity swelled in his chest and couldn't help but click on it.

"Shizuo-kun didn't always lash out. He was alright around other students. As long as he didn't get annoyed that is. But from what I've gathered, he never actually killed a student, maybe seriously injured them, but never killed. Yet again, he couldn't help injuring people with his incredible strength, he was always lashing out at people that annoyed him or made him feel uncomfortable, and he just snapped bones like sticks!. He showed his anger a lot in the past, yelled stuff and sweared loudly as he was fighting. Nowadays he's just... Expressionless. It's like he.. He's just calm... He changed a lot over the past years."

The informant listened closely to the brunette's words. Everything was printed into his brain with dark ink. He shut the video down as soon as it ended it ended. And the raven just sat there, not really staring at the screen as he appeared to be. He was just thinking. Deeply.

If he could use Shizuo as his pawn, he surely would. But it was impossible. And say it wasn't, It was nothing but a gamble. The blond was crazy and unpredictable, for all he knew he could become yet another victim of the brutal killed. It was indeed only a dangerous gamble.

Izaya knew better and let the thought be. It was better to admire dangerous animals on a safe distance anyway. He had enough fun as things were going at the moment. But he couldn't help but be a little disappointed that he couldn't spice things more up by adding the blond to the game.

A sound from his computer brought Izaya back to reality, and he immediately clicked on the mail message that popped up in the corner. The informant was surprised to find out, that it was actually not a text Shiki had send, but a very short video.

He clicked on it, having no clue what was in store for him.

"Orihara-san— nngh... It's best to leave town for a while. I don't know if only keeping a low profile will help you.." Shiki said between coughs in the video. Izaya's grin from earlier dropped completely as he listened to the older raven's serious words.

"I can't say much right now..!" Shiki was interrupted by the loud sounds of gunshots and had to turn his head away from the phone.

"I will call you about details later.." he wheezed. And Izaya could almost feel his hair standing on it's end from the mysterious situation.

"Someone, is after you. Don't speak with any clients or seek out people wishing to meet, don't mingle with the crowd. Only trust a handful of people. And be careful." Shiki kept looking to the side as he spoke, and the raven wondered what was going on. There was obviously a fight going on, but why?

"I have to leave now, Orihara-san. Remain careful!" And with that, the video ended. And Izaya was staring at a black screen.

Izaya scratched his neck a bit and shut down his computer. The only thing crossing his mind, was—

"Shit..."

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A/N: Yayyy long live the angsty feels. I'm also going to publish another chapter today because I actually have already posted it on Wattpad. And It is muuuch longer. I apologize for any spelling mistakes! Hope you enjoyed and see ya next chapter~!