"Arrest me for breaking a law?" I echoed, putting on a brave front, glaring unswervingly at the one who called himself Kagamine Len. "And pray tell, what law have I broken other than to float in the polluted air above the city? If you ask me, the appalling contaminated air should be the one getting arrested, Mr Sergeant. Do your job properly."

"What is going on? What is he talking about?" was what I truly I thought as I stared him down directly, pretending to have more courage then I actually owned. He made the tension in the atmosphere heavy and it made me feel nervous, threatened, yet queerly excited. The soft and gentle moonlight that I had just loved now seemed so cruel, for it lit up his aquamarine coloured eyes, making him look more dangerous than ever.

"You still have the audacity to lie through your teeth, pretending you are innocent?" He demanded, with a slightly infuriated expression glinting in his eyes, increasing the intensity he unconsciously created further.

Not good, wrong move, shouldn't have provoked him by using sarcasm.

He seemed more hazardous than ever with his emotions finally emerging, making his presence nearly overwhelming. My instinct screamed at me to flee the place immediately, to distance myself from this terrifying being. Yet, I could not move. Fear gripped my heart tightly, limiting my movements and thought processes, only allowing me to tremble slightly in fright. I swear if I was still a naive human, I would have literally collapsed onto the floor, my legs quivering so badly that I could barely sit up straight.

So this was what true fear felt liked, I mused and grinned inwardly. It had been too long, far too long since I felt this thrilling disturbance again. I had forgotten what it was like to be on the receiving end of this terrorizing emotion. Truly, I had become excessively complacent and regarded myself too highly ever since I received the unearthly powers I now possessed.

"Miss Rin Kagamine, you do you not admit the fact that you killed 72 humans when your maximum quota was 4?" he inquired in his clear, intimidating voice.

"You mean I even had a killing quota?" I responded, evidently baffled, confounded but still guarded. "Gee, I really learn something new every day, don't I?"

"Are you trying to imply that nobody from the committee of vengeful affairs came to warn you about your quota?"

Strangely, his intimidating aura had now almost disappeared, mostly replaced completely by confusion. I examined his bewildered expression, slightly disappointed at the fact that my thrill had vanished so soon.

What committee is he talking about anyway? I certainly did not expect that I would still be constricted by rules and regulations even when I was dead. Tsk, what a pain everything is. How was toying with the lives of some minuscule humans considered a crime anyway?

"Nevertheless," I deliberated, "if i play my cards correctly, I would be able to escape scot-free from this so-called 'crime'." I certainly did not want to waste my time rotting away doing the punishment they gave me for what I assume, is a minor crime.

"Why was this Len Kagamine such a stickler for rules anyway?" I scoffed, "To think he shares the same unusual surname as me."

"Answer me Miss Kagamine, for your life depends on your answer. Did anybody from the committee of vengeful affairs warn you about your quota?" He interrogated.

Undoubtedly, the sentence 'like no, duh' would have been appropriate as my reply. Yet, my instinct suddenly acted up again. Why was he using my life to threaten me for an answer? In a split second, I knew my answer. This crime which I was ignorant of was not minor at all, it was the exact opposite.

Once I had finally understood the fragile situation that I was in, I started feeling ecstatic yet tense again. The familiar thrill I missed was back.

Nonetheless, I knew that I was still in a delicate situation and feeling happy about it would definitely not help keep me afloat. Surviving this would be akin to walking on a tightrope 2 kilometers from the ground, without a safety net for protection.

"Absolutely not, when I first became a spirit, no one came to give me any instructions of any sort. Furthermore, until you recently told me, I did not even know such a committee existed." I retorted defensively and even added a pathetic wail to my tone making myself seem more innocent, defenseless.

That was the tactic I had chosen, to tell the truth in such a way that the committee was at fault, not me, the poor victimized spirit who was oblivious to everything.

"Do you swear that everything you have just said was nothing but the naked truth?"

If I wasn't in such a fragile position, I would have rolled my eyes.
"I swear."

However, even though I had given him my word, he still continued to glower at me, as if he was trying to bore a hole through my soul, just to see whether I was truly telling the truth. Finally, he lowered his eyes away from me and took out a black notebook and flipped through it, muttering to himself like the freak he was.

"So, can I go and mind my own matters now?" I questioned pompously, as if telling Mr Kagamine that now he realized he was in the wrong, not me, I should be allowed go freely, with an apology given. "I win," was what I believed as I smirked secretly and relaxed myself, crossing my arms and letting my guard down.

Just as I finished my sentence, he instantaneously shut his notebook, eyed at me indifferently and replied, "I'm sorry to say this but until we have fully studied your case, Miss Rin Kagamine, you will be detained in hell."