Seeds of Agito
Class M is facing a hard task of finding a lead on solving this "faceless" case but as they are establishing clues to make a connection, a possible suspect will make its appearance later within this chapter.
As Class M digs deeper into the case, the phone rang and the police dispatcher accepted the call, and there she tells everyone that an 11th victim is found dead just four streets from the police station, and there Hikaru and Umi are startled as they realized what the police chief meant what he said earlier. Immediately Class M asked for the address of the crime scene, and after getting it, they went there with the police following, and after less than five minutes they arrived at the crime scene, which is a flower shop and noted that the witness who called the police stated that he saw the body inside, and Fuu noted that everything looked normal as there are no signs of forced entry. Nevertheless Hikaru went ahead and opened the door to go inside.
"Okay…I'm going in…Umi…prepare your rapier…your fencing skills might be needed in case the killer's still there and armed…"
"Got it…I'm right behind you…"
As she got in, Hikaru stopped and vomited upon seeing the scene, and when Umi and Fuu followed, they were surprised as well and helped Hikaru calm herself as they, along with the police, are greeted with a gruesome sight of a well-known florist within Tokyo is lying dead, his face being "scraped off" leaving only a bloodied remains and some tissues exposed before portions of his skull is shown.
"Ew…"
"Now I see why this case is called "faceless"…"
"HHHUUUGGHHH!"
"Easy, Hikaru…easy…"
"YUCK! Don't vomit on my school uniform!"
"Sorry…"
Agito (24.7 version) by Shinichi Ishihara
(2nd Opening song from Kamen Rider Agito)
Kimi ga mita
Yume no naka
Hontou koto
Motomubeki mirai ga nemuru
Tada, yotte de
daki shimerarete ita
Yasashii... tsuyosa o...
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!
Namida mi wa
Modo wa nai
Boku wa mi wa
husawashii toki na arudaro o
Mada Tokokanai Hisho wo Tokugengi Tsuturetemo
Ashitasu
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Tsuyo Kunareru Miyuin na aru?
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Yuru unaru aito Get On!
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!
147: Mahō Kishi Tantei part 2
A few minutes after discovering the body, Class M recovered and looked around to see if they could find a clue as some of the policemen took pictures of the crime scene before taking the body away so as to have some reference. While looking around, Umi saw something on the wall and called on the others to check it out, and everyone was quite shocked to see the message written on the wall, which uses blood, no doubt from the dead florist.
"Hikaru…Umi…look at this…"
"Those messages…"
"That's some kind of greeting…coming from a killer…"
Gorudon came and saw the message as well, commenting that this is the 11th time that the killer leaves a bloodied message and tells Class M that the killer always does this after committing murder, which further baffles the investigators and couldn't establish a lead that would connect the case.
"That's the 11th time that the killer leaves a message like that…"
"Really?"
"Yes…what you saw just now is a new message…"
The message on the wall says "SPECIAL DEATHERY", as in a pun on "special delivery", and Fuu didn't find it humorous seeing how brutal the murder was. Umi thought carefully about this and can only assume that grudge is the motive as she pointed out that the cash register is intact with no money taken, and that given the brutality of the assault, she immediately assumed that the culprit bears that the killer has bear a hatred towards the victim.
"Hmm…it might be just an assumption or theory on my part…but it seems that the killer knows his victims…and may bear a hatred towards that victim…and I'm not sure if this is just random or premeditated…"
"Are you sure, Umi…"
"Maybe…but I'm still not sure…"
"We shouldn't jump to conclusions just yet…"
"Hikaru's right…we need to assess things first before we try your theory…"
"Yes…you're right…"
However, Hikaru pointed out that it's too early to make that assumption and urged everyone that unless the culprit is caught, more would-be victims will fall in the hands of the brutal killer, and this motivated everyone to work together and they all left the crime scene and heads back towards the police HQ.
-x-
At the Tokyo Police HQ, Class M, along with some of the investigators, are studying several set of pictures showing both the "faceless" corpses and the bloodied messages the killer left behind leading them to believe that Umi's theory may be right about the fact that the culprit is somewhere within an area of Tokyo as they assumed that the killer seemingly knew the victims and they must now establish a lead so as to anticipate the killer's next move and who would be the next victim.
"Hmm…You're theory may be right, Ms. Ryuuzaki…it seems that the killer may be somewhere here as the victims are somewhere within this area and may have known the victims…"
"Well, this is just the start…it may be too early…but we need to think of a way to anticipate the killer's next move…"
"But…given the huge area, we couldn't tell when the killer would strike next…"
"Assuming that the killer would strike at night time…I say we should increase police visibility…"
"Okay…I'll have my men do the patrolling…"
"Fine…"
"But you three girls will stay here for tonight…assuming that you're theory might be right…you three might be the next random victims…thus we're doing this for your own protection…"
"You don't have to worry, sir…"
"Actually…we plan to spend the night here…in case you need us should the killer be found…"
"Thank you, girls…"
-x-
Several hours later, it was nighttime and Class M volunteered to stay at the Tokyo Police HQ so that should another call is made the trio might get there faster as Hikaru and Umi will use their motorcycles to get to the crime scene faster and to see if the killer might still be there. While Fuu went asleep, Umi and Hikaru stayed awake to see if they could come up with a breakthrough but so far they didn't come up with one as they realized they needed something that would help shed light on this.
"Hmm…do you suppose…"
"Suppose what?"
"We use our Agito powers…"
"Maybe…but…will doing that would help us capture the culprit?"
"Who knows…and since Kojima's not in this area…I guess it's okay…"
"You and your crazy ideas…"
"He-he-he…"
By then, the two eventually drifted to sleep, and a patrolling policeman secretly put blankets on the two girls, impressed by their determination in helping the police in solving the crime. He felt happy that Dan Detective School assigned Class M to help them as they are fighting against time to save more would-be victims from the apparently-crazed killer.
-x-
As the night went on, a scene shifts somewhere within Tokyo where a silhouette is seen standing on a rooftop of an establishment, looking at the empty streets, and then left immediately seeing there is no one to victimize, in which a passing police showed up and failed to sense the presence of the unknown stalker.
-x-
As morning arrived, Class M woke up from the smell of coffee and the police chief offered them breakfast which they graciously accepted and they ate their food before resuming their investigation in solving the case. By then Fuu stood up and said something to Umi and Hikaru.
"Umi…Hikaru…"
"Yes?"
"I have an idea…I'm going to the MPD and ask my godfather to loan Team G3 to help us in capturing the killer…"
"You mean have G3-X help us?"
"Yes…it might help…"
"Sure!"
"Then I'm off to MPD. Will be back within an hour…"
Fuu left the police HQ after telling them that she'll ask Team G3 to assist them in helping solve the case, which Hikaru approved of seeing that their helped would be needed so as their equipment would help in detecting and tracking down the suspect if they happened to pass by that particular crime scene.
However, a minute later, they heard Fuu shrieking and Hikaru rushes out of the police HQ, where Fuu is on the ground, having been bumped by someone. As Hikaru helps Fuu, she noted that her fall was quite bad and she asked her what happened and there she got her answer.
"What happened?"
"That guy bumped into me as if he saw nothing…"
Fuu tells Hikaru that when she went out, she was bumped by a passing mailman and bumped her as if he saw no one and the impact sent her down on the ground, and the fall was bad enough to hurt her butt and the mailman just ignored everything and this pisses her off and confronted the mailman, who appeared to be 18 years old, and is of British accent, but then she saw his eyes which tells her that the eyes of the British mailman bears a grudging look on someone yet she demanded that he apologize to Fuu, which he ignored and left.
"Hey, you! Where are your manners? You just bumped a girl and you're ignoring it? Be a man and face me, you British bullfrog!"
By then, Fuu tells Hikaru to let it be as they have more important things to do and Hikaru reluctantly let the mailman go, glaring at him for his behavior.
To Be Continued…
While the case is still ongoing, Class M got an idea on how to help anticipate the killer by bringing in G3-X to the fold…that's a good idea…
The killer is shown in a cameo…and while the killer's identity hasn't been established yet…a hint is shown at the end of this chapter…
Preview:
The killer is finally been identified yet Class M still needs proof to prove it…so they're going to set a trap to pin him down, which would eventually set up a confrontation.
The villain of this arc will also be shown…and he is from a CLAMP-related character…
