Otoya stay silent for a moment, confused about the message from Shiena that Chitaru showed to her. She understood quickly that the tall girl was accusing her to be the reason why Shiena called for help. It bothered a little bit the serial killer to be accused of having hurt her girlfriend.
"Are you pretending that I somehow hurt Shiena?" asked Otoya, pissed off. "And why the hell do you have Shiena into your contacts?"
There have some jealousy into her voice, the serial killer was fully aware of the brunette's crush on Chitaru.
"If it wasn't you who caused Kenmochi to call for help, then she should had call you, not me. This is the proof that you are responsible of her need of help!" shouted Chitaru.
"Wait!" protested Otoya, "I have a proof of my innocence, just let me go and I'll show you..."
"Don't try to fool, I won't trust someone like you!"
Otoya tried to struggle out from the tall girl, in vain. Chitaru was becoming more rough with her, risking of injuring her. Haruki, who was stay quiet for a moment, finally interviened.
"Wait, Namatame-san! It's not fair to attack her without letting her explain herself. We should let her speak before judging as fast" said Haruki.
Chitaru hesitated for a moment, but finally freed Otoya resignedly. Haruki was right, it was kind of unfair to accuse someone without letting this person justifiy herself. The serial killer immediately took out her cellphone and showed the messages that Shiena sent to her, acquitting Otoya. The tall girl should apologize for her false accusations, but she couldn't reduce herself to say sorry to a serial killer such as Otoya.
"Wait a minute, why Kenmochi's message is about killing a target? I knew it! You were killing someone..." said Chitaru.
"Yes, I was, and? I'm an assassin, we're all assassins, what's the matter? And I killed him to help Shiena, otherwise it would be her who killed the target, and trust me, the poor girl isn't a born killer, though..." said Otoya, remembering Tanaka's death by the brunette's hands.
Chitaru almost forgot that Shiena was also an assassin. Shiena seemed to be so normal and harmless, it was hard to imagine about her killing people.
"Anyway, the message she sent me and the message she sent to you, there have almost a gap of one hour!" noticed Chitaru. "Why didn't you go help her sooner?"
The tall girl said it reproachfully, while Otoya was already feeling terribly guilty.
"My cellphone was turn off" answered Otoya.
Even Chitaru could see Otoya's guiltiness, making her wondered if she was maybe too harsh on her.
"I can understand why you are here, but what about Sagae-san?" asked the serial killer.
"We were hanging out together when Kenmochi-san called her" answered Haruki before the tall girl could.
Haruki suddenly left the apartment, looking at the door.
"Hey, I didn't notice the message on her door" she said.
Chitaru and Otoya also left the apartment to see the message that Haruki was talking about.
"'I know what you did fluffynerd', the hell, sounds like nasty bullying" said Haruki.
"Judging by the situation, this is probably more serious that just an bullying's act" added Chitaru.
Looking around, Otoya noticed an object on the floor. The serial killer took it and discovered that it was Shiena's glasses. Did she lost them? Or maybe...
"It's a clue!" shouted Otoya. "Shiena let us a clue, she probably threw her glasses to show us in what direction she ran away!"
"I'm home, Midori-chan!" shouted Reiko, with a fake cheerfulness.
The teacher entered into her house and walked a few steps, before giggling a little.
"How fool am I, she can't hear me"
Reiko removed her coat and put it on the couch, before heading to the basement. Midori was tied on a chair, the green haired girl could almost not move a single part of her body. She was blindfolded and had headphone on her ears. The teacher approached from her victim, a sadistic smile on her lips. Midori couldn't see or hear her, she was deprived from her sensations, since few hours.
"Is she sleeping?" thought Reiko. "No, her breathing is too rapid, she's awake"
The teacher slightly touched Midori's neck to check her heartbeat. The green haired girl blenched and even uttered a weak cry. It wasn't painful, but the lack of sensation made her more sensitive and stressed. Her reaction seemed to please Reiko.
"What a fast heartbeat! In my case, I need at least five coffee to have that speed" joked the teacher.
Reiko slowly removed the headphone and the blindfold from Midori. The green haired girl opened her eye and when she saw the teacher, she showed an expression of terror on her face.
"Hi, Midori-chan, how are you?" asked Reiko with a mean smile.
"You're...a fucking...madwoman!" dared to shout Midori to her captor.
The teacher laughed in a worrying way, before showing a serious gaze.
"How a sociopath like you could accuse me from being crazy? Don't take me wrong, I'm a madwoman, just like you. We're both crazy and sadistic, we could perfectly get along, but unfortunately, I can't trust you. We aren't the kind of people who can be faithful, if you know what I mean"
Reiko slightly stroked Midori's cheek in a gentle way, while the green haired girl was shaking.
"What a waste, you're a such interesting person, too bad that I told Yukari-san that I had killed you, I can't go back on what I said" said the teacher with fake regret.
"W-what does that m-mean? Are you planning to...kill me?"
Reiko took her time to answer, delighted by the panic she could see on her prisoner's face
"Maybe, maybe not, I'll see later. For now, I just want to break you, my dear Midori-chan" answered Reiko with cruelty. "Well, that's time to change the torture, don't you think? What about sleep deprivation? I really want to see the effect of the lack of sleep on a human being..."
The next object they found was one of Shiena's shoes. Following the random objects probably threw by the brunette, Otoya, Chitaru and Haruki leaded to the basement. While they were searching Shiena, Haruki tought about a possibility concerning the objects they were following.
"If it was a trap?" said Haruki. "You know, if Kenmochi-san was abducted, maybe the abductor knew that she sent these messages and threw the objects to lured us"
"I don't care if it's a trap, Shiena is in danger, I'll take all the risks for her! And I'll fucking kill the bastard who dared hurt her" shouted Otoya, enraged.
Chitaru was deeply surprised to see Otoya concern about the brunette. For a sadistic serial killer, she seemed to truly care for Shiena, to be sincerly in love with her.
"We should stay on guard, just in case. We'll continued to search her, but wisely. We won't help Kenmochi if we get caught into a trap" said the taller girl.
But Otoya didn't seem to want to act wisely. She was furious and worried, nothing could reason her. She suddenly had an idea to find her girlfriend.
"Of course, why we didn't think about this earlier" said the serial killer, while taking out her cellphone.
"What are you doing?" asked Haruki.
"I'll call Shiena, if we're lucky, her cellphone should ring. If she's here, we should hear it!"
Otoya immediately dialed Shiena's number. A ring's noise suddenly began in the basement. The brunette's cellphone was here, close from them. They headed to the noise's source and found the cellphone on the floor, across from a door. Otoya touched the handle and back off.
"Eek, this is cold!" said the serial killer.
"It looks like a freezer" said Chitaru.
"It more looks like a trap to me, it would be too easy to lock us into this room" added Haruki.
"Scew this, if Shiena is in this room, she could die!" shouted Otoya, before entering into the freezer.
"Dammit, this girl...Sagae, keep the door open, I'll follow this idiot"
"Don't worry, I'll allow no one to lock you guys" said the redhead.
Chitaru rushed into the cold room, searching the serial killer. There were a lot of frozen meat. She finally reached Otoya, which had a blank expression on her face.
"What's wrong, Takechi?"
The tall girl approached and saw someone one the floor. Otoya kneeled beside this person, completely shocked and desperate.
"Oh my...Kenmochi!" shouted Chitaru when she recognized the brunette.
Shiena's body was inert on the floor, her lips were purple-bluish, her skin was white like snow and her hair was covered of frost. She seemed to be completely frozen.
I always thought that Chitaru and Haruki could be great friend. They are both a mix of feminity and masculinity, but opposite. Chitaru has a masculin appearance, like a prince, but she's feminine in the inside. Haruki it's the opposite, she's fashionable, girly in appearance, but she has a tomboyish personnality.
Ahah, poor Midori-chan
"Let it go, let it go! The cold never bothered me anyway" (Well, this is true for Elsa, but not for Shiena. Yes, I'm a awful person)