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Rated M for future sexual content and language
"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
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~~~Chapter Thirteen~~~
~~~Previous~~~
Neuro opens the window and throws Yako inside. She lands on her knees. "Ouch..." She stands up as I climb inside via the window. Neuro eyes glow green. "Now, Yako."
"The culprit is...You!" She points at Kazushige.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kazushige demands.
Neuro jumps into the room before waving out the window. "Detective-san, it's all set!"
The lights are turned on, and everyone else is called into the workroom. "What's the matter, Aniki?" Rijin queries.
Kazushige points at Yako. "This detective suddenly said that I'm the culprit. Explain yourselves."
"The evidence we have against you speaks of an unfortunate accident. And by creating this accident, it was your intention to...kill them. According to Sensei's thoughts, you're planning to destroy the evidence." Neuro comments.
"Is that true?' Rijin asks, surprised.
"What are you saying? There's no evidence. Be careful of what you say! I can't stand it!" He shouts.
This presence...feels familiar...really familiar. It's coming from the dog, yet it is not the dog itself. Why do I have a bad feeling about what's about to happen?
~~~3rd POV~~~
A hidden laugh is heard. Come on, solve the mystery, then eat it! That moment is your greatest weakness. No creature is aware of its surroundings while feasting. You also have a time when you're caught up…
A red shadow appears next to the dog. At that moment, I will give you the final blow. The same laugh is heard.
~~~Present~~~
~~~Yuuki's POV~~~
I really do have a bad feeling, and it's focused on...Neuro! Not good, not good at all.
Neuro is the first to break the silence. "Then, let us explain how the murder was committed. The statue, which was used as a weapon, was placed on the table. It's about the size of Sensei." He lifts Yako and places her on the table.
"The question is, how do you let it fall without damaging it." Sasazuka comments.
Neuro lets go off Yako. She wobbles due to the table. "Exactly as you mentioned. Right, Sensei? Can you please turn on the spotlight?"
Yuka does. She has black hair and eyes and is wearing a white top with orange long-sleeves, green trousers, and black shoes.
"Only leave the one in the middle on; turn the rest off, please." The light is shining on Yako. "Sensei waited the whole night to see the effect of the setup. Please look over there." They look to the left, where the light is shining. "It seems like something was moved to that spot on the floor. The size of the spot is exactly that of the stereo set."
"Really!" Ishigaki exclaims, crouching near the spot Neuro pointed out.
"The murderer put the stereo set here. Then he used a broadcaster, calling the victim here to talk. Can someone please stand here for a moment?"
Ishigaki holds his hand in the air. "I'll do it!"
"The victim had their back towards the statue. Normally, if something falls from behind, one will know because of the shadow. But, the victim didn't look back, nor did they show signs of trying to dodge it."
"What are you talking about?" Yuka questions.
"It seems like they won't get it unless they see the actual thing, Sensei." Neuro goes behind Yako and pushes her off the table. She lands on Ishigaki's back, sending them to the floor.
"Ouch...What the hell are you doing?" Ishigaki exclaims.
"The shadow..." Sasazuka comments.
"A remnant shadow, the reason why the victim didn't dodge it. Using a modified plastic film, a shadow that is the same as the statue was created. The murderer was scared that his family would discover it, so he turned off the lights before leaving. He had the chance to move the stereo back to its original place but didn't have enough time to get a ladder and remove the plastic film. That's about all. It seems like the murderer used the secret heritage as an excuse...to call the victim here. Right, Sensei?"
"Secret heritage..." Sasazuka repeats.
"What...? It seems like you've investigated quite a fair amount." Kazushige states as he takes a drink from his flask.
"Oji-san..." Yuka trails off.
He wipes away the liquid from his chin. "The police didn't find it in the daylight, but when I heard that it would be solved during nighttime, I got scared. It seems I was ganged upon. Yeah, it's true. I told him that I needed to discuss the buyer for 'The Last Self-Portrait', which lured him here."
"Why?! Why not just the Jiji? Why did you also kill Kaa-san?! You guys were siblings! Family members bonded by blood!" Yuka yells.
Kazushige pours his drink over his head. "We're just branches from a tree named 'family'. Cut off a branch; the others will gain more nutrients. Giving opportunities for other branches to grow. You should thank me! Thanks to my pruning, the other branches have a greater share of the heritage." A large branch is coming out of the top of his head.
"Family members are not branches." Yako comments.
"What?" He demands.
"Every person has their own roots to raise them." Yako stands up. "Destroying other roots for your own sake, how dare you!" Yako glares at him, an angry look on her face.
"How can you call yourself a human?! Trees like you will die earlier!" I scold angrily.
"Stop talking bullshit! Useless shit should be cut off!" He insults.
Neuro grabs a hold of the branch. "I see. You're correct. Then, allow me to cut off this useless branch." His hand turns into a chainsaw. Kazushige begins screaming as Neuro eats the mystery.
The Doberman lunges towards Neuro. Mid-air, the body changes into Sai. Sai is holding a gun, and he shoots Neuro in the head. Neuro turns and crashes into the wall behind him, right next to me. I quickly kneel next to Neuro as the dust clears.
Sai stands up, dog ears at the top of his head. "Please, show me your true form."
"Neuro!" Yako shouts.
Sai walks closer. "Being a dog limits many movements. Thanks to that, you couldn't find me. Ah, how do I get rid of the ears? Whatever." He rips them off. "Okay, an attack this close. A normal person should already be dead, but what about you? You're bleeding, but due to that, I can't see what's behind that. Then, one more shot..."
As Sai was about to shoot Neuro again, another gun was fired. Sasazuka shoots Sai multiple times. Sai falls to his knees. "A short-distance attack seems to work on you, too." He takes out his phone from his pocket and makes a call. He puts it away. "Your joints are destroyed. It'll probably take you 2-3 minutes to recover, even if you're Sai."
Rijin walks behind Sai. He removes his hoody and drops it on Sai's head and shoulders. He rolls his shoulders as he clenches his fists. "Go to hell, Sai; I will never forgive you!"
"Baka, don't get close," Sasazuka warns.
Sai's hand moves from down at his side. He grabs a hold of Rijin's face and bangs his head on the wall. "Not bad, detective-san. Leaving one last bullet. Waiting before the troops storm in. A calm judgment."
Sai lunges towards Sasazuka. I use my magic to appear in front of Sasazuka. Sai's hand goes through my side, but due to my immortal body, the only blood comes from the wound itself. Due to my blue dress, no one notices that I'm bleeding apart from Sai and, no doubt, Neuro. Unfortunately, Sai's hand also went through Sasazuka's side, but not as deep as mine. Sasazuka coughs up blood and falls to the ground.
Sai's body freezes at the same time death appears behind me, only visible to myself, Neuro and Sai. Death has taken the form of a male looking the perfect likeness to what I looked like in my first life. My wings are stretched behind me, and I see Sai's gaze land on them. I quickly remove the blood from my clothes so Yako doesn't worry.
Sai's eyes widen as he removes his hand and backs off. He looks confused before looking at Neuro. "Next..."
I move around Sai and kneel back down next to Neuro. "You're kidding, right? Aren't you immortal? Neuro?" Yako states, panicked.
Neuro opens his eyes, causing both Yako and me to let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh...You're still alive. It wouldn't be fun otherwise." Sai picks up the gun. "Now, this time for sure..."
"Um, Phantom Sai..." Yako hesitantly speaks up.
"What is it? I'm very busy now." Sai says, annoyed.
"You said that you would steal 'The Last Self-Portrait.' Why do you plan to steal a piece that nobody wants?" Yako questions.
Sai turns to look at Yako. "Simple...because I dislike it. I've created a resonance with the feelings of hate inside his artworks."
"Hate?" Yako repeats.
"Yeah, that guy's works are filled with that emotion. A world without trust, filled with hate." Sai states.
"Creating a resonance with these feelings..." Yako trails off.
"My real self is probably created by hate. That's why my heart responds to these feelings." Sai comments.
"Haven't you ever been loved? You must've had parents!" Yako points out.
Sai turns away. "I don't know, I forgot. I am here to search for feelings of hate. I'm disappointed that these feelings are not as strong as I expected. His feelings lightened after his marriage. In contrast..." Sai trails off.
"...creating new emotions." Yako finishes.
Sai looks at Yako, surprised. "Oh, you know? You're correct. Art is really amazing. After looking at this piece, I understood everything. The front one is taking from the broken up one...some kind of living force from its not as beautiful half. Then, that force slowly flows into the originally beautiful sphere. The reason people say it's unfinished is probably because of the weak, broken stone." He taps the sphere with his knuckles before he breaks it, the pieces landing on the floor. A necklace falls out and lands on the floor. "As expected." Sai picks it up. "I've heard about it. A necklace was hidden inside the artwork. A Rainbow Agate that's worth over 1 billion yen. Who do you think he left this for?"
"The day when the statue finally breaks. The first one who'd discover it is the person who comes here the most often other than himself. Yuka-san." Yako comments.
"His Musume." I point out softly.
Sai appears in front of Yuka. She steps back, slides down the wall, and sits down. Sai holds out the necklace. "Your otou-san knew the family would turn on each other one day, so he left this for you." He tosses it, and it lands in her lap. "I don't want something like that because the feelings stuck inside can only react to a parent and a child."
"I...I'm not his real daughter." Yuka denies.
"There's no such thing. You are his real daughter. When you're in this room... your face always shows a fulfilled expression. I can feel the love between you and your otou-san." Yako begins.
"The language of gems states that Agate represents the love between otou-san and Musume. Even though your otou-san didn't say it, he loved you." I finish.
"You should take good care of it. It's something I will never receive, even if I bet my life on it. I totally forgot about the important stuff." Sai walks over to the window and opens it. "Neuro, let's have a competition. If not, you won't digest the food properly. See you later, detective-san, Yuuki." He jumps on the ledge. "You have to catch me, Neuro." He whispers before jumping out.
Yako runs to the window and looks out. I watch as Neuro gets up and follows after Sai. Yako looks at Neuro. "Neuro."
~~~3rd POV~~~
"He escaped!"
"Don't move!"
"He went that way!" A policeman shouts as a few of them run in that direction.
"Quickly!"
"He went that way!"
"Don't let him escape!"
Another policeman is stopping cars. The car at the front happens to be Godai's. "What's happening?"
~~~At the Cranes~~~
Sai jumps from building to building until he reaches a large building with cranes on the top. He sits on the fence. An image of Yako appears in his mind and what she said. 'Haven't you ever been loved? You must've had parents!'
Sai lets out a scoff. "Why am I bothered by that?" Sometimes, I hear my memories calling out to me. At that time, black shadows start appearing. A woman's figure appears. That is…
Another image appears, but this time of Yuuki. And her…why am I drawn to her? Her presence is similar…but different…cold yet warm…harsh yet gentle…
Sai snaps out of it before turning his head to the side. "Thank you for coming, Neuro."
Neuro appears on one of the cranes. Sai opens a silver case to show the blades inside. "Now, I can slowly cut you up into little pieces, then study your cells." The blood disappears from Neuro's face, and Sai pierces the knives in his knuckles, two on each hand.
"Sure, but don't get the wrong idea…" Neuro takes off his gloves with his teeth. "I'm not here to cut you up." He throws his glove down as he releases his claws. "I'm just here to teach you a lesson about interrupting me during my mealtime."
"If you can do it, then try," Sai shouts as he rushes towards Neuro. Sai uses his blades, which Neuro blocks with his claws. Neuro, you'll never understand. Something that even your kind will never understand, the pain of humans. Also, the intense feeling of finding a monster similar to yourself.
Sai swings his blades, and Neuro stands on two of them, causing Sai to be trapped in place before Neuro kicks him away. Sai jumps back, and blood appears on the side of his mouth. Sai smirks before lunging towards Neuro once more. Neuro punches him in the stomach, causing Sai to let out a sound from his throat as he is sent back, falling from the side.
Neuro's eyes widen ever so slightly as Sai uses his blade to hang in place. Sai swings and lands back on the crane, lunges toward Neuro, and slices at him, causing his hand to detach.
~~~Back at the House~~~
Yako rushes to the hospital with Sasazuka. "Sasazuka-san!"
"Senpai…" Ishigaki trails off, worried.
"That's the only way I could've done it," Sasazuka states.
"Don't say it like that!" Yako scolds.
"I'm fine, catch Sai…" Sasazuka starts, but Yako cuts him off. "It's not the time for that!"
Sasazuka lifts his head slightly. "Don't let him…don't let Sai escape…" He reaches into his pocket and takes out a notebook. "Take this…" Yako takes it as he is wheeled away and placed into an ambulance.
Yako rushes out of the house, panting heavily. I have to confirm it. What Sasazuka says appears in Yako's mind. 'The person who killed your otou-san might have been Sai.'
Yako doesn't get far when a car appears in front of her, causing her to abruptly stop. She looks up to see Godai. "Godai-san!"
"Going to chase him?" Godai questions.
"Yeah!" Yako nods her head.
~~~Back at the Cranes~~~
Sai holds Neuro's clawed hand up. He turns it to the side. "Disappointing…Your endurance and reaction time is similar to a normal human." Sai puts his arms down. "That's not all, right? Show me something interesting now." He drops Neuro's hand, which falls while Sai lunges towards Neuro. Neuro dodges back, continues to dodge out of the way, and ends up at the top of the crane.
Sai points two blades at Neuro. "What do you plan to do? You have nowhere to hide."
Neuro turns his head and looks towards the ground.
~~~With Yako and Godai~~~
Not far from the cranes, Godai and Yako are slowly driving towards them. "Even if you have an idea, where should we go?"
Something smashes into the window, causing it to smash and causing Godai and Yako to scream. Godai swerves and hits the rail before coming to a stop, the car horn beeping.
Yako looks up before quickly getting out of the car. She sees a hand on the hood, a single claw pointing upwards. Yako looks up and sees the cranes.
~~~Back at the Cranes~~~
"It pisses me off. You don't have anything special." Sai briefly lowers his blades. "It doesn't matter, show me your insides…" He spreads his hand.
~~~Yuuki's POV~~~
As the elevator opens, I appear on the scene to see Yako holding Neuro's hand. I jump down next to her as she looks at Neuro. "Neuro!"
Sai and Neuro stop to look at us. "Ah, they came."
Neuro lets out a scoff. "Are my cells really worth looking at right now? Let me tell you something interesting. I can die more easily now than before." His eyes glow green.
"What do you mean?" Sai demands.
"My body is becoming somewhat human-like. Maybe it's because the aura in the demon world is a lot denser than up here on the surface. Or is it because I'm getting too close to the humans?" Yako lets out a gasp as I narrow my eyes in thought. "Right now, you could cut me up if you wanted to."
"I can't forgive something like that!" Sai shouts. "Ever since I met you, I've been trying to get closer to you...Maybe I'm also a demon, like you. If you turn into a human, I can never confirm that! I don't need a 'you' like this."
The other crane moves and heads towards Sai. Neuro jumps out of the way and lands next to me. Sai throws two blades towards the crane box, smashing the glass. I sense Godai inside, but luckily, he is just fine.
"Phantom Sai, I have something to ask you," Yako calls out.
"What is it now? You're always so annoying at critical times." Sai says, annoyed.
"Did you kill our Otou-san? Nine months ago, architect Katsuragi Seiichi." Yako asks urgently.
"Who knows? I don't remember." Sai comments.
"Don't remember?" I question softly.
"Sometimes I remember what I've done. But I forgot a majority of it. Putting that aside, you're very sly, Neuro. Getting help from foolish humans." Sai doesn't look at me when he says this, though.
"The servants did it themselves. There won't be a next time." Neuro states.
Neuro's severed hand glows before lunging at Sai. It breaks the two blades into pieces before piercing his chest. Sai falls over the side but catches his hand on the hook. Neuro moves his other arm, causing his severed hand to cut the crane at the bottom. It starts to fall, taking Sai along with it. The crane lands on the ground on top of Sai.
I know he is fine, so I use my magic to send a book he can use to protect his mind and a book on shape-shifting. Of course, a note telling him he should read them all the way through.
We head back to the office after I pick up Neuro's hand. He lies on the couch as he connects his severed hand. I gently pick up his arm and use magic to completely heal it before moving it to ensure it is completely connected. "That should do it," I offer softly, still holding Neuro's hand.
"Amazing, it healed perfectly! Are you alright, Neuro?" Yako questions.
I let go of Neuro's hand as he clenches and unclenches his fingers. "I am immortal."
"It sure doesn't look like it. But thank god." Yako lets out a sigh. "Neuro, is what you told Sai true? Being with humans, slowly becoming one...Is it our fault? The fault of the people closest to you..."
Neuro scoffs and opens his eyes. "Don't think so big of yourself."
"Okay." Yako agrees as she sits on the other couch. I lean against the couch Neuro is lying on. "Neuro, can I ask you something that's been bothering me for some time? Why can't you solve the mystery behind our Otou-san's death?"
"The more food you steal from the servant, the hungrier it gets. I need to sleep." Neuro comments before going silent.
"Sasazuka-san said Sai might have been the one who killed our Otou-san." Yako gets up, walks over to the window and looks outside. The sun slowly behind to rise. Neuro is asleep, so I rest my head against his leg to get some sleep myself.
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