Magical Detective

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Author: Junichi Osako Title:The Magical Detective ————————————————————————– Table of Contents Prologue The Tenth Person, Minako Chapter 1 The Lizard's Tail Chapter 2 The Black-Clad Illusion Chapter 3 The Meeting Chapter 4 The Playground Chapter 5 Your Name Chapter 6 The Eve Chapter 7 Let's Go Chapter 8 Red Eyes Chapter 9 The Crescent Moon Chapter 10 The Twelfth Her Chapter 11 The Roaring Giant ——————————————————————————– Part One: The Entrance to Babylon Prologue The Tenth Person, Minako The three words "being seen" held special meaning for her. It proved she was a woman, and at the same time, it proved she was a young and beautiful woman. She was very confident in her face, figure, and clothing. She never hesitated when choosing clothes, and she always managed to make them look beautiful. She would change her makeup to match her outfits. And so, she truly enjoyed being seen by men. Even if the other person was an obese middle-aged man, she didn't care. Especially the envious glances of other women made her feel very comfortable. Because she craved to be seen. She always wanted to feel someone's gaze. So when the man said to turn off the lights, Minako shook her head frantically. The hotel room was a bit dim, but when their faces were close, they could clearly see each other's eyelashes, slowly revealing their bodies to each other. He took off her shirt, and the man skillfully used his fingertips to unfasten her bra, making her back shudder. Her skirt fell to the floor, and when he helped her pull off her panties and stockings, her emotions reached their peak. The man's lips pressed against her chest. Although his long eyelashes were closed, Minako knew he hadn't closed his eyes. She could feel his gaze. He licked her smooth skin with his tongue, his fingertips rubbing her genitals, which indeed felt very good to Minako. Look at me again. Look at me more. Minako wouldn't let him in; she got up. After accepting the man, she started moving on her own. Look at me. Doing it while looking. "Ah!" she groaned. I'm being watched. Her head was tilted, her breasts swaying, her waist swinging—all were being watched. The man stood up, and Minako was pinned down. He grabbed her left ankle and lifted her up. The man skillfully turned her body over. Minako's posture was like that of a wild beast. This time, she felt the gaze coming from behind. She couldn't help but tremble when her spine was licked. Minako swayed her hips, and the man slapped her buttocks. Come on! The man did as Minako wanted. "Ah...no!" Just as she was about to say, "Don't stop," Minako felt something pressing down on her back. It was so hot. "Ah~ ah!" She couldn't help but moan as the man's hand grabbed the back of Minako's hair, pulling it upwards. The man hugged her from behind, reaching forward to caress her breasts. "Look!" Minako obediently opened her eyes wide and looked at the large mirror in front of her. She was being hugged from behind by the man, who was violating her anus. "Watch closely!" the man said, his hand, which had been kneading her breasts, sliding down to her thighs, touching Minako's sensitive genitals. He rubbed them. At the same time, the man began to twist his waist irregularly. "Ah! No!" the man continued to stimulate her. Her breasts were being kneaded, her nipples were being pinched. She was being watched. And being violated. Her whole body was being violated. She looked in the mirror, watching herself being violated. "Ah, so, so good!" When she realized that no one was watching her, suddenly everything went dark. The front desk phone rang. It was a call from room 408. The room that a young couple had booked 30 minutes ago. The receptionist scratched the back of her neck with her brightly painted nails, answering the phone impatiently. "Front desk, hello!" A young man's voice came from the other end of the line, sounding flustered. She couldn't quite understand what he was saying; the words were fragmented, but in the end, she understood. The woman was gone. ——————————————————————————–Chapter 1 The Lizard's Tail Having finished showering in the small bathroom of his room instead of going to the large public bath at the cheap hotel, Mido Tatsuhiko changed into a yukata and could finally relax. It was 11 p.m. He checked the hotel room where the incident occurred and listened to the man who had been with the woman that night. Afterwards, he obtained a notice to investigate Minako Tokei's family and friends. The result was the same as other cases. No one knew why she had disappeared, and the man at the scene said, "It's not missing, it's vanished without a trace." Minako Tokei, like other missing persons, disappeared without leaving any clues. Several similar cases had occurred throughout Japan over the past few weeks. When he left Tokyo two weeks ago, he was handling seven cases. Adding Minako's disappearance two days ago, this was the tenth. It was a major case. He wanted to solve it, but there wasn't a single clue. What was going on? At every scene he went to, local police came to assist, but he knew they were only there to sympathize with him and couldn't really help. Everyone knew he was overwhelmed by this. And because of it, he became a celebrity. Back in his room, he lay on his neatly made bed. He stared at the neatly arranged beams on the ceiling. Mido kept thinking about these incidents. The same method. All those incidents were the same method. Ten cases in just four months. An average of one person disappeared every two weeks. Young girls were disappearing one by one. An office worker in Togi confirmed she had finished get off work, but didn't return home. A female university student in Oita went to the student cafeteria for lunch, but then vanished. A maid from Hokkaido disappeared from the fitting room. A middle school student from Shiga Prefecture stood with friends in front of a movie poster after school, but suddenly disappeared. These kinds of incidents kept happening all over the country, but without any eyewitnesses, everyone would consider them isolated cases. Eyewitness testimonies. A mysterious man. In Fukui, Nagano, Aomori, and other places, people have witnessed the man. According to witnesses, the day before the victims in Fukui and Aomori disappeared, someone saw this figure with the victims. The victim in Nagano was seen with the mysterious man a few minutes before her disappearance. A man with long hair wearing a black coat. Without these testimonies, probably no one would connect these ten incidents. Mido has a baby face, looks small, but is very tall, 180 centimeters. In short, his physique and face seem asymmetrical. Now he looks like a giant wearing a small yukata. He picked up his sports bag from the tatami room, took out a toiletry bag, which was still sealed with tape. Ah! The tape popped open! The tape stuck to his clothes had unknowingly seeped into the bag. What a grand party. Cake, bouquets, congratulatory messages, a farewell party, and of course, firecrackers. His colleagues celebrated Mido lavishly. Everyone knew he had been promoted. But like a lizard caught by its tail, he quickly cut it off and fled. That's basically what happened. Humans without tails don't need to bother making one. ——————————————————————————– At the JR Mist Hall Station, where only a thousand or so passengers pass through daily in winter, the automatic doors seem leisurely. While many tourists come to escape the heat in summer, few come to ski in winter. No, the correct statement is that no one comes at all. Maple leaves seem lonely and dejected at that time. So today he slept in at home and went to the taxi stand in front of the station to try his luck. Unexpectedly, he actually got a passenger; his luck was truly amazing. Hearing someone knocking on the broken window, he put down the book he was reading. A petite girl, who looked like an elementary school student, stared at the driver's seat. His grandson, who was about to enter middle school, would be a good match for her. She carried a large schoolbag on her shoulder. He opened the back door, and the girl got in. She was wearing a pink shirt, which seemed a little too big. Maybe those are her father's. The feet under the miniskirt looked healthy, clad in knee-high socks, long and slender. Her round eyes darted around on her round face. "The Yumedon Hotel in Misawa." "Yumedon…that's no ordinary hotel!" He turned to look at the girl, telling her it was a love hotel. "You know?" "I know…" The girl smiled, and he couldn't help but think of his grandson. What would a primary school girl do at a love hotel? "You know that's where adults do that kind of thing, and you're sure you want to go to that kind of place?" "I know!" "What are you going there for?" "Work!" Work! Such a young girl! Going to a love hotel! "Wait! You have to take care of yourself! Do your family know?" "I don't have any family!" "Oh! What's going on!" "Such a young girl!" "Uncle, what's wrong?" "Nothing. Can you go by yourself…" The girl placed her hand on the door, as if to get off. "Wait! Wait! You'll fall!" He was anxious, and the girl smiled at him. "I think it's you who'll fall, old man! What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" "How old are you?" "Me? 18 years and three months old." "Huh?" "I support myself now. I'm a private investigator." "Ah?" "I'm going to investigate a series of recent disappearances of beautiful girls!" "Oh?" The driver's mouth dropped open, almost unable to close. Hatsuri Marin found it amusing. ——————————————————————————–Everyone will haveWhen luck is against you. For example, when you want to take the tram, you've already prepared your coins in your pocket. But when you try to insert them into the ticket machine, the light turns red—you've mixed up your 100-yen and 50-yen coins. You frantically open your wallet, only to find it full of 10-yen coins. You insert five, finally getting your ticket. You rush through the ticket gate to the tram, but the doors are closed. Looking at the timetable, the next tram won't arrive for another twenty minutes. Bored, you decide to buy a newspaper, but the shop is outside the ticket gate. You try to ask the station attendant to let you go out and buy a newspaper, but an extra tram arrives. You quickly grab your change and rush over, but it's still too late. And so, bad luck keeps piling up. You try to call to inform someone you'll be late, but all the phones are coin-operated. You finally take out your 10-yen coin, but the phone is just an answering machine. Because it was a long-distance call, he kept inserting coins, and just as he was about to leave a message, he ran out of coins and the call was cut off. Everyone has experienced something like this, right? Now, Mido was experiencing just that. With no clues, before leaving, he wanted to go back to the scene one more time. Actually, he planned to rush back to Tokyo today and start writing his report. Next, of course, he would go to the bookstore to buy a job information magazine. Going back to the scene one more time, he knew, was a gamble. Mido left the hotel, crossed the shopping street in front of the station, and arrived at the taxi stand in front of JR Rokunodo Station. The wooden exterior of the station was white, with a clock in the center. It was a cheap imitation of a Sapporo clock. But not a single taxi stopped in front of the stand. There was a police station inside the station; he could have asked someone there to take him to the scene. But he decided to wait for a taxi. He was too famous. He had had enough of the curious and pitying looks. He smoked three Marlboros, and the coffee shop in front of the station opened. Mido chose a window seat and ordered a coffee. A taxi pulled up. The driver stopped, picked up a book, and started reading. Mido couldn't help but smile wryly. He was probably tired and wanted to rest, which was why he stopped in front of this deserted station. "Let's go!" Mido said, standing up. He felt in his jacket pocket, counted his coins—less than thirty yen—and opened his wallet. He didn't have a thousand-yen note either. He had to take out a ten-thousand-yen note and hand it to the young waitress who wasn't wearing makeup. "Please wait a moment!" she said, rushing out of the shop. She probably had change! She'd probably run to the bank in front of the station to exchange money. Mido had no choice but to sit down and wait, lighting another cigarette. It was alright. The driver was still asleep, not moving at all, and no one else wanted a taxi. About five minutes later, the waitress returned. Just as he was about to leave the shop, a young girl came out and knocked on the taxi door. He had no choice but to go to the police station. Leaning back in his chair, he stretched. He had worked at this police station for two and a half years. Back then, his duties consisted mainly of registering and returning lost items, answering tourists' questions, and handling arguments. The biggest incident was a theft that occurred in his second month in office. A vending machine in the shopping street had been broken into and 9790 yen stolen. It was done by a university student on a graduation trip, who had gotten drunk. The incident at the Dream Palace Hotel a few days earlier was indeed big news, but since it happened in a neighboring county several hundred meters away, it wasn't within his jurisdiction. How boring. His colleague was sleeping in the corner; he wouldn't get up for at least an hour. He thought. Like previous cases, the police department would likely send a prosecutor. It seemed a bit unreasonable to leave everything to the detectives. The sergeant opened his eyes and looked towards the door. An unfamiliar man walked in. So tall. About 180 centimeters tall! No, maybe 190 centimeters. But what surprised him even more was his physique. Although he was only wearing a simple shirt, you could tell he was a very muscular man. And his steps were so steady and authoritative. His face, hidden beneath his short hair, looked very small. It was really asymmetrical, but you could tell this man paid a lot of attention to his physical training. The man walked over and reached into his pocket. "Ah. Excuse me!" the man said as he approached, and the sergeant instinctively placed his hand on the baton at his waist. The man pulled out a black notebook. "I'm from the National Police Agency, my surname is Mido. Could you please arrange a car for me?" Ah, so that's how it is. Could this man be the legendary Lizard's Tail? "Ah, thank you!" The car drove along the mountain road. Marin only stared at the building in front of her. The Dream Palace Hotel was built on the mountainside. It was a late summer evening. The sunlight slanted through the dense foliage, making the green even more vibrant. Marin wrinkled her nose. She could smell the warm sunshine and the breeze. But she knew there was an unusual scent in it. "There's no mistake!" Marin whispered. "It's the same person!" "Is this the tenth already? What is his purpose...?" A girl's voice answered Marin. But she couldn't see the person; the voice came from the pocket on Marin's right breast. "No, I can't come out! Someone will see me!" Marin quickly pressed her hand against the pocket. "Anyway, you can't see the scene!" "But Marin, can I go in?" "This!" "I don't think so, because it's a love hotel!" "No!" "Can't you just tell them directly?" "No! Saying you're a police officer might be okay. But saying you're a detective might not be. Like that taxi driver from earlier!" "Can the police go in?" "Maybe! There's such a big difference between the government and the public." "Then let's do it this way!" "Huh?" "Look, our government's public authority has arrived too!" Marin turned around and saw a police car approaching. "Who's that?" A small head with dyed green hair poked out. "Hey, hurry up and get in, you'll be in big trouble if you're discovered!" "Ah, don't press me down!" Meili reluctantly hid in Marin's jacket pocket. ——————————————————————————–Midou only said thank you and got out of the police car. The police station's sergeant had specially woken up his sleeping colleague to watch the house, and he had specially brought Midou here. But he kept asking Midou a lot of questions along the way, which was really annoying. The inspector's questions weren't malicious, but they were just irritating. "Are you really handling this case alone? Have you found any clues? Could it be a kidnapping case? Do you believe in organizations that traffic missing persons? Was you promoted to a higher level just for easier case handling? How much funding do you have for the investigation? Rumor has it that your authority is greater than the chief's, is that true? Is the culprit male?" Questions like these. "I'll head back now!" The inspector bowed, reversed the car, and drove away. Midou watched the departing police car and couldn't help but sigh. Ugh, really. He draped his sports backpack over his shoulders. Suddenly, someone called out to him from behind. "Good morning!" The voice was very delicate. It was a girl. She looked to be only in fifth or sixth grade, her height only reaching his chest. She had a pair of large, round eyes. "Are you a police officer?" "Ah~ ah, yes!" "Great, let me help you!" "Huh?" "You're investigating a series of disappearances, right? I'm investigating one too." She said, taking a business card from her pocket. "Private Detective - Hatsuri Marin." This must be a primary school student playing a detective game! "Ah, little girl, thank you, this is my job!" "It's my job too! Because it's difficult for private individuals to get involved, I'm working with you!" "Work, this…" "Minako Tokei disappeared at this hotel; this is the 10th case in four months. All the missing persons are women, and there are no clues whatsoever. However, a man in black has been sighted in Nagano, Fukui, Aomori, and other places." "Ah?" "The office lady in Togi didn't go home after get off work. The woman in Hokkaido disappeared from a fitting room. The high school girl in Kanazawa disappeared from the restroom. This is what I'm investigating!" I see, Midou thought. "Would a weekly magazine write about this? And why was this information leaked? Surely no one would know about this!" "I don't know either." The girl raised her thick eyebrows defiantly. "All the missing people have one thing in common, have you noticed?" "What?" That can't be! I've thoroughly investigated the missing persons. With the same incident happening repeatedly, of course all the victims would have something in common. This time is no exception. I even checked the victims' experiences, friendships, hobbies, places they've traveled to, blood types, and dates of birth. But I didn't find anything in common. How could this girl have noticed? What is it? Did I miss something? "Is there?" "Yes!" "What is it?" "I won't tell you!" "What's the exchange?" "Hmm, cooperate with me!" Midou couldn't help but smile bitterly. "With an elementary school student~" "Sorry, I'm already 18!" "Huh?" Midou was completely stunned. Midou Tatsuhiko. Hatsuri Marin. This was their first meeting, and thus began a long war. And so the story begins. ——————————————————————————– Chapter Two: The Black-Clad Illusion Qingjiang gazes into the darkness. This is not darkness where light is blocked, but darkness that truly exists. Not denial, but the nothingness of negating the existence of negation. Qingjiang exists in absolute space. Not only can he not see, but he can also hear nothing.There was no feeling, no taste, not even any evidence of her own physical existence. I think, therefore I am. The only certainty was that "she" was the only fact. And there, even time did not exist. Her last memory was the man's gaze. She could feel the heat of his flesh beneath her buttocks. But Qingjiang no longer knew how long ago that memory was. It might have been a few seconds ago, or it might have been decades ago. An existence appeared before her eyes. It might have always been there, or it might have appeared suddenly. It was black, the blackest of black. It was a person, a black man. He had long black hair and wore a long black robe. In the darkness, only his face was white. A very dignified face. Thin eyebrows, a thin nose. A little blood on his thin lips, and the eyeballs in his two slit-like eyes were also red. Closer still. A face without wrinkles. Smooth as porcelain, without visible pores. A fair hand reached out from the black robe and touched Qingjiang's cheek. Qingjiang could feel it. It wasn't just a simple skin touch, but a sexual pleasure. "Ah~" Qingjiang could hear herself making a sound of pleasure. When his lips touched hers, she could smell the fragrance of his hair, and his tongue was as sweet as candy. Yet, her senses remained numb. This man offered only physical pleasure. The two of them collapsed. Not because their backs felt the sheets or the floor, but because the man was straddling them. He kissed her from her cheeks to her neck, then down. He placed his hands on her breasts and began to slowly knead them. Lacking experience, her senses were acute. She was proud of her full, beautiful breasts, yet they felt numb. When his fingertips touched her nipples, Qingjiang's body hardened completely. Her mind was burning. Qingjiang's full body writhed, acutely reacting to the pleasure the man was giving her. Her lower body felt like it was being touched. Qingjiang closed her eyes, she was feeling. "Die, I guess." Even though she only felt his fingertips, did the man die after entering her? But she didn't die. What followed was a pleasure more pleasurable than death. ——————————————————————————– What to do? Midou wondered. He knocked on the door, but no one answered, so he opened it and went in. He hadn't expected a girl to help him. "Wow, so beautiful!" While Mido was still lost in thought, the girl exclaimed happily. She took off her shoes and went inside. "It's really beautiful. But this big mirror is so strange~" Mido then took off his boots and went in as well. Marin lay on the bed, swinging her legs. "Next, it's your turn!" "What?" "What are you daydreaming about? You brought me here, so it's your turn next." "Ah, right, it's the common point!" Marin rolled over, raising her upper body. "This place is key. You should have noticed, the tenth case was also in a love hotel." "Huh?" "Including the girl who disappeared here, everyone was having sex before they disappeared." "What?" All the missing people disappeared after having sex, Marin said, that's the common point. "Wait a minute. What about the middle school student after school? Wasn't she in class?" "After school, she went to the sports equipment room. She was on duty there! Her lover was a student in the same grade. They went home together after school, went to clubs together, and then went home together. The OL was in the meeting room with her married boss. Want to know anything else?" "There's no evidence of that." "You're so stupid. What do those people do when they meet?" "Well~" "Like that middle school student, Keiko Tajima, everyone knows she has a boyfriend. Someone saw the two of them coming out of the sports equipment room. As for the OL, Kiyoe Sakashita, I asked my colleagues who worked overtime that day, and they said she left her seat for half an hour. Later, the security guard said he saw her walking back with her boss, saying she forgot something. As for Maki Konno, who disappeared from the fitting room, she was with a boy she met at a phone dating center. The others were the same." I see. It seems this isn't just speculation. Seeing how serious this girl was, Midou found it amusing. "So what does this have to do with the incident?" "It's not just that." "Oh!" "Look at this!" Marin took a notebook from her purse on the floor and spread it out on the bed. "What are you doing?" Mido leaned forward and looked at it; it was filled with names. All of them were names of missing persons. ? Keiko Tajima, 14 years old, Aquarius (1/31), disappeared from her classmates' sight after school / Kiyoe Sakashita, 23 years old, Pisces (3/19), did not leave the company / Maki Konno, 20 years old, Aries (4/9), disappeared in the fitting room / Naoko Aoki, 19 years old, Capricorn (12/23), last seen at the school cafeteria, then disappeared / Miyuki Kosugane, 29 years old, Scorpio (10/30), disappeared from her friends' sight at the station / Kyoko Fukui, 21 years old, Virgo (9/19), went to the movie theater restroom and did not return / Nagano. Tomoko Kuribayashi, 16-year-old Libra (September 14), disappeared from her home / Megumi Tsudanuma, 31-year-old Leo (August 2), disappeared after taking a taxi to her destination / Shoko Arakura, 21-year-old Sagittarius (November 25), disappeared in the restroom of a KTV room / Okinawa. In the notebook, Mido learned something. Mido wanted to hurry back and hand in his resignation. "Hmm? Did you understand?" the girl asked smugly. Actually, when Mido wanted to go back to the scene this morning, he felt there must be something going on. However, he still couldn't figure out what it was, but unexpectedly, a little girl saw through it first. "Anything else?" Mido didn't want to hide his displeasure. "The second common point—can't you see the killer's intention?" "You mean this is a kidnapping case?" "Come on! Is this how you police are?" "Thanks for the compliment!" "You think this is just a coincidence?" "You can't jump to conclusions without evidence." "Okay, then look, the clues are quite clear." Midou, of course, knew what it was. "It's a zodiac sign!" "Bingo!" Usually, when the police investigate, they only investigate the age, gender, and occupation of the person being investigated, never paying attention to their zodiac sign. This girl, who claimed to be a private detective, seemed to have noticed something. "Everyone's zodiac sign is different~" "That's right! Minako Tokei, who disappeared in this hotel, was born on July 2nd, a Cancer. Besides Taurus and Gemini, all ten of these people have different zodiac signs?" "It's just a coincidence, but it's certainly interesting. But to insist on saying it has any meaning is a bit far-fetched, isn't it?" "A coincidence?" "Yeah, that's all, nothing special." "That's because you lack information." "What did you say?" "I know some common sense you don't know. So I can see things you can't see." "What did you say?" "..." The girl didn't speak, only raising her eyebrows. "Hey!" "Shh~" The girl told him to be quiet. Her eyes were fixed on the notebook. She snorted. A smell? What was that? Mido followed her lead, only noticing the air freshener scent throughout the room. The girl closed her eyes. Suddenly, she jumped up, throwing a pillow at the mirror. She was holding a small, round thing in her hand. It was an adhesive label with the word "Forbidden" written in the center. Marin used her teeth to peel off the inner paper and stuck it to the mirror. Blue-white sparks flew from the label, swirling around the entire mirror. "Alright!" "I've been watching you for a while, come out!" "Hahaha!" Mido, standing to the side, only heard a low laugh. He looked around but saw no one. "Here!" He looked in the direction of Marin's voice. There was a man in the mirror. The man in the mirror wore a long black coat, seemingly a leather jacket. He wore black gloves. He had long, jet-black hair and very white skin. The man laughed, his voice high-pitched. "You're the murderer?" The man's eyes moved, and Mido felt his eyeballs were red. His thin lips looked as if they were smeared with blood as he smiled. It made one feel very uncomfortable. "You're Detective Mido. Yes, I did all of this." "You know me?" "You? Of course I know you. You're so pitiful because of me. I feel so bad for making you bear such a heavy responsibility alone." "Now that I've found you, I won't let you escape." "Trying to catch me? Impossible!" "Yes!" Marin said. "Ordinary people can't touch him." "Hmph, I don't believe it." With that, Mido drew his gun and pointed it at the mirror. "Come out, or don't blame me for being impolite." "Please, it's alright!" "You!" Mido was furious. "I'm going to shoot!" "Please!" "No!" Marin shouted, but it was too late. Mido missed the man. The mirror shattered, mercury and glass shards splattered onto the bed. The man was gone. There was no one in the mirror. "This!" "Idiot!" "I thought so too." The man stood on the other side of the room. The temperature in the room was dropping rapidly. "Thank you! No, anyway, I'm protected by a barrier." "You—" Mido gasped, his face pale, gun in hand. "It's no use, Uncle, this guy isn't human." "Hahaha, that's too rude of you, I'm a real human!" "I don't admit it!" "Sigh, this is truly pathetic!" "I despise people like you who use magic." "Oh, I see!" "You—" Marin moved even faster. Her right hand slid behind her back, taking something from her shirt. It was a gun. About 40 centimeters long! Black and shiny, reminiscent of a laser gun. The shape was peculiar, like a GSP used in shooting competitions, but actually different. What kind of gun is this? The girl manipulated the handle, aiming the muzzle at the man. The man smiled. Marin smiled too. In an instant. Bang! A flash of light exploded on the man's chest. "Ouch!" The man groaned, his body flying out, hitting the ground behind him.A square wall. Mido immediately recognized the gun. But what was that flash, and how could it be so powerful as to eject a person? The man leaned against the wall, blood trickling from his lips. "See that, old man!" The man called "old man" just smiled, a pitiful smile. "I was careless." "I'll never forgive you." "I'll never be careless again!" Bang! At the same time as firing, the man also began to move. A flash, and the ceiling shattered. "Ah!" "It seems I went too far. I'm leaving." With that, the man retreated. "I'll play with you again next time, Marin!" With that, the man disappeared into the wall. "Old man! Tell me your name!" "That would be rude!" The man smiled, half his body already inside the wall. "My name is Sei-hime~ Sei-hime-boro!" Like sinking into water, the man's face vanished. "Really, how could this happen!" The girl pounded the ground with the gun barrel, while Mido just stood there dumbfounded. What was going on? A man appeared in the mirror and vanished into the wall. And there was the air gun that emitted lightning-like, magically lethal force. Everything was obvious. But Mido's rationality wouldn't allow him to accept this fact. "I don't want to acknowledge you, you evil magician!" "Hey, idiot!" Startled by Marin's shout, Mido snapped back to reality. "Although it was sealed, you ruined it. This opportunity won't come again, you know?" "Ah, I'm sorry!" Keishi apologized to the girl. He was sweating profusely. "Ordinary guns are useless against him." "I can't help it, I'm just too angry!" Mido wanted to scream. Only he and the girl remained in the room. Suddenly, the girl's shirt moved. "!" Mido felt the sheet on his backside float up. He wanted to run away. But that thing seemed to ignore Mido's senses. It was a girl. A girl in a girls' school uniform. She crawled out of Marin's shirt pocket and jumped to the ground. She had long green hair and cat-like eyes. She was about 30 centimeters tall. 30 centimeters! "W-what is this?" "Nice to meet you!" The girl looked up and smiled at Midou. "My name is Meili!" Midou felt dizzy and fainted! ——————————————————————————– Chapter 3 Meeting "Uncle, what comes to mind when you hear about magic?" "Is it impressionism?" "Yes!" "Ako, Seko, Sara~" "No, it's not like that. It's like an impressionism that involves chanting spells, like in a cartoon." "Hmm!" "Uncle, aren't you a detective now?" "Ah!" "A real police officer?" "Yes!" "So, what do you think of the detective dramas on TV from your perspective?" "Huh?" "You mean shooting randomly in the street, or driving recklessly?" "Ah, that's right! It's funny, isn't it? Wearing a Japanese kimono and carrying a submachine gun." "Anyway, that's it!" "What? Ah, is that magic?" "Most people think magic doesn't exist. It's ridiculous!" "Then real magic is air." "A gun?" "I'll explain it to you later. True magic is science!" "Science? Being able to crawl into mirrors and walls is science?" "That's an inexplicable realm. We can only know how to use it." "Huh?" "Right, like how people used to rub wood together to start a fire!" "Yeah!" "And converting kinetic energy into heat energy. Isn't that how it works? I don't know why, but it just makes fire." "Ah, yes!" "So the principle of magic is the same. As long as you follow certain procedures, that phenomenon will occur. But we don't know the underlying principle. You see, machines like video recorders or computers, if you don't have an instruction manual, you won't understand anything, just like that, you know?" "The sun was burning before Einstein was born, wasn't it?" "Just like that!" "Is that so?" Midou pointed at Mimi and said. "That's incredibly rude, officer! I'm a living being too, I have feelings too." "Ah, I'm sorry!" "It's created differently from yours." "Beauty is an automaton I created." "An automaton?" "Yes, an automated doll, also called a robot." "Is this magic too? Unexplained science?" "Please call me Beauty!" "Ah, yes. Is Beauty also created with magic?" "Yes. You could say it's a magical machine. Look at my body, it'll make even robotics experts lose their confidence!" "Is it that complicated?" "No, it's quite simple. For example, these two legs that allow me to walk are simply made of mercury and crystal gears." "I don't know the principle. But if you use this combination well, you can walk. Anyway, that's called magical engineering." "Magical engineering? Is this gun one too?" "Yes, this is a commercially available air gun. But the engraving here, that's the product name. I call it Brastan." "Huh?" "Isn't it cool?" "Can I see..." "Want to see?" "Please!" "Naming has important meaning. Just like hearing the word 'beautiful' makes you think of someone who is beautiful. For example, when you hear the word 'flower,' doesn't that word come to mind?" "Hmm?" "It must be like that. When you hear 'rose,' 'lily,' or 'tulip,' don't you picture a specific image? Maybe you can even smell its fragrance!" "Ah, I understand." "That's the effect of the word 'flower' on people." "Yes, names have meaning. And the object or creature given that name is endowed with the power of that meaning." "The person named 'All Under Heaven' is really handsome!" "Really?" "Oh!" "Yes, what about shape?" "Shape?" "Like names, shape also has meaning and power." "Oh!" "Let me explain!" "Please!" "For example, when you make a doll out of matchsticks." "Ah, I know, it can be a matchstick, or it can be a person." "Hmm, you're getting smarter. It's endowed with meaning by a specific arrangement." "It means something different from the original meaning." "Blasta, this gun is the outlet for me to release energy." "Is that so?" "The life force that living beings possess—it's like vitality. I can't release energy like an 'Energizer.' So I use the form of a 'gun.' The BB bullets it fires have energy." "Ah~" "Do you understand?" "Probably~" "Don't believe me?" "It's not that I don't believe you!" "I can't do anything with you!" "I don't believe in UFOs, ghosts, or anything like that. I never believe unless I see it with my own eyes. But once I see it with my own eyes, I have to believe things I didn't believe before. No, even if I see it with my own eyes, I still can't believe it." "Okay, even if you don't believe in magic, you can believe me!" "Ah~ um~" "Don't act so rashly next time. That person isn't an ordinary guy." "Yeah, I know!" "But that guy is really weird." "Hmm?" "Weird?" "Yes, magic basically uses the power of nature. But that guy went against nature." "The laws of nature." "Time and space must follow their physical laws. The continued occurrence of such things feels somewhat illogical." "Illogical?" "Yes, he distorts spacetime, moving between the narrow spaces of the two-dimensional world. Just as a tilted earth's crust can cause earthquakes, distorting spacetime could trigger all sorts of cataclysmic events. Even history would be distorted; in the worst case, it could destroy the entire universe." "Then we must stop him." "Yes!" "Huh?" "Unite? With me, let's unite!" "The enemy isn't human. Your strength alone isn't enough." "Have you decided?" "I have!" "Great!" "Great, beautiful!" "But there's a condition!" "What?" "Don't call me 'uncle' or 'old man' anymore!" ——————————————————————————– Chapter Four: The taxi fare, accommodation fees, and repair costs for the broken mirror and ceiling at the game are all paid by the police station. Although it's a lot of money, Midou doesn't care. As long as it's beneficial to the case, that's all that matters. Although the method was somewhat unconventional, it was indeed the only way to solve the problem. He had to arrest that guy and ensure the ten missing girls returned home safely. He didn't know how to bring the man to justice, but he knew it was his job. Two top-class single rooms. One for Mido, the other for Marin. After noon, the two ate together in the restaurant on the first floor. Mido ordered a 500-gram steak, and Marin ordered a hamburger. Meili was sunbathing on the balcony of her room. That was her "meal." "It's heartbreaking to see him escape; he'll definitely commit another crime," Marin said, brandishing her knife. "By the way, have you heard of Hidden Power?" Mido nodded. Hidden Power was a kind of detection technique. It usually involved two metal rods bent into an L-shape. Holding the shorter end, raising a fist, and pointing forward with the longer end, one could walk in this posture, walking on waterways, causing the Southern Kingdom to expand to the left and right. "Then it can only be used where there's a tap, right?" "Yeah, but the principle behind it isn't clear either, anyway—" "Unknown science!" "Yes! When that guy appeared at the hotel just now, didn't the temperature drop?" "Yeah!" "That's the atmosphere reacting to his evil aura, that's the evil aura he released." "Oh!" "Beautiful is particularly sensitive to that." Marin explained. "Humans and animals, all living things have 'qi' (energy). Beautiful sensed the aura of that man in black called the Saint Sife, she's here to track him." "Track him? How? Japan is so big!" No problem, Marin said confidently.“No matter how big it is, we have this.” “Huh?” “A map of Japan!” After finishing their meal, Mido ordered a coffee, and Marin ordered an ice cream soda. Back in their room, they began their search. What was a routine search for Marin was completely new to Mido. Mido went to Marin’s room. There was a large book on the bed. It was an old road map. “Where does that guy live?” “You’ll know with this.” Besides using the rod, Qian Gong also had a method using map dice. He placed dice on the map and moved them. Once he found the target’s location, the direction of the dice’s swing would change. Marin said this method could be used to find the man in black. “We can start anytime.” Meili said, standing on the coffee table. Mido stared wide-eyed. A red bikini. “Ah, that’s... Meili can change clothes?” “Ah!” The beautiful doll made Mido’s heart flutter. Although she was just a robot, her good figure and beautiful face were enough to arouse Mido’s desire. Marin reached out and grabbed the little beauty in her swimsuit. "This way you can feel the breath." She said, placing Meili on the bed. "Okay!" Marin opened the map. "Start!" "OK!" Meili struck a graceful pose, standing on the open page. Meili closed her eyes, ready to dance. Mido sat on the coffee table where Meili had just stood, watching the scene. "It's starting!" "Hmm~" Her closed eyelids moved, slowly raising her hands, her wrists hanging down in a line. This was the beginning. Meili danced. Twisting, twisting, jumping, crouching, such beautiful dance moves. Moving with the breath. Her small body was incredibly alluring. "So beautiful~" "Is it?" Marin had somehow sat down next to Mido. The little beauty's movements became more intense. "Almost there." "Hmm!" Meili rolled around. "Oh!" Mido couldn't help but exclaim, but what happened next was even more unbelievable. Meili's small body twisted unnaturally, no longer slowly descending. She raised her legs to her chest, her arms slowly spreading as if about to take flight. Soon, she stood on a spot in the four corners of the map, her small lips exhaling. "I know, this is it." "Is that guy there?" Beautiful shook her head, her face weary. "Found him, but it's no use, he's hiding very well. However, his consciousness has been revealed." "Consciousness?" "He's hiding very well. But we can tell from this where his next target is; he didn't expect us to do this." "Wait, what does that mean?" Beautiful smiled at Mido, who thought the smile was beautiful. "Although we don't know where he is, we can know where his next target is." Beautiful wrote "32" on the map. Marin turned to page 32. Beautiful stood on a point on it. "His consciousness is strong; he'll act tomorrow, or at the latest the day after." It was an amusement park in the Kanto Outer Garden, Marin cheered loudly. "Great, let's go to the amusement park tomorrow." ——————————————————————————– The women's skin was so white in the darkness. The women, their senses stolen by the demon, were tormented by lust. A black man's hand was moving. The women's bodies cried out in pleasure. They were even more excited when the holy, malevolent hand touched them. The women were all dreaming. Just two more and they would succeed. ——————————————————————————– Leaving the exhausted beauty in the room, Marin and Mido went shopping. The department store was next to the hotel, and the toy store was in the building. Marin bought thousands of BBs. Just as Marin was about to pay, Mido discovered a gun exactly like Marin's Bratans. The manufacturer's name was written on it. A Metal Olympic-sized air gun with dozens of rounds (6mm BBs only) with superb accuracy! So this is the Japan Air Gun Association's APS competition gun. After buying BBs, the two bought some food. Marin also bought white label paper. "We'll make playing cards," Mido thought, remembering the label Marin had stuck on the mirror that day. After shopping, the two went to the coffee shop in the basement. "So tired." They ordered iced coffee and ice cream soda. "Can I ask you a question?" "What?" "I only know your name, I don't know much about your background, can you tell me more?" "Okay!" "Then let me tell you about myself first. I'm a police officer in the crime prevention department. I was quickly promoted to the National Police Agency because of this disappearance case. I'm in charge of this case, so I have a lot of authority. Police officers all over the country know me, do you know why?" "Because you're notorious for corruption?" "Nonsense, tell me about yourself!" "Well!" "Is that all?" "Want to hear about my childhood?" "Okay!" "Do you know Dr. Hatsuri?" "Sorry, I don't know." "Ordinary people wouldn't know." He's my grandfather. He calls himself a scientist, but it's a different kind of science. It's the science of magic. My grandfather went from being an unorthodox scientist to someone who can use magic. "Ah~" "As a result, my grandfather opened the door to an otherworldly world." "Yeah!" "I'm just following in his footsteps. I'm a private detective, actually just to inherit his magic, but I think that's scary, so I gave myself a profession, so there are rules to follow." "I know, I want to know more." "I can't tell you too much right now." "Why?" "No reason!" —————————————————————————— Back at the hotel, the strategy meeting began. First, Mido raised a question. "Melissa says she'll attack someone somewhere in the amusement park. But that guy is always elusive. If we're not careful, he'll find us before we do, and that'll be terrible." "Leave this to me," Marin said. Marin picked up a cigarette from the table, but didn't see a lighter. But the lighter was definitely placed with the cigarettes. "Don't you know where the lighter is? It's right there!" Marin and Miri both laughed. "Don't joke around, you're hiding it." "We're not hiding it, look!" Marin took the lighter from the table. "Huh?" What's going on? Now she sees the lighter, but she clearly didn't see it just now. There was nothing on the table just now. "This will do." A tag they had just bought was stuck on the lighter. The white tag had the word "Hidden" written on it, which was Marin's handwriting. "Can't see it, right? Actually, you can see it, but it's out of sight, so that guy can't find us." Oh, I see. ——————————————————————————– That was a medium-sized amusement park located in western Kansai, built on the top of Tanabata Hill. At its opening, it was touted as Tokyo's backyard amusement park, but due to inconvenient transportation, its operation was poor. All the guests went to Tokyo Disneyland. There were only a few tourists on Sundays. There were hardly any tourists on other days. So Marin comforted Mido, saying not to be afraid. "Although there aren't any tourists from out of town, this is the best place for the local residents to relax." "Yeah!" That morning, Mido and Marin took the Shinkansen to the park, and then took a taxi from the station. They needed to get there before the park opened. At that time, besides Mido and his friends, there were a few other families with children. After entering the park, Marin immediately gave Mido a sticker that she had prepared with the word "Hidden" written on it. "Here!" Marin stuck it on her forehead. "It looks so ugly~" "No one will see it, it's okay!" "Okay!" Mido stuck it on too. Miri chuckled to herself. "Let's start the operation!" "Yes!" Marin and Miri worked together, while Mido worked alone, splitting into two groups. The amusement park had a circular center. Mido was in charge of the central part. Mido sat on a bench and began preparing his props. People were already playing, and the sounds of machines turning filled the air. The roller coaster always seemed to be very attractive. Many parents boarded the vehicles with their children. Screams filled the air. Marin felt incredibly hungry. It was already past noon. Although they had arrived at the amusement park, they couldn't play. It was truly boring. Marin could only smell the stench of rotting food, not the "qi" flowing within. She wandered aimlessly around the park with Meili. "So boring!" "Yeah, it'll be boring for a long time!" "Really?" ——————————————————————————– "To be precise, we don't know how long it will be boring." Meili sat on Marin's shoulders, wearing a suit and red boots today. "It might appear in the next day or two, so let's be careful." "Sigh!" Marin sat down on a bench. "So tired, and so hungry." "Well, shall we go get lunch?" "Okay! There's a restaurant over there!" "No way! Didn't we just see a hamburger vending machine? Let's eat that!" "How mean!" "Mr. Mido also eats the food he brought himself!" "Fine!" Marin had no choice but to buy a hamburger. Taking a sip of his canned coffee, Midou glanced at his watch. If you wanted to kidnap someone at an amusement park, you had to do it during opening hours. Because after closing time, only security guards remained. And all the guards were male; the targets were only female staff or female tourists. The killer's targets had common traits: they would only target women who met his criteria. First, women of a specific zodiac sign; second, it had to be after he had done *that* thing. Meeting the first condition didn't require deliberate planning, but meeting the second condition required the right timing. Foresight, clairvoyance.Such words flashed through his mind. In short, this is what an "enemy" is. Mido sighed. In short, he had to keep a close watch on the park until the tourists left, and even until all the female staff went home. So he was already prepared to stay here all night. This night would be very long. Marin ate her hamburger as she walked into the park, and slowly her stomach started to hurt. Marin thought it was probably because the hamburger was too spicy. She had already wandered around the park several times and was now at the main entrance again. Mido sat on a bench, and a young couple walked up to him. The men each held an ice cream cone. The two of them stood in front of Mido, their expressions a little strange, and they walked to a bench not far from Mido. Several couples had already passed by Mido like this, and there were more and more tourists. In the western corner of the park, there was a fenced-off motorcycle racing track. Although the area was not large, it was full of motorcycles, and the top speed could reach 30 kilometers per hour. "Ah, I really want to ride one!" Marin said, expressing her wish. But Meili ignored her. "Beautiful~" "Shh!" Beautiful stood on Marin's shoulder. Her eyes were closed, and her hands began to stroke the space. This action had a certain meaning. "Beautiful!" "It's him!" "Where?" "Oh no! Over there! On the tour bus!" Marin could hear the tension in Beautiful's voice. "It's him! In the tour bus!" "I know! Let's go!" As she spoke, Mido had already taken out her "little gadget." The attendant pulled the start lever and started the engine. The young boy fastened his helmet strap and made a victory sign to the girl he had brought. If the motorcycle was going to disappear, it would be at that moment. Just now, no white mini-motorcycle had been seen starting. The man in black came to the ceiling of the tour bus, where the young couple was kissing. They didn't notice the man in black's presence. Dozens of thick cardboard tubes were tied together with rubber bands. Mido placed them on the ground and poured lighter fluid on them. With just a flick of a lighter, the bundle of cardboard tubes, about the size of a washbasin, would catch fire. There was a cracking sound, and Saint Xifei couldn't help but turn around. White smoke billowed from the opposite side of the tour bus below, shooting straight into the sky. Fireworks were being set off. Another one, and another. Many fireworks shot upwards, creating a spectacular sight with a series of bangs. Immediately, more fireworks of various colors exploded in the air. Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang! Her narrow eyes squinted even more. "Turn!" She leaned to one side, tilting her mini-motorcycle. Marin let the rear wheel slide, speeding past the store. Her knee hit the ground, tearing her stockings and drawing blood. "Ouch! Really!" As she turned, she caught a glimpse of burning paper. "Daddy, fireworks!" "Yeah, someone's setting off fireworks!" "Wow, so beautiful!" "Hey! Who's setting off fireworks here?!" "I don't know!" The banging sounds continued, and fireworks kept shooting into the sky. Saint Xifei had already noticed that this was an unusual sight. In a split second. But that instant was also a humiliating one for him. In the next instant, having regained his senses, he knew someone had orchestrated this. The tour bus was visible. He was on the ceiling. Wearing a long black coat. Long black hair. A face as white as if powdered. You bad guy. Marin gripped the clutch with her left hand and drew her Brastan with her right. She placed the gun on her shoulder. Beautiful hands gripped the handles. "OK!" "Thank you!" Marin pointed the gun at the enemy. "You'd better be prepared!" ——————————————————————————– Chapter Five Your Name A plastic ball flew up. Little girl! Saint Xifei drew circles with both hands. The missile hit the center of the circle. "Whoosh!" After the exploding flash, the man in black flew towards the wall behind him. Due to gravity, he fell to the ground. "See that? Right there!" But Marin, who was slamming on the brakes, didn't see the enemy crashing to the ground. The demon spun in mid-air and silently landed on the tour bus aisle. "Hi, we meet again." The man in black stared intently at Marin. The paper stuck to his forehead was no longer effective. "This time, I won't let you escape!" Saint Xifei smiled. His lips were redder than blood. "Troublesome. If you hadn't bothered me..." "Good will prevail over evil. You'd better surrender!" "Oh!" The man in black was about to take a step when a tour bus employee ran over and stood frozen in front of him. "Ah~ Are you alright?" "No! Run!" Meili cried out too late. The demon looked at the employee. "Crush!" The employee's head was crushed. In an instant, his head turned into chunks of flesh, and blood flowed down. He collapsed. "You—" Marin was too angry to speak. "Kill those who are not involved!" The demon said, his hands waving in the air. "Shatter!" In that instant, fathers and sons, lovers, and employees in uniforms all shattered. Some lay upright, some lay prone, some had their chests shattered, some had their lower bodies blown apart—all were mangled corpses. Only Marin, Mimi, and Seiji were still standing. "Ah!" "That's too much!" "Don't worry, I won't hurt you." "What did you say!" "You're very important to me!" "Stop pretending!" "I feel the same way." At the same time, a voice came from behind the man in black. It was Midou, who held a .38 caliber gun to the man's heart. "Hey, you're under arrest!" The action had been halted by the fireworks, and then Marin had messed things up, allowing Midou to attack him from behind. His only mistake was giving away these lives. "I'm so sorry about yesterday, old man! Today I'll wash my hands of this and make sure you don't escape again!" Hearing the trigger pull, Marin pointed her gun at Seiji's forehead. "If you kill me, you won't be able to find those missing girls." "Great, we were worried too!" "How so?" "No, well, we just don't want to kill you." "I see, there's a hidden meaning in your words!" "If we let you die like this, it would be too easy on you." "This is a headache, I still have things to do!" "I know!" "Then I have no choice, this is really not a very smart method~" The demon revealed a smile like a venomous snake. Sounds like lemon rags came from all around, surrounding Marin. "Marin!" As Miri shouted, Marin felt as if something slapped her ankle. It was a little boy in an employee uniform. Below the waist, there was nothing, and bloody intestines like long tails were wrapped around Marin's foot. Expressionless, his left and right eyes looked in different directions. The bodies that had been killed by the Saint-Bee people all stood up again. The headless tour bus employee slowly walked towards Mido. "...!" In a reflexive instant, the man in black disappeared from Mido's sight. That is to say, he was gone. "Oh no!" "Carelessness is the greatest enemy!" The voice came from above. The demon was standing on the axle of the tour bus. "Have some fun with them! I have to get back to my business!" "Hey, you!" The headless man grabbed Mido's wrist, who was holding a gun. "No! This!" The other man rolled over and twisted his waist. The headless corpse that had fallen stood up again. Looking up, he saw a black coat fluttering in the air. "Whoosh!" Sparks flew from Mido's .38 caliber pistol. Although there was some distance, he was confident. He fired six bullets in succession. But there was no reaction. The demon smiled at Mido and was then sucked into the ceiling of the tour bus. "This won't do!" "Marin, pull yourself together!" Because of Meili's shout, Mido quickly turned around. "Hey, what's wrong!" Marin didn't move. No, she couldn't move. Her weak gaze wandered among the dead. "Hmph!" Mido snorted and quickly ran over. All the girls were unconscious. Mido rushed into the midst of the dead, kicking and punching them one by one. Some were walking with only their lower bodies, their entrails spilling out and swaying between their legs; others were sprawled on the ground in a V-shape; still others were spread apart like scissors… A toddler, only his upper body remaining, had wrapped himself around Marin's waist, trying to climb higher. "Cheer up, you idiot!" Mido pulled the toddler down. "Ah!" A blood-stained baby tooth barked wildly at Mido. Mido quickly shook him off. "Run!" "Yes!" The one who answered was Meili. She jumped into Marin's jacket pocket. Mido holstered his gun and snatched the Brassant from Marin's hand. He fired at the woman before him, who had lost her left cheek. The BB bullet bounced off her bones. "Hmph, who says I can't do it!" He turned and kicked the half-faced corpse, then picked up Marin, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and walked away. The road ahead was piled high with corpses. "Ah~" Clutching Marin, Mido leaped forward, kicking and punching. Mimi knew. This wasn't ordinary grappling. The movements resembled real combat techniques. But the corpses fell and rose again, continuously surrounding him. There were simply too many… Mido finally noticed. It wasn't just the people around the tour bus who were killed by that beast; in that instant, everyone in the park was killed. "That bastard!" Mido roared. A man with ribs protruding from his chest made a slurring sound, falling vertically before Mido could act. And just like that, all the surrounding corpses fell one by one. Mido looked around. Now, only he remained standing. "Hey!" "Hmm!" The demon's aura had vanished. ——————————————————————————– The man who reported this didn't leave his name. It felt like this…It was a joke on the phone, but when the police arrived at the scene, they witnessed a truly horrific sight. The bodies of all the amusement park staff and visitors were piled high, either blown apart or shattered into tiny pieces, all completely mutilated. The park was littered with entrails and mangled pieces of flesh. Several forensic investigators had already run to the restrooms to vomit. Only one survivor was found hanging from the ceiling of a tour bus; the young man was in a state of panic and was quickly taken to the police hospital. A woman's handbag fell from the ceiling. Inside was a regular train ticket; the holder was identified as a student from a medical school in a neighboring prefecture named Tate Junko. But she was gone. When questioned in the ambulance, the young man only uttered one sentence: "Gone." ——————————————————————————– The girl's weak eyes stared at the ceiling, but Midou knew she wasn't looking at anything. This is what happens when a person's mental burden exceeds its limit. It's a protective instinct, but in reality, the heart is closed off. After notifying the police using a public phone, Mido boarded the bus in front of the amusement park with Marin in her arms. Because of the sticker still on her forehead, no one noticed anything amiss. When the bus arrived at the hotel in front of the station, Mido asked for a double room. Marin still had the sticker on, and the hotel also had single rooms, but if someone saw her with an unconscious girl in a single room, reporting it to the police would be disastrous. Entering the room, she placed Marin on the bed; she had been unconscious for an hour. Looking out the window at Mount Tanabata, the peaks were gradually turning red. Mido, to accommodate the girl in the next bed, hadn't even taken off her shirt. That way, she wouldn't be impolite! She was indeed an incredible girl. The air gun in her hand possessed immense destructive power, gave life to a doll, and could even become invisible. But she was just a teenage girl. Witnessing a human body being blown to pieces, and then the fallen corpse rising up to attack people—such a sight couldn't possibly make anyone sway. Mido was already used to corpses, so she wasn't surprised. Moreover, his father had taught him martial arts since he was a child, enabling him to instantly switch his mind to a fighting state. Marin, after all, was still just a girl. It was impossible for her to ignore him. Mido couldn't help but sigh. The beautiful woman sitting beside Marin's pillow looked up. "I'll watch her. Are you sweating?" "Um, ah, yes~" But Mido still didn't move. "I can do it, go ahead!" "Does it stink?" "Yes!" Perhaps! Mido knew he wasn't sweating. It was the stench of corpses. So many people—no, he kicked down, flattened, and swept away several moving corpses. His fists were smeared with blood-soaked entrails, his feet kicked exposed bones, and he smashed several white skulls. Many corpses pounced on him, Mido covered in slime. He would never forgive them! Taking so many unrelated lives wasn't enough; he even wanted to use them as tools. You bastard! He would never forgive them! "It's all my fault~" Marin woke up. Staring at the ceiling, tears streamed down her face. "It's all my fault. Everyone's dead. It's all my fault that things turned out this way. It's all my fault, all my fault, I almost won. I hate it, I hate it, how could this happen!" Large tears streamed from her open eyes, sliding down her cheeks to her ears. "Cheer up, Marin! If we ignore him, he'll master the Summoning Jutsu. Won't that kill even more people?!" "I don't know!" Marin cried out, punching the sheets with her hands. "Why, why am I so useless! Why was I so careless! It's all my fault!" "Marin!" "Don't worry about me! Don't save me!" "It's too late to say anything now!" Mido grabbed Marin's shoulders tightly and shook her violently. "Alright, girl! Nobody knew things would turn out this way. But as long as you're alive, you still have the strength to fight him. Don't give up on yourself like this!" "I hate myself, I can't take it anymore!"

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