Episode 23: Sensing a Killer
“... A-Ah, this is
oden, my mom made it ... A-Ah, I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry to bother you!”
“Ah, hey...”
Misa put the pot she
was carrying on the doorstep and ran off in the direction of the school.
A young man and woman
are in a room together early in the morning.
That's what she
witnessed. ......
“The girl from the
other day definitely misunderstood the relationship between me and Onizuka-kun,
didn't she?”
“I'm sure she
did....... I can't believe it. It's because Hosoya-san left without permission.”
“What, are you mad? Are you trying to get that girl?”
“No. Of course not.”
She is a sophomore in
high school, and if I am not careful, I will have my hands cuffed behind my
back.
In the first place,
Misa-chan wouldn't be interested in a dull 24-year-old man.
“I've got to go. I have
to go home and change.”
“Yeah, and you should
call your boyfriend, too. I heard your phone ring many times yesterday.”
It was only natural
that she had skipped the date.
“Did you see that on my
phone, by any chance?”
“No, I didn't. I just
thought it was probably your boyfriend.”
I don't know if I'm
that untrustworthy, but Hosoya-san has suspicion in her eyes as she stared at
me.
“Then it’s fine.”
“Do you have a best
friend, Mr. Hosoya?”
“W-Why all of a sudden?”
“No reason.”
I wondered if
Hosoya-san, who was always wearing a cat, had anyone she could call her best
friend. I suddenly had that thought.
“Whether there is or
not is none of Onizuka-kun's business.”
Judging from the
response, I'd say we're not too far off the mark.
“Do you have such a
person, Onizuka-kun? A
best friend?”
“Yes, I do. It's Saeki.”
“Hmm~ Saeki-kun is your
best friend~”
I felt my body
temperature rise a little, wondering if I had said something embarrassing when
I saw Hosoya-san smiling meaningfully at me.
“Anyways, like I said
before, we tell each other when there's a murderer or a bad guy.”
"Right. From now
on, I'll always have the sensing spell on. Whenever I see one, I'll send you a
message.
“I understand. I'll do
the same.”
Hosoya put on her coat
and left the room.
At the front door.
“ChinkayaShinjitsusa”
She mumbled.
And then.
“Ah-- it's so cold!”
Hosoya-san shivers as
she looks at me.
Maybe it was the murderer
detection spell that was giving her the chills.
“Right. I only have
three days left, so please give me the information on the bad guy as soon as
possible. If not, I'll find a suitable man and kill him. See you.”
After saying that,
Hosoya-san squeezed her body with her arms and ran towards the place where she
had parked her car.
I saw Hosoya-san off
until she was out of sight
“...... O-- it's cold.”
I went back to my room
to finish getting ready.
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[I just saw a
serious-looking man, about a hundred and seventy centimeters tall, with short
black hair all back, glasses, and a suit at the B-Mart near my office. Probably
a murderer].
During my lunch break,
I was eating lunch in the break room at work with Saeki when I received a LINE
message from Hosoya-san.
I followed the text
with my eyes, being careful not to be seen by Saeki.
“B-Mart......”
B-mart is a local
supermarket in my area.
“Hmm? Did you say something?”
“Oh, no, nothing. I'm
just talking to myself.”
“Oh, really?”
I couldn't bear to keep
anything from Saeki, but I had no choice.
I put my phone away and
acted as if nothing had happened.
Still, I didn't realize
that there really was a murderer right under my nose.
It would be best to
refrain from going to the B-mart mentioned here for the time being.
I'd like to give Hosoya-san
some information on bad people that can be killed instead of the murderers, but
I was in a hurry this morning so as not to be late, and I didn't have any
outside work to do in the morning, so I didn't got a chance to find anyone like
that.
I'm off work tomorrow,
so I can concentrate on finding the bad guys.
I'll ask Hosoya-san to
wait until then.
now he has to focus on 2 kills per week, i'm not sure his local area can sustain the rapid consumption, he'll have to stalk the train station after an month at this rate, and that'll be pretty suspicious.
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