[Equality in Death]
I’m sitting on the park’s bench.
It is a few minutes’ walk from Ohashi’s house. This small park which is not large enough for children to run around has almost no playground equipment, it only has benches, a sandbox, and a swing. The view is quite poor because the surroundings is connected to residential buildings and in addition has trees lined up uselessly.
A streetlight with a height of about 5m which is sticked into the middle of the park barely manage to illuminate the surroundings, its brightness unreliable.
The Self-Defense Forces’ patrols are coming and going to the residential area, but if it seems like they’re coming close to the park, I plan to move to another location.
Many of the troops assigned to night patrols has strengthening ability that would give them advantage at night. No matter how bad the visibility in the park is, I must be alert.
The park at night is very quiet. The wind that occasionally blows makes the trees make a rustling sound.
After sitting and waiting on the bench for a while, Ohashi who have changed into plain clothes arrives at the park.
After finding me sitting by myself on the bench, she slowly walks this way.
I sense that Ohashi’s pulse is pulsing faster than usual.
Vigilance, fear, tension, distrust. Those feelings spur on her palpitations.
When Ohashi arrives right in front of me, I get up from the bench and face her.
I don’t know what her ability is. So, I couldn’t just sit on the bench and limit my room of movement.
There’s no guarantee that I won’t be attacked.
While showing composure, I stay alert.
“It sure has been a long time, Ohashi.”
The distance is 2 to 3m. I say so to Ohashi who takes the perfect distance to run up and attack.
“It’s been a long time, you say… you sure can say such things shamelessly, Kamiya-kun… no, Shion.”
Eyes with clear hostility.
That’s natural. Ohashi should already know everything about me going to school while hiding my identity as Shion, and about me killing Rin.
As I am wanted now, my real name, my code name as Anonymous’ member ‘Shion’, and the evil deeds that I have done are already been spread to various places along with my photo.
I’m sure there are many people who are disappointed with me.
“Why did you kill Rin?” Ohashi continues. Her heart is still pulsing at high speed.
Probably, what she really wanted to ask about was Tsurugi.
However, as Ohashi is still the Ohashi who has a good head on her shoulders, she has probably thought about the reason why I came here.
So, thinking that I might be trying to get information about Tsurugi from her, she didn’t say Tsurugi’s name first with the intention to get the upper hand.
That is to say, she doesn’t have any information about Tsurugi. If she wanted to speak on equal footing, she should’ve asked on what important matter did I come here, though.
“About Rin, it was my bad,” I shrug my shoulders.
Seeing the wrinkles forming in Ohashi’s eyebrows, I continue,
“It was really unfortunate. Even though I didn’t intend to kill her.”
“Stop your…!”
As Ohashi tries to yell, I point at the pocket of her jeans. The pocket is bulging.
“That is?”
“…My phone.”
“Take it out,” I say in a little forceful tone, then Ohashi takes out her phone from her pocket.
“Now then, give it to me.”
When I take a step forward, Ohashi hurriedly put the phone back into her pocket.
“…Why should I?”
Because I was asked, I cut to the heart of the matter there,
“You want to meet Tsurugi, don’t you?”
*Ba-dump* The sound of her heart beat leap up.
Heartbeat, muscle tension, and breathing.
They are enough for me to understand Ohashi’s feelings with. It is clear as day that she hasn’t been trained to keep them in check.
Ohashi looks down, seemingly pondering.
Taking that chance, I take out my phone and call Yoiyami-san. I had Yoiyami-san lent this phone to me.
[What is it.] Yoiyami-san answers the phone immediately.
“Can I have you come to pick me up?”
[That’s fast.]
“Yes.”
After exchanging the necessary conversation, I hang up and put the phone in my pocket.
Ohashi is looking at me with distrustful eyes,
“That was…”
“A comrade of mine.”
“You called your comrade?”
“Ahh, cause I’m going back.”
After I said that, Ohashi opens her mouth seemingly in a hurry.
“Where is Tsurugi now?”
She bit it, huh.
“Who knows?”
I truly don’t know, but my bluff sounded as though it implied something.
“What… do you want me to do?”
“If you want to meet him, follow me.” I declare.
With that being said, Ohashi must have noticed her own value as well. Even though she doesn’t know the specifics, she should have realized my intention of making use of her.
In short, I was telling her to help me.
In order to build a friendly cooperative relationship with Tsurugi… no, in order not to worsen our relationship more than this, I can’t hurt Ohashi either.
Therefore, though I’m not good with this kind of thing, I have to do it.
Albeit unwilling.
After sorting my thought, I once again look at Ohashi’s eyes.
“If I call my comrades here now as well, you will be caught,” After swallowing her saliva *gokuri*, Ohashi says so.
“…Heeh.”
This girl, is she unexpectedly an idiot?
No, her head is only filled with Tsurugi. That’s why she doesn’t have a decent pattern of thinking.
“You can’t do that, and what do you want to do after capturing me anyway?”
“I’ll have you talk about Tsurugi’s circumstances.”
“…Then? What?
Tsurugi you want to meet himself will also be killed if he gets caught by the Self-Defense Forces now, right?”
In other words, if I get caught and spill the information about Tsurugi, that would be disadvantageous for Tsurugi as well.
Aside from the fact that I don’t have any information about Tsurugi.
“That won’t… happen.”
“You sure don’t sound confident.”
If Tsurugi gets caught, he will definitely be killed.
Even if Tsurugi is a former lieutenant general of the Self-Defense Forces and has many comrades who trust him, Boss will kill him.
“I want a guarantee,” Ohashi says.
“Of what?” I hold back my laughter inwardly and ask back.
“Guarantee that I can meet Tsurugi.”
She fell for it.
Since we’ve come this far, it’s okay to say it already.
“Sorry, but there is no guarantee that you will meet with Tsurugi.”
“……”
Ohashi opens her eyes wide.
“We also want to get in touch with Tsurugi. For that reason, I want to have you to play a role.”
She has also become doubtful of the Self-Defense Forces after Tsurugi became wanted. That is a big opening.
“What will Kamiya-kun do when he meets Tsurugi?”
“We are in the same situation. So, I want to have a cooperative relationship with him.”
“I can’t… trust you.”
Well yeah. But in your case, the desire to meet Tsurugi is even higher, right?
If you miss the chance – that is me – here, you might not be able to meet Tsurugi for the rest of your life.
“…What should I do, specifically?”
After exhaling as if hesitating, she says so. No, she ends up saying so.
I’m doing my best to hold back my laughter inwardly.
Do you aware of yourself? You are a shitty girl who helps me who killed Rin just because you want to meet Tsurugi.
Despite you might be deceived. Just because I’m going to make use of you doesn’t mean I won’t dispose you.
Even so, just the desire of wanting to meet Tsurugi stirs you up, Ohashi.
“If he finds out that I’ve kidnapped you, Tsurugi won’t be able to stay still.”
“Un…”
When Ohashi nods, a sound appears behind me.
Ohashi’s line of sight moves to behind me; she then takes a few steps backwards
The one who appeared is Yoiyami-san.
He arrived quickly because I had told him in advance that I wanted him to wait near the city until the morning came.
“He’s my comrade.”
Though I said so, it is impossible for her not to be wary of Yoiyami-san, seeing him for the first time.
Since learning about Observer’s matter, Yoiyami seems to get all worked up about, making us around him feel nervous.
“We will take her and return to New Road at once.”
“Got it.”
Darkness tries to cover us.
However, it stops with a jolt at my words.
“Before that, Ohashi, call for reinforcements.”
“Eh, but if I do that…”
Ohashi is confused by the sudden request.
In order to convey that Ohashi gets kidnapped, we have to make use of the mass media.
However, the enemy, will surely notice our intention for kidnapping Ohashi, so there is a possibility that it won’t be reported.
In that case, we should make a big ruckus that can’t be brushed aside.
“Just do it.”
After I pressure her, Ohashi immediately takes out her phone and do some kind of operation with it.
“Yoiyami-san, it would be bad if you get spotted, so can you take Ohashi and get back first.
After that, please come back again to pick me up.”
I decide to go wild a little until Yoiyami comes back.
After Yoiyami-san and Ohashi melt into the darkness and disappears, I sit back deeply on the bench.
[Equality in Death]
I’m sitting on the park’s bench.
It is a few minutes’ walk from Ohashi’s house. This small park which is not large enough for children to run around has almost no playground equipment, it only has benches, a sandbox, and a swing. The view is quite poor because the surroundings is connected to residential buildings and in addition has trees lined up uselessly.
A streetlight with a height of about 5m which is sticked into the middle of the park barely manage to illuminate the surroundings, its brightness unreliable.
The Self-Defense Forces’ patrols are coming and going to the residential area, but if it seems like they’re coming close to the park, I plan to move to another location.
Many of the troops assigned to night patrols has strengthening ability that would give them advantage at night. No matter how bad the visibility in the park is, I must be alert.
The park at night is very quiet. The wind that occasionally blows makes the trees make a rustling sound.
After sitting and waiting on the bench for a while, Ohashi who have changed into plain clothes arrives at the park.
After finding me sitting by myself on the bench, she slowly walks this way.
I sense that Ohashi’s pulse is pulsing faster than usual.
Vigilance, fear, tension, distrust. Those feelings spur on her palpitations.
When Ohashi arrives right in front of me, I get up from the bench and face her.
I don’t know what her ability is. So, I couldn’t just sit on the bench and limit my room of movement.
There’s no guarantee that I won’t be attacked.
While showing composure, I stay alert.
“It sure has been a long time, Ohashi.”
The distance is 2 to 3m. I say so to Ohashi who takes the perfect distance to run up and attack.
“It’s been a long time, you say… you sure can say such things shamelessly, Kamiya-kun… no, Shion.”
Eyes with clear hostility.
That’s natural. Ohashi should already know everything about me going to school while hiding my identity as Shion, and about me killing Rin.
As I am wanted now, my real name, my code name as Anonymous’ member ‘Shion’, and the evil deeds that I have done are already been spread to various places along with my photo.
I’m sure there are many people who are disappointed with me.
“Why did you kill Rin?” Ohashi continues. Her heart is still pulsing at high speed.
Probably, what she really wanted to ask about was Tsurugi.
However, as Ohashi is still the Ohashi who has a good head on her shoulders, she has probably thought about the reason why I came here.
So, thinking that I might be trying to get information about Tsurugi from her, she didn’t say Tsurugi’s name first with the intention to get the upper hand.
That is to say, she doesn’t have any information about Tsurugi. If she wanted to speak on equal footing, she should’ve asked on what important matter did I come here, though.
“About Rin, it was my bad,” I shrug my shoulders.
Seeing the wrinkles forming in Ohashi’s eyebrows, I continue,
“It was really unfortunate. Even though I didn’t intend to kill her.”
“Stop your…!”
As Ohashi tries to yell, I point at the pocket of her jeans. The pocket is bulging.
“That is?”
“…My phone.”
“Take it out,” I say in a little forceful tone, then Ohashi takes out her phone from her pocket.
“Now then, give it to me.”
When I take a step forward, Ohashi hurriedly put the phone back into her pocket.
“…Why should I?”
Because I was asked, I cut to the heart of the matter there,
“You want to meet Tsurugi, don’t you?”
*Ba-dump* The sound of her heart beat leap up.
Heartbeat, muscle tension, and breathing.
They are enough for me to understand Ohashi’s feelings with. It is clear as day that she hasn’t been trained to keep them in check.
Ohashi looks down, seemingly pondering.
Taking that chance, I take out my phone and call Yoiyami-san. I had Yoiyami-san lent this phone to me.
[What is it.] Yoiyami-san answers the phone immediately.
“Can I have you come to pick me up?”
[That’s fast.]
“Yes.”
After exchanging the necessary conversation, I hang up and put the phone in my pocket.
Ohashi is looking at me with distrustful eyes,
“That was…”
“A comrade of mine.”
“You called your comrade?”
“Ahh, cause I’m going back.”
After I said that, Ohashi opens her mouth seemingly in a hurry.
“Where is Tsurugi now?”
She bit it, huh.
“Who knows?”
I truly don’t know, but my bluff sounded as though it implied something.
“What… do you want me to do?”
“If you want to meet him, follow me.” I declare.
With that being said, Ohashi must have noticed her own value as well. Even though she doesn’t know the specifics, she should have realized my intention of making use of her.
In short, I was telling her to help me.
In order to build a friendly cooperative relationship with Tsurugi… no, in order not to worsen our relationship more than this, I can’t hurt Ohashi either.
Therefore, though I’m not good with this kind of thing, I have to do it.
Albeit unwilling.
After sorting my thought, I once again look at Ohashi’s eyes.
“If I call my comrades here now as well, you will be caught,” After swallowing her saliva *gokuri*, Ohashi says so.
“…Heeh.”
This girl, is she unexpectedly an idiot?
No, her head is only filled with Tsurugi. That’s why she doesn’t have a decent pattern of thinking.
“You can’t do that, and what do you want to do after capturing me anyway?”
“I’ll have you talk about Tsurugi’s circumstances.”
“…Then? What?
Tsurugi you want to meet himself will also be killed if he gets caught by the Self-Defense Forces now, right?”
In other words, if I get caught and spill the information about Tsurugi, that would be disadvantageous for Tsurugi as well.
Aside from the fact that I don’t have any information about Tsurugi.
“That won’t… happen.”
“You sure don’t sound confident.”
If Tsurugi gets caught, he will definitely be killed.
Even if Tsurugi is a former lieutenant general of the Self-Defense Forces and has many comrades who trust him, Boss will kill him.
“I want a guarantee,” Ohashi says.
“Of what?” I hold back my laughter inwardly and ask back.
“Guarantee that I can meet Tsurugi.”
She fell for it.
Since we’ve come this far, it’s okay to say it already.
“Sorry, but there is no guarantee that you will meet with Tsurugi.”
“……”
Ohashi opens her eyes wide.
“We also want to get in touch with Tsurugi. For that reason, I want to have you to play a role.”
She has also become doubtful of the Self-Defense Forces after Tsurugi became wanted. That is a big opening.
“What will Kamiya-kun do when he meets Tsurugi?”
“We are in the same situation. So, I want to have a cooperative relationship with him.”
“I can’t… trust you.”
Well yeah. But in your case, the desire to meet Tsurugi is even higher, right?
If you miss the chance – that is me – here, you might not be able to meet Tsurugi for the rest of your life.
“…What should I do, specifically?”
After exhaling as if hesitating, she says so. No, she ends up saying so.
I’m doing my best to hold back my laughter inwardly.
Do you aware of yourself? You are a shitty girl who helps me who killed Rin just because you want to meet Tsurugi.
Despite you might be deceived. Just because I’m going to make use of you doesn’t mean I won’t dispose you.
Even so, just the desire of wanting to meet Tsurugi stirs you up, Ohashi.
“If he finds out that I’ve kidnapped you, Tsurugi won’t be able to stay still.”
“Un…”
When Ohashi nods, a sound appears behind me.
Ohashi’s line of sight moves to behind me; she then takes a few steps backwards
The one who appeared is Yoiyami-san.
He arrived quickly because I had told him in advance that I wanted him to wait near the city until the morning came.
“He’s my comrade.”
Though I said so, it is impossible for her not to be wary of Yoiyami-san, seeing him for the first time.
Since learning about Observer’s matter, Yoiyami seems to get all worked up about, making us around him feel nervous.
“We will take her and return to New Road at once.”
“Got it.”
Darkness tries to cover us.
However, it stops with a jolt at my words.
“Before that, Ohashi, call for reinforcements.”
“Eh, but if I do that…”
Ohashi is confused by the sudden request.
In order to convey that Ohashi gets kidnapped, we have to make use of the mass media.
However, the enemy, will surely notice our intention for kidnapping Ohashi, so there is a possibility that it won’t be reported.
In that case, we should make a big ruckus that can’t be brushed aside.
“Just do it.”
After I pressure her, Ohashi immediately takes out her phone and do some kind of operation with it.
“Yoiyami-san, it would be bad if you get spotted, so can you take Ohashi and get back first.
After that, please come back again to pick me up.”
I decide to go wild a little until Yoiyami comes back.
After Yoiyami-san and Ohashi melt into the darkness and disappears, I sit back deeply on the bench.
