[Each Thought of Death]
“It’s fine, Kazato won’t kill Hitomi right away,” Tsurugi muttered baselessly as if to convince himself.
A few moments after the call, he was leaning against the wall of an alley and looking at the screen of his phone.
The girl standing beside him, Yumesaki Aika, neither affirmed or denied.
Approximately two weeks have passed since the total destruction of Anonymous.
Tsurugi and Aika managed to survive from the former leader of Anonymous Hyde – who was currently a general of the Self-Defense Forces – thanks to his ability denial of interference ‘Master Cancel’.
However, for them who had no backing, just trying to get by every day took them their all; they were living a life where they were even troubled about procuring food for the day.
Hiding their identity, they moved from one inn after another, there were even many days where they slept outside. Even though the wounds of the battle hadn’t healed yet.
“Weren’t you planning to join hands with them temporarily?” Aika asked a question, as if she had read her thoughts.
“There’s no change to the plan. You’ve managed to locate the precise location, right?” (Tsurugi)
“Yes.” (Aika)
“In that case, there is no problem. Let’s head there from now.” (Tsurugi)
“Then, why did you dare to say something that made him angry?” (Aika)
Even if asked why, it was doubtful whether he could express the earlier impulse in words.
Under this circumstance, the request for cooperation from Shion was not a bad thing even for Tsurugi. Rather, it was an offer that he could only hope for. At the current state, he could no longer be picky about the means or allies.
That was why, when Hitomi got kidnapped, he guessed some of their plans and said he would accept it if it was a signal of invitation.
In spite of this, he ended up naturally turning down the proposal over the phone.
And yet, they were still going to their place. That was why, for Aika, his thought was hard to understand.
However, the reason he took such a risky act without guaranteeing the safety of Hitomi was because the impulsiveness of Tsurugi himself.
Tsurugi started talking bit by bit,
“…….When I heard his dreary voice, I thought:
If Kazato is fixed upon the thought that I should be hating him because he killed Rin and my father, and messed up our hometown, then he gets it wrong.
He is now thinking that being hated by me is something inevitable.” (Tsurugi)
“However, Tsurugi-san is, in fact, should be hating Kamiya Kazato.” (Aika)
“Ahh, that’s right. That’s exactly why, I wanted to deny it.” (Tsurugi)
“Is that so. I see… If that is the case, I might understand a little.” (Aika)
Seeing Aika frowned as though she was a little stumped, Tsurugi burst into a smile.
The remnants of the Observer only remained as a potential of Aika; she was regaining her emotions.
“I want to forgive Kazato. Not only forgive him, but also save him.” (Tsurugi)
But now he still could not forgive him. And on the other hand, there was also a part of him who wanted to exact the worst revenge on him.
“He is more afraid of death than anyone else.” (Aika)
“So you have seen through him.” (Tsurugi)
“Yes.” (Aika)
Until now, Kazato must have been desperate to live.
If Kazato is angry at the unreasonableness surrounding him, and have been living in fear, I too must have been a part of that unreasonableness to Kazato. That said, it doesn’t mean I can forgive him about the matter of Rin and father.
Can I face the current him while leaving them out?
Tsurugi asked himself.
I have to stand in front of him as Midou Tsurugi, as a man.
Not as one of his many obstacles, but as his only best friend, I will receive his anger all at once.
For Tsurugi that was his atonement.
“Kazato can’t stop by himself anymore.” (Tsurugi)
Sewage dripped from an old pipe extending out from a private house.
“If he’s been afraid of death and been living in fear this whole time, I want to end it.” (Tsurugi)
“Is that okay?” (Aika)
“It is not. That’s why…” (Tsurugi)
“……” (Aika)
“That’s why only at that time, I’ll be fine even if I were to become evil.” (Tsurugi)
[Each Thought of Death]
“It’s fine, Kazato won’t kill Hitomi right away,” Tsurugi muttered baselessly as if to convince himself.
A few moments after the call, he was leaning against the wall of an alley and looking at the screen of his phone.
The girl standing beside him, Yumesaki Aika, neither affirmed or denied.
Approximately two weeks have passed since the total destruction of Anonymous.
Tsurugi and Aika managed to survive from the former leader of Anonymous Hyde – who was currently a general of the Self-Defense Forces – thanks to his ability denial of interference ‘Master Cancel’.
However, for them who had no backing, just trying to get by every day took them their all; they were living a life where they were even troubled about procuring food for the day.
Hiding their identity, they moved from one inn after another, there were even many days where they slept outside. Even though the wounds of the battle hadn’t healed yet.
“Weren’t you planning to join hands with them temporarily?” Aika asked a question, as if she had read her thoughts.
“There’s no change to the plan. You’ve managed to locate the precise location, right?” (Tsurugi)
“Yes.” (Aika)
“In that case, there is no problem. Let’s head there from now.” (Tsurugi)
“Then, why did you dare to say something that made him angry?” (Aika)
Even if asked why, it was doubtful whether he could express the earlier impulse in words.
Under this circumstance, the request for cooperation from Shion was not a bad thing even for Tsurugi. Rather, it was an offer that he could only hope for. At the current state, he could no longer be picky about the means or allies.
That was why, when Hitomi got kidnapped, he guessed some of their plans and said he would accept it if it was a signal of invitation.
In spite of this, he ended up naturally turning down the proposal over the phone.
And yet, they were still going to their place. That was why, for Aika, his thought was hard to understand.
However, the reason he took such a risky act without guaranteeing the safety of Hitomi was because the impulsiveness of Tsurugi himself.
Tsurugi started talking bit by bit,
“…….When I heard his dreary voice, I thought:
If Kazato is fixed upon the thought that I should be hating him because he killed Rin and my father, and messed up our hometown, then he gets it wrong.
He is now thinking that being hated by me is something inevitable.” (Tsurugi)
“However, Tsurugi-san is, in fact, should be hating Kamiya Kazato.” (Aika)
“Ahh, that’s right. That’s exactly why, I wanted to deny it.” (Tsurugi)
“Is that so. I see… If that is the case, I might understand a little.” (Aika)
Seeing Aika frowned as though she was a little stumped, Tsurugi burst into a smile.
The remnants of the Observer only remained as a potential of Aika; she was regaining her emotions.
“I want to forgive Kazato. Not only forgive him, but also save him.” (Tsurugi)
But now he still could not forgive him. And on the other hand, there was also a part of him who wanted to exact the worst revenge on him.
“He is more afraid of death than anyone else.” (Aika)
“So you have seen through him.” (Tsurugi)
“Yes.” (Aika)
Until now, Kazato must have been desperate to live.
If Kazato is angry at the unreasonableness surrounding him, and have been living in fear, I too must have been a part of that unreasonableness to Kazato. That said, it doesn’t mean I can forgive him about the matter of Rin and father.
Can I face the current him while leaving them out?
Tsurugi asked himself.
I have to stand in front of him as Midou Tsurugi, as a man.
Not as one of his many obstacles, but as his only best friend, I will receive his anger all at once.
For Tsurugi that was his atonement.
“Kazato can’t stop by himself anymore.” (Tsurugi)
Sewage dripped from an old pipe extending out from a private house.
“If he’s been afraid of death and been living in fear this whole time, I want to end it.” (Tsurugi)
“Is that okay?” (Aika)
“It is not. That’s why…” (Tsurugi)
“……” (Aika)
“That’s why only at that time, I’ll be fine even if I were to become evil.” (Tsurugi)
