[Twinkling Darkness]
“This is the last treatment, okay. It would be bad if I got exposed that I got in touch with you, after all.”
“Ahh, thanks.”
“Rather, who is this child?”
“A member of Anonymous.”
“Branch? Headquarters?”
“Headquarters.”
“Haa, it’s the worst. You missed Anonymous, didn’t you?
Rather~, do you understand my position? I’m sort of a doctor of the SDF. If this is exposed, I wouldn’t end with just getting fired.”
“You are always crossing a dangerous bridge like that.”
“…enough. Send the money with the usual method.”
“Ahh. And, tell Hitsugiya that I’m calling for him.”
“That’s an extra charge, okay.”
I woke up at such a conversation. The light is dazzling. In the corner of my blurred view, I saw a woman in a white coat leaving the room.
And I was lying in bed in a patient clothes. An IV needle is stuck in my left arm.
“She is?”
“…doctor and informant.”
When I asked Yoiyami-san who was standing beside me, he replied so.
I look around. This place looks like a hospital, but did Yoiyami-san carry me here?
“How long has it been since then?”
“Half a day.”
“I see.”
I got up and pulled out the intrusive needle.
The joints of my body hurt, but not by that much, even though I hadn’t eaten for a few days.
Probably, I was injected with a nutritional infusion or something. My body can move.
“How was I? Do I have a hope?”
I asked about what I was most interested in while checking my physical condition.
“Ahh, not bad. Let’s continue the training.”
“…Is it that room again?”
“No, that’s enough.”
I feel relieved to hear that.
“Then next…”
While saying so, I put on the shoes that were under the bed and got off the bed. The moment I stood up, I got dizzy and stopped for a bit.
“Don’t rush.”
“My clothes…”
While holding my forehead, I look a around and search for my clothes.
“If it’s your clothes, I’ve thrown them away.”
You threw them away? Those were the ones that was picked by Roll, though. Well… I should just ask her to pick some again, huh.
“I brought my clothes instead, though they are a little bigger.”
Yoiyami-san threw a bag on the bed.
When I opened it and looked inside, I found jeans, a shirt and a black hoodie.
“Change your clothes. First, we’re going to eat.”
ーーー
I wonder what is this refreshing feeling in my chest.
I thought that when I got out of the room, I would definitely kill Yoiyami-san, but now I feel grateful toward him.
It feels like the mud stuck in my throat has been removed.
Yoiyami-san and I sat across from each other and were crudely eating meals at a high-class restaurant in the town.
Empty rice bowls are piled up, and the dishes that are brought in are eaten up one after another.
I forcibly stuff my withered stomach with meat. Yoiyami-san, who is across me, was also eating as if he hadn’t had a meal for a long time.
“In the end, how long have I been trapped in there?”
When the meal was over, I asked.
Yoiyami-san is dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, and the jumper he wore earlier is hung on a hanger.
“It was less than a week.”
I see. I think it was that space that made me feel that I was trapped longer in there.
“What are we going to do from now on?”
There’s no way it would end with this. Another hard training should be waiting for me.
Thinking so made me dejected, but I also want to face anything that would be thrown at me.
‘That’s right,’ Yoiyami-san groans.
Meanwhile, the waiter was cleaning up the empty dishes on the desk.
“Getting real battle experience.”
“Real battle…huh”
I was wondering what kind of hellish training I would be subjected to, but it wasn’t what I expected.
It’s time for real battle, huh.
“Tameiki had sent your data, but you have too few experiences. Although your basic ability is somewhat unacceptable, it is already sufficient.”
I am aware that I have little experience in real battle.
I was only doing low-difficulty missions with Roll. That’s because I hated risk. So, I have very little experience in combat missions and almost no solo experience.
If it’s mock battle, I was doing well in training though.
“But even if you say actual battle, we can’t easily find opponent to fight to the death.”
“There is an organization in this city where killers have formed a faction.”
I’ve heard of that before.
“It should be easy to find an opponent there. You’ll have to be a killer for a while.”
“I understand.”
Yoiyami-san frowned a little at me who answered without hesitation.
I was also surprised at myself being able to answer that immediately.
“I’ll follow you inside at the beginning, but in the end, you will have to do it alone.”
“I understand.”
Yoiyami-san payed the bill, and we returned to his apartment.
Because of my physical strength, I will have to take a rest today and tomorrow.
ーーー
Hitsugiya Banri. A well-known killer in the underworld, I’ve also heard his names several times.
He seems to have an ability that specialize in assassination, and he seems to be someone who would kill anyone from a baby to an old woman as long as he was given money.
Such a guy visited Yoiyami-san’s apartment. It was the next morning after my rest day.
“It’s been a long time, isn’t it, Yoiyami. You sure are getting old again. Why did you call me?”
Hitsugiya is about the same height as me and has grayish hair. He has flashy silver earrings on his ears and wore a rugged navy-blue jacket. His age should be at about the late 30s.
He is surprisingly a flashy dressed middle-aged man.
Although he had an eye contact with me for a moment, he walked to the front of Yoiyami-san.
“I want to work in the ‘Association’,” Yoiyami-san said while sitting on the bed. Hitsugiya stands in front of him.
Suddenly he took out a knife from his breast pocket and played it in his hand.
I was wary, but it seems that Yoiyami-san didn’t care.
“Hmm~, Yoiyami wants to work in the ‘Association’, huh?”
“No.”
Yoiyami-san threw his gaze at me sitting on a chair in the corner of the room.
“That brat, huh. Don’t tell me, you’re raising him?”
“That’s right.”
“Hee, it looks interesting. Alright, I’ll help you. You owe me one y’know.”
“He’s the one who will return the favor,” Yoiyami-san pointed at me and said. Hitsugiya shrugs his shoulder, took out a wallet from his pocket, and pulled out a card from it.
“It is a member’s card of the ‘Association’. I’m just a member and have never worked there, but I’m a bit known there. I’ll also talk for you.”
“I’ll count on you.”
“Rather, if it’s you, it will be easy to enter the ‘Association’ even without something like this.”
“There’s no meaning in waving the name of someone who has retired.”
“Ah~, but certainly, there should be no one who can tell that it’s you with your current face, right? And if you standing out suspiciously, the pursuit will be annoying.
To worry about such things, even Yoiyami-sama of the Darkness Death has fallen. Well, it’s fine though. Then, I’m going to work from now on, so…”
“Okay.”
“You do know the location of the ‘Association’, right?”
“Ahh.”
“OK.”
Hitsugiya turns on his heel and heads for the entrance of the room.
However, I don’t know what is in his mind, Hitsugiya suddenly threw a knife at me.
I twisted my body to avoid it and instantly pulled out the knife stuck in the wall. And when I tried to throw it at Hitsugiya, I stopped.
It was because I noticed Yoiyami-san telling me to stop from his gaze.
“Hee~.”
Hitsugiya laughed happily and left the room. After seeing him off, I dropped the knife on the ground and saw Yoiyami-san put on his jacket.
“Are you going to the ‘Association’?”
“Ahh, follow me.”
ーーー
A killer group where killers gathered and had the power as an organization. Known as ‘Association’.
Originally, its purpose was to gather people to cooperate in the work(killing) that they have accepted, but it seems that it eventually became an organization as many people gathered.
Yoiyami-san says that the ‘Association’ has offices in the 12th to 14th floors of the central building in the center of New Road, the building itself is run by the ‘Association’.
Unlike Anonymous, the ‘Association’ runs by the system that allows you to subcontract the work accepted by the organization once you become a member.
Anonymous is like a corporation, so the member sorta like doing assignments.
And now, Yoiyami-san and I are on the elevator of that building.
Yoiyami-san is relaxed, but I wear a hood to hide my face. I also covered my mouth with a muffler, so I feel uncomfortable.
The elevator stopped on the 12th floor with a *ching* sound.
“We’ve arrived.”
What came into view after the elevator’s door opened was a beautiful reception counter.
There is a door at the end of the passage, there is a reception in front of it, and two receptionists sitting at the counter are smiling.
Looking to the right, the view of the city center spreads out, and several people are sitting on the sofa, drinking coffee and smoking.
“It’s normal, isn’t it?” I said while chasing after Yoiyami-san, who was proceeding toward the counter. Yoiyami-san doesn’t answer.
When we got to the front of the counter, the receptionists stood up and bowed. The receptionist who deal with us is the one on the left.
“Thank you for visiting us. What kind of business do you have today?”
“I want to do a member registration.”
“I’m very sorry. Our company’s member registration is not done at the reception. If you want to do a member registration…”
Yoiyami-san took out the member’s card from his pocket while interrupting the words of the receptionist.
“This should do it. Check it.”
“Pardon me. I will confirm it, so please wait for a while.”
When the receptionist received the member’s card from Yoiyami-san, she picked up the phone on the side while looking at it and spoke a few words.
“Yes, understood,” she said and hung up the phone, then she turned to us again.
“Here is the membership card. I’ve confirmed it, I take it that you are introduced by Hitsugiya-sama?”
“Ahh.”
“I understand. Well then, I’ll show you around.”
[Twinkling Darkness]
“This is the last treatment, okay. It would be bad if I got exposed that I got in touch with you, after all.”
“Ahh, thanks.”
“Rather, who is this child?”
“A member of Anonymous.”
“Branch? Headquarters?”
“Headquarters.”
“Haa, it’s the worst. You missed Anonymous, didn’t you?
Rather~, do you understand my position? I’m sort of a doctor of the SDF. If this is exposed, I wouldn’t end with just getting fired.”
“You are always crossing a dangerous bridge like that.”
“…enough. Send the money with the usual method.”
“Ahh. And, tell Hitsugiya that I’m calling for him.”
“That’s an extra charge, okay.”
I woke up at such a conversation. The light is dazzling. In the corner of my blurred view, I saw a woman in a white coat leaving the room.
And I was lying in bed in a patient clothes. An IV needle is stuck in my left arm.
“She is?”
“…doctor and informant.”
When I asked Yoiyami-san who was standing beside me, he replied so.
I look around. This place looks like a hospital, but did Yoiyami-san carry me here?
“How long has it been since then?”
“Half a day.”
“I see.”
I got up and pulled out the intrusive needle.
The joints of my body hurt, but not by that much, even though I hadn’t eaten for a few days.
Probably, I was injected with a nutritional infusion or something. My body can move.
“How was I? Do I have a hope?”
I asked about what I was most interested in while checking my physical condition.
“Ahh, not bad. Let’s continue the training.”
“…Is it that room again?”
“No, that’s enough.”
I feel relieved to hear that.
“Then next…”
While saying so, I put on the shoes that were under the bed and got off the bed. The moment I stood up, I got dizzy and stopped for a bit.
“Don’t rush.”
“My clothes…”
While holding my forehead, I look a around and search for my clothes.
“If it’s your clothes, I’ve thrown them away.”
You threw them away? Those were the ones that was picked by Roll, though. Well… I should just ask her to pick some again, huh.
“I brought my clothes instead, though they are a little bigger.”
Yoiyami-san threw a bag on the bed.
When I opened it and looked inside, I found jeans, a shirt and a black hoodie.
“Change your clothes. First, we’re going to eat.”
ーーー
I wonder what is this refreshing feeling in my chest.
I thought that when I got out of the room, I would definitely kill Yoiyami-san, but now I feel grateful toward him.
It feels like the mud stuck in my throat has been removed.
Yoiyami-san and I sat across from each other and were crudely eating meals at a high-class restaurant in the town.
Empty rice bowls are piled up, and the dishes that are brought in are eaten up one after another.
I forcibly stuff my withered stomach with meat. Yoiyami-san, who is across me, was also eating as if he hadn’t had a meal for a long time.
“In the end, how long have I been trapped in there?”
When the meal was over, I asked.
Yoiyami-san is dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, and the jumper he wore earlier is hung on a hanger.
“It was less than a week.”
I see. I think it was that space that made me feel that I was trapped longer in there.
“What are we going to do from now on?”
There’s no way it would end with this. Another hard training should be waiting for me.
Thinking so made me dejected, but I also want to face anything that would be thrown at me.
‘That’s right,’ Yoiyami-san groans.
Meanwhile, the waiter was cleaning up the empty dishes on the desk.
“Getting real battle experience.”
“Real battle…huh”
I was wondering what kind of hellish training I would be subjected to, but it wasn’t what I expected.
It’s time for real battle, huh.
“Tameiki had sent your data, but you have too few experiences. Although your basic ability is somewhat unacceptable, it is already sufficient.”
I am aware that I have little experience in real battle.
I was only doing low-difficulty missions with Roll. That’s because I hated risk. So, I have very little experience in combat missions and almost no solo experience.
If it’s mock battle, I was doing well in training though.
“But even if you say actual battle, we can’t easily find opponent to fight to the death.”
“There is an organization in this city where killers have formed a faction.”
I’ve heard of that before.
“It should be easy to find an opponent there. You’ll have to be a killer for a while.”
“I understand.”
Yoiyami-san frowned a little at me who answered without hesitation.
I was also surprised at myself being able to answer that immediately.
“I’ll follow you inside at the beginning, but in the end, you will have to do it alone.”
“I understand.”
Yoiyami-san payed the bill, and we returned to his apartment.
Because of my physical strength, I will have to take a rest today and tomorrow.
ーーー
Hitsugiya Banri. A well-known killer in the underworld, I’ve also heard his names several times.
He seems to have an ability that specialize in assassination, and he seems to be someone who would kill anyone from a baby to an old woman as long as he was given money.
Such a guy visited Yoiyami-san’s apartment. It was the next morning after my rest day.
“It’s been a long time, isn’t it, Yoiyami. You sure are getting old again. Why did you call me?”
Hitsugiya is about the same height as me and has grayish hair. He has flashy silver earrings on his ears and wore a rugged navy-blue jacket. His age should be at about the late 30s.
He is surprisingly a flashy dressed middle-aged man.
Although he had an eye contact with me for a moment, he walked to the front of Yoiyami-san.
“I want to work in the ‘Association’,” Yoiyami-san said while sitting on the bed. Hitsugiya stands in front of him.
Suddenly he took out a knife from his breast pocket and played it in his hand.
I was wary, but it seems that Yoiyami-san didn’t care.
“Hmm~, Yoiyami wants to work in the ‘Association’, huh?”
“No.”
Yoiyami-san threw his gaze at me sitting on a chair in the corner of the room.
“That brat, huh. Don’t tell me, you’re raising him?”
“That’s right.”
“Hee, it looks interesting. Alright, I’ll help you. You owe me one y’know.”
“He’s the one who will return the favor,” Yoiyami-san pointed at me and said. Hitsugiya shrugs his shoulder, took out a wallet from his pocket, and pulled out a card from it.
“It is a member’s card of the ‘Association’. I’m just a member and have never worked there, but I’m a bit known there. I’ll also talk for you.”
“I’ll count on you.”
“Rather, if it’s you, it will be easy to enter the ‘Association’ even without something like this.”
“There’s no meaning in waving the name of someone who has retired.”
“Ah~, but certainly, there should be no one who can tell that it’s you with your current face, right? And if you standing out suspiciously, the pursuit will be annoying.
To worry about such things, even Yoiyami-sama of the Darkness Death has fallen. Well, it’s fine though. Then, I’m going to work from now on, so…”
“Okay.”
“You do know the location of the ‘Association’, right?”
“Ahh.”
“OK.”
Hitsugiya turns on his heel and heads for the entrance of the room.
However, I don’t know what is in his mind, Hitsugiya suddenly threw a knife at me.
I twisted my body to avoid it and instantly pulled out the knife stuck in the wall. And when I tried to throw it at Hitsugiya, I stopped.
It was because I noticed Yoiyami-san telling me to stop from his gaze.
“Hee~.”
Hitsugiya laughed happily and left the room. After seeing him off, I dropped the knife on the ground and saw Yoiyami-san put on his jacket.
“Are you going to the ‘Association’?”
“Ahh, follow me.”
ーーー
A killer group where killers gathered and had the power as an organization. Known as ‘Association’.
Originally, its purpose was to gather people to cooperate in the work(killing) that they have accepted, but it seems that it eventually became an organization as many people gathered.
Yoiyami-san says that the ‘Association’ has offices in the 12th to 14th floors of the central building in the center of New Road, the building itself is run by the ‘Association’.
Unlike Anonymous, the ‘Association’ runs by the system that allows you to subcontract the work accepted by the organization once you become a member.
Anonymous is like a corporation, so the member sorta like doing assignments.
And now, Yoiyami-san and I are on the elevator of that building.
Yoiyami-san is relaxed, but I wear a hood to hide my face. I also covered my mouth with a muffler, so I feel uncomfortable.
The elevator stopped on the 12th floor with a *ching* sound.
“We’ve arrived.”
What came into view after the elevator’s door opened was a beautiful reception counter.
There is a door at the end of the passage, there is a reception in front of it, and two receptionists sitting at the counter are smiling.
Looking to the right, the view of the city center spreads out, and several people are sitting on the sofa, drinking coffee and smoking.
“It’s normal, isn’t it?” I said while chasing after Yoiyami-san, who was proceeding toward the counter. Yoiyami-san doesn’t answer.
When we got to the front of the counter, the receptionists stood up and bowed. The receptionist who deal with us is the one on the left.
“Thank you for visiting us. What kind of business do you have today?”
“I want to do a member registration.”
“I’m very sorry. Our company’s member registration is not done at the reception. If you want to do a member registration…”
Yoiyami-san took out the member’s card from his pocket while interrupting the words of the receptionist.
“This should do it. Check it.”
“Pardon me. I will confirm it, so please wait for a while.”
When the receptionist received the member’s card from Yoiyami-san, she picked up the phone on the side while looking at it and spoke a few words.
“Yes, understood,” she said and hung up the phone, then she turned to us again.
“Here is the membership card. I’ve confirmed it, I take it that you are introduced by Hitsugiya-sama?”
“Ahh.”
“I understand. Well then, I’ll show you around.”
