Capítulo 1: The End
The End
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Several days had passed since the whole incident with Catalyst. In the end I didn't get what I was looking for.
♪ Ring! ♪ Ring! ♪
Who?
"Who is this…"
"It's me…"
"Technician-san? Doesn't it feel like these days you're calling me more??"
"...Shut up and come to my lab."
"You want your answers don't you?"
"..."
"Hmm… ok."
He has my answers? So that means he knows where Kazami Tazuru is.
I guess I'll go then.
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"Get in."
"Technician-san."
"I went ahead and planted a bug in your clothes. You already exposed the girl in the cell right?"
I had only just left the prison cell and Technician-san was there already and in a taxi.
This was perhaps the only lead I could find regarding Kazami Tazuru's location.
"It's time I let you know the truth."
We awkwardly sat there a minute before I asked Technician-san.
"Where are we headed? There's no way you know where she is right now, right?"
"You'll get it as long as you follow me."
"Or rather there's no other way to get to the truth. Instead of explaining, just showing you the real thing would be faster."
"What does that mean…"
"!"
The taxi had stopped abruptly.
"Well that's a bother… It's a Kazami Tazuru demonstration." The taxi driver said.
Outside of the windshield was a march of protesters.
"MAKE ME ART!!!"
"MAKE ME ART!!!"
"MAKE ME ART!!!"
"MAKE ME AR-"
"There's one thing in the world I hate the most: talk shows, commentators, and demonstrations."
I could see the tick mark on Technician-san's face. And also… isn't that three things?
"Shut it."
I said that out loud…
"They raise a problem out to the country they live in and then say they would rather get killed by Kazami Tazuru than live here."
Humans… are hypocritical. They are greedy and selfish. For example when you say something in your mind that you aren't going to do then do it isn't that hypocrisy?
I can tell…
These protesters are the same.
"But very few people actually want to get killed…"
"They all just want to make an enemy out of something. Anything is fine as long as it lets them stand together. They just want to be connected to someone else…"
I suppose that the taxi driver was listening to Technician-san's monologue.
"...An 'imagined enemy,' was it? The thing where people make up a common enemy in order to keep a group together?"
"-You know, a while back, I was watching a hero TV show with my son. One time, the enemy that they were supposed to defeat never showed up…"
"Let me ask you kiddos what do you think the heroes did then?"
"Believe it or not, they started infighting."
"That left a strangely deep impression on me…"
The rest of the trip was in a somewhat somber mood.
"Thank you!"
We arrived at an abandoned building near the ocean.
"What is this place…?"
"It's my secret base."
"I can do whatever research I feel like doing here, it's the perfect environment."
"And once… Kazami Tazuru, Yuuki Koto and Sora came here before."
"There's some sort of strange connection between those two…"
My sister and Kazami Tazuru? What kind, aside from the romantic one…
I thought in silence. I for some reason was in a more sad mood than before.
Will the truth be revealed?
"!!"
A white curtain stood before us.
"I've let them sleep in suspended animation."
"Oh you're here Sora."
"...I'm here for my answers…"
Since when was he here!?
"Wa!"
He just glanced at me before looking back at Technician-san.
I looked at the 'patient' lying on the hospital bed.
"Who… W-who is it…"
"Get closer and confirm it with your own eyes."
Was it because the person who ordered the kidnapping was next to me? I don't know but I do know one thing. At that moment I felt… 'something'. Something that I knew would change me forever.
Thump!
Were my footsteps louder than usual?
Thump!
Thump!
THump!
THUmp!
THUMp!
THUMP!
I reached for the cloth blocking the face of the patient in a comatose state.
Woosh!
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.
What?
What is this?
Me…?
"Now then, it's time."
"There was a case that you haven't solved yet but the culprit was a therapist. Do you want to guess what they used to manipulate their victims?"
"..."
"It was HYPNOSIS."
"The guy over there is the. real. Yuuki. Otohito."
"He's already been sleeping for about a year. While we had a backup plan it seems that Sora this time was tame."
"'Seeing' the sleeping Yuuki Otohito is the other condition for undoing the hypnosis."
What is she talking about?
"Hy… hypnosis?"
"What are you-"
.
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"IT'S TIME."
"Come on, wake up already. There should have been signs."
"Weren't they there? 'I'm changing' that sort of feeling."
"That… I did have that feeling. B-But that was only after I met Kazami Tazuru! And I started to understand how copycats think!!"
"Copycats are your imagined enemy."
"They were a smokescreen to hide the real truth."
N-No!!
That can't be!!!
That!
There's no way!!!
I'm-
-After all, I'm!!!
N-No…
P-Please
"Your surgery was a real pain in the ass, you know. Since I had to basically change everything."
I am-
'Make me art!!!'
I am-
'You're not some random helpless person.'
I am-
'Onii-chan, has your vibe changed?'
I am-
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
I am-
That's wrong…
I am-
'The world has already gone crazy.'
I am!
I
am
"Good morning."
"Can you say your name?"
"...I am Kazami Tazuru."
I guess Sora didn't go like we had planned.
"Welcome back, Kazami Tazuru. How are you feeling?"
"My head's still a bit groggy. But I'm alright, thank you."
"Sorry for all the trouble."
Technician-chan! So cute! She's only been like this once before…
"That was a pretty exciting wake-up call, huh?"
"Let's do a test to see if your memories are actually all intact. Try going through everything that's happened up to now."
"Very well."
"Starting from the time I met her."
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On the day I first met her.
Koto without getting scared, without trying to run away. Looked straight at me.
I remember the taste of my victim that day.
"Wanna try some?"
"Does it taste good?"
"Not really."
"Then I'll pass."
We spoke as if we had already been friends for many many years.
I found myself working with her. Each time I killed someone we would run away.
We met a pair of policeman and designer siblings.
We met an apartment landlord that wanted to die.
We met the leader of a terrorist group.
"And then you met me. At that point, I think I was still male, right?"
"I don't remember. But I think you're cuter now."
"Shut up and drop it."
"You helped me increase the variations in my killings."
"If it was you I thought it'd be fine to lend you my technology. After that the two of you went back to traveling together."
Koto and I eventually met a lone wandering person. We had then decided to help him… I don't even remember the reason now.
But even as we kept traveling… I lost my reason for killing.
"I'll turn myself in."
I wanted to at least let these three people who helped me know what I was about to do.
Sora left.
"...Could you wait a month?"
"I want to prepare a present so I don't forget about you."
Since it's Koto asking…
"Alright."
"I'll be looking forward to whatever present it is."
A month had passed and Koto was late.
She sure is late…
"The serial killer 'Murdist' has just turned themselves in!!"
How unexpected…
"So that's how it is."
I went to Technician.
"Ah, yeah I did the surgery. She paid me off. You gonna kill me?"
"No."
"If we;re talking about her, I understand her completely. Even what she'll do next. Since we traveled together for so long."
"...All throughout the journey she talked about her younger brother and sister."
"Especially the younger brother."
"A pure and kind boy."
"She talked about how he was so easy to influence that she was worried for him."
"Koto will definitely try to meet him before she dies."
"So I will become Yuuki Otohito."
"..."
"So what'll you do?"
"In the first place, it was you who wanted to die. And then you abandoned Koto without thinking about her. But even then, Koto gave up everything and sacrificed herself for you."
"Are you going to make it all for nothing?"
"I don't care about that."
"I want to go meet Koto again."
"I want to talk to her again."
"To do that, it's fine even if I have to stop being me."
"Foolish, isn't it? Only now do I realize I'm standing on the losing side."
"I loved Koto. I truly loved her with all my heart."
"I don't want her to die for someone like me. So, Technician, help me out with saving her."
I kidnapped Yuki Otohito and hypnotized him to talk about himself.
Hobbies.
Strengths.
Likes.
Dislikes.
His thoughts.
Past memories.
I asked about everything without letting up.
And then I put him to sleep right here.
And finally, I used hypnosis on myself.
Slowly… I became Yuuki Othito.
It was all for the sake of meeting Koto one more time.
"Technician-san, I have one more request."
"Should a time come when I should return… guide me."
I dropped the pocket watch and I lost all memories of 'Kazami Tazuru' and was now 'Yuuki Otohito'.
Eventually I was contacted by her and that finally leads to now.
"Until I finally woke up. That's everything."
"And I guess we also caught some copycats together."
"There's only one last thing to do."
"Sora-kun?"
"...Yes Kazami-san…"
"Isn't there something you want to ask me?"
"...What was your answer after killing all those people?"
"Hm? What do you mean?"
"What answer did you come up with?"
"..."
"...Nothing."
"W-What? Nothing? That can't be right. R-Right?"
"You should have realized it by now, Sora-kun. I can't always be there for you. You have your photography and a whole life ahead for you. I don't have anything."
"...Ha… Hahaha!!!"
"...haaaa… You're right Kazami-san… You were always right…"
At last I was done.
Sora-kun left and now there was no longer anything holding me down any longer.
"So, what are you planning on doing from now on?"
"Shouldn't that be obvious?"
"I have no more attachments to this world. I've spoken to her so much up until today. As Yuuki Otohito, I was together with her. That's plenty for me."
"There's only one thing left for me to do."
The moon is quite bright today.
"I'm going to save Koto."
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I found myself hugging myself in my apartment.
I knew…
For a while now I knew the answer to my question. I was too reliant on Kazami-san. I knew…
I should go out now…
I called on my acquaintances that worked at the Tokyo Skytree. I asked him to cash in a favor he owed me.
I went with a pair of bolt cutters and found myself basking in the moonlight at the top.
The platform was small with chain link fences surrounding the edges.
As I grew nearer to the edge I reminisced about the past for a bit.
"What about you Sora?"
"Me…?"
"...I suppose I like the sky."
"It seems so free… there would be no worries up there."
"What an interesting answer. I thought you would say the same as me but I guess everyone is different."
The sky.
The sky which is bright is now filled with stars and moonlight.
Snap!
Snap!
Snap!
Snap!
I made a hole big enough for me to jump. I feel bad for the countless people who are either going to need to clean my pieces of flesh or the people who will be traumatized because of this.
Because of the lack of buildings of any sort up here it's quite windy. It was cold but refreshing, washing away any fatigue I had in my body.
Now I was at the edge.
I took a moment and looked down at the city below.
From up here they all looked smaller than ants.
Something didn't seem right however. I couldn't quite place my finger on it but I knew that something was wrong.
I took one last large breath and one last look at the gleaming lights below.
…
Then I jumped.
I wonder if I was hallucinating.
Because at that infinitesimal moment time for me slowed to a halt and there I saw an angel and my back that was turned towards the ground felt like a burn I had never felt before.
Ah.
Now I see…
The bright white stars in the sky, the angel above me. The heavens above are judging me while the hell below is ready to swallow me accepting my welcome.
Was I imagining all this?
It doesn't matter.
They say that angels are supposed to look horrifying to scare demons while demons are pleasing to look at because they want to trick humans…
But I have never seen a person more beautiful than this angel.
That moment lasted an eternity for me and that was all I needed.
Within the next few seconds I would die.
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SPLAT!!!!
"Kyah!!! Someone just committed suicide!"
"Someone call the police!"
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