Chương 2: Ch. 2
20th Ward.
Anteiku Cafe.
Sitting alone in the far corner of the cafe is Mikio, he was looking at his laptop tapping the keyboard, while drinking coffee and eating sandwiches.
It was just yesterday night when he fought the Ghoul in the abandoned building and killed it. After going home that night he tried to use the Kagune at his home, and the good thing is it was working, it's sharp, sturdy, and durable but it's quite heavy and inadequate for people like him who like to move quickly, so he's planning to hunt a Ghoul again for another Kagune this night.
Picking the cup on the table, Mikio drank the coffee inside it but frowned upon noticing that it was already empty. "Touka, one more cup please!"
Assisting some of the customer in another table, a young woman with a short hair that covers the right part of her face turned around to the direction of Mikio. "Okay, just please wait a minute!" She replied.
Mikio didn't replied but everyone who's working in the cafe knows that his silence means okay. Mikio was a regular here in the cafe that started going here years ago, and every staff slowly but surely understood his behaviors since then.
'Weird, his scent became much more stronger then before.' Touka thought, and not just her, almost every Ghoul who knows Mikio is thinking the same.
Almost 2 years ago when Mikio first got here, his smell was not that kind of different than a normal human, except that his smell was kind of fresh as if he was a new serve food on the table nothing is noteworthy to say about him. But as the year goes by, this strange scent becomes much more stronger that Touka and the other staff started to realize that something was going on with Mikio.
Now they were sure their guess was right, Mikio is not normal, something was going on with him.
'Is he perhaps sick?' Touka thought, looking at Mikio who's full attention is at his laptop carrying a tray, and putting a new cup of coffee on his table. "Enjoy!" Touka said leaving.
Glancing curiously at Touka, questioning why she was looking curiously at him, Mikio shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the new served coffee and drink it. But while drinking he secretly took a glance at the people around him, more specifically to the Ghouls who's giving him some glace since when he arrived here.
Is there something wrong with me? Do I stink? Why are they secretly staring at me?
Mikio is not numb to not realize that nearly half of the people inside the shop had their attention secretly focused at him. So, feeling uncomfortable as if he was a naked woman surrounded by hungry hyenas, he sighs, drank his coffee till the last drop, took his laptop, and gets to the counter to pay his bills, before leaving.
He doesn't like attention.
'Did they perhaps recognize who I truly am? But as far as I know I haven't yet revealed my face to the public.'
Mikio thought. In the world of literature, fiction, and novels Mikio has another identity that is known to many people.
Toyama Imose.
The new appeared author, who demolished the literature industry after publishing the hit action, crime, thriller, fantasy. Death Note. A story about a bored high school prodigy who discovers a mysterious notebook which had an ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.
"Twelve of this, please, and two coffee takeouts." Mikio said to the man behind the counter pointing at the sandwiches behind the glass case.
Bringing his order. "Here you go, Boss Mikio." Enji, the man behind the counter winked at him. "Why go home this early by the way? Did you have some sort of issues with the cafe?"
Taking some bills out of his pouch, Mikio payed for the items. "Maybe, I just felt uncomfortable with all these people secretly looking at me." Mikio said while looking at the customers around. "Tell me, is there something on my face? Do I stink?"
Enji sweatdrop at Mikio's question. 'Its actually the opposite, you smell so good you're making us hungry.'
"Umm, oh, it's because you look more dashing today, Boss." Enji answered after acting as if scrutinizing Mikio.
Mikio just gave Enji a stink eye. "What an uncommon answer. I'm going now." Mikio took his items and leave the counter.
"Come again, boss!"
Opening the door of the cafe, Mikio was already going to leave the cafe when an attractive girl with purple long hair wearing red frame glasses was also going to enter the cafe at the same time making them stumble upon each other.
It's just a weak stumbling, Mikio is unfazed by it, but it's different to the girl who has smaller body frame than him. She was out of balance and was going to fall on her back, but Mikio managed quickly to grab a hold of her pulling her up, and helping her balance herself.
"Sorry, you can go in first." Mikio said to the girl. The girl mesmerized by Mikio's... smell, just nod and walk inside the cafe while wide eyed looking at Mikio entranced by his scent.
Mikio left the cafe and closed the door. That's when the girl finally broke out of her entrancement. She blinked several times, and bit her lower lips.
'20th ward... is really interesting.' The girl thought burning the image and scent of Mikio in her head.
"Is he a regular here?" Turning around she asks Enji who's behind the counter drinking some coffee.
"Humm? Yeah! Why? Interested with him?"
"Yes, I am." The girl replied looking back at the door smiling ear to ear.
"By the way, are you new here? You look unfamiliar to me. What's your name?"
"Rize."
...
Night.
16th Ward.
Mikio was riding his bike driving nowhere exactly. He was just circling around the 16th ward as if he was looking or waiting for something.
A few more minutes had passed, he decided to give up whatever he was looking for and go home since the night is getting deeper.
But then he sense something. He jumped off from his bike and saw a large dark red otter-like tail crash through it, while he landed in the ground not that far from it.
In the opposite of him stood two figures. One of them is crouching with the red Kagune sprouted on his back, while the other one was standing still, observing him. Both of the figures were wearing masks, so Mikio couldn't recognize them.
But Mikio was sure of one thing.
They are here for him.
"What do you want? Do you need something from me?" He asks the perpetrators, while crouching down and picking the bag of sandwiches that fell to the ground. He picked one of the sandwiches inside, unwrapped it and put it in his mouth, chewing.
'What a waste.'
On the other hand the Ghouls in front of him didn't answer his question. The other one who's just standing still unleashes his Ukaku and shoots him with some kind of red rock crystals which Mikio easily evaded.
'Not going to answer, huh. Which means they want me dead.' Mikio thought as he jumped again evading the Kagune of the otter tail Ghoul.
The two Ghouls began their onslaught, they rained down Mikio multiple fierce attacks but Mikio managed to evade all of them in hairsbreadth.
Observation Haki. This is his second gift, and it's all thanks to this that he manage to evade all of those attacks unscathed.
Picking one of the crystals the Ukaku Ghoul shot him, Mikio rushed towards the two intending to kill both Ghouls with the said crystal like a knife. But the Ukaku user sensing his intention immediately jumped away to the top of the building which made Mikio put all his attention to kill the otter tail Ghoul first.
But it's not easy as he thinks, before he can even get near the otter tail, the said Ghoul use it's Kagune to attack him making his steps halted and evade those attacks. But that's not all. Above the building, the Ukaku Ghoul also shot him whenever he was open for a shot, while evading the otter tail's Kagune.
'Annoying, this is why I want a Quinque.'
Grit teeth, Mikio threw the crystal he was holding to the otter tail Ghoul, piercing its right eye making its squirm in the ground because of pain.
Then picking up one of the crystals the Ukaku Ghoul shot him mid-air, he use it to pierce the other eye of the Ghoul and push it deeper into it's head to the brain, and then break it's neck with his superhuman strength to surely kill it.
The otter tail Ghoul dropped to the ground, dead. Mikio then looked above the building, and saw the other Ghoul shiver to him and ran.
"No you won't run." He jumped, stepped on the wall of the building, and jumped again until he reached the top of the building where the Ukaku Ghoul formerly was shooting him.
He saw the guy running with it's tail between it's legs, not even looking back afraid of facing him.
Breathing deeply, he threw the crystal from the Ukaku Ghoul and hit him behind it's left knees. The Ghoul slumped to the ground can't run anymore.
Calmly walking towards the Ghoul who's trying to crawl away from him. Mikio put his arm around it's head and twisted it killing it.
"Sigh... I really need a Quinque." He sighs, crouching down, eating a sandwich, resting.
"I want to meet some Ghoul Investigators."
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