Chapter 1.08 (2/2)

And is now trying to return back here to complete her own way of suicide.

“Do you understand now, why our client wants us to find her sister and kill her, and why she was able to deduce the meaning behind the organs dropping here as her sister’s intention to re-kill herself? She probably felt that her sister had managed to escape her grasp by disappearing from the hospital. Thus she wants us to her sister’s body before all the parts drop down and her sister successfully re-kills herself, so that she can end her sister’s life herself.”

So essentially she doesn’t want her sister to kill herself and wants to prevent it at all cost.

“Our client hasn’t really told us anything regarding her sister’s death, because she doesn’t want to let anyone know that she killed her own sister. She wants to pretend that her sister committed suicide, when in reality she was the one who killed her. She believes that her sister belongs to her, but didn’t want others to convict her. Even more, she feels her sister is trying to escape from her grasp thus she wants to end her sister’s life personally.”

Kazue said she wants to kill her sister.

The reason being because she loves her.

It’s quite strange when placed side by side as the two don’t really fit together at all.

“She wasn’t able to carry out her own suicide, so now she’s back to complete her own suicide.”

But Kazue wants to personally kill her.

“That’s because for the little sister her actions are the greatest betrayal, the worst possible kind of betrayal.”

This was a truly insane way of thought.

I gave a deep sigh. It’s as if a great burden had suddenly twisted itself around me. Her thought process was utterly stupid. The amount of “dedication” she had for her sister was so overly-bearing that it made me think her entire existence was a mere illusion.

Even if she killed her she still wouldn’t be able to obtain her.

It was essentially the same as throwing a useless tantrum.

Why doesn’t she just understand this?

“Ignorance is bliss, Odagiri-kun, akin to consuming too much sugar, or overdosing to hallucinate.”

So for Kazue this is a sort of happiness, but for her sister it would be a real misfortune. I stared absentmindedly at Yukiko who was picking up her coin again feeling rather tired.

“……..What do we do?”

Should we tell Kazue? Although I didn’t say this out-loud, Mayuzumi gave a direct and simple response.

“Of course.”

Then she walked forth unhesitatingly right beside Yukiko. Yukiko gave no sign of noticing Mayuzumi. Her eyes were completely clouded and reflected absolutely nothing.

But Mayuzumi suddenly reached out and s.n.a.t.c.hed something out of the lifeless Yukiko’s hand.

It was the bloodstained 100 yen coin.

With a start, Yukiko’s head slowly began turning. Her two eyes gradually focusing upon Mayuzumi. Her gaping bottomless mouth opened.

“——————Ah”

*clink

Mayuzumi flicked the coin away and the spiraling coin flew off into the distance. As if she were preforming a magic trick, she waved her fingers and a new coin appeared within her hand. Then she offered it to Yukiko.

“You can use this one.”

That was a rather abrupt way of handling things.

Yukiko gave a blank stare when Mayuzumi held out the coin. After a while, she received it and inserted the coin into the vending machine. The inserted amount displayed on the vending machine went from 20 yen to 120 yen. And the display panels lit up. Then she sluggishly pressed the b.u.t.ton for diet c.o.ke.

I had an urge to ask her if this was enough, but held my tongue at the last moment. No matter what she chose, it doesn’t make up for the amount of time wasted thus far.

With a loud metallic thud, a can dropped into the bottom. She bent down and picked up the can of diet c.o.ke.

Opening the can with a loud pop, fizzy brown color bubbles began pouring out.

Yukiko tilted the can and drenched her long-parched throat with the carbonated drink.

Immediately, she widened her eyes and————vanished.

“—–Huh?”

Mayuzumi showed no signs of surprise upon her vanis.h.i.+ng and instead looked up towards the abandoned building.  I followed suit and also looked up. This is bad…

There was something plummeting through the blue skies down towards the concrete ground. Two arms were extended as if in a welcoming embrace. Against the resisting wind, the white dress whirled around the figure like an encirclement of flying birds. But a moment before coming into contact with the ground, she raised her head.

And I realized that she was looking towards us.

A bone-shattering and flesh-splattering sound rang out. A dark thick fluid began slowly spreading out over the ground towards our feet.

Yamas.h.i.+ta Yukiko’s body had fallen down right before us.

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