Vol 3 Chapter 1 (2/2)

“But halfway through the series they discover soained it afterwards appeared The protagonist ‘The Owl’ received a ht be a way to save the zoer return to who they were That it ht have been as the zombie protection association said, that they were only sick and could be cured…”

“Aaaahhh! I’m so sorry! To reveal spoilers in front of a to-be reader…! I’ve failed as an otaku! I’ll live in regret!”

“It’s all right, I know the story”

“No, I saw the live action movie”

At this, Karisawa’s eyes began to shi+ne as well, as she added,

“Yeah, there wasn’t et, but Zakuroya Tenjin-san’s zombie makeup more than made up for it”

“Whoa, you know Zakuroya-san! Yahiro-kun, you actually know quite a lot, huh?”

“O, oi, you know OPD?”

“Oh, so you’re into movies”

Yahiro replied as if it were obvious, and reminisced,

“Oi don’t say that, I feel lonely just hearing it”

“If a self-proclai for attention, like, ‘hey, aren’t I pitiful,’ I could just nod along and ignore it But you’re saying it so stoicly How do I react?! If I outright say you’re a poor thing, I’ll just feel bad!”

“Was I pitiful?”

“It’s OK it’s OK,but you’re very very cute”

At the unexpected touch, Yahiro shi+vered like a cat that had had its tail pulled

“Anyway! Anyway! I can’t forgive the culprit! I have old friends from dōjin circles in WWW who are really bothered by this case!”

If his friends were being affected, then this Yuer ell-justified

“But… Say Celty-san catches the culprit, what then?”

“We just want to talk to the criminal”

“We want to ask why they would do soe of ani more”

Yahiro, cowardly as he was, sensed so behind their smiles—and chose, silently, not to probe further

One hour later Karaoke box corridor

Afterwards they wrapped up with the talking, and under the guise of a ‘bonding session’ Karisawa and Yu fest

Most of the songs were unfas from movies he liked, and enjoyed his first karaoke experience whole-heartedly

But when he left the roo a confrontation with Kuon, who had been on the phone in the corridor

“…Yeah, I’ll call you again later, Nee-chan”

Then, with a fearless sly,

“At what?”

“?”

Had he done soer Kuon?

Seeing this, Kuon bit at him,

“There were?”

Kuon asked this so bluntly he tutted at hian to rail at Yahiro

“Yeah”

“But does that really ry?”

Kuon found himself speechless, and they were left with the h the soundproofed walls of the hallway

…When do you get angry?”

After so as he did so,

“…Hey, like I said, if you bring up examples that are so heavy I really won’t be able to answer, so please”

“Hey… Haven’t you thought that I ined that I ht use your family or Himeka to force you into bad situations?”

“That’s why you need to be angry at an earlier checkpoint! Draw the line between right and wrong, won’t you? You can tell I’ht?”

“This is what I think, Kuon-kun I don’t think right and wrong are so si of such things”

“If it’s clear-cut, like a serial killing rando on now, I can understand it But I don’t have the confidence to distinguish less siood people All I know is that the things I’ve done up till now are no better than the Slugger So I don’t think I’ood or bad, and I don’t have that right”

“That’s why, if you think you’re being a bad person, and you want me to punch you in the face so you can stop…”

Yahiro reflected on hihts into account, finished,

Yahiro’s words were honest to the point of foolishness

“Sorry”

Grinding his teeth, Kuon said angrily,

“I’m sorry I’ll try to fix it”

Kuon tsked, and began to walk away, signalling the end of the conversation

“Yeah… Thanks for worrying about me”

His expression stiffened, but by the time he turned Yahiro had already walked away, and Kuon only caught sight of his back as he rounded the corner towards the restroom

“shi+t, Yahiro’s really crazy…”

“If only he were a villain like Orihara Izaya, I could just squeeze him dry…”

Night time Somewhere in Ikebukuro

“Thanks for today, Horada-san!”

After his juniors bade their farewells, the man was left to walk home alone

He was a for hijacked the Yellow Scarves once, he was the man known—self-proclaimed—as luck’s favourite child

However, right now colour gangs themselves had faded from Ikebukuro

Having been left behind during his jail time, Horada now continued to plot his next era

To stand his ground in Ikebukuro under these circu decisive poas necessary

—shi+t, there hasn’t been a good time to catch that Mizuchi Yahiro since ten

In the recent fake kidnappings, it was Horada who had tracked where Tatsugah it was by complete coincidence

This meant the boy noed him a debt, but if he pushed the ht obey hi-term alliance

—But I’ll be in trouble if word spreads around… I don’t know just what happened, but I heard Awakusu-kai and Dragon Zoo badly I could wind up targeted…

—Anyway I’m thirsty

Standing in front of the vending ar milk coffee

The vending machine, no different from usual

When he noticed one abnormality

Sensing a shadow e of his vision, he turned his head to the left

“Uwoh?!”

“What the hell? What’s with that costume! I’ll kill you!”

It was a slim object bound in white cloth

From the shape alone it was obvious it was a es

“Uwooaahh?!”

“Wha… B, bastard! You don’t knoho I a are you?! Huh?!”

“And dressing like a weirdo…”

He got to his feet i the haain, undaunted

Horada flung the canned coffee he had just bought at his assailant

Mascot Suit blocked the can aimed at their abdomen with both arms

Before Mascot Suit could raise the haan to punch the hooded face without abandon

“bastard… You think a weakling like you can beat the great Horada?! Huh?!”

Yelling that, he moved closer so as to deliver the final blow, about to kick Mascot Suit’s face, but—

“Gah?!”

An impact rocked him, and the upper half of his vision went dark

“Two on orrrne… Don’t think I’m scarrred… Bas… tards…”

Was the bandage-wrapped ha down upon him without mercy

And his own blood staining those white bandages

The next

‘Next on the news The current serial assault case has a new victim’

‘The casualty is a 22-year-old unemployed man in Tokyo, Horada—’

CHAPTER END

Interlude: Rumours on the Internet

Ikebukuro Information Site, IkeNEW! Version I・KEBU・KUR・O

Latest Article, A gang war breaks out—Ex-Colour Gang Topdog Falls Victier—Revival of the Yellow Scarves?

‘Where has the Headless Rider Gone?‘—(Excerpt froital Edition)

‘In the early hours of thetoday, an anony assaulted on the street drew the police to said scene, where they discovered a round with a head injury

According to the caller, the attacker earing so black that looked like a mascot suit, and had attacked with a white rod-like object As such, the police are investigating this case with the possibility that the culprit is the same one behind a serial assault case

There is also news that thethat used to exist in Ikebukuro One of our sources offered the following opinion: ‘This could be a war between colour gangs or bōsōzoku disguised as randohts, various groups are keeping up their guard’

—(Click here for the full article)

Reference material—Tsukumoya shi+nichi-shi+’s commentary, extracted from another news site

‘Whether related to the Slugger or not, it is true that the return of Dragon Zos

I would like to continue observing if he, or she, or they, will become the eye of a new storm in Ikebukuro

As the Slugger’s victim this time is a man as noted widely back in the era of the Dollars, it is possible that old coalsan eye on this’

IkeNEW! Administrator’s Comment

“According to online rumours, it’s H-san who only recently came out from prison-moja

A scary ex-convict…

If it’s a gang fight, who did it?

Jyan Jyaka Jyan?

Yellow Scarves?

Saitama’s Toramaru?

Creepy-moja Scary-moja

Touch wood-moja”

Administrator Lila Tailtooth Zaiya

Excerpts of typical tweets fro site Twittia

The way Tsukumoya-san talks on his website is way too different from how he sounds in his books

He’s proper when it co frank articles

I wonder which is the real him

It’s like there’s more than one person

Like there’s multiple people

So in the end was that the Slugger? Or just a gang fight?

There itnesses so it ?

But the witnesses were anony reported it themselves

If you assault someone and call the police yourself, it’ll coer, won’t it?

Then wouldn’t the police think the Slugger’s behind it?

Then the ht?

Uhyo~, aren’t I smart?

Uh, anyone could have thought of that, why are you so s…

Just shut up?

Ooh, you’re so smart (deadpan)

If you look down on me I’ll block you, yeah? I’ll really do it, okay?

I think that is a possibility It’s even possible that all of the attacks up till now have been the doing of bōsōzoku

I know, right~? But maybe the previous ones weren’t?

Is there a difference?

Motorcycle gangs have no reason to attack couples or old ht?

Horada was the victim?

Apparently

Ha, serves hiht

Isn’t that a bit harsh?

I’ot it

Yeah, he just clung to Izu hotshot

I heard he had a gun at one point

shi+t, he’s just trouble They should put him to death

The Headless Rider’s behind it

Is everything the Headless Rider’s fault?!

The recent fake kidnapping case was indirectly caused by the Headless Rider, too…

It’s not good to pin everything on the Headless Rider

Because the Headless Rider’s a very cute person

The fake kidnap victi her, they were more like antis than worshi+ppers

The Headless Rider was the one who resolved the fake kidnapping case, too

What a desperate guy

I checked his profile it says ‘Occupation: underground doctor’ lmao

Underground pfft doctor pfffft

Speaking of which, I wonder what Snake Hands is exactly

There’s been no further news, hm

Wasn’t Snake Hands the Headless Rider’s girlfriend?

Boyfriend, wasn’t it?

Is the Headless Rider a woman?

There are rumours

She et off the ht

She has some chest if you look from the side, that’s definitely female

So, unless she’s gay Snake Hands is her boyfriend?

No

Snake Hands is not her boyfriend

Their relationshi+p is what’s unnecessary (’Unnecessary’ = dasoku = snake’s legs)

Underground doctor (rofl) shut up Or I won’t give you your license~

※The rest of the conversation was kept private

Oi, shi+nra I’ll write this here since I’m out Tone down a little

You’re harassing people

You’re usually so calitate you so much?

Sorry, Celty I was just so frustrated

Yahiro-kun and other strong people can fight alongside you, but I don’t have that ability

I’m envious you can watch each other’s backs!

…Uh, we’re not that close, okay?

Seriously You were never jealous when I talked to shi+zuo or Izaya

Yeah… I know it’s weird

It’s just so since what happened the year before

When I got kidnapped by another woman you went so far to chase me

So now you’re being wooed by another ht…

Met’s co, yeah?

Yahiro-kun isn’t courting me, okay?

Anyway, I got it We’ll talk about it when I get home

And shi+nra You should delete ‘Occupation: underground doctor’ from your profile

It’s fine, no one will believe it I won’t get reported

That’s not the problem…

To be honest, it looks kinda e…

CHAPTER END