Vol 3 Epilogue (1/2)
Durarara!!SH×3
EPILOGUE
The next day shi+nra’s apartment
It was the day after the long weekend
The afternoon news announced that three assaulters had been arrested without warrant
Two of them were copycat offenders; one was a man who claimed to be an OPD fan but was disliked by the fan community, which saw him as a radical The other was a woman who had attacked OPD relentlessly online and even published several state the possibility that the woanisation she had founded, the police were continuing the investigation
Both had been wounded and absolutely terrified, repeating cryptic things such as, ‘The Headless Rider is the Slugger,’ or, ‘There was a deation while suspecting abuse of dangerous or illegal drugs
But what stunned the public er was also nabbed at the same time
It was a newly employed hostess at a cabaret club, who had discovered aanother hostess at the sa a rando she had at home that could cover her face
‘I never thought it would turn out this way in the end’
Noare of the full picture, Celty slumped her shoulders wearily
“It just a or not”
‘But that woht? OPD will still be slammed for this in the end, won’t it?’
“I dunno Both copycats said they were inspired by the news reports, so they’ll probably return to their senses with the right push and it’ll just blow over, I think? Besides, the anti-OPD leader was one of the Sluggers”
‘The world can be horrible Well, the true culprit was a hostess, but people can’t be hating on all hostesses, at least’
shi+nra smiled at the text Celty had typed, and said,
“Yeah, that’s true It’s human envy that should be blamed The cardinal sin of all humans, even me”
‘shi+nra, if I cheated on you, would you put on a cosplay and try to beat me up?’
“No way I’ve calmed down these past few days”
shi+nra’s countenance had indeed tempered Celty asked him,
‘Then ould you do?’
“…Cry; cry like no torownyour naht”
‘Don’t, that’s even worse for the people watching! …Wait, I re this conversation before…’
As she typed this Celty felt at peace
Things had been bumpy after their return from their vacation, but she felt that perhaps finally, they had returned to their version of everyday life
While the TV began to report the details on the nabbing of the Slugger , the internet was in commotion over the appearance of a Dark Owl crowd in front of Ikebukuro Station
Celty, reading the article, asked shi+nra,
‘I wonder whose doing this was? It must have been a prank, since they escaped once the police arrived without hurting anyone’
At that, after soht, shi+nra offered his own hypothesis with an irritated face
“Eh, it ht? You said Blue Square’s been teaht? Shouldn’t it be related to that?”
shi+nra’s theory hit the nail on the head, but they had no way to obtain immediate proof
‘Wasn’t it a self-proclairoup?’
“It can’t be, the demon hammer Bannanjin…?”
‘Th, there’s no way it’s an alien conspiracy, right?’
As they exchanged theories, Celty suddenly remembered Kuon
—That boy co
—First it was Izaya, then Mikado-kun, Aoba-kun, Kuon-kun; is Raira jinxed to have evil masterminds?
—Ah well, but Kuon-kun’s cuter than Izaya, at least
—What can I say, Izaya recking the city with shi+zuo since high school…
At this point, Celty paled mentally
‘I forgot about shi+zuo!’
“What?”
‘The Slugger! I passed him to Karisawa!’
The peaceful atmosphere from before turned coloomily
‘Aaaaaaah, how do I apologise…’
Raira Academy After school Rooftop
“You look sleepy, Yahiro-kun”
“I do?”
“You do”
Yahiro tilted his head, to which Hiave an expressionless reply
Yahiro was sitting at the corner of the rooftop as he had this exchange
He told Himeka truthfully about what had happened the day before and the fight with the Sluggers, though he kept secret about Kuon
“Fu~n… But, how did you know that woer?”
“Um… When she looked our way there was this, I don’t know, like, killing intent…? She was giving off this aura, like she really, really wanted to coht it ot that look a lot back in Akita”
Yahiro had thought she could have been one of the culprits of the fake kidnappings who had discovered his identity and had a grudge against him, or a person who had had a family mee
But when the hostile gaze had vanished after Yuht had struck that perhaps it was one of theet, and he had decided it would be best to check on theer
“In the past there was so a Molotov at ot worried about Yumasaki-san”
“So you just happened to meet her eyes”
“? Not exactly? It’sat everyone around and found her…”
“Huh?”
Himeka asked, stumped
“I mean… When I was a kid people would always attack me in thethe face of everyone I can see”
Yahiro replied frankly Resigned, Himeka said,
“Do you mean you treat everyone alks past you on the street as a threat? Wait, even now, are you on your guard in case anyone attacks us here on the roof?”
“Yeah”
Yahiro nodded proh, and a small smile came onto her face
“You really are weird”
“Really?”
“Really”
Yahiro tilted his head, to which Himeka nodded kindly
“I see… Maybe, I’m weird?”
Yahiro consulted her on one
The instant of killing intent he had experienced when fighting the Slugger—and how he had enjoyed it
Hiht
“If you beat ht noould you enjoy it?”
“No way…”
“And Kuon-kun? And everyone else you’re watching up here on the roof?”
“I don’t even want to iine”
Yahiro answered seriously Himeka replied,
“Then I think that’s fine for now”
“Really?”
“I can’t say I’y, but you have many people to confide in, so if you just do that instead of bottling everything up soht?”
Although she was expressionless, likely she was truly, with her own brand of seriousness, concerned about Yahiro
Yahiro felt her war
“…I see, thanks I’ll talk to Kuon, too”
“Oh, you’re not using honorifics anymore”
“Yeah, stuff happened”