Chapter 13 Club Activities 4
Whether to get away with it or help him suffer from physical amnesia, that is the question.
Kurosaki Utsuki slowly stuffed the spray bottle into her bag, stalling for time while trying to think about how to deal with Hagiwara Kenji, whose memory seemed not to have been completely replaced.
Not long ago, just after she called Hagiwara to come down to help, the earthbound spirit on the roof suddenly attacked for some unknown reason. It did not aim at her, but at Hagiwara who was farther away, and used chains and its already formed claws to grab his soul and throw it into the sky.
Based on the principle that she must be responsible for the person she called out, regardless of whether they were classmates or not, Kurosaki Utsuki quickly took off her body and hung it against an inconspicuous wall inside the courtyard. She jumped high in the posture of a representative of the god of death and held the human soul that had left its body for the second time in front of her eyes in her arms.
This kind of princess hug was the first time for her, whether it was for a human or a soul.
How to say it, although the human soul also has to obey certain physical laws, such as gravity, it is always very light, as if it is not as heavy as her Zanpakuto, light and soft... No, no, no, that was just a word that suddenly popped up in her mind, not to describe the person in her arms.
After that, she put the person in her arms back next to her body and busied herself with calming the rampaging earthbound spirit. If the other party could calm down a little, then at the current level, she could still use "soul burial" instead of purifying with a sword.
And she did succeed. When she turned the hilt of the knife upside down and imprinted the mark of "life and death" on the forehead of the female earthbound spirit, she sincerely wished that she could live a peaceful and happy life in Soul Society. Of course, it would be best if she could go to the most stable top ten districts of Rukongai.
Now doesn't seem to be the time to reminisce.
The person behind her was still waiting for her answer. She didn't know how clear the other person's remaining memory was. Surely it would be better to pretend to be stupid at this time?
Fortunately, someone suddenly spoke up, giving her a chance to change the subject. Rokudo Nagi retreated from the previous room, lowered her head to fiddle with her phone, and said seriously, "Nothing happened. We need to report to Master Mukuro."
The corner of Kurosaki Utsuki's mouth twitched almost inaudibly.
Although she had heard girls call him that before, but calling him "Mukuro-sama" meant that were those two really siblings... She kind of wanted to meet that Rokudo-senpai.
The next moment, Yuji Itadori, who had just come out of the room, also helped her: "I saw someone coming in outside just now, and it seemed that they were carrying a big bouquet of flowers."
Before she could react, Kenji Hagiwara, who was closest to the stairs, turned around and ran downstairs.
Kurosaki Utsuki gasped softly and quickly followed his lead.
Oh no, it seems like he might remember everything.
Whether it was the story she told him after soul-burying the earthbound spirit, or her heartfelt complaints afterwards... judging from his actions just now, he definitely didn't regard that story as something she made up.
Of course, that wasn't a made-up story.
Instead, it was the truth told to her by a female earthbound spirit who was on the verge of becoming a Hollow and had been trapped in a nightmare for ten years.
The earthbound spirit is the best friend of the woman who called the ambulance. As an eyewitness to the story, she died at the beginning because she lived in Room 101. After seeing her own bloody corpse, she witnessed the brutal murders of her familiar and friendly neighbors - that became the chain that trapped her here.
Three months after her death, the police investigation was gradually shelved due to lack of progress. She finally calmed down from her confused state and suddenly realized that her death was caused by the ambulance called by her best friend in the early morning.
Of course, she didn't think her best friend had done anything wrong, nor did she think she had done anything wrong. They were all just sleeping soundly late at night and didn't see anyone who needed help. Why did they have to die?
However, the police did not investigate this aspect at all. After confirming that the best friend was abroad at the time of the incident, they did not even try to contact her and simply ruled out the possibility that the case was related to her. How could they know that she had called an ambulance at the crime scene?
If we could investigate a little further along this line, perhaps we would find some strange behavior on the part of the family of the high school girl who was not saved by the ambulance. This case would not become an unsolved case, and the parties involved would get some redemption... Her best friend would not make a special trip back to China to visit her at the crime scene every year on her memorial day.
Kurosaki Utsuki couldn't imagine the pain the girl had endured during her ten years as a spirit. She locked all her past experiences in her mind, eagerly anticipating the arrest and sentencing of the criminal. However, as time passed, her hope gradually turned into despair, and she could never find a way out.
As I recalled, Hagiwara Kenji had already run up to the woman holding a large bouquet of flowers and actually called out her name: "Mihui-sister, you're here again this year."
Kurosaki Utsuki paused.
It turned out to be someone he knew?
"Yanji-kun, it's been a year since we last met. You've grown a lot taller." Meihui stopped.
"After all, Miho and I have been close friends since kindergarten." The woman, who was over thirty, smiled, revealing a bit of a girlish expression as she answered, "This year I have to tell her that I'm getting married. The other party is our high school classmate. As expected, the end of the blind date is the high school classmate. She also knows him. It's a pity that she can't attend."
The tone was quite cheerful, and Hagiwara Kenji smiled in agreement. He then asked, "Why doesn't Sister Meihui go to the cemetery to pay respect to her friends?"
Kurosaki Utsuki raised an eyebrow.
"How should I put it..." The woman looked towards the apartment not far away. "I have a feeling that she's right here, suffering because she was murdered for no apparent reason, yet the police still haven't caught the murderer."
……No wonder.
No wonder the Earthbound Spirit said that at the time.
"I understand," Hagiwara Kenji said, his tone extremely serious, as if he had made some important decision, "—we will find the culprit."
...What is he talking about?
"Will Sister Meihui be willing to provide us with information?"
Wait a minute, is this guy...
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When the woman who placed the bouquet on the steps of the annual worship and patiently answered Kenji Hagiwara's questions one by one left, Yuji Itadori and Nagi Rokudo had already left.
Jinpei Matsuda went to a nearby convenience store to buy a drink, and Utsuki Kurosaki squatted in the yard. On the surface, she looked like she was concentrating on petting the cat, but in fact she was secretly listening to the two people talking.
Perhaps noticing this, Kenji Hagiwara, with all the airs of a detective, put away the notebook he'd run home to fetch earlier and crouched beside her as soon as he'd seen her off. "There's nothing directly useful here, but I did manage to find out indirectly which hospital the ambulance had taken them to. From now on, we won't need to go through Mihui-san anymore and can start the investigation from the hospital."
This clearly retained all the memories that should have been erased by her spray.
"You are such a good person." Kurosaki Utsuki responded indifferently.
She gently patted the head of the cat beside her that was so comfortable that it turned over on its belly, and stood up in one breath with no expression on her face.
"Club activities are over, so I'm going home."
"Eh? Ah...bye."
Hagiwara Kenji also stood up, staring blankly at the orange-haired girl as she hurried away. Matsuda Jinpei, who had just returned from the convenience store, happened to see the girl, then took a few steps forward before catching sight of his friend, who seemed lost in thought.
"Hagi, what's wrong?"
Hagiwara Kenji shook his head and took the soda offered by the other party: "Thank you - I always feel like Kurosaki-chan seems angry..."
"Huh? Why?"
"I don't know. I'll go ask again on Monday."
Despite saying this, Hagiwara Kenji actually had some vague suspicions in his mind. In the memories that were gradually recovering and now completely returning to his mind, before spraying him with some unknown spray, the orange-haired girl who had just told him that so-called "freshly made-up story" had complained to him a little bit.
"She cried and asked me if I could help her. She wanted the truth to be known, wanted the criminals to be brought to justice, and wanted to bring some comfort to the families of the victims. But she also didn't want to hurt her best friend. If her best friend knew that this case was caused by the ambulance she called, she might suffer for the rest of her life."
"In the end, she made the decision to tell the truth no matter what it was. She wanted her best friend to be happy more than the truth."
"But how can I be happy like that?"
"If it were me...that bastard who killed my mother, no matter who he was, I would kill him with my own hands!"
...maybe it's more than just complaining.
She wanted to find out the truth, but she respected the wishes of the deceased more. It sounded like she had already decided not to interfere in this case, so she was angry because he interfered without permission... right?
However--
"hateful……"
After reaching the intersection and turning the corner, Kurosaki Utsuki quickly squatted down, tightly holding her calf which had not yet fully recovered consciousness.
"Ouch... I've been squatting for too long, my feet are numb..."
Tuesday, April 28th
The daily small local earthquake in Beika City once again occurred at the school where Kurosaki Utahara was studying.
...Of course, the reason is not the movement of the earth's crust, but the rebellious Void.
It was just after school, and the Death Agent who received the text message had a look on her face that said, "Can you read the air?" She was still worried about the previous case of the Earthbound Spirit, and now this troublesome job had to hit her in the face at this time.
But more troubles were waiting for her.
Looking at Hagiwara Kenji, whose face was filled with innocence, Kurosaki Utsuki, who had just finished chopping off the Hollow and was about to return to his body to continue his distress, took three deep breaths in succession before calming down a little. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed the chain on his chest, then spoke angrily and pretended to be indifferent.
"Hagiwara-san, why don't we send you to Soul Society? I don't think you have any attachment to this world anymore."
It’s abominable!
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