Baccano!, Vol. 18: 1935-A Deep Marble by Ryohgo Narita & Katsumi Enami

Baccano!, Vol. 18: 1935-A Deep Marble by Ryohgo Narita & Katsumi Enami

Author:Ryohgo Narita & Katsumi Enami [NARITA, RYOHGO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-01-11T00:00:00+00:00


Still expressionless, Chané dried herself off with a white towel.

She’d heard that Ladd Russo would be back tonight at the earliest.

She’d settle her score with him then. She wouldn’t let him take the initiative.

Chané didn’t want to cause trouble for Jacuzzi and the others, so she resolved to act on her own, without returning to the Genoard family’s mansion.

Just as she’d made that decision, her sharp, focused senses caught the faint creak of a floorboard.

—!

The sound had come from outside the bathroom, probably from the bedroom.

It had been so quiet that she would ordinarily have missed it.

Chané didn’t remember hearing the door open or close, but she was certain.

Somebody’s here.

The only one who knew she was using this apartment was Claire Stanfield. Nonetheless, he wouldn’t have opened the door stealthily, and if he’d heard that she was in the shower, he’d immediately have said, Okay if I peep?

Quietly narrowing her eyes and holding her breath, Chané picked up the knife she’d left beside the sink. Even though keeping one in the bathroom would risk the tool rusting, she’d chosen to keep it within arm’s reach, a choice she was glad of now.

She slowly opened the bathroom door. She could see the bedroom at the end of the hall.

The intruder seemed to be standing in a blind spot beyond the doorway; she couldn’t see him from the hallway. However, there was definitely a shadow moving on the floor of that room.

Calculating where the intruder would be standing from the window and the position of that shadow, Chané erased all emotion from every cell in her body.

It was probably best to assume this wasn’t a thief who’d just happened to break in. If anyone knew about this apartment, it would probably be one of the former Lemures.

Spike.

The name of the sniper who’d been her colleague came to mind. On the other hand, she couldn’t see a sniper deciding to come to a cramped place like this, where he’d be at a disadvantage. In that case, was it his companion, the former Felix?

Either way, she couldn’t afford to get careless or hold back. She also didn’t need to; if that shadow belonged to Claire, he’d probably stop her knife easily.

Coming to that conclusion, Chané jumped as noiselessly as a cat and reached the door in a single leap. She didn’t wait for her opponent to hear her land and turn around as she made her next move.

From a low stance, Chané unleashed a low-trajectory uppercut.

The hilt of the sharp knife was in her fist—she’d sink its blade into her opponent’s neck.

That was all she had to do.

Without hatred or regret.

She just had to accept the fact that she’d killed her opponent.

That alone would be enough to solidly return her to the past.

However—

Just before the blade reached the intruder, Chané froze up.

It wasn’t just a physical response.

……?

……

……—

“?!”

Her heart passed through several stages of emotion before it went completely blank.

Incidentally, the man’s clothes, which were reflected in her eyes, were so very, very white—and they made his glossy black hair stand out in even sharper contrast.



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