In a Daze by Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)

Author:Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) [Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2015-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

The woman from earlier was standing in front of the kitchen next to the entrance, fully stocked with an array of cooking tools. Taking another look around, I once again failed to find any TV staff or filming equipment.

The sense of foreboding I felt ever since we arrived slowly began to take center stage in my mind.

“Er…Could I ask where we’re…?”

“Hey, Kano, here she is. You mind giving her the whole spiel for me…? Hey, wake up!”

The hooded woman, just as uninterested in my questions as before, prodded the figure lying on the sofa.

His body shuddered slightly, and I heard a slow, drowsy voice respond.

“Mmmnghh…Mmm? Whudda you mean, ‘she’?”

Moving his face away from the magazine that was covering it, a tired-looking man with narrow, catlike eyes revealed himself.

“The new girl. The one you said would be showing up today? You’re the one who made all the arrangements.”

“Oh, uh…Yeah, but…like, why is she…?”

“You mind shaking the cobwebs out for me, man? Just give her the story.”

“Huh. Well, okay. Whatever.”

The man she called Kano sat up on the sofa. He took a look at me and flashed an eerie smile, as if just remembering something.

“Um…Can I…um…?”

“Welcome, newbie, to the Mekakushi-dan! Thank you very much for helping us out with our operation!”

Standing up and giving me a brisk, gentler smile than before, he began to energetically regale me, talking over my stilted question.

“Currently, we’re involved with things like evading the ‘eyes’ of the police as we infiltrate really dangerous places and, you know, borrow a couple things. Stuff like that. I’ll fill you in on all the details later…Well, okay, not all the details, maybe. You know what I mean. Like, I want to fill you in on everything I can, though. Anyway, this is our hideout. Maybe you guessed this already, but you thank that lady sitting there with that death stare of hers—oh, don’t give me that look! Yeah, yeah. Kido, then. She’s our boss. But don’t let her scare you—it’s real comfy in here, once you get used to stuff. Anyway, all this decor is her doing. As far as our member roster goes, there’s her, there’s me…Oh, I’m Kano, by the way. Us, and around two others…well, maybe three, if things turn out. That’s about all of us. We don’t usually do much in, like, the public eye, so to speak, but, you know, we like to keep things loose around here. Uh, what else…?”

“W-wait! Wait a second! Um…the meka-what? Dangerous places…? We’re, we’re still talking about today’s drama shoot, right? Where’s the director? I…I came here to tell you I’m not gonna be an idol anymore! But you…You…Who are you guys?!”

My mind had completely failed to catch up with this sudden turn of events. I had far too much to ask.

Was this all part of some scene or another…? It couldn’t be.

The script handed to me a few days ago was just your textbook high-school romance story.

There was nothing in it about hideouts or “infiltration” or anything.

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