LOUPS-GAROUS by Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Author:Natsuhiko Kyogoku [Kyogoku, Natsuhiko]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Haikasoru/VIZ Media
Published: 2010-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 017

“WHAT’S GOING ON?” Mio yelled.

Surrounded by cables and particle board, Mio appeared strong.

“Why? Why’d she get killed? What the hell is this fatal wounds to the abdomen? Abrasions all over both her legs? A section of her viscera missing, including her liver? Severed carotid artery?! Hey, Makino!”

Mio kept gesturing at the different monitors lined up in front of her. Over and over.

It was…

Hazuki couldn’t look directly at them.

“Look! Look at what they did to Yabe! Why?!”

“I…”

“This wasn’t Nakamura. So who did it?”

“I don’t know, I…”

Hazuki was at a loss for words.

She had no idea what was what anymore.

It was another turtle icon on her monitor. Another series of directions followed that had led her here to Mio’s.

And as soon as she’d arrived, Mio showed her the images of Yuko Yabe.

She had been torn apart.

“The area patrol came where we left her. They came, right?”

Hazuki kept nodding. It made her nauseated.

But she worried she’d get yelled at if she sat down, and just as the thought occurred to her she felt tight in the chest, and then before she knew it the bridge of her nose got hot. It reminded her of her early childhood.

“Stop crying!” Mio barked, and glared at Hazuki. “Why are you crying? This is the first time I’ve seen anyone cry. You’re pouring liquid from your eyes.”

“I am?”

She wouldn’t have known unless someone told her.

Tears.

Mio turned her back.

“Our plan failed. No, that’s not it. It went as planned. Right? Did we screw up somewhere?”

No, we didn’t.

Saturday night.

Hazuki and Mio, along with Ayumi, had taken Yuko toward Hazuki’s house. First, Hazuki had gone inside, walked to her bedroom, and turned on the monitor. Then after ten minutes, she started to pretend to do schoolwork. Then another ten minutes. The alarm went off. An image of the area leading up from the front gate to her foyer appeared on the monitor. She confirmed it was the image of Yuko slumped over and made the emergency call on her security receiver. Five minutes later the area patrol showed up with the security company and made vocal confirmation.

We’ve secured the trespasser on your grounds.

Could you please verify for us?

Yuko’s face appeared on the screen.

Do you know this young woman?

No, I don’t, Hazuki had replied.

If someone had really just suddenly appeared on Hazuki’s front step, Hazuki wouldn’t immediately recognize who it was on the screen. To play it safe she’d decided to pretend she didn’t know. To avoid suspicion.

It would have been strange for Hazuki to know that Yuko Yabe was supposed to be missing.

The Yuko on her monitor screen looked lifeless. It was a ruse, of course. Hazuki thought she saw Yuko form a faint smile as she turned her face away from the screen.

Even if she did, who knew what that smile meant. Hazuki didn’t.

That was the last time she saw a moving image of Yuko.

And today, the image of Yuko.

Torn apart.

“I confirmed everything too,” Mio said. “Yabe definitely got into the squad car. I told her to tell them who she was as soon as she got in the car, so she was sure to have let them know.

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