The Crisis World XX

Chap. 110: Visiting

Back to the Assassins in Nagoya. They have looked quite relaxed and relaxed for the past few days. After all there was nothing they could do but wait for the preparations from Seana. Because he was the main actor in the next attack.

And while waiting and filling that free time, Astaroth gave them the freedom to do anything. Ivis chose to work in a restaurant as a cook, he did it because of his hobby and also at the same time looking for money to pay for the rent of this apartment room.

Then Baram lately often go to parts of the forest that are rarely entered by humans. He chose to train his combat power in preparation for his battle. While Lennova was still a child, she often took walks in the afternoon— despite her streets from one roof of the building to the roof of the other building.

While Oita-san who has now returned from her death by using the bodies of others, has very quickly been able to adjust it and has been able to awaken her Exception ability again.

The flats occupied by the Assassins today could be said to be not so spacious because at first they were thinking of staying with just three people, but now the number had grown to seven. So they were thinking of finding a bigger place.

Put that problem aside. This time we will focus on Oita-san. Because the room inside is very narrow, so his favorite place in this place is the balcony of the flats. He often daydreams and notices people passing under him.

This time he was doing what he loved after rising from the dead, namely daydreaming. The memory before he died flashed faintly in his head at this moment, let alone he wore a new body that he had only been wearing for a few weeks. So the memory of the previous person and his memory mixed so that he likes to dizzy himself.

Although his memory was vague, he did not forget Black Rain in the least. Ishikawa-san, Iraya, and also Herlin were still imprinted in his innermost mind despite having changed bodies. And now he felt homesick and wanted to meet them.

But Oita-san has a problem.

He looked at his palm and clenched it. He realized that he could not control his body too freely, in his brain he always felt that there were eyes that were always watching his every move. And quickly Oita-san realized that this was the technique of that boy—Seana.

And even if Oita-san fought back, surely her body would experience an excruciating pain that would cause her to faint. So he couldn't move too rashly.

"Yah ...." Oita-san then decided to walk downstairs. But as it descended, its steps came to a halt as there was someone standing leaning against the wall in front of it.

"Where are you going?" That person was Astaroth.

"Do I have to tell you every time I want to go? Isn't that none of your business."

"Oh come on, we're working together now. All your business is my business."

His words somehow upset Oita-san. But he didn't want to show it because he thought it wasn't necessary. So he paid no heed to it any further and continued his steps.

"You want to go to Kyoto, right?"

"...!"

As if he could read his mind, Astaroth's exact answer made Oita-san stop again, this time in surprise.

"It seems that my guess is right."

"Then what are you gonna do? Report me to the girl?"

"Haha .... Of course not. I need to build trust with you so we can work together for the future. I don't have to do that anyway, 'cause he knows everything we're doing."

"So what do you want?"

"I'm just curious about your purpose of going to Kyoto. There's no way you'd admit that you're Murasaki Oita in front of them, right? You could be considered crazy."

"I could have done it. With a little explanation I'm sure they'll believe I'm the Murasaki Oita they know. But ...."

"But?"

Oita-san looked back at her palm. "... That's not my goal."

"I just want to see them with my own eyes. It's been the extent of the development they've made as long as I'm not around. I need to know that, because I'm gonna face them later."

Is correct. Oita-san has already convinced herself with this body and her awakening, she will be fighting Iraya and the others in the near future. Therefore while he was still able to, he wanted to meet him in a peaceful state.

"So you're hoping for them?"

"Yes." Yeah." Oita-san then looked over and gave Astaroth an optimistic look and smile. "I'm sure only they can kill me and I'm also sure even without me, your plans will fail again, Astaroth."

The optimistic feeling shown by Oita-san made Astaroth slightly surprised. The strongest person he had ever fought wished for a group of brats whose strength was only as big as a pebble. But that optimism was then reciprocated with a grin by Astaroth.

"I'm looking forward to it, you know."

Astaroth leaning against the wall then walked down past Oita-san, but before that he had time to whisper to her.

"Please let it go if you want to go there. The plan is today I will also go there to meet someone."

"Hn?"

But Astaroth did not discuss it further and directly left the place. Oita-san also doesn't care what Astaroth says even though she is a little confused.

**

After walking—more precisely ran from Nagoya to Kyoto, as he did when he wanted to discuss with Ryuzaki from Kyoto to Tokyo, he finally arrived in Kyoto.

"Huh .. huh .... Why am I so tired like this? But it's usually not that exhausting. Ahh~"

Oita-san just remembered that she did not wear her old body. "I forgot it was someone else's body."

His current new body actually affected his strength quite a lot. But instead he smiled happily because of that, it meant that he was not as strong as he was before he died.

Oita-san shook her head to dispel her thoughts and smile. He was currently in front of the Cafe that he had built and became the headquarters of Black Rain.

Not much has changed since he last saw it, only the exterior paint has been refurbished and the atmosphere is more bustling than usual. And after that, Oita-san went inside.

Krieg...

Once inside, he saw the condition of the Cafe which was quite crowded dominated by many students in uniform. Because Oita-san happened to come when the students were already home for school.

Then there are also Yuuki-san and Iraya who are busy cooking and serving drinks and food ordered by the visitors. Iraya wears a black apron with a small Haiiro Cafe logo on top of the middle hinting that he has also worked here.

As Oita-san was daydreaming about the surroundings in front of the door, Iraya suddenly looked towards Oita-san and waved her hand, even approaching her. It made her a little confused as it was impossible for Iraya to be familiar with the current form of Oita-san.

Krieg...

"Finally you come too, the visitors have started to crowded, nih," said Iraya.

"I know, I know."

Just as Oita-san wanted to return Iraya's hand, suddenly the doorbell rang and someone passed Oita-san—ia was Herlin. Iraya immediately gave him a black apron and note paper to record the orders of the customers.

"Welcome to Haiiro Cafe, what do you want?" After wearing her apron, Herlin was immediately ready to ask for Oita-san's order from earlier standing there.

"I'd like a message .. coffee, and also bread if I can."

"Eat here or take home?"

"D-take it home."

"Your name?"

"Y-yes?"

"I have to know your name, so I can call you when your order is ready."

This is bad enough for Oita-san. There is no way he could have introduced himself by the name of Murasaki Oita, but he also has no substitute name. So he had to think about it quickly at this moment.

"O-o ...."

"O?"

"Occi ...."

Oita-san realized that she was very bad at giving her name. The name of his Unique Skill alone barely presented the ability of his Unique Skill itself. Now he almost introduced himself with a name similar to his real name.

"Okay, Okita-san. Please pay in advance at the cashier table and we will call when your order is ready."

In the end, Oita-san managed to get through that and now just wait for her order to arrive and she will leave here soon. His goal was to see the state of Herlin and the others had been fulfilled and after waiting for about ten minutes, Oita-san's order finally came.

"Oita-san!" call Herlin.

"Given!" Oita-san then stood up and took her order. But before he actually left, he still wanted to have a little chat with Herlin.

"The cafe's pretty crowded, huh?"

"Hmm? Ah, yes that is. But this atmosphere has only happened lately, usually our Cafe is not this crowded."

"I think you've worked hard."

"Yes, I think so. But we just continue this Cafe, the person who started it is no longer in this world."

"Is that so? I'm so sorry for him."

"thank you. But even so, he was the one who never complained, despite the amount of hardship he had, he always smiled and made us calm. And the word that always kept us calm was 'everything—"

"... It'll be fine', won't it?"

"Y-yes, he always said that to us."

"I think he can calm down now. Because you all do a good job."

Herlin felt something strange on this person. Somehow he felt familiar with the gaze and speech of the person he just saw this. Unknowingly, he called her by another name.

"O-Oita-s—"

"Herlina! This is customer table number five!"

But the atmosphere was interrupted by Iraya because her customer's order was ready. So, Herlin had to deliver it.

"Then I'll go first."

"Y-yes, thank you for visiting the Haiiro Cafe."

Oita-san then exited the Cafe while carrying her order. He held his food tightly. This was the last time he saw her as a stranger, because in the next meeting. They'll face each other.

"I'm counting on you, Black Rain."

**

Meanwhile, a few hours before the arrival of Oita-san to Haiiro Cafe, at the house Iraya looks lonely because there are only two people who are there—Caramel and Tetsu.

Tetsu himself after cleaning the house and cooking, because there was nothing he could do but wait for Iraya, he returned to his sword. So practically there is only Caramel at home.

After moving into Iraya's house, Caramel is like a wife waiting for her husband to come home from work. All he could do was watch TV and sometimes sunbathe and fold his clothes.

Piip...

"Uwaah .. I'm bored!"

Caramel turned off the TV and stretched her body which did nothing from earlier. "I want to go to Iraya's school, but I'm past my high school years" Caramel murmured.

He actually wanted to work at the Haiiro Cafe to help them. But Herlin refused. He thinks the more people who work here, the more people who have to be paid.

"Tch! Damn herlin, because of him I'm bored now."

To eliminate boredom, he went around in this house starting from the kitchen, living room, dining room. Then to the second floor in his mother's room Iraya—which is now his room, then to Iraya's room.

He has often come here just to sleep in his bed or look at the state of his room. There is no 'special' magazine that is commonly owned by boys the age of Iraya, so this room seems ordinary.

After being satisfied in Iraya's room, Caramel went down again and returned to the living room. Although I want to clean up, but this room is already clean because Tetsu cleaned it this morning. So there is absolutely no dust on the TV table.

Caramel then took one of the photos of Iraya and her mother. Caramel remembers that she was one of the people who killed her parents, but Iraya doesn't seem to know about it.

"Am I hiding that fact?"

"What fact?"

"...?!!"

Caramel was surprised because there was a voice that swept his murmur. And after he saw the person, he was very surprised by the person he was seeing right now.

"B-boss?"

"Did you miss me, Caramel?"

But Caramel did not answer Astaroth's question. He was silent and his body trembled in fear. Though when they heard the story from Iraya and the others, they had managed to kill Astaroth.

"B-Boss is alive?"

"I can't die that easily. Don't you underestimate me?"

"Ti-no .. There's no way I'm underestimating you, boss."

Caramel threw away her face and did not want to look directly at Astaroth's face. Astaroth who saw his expression then spoke again.

"This is our meeting after a while, and I have a question for you. What are you doing here?"

"...." - ".Caramel had guessed that Astaroth would ask that. His heart was beating very fast at the moment because Astaroth could easily kill a traitor like himself.

"Is that kid so attractive that you can betray me?"

"A-aku—"

Swuush...

"If you're talking to someone, look them in the eye. Have you forgotten the manners I taught you?"

Astaroth quickly darted towards Caramel then raised his chin so that their eyes could gaze directly at him.

"Your next answer will decide your fate. Think about it well."

Caramel understands that. If lying to Astaroth was the same as suicide, then he would have to answer it with a satisfactory answer.

Astaroth then removed Caramel's chin and let her speak. Caramel also already knew the answer that would be given to Astaroth.

"I .. I like it. I like Satou Iraya, so I chose her over you. He made me feel what I had not felt for a long time, I could tell him all my ugliness and he would accept me anyway.

Although at first what was said by him sounded like sheer nonsense, but slowly he was able to prove his impossible words. I ... I've made my resolve. I chose him over you, Boss."

Caramel really said it. While looking into the eyes that he thought he could not look at with a look of confidence and defiance. While Astaroth who heard that answer could only sigh and walk away from there.

But before he left, he looked up and spoke something. "If you choose it, fine. But what you're gonna face is me. You'd rather walk the hard way than sit sweetly beside me. Your stupidity is beyond my guess."

"Yes, I'm a fool. But if that foolishness leads me down the path I dream of, even though it is heavy and seemingly impossible, I will still be a fool."

"Do as you please. But remember these words. The man you chose, you will witness his death before your eyes."

Astaroth then left, leaving Caramel in the stillness of the living room. Once it was safe, Caramel sat on the floor and leaned on the TV table.

"Huh .... I almost died."

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