The Crisis World XX

Chap. 34: Oita-san and Ishikawa-san

*A Used Factory, Kyoto*

After successfully expelling the two Assassins, Oita-san along with Ishikawa-san wanted to talk about something. But Oita-san said that she wanted to meet the other Ishikawa-san gang, so here they are now.

In an abandoned factory far from the main road. Looks like this factory has long been abandoned but has not been torn down, the tools of the factory are full here in dusty conditions.

Ordinary people also rarely come to a place like this because there is nothing interesting here, unless they want to look for ghosts or sell unused items here.

"Do you guys live here?" ask Oita-san.

"Hmm? Of course not, this is where I gather with my friends. And in hours like this they usually gather here. Karai, Hisui! I'm back!"

Ishikawa-san called out the names of her friends quite loudly. Because it was wide and empty enough here, the screams echoed. But even then, there was no answer from them.

"Are they not here, huh?" Ishikawa-san looked to her right and left to look for the whereabouts of her friend who did not return her screams. "Wait here for a second, huh? I will look for my friend first" Ishikawa-san said.

"Sure, I will wait here," Oita-san said with a friendly smile.

Ishikawa-san then exits this former factory to look for her two friends, while Oita-san waits alone.

The quiet atmosphere and dim lights in this factory make the atmosphere more dark and sinister than usual. Even so, this matter did not bother Oita-san at all. Calmly, Oita-san sat on top of a large wooden box.

He waited long enough inside here and Ishikawa-san still hasn't returned. Bored, Oita-san then tries to find entertainment and sharpen her five senses. And just as he was doing that, a gust of wind was big enough to point at him.

Zwuush...

Although the gust of wind that came was quite large, but Oita-san only blocked it by hand and did not intend to avoid it.

"Don't worry, just come out. I don't mean anything bad here" said Oita-san who was still in a friendly tone.

One then came out warily from behind the shadow of a large dark object. A man with chestnut colored hair and wearing a yellow dress.

"Oh yes you are too. Someone behind me, who seemed to be trying to attack me secretly, huh?"

Oita-san's guess was very precise, one more person appeared from the dark part of the factory behind Oita-san. The man has brown hair and wears a red Hoodie shirt and jeans. The two of them then approached Oita-san from different directions.

"What are you doing here? This is not a place that foreigners can visit carelessly" said the chestnut-haired man.

"Oh right too, you know nothing of my coming. I just happened to come here with your friend Ishikawa Kyujiro."

"Kyujiro? Then where is he?" ask him further.

"If it's about that, it looks like he's out looking for you guys."

As if the time was on Oita-san's side right now, Ishikawa-san came at the right time into the factory and proved that Oita-san was not lying.

"Oi, oi, wait a minute Karai, Hisui! Don't just attack dong! This guy is my acquaintance. My name is Murasaki Oita-san."

Karai and Hisui looked at each other and then looked back at Oita-san. Although she still did not fully trust him, but from earlier Oita-san did not do anything in return.

Even those who attacked him first and it was just disrespectful because they did not know the true purpose of Oita-san coming here and also did not know that they were with Ishikawa-san.

"Sorry for attacking you, Murasaki-san. I'm just not used to having strangers come here" Hisui said.

"Ah, it's okay. I understand your feelings a little, huh."

The three of them then sat on a large wooden box similar to the one occupied by Oita-san now and they started the conversation because that was indeed their original purpose.

"So, what do you want to talk to the three of us about?" ask Ishikawa-san.

"He wants to talk to us?"

"Kyujiro, it seems like he is indeed a suspicious person."

The two return to be suspicious of Oita-san. Even so, Ishikawa-san still insists that Oita-san is not a person to worry about. But when the three of them had a little faith in Ishikawa-san, Oita-san's tone suddenly turned serious.

"Thus ... Have the three of you been wreaking havoc in the Kyoto area lately?" ask Oita-san.

No more smiles that adorned his face. The atmosphere that was a second ago had just melted, instantly became tense again due to Oita-san's question.

The three of them could also feel an unusual change in atmosphere, the atmosphere becoming colder and uncomfortable all of a sudden.

"What do you mean?" ask Karai.

"I had heard the news that there were several cases of lovers being injured and some even died. No evidence was found there, anyway. But in one case, the fingerprints on a knife the victim held were just his."

"Isn't that a normal occurrence? So what does this have to do with us?"

"Oh yes, there is one more proof. One of the victims testified that they were attacked by three unknown people. He said that one of them gave him a knife and his hand moved on its own killing his lover, then after that stabbed himself. But since the evidence he had was not enough, it was precisely him who was the suspect."

Oita-san then raised her hand and pointed towards the three of them. "Those three guys are you, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, you just told yourself that the evidence he has isn't enough. And you just plainly accuse us. I could've reported you to the police about a fake report, you know!"

Karai dodged again, he felt that he was innocent because the cases called Oita-san previously did not have strong evidence proving that they were the culprits.

Even he did not hesitate to threaten Oita-san and planned to report it to the police.

But Oita-san still remained calm. She smiled at Karai's futile resistance.

Oita-san is sure that she is not wrong. Because he has a special ability for it. To make the three of them believe again, Oita-san let out a hint of her aura that managed to intimidate them.

"What's this?!"

"My feelings are bad."

"Di-he wants to fight against the three of us?"

They all felt it and it was enough to make them tremble and the brave face that had previously instantly withered away.

"I have the ability to know someone's aura. All I need to do is touch the thing that has that aura and I can already know where they came from in this city ...."

And Oita-san pointed at them alternately to guess the kind of Exception they had. "You brunettes are a Mind Power, black-haired Elemental, while Ishikawa-san is a Transformation, right?" Oita-san showed a smirk because she sure managed to guess it right.

Everything's silent. Although from the beginning they were already depressed with the aura released by Oita-san, but with her right guess, it made them even more speechless.

"Because there's no defense anymore, I could have taken you to jail. But I didn't come here for that, I want to talk—"

Before Oita-san finished her words, Karai had already attacked her first and created a sharp wind lesion, which she created by splitting the air with her hands. But it can easily be avoided by Oita-san.

"Hoo ... You attacked me. Does that mean you're not interested in my negotiations?" ask Oita-san.

"Be quiet! Hiyao, Kyujiro! Hurry up and help me!"

Hisui who had not moved from behind Oita-san, then pulled out a knife from Hoodie's pouch and prepared to stab Oita-san in the heart from behind. But Oita-san can swiftly bend her body without looking back.

"What-what?!"

"Don't think I forgot you, yeah."

"Wait a minute! Karai, Hisui!"

Ishikawa-san shouted to her two friends. But it was useless because the two of them did not listen to him at all.

While Oita-san caught Hisui's hand and took the knife she was holding, then after that pushed it towards Karai. Luckily Karai was able to capture Hisui and minimize the impact received by him.

"Have you seen the difference in strength between us?" Oita-san.

"Tch!"

Oita-san plays Hisui's knife by throwing it slightly up and then catching it again. He held the knife with the blade upside down and then started staring intently at Karai and Hisui.

"Can we start again?"

Oita-san disappeared from her previous place and is now behind Karai with her back. The knife he held in reverse was also already filled with fresh blood.

"Hurry up ...." Karai's eyes can't keep up with Oita-san's rapid movements and he falls while holding his neck which was torn deep enough by Oita-san's attack.

"Care! Damn it, will I kill ka—?!" Oita-san was already in front of Hisui who had not even finished her words. His eyes widened as he did not expect that fast movement.

"Why? You want to get angry?"

Hisui suddenly felt stiff on his entire body and a tremble that could not stop. Is correct. This was a feeling of fear at death that he had never felt before. And death was now before his eyes.

Craaash...

With a single horizontal slash, Hisui fell down almost the same as Karai. Oita-san who was finished quickly then dropped the blood-soaked Hisui knife into Hisui's body which grew increasingly pale.

While Ishikawa-san can't do anything, she is able to go silent and fall limp on her knees watching what Oita-san did to her friends.

And now Oita-san's attention is on the only surviving enemy, Ishikawa-san. He was too stiff to escape and was also aware that with the difference in their strength, running was a waste.

"What ... do you want to kill me too?" ask Ishikawa-san.

"That was my intention."

Ishikawa-san does not know what feelings she has right now. He was completely confused by what he had just witnessed and had yet to digest it perfectly. But he also could not refuse not to be killed. Or that's what he thought before.

"But if you do what I ask, then there's a chance that your life will be forgiven."

"Eh? You're not gonna kill me?"

"I'll see his condition. But for now I have an offer for you."

Oita-san spoke while wiping the blood on her hands and clothes using a handkerchief. This conversation becomes more stressful.

"Offer?"

"Join my organization, Black Rain. I still need people's help."

Ishikawa-san was still silent because this was too sudden. His two friends had just been killed and the person who killed his friend instead offered to join him. But Oita-san still continued to talk.

"Take this as an offer for your life. In return, as long as you don't troublemake, you're free to do whatever you want. How's it?" said Oita-san who had finished wiping her hands clean.

"Do I have any other choice?"

"none. Remember that now your life is in my hands."

Ishikawa-san looks up and imagines things in the past that she did together with Karai and Hisui. They will never feel again because they are gone.

But he took a deep breath and then replied.

"All right, I'm joining."

Oita-san responded with a smile. He also extended his hand and helped Ishikawa-san get up from her knee position.

"I'm glad you're cooperative. You'll still get paid for every mission. Your powers will be useful in fighting monsters and that is part of your missions."

"Monster ... strange creatures that appear more and more lately? So I'm gonna exterminate them from now on?"

"Yep. You could say that."

After the negotiations are over and it ends Ishikawa-san joins Black Rain. The two of them then buried Karai and Hisui's bodies properly even in a simple manner. After burying her, Ishikawa-san prayed in front of both their graves.

"The strength of both of them is actually quite and very dear to kill, but how else."

"Yes, they're great."

"Then I'll be back. I'll let you know if I have a job for you" said Oita-san, who walked away from Ishikawa-san.

"Good."

"Oh, yes. I almost forgot ...." But before he actually left, he briefly stopped his steps and looked back to give one final notice.

"Never talk about this in front of the two boys. It's between me and you, they don't need to know anything." And Oita-san was actually gone from here.

While Ishikawa-san could only see Oita-san go away. In the silence and cold of the night wind today, Ishikawa-san looked towards her palm.

The cold and trembling sweat had not stopped since he was with Oita-san. The fear of death he felt was already at its peak from earlier. Sighing for a deep breath to calm down also seemed useless and he could only murmur in the night sky.

"Hey, what decision did I make right? Please tell me. Karis ... Hisui ...."

Seriate