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Behind the Crime's Closets: Last Saves part 1 - Chapter 168

Behind the Crime's Closets: Last Saves part 1 - Chapter 168

COI C168

Laughter comes from the demoness. She never knew that C has become more predictable than the rest. Desperate is most common among the stalkers, now holding it on her hand a fishbowl where the souls are wildly trying to get out in a form of wasps. They are all dead when they transformed. Stalkers, nothing good for the society for them to exist. She is happy that she held the souls those she needs be, poor quality and badly nourished. He did it so rash and his creation is acting what he really intended. The plan was to use his new creation to fight, but they did it differently, livelier, then easily taken away their souls and their body to ashes because of matching mana.

It is such wonders made her a bit too fast. The man with his harem, able to maintain how much he managed throughout in his introverted life. It wasn’t the case at all, he ventured, he left his own paradise, and tries to meet people with common interest. The future event is coming soon, few more weeks. The end of the 3rd moon cycle and the beginning of the 4th moon cycle. The first week of it, the entire week, a convention will be opened. People with common interest will be held there. A man with a strong desire of so called ‘hentai’ had interest of this named event.

“Anime Convention” She spoke it out with no interest. All of his work is from that convention itself. It was started from their social media’s announcements. No idea what kind of social gatherings as she read through their technological prowess. Multiple mini events for small groups and all while with different schedules easily attended if one of them able to. Mumbling herself to this kind of humans, no proper words come out, just confused with her expression leaving boredom to grow after months of watching them. Carefully so, as more Horsin is digging deeper as she finds out.

She summarized C’s entire plan “A selfish man to share his interest, and never talk about his harem out of the open. I am intrigued and weirded out. Or I am just peeking into his private life, his nightly practices were dull throughout, and it only gets better with the recent new creation. For once, he was getting dominated in bed, and not bored. Hmph* I shouldn’t be focusing on his nightly necessities. How about you? I’ve been waking you up since the realm had become alive. You should know about it”

“Your thinking is quite pathetic. The people spread the powers of the realm is in a form of a child”

“Oh, I know, but you have to be worry that they able to use the realm’s core into their will. What are you supposed to do about it, huh?”

The voice didn’t say anything, the thought of it in disbelief is showing during this pause. While she herself wasn’t confident either. The demoness knows more than the voice have thought, the moment of silent turns out a lie. The voice remained smooth and destructively said it to her

“This moment like this, you should’ve continue bragging my sorry ears. That’s not how you work. For life to form, even artificially, it needs a soul”

The voice didn’t see what her expression is. The cheeky looking innocent face was not seen nor felt through her magic. It continues to be harsher “And what you give to that man’s paradise is your hard work. I know what kind of daemos you are, and I didn’t forget how you influence them with your mana. It all makes sense that you push them off from their old culture and adapt to yours. The leach is become the creator of the addicted. Would you like me tell this man’s true sinful desire?”

The demoness was not keen to understand others, but giving her power like an investment is always come back with full taints. The voice is different, bringing in pure malice and committed monsters.

She nodded, and the voice remained silent. Her pretends with her goofy attitude without the voice to have even eyes at all. So disappointed, “Alright, let’s hear you out”

“Sigh* Keeping me awake from my imprisonment, I hear you so many times since the beginning of a familiar kind”

As he stops talking to himself miserably, he focuses on the matter “The man is slowly building up his paradise, somehow his sanity remained collective. Someone is nourishing his conscious. Indulging his every day and night will weaken him, making him spoiled to that extend. Or something, I guess we should be focusing those souls you have”

“Hmm?”

Secretly, in her hands where her batches of souls taken from the residences of Fuku City. Including the two fools who faced Azin’s group after the ambush. The voice notices,

“They told me, everything. Just ignore the wrath and the childish reaction after their deaths. They found out that they have the same mana . . . Oh really now? That could change everything I know. His paradise will face judgement”

The demoness raises her eyes to the voice, judgement? Her head can’t remember relate to her action and this city. Judgement and Judgement days. Her silly remarks as she tries to annoy him. The voice didn’t stop talking.

“The man is stronger than I have commonly imagined. Weak in truth, but others around him is less so. He possessed a supernatural item during his time. The reason that brought him to focus his works and ignored the mess he made. Now reaching to take the powers of the demonic mana, he used it on his creation. No cursed fulfilling him with steps in the way. His manservant had what it is necessary to have Horsin origin materials. Leading him to be secured from the influence. It doesn’t matter, he will face them directly than none. C will deliver your prize, and you are going to mess everything up”

“How rude"

Junko reads the news, the people she had known of the same situation were, from what her eyes broke in tears as she readies herself. She breaks through the door and Hito was busy with the inventory. “She did it! Everyone who are bullied in this city have escaped. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! I couldn’t stop crying”

She smiles for joy to hear they managed to escape from hell. She looks up at the accursed magic circle on the ceiling keeps her off from getting out or the stalkers will come at her. Hito is on her side giving a little hope while Hito hears more and more about the defectors calling out to him.

Old co-workers who worked with him during the main servers. It was not long were the conflicts between them and the low lives are getting grimmer. Fuku City is not safe and the inner turmoil grow without them knowing. It was the matter of time. Hito couldn’t stop them from messaging him. The constant absents for going to the ruins made them questions. They start to learn about his double and the chores he had done. Miss, is joining the chat because of her mood with her double is getting worse. The backlog he never checked is now filled with Miss’ chat logs.

“They are at it again. They won’t be hiding for long from what’s going on right now”

“This judgement days should’ve continued. I have research who are the people they trying to take. They are nothing to care less who they are. Those superior complex bastards should embrace the future. You can’t even believe if they let them stay alive for long”

“To those who didn’t know what she is talking or the rest of their conversation from above. Remember, this topic is mentioned about the first inner refusal to unite to all Fuku citizens. This is all happened in ‘summer’”

“Who are you talking too?”

“Someone who is new here”

“mad emoji*”

“Fucking stop the call backs. It’s been months and everyone knows about that shit! To the person who wants to know, just . . .”

Hito responds to the chat “It’s about C’s double”

He types another comment, but he was stopped by the sudden pop up. The defectors were reaching such high hostility on him. They already know about him and the things he did. There was no wall of text in rage, and it gives only the worse smack talk about him. It keeps coming until someone out there say something about his place.

“Last night, we found out the stalkers were missing. They usual return back to their usual homes after midnight. Their last sight is always them outside from C’s store. This is going to be dangerous here on out. The defectors never once taken them down before. Bastards like them shouldn’t be showing mercy by given them the grave. If you’re the double. Let’s be better off leaving that place. The city is getting dangerous. The residences are calling for help to the securities. Finally, the cult leader responds. A secret curfew has been established only to the VIPs”

“You read that right, to any of you who are reading that post. Judgement days is the only way. The gangs have their own interest. We, we are making a blind eye just like before. That exodus, we already know. Those citizens are not our people. Just so you know, getting rid those addicts out from Fuku city is making a lot sense. They are their foods for their mana smuggling”

“This is important if you’re reading this, no one find out what you did is a lie. Taking care of the garbage is easy, but the flies are different. The plan was the great harvest. Behind those closets, even ours. It is better to keep it close, only someone out there knows how to open it”

Hito didn’t understand what they meant, but he is not that dumb to find out. He turns to Junko as she is goes out and back to work. She sees outside from the window as it is closed, dark inside for the first time like normal. The store opens as the sounds of the lock, she goes out and feel nothing strange eyeing on to her. It is strange that the stalkers should messed around with the locks to get in, able to bypass the magic protection and the runes with ease. Today, they are not here. Junko wasn’t relief at all, the bead inside her inventory is shining so much as it is a sign of danger.

She saw Hito comes out to check her, and her device rings to the highest volume there is. It is time, Tabitha is coming this way. While there are message coming from the defectors giving the danger notification with it. Two sides wanting them to help Hito, different reasons for the fact. The only for the two is going to do now is to wait their rescuers reach here. Along with the others, they have to escape, they found out the secrets of this part of city had done. Where the lights sparks brighter than the morning sun, C is ready.

The bus is no longer of use. They need to use magic now. The low lives are revealing to the very best of their magic. The beads among her old community secretly hidden from the people who wished to leave, holding to dear life as the children were not provided. The regrets grew like wild fire spreading the hopes that already given to them. The beads can’t touch them, only the given are protected. Behind their very prisoned homes, they need to get out of here fast. The people who trapped them are not here yet. The early morning was never a thing for them. The realization is already rampant

The old community lost their connection with the private servers. In order for the remaining to be safe, the Raker Mawn Guild is doing the best they can and while their back of their own motives getting deeper and deeper as they learn more into the dark side of Isekai City. It is a horrible reality they are in, the conflicts inside the very private lives. The people who are not affected by it are the rich and the famous. They have received expensive products to stay away from the middle of their rivalries. Worsening their sense of concern to their own people, and what’s worse some of them are watching secretly.

The lost will be immense, but shouldn’t be rule by those people either. Their arrogance brought them to more loses and bad sighting for the public. The other executives thought the same and soon have to make the recommendation. The used of their IDs are updated, and the main servers are making improvements as they prepare. Once another civil war rises up again. These realms blissfully hiding will be connected to the artificial one. The exodus must be complete. Tabitha had made them initiates sooner than they originally thought. In the midst of the 4th moon cycle, they have to stop readying themselves for the returning siege.

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Able to continue their service, Tabitha goes back inside Fuku City. The people are around her are pretending to hang out. Yesterday was the sign of reaction, and the beads left with them shining like stars from the dark empty space. Her hopes are determined, her partner is beside him, and left with the two Raker Mawn members already moving out to the last remaining people to the south. People who are caught left to fend for their lives. The head security is given her the tools needed to go through with magic. The realm they used are blocked, giving the final result of the distraction. Tabitha’s original plan is finally taken action. With her cards, she is trained herself for this day.

Archivist was given a new mask. His broken LED light expression won’t be fix anytime soon. This one is different. It is a newly made design from Taiyou Industries. Spokesman gives it to him. This could be the final act of reflection she will ever done. A mass exodus, a truly an ambition among all Raker Mawn Guild members. They step forth to west, and watch all around them with Tabitha’s senses to feel the low lives’ new powers. The low lives are getting stronger with each ability she couldn’t understand. They are getting desperate, and the two needs to get there fast.

Archivist notices that they started to shift their direction back away from the gate. Their attitude shift as they are worried. This kind of sudden change of events keep his mind checked. Tabitha starts to use her cards as no one is watching him. The two made it to where are the remaining old community were. They found out they were trapped in a realm. The bead shows the areas they are in. Her mind of trying to save them keep her from focusing the rest of the others. A tight gripped on her hands and they soon go find more elsewhere.

From place to place, she realized that they know who are the people they are trying to rescue. It was detestable to have already known what’s going on. She checks her device for any updates, there were more than she had anticipated. Not only her old community were taken, but the rest of the people who are not involved with them. A so-called recreation event into the realm. She tries to contact with Haw. Haw immediately responds when she starts typing.

“Continue the mission, the unworthy guild should’ve prepared for this. You need at least one of your old communities with their guild’s item. There is a special magic to able to gather them all”

Reading the message, she tries to go to the last place where Azin met. It was that store. Archivist holds her hand firmly and said “Remember what C said. The double will find out about it”

“I know, but you said to me before that you find him coming to stop us, right?”

“How will you tell which doubles are against us?”

“She has the bead. We should be safe when we are close to her. Then we could be able to get her out of there. Even she is cursed”

The optimism shows to him gives him worries. The low lives are getting stronger, and the strength they have become is a remembrance of a demonic presence.

Tabitha didn’t hesitate, even Archivist tries to stop her. She is confident enough to get away from it. That yesterday escape, she realizes how capable they can be. She didn’t know how they did it, and only see Haw a little bit. He survives against the sentinels. Especially when he is being run overed. Honestly, she wants to see how Archivist could deal with them himself. She didn’t even see him when he doing his job at the beginning.

“That’s remind me. Are you the one who disguised as the man who had a burned throat?”

“If you tried experiencing a group of adventurers with your friends, what do you think is the best action they take”

That moment of paused, she didn’t think about the Enders but her own community. That moment she remembers the desperate attempts they did before. Then she thinks she could do it with her own powers. The same as before, she moves on without giving an answer because she needs to prove it. The convenience store where the man and double resides. The confidence she had now will be the testament behind the Raker Mawn Guild. Both of them need to do this before something will happened for the worse.

Predictable, they have of thought so much of their response. This kind of behavior is a reminder of their own. The past history of Agatheus City, how the Enders escape from the inner realms. With this historical knowledge, Haw and Ironno can easily find them, and escaping with them is faster than they can claim. Across inside the realm, the confinement with many citizens. There they found them, huddled together in a form of relaxing resort. Enjoying this realm like a place for vacation. A true menace of society of treating this realm for prosperity. They don’t know the mana they used are the payment to keep it exist, either them or the a dangerous being.

Among the mob, there are people disguised with the citizens. Hiding themselves to not show before these two to act, their plans didn’t change much. Ironno had prepared the weapons they brought. Keeping the words to Tabitha, either is stalling or distraction. Haw will use it if they are capable enough to hold them into the fight while Ironno utilize the enemies’ advantage in this realm. On hand, Ironno has rune items. The magic it contains are special to any opposing magic, the neutral mana. Many people think it will nullify their magic, but they didn’t know that there also magic in it. Same what happened when he helps Azin.

The thunderous spell can destroy the realm that it needs be, and this one is less destructive. Purely on the basic to stop them, comparing with neutral mana and the runes. Runes is the most affective in a limited amount of time. He placed back to his bag, judging around him, there is no problem. Hid back again into the layers of this realm. The low lives found them, and with their powers to call out to the others. Hundreds entered this realm, people from all over Fuku City and mainly from the gates as they expect the dangers that two can do.

The people treated this realm as normal. They enjoy what it can exists. Games, restaurants, resorts, parks, and many more that has no human interaction. All base on tech use for purchases and robots as workers. It is a bland paradise to what the Enders look at it. For them, it is as peaceful as they could get. They know what’s going on, they have to enjoy it with strangers and people who can still able to talk in common interest. In all while they watch them in every move ignoring their offer to help.

The low lives, the creeps, and many other influenced by their selfish desires. Haw and Ironno without effort, use it. A strife calls out at the layers of the realm, Haw’s stone tablet and Ironno’s runes. Items that are not meant to fight, but to distort this realm. They know the forbidden magic of the Not Worthy guild. So long, they use violence and many more did the Isekai City thought so when they have to survive. In truth, they have no wisdom. The stone tablet had gathered the information from what this realm was. The previous owner, longing to siphon anyone who gets into it.

The people inside don’t care, their mana is greater than them. The humanesques able to feel the neutral burden to their strength, and many carelessly using it as it turns to this world as real as it can be. The steps are coming, the search is closer, all of them from different directions. The Enders didn’t know, and to whom who is followed the orders of Lord Lori’es found the truth. They were summoned by him, the being who ascend to make this world what they supposed to imagine. The realm helps them, to find the people they have to search.

Time is fading, the low lives have found them. Using the demonic mana on each of themselves to break through the runes. They reach them without a problem. The two were banished from this realm and sent them to the real world. The runes and the stone tablet captured the magic effects and spread to the specific group of people. The Raker Mawn guild members were able to do it. The realm kicks them out and they follow them with to a specific place where the low lives have the advantage. Quick as they entered, it was enough.

The people inside the realm didn’t notice the old community member were tagged on with rune magic along with the stone tablet. With only Tabitha’s card to activate it, the realm will force them out. The people continue to distract themselves out of their own sufferable control by those people. They talked about the people who tried to escape. They heard about it negatively as the safe places around the city are only South Shore Bay and Chojiima District. Their lifestyle is keeping them off to move because of the bad reputation in this district. Even they are fooling around in this realm, they don’t want to work themselves to reset their life among the people who will hate them.

Haw and Ironno were sent into domain of the Loli queen, their enemies have given up the idea to deal with them with their own abilities. Failure after failure, as the people around them starting to care less thanks to the new profound power. The two feels the nostalgic aura of Daemos magic for a while. This presence of power won’t be a threat as bringing them here has purpose besides death. In front of them with the hundreds just follow them here without a sign of any hostile approach. This place is not safe, and these two have no strong mana against them. However, the citizens here are the hosts of one leach. There she steps out herself revealing as the doll with possessed their mana.

The Loli queen breaks the citizens’ UI, their translations were crushed and lose their understanding to the Enders’ local language. She tells them “It is better you let me face them alone. I’ve seen you people have no obligation to search for the others, right?”

“No, my queen. I think these two are the mastermind of the escape routes. Our details show that these two are involved with the hitlist too”

The queen smiles childishly “Oh you, have you given up your precious servants for me?”

She looks at them feeling disappointed, their reactions weren’t terrified but pleased to see her being angry with them. The queen rolls her eyes out of disgust and said,

“Oh fine” She looks away as she folds her arms.

They treated it like a compliment. The Loli queen speaks to them in a different language as they heard the words they can’t understand. “You’ve seen these people are not as strong as you expected. People with dependent on my powers won’t let them use it to kill someone”

Ironno cuts her off, he didn’t care how weak they are because he knows how the demonic influence work. “We all know about your kind. Even you are using an avatar, you seem to be experience to know how they behave. It would be better that no more enemies intervene your purpose here”

“My, Enders know well about us. Laugh* I understand, and I still need to let them know how feel powerful they are being on their side. This city is in shambles, cursing itself with their own hierarchy without anyone will replace the bottom feeds of men. I came from the bottom so that I can raised myself to the top, like a citizen trying to live their life. You two were the nuisance of their pleas. I am confident that I can deal with you without any effort. But . . . you are someone’s subjects. It is ironic how Horsin become like this. If I tried to mess with you, there is no end that the soul I get will probably save by the gods”

The low lives didn’t understand, yet their gestures show intimidating view. Lies on sight where the Loli queen plays along with her spells to her manipulated puppets. They can’t see the truth and saw both of them getting what drama they are seeing. To the last moment of their conversation, the least possible talk is true as the translation returned back to their UIs.

“Boys, take care of these two. Here is the power you needed to fight them, make sure you can punish them. If not, giggle*”

She snaps her fingers as the magic circle appeared beneath everyone’s feet. The magic overwhelmed them as they could use their magic such a powerful magnitude and all while blinded by the sheer power within them. Haw and Ironno stood side by side as they learn more about her than they shouldn’t. She is playing the low lives’ minds. She is draining every drop of their sanity into nothing. The numerous of failures they have done was her from the very beginning. They are daring as they don’t know how to deal with it, relying to hear her voice is enough strength they possibly can do.

The magic runes rose up and shielded them against their new powers. The rune stones are crumbling. Haw casts out his potion on the ground to release the mana’s uncontrollably.

“This is it! Our queen is giving us unlimited power!”

The low lives were losing themselves into the Loli queen’s power. The eruption of magic rained down on the two as they can’t do anything and let the runes and the potions protect them from their excessive power. No Horsin kind will survive this. A daemos acting beyond the limits of the natural world. Loli queen acted this to show off to them. She knows they won’t come, and the trouble she makes will be pointless in the end.

The Loli queen steps in and casts an unimaginable spell on the magic circle. It siphons everyone’s magic and release it beneath the Enders’ feet. A powerful vortex rose up pushing them into the air. Everybody tries to help her but their powers being drained as they see the two disappeared. They were shocked that they have escaped. Outrage by her actions they can’t help themselves shouting at her.

“Why didn’t you kill them?!!”

As the moment they complain, they immediately went silent. The Loli queen has shown her true possession among them.

The lost was the testament of her powers. The demoness controlling their very conscious. They feel their body feeling satisfied about it rather feeling disappointed. Drugged by magic to those hundreds of them who is willing or take advantage of this power. Their selfish desires were exploited from the very start, the personal individuality is blocking away all sense through her mind in unity. All thoughts shared as one, seeking through their heads to nonstop cultic influence.

The demoness watches the realm turned into her control. The low lives, the people without doubles are under her full control. She plays around the realm they made from her own mana. It is fun to see them struggle to things they thought they can control. She sees them as worthless people now. Their first uprising was so quick when after the incident of the Fuku City center building. The remnant of the other demon called, Code Red Virus, and able to wield its dying power to her own. They still failed as it is frail enough as it is, then the next is their realm with mysterious mana gathering practices.

Fallen by one Enders with a religious adept’s preaches, she has no sight on people how the realm they made unprotected against the man’s magic. Their failures reach such high ends when their arrogances are fighting amongst each other. The stalkers last night, foolishly thinks they could beat one another as her mana was managed affectively. C is not even influenced by her along with the doubles who know how to deal with her influence. She needs replacement, the people she controls are husks serving her now.

She needs the summoned to release their magic in this realm for her to feed. The people who sent to the realm for their recreation is already helping her to get by. Pointless low lives keeping her fighting in her own hideout out for their own personal agendas. Her avatar, was given by the man who knows her true identity. It was an offer for her not to refuse. She has no viable sane individual to coordinate her ideals. She checks again to the people who properly used her mana.

Then there is one man who is catching her attention. It was the defectors, asking for her powers to deal with C. The offerings stand before only a request. The man who tries to save Junko is with them. The building where they lived have become more powerful. Only in the morning as the strength grew stronger, the same pace that she envied for. She calls out to the voice.

“How did you get your teachings to reach him?”

The voice mumbled itself as her works fallen down bit by bit and said,

“You clearly don’t know me. My legacy, my schemes. It happens all over again. You’ll see clearly in the 2nd moon cycle”