Chapter 1
I wish you a happy birthday
The following two days passed by quickly, leaving me with the best day of the year, Lia's birthday
I brought along all the stuff that I have bought at the store, a cake and some candles, as well as a gift for her
Her birthday wouldn't have to be celebrated by everyone, I'm sure Lia would be fine with just me celebrating her birthday.
The day was slowly coming to an end, as I was packing up a strange man walks up to me he was quite tall and looked to have some sort of job as a package delivery guy
"You're a friend of my little sister?"
"Huh?..."
Chapter 2
A Brother From The Past
Back in the America was the best family you could ask for, a family where my little sister was the best little sister, my mother was the best mother and my father was the best father with this the perfect family has been born!
This perfect family was destined to never get ruined, nothing could ruin such masterpiece
That was till the gods threw a twist on our perfect family.
My family left me! They left me! I was to no importance to them!
I can still remember the exact look of my little sister, she was smiling
She didn't know that in that exact day was going to end up being the last time she'd ever see her big brother
My perfect mother wasn't so perfect, she was corrupted. Not telling my little sister that it was going to be our last time seeing eachother!
My perfect father wasn't so perfect, caring only about the money. The second he got a big offer he decides to destroy our whole bond!
Everyday was spent fantasizing over my sister, she was perfect, she wasn't like mom or dad, she was different, she was an angel
Slowly the urge to meet my little sister became unbearable, to the point where I had no choice, but to meet with her and reunite.
Luckily for me a little birdie informed me the reason for my little sister's death.
That man was noneother than Malliyo, I've been told that he's supposedly one of the best detectives in town, it's just to bad that my birdie is way superior then you!
It was the day after tommorow when I decided to head over to my little sister's house, it was her birthday after all.
That's when I discovered my target, Malliyo a man who seems to feel guilt about my sisters death, the reason he became a detective was to fix his wrong doing which was indirectly killing my sister
A man like him trying to fix his wrong doing? People like him never change!
It's like people during their new years resolutions, always claiming how they'll lose weight or be more productive yet they never keep their word
This man makes me sick!...
I decided to pat down my pants and my shirt as I approached Malliyo, the voice in my ear told me that it's best to stay undercover, which is exactly what I'm going to do
"You're a friend of my little sister?"
"Huh?..." He seemed rather shocked, though he quickly got his composure and spoke up "Yes I am, you mentioned little sister right? Was Lia related to you?"
"O-Of course, me and Lia were like best friends" I smile
"I see, well it was a pleasure to meet you" Malliyo began making his way out without even giving me a chance to ask him some questions
I made my way towards the house
Seemed like nobody has bought it yet, I have heard that this place hasn't been getting much visitors due to the lack of police security
I opened the door to which I was hit with a nice breeze, I took my shoes off and began exploring the house till I found my little sister's room
I can still remember the exact scent that she had the last time we were together, that scent never did change, as I could still smell that same smell in her room
Everything about the room was so like her! She's still the beautiful angel that I know! Nothing has changed...
Actually something did change. Ofcourse the thing that changed was the fact that she's no longer in this world, she was killed by that man
That man destroyed my perfect angel! That man shall be known as the devil!
Chapter 3
A Killing In The Animal Shelter
It wouldn't be long till me and Aikawa end up getting a call about a homicide on a local shelter, the man who worked here was killed while the dog was taken
"Seems to me like the culprit targeted the man, but seconds later was attacked by a dog and was forced to take it and possibly killing it" The person to speak up was Kai
He wasn't wrong, the man was missing his phone as for the dog it seemed to have somewhat escaped and surprised the culprit
Kai's observations were logical and spot on, I couldn't disagree as I myself also belive the same thing
"Here's what we're going to do" Kai clapped his hands gathering everyone around him "We are gonna check every security camera near by and see if we could find something, me and Miyu will talk with the people nearby"
Kai seemed to have this case on point, I've heard from the chief that he's been on point ever since Reima's death
With everyone going there separate ways me and Aikawa decided to go back to my house in order to play some games
On our way back we ended up running into Lia's brother
"Hey Malliyo!" He called out to me with a smile
"Hello" Aikawa was the one to greet him back, Aikawa will forever be the social one, she doesn't even know the guy yet she's still responding faster then me
"Nice to meet you, I'm Lia's older brother"
"I see"
"I was just making some curry and well even though my japanese isnt that good I saw you guys walking around. So I was wondering if you guys are willing to chat with me?"
The man was using Lia's house even though it wasn't necessary his, athough I didn't necessarily care and I'm sure Aikawa wouldn't care either
"I'm sorry, but my mother called me earlier so I have to get going, although I'm sure Malliyo can join in for some dinner, after all his family went out on a business trip" Aikawa turned back at me and winked
Aikawa ended up setting me up in a trap, if I was quick enough to make an excuse that didn't involve my parents or if I'd have to join in Lia's brother for dinner. The answer was simple
At the end I sat down on the other side of the table. I'm sure Aikawa already knew that I wasn't going to reject Lia's brother, so all she did was give us some alone time
"So, what was you're relationship with Lia?" Her brother was the one to break the silence and decided to do that by asking a question
"Well we had a relationship of lovers" I was planning to say that we were just friends, but something in me told me to tell the truth
"I see, did you treat her well?" The man chuckled
"Well our relationship only lasted a day" Once again I couldn't help myself, but to tell this man the truth
"How unfortunate, I wonder what you did to make her feel the need to break up with you"
"Well-" I decided to stop myself this time before opening my mouth again "Well I really have to use the bathroom, do you mind telling me where it's at?"
The man stood up without saying a word before leading me towards the bathroom
I decided to stay there for a couple of minutes as I contemplate what exactly is going on
Why do I feel so relaxed when talking to him?
Maybe I'm just happy to find one last connection towards Lia?
I have to make the most of this in counter, I want to get to know him better, I want to go and play games as well as tell stories about Lia with him, I want him to become my best friend.
I came out the bathroom not knowing exactly how long I've been there, though it must have been awhile as the food was reheated
"I had to reheat the food as it got cold"
"Oh its fine.." I smiled "Actually I don't think I ever got you're name"
"Just call me Lia's brother"
"Oh no! I really want to know you're name!"
"May I ask why?"
"Well, I'd like to know you better"
"Well then since you're probably gonna continue to insist, I might as well say it"
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He stopped talking for a bit as he rearranged his tie. The suspension felt overly dramatic all of this waiting just for a name, but that doesn't bother me, as long as I figure out his name then it'll all be fine
"My names Oliver, Oliver Mount"
"Well then hello Oliver, the names Malliyo"
"W-well how about we get to eating? Don't want you're food to get cold for a second time" Oliver smiled
"Yes!"
The time ended up ending faster then expected, though luckily for me Oliver ended up inviting me to go watch one of Lia's favorite movies that she watched back in the US
Apparently he had an old DVD disc of that movie. With that I now had my plan for what I would do tommorow
Chapter 4
Dog in the road
Tommorow I happened to get a call from the chief, as the dog that was taken from the shelter was found dead in the road.
I've tried convincing Malliyo to come with me, though he refused, telling me how he had really important plans for the day.
So with that I decided to check out the crime scene by myself.
"Malliyo didn't come?" Miyu was the one to talk to me
"No, he's not feeling too well today"
"I see, well come take a look at the corpse"
Miyu lead me towards the dead dog
The dog was cut open from its stomach, in attempts to get something out of this dog perhaps?
That would make sense
I decided to rethink what could have happened back at the animal shelter.
His target is this man, he has some info on his phone and its his duty to kill him for that info.
Suddenly a dog attacks him, he takes a bite off of him and now has his dna all over the dog's teeth, as well as some of his clothe fabric on his stomach
He would have no choice but to take the dog home.
Once he does that then the only option left is to kill him, open up his stomach, take the clothe fabric, and lastly clean him in order to not leave any type of evidence
"Miyu do you know if they've found anything on the cameras?"
"Not sure yet, yesterday we didn't get any good info from the people around, as for the camera's we still haven't heard back from the team we sent"
"Wierd don't you think?"
"I thought so too, but nothings happened to them, supposedly they got into some controversy with the owner of the store"
"I see"
My legs were rather tired from riding my bicycle all the way here, so I decided to sit down on a rock while Miyu and Kai did they're job
"Aikawa wake up"
I could hear Miyu calling out to me, yet my pure laziness didn't allow me from opening my eyes
That was till I felt a sudden splash hit my face, it was water
"Kai!"
"What?! she wouldn't wake up"
I opened my eyes to see Kai with a bottle of water and Miyu snatching that bottle straight after
"Aikawa now that you're awake would you like to join us for dinner?"
"Huh?!"
Miyu was the one to ask the question although Kai seemed surprised and wasn't fond of me possibly joining in on their meal
"So?" Miyu got a hold of my hands as her chest began to press on to mine
"Miyu step away from her" Kai was the one to save me as he got Miyu from the end of her shirt and pulled her back
Never would I think that I'd be so fluttered from having physical contact with someone of the same gender
It's a wierd feeling...
Chapter 5
The Gullible Man
People most of the times mean everything they say when infront of certain people, they don't lie and tell the truth, although most of the time these people also belive that the others would tell them truth. They don't understand that not everyone is like them, these people like Malliyo will forever be labeled as gullible.
I decided to order some sushi from a nearby place
With the food and the movie ready, it should allow me the perfect chance to get closer to this man who caused my little sister's death
Before Malliyo got here I decided to read a book about a certain wizard, for some reason I seem to have an attachment to these types of books
Couple minutes went by and a sudden knocking happened at my door
"Well would you look at who it is" I smiled as I brought Malliyo over to the couch
"Sushi?"
"You're not fond of it?"
"That's not it, I just haven't tried it much"
"Well you'll enjoy it"
"You're right"
I stood up and played the movie while we ate, the movie that I could see myself and my sister watching was one of a princess that was taken away by some mysterious man
We were just 10 minutes into the movie where the princess was taken away
"It was Leo" Malliyo spoke up claming that the person who stole the princess was Leo
Leo was the the man that the princess was having an affair with or as everyone else would say, the princess true love
"What makes you say that?"
"Well movies like these tend to give you lack of evidence that way you can't figure out who the culprit is before the main reveal hits. Also the fact that they tend to find this type of plot as a shocking twist when they figure out the true lover is one of the main guys"
"So you're going off on movie logic?"
"Yeah, also the fact that throughout these 10 minutes we were made sure to know that the princess was unhappy with the marriage"
"Which leads you to belive that the princess wasn't actually kidnapped but instead went off with his 'true' lover instead"
"Yup that's my conclusion"
"You're quite the genius"
He's a smart kid, too bad he can't catch on to my little act
"How about we play some games then, after all you now know the ending of the movie"
"Sure"
The game we're going to play was a game of charades, I'll be the one to act something out and Malliyo will be the one to try to figure out what it is that I'm acting out
The game started and I began to put on a poor act, I first made Malliyo follow my finger as I draw a straight line, with my other hand I began to act as if though I'm throwing something at it
"It's Balmo the wizard"
"That's correct"
"Yeah..." Malliyo chucked a bit before opening his mouth "well when I entered I saw the book lying on you're table and you're stick and you're other act was you're way of making a wand"
"You left me quite speechless there"
5 hours before...
"Listen up I need you to hold Malliyo for a total of 3 hours, once you do that I'll give you permission to kill him"
"Who are you?" I asked
"I'm the person who's been walking you through this horrible experience"
"You're my savior?"
"Yes, I'm the man who you need to listen and oblige to everything I say, once you do that you'll be able to taste the sweetness of revenge"
"How do I buy time for 3 hours?"
"Do whatever is needed, but don't stay on one topic for too long, you don't want to take the risk of boring him"
"Got it"
Current time...
1 hour was left on the clock.
I'm not sure why I have to wait, but something that's for sure is the fact that my savior has yet to fail me, so in the end they're is no need of disobeying him now
I sat Malliyo down at the couch telling him that I'll make him some sort of dessert, by doing so he's now put in a position where he's going to have to wait till this dessert is done.
I took 30 minutes preparing the dessert, the clock was ticking as I decided to put poison in the dish. After all how would 30 minutes too early change anything
I presented the dish, it was flan, Malliyo took a seat right across from mine.
"Want some wine?"
"I'm not at that age yet"
"A little wine wouldn't do anything"
"Just a little bit"
"Sure thing"
As I stood up to get the wine I happen to come back to Malliyo placing something on my plate
"W-what are you doing?"
"I-"
"No need to finish, I guess I just won't eat"
"No please! You can eat I didn't do anything"
I took my seat and began inspecting the plate, I took small glances toward Malliyo to see him constantly fidgeting with his fingers
I lifted up the plate to find something out of place...
Chapter 6
Caught On Camera
The place we were in would fit in with some romantic scenery, the candle in the middle and the breeze that wouldn't put the candle out, but instead would just push it around
"Why exactly did you pick this place?" I was the one to ask
"Well actually im not to sure about that Aikawa, you should probably ask Kai"
I turned my eyes towards Kai, he's the type with anger issues yet this time he seemed rather embarrassed
"W-Well it's none of you're business!"
Kai was flustered, barely managing to say just a couple of words, is it possible that I got in the way of a special moment between the two?
I can't really leave now since I've already ordered my food, the second best option would be to constantly give them a bit of time
So I did just that, I stood up and made my way towards the ladies bathroom while making my way towards there I manage to spot a man's foot as he enters the faculty only room
The way his foot was titled, it was more slanted then when you normally walk. Implying that some force happened
This would result in a man and a woman enjoying their time in the facility room
And my prediction wasn't far off, as just seconds later sudden moaning noises could be heard coming towards the door that woman was definitely a confident one. If only I was like her, then I'd have the capability to ask him out without constantly wondering if he'd say no
I kept the guy I wanted to ask in mind as I made my way to the restroom, I had my hand on the doorknob before a sudden hand reached out to me
"Hey they're cutie" It was a man I wasn't familiar with.
"Sir? can you let go of my hand"
"Oh-?"
The man was clearly drunk as his other hand began reaching into my skirt, I could feel a sudden pressure being applied
"Sir!" I got a hold of his hand that was going into my skirt, his posture was one of slightly bent towards my direction. All I had to do was push his hands down for the man to then fall onto the floor
"Argh!"
The man was visibly in pain, I could see his eyes slowly get a bit watery. The surprising part is that I restrained myself a bit, if he wasn't drunk then I would've applied pressure to his arm in order to dislocate it in hopes that he'd learn his lesson.
At the end I decided not to enter the restroom and instead join back to the table where Kai and Miyu were
"Is something the matter?" I asked
I could see them both looking at some video on their phones
"Well take a look at this"
Kai passes me the phone.
The second I click play it shows a man entering the animal shelter
"I feel like I've seen this man before" I stated
"Really? Well where? He's clearly the culprit so we need to find him asap!" Kai seemed to be back to his regular self
"Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure..." I thought about it for a bit before realizing the amount of danger Malliyo could be in "He's with Malliyo as we speak!"
"Come on let's go then!"
We all began making are way toward their car with Miyu a bit behind since she stayed back to pay the tip for the waitress that served us
"How far away are we from our neighborhood?!"
"Maybe 30-40 minutes"
Damn, we still seem to have a long way to go
I pulled out my phone and began calling Malliyo's phone
Chapter 7
Familiar Photo
Right infront of me was Lia's older brother, he was inspecting the plates after seeing me placing something on it
I couldn't help but seem slightly nervous as he lifts up the plate and sees the note that I placed
"And what is this exactly"
"W-well it's uhm" I couldn't manage to get any words out of my mouth
Oliver seemed to understand that, so he opened up the folded paper rather then waiting for my explanation
"Oliver, would you accept me as you're best friend?" Oliver read exactly what was written on the note
He looked up at me before chuckling a bit
"The answer is yes Malliyo, ofcourse I'll be you're friend"
"That's good to hear"
The conversation was bound to get awkward so the only possible way to stop that was to talk about the food, but first ofcourse I must try it
I got a hold of my spoon before sticking it inside the flan.
I brought the spoon up to my mouth, Oliver seemed to be waiting in order to see how well I liked his food.
As I opened my mouth Oliver got a sudden call
"Ah wait please don't eat it yet! This won't take long"
Since he asked me to wait I decided to put the spoon down on the plate, I could see Oliver talking to someone in the living room.
It wasn't too long before I too got a phone call
"Psst, Oliver I'm gonna be outside in order to answer this phone call"
"Wait..." Oliver ended up putting his hand over the speaker before telling me to instead head over to his little sisters room
I did what he told me yet I didn't last long as it felt rather wierd being in what used to be Lia's room, but is now Oliver's
I at the end decided to head on over to the restroom in order to answer Aikawa's call
"Hello?"
"Malliyo listen to me!" The sudden voice coming from Aikawa was nothing that I was used to, something is keeping her worried
"What's wrong?"
"It's Lia's big brother, I'm not sure what he's up to, but we just got sent a video of him being in the animal shelter at the time of the murder, as well as him carrying out the dog"
"..."
The sudden shock of hearing someone like Lia's older brother committing a crime was something I wasn't expecting to happen
"I need you to get out of that house as soon as possible, got it!"
"O-Okay"
"Don't end the call either, I want to make sure you're fine"
I couldn't belive it, I didn't end the call and put the phone on my pocket
As I was making my way to the exit I saw the picture of Lia and his family, I remembered seeing it and taking it to my house, so what is it doing here?
That's where it all clicked for me. I understand what this is all about, I get it!
I unlocked the door, instead of following through with what Aikawa told me, I instead decided to approach Oliver
"I get it"
"Get what?"
"You're goal, and I know that you killed the security guard and took the dog with you"
"Sorry? I'm not sure I'm following with what you're saying"
"Well then here's the full story-"
"Wait! Malliyo what did I tell you about leaving!" Aikawa seemed to jump into our conversation, sadly this isn't about her and she has no reason to be in our conversation
"I'm sorry Aikawa, I'll call back later"
"Wait-" I hung the phone and put it back into my pocket.
I looked straight at Oliver before opening my mouth to continue with what I was going to say.
"Here's the full story, You made you're way from America over to here, with a single goal of visiting you're supposed little sister"
"Supposed?!"
"That's right, I found this picture in the bathroom..." I showed Oliver the picture, just for a split second he showed an expression that would further be use full for me to further deduce this man "You see I always had the question, who was on the father's left hand side? His hand seemed to be reaching out towards something like he's holding someone's hands"
"So what?!" Oliver began loosing his composure the more I talked
"Look at the way the picture was taken, mother on the left side of the picture, a little bit more to the mothers left hand side and a little bit closer to the camera would be Lia, then the father further away from the camera and slightly more to Lia left hand side and finally the missing piece. Look at the father's arm, he seems to be holding something a hand? No not possible you're the older brother and you seem so calm and collective so why would they break the pattern and hold you're hand..."
If I recall I remember Lia owning a dog...
"The reason is because it isn't you're hand, this picture was either taken in Japan or in America, Though in the background you can see a brick path, I remember that place as its the walkways of the playgrounds. You can tell based on the outer layered bricks being darker then the inner "
"Y-You noticed a certain pathway?!"
"Indeed, the picture was taken from Japan, you also said how you're Japanese is bad you only must have learned a bit of Japanese before coming here"
"..." His face was one of someone who's been completely found out
"Now that I'm talking about certain words I think it'd be a perfect time to mention you're slip up..."
"Oh" Oliver himself understands his slip up, after all he did clock onto it quicker then me
"You called me by my name when I was walking with Aikawa, yet I never mentioned my name to you"
"..."
"Now let's talk about the dog incident, I was able to recall the fact that Lia had bought a new dog, or atleast that's what I thought at the time, but in truth that dog was a baby of her former dog"
"Huh?!"
"Why else would someone rip the picture off? Back during that time Lia didn't have her second dog, that was still probably her first one."
"Are you accusing me of my little sisters death?!"
"I wish, though you aren't as smart as him, you're a moron who was being played on the entire time!"
"..."
"The real mastermind ripped the picture during the murder of Lia, why would he rip it? Maybe it's because the dog had gotten some evidence on him, taken a bite off of him perhaps. The mastermind clearly lacked info and believed that the dog that attacked him was the same one as the one of photo. So he sent you to "clean" up his mess"
"S-so, I'm not truly Lia's older brother?"
Oliver got on his knees. He was crying.
Seems to me like Oliver's true side was finally shown, a side where things will move forward in a more calmer way
Even though I hate the guy for using Lia as a front in order to kill the dog, I can still feel for him, we've both been played by this mastermind.
Though this time is different, the sudden placement of the picture. It wasn't there when I first went into the restroom, though all of the sudden he decided to place it in such an obvious spot?
The mastermind wanted me to connect the dots. He wanted me to solve the murder of the security guard and the dog, but it's also true that this man loves risks, he can't help but reveal a bit about himself in order to get something done
That's this guy's weakness!
"Although was that truly his only goal? Is they're a chance that he believed he could get something more? Perhaps a Stream?" I ended up muttering to myself by mistake
"You're right on the money Malliyo!" A sudden voice came through the TV
It was a dark figure of some man, he had a mask on
"I was hoping for you to kill him. It would've made one of the best streams! A gullible man like you finally gets their revenge, that!"
"You make me sick"
"Well you'll be glad to here that I won't be streaming anyone's death for a while"
"Planning something big?"
"Maybe... either way I'm sure that you're next case is about to revolve around the people in this stream"
I couldn't see the face of the person, but a sudden light was flashed on his teeth as he showed a huge grin
"You really do tend to do the most huh"
"I'll leave it now, I'm sure you're friend is getting here soon"
"You know she's coming because you revealed the video right? You must have some sort of connection with the man who kept on delaying the footage, or you could be that man"
"..."
The person didn't answer, instead they ended the call.
I don't want to be so quick to assume their gender, I need to be 100% certain about their gender. If they can disguise themselves as a person who's dies then I wouldn't be surprised if they can become a different gender
At the end Aikawa, Miyu and Kai ended up getting here.
Even though he was deceived it would be hard to prove how someone could mess with someone's mind to that degree, it's possible that if I find this streamer then I can save Oliver
But at the end that's just wishful thinking and the reach between my arm and that goal is still far away.
Chapter 8
A Disturbing Stream.
The man was right, soon enough the chief began assigning me a case that revolved around the streaming website
To solve my first case that involves this website will be an interesting one, of course the one I want to catch has stated how they won't be killing for the time
Yet a positive comes from my first experience, as I get to have a better view on the things that go on when it comes to solving cases like these
The first case, was the case of a disturbing Stream.
It wouldn't take long for me to understand that all of these people have a very weird way of thinking...