Chapter 129: The Culprit

"What do you mean!!"

Tomori gritted his teeth, as if trying to grind down his molars, and shouted this question.

It meant nothing.

The color of the other person's eyes changed literally, not habitually.

The meaning of the chill on your spine when you see it with those eyes.

The other person's regret for themselves.

Not understanding the meaning of the words "unlucky child," his heart was filled with supreme pity.

However, the other person did not answer.

No, in a sense, he responded sincerely. However, the other person's words still did not reach Tomori.

Sora said with even more regret.

"The fact that you don't understand this is proof. You are not unhappy. You are an unlucky child."

"I don't understand what you mean!"

At Sora's words, Tomori's voice became rougher, letting out a sharp scream.

The hysterical voice that even I found annoying made my calm head feel bothered, and the person being cursed at did not seem annoyed, yet he still sympathized with Tomori with regret.

With regret, she asked back.

"Why don't you give up on Kurapika?"

"Huh?"

Tomori dug up a topic that should have ended there, raising his voice with displeasure and suspicion, but Sora still did not respond to Tomori's attitude.

Carrying only pity, she continued her words coldly.

"If the only reason you kill us is 'silence,' you should have killed us before sending us to that taxi. But you missed it.

I think there is a naivety, that even if I am noticed, I won't poke my head out from my cuteness. That is why, instead of risking one of them escaping in a 2-on-1 situation, you wanted to find an absolute chance to kill Kurapika, right?

... That is the evidence.

Kurapika did not put keeping quiet first, even though he put the prey of the 'Blonde Killer' above keeping quiet. Blonde Killer, when you found that you didn't fit the target, you just changed the rules, not the prey.

Judging my words as 'meaningless' is proof that you are not a 'beast' but a 'human'... and not a 'madman' but a 'normal person'."

While sympathizing with her, his gaze continued to stare straight at his opponent.

Although he understood why Tomori was afraid and kept his distance instead of pouncing on him, he did not try to take his eyes off him.

While pitying him, he continued to look at Tomori with cold eyes, opened the door that had been kicked into pieces, took a step forward, and continued.

"You are not an indiscriminate killer.

... If that 'rule' is an 'obsession that only you can understand and has meaning to yourself,' then you are what you call yourself, a 'Madman Beast.' As a human, I do not seek common sense.

But you tried to treat my point of view and your own mistakes as 'I don't care' and continued as is.... At that time, you were just making excuses that you were crazy. It is neither a madman nor a beast.

That 'rule' is nothing more than human 'self-protection'."

With these words, Tomori understood why he was being pitied. I thought I understood.

To Sora, Tomori's behavior was nothing more than ridiculous, like a child trying to cover up a revealed failure.

Therefore, Tomori screamed in anger, blood rushing to his head, and insisted.

"Shut up! Although I am a beast, I am not crazy, nor am I pretending to be crazy! The rules are not loose at all!

The rules I set for myself..."

"The target's name should start with 'c'."

But before Tomori could shout it out, this statement was slammed down in a voice that was too cold and lacked heat.

Tomori's eyes widened to the limit, and his lips opened and closed to argue, but nothing came out.

"For a universal Hunter, due to the role, this seems to be a blind spot, but for someone like me who does not use the Hunter role as my first language, your target is easy to understand.

... That is why I regret not knowing about the 'Blonde Murder' incident. If I had known, even if I didn't suspect you, I wouldn't have called her name in front of a complete stranger."

In her eyes and words, there was only pity, faintly revealing the heat of another emotion.

Once Sora bit his lip in frustration, but both his eyes were fixed on Tomori, pointing out the "blind spot" of many residents of this world.

"The names of the victims at the Hotel yesterday were Cecilia, Cecilia, and of course other victims Carlotta, Carlotta, Claire, Claire, Cindy, Cindy, Carolina, Carolina, Carola, Carola............

When converted to the alphabet, all the victims' names start with 'c'. That is why Kurapika was also identified as a target.... The moment I called out!!"

I clenched my hands tightly, my palms bleeding, telling them while recalling what happened last night.

Let it be Tomori's "rule" and commit your biggest mistake.

As Sora said, there are both Chinese characters and letters in this world, but there is a universal character called "Hunter Character."

Is it because the police became a blind spot, or can one dye their hair to get rid of the target status, but the information that should be spread is "name," which cannot be changed? Sora could not have failed to discover that the information "victim's name starts with the letter c" was regulated, because it would cause anxiety and confusion among citizens.

However, from the perspective of Sora, who lives in a world without "Hunter roles" or any universal roles, the moment I heard the victims' names in the news as a review of the incident, I realized it immediately.

So Sora said: "The culprit, that girl, I must find her." If he didn't move, if he didn't find Tomori, this is the reason that made Sora regret so much that he couldn't even breathe.

Because Sora made the call.

When I got off the elevator, I saw his back, too familiar, naively and defenselessly calling him.

"That? Kurapika, what are you doing..."

In front of an opponent who had just eaten their prey but was already looking for the next one.

Sora taught her that he was worth hunting.

That is why she is here, looking for it by any means necessary.

Holding onto a glimmer of hope.

When Kurapika told him that his gender did not meet the criteria for the target, Sora found him at his home and decided that regardless of himself, regarding Kurapika, it would be bad if he approached him to shut him up and got involved, or that the other party would be so crazy as to lose interest because he didn't meet the conditions, but Sora's expectations were dashed.

That is why Sora is merciless even with pity.

But this is not just because Kurapika is dangerous.

Sora is unwilling to forgive, because he pities her.

"Even if you are crazy, and your heart is broken, you are far from a madman. You are not a beast.

A beast goes straight for its target. If your target is to shut someone up, don't miss us from last night. And if the 'rules' are more important than silence, then you cannot kill Kurapika.

Do you think a madman is a madman because their behavior is irrational? A madman is a madman because he has detached from the framework of common sense, but it is precisely because he has detached from the safety zone of 'common sense' that his 'rules' become Absolute. If you break the 'rules', you will be unable to live, so you will desperately Stick to the 'rules'.

Madmen are not strong. They are fragile creatures who cannot survive if they do not Stick to the certainty they want to believe in.

So, even if it is pointed out that you do not meet the conditions, if you can answer 'I don't care'… the Madman Beast is not that.

Just when the real moving machine rice field—the error Devil transformation of the game Jinmen is caustic, the rice field eyes arrive, shrewdly making irrelevant sacrifices, heresy is nothing more than human.

"!? "

This time Sora did not move a single step, but Tomori leaped up, her back hitting the bookshelf on the Wall, retreating a distance.

I kept my distance to Escape, but I was more afraid of Sora's words than the fact that I could no longer Escape, so I asked with trembling lips.

"Wh... why... do you know...?"

Responding to Tomori's reaction, Sora seemed to pity her and took a light breath.

Sora and Tomori, the Madman Beast, I deny it is not, I point out that your heart is not that weak, but I have already understood that her heart is not strong at all.

If you wanted to deceive him, you could have deceived him, but when he asked Sora why there was no "what's going on?" and realized Tomori's "true purpose", this girl's heart was completely weakened.

In that case, a madman trapped in what Sora calls an "obsession that only has meaning to oneself" would be better.

I will tell you, because I feel pity for Tomori who cannot even get rid of her weaknesses, because she still has a reason.

"There is no special basis.

Serial murders that have a pattern but are unrelated to the victims are a bit mysterious, basically just suspecting the purpose is to Escape.

At the very least, if the condition was just 'young blonde woman', it would eventually turn into the twisted tendency of a happy killer, but if the condition includes a 'name' that cannot be identified and does not affect appearance, then the reason for choosing the target is like this. This is not a sadist's hobby. At least for the culprit, there is a clear reason why it must be this case.

... Besides, the fact that you didn't give up on Kurapika even when the conditions weren't met makes this suspicion even stronger.

The reason you didn't remove Kurapika from your target is not to make her shut up. Even if the victim has a slender physique, if there is a man, then it is even more so.

If the victim's situation is 'not a murder out of resentment, but an abnormal person passing by at random', then there is no need to be hung up on gender. On the contrary, the relationship between the victims would be lost, so you are more likely to see it as an 'abnormal person murder' rather than a 'motivated murder'. Isn't that right?"

Even though Tomori was admitted to be 'kamakake', he could not regret being involved in it.

What is even more terrifying is that he actually relied entirely on his own true intentions without any basis.

I wanted to get rid of the bad bugs on my brother like before. However, I thought if people around my brother disappeared twice, I would be more suspicious of my brother than Tomori, so this time I didn't hide it and deliberately discarded the destroyed corpse to an unreasonable extent for me and my brother.

Even so, my brother was still suspected, so with my brother's alibi, I killed a woman who had the same blonde hair, age, and initials as the first bad bug I killed.

And if the number of people increases again, regardless of whether there is an alibi or not, I thought my brother was nothing more than a 'lover who kills innocent victims indiscriminately', so I killed people with the same conditions on Facebook.

Until yesterday, even Tomori herself couldn't tell if she wanted to cover up the first crime or just wanted to enjoy this massacre, because everything went so smoothly.

No bad bugs were left around my brother, and because neither he nor his younger brother were suspected, continuing to live a peaceful daily life, Tomori kept running around looking for prey, running to the prey in the corner.

It's going well. Everything is fine, everything is going the way I imagined.

But, but...

I feel the premise that I believe it will be fine, I believe it will be fine, I have no doubts, is collapsing, Tomori's tooth Roots are not meshing, they make a clicking sound, as if they are enduring the cold.

I can't help but be afraid.

But for Tomori, the most terrifying thing now is not the woman in front of her.

I am afraid, I can't help but want to run, I want to run out of the human realm, keep running...

"This is a normal thing, don't worry about it."

Saying this, Otosan instructed me.

"Dad is resting today too, let's be Together forever."

Grabbing my shoulder, his Finger buried into my shoulder—

When he saw Okayama, he didn't say anything.

A flat face like a Noh mask—

I thought I didn't need it, I was convinced, xx

From that summer on, I————

"Tomori, you are a good child."

"Every time who father is watching

"Our guy family'

"About that day"

"About that day"

——————I have been keeping silent.

"Shut up!!!!!"

Tomori grabbed the bookshelf filled with textbooks, manga, and novels behind her with one hand and threw it over.

There is no more room for self-protection, "I don't want to destroy my house as much as possible" or "I don't want to report to the neighbors".

Tomori simply could not tolerate the woman in front of her. I could not bear to live and exist, so all I could think of was wanting to erase it.

But she is still far from a beast.

Sora smashed the bookshelf that flew straight at him, murmuring with pity in his eyes.

"What happened to make you so twisted?"

Tomori did not realize that his murmuring proved that Sora did not know what Tomori was most afraid of.

Even if he did nothing, Sora did not realize that Tomori could not point out what he really did not want to see.

You cannot go straight to the target, you cannot look at it directly. Belonging to a human, not belonging to a beast.

Tomori speaks and acts more, proving all the more that she is human rather than a beast; she attacks Sora with evil claws, living up to her self-proclaimed title of "Mower."

...... As if guarding against something, just for a moment, worrying about my back.

Tomori did not notice.

She did not realize that what she had obtained was not "power," but an overly large "wound."

Kurapika tucks his blonde hair into a cheap black wig he bought at a discount store. I changed from the distinctive Kurta folk costume into an unusual shirt and jacket bought at the same store, so at least I noticed from afar the person I had only been in contact with for less than 10 minutes last night. A disguise that will never be seen through is complete.

However, whether this disguise, and the anti-blade vest that Squala and the others had him wear under his shirt, would be a comfort is doubtful.

Judging from the killing method of the "Blonde Killer," the "tender" type is 89 out of 10 strong types. If the armor is equivalent to a thick layer of clothing, such as an anti-blade vest, that would be better.

Moreover, if, as Neon predicted, Kurapika's cause of death is not "because he is the target of the Blonde Killer," but "because he protected Sora," he understands that there is no point in disguising himself.

Even so, this is the only struggle Kurapika can manage now.

In order not to bow to countless regrets, I continue to struggle.

"Tch!... That big idiot. That's why I blame him!"

While struggling, Kurapika mutters, clicks his tongue in the car, another touch of regret.

Neon, sitting beside him, is startled by that sound, and while reading the details of "Killing the Blonde" on her Mobile Phone, she asks back: "Huh? What do you mean?"

"... I only knew after reading the names of all the victims that the target criteria for the 'Blonde Killer' might include 'names starting with the letter C'."

That is why... that idiot cut off contact and acted alone.

Convinced by the commonality of the names in the first half, he exclaims "Ah!", but in the end, he didn't really understand why Kurapika was angry; he wonders, Neon tilts her head while driving. Senritsu adds to the frustration of Kurapika, who is about to lose his cool.

"... She is the one who shouted Kurapika's name in front of the 'Blonde Killer'."

Because she discovered the similarity in the names earlier than we did, she regrets mistakenly telling Kurapika the final information, leading her to think that the target criteria for the "Blonde Killer" had been met. I think so."

In response to Senritsu's addition, Kurapika curses Sora again, calling him a "big idiot."

If I were in the same position, I would have the same regrets, doing my best to find the culprit before Sora to prevent the "worst" from happening, but that is the reason I curse over and over again.

Sora is undoubtedly blaming himself, thinking: "I didn't notice such an easy-to-understand commonality, so I called out Kurapika's name without any defense."

Although he has been in this world for four years, the Hunter role is still not his first language for Sora. It is below English.

Therefore, I should have noticed the similarity in the names of the "Blonde Killer" the second time, and should have been convinced the third time that "this is also a target criterion."

If Sora were convinced, he would definitely not have shouted Kurapika's name in public, and he would have told the people around him about the situation he noticed and urged them to be careful.

The reason he didn't, and couldn't, is because the "Blonde Killer" is undoubtedly a very violent criminal, but the number of victims is still in the single digits, and the scope of the crime is not only in one city, but also in other countries. Therefore, it has not yet become global news.

Regardless of whether they have been caught, it is stupid to let other countries know without suspects, and unless citizens of one's own country are harmed, other countries will not report it in the news.

The popularity of the "Blonde Killer" is unknown domestically, but if you stay in another country, it is a kind of local news, and unless you have studied it yourself, you will not know.

Sora, who just arrived here yesterday, naturally does not know.

Of course, Kurapika and the colleague who called her also did not say anything to Sora. No one ever talked about the murderer known as the "Blonde Killer."

If Sora were blonde, I would tell her about this as a warning, but if not, this topic is just tasteless gossip. It may also be because he is in a vulgar world, he seems to be offended by vulgar gossip, but no one mentions such gossip in the chat.

So, Sora must have known about the existence of the "Blonde Killer" this morning.

Kurapika understands that after the victim appeared at the Hotel where he was staying, he understood the "rules" of the murderer for the first time, regretted it, and took action.

I can imagine.

When I realized the name condition, Sora's regret when realizing the mistake he made was too vivid in my mind.

There was no way to notice, and no way to stop it. I should blame myself for not noticing the commonality of the names, because I thought the indifference was okay, but Sora carried it alone and ran over.

I cannot bear the possibility of Kurapika being killed.

If this possibility is not eliminated, Sora cannot live on.

Knowing so much, Kurapika calls Sora a "fool" over and over again.

Although Kurapika cannot live without Sora, he cannot allow himself to do dangerous things either; while glaring at the map on his knees, he curses himself over and over again and gives instructions to Senritsu.

"Turn right at the next traffic light."

I point out the direction of the chain reaction on my ring finger while glaring at the map until it opens a hole.

To be honest, even Kurapika himself does not fully understand the principle of the Dowsing Chain, but it is probably similar to Neon's "Fortune Telling." So, as expected, the whereabouts of this girl who seems to be the "Blonde Killer" has too little to do with her, and the amount of information is insufficient. "Emperor Time" is hopeless, but when facing Sora, Kurapika doesn't even need to turn into red eyes.

How much do I want her? Kurapika says to Neon without looking up while searching for Sora's whereabouts, casting that disgust to the back of his mind; it is convenient now. Paddy field.

"By the way, is the information on the 'Blonde Killer' finished?"

Kurapika asks coldly to Neon, who is watching Kurapika's room check with interest; perhaps because she likes it so much that she became a fortune teller, I mutter, and my eyes fall on the Mobile Phone.

After Senritsu sighs in the exchange, she says to the two.

"Kurapika, don't take it out yourself."

Hearing this, Kurapika raises his head slightly to look at Neon, but perhaps because he was chasing the letters on the small screen of the Mobile Phone in the car, Neon's face is a bit pale.

Kurapika honestly apologizes to Neon, saying "I'm sorry," perhaps because asking for information from someone with motion sickness and saying "I just arrived, so I should do something" is too immature.

I don't know what kind of attachment Neon has to Kurapika, but when he realizes his mistake, he is so honest; although he feels frustrated by his apology, he is attracted by Senritsu's words just now. My discomfort.

"Huh!?"

"... But I'm sorry. For some reason, reading this article about killing the blonde woman gives me a headache. I'm not about to fall, nor lie down, it just started hurting slowly..."

When she complains that she has a headache, although it is not motion sickness, Kurapika puts down the thorn he has been using on Neon since he was angry at the mansion. I will answer like that.

"... Maybe my brain is stuffed with half-baked information. I'm sorry, I didn't think enough. Please take a rest."

The reflection and care in those words are true, but I selfishly think that bringing Neon was a mistake is also true.

In fact, Kurapika has already figured out a way to get rid of Neon's "Demon" besides relying on Sora.

This "Demon" is more of an Emission System ability, but Neon's own system is a Specialist.

In that case, it is better than the ability to enhance or change the Emission System, but it cannot be called a specialty.

This "Devil" is likely not to last long far away from Neon. I don't know how far Neon and Kurapika need to be, but the further Neon and Kurapika are, the more likely the influence of the "Devil" will weaken.

This is why it is actually better to leave Neon in the mansion, even if it is hot stones or water.

If Neon wanted to avoid the tragedy she witnessed, if he kept her away from Kurapika for the time being, she would be puzzled because she does not understand this point, but she would not resist either.

Despite knowing so much, Kurapika still responded to Neon's request to take her along.

Of course, Neon will collect more information so that more precise Predictions can be seen, and tragedies can be avoided by referring to the Prediction information, but this is not the only reason.

Kurapika wants to let Sora meet Neon; he does not want Neon to appear in front of the Human Collector.

This is just Kurapika's personal opinion, even though he said last night that it might not be innate.

Without confirmation, Kurapika's assumptions and misunderstandings—though he does not want her to have the slightest possibility of threatening Sora—still want Neon to see Sora again.

I want to see him and ask him what Sora saw in Neon and what he said.

I want to know if he will sympathize with this girl, if he will hate her like before, or if he will be disappointed like yesterday.

However, it is unclear whether it is Kurapika's curiosity or the urgent need to get an "answer" to the question, so he knows it is stupid to imitate and increase the possibility of his own death.

This is why I asked Senritsu to take me as a collaborator; he can use his overly excellent hearing to detect sudden attacks.

No matter how much Kurapika is the lifeblood of the Nostrade Group, it is selfish for Kurapika to ask for the cooperation of all his colleagues. To change my future with the fewest people, I will continue to think based on the information I have now.

"... Even so, if the person Mr. Kurapika met was the 'Blonde Killer', how did he kill her?

However, Neon did not know how much time Kurapika had at this moment; after accepting the words of Senritsu and Kurapika, she put away her Mobile Phone and asked casually.

I know Kurapika is busy thinking about whether his Nen Ability is applicable to the "Blonde Killer" or whether it is useful for supporting Sora, so Senritsu in the driver's seat answered this question.

"Well, in my opinion, a surprising point about the capable person is the age.

Nen Ability has rules; it is neither omnipotent nor invincible, but the ability itself is a world where everything is possible. Besides, I don't want to think that killing is done by a young girl, but if you are a typical Enhancer, you can do it without tricks."

Following Sora's Suggestion yesterday, "You should teach him 'Nen'," Neon was able to understand Senritsu's explanation because he taught her the bare minimum knowledge about "Nen."

Moreover, precisely because she understood, she asked the question that popped into her mind with a childish and puzzled face.

"But, can you become this strong without Cultivation? The victims are different from you Nen users; they are all ordinary people, but if they are killed, they will fight back desperately.

Maybe he is just an ordinary child, except that he is a Hidden killer, right? Although I have not received Training, Kurapika said that if you are a capable person, you might notice it when you meet him. Even without it, people might scream and be witnessed, but until now, I have been able to kill six people without anyone discovering it."

"... The answer to that question is relatively reflected in yourself, Miss."

When Senritsu answered Neon's question with a wry smile, Neon let out an "Ah" of approval, and she also smiled awkwardly.

As Senritsu said, if you cannot become strong, unless you learn the knowledge of "Nen," acquire a master, and pass proper Training, you cannot become strong; if you cannot become a highly accurate ability, then even if Neon had the ability stolen by Chrollo, there is no reason to get it.

"So that's it. Now that I think about it, you said 'just in case' is the world of realizing 'things you like.'

... But thinking about it carefully, it can't save the 'Blonde Killer' either. After all, according to that theory, that child's 'killing' is my 'Prediction'."

I am deeply convinced; after that, Neon, who had returned to the same tension as before Yorkshin, returned to the recent Neon, with a servile and gloomy atmosphere, bowing her head and muttering to herself.

To the "Blonde Killer," this sounded both sympathetic and repulsive.

Senritsu realized that both of Neon's inner feelings about killing the blonde girl were correct.

However, when it comes to hatred, it is homosexual.

Neon thought that when she was buying and selling human bodies in the past, she killed the "Blonde Killer" in a terrible and tasteless way.

Senritsu thought that Neon and Kurapika had the same suspicion: Neon was not born with a feeling of attraction to human bodies, and Light was a victim of an irreparable misunderstanding because he did not face his daughter. Words, but when I realized that what came to my mind was not the follow-up words, I stopped my steps.

... Of course, "just in case" is a world of "what you like is what you do well," as Neon taught you, but that is not the whole story. In fact, Kurapika is not a chain fanatic; his ability foundation is hatred, but his accuracy is high.

Since it is greatly influenced by one's own heart, as long as you make the ability you like, it is the most efficient problem, not entirely.

Moreover, in extreme situations, Training is how you hurt yourself.

By inflicting pain on yourself, you make yourself stronger, tougher, faster, sharper, or paralyzed to the point where you feel nothing.

Effective Training and practice are just things you can do; you yourself will not notice the pain, nor will you realize it is pain.

Hurting and being hurt will not change learning.

And…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………most of them were children who had been abused by their parents or bullied at school.

Pranks, rapping sounds, and other strange phenomena that appear in families with abused children are mostly patterns where the child's Shoko is opened due to abuse, and the child's ability goes out of control.

It's just because I like it, and it's not that I have that kind of ability. On the contrary, this ability is the child's "wound."

There are many patterns where the wound becomes more painful; because of the continuous pain, it turns into harsh "Training" and turns into powerful "power."

I wanted to talk about that, but Senritsu said nothing.

Not only is it meaningless to talk about it, but I realized it would only deepen Neon's "wound."

Now that I think about Neon's ability, her ability is not just "what I like."

Those are pleas and screams.

"Daddy. Look at me."

"Love me, Daddy."

Believing in the love of the father who has always ignored her, Neon's scream is exactly the ability called "Prediction."

"I don't care about my father anymore."

The desperate grief after giving up what she once believed in and hoped for is exactly the "Devil."

--Neon is not a capable person awakened by "liking."

Senritsu could not point out that she is a victim who awakened and blossomed because of being hurt.

"... Senritsu. Can't you hear anything?"

"Hmm?"

Kurapika spoke to Senritsu, who could not think of any words to keep up with Neon, nor could he think of any topic to change the mood.

The face seen through the rearview mirror was that he did not hear the conversation between Neon and Senritsu at all, or that he was more curious about the rice field than this atmosphere after hearing it.

Not just Senritsu, even Neon could almost guess from the reaction of that face and the rapidly rotating chains; it seemed that a giggling sound could be heard.

"............ It might be because it's getting closer, but the reaction of the chains is surprisingly strong.

That idiot, maybe he has been causing trouble in the residential area since the daytime..."

Kurapika also realized that these two women had already noticed him, but he continued to speak as if he had given up, yet he could not get the words out until the very end.

Sounds of destruction and screams that even someone other than Senritsu could hear rang out, and the three people in the car looked in the direction of the sound... or rather, looked directly in the direction the car was traveling. Right in front of them.

Someone straight ahead looked up, and the three of us lifted our eyes slightly.

About a kilometer further ahead, one could see a room in an apartment building, billowing with thick smoke, and there were, there were two things flying about on the roof.

One was, even though he tried to protect himself with reason, he was wearing a sheet like a Mantle to hide his face and physique.

However, even from a distance, the other party was clearly human.

A white-haired person was fighting with the thing covered in a sheet on the roof.

"... Cultivation of Nen Ability, can one fly in the sky?"

"There might be some people who can fly, but that is definitely a 'fool'."

Neon looked up at the wired-action style battle unfolding on the roof, Kurapika made a firm statement, and Senritsu smiled bitterly and stepped on the accelerator.

Tomori did not use one hand because he was hiding behind a sheet. It was prevented from grabbing and holding down the sheet.

Even so, Sora still could not land a decisive blow on Tomori. Instead, she was wounded by Tomori's evil claws.

That was because of Sora's innocence toward children, when Tomori tried to escape, or because the onlookers who gathered together due to their flashy behavior were about to get hurt, they would take care of themselves, but the most important reason she was injured was simply because Tomori was too strong.

"Sorry... as expected, in terms of power, I lost to the brain-muscle gorilla Uvogin, but I don't lack speed. I mean, you are too good at 'Flow', aren't you?"

Judging from the miserable state of the victims and the way the taxi driver made him shut up, he had already predicted that the opponent would be an Enhancer, but Sora frankly admired his incredible power as a comatose Psychic.

Deserving of the original physique and good career, the strength was inferior to Uvogin, who could be said to be the strongest power fighter, but she herself did not have much desire to become a power fighter, so Tomori strengthened her. I converted muscle strength into speed, rather than power.

Combined with the petite physique, the judgment was the best.

Furthermore, by applying the mutually compatible transformation system, it transformed into a sharp blade, with arms wrapped in Aura, and struck and slashed with the reinforced arms.

Although it is said that this alone is already more than enough, it can also be considered a high level, "Isn't this just an unconscious layman who doesn't know 'Nen'?" The Flow technique, which is how to wrap the body. The quantity and how to transfer it smoothly to other parts is much better than Sora's.

In Sora's case, due to the evil of the "Magic Circuit", she is not good at circulating Aura around the torso, and due to her body structure, the torso has no circuits. Although she is the master, Tomori's "Flow" exceeds Sora's "Ryu" to the limbs, which is his specialty.

Compared to proper Nen Users like Sora and Kurapika, the amount of Aura is smaller. Even so, the reason she was able to fight Sora is because she did not waste even a little bit of Aura; she used her own "Flow" to accurately circulate the minimum amount of Aura, maximizing the reinforcement of her body parts.

These are all skills that can be called genius.

Sora's admiration is understandable, even if she was injured and involved in the battle.

However, despite Sora's admiration, the only emotion toward Tomori that could be seen in her eyes was pity.

"—What a poor, unlucky child."

"I told you to shut up!"

At Sora's words full of pity, Tomori screamed loudly and jumped up. While jumping, Tomori threw a piece of concrete the size of a baby's head, which he or his opponent had already kicked into fragments, which he had just picked up.

If it had hit, it would have been fine; even if he ran away, Tomori had already blocked the escape route. This time, this time, I will cut the throat of this woman who pities me. Tomori was convinced that he could close those eyes.

"You said no!!"

However, if this belief was a misunderstanding, they would soon realize it.

Sora did not run away, because of her reflexes, her eyes did not close for a moment, but instead, with her "healed" right hand, she smashed the thrown concrete block like splitting a watermelon, smashing her own face. The index finger of her right hand pointed at Tomori.

"Gandr!"

"Ahhhh!!"

He managed to twist his body in the air to avoid a few Magic Bullets, but through the sheet, several invisible Hard balls penetrated Tomori's body and he was shot down.

After all, it used genius "Flow" to send Aura to the parts hit by Gandr, the damage was minimal, and it could also prevent the itching caused by the slight allergic reaction caused by the immune system enhancement, it was too good as Harassment, and Sora was the same. I didn't expect it to end like this.

So when Sora fired Gandr, she was already moving. Gandr hit Tomori, and she ran to the predicted landing position where he would be shot down.

"Don't come, don't come, come!!"

While screaming and kicking at Sora in the air, the position under her feet shifted slightly, and she fell without even landing a hit, but ignoring the pain, Tomori used the reflexes and speed suitable for himself to let Sora kick a cat-declared "beast". Avoid and keep distance.

After all, Sora never gave Tomori a decisive blow.

However, every one of Sora's attacks and actions accumulated within Tomori, depriving him of room to maneuver.

(Why!? Why, why can't this guy die!? Why can't I kill this guy!?)

In addition to physical damage, what accumulated seriously was mental damage.

When I tried to avoid it, I knew it wouldn't go as smoothly as before, as if I had foreseen the first surprise attack, and even attacked.

Even so, Tomori was confident that he could dodge the surprise attack, and even if he dodged the surprise attack, the surprise attack was returned.

She was troublesome, but she was not someone you couldn't kill; he thought he had higher specs.

In fact, as Tomori thought, Tomori had higher specs as a Nen User.

But I couldn't kill you.

Tomori's appearance was almost intact, and the other side was full of scars, but this did not help.

When he was able to avoid a fatal injury from an attack aimed at killing him, Tomori's self-esteem was torn to shreds, but it was as if she had eaten that wound out of mercy.

If Tomori had attacked as fiercely as before, Sora would not have suffered any damage.

Everyone was shut out, countered, and Tomori turned all his glasses into dodging and running, finally being able to keep his distance outside of Sora's range.

Whenever Sora could not block an attack, only when Tomori gave up on killing Sora and tried to run away, or when the aftermath of their battle was likely to cause harm to onlookers, only this woman could do it. My body was like a shield to stop it.

I was just eaten because I put it above defense. Tomori understood that he wanted to cry, and he was able to close the game.

Tomori is a poor child.

I don't know that I am a frog.

The woman dealing with Tomori is not a truly excellent Nen User.

As mentioned earlier, because of the Magic Circuit, no matter how you train them, they will develop strange biases; they are creatures that could never be excellent from the beginning.

Tomori could not understand, because he understood that weakness, this woman, even if she could not be an excellent genius, she was an excellent genius in battle.

I don't know Tomori.

This woman is a "crazy Nen Ability user, and not just another "crazy sorcery user.

In this woman's eyes, there is no concept of the "monster" realm of any world she finds herself in.

I do not know Tomori.

Surprise attacks do not work. She is always the one launching the surprise attacks.

This woman is always one second ahead; in a hell where countless deaths are crushed, if she does not do this, she will be crushed until she cannot breathe. Madman Beast "I don't know what that is."

Tomori does not know.

The woman dealing with him, though a beast, is more monstrous than him; it is unknown if it is "humanity" itself that dragged the god of the world down to scientific civilization.

Tomori can be called a genius as an ability user.

But she is not a monster. I cannot even become a beast.

A hybrid of a monster, a beast, and a human appears before Tomori, who is as young and weak as a human.

Neither of them has reached the realm of a genius. Far from invincible.

Monsters should be killed by heroes, beasts should be killed by humans, and humans should be killed by monsters.

Even Tomori has room to kill.

However, for Tomori, this is absolutely not enough.

No matter how much of a genius you are, once you start running, it is impossible to reach top speed suddenly.

Even if the opponent is not a genius, Tomori's initial speed cannot catch up to a meteor; the meteor is still constantly in Training and evolving, continuing to accelerate even after Burning out.

... If even a "genius" cannot compare to his initial speed, then he cannot contend with Tomori at all.

It goes without saying that before reaching maximum speed, Tomori would be crushed.

First of all, Tomori cannot be called a "genius."

Her specifications are not all "talent."

This is the reason Sora utilizes it.

While feeling sympathy and pity, Sora cuts down the young girl Tomori before him for the sake of his own life and his dream of living a happy life from now on.

"Hey, you... what exactly are you doing? Are you in fear but holding back?"

To end this exchange as quickly as possible, Sora asks in preparation for the conclusion.

Even if she is a "Ryu" genius and rotating her aura in the most fuel-efficient way, at the current speed, if Sora basically continues to dodge and counter to accumulate damage, I think Tomori will run out of fuel first, so Sora is still doing well.

However, since noon on the roof of the apartment building, there was no CG, no wires, and it caused a gorgeous fuss like an action movie battle, so unless Kurapika is a workaholic who ignores Sora and those around him, information will arrive soon.

If I am not careful, I will see the "blonde slaughter" at the Hotel on the news, and I will make the exact same guess as Sora. It is unlikely.

If that is the case, you have no time.

Tomori has probably forgotten about Kurapika, and also forgotten why Sora appeared before him.

This is the extent to which I have driven Tomori into a dead end.

She had no luxury from the start. I wonder if Tomori understands why he ended up fighting Sora, as he did not have one.

I cannot afford that much.

I do not even know why my spare time was taken up. Do not pay attention. Precisely because he does not want to notice, and because if there were space in his brain he would notice, Tomori abandoned his leeway and most of his sanity, trying to kill Sora.

Sora picks up what Tomori herself threw away because she did not want to see it, and points it at him.

I show it to Tomori, because I threw it away, and Tomori cannot even shift his gaze away.

"You... do you know? The law of nature of the rear reactor shaking returning to the habit, this is it."

"... Ah!?"

Tomori's reaction to being humiliated by that pitiful look was nothing more than a bluff.

From the beginning, it was a bluff.

"Not only when you wanted to escape from me, but even when you were fighting me, even when I was right in front of you, you were always looking behind me."

Not just when you were fighting. Since last night, even on the way from the Hotel to the taxi stand, you looked back several times."

All this time, Tomori did not attack Sora with anger.

Just like a mouse in a corner biting a cat. A bluff, nothing more than the desperation of being driven into a corner.

Sora noticed this.

Even without knowing anything about Tomori's past, I realized it.

What does this habit mean?

So Stick to it.

"Hey, you are—"

Do not let Kurapika enter your eyes again. Only see yourself.

Finish before Kurapika finds him or her, finish before Kurapika gets involved in this matter.

Sora pressured Tomori even more, making him unable to even escape.

"Who is chasing you?"

Facing Sora's question, Tomori widened his eyes and raised his voice.

"Shut up----"

But his voice did not speak until the end.

A chill, something touched Tomori's neck.

This feeling made me hold my breath, and I turned around.

I turned around to see

A "Devil" stuck to your back, as if to overwhelm you.

Rather than a demon, it was more like a ghost drawn by a child, without a neck, head and body as one, and no hands or feet.

Its nose was so low it was as if it had no nose, and its eyes were as thin as lines. However, only the thick lips were eerily stiff and nauseating.

Such a man, despite the large "Demon" clinging tightly to Tomori's back, terrified and disturbed Tomori's already desperate spirit.

The Devil announced with trembling lips.

Sora did not know that he had delivered a final blow he had not noticed.

"............ Tomori, help me----"

The voice was hoarse, but perhaps because of the phlegm stuck in the back of his throat, his voice sounded terrifying and sticky.

He passed away 10 years ago, bedridden, requiring care, and a burden to his parents.

That summer day.

And that summer vacation when my older brother entrusted me to Mom.

My father, mother, and I arrived in the countryside exactly one day earlier than planned, and returned from the countryside.

I... I... that was my grandfather's voice; I let him wait for death.

Fortunately, the police had not yet arrived, but there were already quite a few onlookers, and it was impossible to drive to the front of the apartment building, so the car was parked at the entrance of the park in front of the apartment building; just as Kurapika was about to run out, Senritsu stopped him.

"Kurapika! Calm down!"

The distance from the apartment where Sora and the "Blonde Killer" girl were fighting to the park was about 2300m, but the apartment building was about 10 stories high.

Senritsu, who could even hear Sora's heartbeat while fighting on the roof of the apartment building, saw Kurapika, with blood slightly flowing from his head, stop outside the car and apologize: "I'm sorry."

Senritsu, who had ears to listen to stories for the time being, breathed a sigh of relief and also got out of the car to propose.

"Kurapika, I don't think you should go to Sora's side."

That "Blonde Killer" is currently so agitated that I cannot afford it, so if you appear in front of the "Blonde Killer" in that state, no matter how you disguise yourself, it is dangerous.

If you go, I will go. It is not suitable for fighting, but I have enough power to protect myself, and because it is an Emission system, I can attack from a distance. Besides, look, I cannot leave that young lady alone in the car."

Admittedly, the "Blonde Killer" is too excited to afford, but the reality is that the current "Blonde Killer" will not kill anyone indiscriminately. Senritsu realized that he did not have enough time to think that he might not.

And judging from Sora's abnormally calm heartbeat and his words to the "Blonde Killer," I can imagine that Sora's intention is to deliberately deprive the "Blonde Killer" of room to maneuver.

However, when I honestly told him about this, I saw Kurapika running to the roof, and because he was thinking about Sora, he forgot his Prediction. I vomited, not knowing how to convince him to stay here.

Even if Kurapika did not notice Senritsu's frivolous lie, he understood why Senritsu would not let Kurapika go find Sora, so he did not nod, but bit his lip hard and pondered.

From the content of the Prophecy, I know it is dangerous for Kurapika to get too close to protect Sora.

Of course, if Kurapika is not around, there is a greater possibility that Sora will die in place of Kurapika, who has always protected him, but I was embarrassed to admit it at first; however, if it is Kurapika's attack, even if there is room for protection at the beginning, it is possible. Kurapika also believes that Sora can handle it himself without Kurapika's protection.

If Neon's premonition is a counterproductive ending that Kurapika does not need to do, and is just complacency and self-destruction, I know it is better to let Kurapika not intervene anymore.

First of all, Kurapika has almost no ability to use in battles against opponents other than the Phantom Troupe. Using long-range weapons such as pistols, he can still block attacks with Ten, but the opponent is good at crushing melee combat. I learned from Yorkshin in September that this type is impossible without Chain Jail.

So, as Senritsu said, although she is not for fighting, Kurapika knows it is better to face her, and she can still attack and support from a distance, but Kurapika did not "ask," and I cannot do it.

I thought it was a "Demon" wrapped around my arm, but I had a different feeling.

Because it is not just the will of "I want to do something."

On the contrary, "anxiety" swirled in Kurapika's chest to the point that it would devour that stubbornness.

Kurapika cannot say that he has tried his best; on the contrary, he knows he is doing something stupid, but he still intends to do his best.

He admitted that Senritsu's proposal is the best at the moment.

At least, if we are still far away from Sora and the "Blonde Killer," and neither of us is aware of it, then we will not be in the situation that Neon saw in the future that will happen soon.

However, something feels wrong. I feel uncomfortable.

When you feel like you have ignored something basic, like you pressed the wrong button, or you misunderstood something, and you cannot make a decision...

"That... before this, can I go out for a while and see those two fighting?

Maybe if I look closer, I might be able to make a clear Prediction."

Rolling down the car window, Neon suggested.

I don't know if it makes sense, but if I don't do anything here, I don't know what I came here for, so I think I suggested it.

"Yes."

At Neon's Suggestion, Senritsu was useless, but after trying, he thought there was nothing to lose, and opened the back seat door.

Neon looked up from below at the fight between the two, who were too close to be seen from inside the car.

Kurapika watched quietly.

Anxiety rumbled, and sparks shot down from your nape.

Behind my head, someone, just like everyone else, was screaming.

Be careful. I can catch up in time now. It warns that if you don't notice the fundamental mistake now, it will be too late.

However, the "Demon" sneered, as if to cover up the warning.

Accompanied by the sneer that told me it was too late, Neon's eyes lost their vitality.

"One---"

What I saw was the figure of a girl, who was running, running, tattered, crying, and waving her hands recklessly.

"Why!? Why is it always me! Why am I always the only one who gets this kind of thing!?

It's cunning! Cunning, cunning!!"

Lamenting her own situation, blaming others, sobbing, grabbing her exhausted limbs, tearing, tearing, slicing.

And when the shredded opponent turned into a lump of flesh that could hardly be recognized as human, he thought he had let go of the arm that had shredded the opponent as if he had lost his strength, and his rough breathing calmed down. Remembering what he had done that year, and remembering who the other party was, the girl's face turned pale and she screamed.

"... Uh?... Why, I... this... no... no!! No No No!!"

What have I done, it's too late even if I'm in a hurry, the police, the adults, the girl was terrified and ran again.

However, the girl was driven to a dead end.

From that summer day, the thing that had been running away finally returned to the girl's back...

"Why!? Why!? Why is it always me————"

Many Bullet pierced the back of a girl who had no one to help her.

No one wanted to "catch" her anymore. To humans, the girl was nothing more than a pest that should be "exterminated" as soon as possible.

Therefore, no one heard the girl's voice, pushing the girl to the end of "death."

The young girl, unable until the very end to say the words she wanted to tell others or have them hear, cried in a situation where no one knew, exhausted, with a face twisted in fear, and fell into "death." The figure of the girl Tomori flooded into his mind in the form of images, and when the images ended and Neon's consciousness returned to reality, Neon let out a scream.

The girl's scream rang out twice.

Neon and the "Blonde Killer Tomori" screamed at the same time.

Neon did not know why Tomori had walked from that situation to that ending.

If you understood it, your brain would overheat, so the only thing that could surface was the result.

I don't know what she was screaming about, what she wanted to say, or what she wanted to know. But I know Tomori would die in despair. Neon, having relived it as if it were her own, screamed.

Facing that scream, Tomori walked forward with momentum under her feet.

At this moment, Tomori was the "beast" that Sora denied.

The reason I walked out was because I didn't want to hear him jump off the roof of the apartment building where we were arguing, jumping over other buildings and trees, heading toward Neon in the shortest distance. Because I wanted to erase that sound, the scream that was as desperate as my own.

There were no twisted, lame excuses there. She didn't even realize that the "Demon" making her desperate was her own ability. Truly, I just didn't want to listen, so as soon as I heard it, my body moved by reflex, walking straight ahead.

Driven to a dead end by Sora, he lost his composure, and after shifting gears, Tomori ran at maximum speed, swinging.

A monster taller than Tomori might be able to catch up to a beast like Tomori, but humans could not catch up to Tomori's top speed.

Sora's hands tore through the sky, and Tomori's evil claws gouged, cut, and dripped blood onto human flesh.

(Ah, is that so——)

Looking up at the azure sky and the pouring rain of fresh blood, Kurapika finally came to his senses.

Arriving at the "Root" they misunderstood, the place guided by the "Devil."

(Didn't I say so from the beginning...)

I remember the Prophecy she spoke about Neon.

"... Mr. Kurapika jumped out to protect me."

"............ Became a shield... because I protected you... I am going to die."

Neon did not say it.

He said there was a white-haired person, Sora, at the scene where Kurapika died, but he did not announce that he would "protect Sora."

The reason there was no declaration was probably because I truly did not understand.

Her "I cannot see my own future" was stolen by Chrollo. The Angel's Automatic Writing "Lovely Ghostwriter," but the limitations of Neon's own Prediction ability... if it is a control valve to prevent the brain and mind from overloading, it should still be effective.

It was not intentional.

However, this was also the guidance of the "Devil."

Yet Kurapika still refused to give up.

Even with the guidance of the "Demon," this is absolutely a choice you made voluntarily.

"Ku... Kura... pika... san?"

Although Kurapika regretted that Tomori's claws had shredded him while protecting Neon instead of Sora, he did not hesitate.