Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru - Volume 2 - Chapter 2.1

Interlude 2 

"Now then, let us pause this footage for the time being." 

The screen changed, and Siesta appeared again. 

"…Erm, why does it feel like you’re flexing on us?" 

Natsunagi immediately side-eyed me. Like hell I know. It’s not my fault, right? 

"So that’s how you’ve always been with Ma'am, Kimizuka. Maybe I’m getting angry? Mainly at Kimizuka." 

"It really is a little infuriating. I think it’s fine to bully Kimizuka a little." 

"Charl, Natsunagi, why have you come to a common agreement on this? Aren’t you two supposed to be on bad terms?" 

I remembered they had quite the argument when they first met on the ship. 

"I suppose this is what they mean by adversity builds character." 

Saikawa, watching on from a strange position, started nodding away. Ah whatever, if those two could get along better, I wouldn’t mind taking a bit of meaningless slander…it’s to be expected, right? 

Speaking of which. 

"……Hel, huh?" 

Yeah, that’s the biggest enemy we met during the three years of journey together. As per the recording however, Hel summoned Chameleon, and vanished into the darkness. 

"I didn’t expect there to be someone who could transform into me. That’s disgusting" 

Charl scowled unhappily. Yeah. I nearly got fooled by Cerberus’ ability too. 

"But in that case, isn’t there a possibility that Mr. Wolf is here amongst the four of us?" 

Saikawa said something strangely terrifying. 

"It’s too difficult to play a wolf game with just four people, right? I don’t think it’ll be fun.” 

So I tried to ease the mood with some banter. 

"But if there’s a real wolf here…there’s only one person who can be that." 

Natsunagi said. For some reason, she narrowed her eyes at me. 

"Yeah." 

"Certainly." 

"Charl, Saikawa, even you two agree? There’s no need to slander me" 

So I said, but there was a part I was really concerned about from the footage just now. It was about what Hel said when she abducted me. 

"Like say, a month later or so, you will regain the daily life you always wanted, and live an ordinary high school life." 

"A year later, you shall not be an assistant. You will be a detective, and solve all kinds of issues." 

"The forgotten memories of a heart, a miraculous sapphire priced at 3 billion yen, and the legacy of the famous detective?if you can remember these words a year later, that will most definitely be the answer to me." 

I didn’t really care about these words a year ago. There was no way anyone would believe in nonsense, like a ?Bible? that records the future, right? In fact, I had forgotten all about it until I saw this footage. 

But in hindsight, looking at these words?it was exactly as my current situation. Was this the future predicted a year ago? In that case, Hel mentioned a prediction?that I would end up as her partner one day. Would that happen in the future? 

No, that’s impossible. The footage hadn’t reached that point, but in the end, Hel?? 

"Now then, shall we move on to the next footage?" 

Siesta said, and the scene on the screen changed again.. 

In the back alleys of London, I spotted a girl sleeping in a cardboard box. 

"The recording has yet to end. Please continue to watch, and see how I??and they??met our demise."