Chapter
Thirty-Three: Nothing to Do:
Tatsumi looked
over at Watari. “Hey.”
“Hm?” the blonde
scientist asked.
“Why all of
this?”
“To stop Haruka
once and for all.”
“But what about
after that? She’s been focused on revenge for two years now.”
“Yes.”
“What will she
do after that? What will she have left?”
Watari took a
moment to think. “They’ll figure out. They always do.”
“How do you do
it?”
“Do what?”
“Have so much
faith in them. Meifu won’t tolerate this for long, you know?”
“Yes, I am
aware.”
“So… why? What’s
the point?”
Watari shrugged.
“Faith, I guess. They have each other. They can get through this.”
“I wish I had
your optimism.” Tatsumi turned back to the table. “How long is this going to
take?”
“Don’t know. It
has to find him first.”
“You haven’t
contacted them?”
“No. I can’t
reach them.” Watari held up his phone. “Out of range or turned off.”
“Seriously?”
Tatsumi picked up his phone and dialed Tsuzuki.
“The number you
have dialed is either out of range or turned off,” the operator said. The
kagetsukai hung up.
“How long has it
been like this?” he asked.
“Hours, I
guess,” Watari said. “They started early.”
“And you haven’t
contacted them since?”
“No.”
“Why didn’t you
tell me anything?”
“You would’ve
stopped them.”
Tatsumi started
to speak but no words would come. He finally closed his mouth.
“How will we
know?” the shinigami asked instead.
“A sign,” Watari
said. “I don’t know what it will be.” Tatsumi didn’t complain.
“They better
come back,” he said.
“They will,” the
blonde scientist said. “Hey, are you going to Hotaru’s party?” The secretary
gave him an odd look.
“Huh?” he asked.
“She invited all
of us,” Watari said. “I doubt the boss will go. I sent Bon off to go earlier. I
might go too. You?”
“I don’t do
parties,” Tatsumi said. Watari frowned.
“Boring!” he
said. “Guess you want to spend time with me.” The secretary rolled his eyes.
“Oh, please,”
her muttered. The blonde scientist gave him a goofy smile.
“Come on!” he
said. “I’m a joy to be around!” Tatsumi rolled his eyes.
“Yeah,
whatever,” he muttered. 003 flew over and sat on Watari’s shoulder. He patted
the little owl on the head. Tatsumi shoved his glasses upwards. A low buzzing
noise filled the room.
“What wa that?”
Tatsumi asked.
“Hang on,”
Watari said. He got up and looked at the table. The surface had a dull blue
glow.
“I think it
found something,” Watari said. Tatsumi hurried to his side.
“What do we do?”
he asked.
“We have to
wait,” the blonde scientist said. The shinigami held their breaths.
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Tsuzuki looked
up when he heard whistling in the sky. He smiled to himself.
“It’s about time,” he said to himself. “Thanks, Watari.”