Chapter
Forty-Three: Rise and Rise Again:
Three hours
left. The damage was getting worse. Tsuzuki looked at the big cracks in the sky.
Where was that weapon? Anna and Airi were still a long way’s away. The shinigami
tried to think.
“Where am I
going?” he asked. He puffed up his cheeks. “Where’s Usagi-chan? How’s she
doing?” Tsuzuki check the stones in his pocket. Still six left. He weighed his
options in his head. No time to think.
Suddenly, his
phone rang.
“Usagi-chan?”
Tsuzuki asked.
“No,” a woman
said. The shinigami froze.
“Haruka?” he
asked.
“Hello,
Tsuzuki-san,” the old lady croaked on the other line. Tsuzuki gritted his teeth.
“What did you do
to Anna?” he asked.
“Nothing,” she
said. “Not yer anyway. I just have her phone.”
“Where is my
wife?”
“I don’t know.”
“I don’t believe
you.”
“I’m not lying.
She escaped. But that’s not why I called.”
Tsuzuki narrowed
his eyes. “So why did you call?” There was a pause at first.
“Listen, we
don’t have much time. Let’s end this.”
“Yes. That’s
what we’re tying to do.”
“Come to the
tower and we will end this.”
The shinigami
gave off an odd look. “Why?”
“Look, do you
want to end this or not?”
Tsuzuki rolled
his eyes. “Yeah, yeah.”
“Then come down
to the tower. I will be waiting.”
“Where is my
wife? What did you do with her?” He didn’t get an answer. Haruka already hung
up. Tsuzuki clicked his tongue. She better not have…
But then,
Tsuzuki heard whistling noise overhead. A small smile spread across his face.
“Heh. It’s about
time,” he said. Tsuzuki stuck his hand up in the air. The whistling grew louder.
Heated metal touched his hand. The shinigami grinned.
“Perfect!” he
said. The shinigami began to fly faster towards the tower. He had no sense of
direction but that didn’t stop him. He had a mission to carry out. Plus, he had
two hours and fifty minutes left.
“Thank you,
Watari,” Tsuzuki said.
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Watari stood in
his lab and smiled. He stuck up a V-sign.
“That’s done,”
he said. The shinigami looked at his phone.
“Would you look
at that?” he asked. “I still have time. Come along 003!” The owl flew over and
landed on his shoulder. The blonde scientist smiled as he headed out the door.
He turned out the light.
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“Hold on, Usagi-chan!” Tsuzuki shouted. “I’m on my way! I’ll take you to Tokyo Tower after this!” The shinigami picked up his pace with the ultimate weapon in hand.