After making a small nod, Shidou pushed the intercom installed beside the door.
*pin pon* He could hear the sound echo throughout the room.
But as expected, there was no response. Shidou knocked on the door while talking.
“Origami, it’s me. Please answer me if you are here”
However, there was no reply. While thinking it was a useless act, Shidou placed his
hands on the door knob.
“Hnn…….?”
Shidou raised his eyebrows. The reason was simple. He could not feel the resistance
from the knob he imagined when twisting the door knob.
“The door………..isn’t locked?”
Having a realization pass through his head, Shidou felt a small hope shining into his
head. After Shidou made up his mind, he inserted energy into his hand and opened
the door in one go.
“Origami!”
But.
Shidou lost the small hope he had in an instant.
---by the scenery of the empty room.
“Wha……”
After Shidou opened his eyes wide, he simply took off his shoes and entered the
room. Even though he went to search in the corridor, living room and also
bedroom………..it was the same. Forget furniture, not even the intruder/escapee
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preventing traps were left there even though it was something laid out carefully. He
even thought that he entered a vacant room by mistake for an instant.
“What the hell is this…….”
Shidou placed his hands on his head and unenergetically collapsed onto the ground.
It’s not like this result wasn’t within his predicted possibilities. Rather, the worst
possible outcome was regularly floating in his head right when he was running here
after leaving the school. But, when that reality was brought forward to him, it
became a tremendous impact and squeezed Shidou’s chest.
“Where…..did you go, Origami…….”
But staying here like this was meaningless. Shidou scratched his head before putting
strength into his legs and stood up from the floor.
He then headed to the next location.
He headed to a place that might have clues about Origami-----the JGSDF Tenguu
city garrison.
Of course, that place was on a whole different level than Origami’s mansion. It was
a JGSDF garrison vital to the country’s defense; what’s more the existence of the
AST was a secret to the public citizens. 8 or 9 out of 10 times, he will probably be
forced away from the gate without them hearing anything he says.
But, there was no place that came to mind left. He started moving forward as if to
cling onto that small possibility.
However, even though he determined the next place he was going to head, Shidou
stopped his legs the moment he left the mansion’s entrance.
The reason was simple. One girl was in the alley facing towards the mansion’s
entrance.
She was a characteristic girl with hair that reaches her shoulders, white skin, and an
expressionless face like a doll.
Yes------It was the girl Shidou was looking for, Tobiichi Origami.
“Origami!?”
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After Shidou called her name with a loud voice, he quickly ran towards Origami. He
then grabbed both her shoulders. Overenthusiastically………..that was also a reason
but he felt that she might disappear somewhere again if he doesn’t catch her
properly.
“Just where were you!? What’s with suddenly transferring schools! Your room is
empty too-----“
“………..”
When Shidou continued talking, Origami silently made one finger stand. She then
placed her index finger on Shidou’s lips to interrupt his words and stared back at
him.
Then,
“-------I want to talk alone with you. Follow me”
After saying it in a quiet tone, Origami slipped past Shidou’s hands by turning her
heel and walked towards the back-alley.
“O-O-Origami!”
Even though Shidou called out to her, Origami did not stop her feet. She did not turn
back and continued walking.
“Kuh……..”
After Shidou slightly brought his eyebrows together, he lightly hit his cheeks before
following after Origami. He went looking for Origami to talk to her in the first
place anyway. There was nothing to lose.
But, no matter how long they walked, Origami would not stop. They kept going
deep into a back-alley and the surroundings started to be less populated.
“Hey……..Origami, where are we going?”
“Almost there”
Origami said that without taking a glance at Shidou and continued walking in
silence.
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“……………..”
Even though he felt that it was weird, he just followed her.
And the moment----- he turned a corner for who knows how many times already,
while he was following Origami.
“Ah-re…………?”
Shidou opened his eyes wide in surprise. Origami who should have turned the
corner a moment ago was not there at all.
“Origami? where are we……..------!?”
In an instant----Shidou gasped.
Just when he thought someone suddenly grappled him from behind, a handkerchief
covered his mouth and nose.
“Wha-this is…….!”