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They went outside.
"So… What did you want to talk about?"
Ena asked as they both sat down on the floor.
Kanade was visibly nervous, pale.
"Kana..?"
"You… You saw it too, right?"
Kanade turned to look Ena in the eye.
"That message in Nightcord… The one from Mizuki's account…"
Ena grabbed her phone out of her pocket, logging into Nightcord immediately as Kanade watched.
"What message? When?"
Her fingers trembling as they got into the N25 server.
"There…"
And Kanade was right.
Weeks into Mizuki's disappearance, their account was suddenly active.
"What should we-- Ena?!"
Ena was already typing up a furious message in Mizuki and her DMS.
"We message them, that's what we do."
Kanade snatched the phone away from the brunette, Ena quickly tried to get it back.
"We know they're in prison, Ena. This is probably someone else."
She gave her phone back.
"I know! But what if-- nevermind… Let's message this other person."
----------------- April 17th, 2023 ---------------
Enanan
Mizuki?
Are you there?
amia !!
Hello?
Oh, no this isn't Mizuki.
Are they with you?
Kanade and Ena looked at each other.
"I knew it…"
The light blue haired girl whispered to herself as they looked back at the chat.
Enanan
They're not with us. They're missing so we're trying to look for them.
Who are you?
amia !!
I'm their sister.
How long has Mizuki been missing for?
Enanan
For about 3 months.
amia !!
Damn.
Have you been able to get at least a hint or whatever?
Ena scoffed.
"Have we?"
Kanade counted with her fingers.
"Your brother's letter, Es, that Mikoto guy, Saki's Sekai, we know they're all in prison… for murder…"
Kanade stopped for a moment.
"I'd say we have a lot of leads."
"Yeah but I can't exactly tell her "hey! Your sibling is in prison and is being charged for murder! Have fun!", Kana."
Kanade giggled softly.
"I'd say not yet…"
Enanan
We have some sort of idea of what's happening.
amia !!
Woah really?
Enanan
Yeah.
"She kinda reminds me of them."
Kanade chuckled as Ena looked up from the phone's screen.
"... She's their sister, Kana."
"I know."
Es kicked the door open.
"Lovebirds! Come on, we have to continue. Plus, I got to feed Cheddar after this."
They went inside, but not without Ena huffing while blushing a little bit at the "lovebirds" comment.
Her phone vibrated with a message from Fuuta.
"Is that Fuuta's?"
Es asked while Ena checked her phone again.
"Yup."
Toya, Kohane and Saki approached the living room.
"Ok… Like I said, we have a small idea of Akito and An's crimes."
Toya declared, looking a bit worried as Kohane put a hand on his shoulder.
"It wasn't… pretty to find out more, to say the least… Toya?"
Toya nodded.
"We asked around in Vivid Street. Of course, no one knew where they were but… An's father---"
Ena yelled "Stop!!"
"You two asked her dad about murder?!"
Toya ignored the question momentarily and continued.
"An's father… He doesn't know where she is but somehow he does know about the murder… Brace yourselves."
Kohane walked towards the front door.
"You continue, Aoyagi…I'm going outside for a little."
He nodded, giving Kohane a concerned thumbs up as she went out.
"An's crime happened some time after RAD WEEKEND. Someone broke into their house in the middle of the night and well…"
Toya himself looked really uncomfortable, Saki stood up and they both went outside.
Kohane came back again after 10 minutes, Es had gone home to feed their dog.
"Sorry for that… We still don't know much about Akito's murder, it was harder than we thought but… it was months ago in Vivid Street, according to the people we asked…"
Ena nodded.
"That's good. You guys should rest after this. I'll continue searching for them."
Kohane looked at her.
"Ena…? You should take a break too."
The brunette brushed it off.
"Yeah… Yeah okay…"
Kanade, Kohane and Ena walked out, leaving the Tenma house empty behind them.
Fuuta's phone vibrated suddenly.
It was 1 pm, he was still half asleep as he slowly sat up on his bed.
"Huh…?"
He'd been listening to some music the day before, so when he grabbed his phone the music app was open.
Although… Now there was a new song in there.
"Wait… Untitled? When did I add that-"
He tapped the song to see which one it was, but, out of nowhere, a little Miku popped up like a hologram.
It scared the ever living fuck out of Fuuta.
"AH- WHAT THE FUCK!"
He dropped his phone as he fell off the bed and his back hit the wooden floor.
"Ahh shit…"
The little Miku was still there, staring at him as he got up.
"Fuuta."
"Huh?"
The little Miku was covering the left side of her face with her hand.
"Come on. The Sekai's waiting for you."
She disappeared before Fuuta could even do anything.
He sighed, burying his face on the bed covers.
"What on Earth was that…"