CATCH ME IF YOU CAN [2nd Investigation]

[akudamods]

When you venture outside, there is a single theme in the whispers of any person on the street.

“Shinkansen-sama, I’m so sorry... “ “Forgive us, Shinkansen-sama…” “Can’t believe they defiled Kansai Station…” “Damn you, X-Class Akudama!”

The sky is cloudless above the smog. Does this really have anything to do with you? Did everyone else wake up in the residences this morning? Or will you take the bus route up to Chuo just in case?

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[hunterandhunted]

[Eyes Jake, deadpan.]

I was more interested in seeing these... religious fanatics in person.

[Dead body?? What else is new. Anyways, we're following Belial now!]

[conways_retribution]

It's... weird, yeah... saying that we defiled a train station... _{[Jake was less nervous about them worshipping the train and more on what the people meant by that...]}

[akudamods]

[The good thing about this station being considered a sacred place is that there are no onlookers. Nobody wants to be meddling into such brutality and disrespect if they can avoid it.

Admittedly, the brutality of the scene is another reason why they're staying away. Even people who are fans of Akudama have to turn their heads away.

There! Propped against the doors of the elevator! Amidst blood, a dead body, one that's easily identifiable even from a distance. After all, there's nobody else among the X-Classes who look like him...in this form, at least.

Big, with a lot of animal fur, a pair of large wings on his back...it's possible people around here have, at the very least, heard about this form one someone in their number has.

Why are there descriptions of the body, though? Wouldn't seeing the face be enough to know who this is? Indeed it'd be...if it wasn't for how dented the head is. Most of it is still there, but it doesn't take more than a glance to see how serious the damage is. It's just so much easier to look at everything else and identify him that way.

Akira Fudou is dead.]

[conways_retribution]

W-What...?!

_{[Jake ran right in, kneeling next to the body. This can't be happening. This shouldn't be happening.]} Akira! AKIRA!! _{[Jake grabbed onto the corpse's shoulder.]} No... NO! NOOO!!

[hunterandhunted]

[Zenos places a hand against his cheek. Oh my.]

They could have at least left his face intact.

[intimations]

[While Jake is having his moment there, Belial just kind of joins the popcorn corner with Zenos with a quiet whistle at the body. Probably not the worst thing he's seen, but he also hasn't found Akira in this form before either so.]

Well, at least someone here knows who this is.

[Thanks for your contribution, Jake!?]