Second Life - Chapter 9
Title: Second Life
Chapter: 9 - Erebus Looking Down
Character: Sawamura Takayuki with mentions of Aoi Ryosuke and Ryuzaki Shinji
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: Sawamura Takayuki was not crazy. No... he's not.
A/N: Sawamura-centric chapter... because he was persistent.
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He still remembered those moments. There was never a moment where he had not relived such memory.
He used to replay that recording so often. The recording when he had sent Officer Kinoshita to attack Aoi Ryosuke in his own apartment. The operation had been swift, the death was even swifter. It never ceased to amaze him how easily it had been for Aoi to kill his subordinate member. In just a single touch...
It was as if he was watching the God of Death doing its work before his eyes. Yes, Aoi Ryosuke is like the God of Death in human form. Such power, such weapon... he, Sawamura Takayuki will never let this ‘treasure’ slip through his grasp.
During his line of work, he often met with various types of criminals. But due to reasons like lack of evidence, no eyewitness, false witness, false alibis, false evidence, cover-ups-half of these people who should have been punished for their crimes were left free to do more damage to society. Without remorse, without guilt... it was something that he could never understand. Such injustice... why did filths like these remained free?
He had enough of it, which was why he had changed profession-from a doctor to a policeman-because he found that there was no more worth in him remaining a doctor. Saving life was indeed important, yet if the offenders were left free... wouldn’t it be redundant to try preserving the lives of those assaulted by these criminals and yet do nothing to stop even more of such casualties from happening? Day by day, he lost interest to even try to save people’s lives. In a way, stopping the criminals first hand-maintaining the balance of the world was a better purpose to do with his life.
Yet, he realized many things after being in the force. There were still many limitations, many obstacles... to enable him to create the ideal society that he had been dreaming off. But he would not let that dampen his spirit. He had gathered his strengths, yes he have. Because of that he had raise in his ranks and obtained powers he never thought he could achieve if he was still a doctor. But ‘that’ remained to elude him. A method for him to reshape the society. At least... until that day he had heard about him.
He had at first doubted what Chiharu had termed divine punishment. Had medical technologies been deteriorated so much that they could not even determined a death of an insignificant drug dealer? But then there was another case and he was interested. Could there really be a Shinigami in form of a single man in this world? What a stroke of luck! He had long disbelieved the existence of god... considering many ill things he had witnessed but could god had revealed to him his salvation? This was indeed the method that he had been yearning for! The weapon that he could use to reshape the world into his ideal world...
He must have Aoi Ryosuke in the palm of his hands. That was a definite course of action!
When the man willingly walked into his grasp he thought he had finally succeeded. Who knows Aoi Ryosuke was even more sneakier in doing his thing. When he had found out of the true relationship between Aoi Ryosuke and Ryuzaki Shinji, and seeing the man in such confusion after meeting his dying father; Sawamura really thought it was another chance to manipulate Aoi to kill Ryuzaki.
But no... he had been betrayed again. Aoi did not kill Ryuzaki. And that accursed female detective foiled his actions to finish off Ryuzaki himself. But no matter. Sometime later he had heard the news on television about Ryuzaki’s death. He was happy. Still, there was that betrayer Aoi. Still able to roam free... while he was constrained in such a filthy building, unworthy of his presence.
Oh, he knew that Aoi Ryosuke was alive. It had been purely by chance, he had a mere glimpse of him during one of the random news bulletins. There were some reports of schools having to close temporary over a flu outbreak. One instance, he had seen Aoi walking by in the background of one of those schools that had to close. He had taken a vow then. He would finish his mission, he would kill Orthros no matter what. His mission was not yet over.
It had been a bit of a hassle.
Because of the charges on him, he had lost his position in the office. And by his escape, it would mean that his former subordinates and the cops would be on the lookout for him. It was a minor hindrance, yet it did not deter him long to track Aoi. He did appear to be in the best of fortune to be able to follow that woman and Aoi to that restaurant; and him seizing that chance.
Shooting Aoi Ryosuke had brought back a lot of the old sensation he used to feel. Seeing him fall, bleeding to his death, sent his blood wild. And oh! Ryuzaki was actually alive! So instead of only one head, he could kill BOTH of Orthros’s head. How lovely... if only that bothersome woman did not stop him again.
The questioning later... was meaningless. The same questions were asked, as if they would be able to understand his reasoning. Yet during all that, he noticed nothing was mentioned about Aoi’s death. Meaning that he was still alive... damn.
xxx
It had been by chance. He saw an opening and he took it. He knew that they would first block the exits first so he had gone up. They would eventually have to pursue him and he would use that chance to find a hole in the surveillance and escape. And luck was again by his side as he found Aoi Ryosuke.
So the supposed Shinigami was still human, yet he still manage to elude death. He had smiled then since that would mean that he could still finish the job. Aoi Ryosuke had been a pretty specimen. Even in that state, he was still beautiful. Trying to break that beautiful neck had been such a euphoric feeling. Aoi had not even resisted, but then how could he?
Even when Ryuzaki had arrived to stop him, it was too late. He heard the sounds of the machineries while he was dragged away from that room. Aoi Ryosuke would die under his hands. Such great accomplishment...
If only he could savour the feeling much longer...
xxx
Officer Kitaoka shivered by himself. Sawamura had started to smile in that spooky way again. How creepy. Wonder what-no, he rather not think what was it that the crazed man had been thinking in his twisted mind. He had done enough observation today.
The man hastily gathered his things as he exited the observation room.
He would report to the chief about what he had saw today and hope it would be the last thing he had anything to do with this case. The director of the facility had given him a tour earlier, and it was made sure that the security was tight. Unless there was someone intentionally letting him escape, Sawamura will not be getting anywhere any time soon.
That should be all.
Chapter: 9 - Erebus Looking Down
Character: Sawamura Takayuki with mentions of Aoi Ryosuke and Ryuzaki Shinji
Fandom: Orthros no Inu
Rating: PG13
Summary: Sawamura Takayuki was not crazy. No... he's not.
A/N: Sawamura-centric chapter... because he was persistent.
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He still remembered those moments. There was never a moment where he had not relived such memory.
He used to replay that recording so often. The recording when he had sent Officer Kinoshita to attack Aoi Ryosuke in his own apartment. The operation had been swift, the death was even swifter. It never ceased to amaze him how easily it had been for Aoi to kill his subordinate member. In just a single touch...
It was as if he was watching the God of Death doing its work before his eyes. Yes, Aoi Ryosuke is like the God of Death in human form. Such power, such weapon... he, Sawamura Takayuki will never let this ‘treasure’ slip through his grasp.
During his line of work, he often met with various types of criminals. But due to reasons like lack of evidence, no eyewitness, false witness, false alibis, false evidence, cover-ups-half of these people who should have been punished for their crimes were left free to do more damage to society. Without remorse, without guilt... it was something that he could never understand. Such injustice... why did filths like these remained free?
He had enough of it, which was why he had changed profession-from a doctor to a policeman-because he found that there was no more worth in him remaining a doctor. Saving life was indeed important, yet if the offenders were left free... wouldn’t it be redundant to try preserving the lives of those assaulted by these criminals and yet do nothing to stop even more of such casualties from happening? Day by day, he lost interest to even try to save people’s lives. In a way, stopping the criminals first hand-maintaining the balance of the world was a better purpose to do with his life.
Yet, he realized many things after being in the force. There were still many limitations, many obstacles... to enable him to create the ideal society that he had been dreaming off. But he would not let that dampen his spirit. He had gathered his strengths, yes he have. Because of that he had raise in his ranks and obtained powers he never thought he could achieve if he was still a doctor. But ‘that’ remained to elude him. A method for him to reshape the society. At least... until that day he had heard about him.
He had at first doubted what Chiharu had termed divine punishment. Had medical technologies been deteriorated so much that they could not even determined a death of an insignificant drug dealer? But then there was another case and he was interested. Could there really be a Shinigami in form of a single man in this world? What a stroke of luck! He had long disbelieved the existence of god... considering many ill things he had witnessed but could god had revealed to him his salvation? This was indeed the method that he had been yearning for! The weapon that he could use to reshape the world into his ideal world...
He must have Aoi Ryosuke in the palm of his hands. That was a definite course of action!
When the man willingly walked into his grasp he thought he had finally succeeded. Who knows Aoi Ryosuke was even more sneakier in doing his thing. When he had found out of the true relationship between Aoi Ryosuke and Ryuzaki Shinji, and seeing the man in such confusion after meeting his dying father; Sawamura really thought it was another chance to manipulate Aoi to kill Ryuzaki.
But no... he had been betrayed again. Aoi did not kill Ryuzaki. And that accursed female detective foiled his actions to finish off Ryuzaki himself. But no matter. Sometime later he had heard the news on television about Ryuzaki’s death. He was happy. Still, there was that betrayer Aoi. Still able to roam free... while he was constrained in such a filthy building, unworthy of his presence.
Oh, he knew that Aoi Ryosuke was alive. It had been purely by chance, he had a mere glimpse of him during one of the random news bulletins. There were some reports of schools having to close temporary over a flu outbreak. One instance, he had seen Aoi walking by in the background of one of those schools that had to close. He had taken a vow then. He would finish his mission, he would kill Orthros no matter what. His mission was not yet over.
It had been a bit of a hassle.
Because of the charges on him, he had lost his position in the office. And by his escape, it would mean that his former subordinates and the cops would be on the lookout for him. It was a minor hindrance, yet it did not deter him long to track Aoi. He did appear to be in the best of fortune to be able to follow that woman and Aoi to that restaurant; and him seizing that chance.
Shooting Aoi Ryosuke had brought back a lot of the old sensation he used to feel. Seeing him fall, bleeding to his death, sent his blood wild. And oh! Ryuzaki was actually alive! So instead of only one head, he could kill BOTH of Orthros’s head. How lovely... if only that bothersome woman did not stop him again.
The questioning later... was meaningless. The same questions were asked, as if they would be able to understand his reasoning. Yet during all that, he noticed nothing was mentioned about Aoi’s death. Meaning that he was still alive... damn.
xxx
It had been by chance. He saw an opening and he took it. He knew that they would first block the exits first so he had gone up. They would eventually have to pursue him and he would use that chance to find a hole in the surveillance and escape. And luck was again by his side as he found Aoi Ryosuke.
So the supposed Shinigami was still human, yet he still manage to elude death. He had smiled then since that would mean that he could still finish the job. Aoi Ryosuke had been a pretty specimen. Even in that state, he was still beautiful. Trying to break that beautiful neck had been such a euphoric feeling. Aoi had not even resisted, but then how could he?
Even when Ryuzaki had arrived to stop him, it was too late. He heard the sounds of the machineries while he was dragged away from that room. Aoi Ryosuke would die under his hands. Such great accomplishment...
If only he could savour the feeling much longer...
xxx
Officer Kitaoka shivered by himself. Sawamura had started to smile in that spooky way again. How creepy. Wonder what-no, he rather not think what was it that the crazed man had been thinking in his twisted mind. He had done enough observation today.
The man hastily gathered his things as he exited the observation room.
He would report to the chief about what he had saw today and hope it would be the last thing he had anything to do with this case. The director of the facility had given him a tour earlier, and it was made sure that the security was tight. Unless there was someone intentionally letting him escape, Sawamura will not be getting anywhere any time soon.
That should be all.