Yokohama-sen Doppelgänger 7

Doppelganger ch. 7


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7: Depending on Me

[sfx]: Slap!

What’cha doin’?

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‘Specially ‘round here.
[sign]: Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters
7: Depending on Me

[sfx]: Dash!
Wait up!

Don’t meet with the victims.
Someone will remember that once the incident occurs.
[sfx]: Hah!

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It’s fine.

Thanks!
[sfx]: Dash!
Bye!

[sfx]: Grab

What’s the rush fer?

People done speak fast what they’re nervous,
[sfx]: Stare
and hidin’ yer palm means a man’s got somethin’ he right wants t’keep hidden.

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Somethin’ been weighin’ on yer mind as o’ late?
[sfx]: Twitch!
They’ll send you to death row on false charges.

That swollen eyelid’s a Quincke’s edema.
Somethin’ what comes from stress. <small: Or from food or drug allergies, sometimes. >

Who in the world…?
Anything happens, gimme a buzz. <small: World’s a mighty fearsome place. Can give ya a right fright. >

[card]: Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters Detective, First Investigative Branch / Danki Gensaburou.
Geh!
/ A detective!

See ya ‘round.
…Ah.

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I ever met you somewhere? <small: Your face looks mighty familiar. >
No?

[box]: First Investigative Branch

He’s this here fellow.
[magazine, right side]: Young Sculptor
[magazine, left side]: Kenzaki Makoto / After providing sculptures for a popular drama, ----- sudden attention

[sfx]: Snap.
Kenzaki Makoto, eh?

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…It couldn’t be.
[insert]: H-
Hey, who’s the detective who captured you?

[sfx]: Snap

Detective Danki.
The man stuck to me like glue, and was abnormally suspicious.

Geh! That’s the worst person who could’ve seen me with Kinugawa.
How do I tell him?

…

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Of all things, I go from talking about Makoto to running square into the guy. <small: Hey, what was he doin’ by my shop? >
Huh?

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Another coincidence?

…Wait.
Can’t be. I mean, that person’s…

[sfx]: Step

We’ve gone out into the middle of nowhere…

[sfx]: Slide

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Hey… I know this place.
Which means it’s really…?

[sfx]: Ding-dong!

[sfx]: Silence

[sfx]: Ding-dong x2

[sfx]: Silence

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Ain’t you gonna open up?
[sfx]: Rattle

…Whatever. I’m outta here.

I just hear something?

…Guess it was my imagination.
[sfx]: Silence

…Nah. It’s faint, but it’s there. The voice of some brat—no, a girl?
………..

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[sfx]: Crash!

Hey! You all right?!

Gh…
/ This place reeks of blood.
And it’s dark.

[sfx]: Jingle

Hey, where are you?!

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[fsx]: Silence

[sfx]: Creeking

There’s gotta be someone else here besides him…

[sfx]: Flash

…S-Statues? Earthen ones?

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…But these masks, they’re not earthen statues.*
*Something sculpted from scratch using only clay.

Life masks?*
* A mask created by directly using the form of a person’s face.

I’ve seen more than a few life masks in my time,
[sfx]: Creak x2
but these are damn creepy.

[sfx] Kick!

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[sfx]: Clink

[sfx]: Thud
Waaahhhhh!

[sfx]: Dink / Roll

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[sfx]: Slip!

[sfx]: Fall!

C-Calm down.
/ He’s gotta know I snuck in.
…But since it’s too damn dark for me to have a clue where he is…

He oughta be just as clueless!

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S’long as I’m silent, I can get outta here.
Huh?!

My phone!
/I’ve got my phone!
[sfx]: Bah!

Dial 110…
[sfx]: Click
<TL/N: 110 is the Japanese equivalent of 911>

Beeeeeeeeeeeep!
[sfx]: Shocked!

[phone]: Text received / Natsuki Hikari
[sfx]: Rumble

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[sfx]: Pull!
[insert]: Yokohama line Doppelganger 1 (Fin)