Soil 21

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Soil, Volume 3, Chapter 21 (pp. 111~134)


<111>
=Looks like we'll be getting a lot more than rape and assault out of that trio.

=Juvenile unit's taking it from here on out.//It's not our problem anymore.

=But there was one interesting match...
=Ahh?


<112>
=The council president's rape videos...
=There were tapes for all three of them.

=It's possible that the "seal" imprinted on their subconscious minds,
=Led to a different kind of distortion than it did for Kento Miyahara...

=Hmph.
=That stuff is outta police jurisdiction.

=What are you looking all proud for, you ugly bitch.
=I-I-I-I am not looking proud, sir!
=I-I-I was only doing my duty as a detective...


<113>
=You're fucking ugly when you smile!
=All you did was straddle a ducky!
=...It's "strike it lucky," sir...

"Standstill"

=Huh?


<114>
=The nail's missing.
=On Kento Miyahara's pinky toe.

=It's probably going to match the one that was taped on to the ransom letter.
=Huh?
=Huh?

=We also found several notebooks...
=Inside of Mizuki Suzushiro's school bag.

=Some of the letters were torn out.
=And they match the ones glued on to the ransom letter.

[x3]=Huh?
=S-S-So... What exactly does that...!?

=Go ask the guy who sent it.
=He's right there in front of you.


<115>
=...Hey,

=Did you really...
=Fall asleep...?


<116>
=Go ahead.
=UCK


<117>
=Huh...?

[x2]=CLINK
=I'm tired...

=This world is full of things I can't understand...
[x2]=CLINK
=Everything feels like it's going on in a faraway place...
=But there's nothing I can do to change it...

=I'm tired...
=Of being a child...


<120>
=FWUP


<123>
[x3]=RUB

=Man, kids these days!
=Don't even have pubes yet, but your dicks are up and running, huh!
=Your hands are moving a little differently today, Mr. Yokoi.
[x3]=RUB

=So... S-S-So you're saying... On the "N-N-Night of the blackout..."
=Mizuki Suzushiro... Umm... How would you put it...

=Th... Th-Th-That very instant, she...
=Vanished...?

=I looked around, but I couldn't find her...
=So I thought she got angry at me,
=And went home...


<124>
=But...
=The next morning...

=I found out Mizuki's family had gone missing too...


<125>
=I knew somebody from the town did it...

=The blackout... All of it.

=Th-Then...
=The objective of the ransom letter was...?

=...The guys from the town are all liars...
=Nobody was going to tell the truth...

=So if I could get them to panic with the letter...

=Somebody... Would start talking on their own...


<126>
=I'd be able to find out...
=Who took Mizuki away from me...

[x3]=SNIFF
=Geez, what a freaking waste of time!
=You dragged us around for nothing, huh!

=Umm... Those three guys from the ghost building...
=Are you sure it wasn't them...?

=Ohh, that's totally out.
=Turns out those guys got arrested for robbing a car over in another town that night.


<127>
=I see...

=...I couldn't do anything...
=...I couldn't help Mizuki at all...

=...It's all my fault...
=It's all because I tainted her...

=TUG

=Hey dickface.
=You better not be lying now, are you!?
=You sure you didn't mess around with that family!? Huh!?
=S-S-S-Sergeant Yokoi! V-V-Violence against a teenager is...

=I'm sorry.


<128>
=Please find Mizuki and save her.
=Please...

=...So our only lead... Kento Miyahara...
=Was just another individual searching for Mizuki Suzushiro...

=Now we're starting over from square one.

=It's a total standstill.

=Does this mean we never really knew anything about the case to begin with...?


<129>
=Why did the Suzushiro Family disappear so abruptly...?
=What message does the "salt" convey...?
=Who is the "man with scales...?"
=And what about Officer Ichinose...?

=Now which direction are we supposed to go...?


<130>
=ZRICK

=Stuff we don't get is outta police jurisdiction, alright?
=We just gotta do what we're supposed to do.

=Wha—!? Where are you going!?
=S-S-Sergeant Yokoi!?
=Sergeant Yokoi—!!

=ZZT

=*...tsk*
=Fucking annoying...


<131>
=UCK


<134>
[x3]=WHOAAAAAA!!