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I'll post the last chapter a bit later... XD
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 10 - Racing Against Time
Characters: Tanaka Ainosuke, Tanaka Yumehito and mostly everyone still alive
Fandom: Hidarime Tantei EYE
Rating: G
Summary: AU. The new life they had did not seem so bad. Yumehito had mostly recovered his health and living as a totally new person. It was something that Ainosuke had always dreamed of. But a new case that was reminiscent of their painful past threatened to destroy the small piece of life they had. Could this be... an atonement?
A/N: A game of Captain's orders/Senchousama no meirei was like the Japanese version of Simon says.
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He had been running blindly along some unfamiliar roads. Yet, he knew where he was heading to. He knew it like from the back of his memory. There was no reason, just a sense of urgency that compelled him to hurry up and reach the place. He knew he would regret it if he never make it there on time.
As if on cue, his legs stopped running, He was now standing before a building. There was nothing special or peculiar about the building, except for the topmost room on his right. That particular room appeared to be charred, as if some time ago a fire had occurred there and no one bothered to repaint that particular part of the building after that. For some reason, he wondered why that detail seemed so important to him.
Suddenly an explosion occurred on another part of the building as Ainosuke was pulled to investigate the incident. Although he had no recollection of going to this place before, he seemed to know where to go to find the stairs and corridor leading to the part of the building that had exploded. When he reached the place, the fire seemed to have almost died down due to the sprinklers on the ceilings. He made his way through the rubble, trying to search for something. When he did, he froze. Because right before him, a man had laid sprawled on the floor... covered in ashes and debris. His body was in a bad shape but he was still recognisable from this short distance.
Ainosuke tried to contain his feelings as he rushed towards the figure.
"Niichan!!"
xxx
Ainosuke fell from the bed as he woke up, wincing at the pain on his body. It was just a dream... yet like some of his dream in the past; it was not something he would call pleasant. His whole body was drenched in sweat. Even if it was only a dream, it shook him pretty badly. Right now, his only hope... that this dream did not ended up actually happening in the future. Because he didn't want to face a reality where he would find his brother dead, in the same way as to how he had originally faked his death.
He immediately got up to bathe and refresh himself. Today was Saturday and no school. Yet he went to change and set out for his part-time job as usual, as if nothing unusual had happened. But as soon as he was finished, he immediately set out with his bike to head towards the direction of Sayama Hitomi's apartment...
xxx
Oikawa Satoru had been grinning non-stop all morning. It seemed he had been having so much fun yesterday, enjoying the power he had over Kamata Juushiro; who had done almost everything he had ordered him to do, in order to save his son. It's like a game of "Captain's orders" but unfortunately in this game—there was no enjoyment in playing aside from the one giving the orders. As it was, Oikawa had managed to acquire some of the ransom money he had initially demanded; yet Kamata-san gained nothing.
Yume glanced towards Kamata Ryuichiro's direction. It seemed that despite he was also given some of his share of the ransom, he did not looked happy. He just hoped that it meant that at least some of the things he had spoken to that man actually reached him. If it did, perhaps there was still chance for him to turn this situation around to his advantage.
"So how is it, Tanaka-san? Do you want to join me?"
Yume turned to see Oikawa staring back at him. "We could make a good team. I've heard so many stories of your past exploits, they were all so ingenious! I couldn't wait to take part in more of your brilliant plans..."
He rolled his eyes at him, wordless at how big-headed the man thought of himself. Just because he managed to be successful in these petty crimes that he did, he thought he could—he wasn't even a match with the likes of Kokusho, Yoshida-san... or even Noriko. This man...
"I refuse. Haven't I told you before? I've already renounce that life. And even if I didn't, I would still not join you."
Oikawa scoffed at him.
"Haughty are you? Did you like your current life so much then?"
Yume snorted. "Yes. It was interesting. Haven't you looked up on the crime plans that I've made in the past? Didn't you notice that despite the chaos that had been brought about, almost all of the players had ended up being caught? Everyone... had moved the way I had determined them to do. That was the beauty of it, for me to be able to control both sides of the game. For you to not even know about this, you dare to even try to sought alliance with me? Did you not fear that I would stab you on the back?"
The man appeared slightly shaken before recovering himself immediately.
"Y-you! Wait and see! After I get back from getting the rest of my money, I'll give you a lesson you'll never forget. I'll trample on your pride that you held so highly. I'll make you remember your place in this situation!"
With that, the man gave Ryuichiro some orders before slamming the door behind him. Not even affected by such gesture, Yumehito chuckled.
xxx
Never in his whole life had he ever met someone so calm like that person. Despite he himself had been held captive, the man had revealed no sign of fear against Oikawa-san. Despite Oikawa-san being the one in charge, it seemed more that the one being in control was actually that man. How strange was that? Such boldness... can someone be so fearless?
Yumehito turned his attention towards him.
"So how about it? Oikawa should be heading towards the place where your brother was supposed to hand in the rest of the ransom money. He wouldn't be returning here for quite some time. So would you consider it, what I told you yesterday? Even if you turn yourself in, you're most likely to be punished lightly. You still had your future ahead of you to start anew. Think of your nephews at least."
Ryuichiro blinked. In a way, the man did speak the truth. In his rashness, he had never think of his own actions properly. In any case, he had always been in the wrong. Even if his older brother had refused to help him out of his financial debts again, he did not deserve to be treated like this. His nephews had done nothing wrong. He himself should have realize it from the beginning and stop relying on his older brother anymore over his own well-being. His brother had after all, still have to care for his two sons.
He turned around to face his two nephews.
Indeed, he got himself screwed up again... huh? But perhaps this time, he had a chance to do something right for once.
xxx
Ainosuke poke his head from the back seat as the three of them silently observed Kamata from afar. There were other officers stationed at several other points near the park but it didn't mean that they should be lax on their watch. The kidnapper had been so deceitful, he even manage to trick them over some of the ransom without releasing one of Kamata's children. So this time, they would try to follow the kidnapper back to their hideout; in order to save his brother as well as Kamata-san's children. This, was the only thing they could do for now...
Kato glanced at his watch, as they waited for the kidnapper to appear. Several meters from them, Kamata stood at the middle of the park nervously.
"I see someone suspicious coming this way. Sayama-sensei, Ainosuke... stay here. I try to get closer to them, in case the guy tried to attack Kamata."
Sayama-sensei nodded at him as he walked away, just as Ainosuke's phone rang. She glanced towards him as Ainosuke appeared shocked.
"What is it, Ainosuke?" she gasped as Ainosuke looked at her, stunned.
"It's brother..." he gasped before answering the call hurriedly. "Brother! Where—"
"Ainosuke... stop Kamata from giving the ransom money. The kids are safe now. We—!"
Ainosuke gave a cry as silence greeted his ears, before staring at his phone in alarm. He glanced towards Sayama before rushing out from the car. He immediately ran as he saw a suspicious man approached Kamata before shouting to Kato and Kamata.
"Kato-san! Stop that exchange! Kamata-san's children are safe now—there was no need to give the money to the guy! Catch him!"
As soon as he finished talking, the man suddenly lunged towards Kamata to force the bag of money he was holding away from him. Kato reached them almost in time as he managed to recover the bag. Several other officers came out of hiding as they tried to corner the lone man. Realising that he was trapped, the man made a wild tackle towards one of the officers before making a run for it among the crowds of people walking around the park. Several of the officers proceed to chase after the man as Kamata turned towards Ainosuke in alarm.
"What have you done, child? My children... how would I—"
"They're safe now—"
"How would you know that, Ainosuke?" Kato asked as Sayama-sensei ran towards them.
"Brother called. He said that Kamata-san's children are now safe—"
Kato immediately grabbed his arm.
"Your brother called? Where—"
Ainosuke shook his head. "I don't know. The call ended just as he was about to tell where he was. His phone had probably died. I have no idea where he could be."
"But you said my boys were all right just now, isn't it?" Kamata asked as Ainosuke nodded.
Kato shook his head.
"This is trouble. That other man had managed to escape from here. He would probably go back towards their hideout after this. So if your brother and the others were still there—"
Ainosuke grabbed his arm immediately as he quickly grasped what he meant.
"Let's go find them, Kato-san!"
Kato shrugged. He didn't need to be told that...
xxx
Yumehito stared at his phone as the battery died on him. He shrugged as he put the phone inside his pocket. Kamata Ryuichiro had already left with the two kids; at least he managed to resolve that part of the case. There was no need to worry about their safety now. Everything was over. He glanced around the room he was in.
He was right; there was no mistake about this place. Even though he seldom walked into this part of the building, he recognised it all the same. It was the building of his old workplace! Funny. Could it be in these few months—or was it almost a year already? That this company had went bankrupt without his knowledge and the building left abandoned? How amusing. To think that there was another coincidence in this story...
Yumehito frowned as he saw something from the corner of his eye. He approached one of the bigger rooms that used to be one of the chemical laboratories inside the building. It was bigger than the ones he had used upstairs, less cluttered as well... and—Yume swore under his breath.
The building had indeed been abandoned but he never expected to see many of the chemicals to still be around and left not disposed. He desperately hoped that some of the more dangerous chemicals he knew had often been handled by some of the labs here were not still stored somewhere around this building. Most especially in this lab. And hopefully—oh dear, he really hoped that the pipelines weren't still—but the other night he thought he had smelled something...
He really needed to get out of here—Yume turned around to find his gun being aimed towards him, with a very pissed off person standing right before him...
xxx
"Hello again."
He managed to sound calm despite his earlier concerns, surprisingly. The man standing before him was not so pleased though.
"You've ruined my plan."
Yume smiled.
"It appeared so. Then again, it was so easy..."
"You're really into being a real cop now, aren't you? I never expect someone like you to do this."
He laughed.
"Someone like you can never understand the way my thoughts go. So you're better off not trying. That aside, I actually found that it was really enjoyable... being at this side of the law."
Oikawa spat at him as Yume glanced at his back. They were at the ground floor, thankfully. But it seemed his escape should involve going through the lab and out of the window, considering the other alternatives were blocked and he can't really be reckless with his life right now.
Still, the laboratory... the chemicals... the risks. This was some kind of a dangerous situation, eh?
"You disappoint me, Tanaka Yumehito—"
Yume managed to swerve just in time before the bullet even graze his sides as he rolled to his side. Without hesitating, he dashed towards the laboratory he had just walked out of as the man behind him chased after him. He dove past some of the chairs and tables, as even more bullets were fired and missed him. He swore again as he came face to face with some of the chemical racks in the laboratory and noticed some of the labels on the chemical bottles. Peroxides... as well as other volatile reagents, he noticed also that some of the bottles had precipitations inside of them.
He hurriedly dove to the other side of the room as Oikawa threw a chair towards him. It missed him by a meter as it hit the racks, to which Yume immediately ducked for cover as he heard the sound of glasses shattering and bottles breaking. It was almost simultaneously followed by a blast of explosion as even more glasses shattering around him. Yume tried to move towards the side windows as the explosions caused them to break. He was about to jump through the window before even more of the chemicals exploded by chains of reaction; until his eye caught something he had not expected to see...
A small reactor, and it was placed so near to those other chemical racks that he had no doubt contained even more of the same chemicals that had just exploded from the other corner of the lab. Oikawa suddenly let out a mad scream before started shooting at him wildly. Yume ducked for cover as some of the bullets ricocheted all over the place. And some off them had ricocheted towards the direction he most dreaded it would go...
His mind blanked. Suddenly everything started to move in slow motion as his thoughts hovered towards only one person.
Ainosuke.
xxx
"The kids were now at the station, their uncle had given himself up—"
"Kato-san! Was my brother with them?"
Kato shook his head.
"I didn't hear anything about that at all—"
Suddenly Ainosuke was hit with a strong sensation on his left eye as he cried out. It surprised Sayama-sensei so much, that she accidentally hit the breaks hard. Everyone was thrown from their seats as Ainosuke hit his head on the window. She hastily turned around towards him to ask if he was okay. Ainosuke glanced back at her in alarm. Because suddenly he had this intense fear of something dreadful about to happen.
"Sensei! We've got no time left! We must hurry!"
Kato turned around at him as well as he exclaimed.
"But we don't know—"
"I KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW! Sensei, we must hurry!" Ainosuke cried again as he told them the place. Sayama immediately hit the gas as the car made an about turn towards the direction of Yumehito's old workplace. Ainosuke bit his lips as he prayed for his brother's safety...
"Please be safe... Niichan!"
Title: Atonement
Chapter: 10 - Racing Against Time
Characters: Tanaka Ainosuke, Tanaka Yumehito and mostly everyone still alive
Fandom: Hidarime Tantei EYE
Rating: G
Summary: AU. The new life they had did not seem so bad. Yumehito had mostly recovered his health and living as a totally new person. It was something that Ainosuke had always dreamed of. But a new case that was reminiscent of their painful past threatened to destroy the small piece of life they had. Could this be... an atonement?
A/N: A game of Captain's orders/Senchousama no meirei was like the Japanese version of Simon says.
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He had been running blindly along some unfamiliar roads. Yet, he knew where he was heading to. He knew it like from the back of his memory. There was no reason, just a sense of urgency that compelled him to hurry up and reach the place. He knew he would regret it if he never make it there on time.
As if on cue, his legs stopped running, He was now standing before a building. There was nothing special or peculiar about the building, except for the topmost room on his right. That particular room appeared to be charred, as if some time ago a fire had occurred there and no one bothered to repaint that particular part of the building after that. For some reason, he wondered why that detail seemed so important to him.
Suddenly an explosion occurred on another part of the building as Ainosuke was pulled to investigate the incident. Although he had no recollection of going to this place before, he seemed to know where to go to find the stairs and corridor leading to the part of the building that had exploded. When he reached the place, the fire seemed to have almost died down due to the sprinklers on the ceilings. He made his way through the rubble, trying to search for something. When he did, he froze. Because right before him, a man had laid sprawled on the floor... covered in ashes and debris. His body was in a bad shape but he was still recognisable from this short distance.
Ainosuke tried to contain his feelings as he rushed towards the figure.
"Niichan!!"
xxx
Ainosuke fell from the bed as he woke up, wincing at the pain on his body. It was just a dream... yet like some of his dream in the past; it was not something he would call pleasant. His whole body was drenched in sweat. Even if it was only a dream, it shook him pretty badly. Right now, his only hope... that this dream did not ended up actually happening in the future. Because he didn't want to face a reality where he would find his brother dead, in the same way as to how he had originally faked his death.
He immediately got up to bathe and refresh himself. Today was Saturday and no school. Yet he went to change and set out for his part-time job as usual, as if nothing unusual had happened. But as soon as he was finished, he immediately set out with his bike to head towards the direction of Sayama Hitomi's apartment...
xxx
Oikawa Satoru had been grinning non-stop all morning. It seemed he had been having so much fun yesterday, enjoying the power he had over Kamata Juushiro; who had done almost everything he had ordered him to do, in order to save his son. It's like a game of "Captain's orders" but unfortunately in this game—there was no enjoyment in playing aside from the one giving the orders. As it was, Oikawa had managed to acquire some of the ransom money he had initially demanded; yet Kamata-san gained nothing.
Yume glanced towards Kamata Ryuichiro's direction. It seemed that despite he was also given some of his share of the ransom, he did not looked happy. He just hoped that it meant that at least some of the things he had spoken to that man actually reached him. If it did, perhaps there was still chance for him to turn this situation around to his advantage.
"So how is it, Tanaka-san? Do you want to join me?"
Yume turned to see Oikawa staring back at him. "We could make a good team. I've heard so many stories of your past exploits, they were all so ingenious! I couldn't wait to take part in more of your brilliant plans..."
He rolled his eyes at him, wordless at how big-headed the man thought of himself. Just because he managed to be successful in these petty crimes that he did, he thought he could—he wasn't even a match with the likes of Kokusho, Yoshida-san... or even Noriko. This man...
"I refuse. Haven't I told you before? I've already renounce that life. And even if I didn't, I would still not join you."
Oikawa scoffed at him.
"Haughty are you? Did you like your current life so much then?"
Yume snorted. "Yes. It was interesting. Haven't you looked up on the crime plans that I've made in the past? Didn't you notice that despite the chaos that had been brought about, almost all of the players had ended up being caught? Everyone... had moved the way I had determined them to do. That was the beauty of it, for me to be able to control both sides of the game. For you to not even know about this, you dare to even try to sought alliance with me? Did you not fear that I would stab you on the back?"
The man appeared slightly shaken before recovering himself immediately.
"Y-you! Wait and see! After I get back from getting the rest of my money, I'll give you a lesson you'll never forget. I'll trample on your pride that you held so highly. I'll make you remember your place in this situation!"
With that, the man gave Ryuichiro some orders before slamming the door behind him. Not even affected by such gesture, Yumehito chuckled.
xxx
Never in his whole life had he ever met someone so calm like that person. Despite he himself had been held captive, the man had revealed no sign of fear against Oikawa-san. Despite Oikawa-san being the one in charge, it seemed more that the one being in control was actually that man. How strange was that? Such boldness... can someone be so fearless?
Yumehito turned his attention towards him.
"So how about it? Oikawa should be heading towards the place where your brother was supposed to hand in the rest of the ransom money. He wouldn't be returning here for quite some time. So would you consider it, what I told you yesterday? Even if you turn yourself in, you're most likely to be punished lightly. You still had your future ahead of you to start anew. Think of your nephews at least."
Ryuichiro blinked. In a way, the man did speak the truth. In his rashness, he had never think of his own actions properly. In any case, he had always been in the wrong. Even if his older brother had refused to help him out of his financial debts again, he did not deserve to be treated like this. His nephews had done nothing wrong. He himself should have realize it from the beginning and stop relying on his older brother anymore over his own well-being. His brother had after all, still have to care for his two sons.
He turned around to face his two nephews.
Indeed, he got himself screwed up again... huh? But perhaps this time, he had a chance to do something right for once.
xxx
Ainosuke poke his head from the back seat as the three of them silently observed Kamata from afar. There were other officers stationed at several other points near the park but it didn't mean that they should be lax on their watch. The kidnapper had been so deceitful, he even manage to trick them over some of the ransom without releasing one of Kamata's children. So this time, they would try to follow the kidnapper back to their hideout; in order to save his brother as well as Kamata-san's children. This, was the only thing they could do for now...
Kato glanced at his watch, as they waited for the kidnapper to appear. Several meters from them, Kamata stood at the middle of the park nervously.
"I see someone suspicious coming this way. Sayama-sensei, Ainosuke... stay here. I try to get closer to them, in case the guy tried to attack Kamata."
Sayama-sensei nodded at him as he walked away, just as Ainosuke's phone rang. She glanced towards him as Ainosuke appeared shocked.
"What is it, Ainosuke?" she gasped as Ainosuke looked at her, stunned.
"It's brother..." he gasped before answering the call hurriedly. "Brother! Where—"
"Ainosuke... stop Kamata from giving the ransom money. The kids are safe now. We—!"
Ainosuke gave a cry as silence greeted his ears, before staring at his phone in alarm. He glanced towards Sayama before rushing out from the car. He immediately ran as he saw a suspicious man approached Kamata before shouting to Kato and Kamata.
"Kato-san! Stop that exchange! Kamata-san's children are safe now—there was no need to give the money to the guy! Catch him!"
As soon as he finished talking, the man suddenly lunged towards Kamata to force the bag of money he was holding away from him. Kato reached them almost in time as he managed to recover the bag. Several other officers came out of hiding as they tried to corner the lone man. Realising that he was trapped, the man made a wild tackle towards one of the officers before making a run for it among the crowds of people walking around the park. Several of the officers proceed to chase after the man as Kamata turned towards Ainosuke in alarm.
"What have you done, child? My children... how would I—"
"They're safe now—"
"How would you know that, Ainosuke?" Kato asked as Sayama-sensei ran towards them.
"Brother called. He said that Kamata-san's children are now safe—"
Kato immediately grabbed his arm.
"Your brother called? Where—"
Ainosuke shook his head. "I don't know. The call ended just as he was about to tell where he was. His phone had probably died. I have no idea where he could be."
"But you said my boys were all right just now, isn't it?" Kamata asked as Ainosuke nodded.
Kato shook his head.
"This is trouble. That other man had managed to escape from here. He would probably go back towards their hideout after this. So if your brother and the others were still there—"
Ainosuke grabbed his arm immediately as he quickly grasped what he meant.
"Let's go find them, Kato-san!"
Kato shrugged. He didn't need to be told that...
xxx
Yumehito stared at his phone as the battery died on him. He shrugged as he put the phone inside his pocket. Kamata Ryuichiro had already left with the two kids; at least he managed to resolve that part of the case. There was no need to worry about their safety now. Everything was over. He glanced around the room he was in.
He was right; there was no mistake about this place. Even though he seldom walked into this part of the building, he recognised it all the same. It was the building of his old workplace! Funny. Could it be in these few months—or was it almost a year already? That this company had went bankrupt without his knowledge and the building left abandoned? How amusing. To think that there was another coincidence in this story...
Yumehito frowned as he saw something from the corner of his eye. He approached one of the bigger rooms that used to be one of the chemical laboratories inside the building. It was bigger than the ones he had used upstairs, less cluttered as well... and—Yume swore under his breath.
The building had indeed been abandoned but he never expected to see many of the chemicals to still be around and left not disposed. He desperately hoped that some of the more dangerous chemicals he knew had often been handled by some of the labs here were not still stored somewhere around this building. Most especially in this lab. And hopefully—oh dear, he really hoped that the pipelines weren't still—but the other night he thought he had smelled something...
He really needed to get out of here—Yume turned around to find his gun being aimed towards him, with a very pissed off person standing right before him...
xxx
"Hello again."
He managed to sound calm despite his earlier concerns, surprisingly. The man standing before him was not so pleased though.
"You've ruined my plan."
Yume smiled.
"It appeared so. Then again, it was so easy..."
"You're really into being a real cop now, aren't you? I never expect someone like you to do this."
He laughed.
"Someone like you can never understand the way my thoughts go. So you're better off not trying. That aside, I actually found that it was really enjoyable... being at this side of the law."
Oikawa spat at him as Yume glanced at his back. They were at the ground floor, thankfully. But it seemed his escape should involve going through the lab and out of the window, considering the other alternatives were blocked and he can't really be reckless with his life right now.
Still, the laboratory... the chemicals... the risks. This was some kind of a dangerous situation, eh?
"You disappoint me, Tanaka Yumehito—"
Yume managed to swerve just in time before the bullet even graze his sides as he rolled to his side. Without hesitating, he dashed towards the laboratory he had just walked out of as the man behind him chased after him. He dove past some of the chairs and tables, as even more bullets were fired and missed him. He swore again as he came face to face with some of the chemical racks in the laboratory and noticed some of the labels on the chemical bottles. Peroxides... as well as other volatile reagents, he noticed also that some of the bottles had precipitations inside of them.
He hurriedly dove to the other side of the room as Oikawa threw a chair towards him. It missed him by a meter as it hit the racks, to which Yume immediately ducked for cover as he heard the sound of glasses shattering and bottles breaking. It was almost simultaneously followed by a blast of explosion as even more glasses shattering around him. Yume tried to move towards the side windows as the explosions caused them to break. He was about to jump through the window before even more of the chemicals exploded by chains of reaction; until his eye caught something he had not expected to see...
A small reactor, and it was placed so near to those other chemical racks that he had no doubt contained even more of the same chemicals that had just exploded from the other corner of the lab. Oikawa suddenly let out a mad scream before started shooting at him wildly. Yume ducked for cover as some of the bullets ricocheted all over the place. And some off them had ricocheted towards the direction he most dreaded it would go...
His mind blanked. Suddenly everything started to move in slow motion as his thoughts hovered towards only one person.
Ainosuke.
xxx
"The kids were now at the station, their uncle had given himself up—"
"Kato-san! Was my brother with them?"
Kato shook his head.
"I didn't hear anything about that at all—"
Suddenly Ainosuke was hit with a strong sensation on his left eye as he cried out. It surprised Sayama-sensei so much, that she accidentally hit the breaks hard. Everyone was thrown from their seats as Ainosuke hit his head on the window. She hastily turned around towards him to ask if he was okay. Ainosuke glanced back at her in alarm. Because suddenly he had this intense fear of something dreadful about to happen.
"Sensei! We've got no time left! We must hurry!"
Kato turned around at him as well as he exclaimed.
"But we don't know—"
"I KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW! Sensei, we must hurry!" Ainosuke cried again as he told them the place. Sayama immediately hit the gas as the car made an about turn towards the direction of Yumehito's old workplace. Ainosuke bit his lips as he prayed for his brother's safety...
"Please be safe... Niichan!"
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