A Shin Soukoku Story (Akutagawa x Atsushi)

Chapter 3: Well What Are You Waiting For?

"Well let's get to work." The were-tiger said to the other.

And with that they walked into the warehouse only to be meet with a bare room with not even a trace of where all of it could have gone. I mean nothing, Ranpo leaves more crumbs than what was left over in this warehouse.

The two stood there dumbfounded as they stared at the empty warehouse both thinking "How the hell are we going to solve who's behind this if there's NOTHING here!" They both turned slowly to one another and gave each other a look that said 'They got to be f-ing with us.'

But before they could get a word out, the warehouse windows suddenly were covered and the door behind them shut suddenly making both of them flinch and setting them on alert for anything that might pop out.

As soon as the warehouse went completely dark, candles that somehow appeared out of thin air began to light one by one til the the entire warehouse was covered in an orange-yellow dim light. As all the candles were lit in the center stood a dark figure, couldn't see much besides the fact they had a hooded cloak that covered their entire complexion. They had their backs turned to the two.

Akutagawa spared no time and yelled "Who are you, and what the hell do you want with the Mafia, besides a target on your back." The figure just stood their not moving an inch at Akutagawa's statement.

Trying again Akutagawa said "I won't repeat myself again, Wh-."

The mysterious figure was in front of the two within the blink of an eye. And despite the dim lighting they could make out that the shadowy figure had a mask underneath their hooded cloak.

The figure grabbed both the 2 boys hands and intertwined them with their own.

"WOW! Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! I'm actually meeting the two of you!!!" Despite them wearing a voice modulator they could still hear the excitement in the figures voice.

Atsushi decided to intervene before Akutagawa tried to make the figures hands a nice snack for Rashomon. "And who might you be, since you seem to know us so well?"

The figure only turned to look towards Atsushi and tell him "I can't discuss the information regarding my identity to anyone outside of any specified ranks." They said it in such a cold tone it sent shivers down his spine. "BUT, I CAN LEARN ABOUT YOU!!!"

Akutagawa intervened seeing as his patients was wearing thin. "IM DONE, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND WHY HAVE YO-" before he could finish the figure shifted their mask and blew some blue dust into his face. "What....the...he-." And with that Akutagawa passed out.

Atsushi let out a loud shout yanking his hand away from the figure and grabbed hold of Akutagawa. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HIM?!?!?" He got into a defensive position ready for any attacks still holding an unconscious Akutagawa in his arm.

The figure just scoffed "Relaaxxx, your boy toy will just be sleep for a little while and he'll wake up with no problems. But I can't say the same for you." With that the figure blew a mixture of blue, pink, and green dust into the were-tigers face. The tiger tried its best to resist the effects of the concoction, but luck was not on his side and he also fell unconscious holding a tight grip onto Akutagawa in an attempt to protect him.

Before he could fall unconscious he saw the figure take of their mask and he swore he recognized that face before. But none the less he fell asleep before he could figure out who the person was.

⏭Time skip brought to you by Chuuya's expensive wine

Akutagawa woke up on the warehouse floor. He had a headache seeing as his head was in agony. He tried to get up but he felt a weight on top of him. It was Jinko.