Case Files of Secret Society holoX (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 8: Peace

Every start of the week, I go to Miyako's cemetery to pay respects to my dead parents. I would make sure to clean their graves and place offerings. It was already a long time since they died but I was managing to live on my own.

"Hello, father. Hello, mother... I just did something weird. I'm on my way to make the world a better place", I said.

I told them what happened to me and how I solved the serial murder case.

Apparently, holoX had connections with people who had influence over politics, including the Miyako Samurai Regiment. The official story was that a bounty hunter killed Haniwa and I tried to chase him down. In the end, I failed to catch the bounty hunter and I returned empty-handed.

But the truth of the entire case was that holoX killed Haniwa in order to avoid a war between the Kageyama Clan and the Miyako Samurai Regiment.

"And then after that, Laplus invited me to holoX and I'm now working under them as a detective", I said.

After telling them what happened to me last week, I left the cemetery and walked into the shrine grounds. The cemetery in Miyako was connected to the Miyako Shrine so I had to pass through it whenever I visited my parents.

A pink-haired girl was sweeping the ground and saw me.

"Good morning, Rihito", she greeted.

"Good morning, Miko", I responded.

Her name was Miko Sakura, the shrine maiden of the Miyako Shrine. Her family was a long line of shrine maidens. Since I visit the cemetery regularly, I would meet her a lot of times.

"Did you just visit your parents?" she asked.

"Yeah. I updated them on what's happening recently", I answered.

I then noticed one weird thing about Miko.

"Are you stressed about something?" I asked.

"Why can you say that?"

"You have noticeable eyebags. And from the way you've been sweeping the same spot for the past few minutes, you're thinking hard about something."

"That's what I should expect from a detective. You're right. I'm troubled about something."

She moved closer towards me.

"Please keep what I'm going to say a secret", she whispered.

"Alright."

"The Primordial Dark and the Primordial Light disappeared from the Astral Plane."

"The Primordial what?"

"Do you know the Primordial Beings?"

I shook my head.

"Primordial Beings are powerful creatures who command an aspect of reality. For example, the Primordial Fire controls all of the fire in existence while the Primordial Death manages the deaths of this world."

"And so, the Primordial Dark commands darkness and the Primordial Light commands light.... What do you mean by "they disappeared?" Are they supposed to be in one place?"

"The Primordial Beings reside in a separate plane of existence from ours called the Astral Plane. They cannot leave it and the only way they can interact with us is by getting a vessel."

"So it's a big deal that the Primordial Dark and the Primordial Light are gone?"

"Yes. I was alarmed that the Primordial Dark was gone for several weeks already. And the Primordial Light recently disappeared. Something is happening and I'm worried."