Precious (Bungou Stray Dogs Chuuya X OC) (BOOK 4)

9

"Did you get that copies of the list of names?" Chuuya asked.

"Sure did." Dazai said while holding up the papers. "I only have one question. How did you retrieve this list of names?"

"I found the hacker in charge of finding all the people. I got him to give me the list and all the information he had on them." Chuuya said.

"How did you convince him to give it to you?"

Chuuya stiffened from the question. "I threatened him." He admitted.

"What did you say?"

"That's not important. Just know that whatever I said, I'm not actually going to do."

"Good." Dazai muttered. He looked closer at the Ames and realized the first four names were crossed off. "Why are some names here crossed off?"

"Those are the people he's captured so far. Unfortunately they didn't survive."

"This list, it's quite small. This isn't all the people that live here in Yokohama, is it?"

"No. For a hacker, he works oddly slow. Is that a problem for you?"

"No. I know someone who can take care of this. Just sit tight of now. And still try to get into that lab. We still need a lot more information."

"I'll do what I can. I'll call if anything."

~

"So how long will this take?" Atsushi asked.

"Only a few seconds." Katai responded as he typed on his computer.

"Only a few seconds? You're fast."

"That's Katai for you." Kunikida pushed his glasses up and wrote in his book. "After what Dazai told us, I fear that helping Chuuya just became ten times more difficult."

"No kidding. Now we have to protect thousands of citizens. Maybe even more." Atsushi sighed.

"Overall, there about 5 million people in Japan that are ability users. But if we only count the ability users here in Yokohama, the numbers go down to about 730." Katai announced.

"That's still quite a lot."

"And even with the list of names that Chuuya gave us, it's still won't help. Mori isn't finding these people in order. So who knows who Mori will go after next." Dazai sighed. It was all so frustrating.

"Can you print out the information of everyone as well?" Kunikida asked.

"Give me exactly one minute."

"Incredible." Atsushi mumbled.

He turned to Dazai. He was looking down at the list of people Chuuya had given him. He hoped that this list would give them an advantage over Mori, but it was only limited. "You're still looking at that list?"

"There's only fifteen names here, not including the people that have been closed out. And from what I can't tell, Mori seems to be finding these people in order. So it'll get chaotic once this list ends."

"Mori will probably figure us out before that list ends. So we don't have much time either way." Kunikida chimed in.

"We have to get Chuuya out of there."

"Not yet. We still need more information. Who knows what Mori is doing to these people to take away these abilities."

"So if we can somehow get our hands on any new information, we can finally get Chuuya out of there?"

"Correct."

The printer turned on and the paper began stacking up. Once it was done, Katai grabbed the small stack and stapled them together. "I hope whatever is on there helps in someway. Don't get yourselves killed."

"We'll try our best."

~

No one was around. Not a single voice could be heard from a mile away. Especially Mori. But even with the man gone, Chuuya was still so stealthy and careful when sneaking into that lab.

He slowly opened up the doors to reveal the dark room. But the more he opened the door, the more light that entered the room. Chuuya poked his head in, but the horrid smell brought him back out.

Chuuya held his breath as he slowly made his way in. And it was no wonder why it smelled so bad in here, the body still laid on the table, lifeless and cold. Chuuya felt like hurling at the sight.

He looked around the room some more. But there wasn't much. All of Mori's supplies sat on a table covered in blood. Empty jars sat on shelves. He assumed those were needed to take away their abilities. But because he hadn't succeeded yet, the jars weren't needed.

Chuuya walked to the desk and looked through a bunch of papers. None of that information was needed. Chuuya sat at the chair and leaned back. "If I were Mori, where in this room would I hide secret information?

He looked around the room some more. Towards the body, the ceiling, the shelves. Nothing came to mind, and it began to frustrate him. "Dammit!" He yelled, banging his fist onto the desk.

But when hiding the desk, it cause a certain sound to come out. He looked under the desk and saw a slight sliding door on the side. He opened it up, revealing a corner to a leather book.

Confused, he reach for the book and carefully took it out. He opened it up, revealing a few blank pages. But a lot of it was filled with sketches of a body. It took him a few seconds to realize that this was anatomy. And that these were the sketches of what he had done so far.

Chuuya smiled at the book. This was exactly the type of information he needed. If only there was more he could do.

"I'll be there soon, Misaki. Just you wait."