Chapter Fifty-One: Mystery Woman

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If he dies, the age of Pirates will come to an end.
You'll be the cause of that.
Because of your selfish desires, the Pirate King will fall, and nobody will dare take his place when war wages between the sea and land.
But what then, if you kill the Queen?


Are you willing to let an entire country fall for the sake of one bloodthirsty man?


A beast with a kind mask, you will never feel the terror his victims felt before he killed them where he stood. Have you forgotten that?


The King of Pirates is chosen out of fear and strength, are you willing to ignore his slaughter then?

A hand rose and rapped on the cabin door. Where was Komaeda just then? He hadn't even realized he was deep in thought until the racket pulled him back in. That familiar woman again... Why wouldn't she simply leave him alone?
Mukuro stepped back from the door after she knocked.
"Ryoko? The Captain is here to check up on you. Could you come out now?"


Silence followed from inside the room, not even a shift of movement. Nagito almost thought of knocking himself but Kamukura beat him to it, calling out after he knocked.
"Ryoko, are you feeling well?" He tried, only for more silence to meet the small group.


"Should we go in?" The fluffy pirate thought to suggest. The dark man didn't respond but took the idea as he reached for the doorknob.
Just at that moment, something heavy fell against the door on the other side, stopping him from pushing it open normally.


"Go away," A woman's voice echoed from within the room. It appeared as though she fell into the door herself, but it didn't sound like Ryoko at all.
It was familiar to an extent, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Mukuro did mention she hadn't sounded human when she spoke; was she really suffering that much grief from Matsuda's death?
Well, he had no right to judge, it had only been a few days and she had been in love with the man, it wouldn't be easy to lose someone you cared about so suddenly.
"Ryoko," Izuru exhaled. "At least eat, I won't have you fainting from starvation."


The silence continued for a long minute before it sounded as though she moved from the door.
"This despair..." She could be heard muttering on the other side. "I don't understand. Why? Why, why, why?"
He looked to Kamukura, then to Mukuro, but neither seemed to have an answer. Her muttering continued, but too quiet to hear clearly any longer.


Suddenly, the door clicked as it opened slightly. Only an eye peeked out from the darkness to look upon the group, but it was all Komaeda needed to feel his heart freeze. He wasn't imagining it back then, was he?
Ryoko... She was... She was the woman he had seen in his dreams.


"Do you think I'll forget?" Her voice quivered, blue eyes glazed over, and her face red from tears. "Captain, I'm starting to forget. I don't want to forget... This horrible, disgusting, delicious despair..."
"What are you-" Komaeda started, only to stop himself quickly. Her strange string of words was accompanied by a smile, her fingers around the doorframe shaking as she spoke.


"So you're awake now?" Kamukura didn't sound surprised in the slightest, as opposed to Mukuro or Nagito himself. "His memories were right, then, you didn't die that day."
"You saved me, and for what?" The woman looked to the ground, giving a hint of blonde hair through the crack. "No, not you. Hajime saved me, you... Changed and forgot. I almost died, and Hajime rescued me to come aboard. They were looking for me because I helped you, I didn't have any choice but to become Ryoko. From the start, despair was crawling through my body and digging into my heart. It hurts so much that it feels good. Addicting, really."

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