Bsd meets beast Bsd

Chapter 26 (Chapter 2 part 9 in the novel)

After leaving the Mafia headquarters, Tanizaki headed over to the detectiveagency's truck parked nearby and hid in the truck bed.

 "Hmm... Only thirty minutes until sundown," he anxiously mutteredwhile checking his watch. "I really hope Akutagawa's doing okay..." 

"You're a really good kid. But remember, being good all the time will get you killed." Koyou said suddenly.

"Thank you " the boy replied and the older nodded. 

All of a sudden, Kyouka's cell phone rang until it randomly answereditself, and a voice started to come out of it.

 "Demon...Snow."The audio was full of static and the voice seemed somewhatsynthesized, but it was undoubtedly Akutagawa speaking."Stop... Do not...kill your master Kyouka." 

"What the...?!"Tanizaki grabbed the phone in a fluster, but it wouldn't turn on no matterwhat button he pressed. Someone had turned it off remotely. Hovering overKyouka's unconscious body, Demon Snow gently nodded beforedisappearing. 

"Dazai-san why?" Tanizaki asked to his senior.

"Just watch." Dazai said making chuuya roll his eyes in annoyance. 

 Inside the Mafia headquarters, Atsushi held his handheld transceiver indisbelief."I took sound bites of Akutagawa's voice when he gave the order and spliced themtogether to make a different order, then played it through Kyouka's cell phone." Dazai wasthe epitome of calm. "After that, I remotely cut the phone off, so they couldn't make anynew orders to threaten you."

"That is very smart at least for him." Ranpo said munching on a donut (again where he got it? No clue.)

 "So that means Kyouka's—" 

"She's safe now... Well, I wish I could say that, but there's another thing I'm worriedabout," began Dazai. 

"Kyouka is still being held captive by the enemy. In other words, ifAkutagawa finds out what happened, he might contact his colleagues and have Kyoukakilled. Of course, I plan on finding her, but it's going to be hard, since her captor can createillusions and essentially disappear with his skill. There's only one way we can be certainshe'll be okay."

 "I need to kill Akutagawa before he gives orders to kill her...," repliedAtsushi so calmly that he sounded delirious. He tightly squeezed thetransceiver in his hand. 

"Save Kyouka, Atsushi." 

"I can't believe you're using loved ones to achieve your goal." Kunikida said while Mori and Fyodor were thinking on how to put this new piece of information to good use.

The connection cut off. Atsushi curled forward as he held the now silenthandheld transceiver. His back trembled from the fear that had nowhere elseto go.But that trembling found an exit, and it suddenly stopped. 

"'Those who fail to protect others do not deserve to live.'"Atsushi shifted his gaze forward, a cold, pale fire burning in his eyes.

================================================================================================================================================================A/N - Sorry for the short chapter guys but this is the end of chapter 2 in the novel so I wanted to start chapter 3 with a fresh chapter. Thank you!!