Durarara!! Vol. 5

Connecting Chapter

Morning of May 4th, an apartment building in Shinjuku

"......"

Heiwajima Shizuo stood before one certain door, clenching his fists in fury.

Blood was dripping from his tight fists. One could only guess the magnitude of the force with which he clenched them.

"......Stupid flea......! Going around wasting my time......!"

Veins protruded from his face as the muttering came from the depths of his lungs.

If anyone happened to have been next to him and heard him say it, they'd probably think his lungs were directly fueled by the fires of Hell.

What aggravated him was a sheet of paper pasted to the door.

[We've Moved! Find us at ------------- ]

No human presence could be felt at the place where Izaya had both worked and dwelled.

Seeing as how the notice was still on the door, this place probably had yet to attract new tenants. While Shizuo had every impulse to just kick down the door and destroy everything he could find inside, he fought desperately to swallow the thought since that would only hurt the actual owner of this apartment.

"......He wasted my time twice......I'M GONNA KILL HIM OVER AND OVER......!"

As Shizuo, whose veins were still visible on his face, thought of the face of his mortal enemy, he turned his back to the apartment door and began to walk back.

Less than a minute later - 

A woman tore off the sheet of paper at the same time Shizuo stormed out of the apartment building.

"......How protozoic does that Shizuo's brain have to be for such a crude trick to work so well on him?"

The woman - Yagiri Namie - was looking down from the open corridor.

Her gaze fell on the figure of the man in the bartender suit who was walking in huge strides away from the scene.

"Why does he have to use such roundabout means when he can easily get to that guy?"

Namie watched Shizuo leave without much concern and muttered coldly. 

"If knives don't do the trick, he could have just poisoned him."

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Why did Heiwajima Shizuo come to Izaya's apartment looking for him?

It all went back to the morning of May 4th. 

"Ah, she's awake!"

It was about 6 a.m. in Shinra's apartment.

The one who made that sound wasn't Shinra, Tom or Shizuo - but a high school girl wearing glasses.

Shizuo and Tom were there when Celty had brought her in and said "She's been attacked by some violent guys, let her stay for the night.”  

Though Shinra had told her she didn't have to do anything, Anri had replied that she couldn't stand doing nothing and took it upon herself to take care of the little girl anyway. 

Shinra rose from his computer desk upon hearing Anri's call.

"I'll be there right away."

He washed his hands under running water and made for the bedroom with a sterile medical scope and other equipment in his hands.

"Speaking of which......I forgot to tell Celty about this kid."

- Whatever. She looked dead busy anyway so I guess that could wait till later.....