the End of Eternity // Bungou Stray Dogs x Reader

Chapter 04; the Fatalist's Sorrow

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟶𝟺

"An invincible girl, huh?" The man said with bored eyes as he shuffled some papers on his desk. "That's your report?"

"Yes, sir." One of the men said as he and two others stood in front of the desk, posture stiff and heads staring straight.

"I could use some more details, you know?" The man at the desk said with a sigh.

"R-Right," The same guy said while the other two were silent. He then went on to explain in more detail. Once he was finished, the man at the desk grinned.

"Thank you for this."

Atsushi's eyes flew open with a gasp. The last thing he remembered was the man named Akutagawa. He had been saying how Atsushi was his target, as well as how Atsushi brought misfortune upon others. And the very last thing was Rashomon.

He stared up at the ceiling for a moment, thinking about that run in in the alley. How the woman who came to the office, Higuchi, was actually with the Mafia. It was a trap.

"Where... am I..?" Atsushi asked slowly as he looked at his surroundings. The room and bed he was in were both unfamiliar to him. Had he been captured by Akutagawa in the end?

"I see you've come to, brat." Atsushi was relieved to hear a familiar voice as he slowly turned his head to look at the blonde man seated next to him.

"Kunikida... san?" The boy said slowly. What happened in the alley still had him quaking in his proverbial boots.

"Damn," Kunikida huffed. "I can't believe you pulled this during such a busy time."

"I.... I was..." Atsushi muttered, his already wide eyes somehow managing to become wider. "I was attacked... by the Mafia...." More memories of that run in in the alley came flooding in. The more violent parts.

Naomi had protected Tanizaki and taken many gun fires to the back.
Tanizaki tried to choke Higuchi, Then was stabbed by Akutagawa's Rashomon.
Akutagawa had taken Atsushi's leg.

Atsushi quickly twitched his leg, and it was still there. But how? No, he'd worry about that later.

"Kunikida-san, where are Tanizaki-san and Naomi-san?!" Atsushi asked urgently as he sat up in his bed.

"Calm down." Kunikida said simply. "They're both okay."

"Are... are you sure...?" He asked slowly.

"Yes, Doctor Yosano is treating Tanizaki right now next door." Kunikida said as he stared at his Ideal notebook, his glasses resting on top of his head. "I heard, brat, that you've a seven billion yen bounty over your head on the black market. Seven billion... you've moved up in the world. No wonder the Port Mafia is set on yet another member of the Agency." He said, looking at Atsushi from the corner of his eye.

"Seven billion?" Atsushi muttered. "What... Wh-What should I do? The Mafia might launch a raid on the Agency! But why me??"

"Don't panic." Kunikida said sternly. "The Port Mafia is certainly violent to the extreme, but keep your cool. Losing your cool can kill even the most skilled." He said as he turned a page in his book, which, upon closer inspection, was upside down.