Partners In Crime ~ Oumasai smut --DISCONTINUED--

Is this the truth of the case?

Shuichi couldn't help but listen in on Maki and Kokichi's conversation. As soon as he accidentally overheard the words, "to talk to you like a real person",  he was convinced that there was something much more to their little chat..

Nevertheless, Saihara's blood turned cold as Maki hissed those words. Like a real person...? Without lies? Tricks..? But what kind of "real person" could Kokichi possibly be hiding..? What does Maki know-


"If word gets out that I'm an assassin, you're next on my hitlist."


...W-What....? 

I could feel myself nearly lose my balance as she said that...

"Heyy, Shuichi!"

"A-Ah, Kokichi! I w-was just.. coming out to get you, haha..."
"Awwwe, how cute... I know a lie when I hear one. But I'll just tell you one thing..."

His demeanor quickly changing, he glared at me with a subtle kind of raw, true honesty...


"Maki isn't what she seems. She's not the Ultimate Child Caregiver, I'll tell you that much. Stay away from her."

"Wh.. What..??"


Unexpectedly, Kokichi suddenly latched on to me with a big, cheeky grin.

"But who am I to worry you..? After all, I am a liar."
"H-Huh..?"

"I said, I might be lying, you big dummy..! Now, can we go to the dining hall to eat? I'm staaaaaarving....."

Brushing off the rather serious, stale air, I spoke through the lump in my throat..
"I-Is that a lie..? Y-You being.. hungry...?"

"Who can say? You'll find out when we get there."


Still, while walking to the dining hall, I couldn't get what he had said off of my mind...What Maki had said, even more... Real person..? Hit list..? Assassin..??


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"I'm... Shuichi Saihara. They call me the Ultimate Detective, but...
"What? You're a detective? That's amazing!"
"Ah, no... I don't have the credentials to call myself a detective yet.
I just... happened to solve a case that I came across and... now people call me that."
"Not many people can "just happen" to solve a case. You should be more proud of that."

"I believe in you, so you should definitely believe in yourself!"

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Now's not the time to be stalling. If I'm really the Ultimate Detective, I should make sure nothing fishy's going on between those two... for the safety of others.

Also, like Kokichi said, Maki doesn't exactly seem like the "Ultimate Child Caregiver". Even though she said that she was an Assassin, that may not be for certain... she could have even been lying.... I'll have to find out for myself.
I don't want to seem like I doubt her, or am scared of her... but she doesn't give off a very calming aura. Like she's hiding something.. and maybe, Kokichi isn't lying.



After Ouma and I had eaten a hearty meal, I made my way to Maki's room. One thing about her room is that when we were moving into this apartment complex, she chose the most secluded and hidden room. It was further than the other's, with quite a few corners and turns to take to get there.

Well, I should start there.  I thought to myself. I might be able to get a glimpse of the inside of her room, to see if there are any weapons or incriminating items... but my travels were quickly cut short.



"A-Ah-- ghk-"

"What's your motive?"

"Ngh... wh-what-- hrgh.. are you.. doing...?"


And there I dangled, just one turn away from her room's door. It all happened in a flash. She clutched my neck tight, holding me high enough to not touch the ground, staring dead into my eyes.


"What is your motive, Shuichi Saihara?" Maki said this much more clearly, with much more spite than before. I could feel her lethal grip tighten, my consciousness fading because of it... my breathing slower and more pained......


"I-I.... I just wanted to.... know if you.. w-were..... a threa...t...."


"Yes, I am a threat. This is what you get for eavesdropping. What you heard is most certainly true. I am the Ultimate Assassin. And this is what happens when you try to investigate a petty "case" of yours that's none of your business-"

Also in a flash, I felt lighter... like I was flying, nearly.... I could no longer feel her grip on my neck. I could breathe again.. Like someone's arms were wrapped around me.....


And, as if a guardian angel had swept me in their arms,
Kokichi Ouma held on to me tightly.

"Woooow, Miss Harukawa, I didn't think you'd stoop so low as to harm the one who saved us from the killing game. You really are a dirty murderer, aren't you?"
His voice was laced with much more rage than I'd ever heard it. He gently laid me down near the deadly Assassin's room, standing up once more, defending me.


"What the hell do you want? Get out of my way. If anything, you should be condoning his death. Don't you want our secret to stay hidden? It wouldn't benefit you and your "secret" organisation very well if it got out."

Kokichi nearly scoffed at this remark, burying his face in his hands and beginning to chuckle painfully at her obliviousness.


"Don't you see, Maki?! We are fake. The game was a fictional world. There is NO secret organisation. There is NO orphanage. You are not an assassin, and I am not a Supreme Leader. None of us are what we think we are. For all I fucking know, our memories were probably fabricated!! So do yourself a favour and stop living by that false image of yourself."



Maki's expression turned so malicious and sour it was hard to look at.
"... you and your stupid lies. Do you really expect me to believe that?! I'll kill you too!!"


"N-No... stop this....." I barely mouthed, slowly trying to stand, regaining my strength...


"Oh, but you wouldn't. The amount of times we saved each other during childhood are uncountable. We were both abandoned, they tried to make us assassins, and then our "parents" were killed-"

"I get it. Stop your dumb monologuing. You're close to me, and I don't care. Now stop ranting and move out of the way so I can kill him."

"I won't."

"Then I'll make you-"


"Stop it!!"

I stumbled in front of Kokichi, trying to protect him and stop the fight...

My mind couldn't stop racing...

I don't understand what's happening.... What are they talking about..? Why is this happening? How are they related??

And, most importantly...


Is Kokichi in trouble..?


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