Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 33. Possibility Towards the End of Time
The two sisters fell silent at what Kaito said. Ryou who swallowed the bread in his mouth with a single swallow immediately got up and stood in front of Kaito.
“What did you mean just now….Kaito?”
Ryou's eyes looked very sharp and cynical. Kino also couldn't do anything since she was also so shocked to hear that. Kaito just fell silent and finished the bread in his hand. After that he woke up and asked the two of them to come with him.
Kaito leads them down the road to the strange rungs he encounters. The two teenagers could only follow him. But the longer, the more tense they got and their hands felt sweaty. Kino who was carrying a shopping bag filled with bread was also sempa almost dropped it because it was so tense. Unusual things can be felt by them.
“I'm sure you've never fully circumnavigated this road. The first time I brought you two here was this morning when we just got back from ‘world night’. But, I want you guys to know it” too
“Where do you want to take us, Kaito?” Ryou asked with a serious face
The two teenagers continued to look to the right and left of the area they came to until Kaito finally stopped.
“Actually, the place I want to show you is this road. This ladder is what I mean by a new thing that I still do not understand”
“……”
Kino advanced a little and looked at the rungs of the ladder. He could see the distance of the stairs was a bit far from each other. In addition, there are resident residences that are not so crowded at first glance. After his steps were up, he could see a straight path leading to a deeper place.
“Why did Kaito-san take us to this place?”
“You interesting things. Until yesterday, this staircase and the straight path down it was nothing at all”
“What...katamu?!”
The faces of the two looked extremely shocked this time. Kaito himself did not say anything for a while. Ryou walked up and looked at the stairs closer and said.
“Kaito, what the hell is this? This is no longer a funny thing”
“This is what I'm talking about. I don't know why there is such a thing. I told you, this is beyond my expectations. I think because the pieces of my memory that are in ‘world malam’ I've got so ‘world’ it's gone. Along with the disappearance of ‘world malam’, a new thing happened and one that was created is ini”, Kaito explained his thoughts
Of course it was not an easy thing that the two of them could take for granted. Moreover, the three of them had also experienced something unpleasant since morning.
“Do Kaito-san know what's down there?” Kino asked with a curious face
“I've gone there and it's not a pleasant place. The place was so humid, seedy, illumination lacking and full of unfriendly people. I guess they don't even like being in touch with the residents of this town”
Hearing Kaito's explanation, the two of them fell silent and looked towards the descending steps.
“What's there dangerous, Kaito-san?”
“Can be. But, considering that those people are not happy to see me there, most likely they really do not like being in touch with the residents of this city”
Ryou looked towards Kaito's body and immediately pulled out a sentence with a soft tone.
“Surely they think you're a criminal or a escaped criminal, right? Anyone would not want to approach you with a sword without a sheath there. You should have bought a sword sheath like mine”
“.....” Kaito is silent because he is used to Ryou's mouth
“Nee, Kaito..want to go down again with me and Kino?” Ryou and his strange idea begin to emerge
Like not listening to Kaito's explanation, the curiosity from him this time was stronger than expected. Now, their focus on their lost pocket watch is like it's gone.
“Ryou?” Kino looked at the sister's face with a shocked look
“ I was very curious about that place. Aren't you curious about Kino?”
“But, Kaito-san already said the place is dangerous. Why do you really want to go there. I'm sure there's no clue about our lost” pocket watch
“It's not just about that. It's about how strange the current ‘world day’ changes. What if it turns out this place has a clue about Kaito's memory. Nee, you think so too, right?” Ryou looked towards Kaito
Kaito shook his head and said “you better stop all that, Ryou”
“Why?!” and now Ryou's face looks unhappy
Kaito took out his pocket watch and showed them the time that it showed them. Now they look tense. The time indicated that the clock was at 05:19, only 41 minutes left until the sun goes down.
“Now...understand what I mean right?”
“....” they both went silent
“We don't have time to go to that place because of this. Until yesterday, we clearly know that after sunset or sunrise will definitely change to one of the ‘both worlds’. But, with the loss of ‘world malam’, I don't know what else is happening in ‘world noon’ next”
“……”
“In addition, I don't want us to forget our initial goal of wanting to find your pocket watch both” Kaito continued
Now, they finally realized that they still had to find a clue regarding their pocket watch.
“In 41 minutes, where do you want to find again? It's impossible to search aimlessly anymore like before right? I told Kino some time ago that it was impossible to find that pocket watch in just 12 hours” Ryou and a face that shows his protest attitude
“It makes sense. The truth is, normal people know. The problem is that you and your brother have been out of the definition of ‘normal’ in my dictionary since you guys got stuck in this place. So, think of something weird that you guys just experienced”
A very touching compliment from Kaito for the two brothers. Ryou's reddened face from holding back his annoyance was the proof. In fact, even though Ryou did not say it but his face and hand holding the sword hilt were already representative of his heart.
‘I'd love to kill this kid. Criminal bottom!’
And Kino tried her best to calm her sister down with her grocery bag. After everything calmed down, they began to think about leaving the place.
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“Today I got enough money. With this, I'm sure Stelani and the others can have dinner. Mercifully. I can hardly believe I can do all that heavy work alone”
Theo remembers everything he did besides cleaning his shoes in the garden and mowing the weeds. Lifting sacks of rice and wheat many times, washing dirty dishes in piled restaurants, helping to lift large stones in building materials stores and that's all he did alone to earn money from
people who are willing to use their services.
But, what made her most happy was meeting a good person who gave her bread for free.
“The brother...Where is it now? Is he mad because I just ran away without saying thank you to him?”
Theo continued to walk straight along the road. The area where it runs is a residential area that is not too crowded. When he saw what was in front of him, his eyes opened wide. It was the man who had given him bread.
“That's..the brother that was–”
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He saw her along with two other people, one whom he had met and the other whom he did not know. Of course from the first moment he met, he had already seen the person called sister by the person who gave him the bread carrying a sword with him, but he was looking at the other one with a frightened look.
‘What feeling is this? I don't know why I didn't want to go near him. But... why? Is it because he carries a sword without a sword sheath?’
This feeling is unusual. It's just that he kept his feet up when he saw them about to go away from the road with the stairs. His mouth opened as if to call out to him, but he did not.
‘If go...I won't be able to thank that big brother, but–’
He did not lie to himself, he was afraid to see people who were near the older brother. He not only remembered what he said while running from them. The sentence that he had done evil to the big brother, but he was much more afraid of the swordless man with whom he was with. An unusual fear that even outweighed his fear of Justin. All of those thoughts made him hesitate and let them leave just like that. He looked at it from a distance, the steps of the three of them were getting further away from the place and Theo was just silent.
“In the end..I didn't even get to thank you”.
Theo looked at them with a sad and disappointed look.
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Walking away from the stairs, they went back down the big road in the city. After some time and some distance, Ryou took out his watch and showed it to Kaito.
“Kaito, try to get out your pocket watch to me”
“Hmm? That thing–” Kaito looked at Ryou's hand and he saw a silver clock
“Pocket hours. I bought it full of unpleasant drama with a mustache fat in his shop. I deliberately bought it because when we split with you earlier we did not know what time and how much time left”
“At first because I had agreed to gather at the fountain pool, I thought of continuing to search along the street in the city. Since Ryou suddenly found me, we finally decided to look for Kaito-san as well”, Kino explained
“I'm not sure if the time shown by the pocket watch you carry with this watch is the same. After all that pocket watch of yours has special powers, just like ours”
Kaito opens the lid of his pocket watch and when likened to the object Ryou brought turns out to be the same.
“It looks like the time in this ‘world day’ is following my pocket watch as well” Kaito draws a conclusion
“Thank God, it was not in vain that I had a great debate with that mustachioed fat guy!”
“Ryou..keep your manners” Kino can only advise her sister
It's not really good. Time just shows at 05:35, Who would have thought after the long chat they did, the remaining time is only 25 minutes.
“So, how is the plan? Want to look for it again?” Kaito asked as he put his pocket watch back in
“I don't know. Ryou and I have been looking for him continuously but there are no clues at all. Even a few times I assumed the impossible”
“It is impossible yes, like what for example?” kaito's eyes turned sharp all of a sudden
“I was originally thinking if maybe the pocket watch was stolen.but I didn't think so when I checked the contents of my pants pocket. The money given by Kaito-san from the results of selling the bidder is still there so–” Kino spoke in a sad tone
“Stolen..”.
“That's because we both heard a very strange rumor at altar”
Ryou explained to Kaito everything he heard in detail. Kino did not have time to find out more at that time but he did hear that before leaving the altar earlier this afternoon. Here, a sharp look from Kaito's eyes began to be seen again.
“Do you not know that, Kaito?” Ryou asked
“I know. I had time to go to the altar from an unexpected way”
“.....” the two brothers fell silent with confused faces
“This may not make sense. Even though I don't really remember which way I walked, but one of the many narrow alleys in that street can take you through to the road behind the altar. It's amazing, isn't it? Unexpected things like that”
That's not a compliment. Kaito said that with a sharp and serious eye. Shock faces began to adorn the two brothers and once again, Kaito's explanation began to make them lose all words.
“When I reached the altar and asked the people around me about the street, I heard that there were a group of children who often asked for donations in front of the entrance of the altar going home through that street”
“Entrance?! Little kids you say?! I know it was from the guard. The officer said they had only been there for a week” Ryou who was shocked by Kaito's words finally spoke
“When passing through that gloomy place I had time to see them even though I did not greet them. And the more interesting thing of all is the case of the loss of items that happened at the altar. I heard it just happened the last week. Do you two think this is a coincidence?”
Hearing what Kaito said made the two of them think about what happened in less than 12 hours on that day.
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