Warning: This Chapter contains bothering and uncomfortable gore scenes. If you don't like it, please skip the chapter, if possible.
Case 5,
Betty's Mortuary,
Hajime's POV
Her bloodshot eyes stared right into mine, sending a wierd chill into my spine, as if a hundred monster had been looking at me with thirst. "B...Bet...ty...Betty." She pronounced with a cracking voice. Only one thing was too familiar from by bones—fear.
My hand shakes abruptly, my body starts to get filled with fear. My gaze diverted to Kise, who is smiling cunningly beside me. "W-What the hell is that....?!"
"Looks like we made trouble for ourselves." This guy....! Does he think this is fun?! "Betty Scard. She used to work in the Mortuary here in Rusteu, but suddenly went missing. Who would've thought that she'd come back as a vengeful spirit?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha.... We....have new....co... comers..." She pointed on me, locked eyes and ready to play tag. Meanwhile, decomposing hands came out of the ground and the head on Betty's table bursted out laughing while big vibrations on the ground came one after another, as if something big is coming. Something "big" did, and it was a big headless body that seemed to be the beheaded guy's body.
Zombies came out of the ground and stared at me with hunger in their eyes. The zombies' eyes are visibly round and only strands of hair are left. Their clothes are torn while some bones are gauging out of their decomposing flesh. Teeth seemed falling off as their mouths and gums are creeping with gross worms. I'd rather have my body cremated than have myself be farmed by these grasses!
"Uh.....Kise? Don't you think they're staring at me too much?" He just smiled with a "brush it off" expression making me feel.lore uncomfortable. "They're drooling, idiot!" I shouted, running to his back to hide while the zombies followed gazed onto me.
"Oh, what a cute scaredy cat." He grinned. How the hell can he be this composed in front of those?! What if those damn zombies gouge out my little brain?! God, please spare me! Please let me live, I don't care if I have to sacrifice this useless exorcist!
"They're too focused on you... I wonder why." Well, if you had time to speculate, then use it to eliminate them instead!
"Why would they come for a brainless fool like you?! Just use your time killing them, you're an exorcist, right?!" I can't stop my legs from shaking abruptly!
He sighed, looking at me pitifully as if I look pathetic from begging. "If you insist, then we should hurry, I have a little stuff planned out after this." His big hand patted my head. It's heavy.
"Idiot, zombies only eats flesh, this is not a zombie game where zombies go for your brains. Leave it to this pro hottie exorcist!" He posed an assuring smile which pisses me off more. Hope he gets eaten by those zombies.
He held out his hand in the spirit's direction and slowly, something bright accumulated in his hand and eventually fired into the enemies. Somehow, the zombies perished and turned into glowing something and eventually floated in the sky until they disappeared.
"My...My...F...riends...! MY FRIENDS!!!" Suddenly, she lost it. He gnawed into the headless body and rapidly hit the head onto the ground over and over until the brain is coming out and ate it. I think I saw enough for today! Please, get me home!
Slowly, my chest tightened and breathing seemed impossible to do. "Hold on, Hajime, I'll get it out of you immediately!"
Is that Kise? Why is he shouting too much...? My body feels really heavy... I just want to sleep...
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"Oh, god, this death is gruesome!" A girl suddenly exclaimed. "I'm sorry you have to go through something like this." The woman added as she examines the guy who had his head severed from his body. This is the guy on Betty's plate. This girl works in this Mortuary.
"The final subject is here, you should start before it piles up." A man came in. He's wearing a black coat and hat. He has a mischievous smile and mysterious aura looming in him.
"I get it. Please bring it inside, Sir Inor." He smiled, and carried a body of a woman inside. "I'm going to leave it here, hope you enjoy this moment of your life. This woman is killed by the townspeople after speaking arrogantly in front of the Sanctuary's Priests, take good care of her." Betty never dared to look at the woman, she's too immersed in the other guy.
As she finished, she went directly into the woman on the other side. A loud scream left her mouth once she saw the figure. "Mo...Mom?! MOM!!!" Tears streamed down her face as she held her mother's lifeless body with grief and vengeful eyes.
The Inor guy smiled cunningly from the back as she grived for her dead mother. He slowly tapped her shoulder and black aura came out of his hand and eventually enveloped the woman's body.
"Just wait, mom, I will avenge you. I'll kill all those people. I'll kill that priest. I'm gonna kill, kill, kill all of them!!! I'll show them who's superior!" She laughed out very loud as she took a scalpel near her and cut her own hand and left it bleeding until she lost her life.
Slowly, her body decomposed hastily and her body transformed. Her clothes become a maid-like costume and her face changed into a gruesome one. The dead people on the Mortuary started to come alive and bow down to her as he won't stop her laugh. Now, I've come to realize, it's Betty.
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I gently opened my eyes, and came to realize that I was inside of an unfamiliar room. It feels like I had an important dream, but all those seemed to disappeared completely inside my head. Unfamiliar bed, colors, windows, air. But I know something is familiar—the smell is Kise's, I can tell from the similar small on his clothes. I'm not tryna be a pervert, I just unconsciously remembered the smell!
The door opened and revealed a figure I don't wanna see right now. White shirt with a cat design, emphasizing his golden yellow hair. Clear glasses on his eyes, and an earring I never got the chance to notice, or it was not there before. He looks better as a model, I must say.
"Where am I? Wait, this is you're house isn't it?" He looked at me once again with the same look of pity for my patheticness.
"I've taken you here before." He still hasn't wiped his look. "Anyways, sorry for yesterday."
Yesterday? That was yesterday?! "I was out for that long?" He chucked.
"Because you're utterly weak and idiotic." Here he goes again, going on and insulting me. I can't believe pots can call kettle black every single time over and over without feeling insecure. "It was unexpected. Betty suddenly consumed other spirits to grown stronger and attempted to possess your body. I had to seal you for a while and call someone to remove the possession."
"Aren't you an exorcist yourself? Can't you do that?" He sighed and shook his head for a "no".
He scratched the back of head embarrassedly. "I can only terminate evil spirits. I'm afraid my power might contaminate your soul with so much purity that you might lose your life in the process, so I had to consult someone with expertise. Even with proper training, I can never do that because my power affects spirits, including humans'." So, he's basically half useful. Good enough.
"Who's the person who helped me? I want to thank him properly." His eyes looked at me with intention. "What? You took me to that place, so it's your responsibility to protect me. It's your fault! I don't need to thank someone who brought trouble for me!"
"What?! Can't you be a little kinder, you idiot? I helped you get someone to cure you!",
"But you're also the reason why I was possessed!" He went silent. He probably couldn't argue anymore.
"Sorry," he muttered. "His name is Creius Rafael Serenedus. He's a distant cousin of mine."
Oh... I guess being an exorcist is bloodline heritage. Powers like mine is probably something that rarely happens to people.
I guess I'll ask him to take me to that person if I'm not busy anymore to thank this cousin of his properly.
"Take me to him once you're not busy anymore." He sighed and nodded for approval. "Anyways, why are you dressed like that....?"
"I'm going back to school. Help me in registering tomorrow." Oh, I guess he want to continue college life. I guess this is better than being bored at home alone. I'll hang out with this idiot for a while.
"Okay."
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I said okay, but I never expected the plot twist..."Why the hell are we at my school?!"
"You don't own it, so I have the privilege to learn here."
"But you literally said you graduated 12th grade! That means you're already college, idiot!" He chucked awkwardly. "What?"
He fiddled his finger. I swear, it's not cute, it's gross! "I actually went to school until 11th, not 12... I guess I told that by mistake... You see, I'm just 17...and I'm supposed to be 12th grade by this enrollment... So, hehe..."
My hand went on by itself and hit his head unannounced. He crouched in pain, but too bad I'm not that kind to feel guilty towards this dumbo! Serves you right, Dumb Kise!
"I'm going back to class. And don't talk to me in school, you creep me out."
"Hey, that's rude!" He complained, holding his head from pain.
Don't mind him, Hajime. Idiot's like him will just ruin your day. Calm down.
"Oh, Hajime, I heard there's a new hottie transfer at Nelson Mandela." Rizen waved from his seat as I walk inside the classroom. He leaned closer and whispered, "I heard you're close to him."
I smacked the table. "Oh, yeah? Who would want to be close with that idiot?"
My gaze diverted to the girls gathering in front. "Oh my god, he gave me his Hermes account when I asked for it! He looks really smart!"
"Omg, I should also get his number! What's the guy's name?"
"Nijiro Kise! Oh my god, he's so hot, gurl!!!" As s
The other girl said it, the others came exclaiming and talking to one another.
Rizen chucked, "You had your answer." I clicked my tongue out of reflex. "You two seemed really close."
"Hell, nah!" My words made him chuckled more. God, this is so embarrassing!
"Anyways, girls, did you hear about the new rumors on section 3?" A girl who suddenly came in the conversation changed the topic, activating my curiosity.
"Section 3? You mean Fyodor Dostoevsky section next door?!"
"Oh, god, another rumors of ghosts? Aren't those probably just perverts?" the other doubted.
"I heard from a friend that the 'other' rumored ghosts disappeared, but there seemed to be a scary one left there! It's a girl in red dress!!!" The others went quiet.
"Isn't that..." the others formed a small circle and put their faces closer to each other and whispered more things into their ears that I cannot hear anymore.
"What's with section Dostoevsky?" I asked.
"Apparently, it's a haunted classroom since years ago. It is said that someone committed suicide there and that was the start of the expanding rumors about other evil spirits looming there." Rizen replied.
This school is scarier than I thought.... I better not get involved further more into these paranormal stuffs anymore, I had enough of fear inside me.
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