Ilaya left the cafe at 5 pm and decided to take a walk. She chose the path that circles around the old house. She saw many things that gave her the feeling of nostalgia and familiarity, like the feeling of returning home after so long, but that's it.
She didn't manage to remember a sliver of memories. The one thing she's sure of is that there is definitely something in that house that can trigger her mind.
'I hope that the landowner of that house agrees to rent that house for me, or I'll definitely sneak in that house at night, I have a key afterall. Though I'm not sure if my key is for that door'
But I need to buy a phone and contact Yamato, to know if the landlord agreed so I'll leave the plan of sneaking inside as my last resort.
She decided that she had enough walking and left. While inside of the cab, she planned her next move now that she has finally known the meaning behind that address.
Since I have two more days left before I start to work, I think it's best to tighten my spending from now on. At least until I get my pay at my work.
'Hmm… First, I'm going to explore the city in two days, I'm free anyway so maybe I'll get lucky and find more familiar landspots'
The image of the Tokyo City's map formed in her head. She marked the hotel that she's staying in as the center and divided the whole city into 4 parts. She's going to explore the two upper parts on the first day, with searching half day for each half. Then search the two lower parts with the same method on her second day.
'Then, my second plan is to work so that I'll have funding for my activities, but I don't know if it's going to be enough. Sigh… I'm definitely going to be in saving mode for a long time'
If I'm going to stay here in this city, I'll also need to look for a boarding house. That's the best for my current financial situation… or what? Stay at the hotel everyday? Then my wallet is going to get wrecked!
I'll really need to contact Yamato as soon as possible, so that maybe I'll be able to rent that house. It's old anyway so maybe I'll be able to bargain. Maybe I'll borrow the store owner's or my colleague's phone to contact him so I'll be able to decide if I'm going to look for a boarding house or rent that house
'My third plan then is to search that house as thoroughly as possible. By now, I'm 100% sure that I stayed at that house, I just don't know if it was long ago or just before I lost my memories'
Ilaya's thoughts worked so rapidly that she didn't even notice that she had arrived at her hotel. She arrived at 6pm, paid the driver, then headed toward the hotel. But before she entered, Ilaya heard the siren of a police car and she saw an ambulance pass through the road.
"I wonder what happened?"
She thought for a bit then shrug
'Well, that's got nothing to do with me'
She then entered the hotel and went to her room to rest. She laid down in bed and stared at the ceiling with nothing on her mind. Just savoring the feeling of emptiness
"Not knowing anything about yourself is horrible, struggling all alone without someone to lean on"
She softly said as she curled up and then let sleep takes her suffering away
…
Not far from the hotel that Ilaya is staying in, police cars and ambulances blared their sounds and flashed their lights. They drove fast then came to a stop at the side of a road. There are many people curiously looking over and taking pictures inside the narrow alleyway. Inside the passage lay the bodies of dead people who each had gunshot wounds in their bodies.
The police immediately cordoned off the scene and pushed the curious onlookers away from the crime scene. The police then started their investigation and looked for clues.
One police officer is studying one body, finding tattoos from it. If Ilaya sees the police officer, she'll immediately know that it's the good cop she first met after waking up.
The cop then got up and walked at the distance where another group of dead bodies lay. He searches for clues again and to find another type of tattoos. Without a doubt, he finds one.
A police officer then came to him and said
"Sergeant, the dead bodies are believed to be members of Zamora Gang and the Yakuza. The witness said that they had a confrontation as soon as they identified each other then it led to a gun fight. There are a total of 9 dead bodies, 4 of them are from the Yakuza and 5 are from the Zamora Gang"
The sergeant then shook his head, then said
"These outlaws are really getting bolder. Fighting in the middle of the city? Really?"
The sergeant then looked at his subordinate and ask
"Did the chief send a warning to the groups involved in the fight?"
"Yes sir, those gangs will probably stay low for a long while"
The sergeant was about to say something when another police officer came to them and said
"Sergeant, we found another dead body quite a distance from here. I think it's an isolated case. The identity of the body has nothing to do with the gang fight.
The sergeant seemed surprised, then got up and walked towards the direction of the newly discovered body. He then ask
"What's the cause of death?"
The police officer then shivered from disgust and fear, and then said
"The victim is a woman in early 20s, she died from multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen sergeant, of course it's going to be confirmed after the autopsy, but just the wounds alone is enough to cause death. It's like a work of a psychopath"
The sergeant then nodded and stayed silent until they reached the location of the body. He crouched and studied the location of the wound
'Seems like a crime of passion, the killer obviously goes in an all out stabbing. I hope this is a premeditated murder, if it's a random one. Then it's going to be an extremely difficult case to solve. Not to mention, extremely dangerous to the populace"
As he thought of that, he remembered the woman he cautioned off yesterday night. That woman is obviously lost yet she says some nonsense about knowing her way.
'Hehe, I hope she's home now. If my gut is right, it's going to be an incredibly dangerous to go out at this time'
He then got up and then left to coordinate with the precinct