Scene 1 — Morning Light
Sendai looked soft that morning.
The rain had stopped, and the air smelled like iron and spring dust.
For a few hours, it almost felt like the world had let him go.
Kenta loaded the van.
Same crates, same route, same weight in his chest.
He didn't notice the unmarked sedan parked half a block away.
Inside it, two plainclothes officers took notes between sips of canned coffee.
One spoke without looking up.
Officer: "You believe the stories?"
Partner: "I believe what people repeat."
The van pulled off. The engine sounded harmless.
Scene 2 — Harbor Noodles (Midday)
Lunch was busy again.
Not loud — busy.
Cameras flashed quietly from tables.
A food blogger whispered into a mic about "hidden legends of Sendai."
Teo worked with his usual silence.
Kaiya smiled because it was the only way to defuse tension without lying.
Kenta stayed in the back, slicing scallions.
When he stepped out to wipe a counter, a man caught his wrist.
Stranger: "You're him, right?"
Kenta froze.
Stranger: "The Ghost. The son of the Oni."
Teo looked up.
One stare was enough — the man let go.
Kenta finished wiping the counter, calm but trembling inside.
Scene 3 — Street Afternoon
He took the GR86 that day — not to show off, not to drive, just to move.
He followed the coast until the radio lost signal.
Stopped at a vending machine by the seawall, bought a canned milk tea, sat on the hood.
A group of high-school kids passed by.
They whispered and pointed. One took a photo.
Kenta didn't react.
He looked at the ocean instead — the same view his father once had when the city still feared his name.
He whispered,
"They don't even know what they're afraid of."
Scene 4 — Evening Delivery
The order list was short that night — three deliveries, all regulars.
The second one took him into the industrial district.
He parked, dropped off the box, signed the receipt. Normal.
When he got back, someone had keyed the GR86.
Not random — deliberate.
Three characters etched into the paint: 鬼の子 — Oni no ko.
Child of the Oni.
He didn't shout. Didn't curse.
Just stood there under the streetlight until the rain started again, soft and cold.
Then he drove home.
Scene 5 — The Apartment
Kaiya was asleep on the couch. Teo was cleaning up.
Kenta stood at the doorway, dripping wet, keys shaking in his hand.
Teo: "What happened?"
Kenta: "Nothing."
Teo: "The kind of nothing that keeps you standing in the doorway?"
Kenta: "Someone wrote something on the car."
Teo: "What?"
Kenta: "…Your name."
Teo didn't flinch.
He just turned off the kitchen light.
Teo: "Go to sleep. Tomorrow's another day to pretend."
Scene 6 — Nightfall
Kenta couldn't sleep.
He sat by the window, watching the reflection of the GR86 below.
The word carved into its paint caught the streetlight like an open wound.
He thought about scrubbing it off.
He didn't.
Somewhere outside, a door slammed — distant, meaningless, loud enough to feel personal.
He kept watching the car until the sound faded.
Then he said, almost to himself:
"It's never just the car, is it?"
No one answered.
The rain started again, soft and steady.
And for the first time, the silence felt heavier than the noise.
End of Episode 13 — "The Last Quiet Day."