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POV: Third Person
'Damn, I almost got caught.' When Kyo suddenly ran after her, the girl panicked. He was fast—very fast. So fast that even the people nearby were startled by his speed.
She ran as fast as she could, pulling off her mask and hood before tossing her coat away.
After that, she sat down near two n who were smoking behind a shop and started fiddling with her phone. Kyo ran past her and the two n without suspecting a thing.
The two n looked at her as if she were strange.
But before they could ask anything, she got up and left.
She took out her phone and began typing in her "journal":
[He left the house to go out. He stopped at a restaurant and then headed toward a nearby market. He did not act suspiciously at any point.]
After writing that, she sighed and walked toward a car parked nearby.
Inside was a man in the driver's seat.
"Did you find anything?"
"Nothing. I've been investigating him for days and haven't found anything relevant." The woman in the car suspected that the boy was the author Aoi Haruki.
How did that suspicion begin?
After the publisher repeatedly refused her requests for an interview with Aoi Haruki, she grew irritated. So she made a decision: she would uncover the author's true identity. No one had ever investigated it that deeply before.
After so digging, she found a man.
Robert Evans. A foreigner.
A man who had been seen with Masayuki Kuroda, one of the main editors at the company that publishes Overlord.
The woman had already spoken to him once—only to have her request for an interview with Aoi Haruki rejected rather aggressively for so reason.
But…
After investigating further, she discovered that Robert worked a regular job and always ca ho late. There was no way he could be Aoi Haruki.
However, she also found out that Robert Evans had a son who had recently turned 13. At first, she refused to believe that a 13-year-old child could have written sothing like Overlord and beco such a famous author.
He would have had to start writing Overlord at four or five years old.
That simply didn't make sense to her.
So she began investigating Robert's wife.
But after looking into her, the only thing she found was that Haruna had been a model in the past and now worked at a foreign company.
So she reached a conclusion: that 13-year-old child wrote Overlord…
—or it was soone she hadn't been able to find. Soone connected to Robert, but only loosely, making it impossible to uncover any aningful information.
And since Kyo Evans was the only remaining person she still suspected, she began investigating him.
She discovered that he was a model who had done so work for a famous brand, and also learned—through a friend—that he was participating in the filming of a series directed by Takumi Hayashida, a well-known director.
The series hadn't even been publicly announced yet.
The woman began to believe that maybe the author really was that boy.
He was too intelligent. His grades at school were perfect. He was extrely capable in everything he did.
But she still wasn't certain.
'If I publish an article about him without proof, I'll definitely get fired.'
"But why are you so determined to find out who Aoi Haruki really is?" the driver asked.
"Because I'm curious. Isn't that enough?"
"…"
Even if it ruined Aoi Haruki's life, she didn't care.
She wanted to be the first to uncover his true identity. If that happened, her career would undoubtedly reach a new level.
The woman smiled widely, revealing her yellowed teeth, and the car sped off.
As the car drove through the streets, she sent a ssage to soone.
[Did you find anything?]
A short while later, a reply ca.
[I managed to get my hands on an interesting email.]
[Send it to right now.]
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POV: Kyo
I walked through the market with a basket and picked up everything my mother needed. After that, I paid using my phone and left the store. When I stepped outside, that unsettling feeling of being watched had disappeared.
Still, I decided not to walk around alone.
I sent a ssage to Daiki.
[Can you co pick up? I think soone might be following . I'm at the market—]
I sent him the address, then ssaged Rina explaining the situation. I told her it might be so obsessed fan. I didn't ask her to have the company handle it or anything—I just explained what had happened.
A little while later, Daiki arrived.
This ti, I got in and sat in the passenger seat.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. There was soone suspicious following , but I couldn't figure out who it was. They might still be nearby, so I decided to call you and wait inside the market."
"I see. That was a good call. It could be a stalker or sothing like that. You should tell Rina about it."
"I already did."
"Alright. Should I take you ho?"
"Yes. After I drop this off at ho, I want to go sowhere else. My father's birthday is next month—I want to prepare a surprise for him."
"A surprise?" Daiki smiled. "Mind telling what kind?"
"A pretty expensive one. I'm sure he'll like it."
As the car approached my house, Rina got in touch.
Her ssage read:
[Leave this to .]
After getting ho and handing the groceries to my mother, I told her I was going out again with Daiki and would be back soon.
Then we headed toward an expensive store located a bit far from my house.
When we arrived, Daiki asked, "Are you sure you have enough money to buy sothing here?"
"Of course," I replied. "I'm richer than you think."
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