Tantrum · Mountains and Rivers

Tantrum ⑥ · Mountains and Rivers

[Part ① · Outlaw]

"Room 306, Gwen Building, West Orlando. A vicious home-invasion shooting took place at Fu Yin Health Products Co., Ltd. in the Heavenly City."

"The killer is currently at large. There are already twenty-one victims, including eight clergymen from a small evangelical church in the county suburbs."

"According to tire tracks left at the scene and surveillance footage, the killer is a Black adult male, approximately 195 centimeters tall."

"He was driving a Chevrolet Camaro from the county suburbs toward the north side of the city. We ask all Miami residents to cooperate with the state police investigation and provide any leads that could help catch him. Thank you!"

A sweet female voice came from the fast-food restaurant's radio. You regained control of your body once again.

I'm very disappointed in you, Ben Rickert.

I'm really angry. This isn't the first time.

You could've been happy. You could've been a lion, but instead you pretended to be a sheep.

You're out of options. I can only help you this far.

Look at the highway rest stop. You left your car keys on the roof. What else could happen? A patsy's about to show up and help you evade justice—hahahahaha!~

Do you see him? Some guy managed to open the car door and get into the driver's seat.

That's right. Drive about seven hundred meters down the road. Want to follow him and see what happens?

You stood up and spent your last eight dollars on a chicken wrap and a medium Coke. That was the simplest kind of happiness.

Then you left the gas station and looked into the distance. Four Ford Explorers had surrounded the car you'd stolen, leaving it no room to move. Somehow, it all seemed perfectly natural.