Beep-beep, beep-beep.
The alarm went off right on time at 7:30.
Lin Qing rolled out of bed and pushed open the window.
When Shinobu Kawajiri opened the door, intending to hurry Lin Qing up so he could get breakfast, the room was already empty.
Yoshikage Kira arrived a moment later. He stared at the wide-open window and the curtains fluttering in the breeze, his smug smile slowly freezing on his face.
In the early morning streets of Morioh, a motorcycle's roar tore through the neighborhood.
Many residents who had just woken up yanked open their curtains with grumbles and curses, looking toward the sound.
"Damn it, which biker gang is riding a motorcycle this early? Do they think they're so cool—"
They stopped halfway through the sentence, stunned.
Because the person on the motorcycle wasn't some biker with hair slicked back like a cow patty. It was...
A kid who looked about ten?!
Without Ripple, he couldn't fly. This was the fastest way Lin Qing could think of to get around the city.
He raced through the streets and alleys, searching for the figure of "that person."
The villa district... downtown... the commercial district...
Lin Qing checked each one.
Beep.
A faint alert sounded from his digital wristwatch.
8:29.
"Time really does fly."
Lin Qing stopped his motorcycle and greeted an office worker waiting for the bus nearby.
"Hey, man."
"Huh?"
The office worker turned around. His sleepy, bleary eyes stared blankly at the kid on the motorcycle. For a moment, he felt dazed, wondering if he was still asleep. Then Lin Qing said:
"Yoshikage Kira is pretending to be my dad."
Boom—
Bites the Dust activated.
Fifth loop... sixth loop...
Lin Qing wandered through the city like he was playing a jigsaw puzzle, exploring areas he hadn't visited before