"This cycle again-" Ranpo Edogawa nearly bit down hard enough to draw blood. "How many more times are you going to repeat this? How much longer are you going to toy with yourself? How can you... be so cruel, An'an...?"
In your eyes, did your own self matter so little?
"...Everyone says you're gentle, but you're actually the most ruthless, coldhearted person of all, Yiyi." Osamu Dazai clenched his fists until his nails dug into his flesh and closed his eyes. Yes, An Xinyi was more merciless than anyone, but absolute mercilessness was also absolute gentleness. There would always be people who lost themselves in it.
"Dazai!" Sakunosuke Oda hurriedly pried open Osamu Dazai's hands. His palms were already slick with blood.
"Foolish." Ayatsuji Yukito's reddish-brown eyes looked ready to drip blood. Beside him, Mizuki Tsujimura quietly made herself as inconspicuous as possible. However reckless she was, she would never dare provoke Ayatsuji Yukito at a time like this. "What's the point? If this is the only way, humanity might as well go extinct-"
"Ayatsuji Yukito!" Santoka Taneda listened in terror. This was Ayatsuji Yukito, the wielder of Another. Such a declaration against humanity was enough to earn him a death sentence.
At the same time, Santoka Taneda felt his skin crawl. He could not imagine the consequences if Ayatsuji Yukito lost control. Nor was he naive enough to believe the Special Division for Unusual Powers could truly keep Ayatsuji Yukito confined. He had not escaped before because he did not want to, not because he could not.
Ayatsuji Yukito could not even be bothered to acknowledge him.
Even Ango Sakaguchi, who usually played peacemaker, had no desire to mediate now. Watching someone else's story was one thing, but when it happened to them... that immense despair and sorrow were