At Kurama's house, Byakuya had finished to wash, dry and store dishes for Shiori, who was in the living room watching TV. He goes there and sits down next to her on the couch;
-I have seen your garden through the window, it's very beautiful! Does Kurama take care of it, too?
-No, Shuichi doesn't, but he helps me a lot. Youko loves flowers, I still don't know if it's Shuichi's influence or his personal taste reflected in my son.
-Maybe it's from Youko. And, well, in my house there are several gardens that I keep, but only during the spring and summer. The rest of what I like to do boils down to working with crystals, leaving them perfect...
-Perfect as you are?
Byakuya blushes at Shiori's statement;
-Well, I'm not perfect in all the intensity of the word, but I try to look like my jewelry.
-Your eyes are so beautiful... they look like two amethysts, my favorite jewel...
-I also think the amethyst is a beautiful jewel, at least to work with.
-Would you be an amethyst? Or hard as a diamond?
-I, well ... -Byakuya blush.
-Aww how cute you look when you get red!
Suddenly, a strong explosion draws their concentration;
-What, an explosion! Where was it? -Shiori jumps up from the couch and runs to the window.
-Hey Shiori, wait for me!- Byakuya runs after her.
A dark smoke cloud begins to rise from the Yomitan downtown area. Kurama and Yomi, who had just arrived in his room, also hear the explosion and go to the window. A section of one of the flyover expressways had been demolished and fell over three buses passing beneath it. Although it is still early to estimate the number of deaths, it appears to be high;
-What...DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!! -Yomi gets furious and goes to his desk.
-Damn it... What a terrible thing, Yomi...- Kurama laments.
-Many lives will be lost!!! AAAARRGGHHHH!!!
Kurama can't do anything to console Yomi in that situation, it is far beyond his reach. His sudden mood change shocks him, from very happy to sadness in only a minute or less;
-I have nothing to talk about, Yomi, just that I do not want you to take full responsibility. Certainly, our cameras will help identify and locate the terrorist.
The C2 flyover is one of the most important to make the connection between Yomitan CBD and the rest of the city. The explosion knocked down about 100 meters of road track, which also includes one of the subway lines and a train that was crushed almost entirely by the weight of the flyover demolished.
The first rescue teams arrive in a few moments, making the detours in the traffic and blocking the entries of the flyover so that no driver is at risk of falling from above;
-Kurama, come on, please ... I want you to follow me.- Yomi hugs Kurama.
-All right, Yomi, I'm going with you...
On the building's front desk, Tsukiyomi, Hoshiyomi, and Botan are also scared. They try to ask something to Kurama and Yomi, who pass head down;
-Did you see that explosion?
-We saw, Botan.
Kurama passes across them, head down. Yomi is more depressed, and Tsukiyomi notices this;
-It must have been something very serious... Yomi is definitely going through a difficult time, and he was just so happy right now...
Kurama and Yomi arrive at the site of the tragedy quickly. The scenes are terrible: there are people pressed against wreckage and concrete blocks, bodies that have been cut off in half, blood fillets dripping from inside the train wagons. Kurama turns to Yomi, shocked, and hugs him tightly;
-You will not want to see what I see, Yomi...
-But I can feel it, Kurama... and the sadness in me now is huge... I see bodies cut off scattered on the ground, pools of blood, and destruction... the destruction of something that gave so much work to do and served to improve the lives of thousands of people... Maikai is ever one step ahead...
Kurama and Yomi do not spend much time watching that sad show. The radio and television networks arrive in a moment, covering live the rescue works. At each moment a survivor is found, a small commemoration is made;
-We are here directly from Yomitan Downtown, where a tragedy has just happened... A bomb imploded part of the C2 flyover, we do not know yet the number of casualties, but it is estimated near 120...
Kurama and Yomi return to the building. Kurama keeps a certain distance from Yomi, knows that he is shocked by the tragedy and that he needs to be alone for a while;
-Kurama... please reopen the bidding notice to redo the part of the flyover that was destroyed. It cannot take long, or the city will become a hell.
-All right, Yomi.
Yomi goes to the window and watches the movement around the destroyed flyover. Although it is too early to say with any certainty, Yomi imagines that some extremists of the revolutionary party would have done it, in part because of the thousands of leaflets scattered in the region before the terrorist act.
Shura enters Yomi's room, and goes to him, hugging him;
-Dad…
-Hi Shura...
-Why are you so sad? Did Kurama fight against you again?
-No, Shura ... he's okay with me as always, except that something very cruel happened today, and dad is very sad about it ...
-But what happened, dad?! Shura is astonished.
Yomi grabs Shura, and places him on his shoulders;
-Look down there, my son...
Mounted over Yomi's shoulders, Shura can see the destroyed section of the flyover;
-Wow, why did it fell over??
-It did not fell over, it was demolished by someone with the intention of killing people...
-Oh, dad, who would have been so cruel?
-I do not know, but I suspect ...
-Ah, Dad ...- Shura caress Yomi's face.
Kurama reopen the bidding note, and makes them available on the government's electronic portal;
-Ready, Yomi. By tomorrow, we should receive some proposals.
-All right, Kurama, thank you very much ...
Kurama returns to his desk, and receives electronically an initial report from the fire department and the legal medical institute about the terrorist attack;
-Yomi, we already have an initial report on what happened.
-Read it for me, Kurama.
-So... They said that the cause was the demolition of one of the flyover piers with a high explosive charge, possibly baratol. Soon after the explosion, the pier was severely damaged and collapsed when a train was passing over. Then the supported beans also collapsed in a 100-meter stretch, crushing the train underneath with the weight of the structure, and killing all 300 passengers and crew. In addition, 60 cars also fell from the top of the express lane, which resulted in another 20 dead... Total loss: 320 people ...
A tear trickles from Yomi's eyes;
-The impact will be even greater, maybe about 2 thousand people ... lives that were slashed... for nothing!
Kurama comes closer to Yomi and hugs him;
-Yomi, the subway line smashed is the same I use...
-Yes ... you were lucky this time, although if you were with me, we could have avoided the worst by using our powers together. That's why I do not want to stay away from you.
-I appreciate all the attention you're giving me, Yomi... And I wonder who could have done it, I think the revolutionary party has some participation.
-To me, that's clear, Kurama. I'll check if there were cameras in that location, and I'll order the footage. If we can do that, we will solve this situation, although I still do not believe that the revolutionary party would be capable of committing such cruelty just to attack me under public opinion.
-It's true, Yomi, there are still certain limits even for the radicals.
-It's not for everyone... there are some who do not see limits... radicals that I've fought against for years...
The massive death toll demanded hard work from the spirit world. Enma sent all the royal army to handle that, and Koenma's presence was also required;
-Wait, sir. Koenma, let's go together.- Byakuya touches him by the shoulder.
-That's right Byakuya, the more the better.
In the headquarters of the revolutionary party, Yuxi accompanies by the media coverage the repercussion of the tragedy. Besides him there were some vassals;
-Let's start step number two now. I want you to gather as many people as possible in that place, with boards blaming Yomi for the tragedy. I want radio and television campaigns.
-But, boss, this will not be that simple, Yomi still has a very high approval rate!
-Yes, but three or four incidents like this will reduce the confidence of the people on him. We warned him that we would go entrenched with guns in hand to win the election if necessary!
-Isn't it too radical, Yuxi? It's still a year away from the election, we could just protest in the ...
-Shut up! I'm ordering to you, execute this plan because I've worked for years trying to find a way to demoralize Yomi, and now I can finally do it! Muhahaha, didn't you see how depressed he is now, and always standing next to Kurama asking for care? He is in need and fearful, so he needs his friends to stay close to him. What if... we discover where Kurama lives and give him the first attack, huh?
-But you can not do that, it would be a full-blown terrorist attack! There are other ways for the...
Three gunshots are heard, and the vassal who was speaking falls dead on the ground, to the despair of the other four;
-I am in charge here, I give the orders, and you obey. Or do you want to end up like him?
-No ... no ... sir!
-Then do what I order you: organize protests, marches, rallies, climate strikes, whatever! Say that you are interested in the poorest, and label Yomi as a bourgeois capitalist pig. NOW!
-Right, boss!
The four left out the room scared. Yuxi picks up the corpse of the dead vassal and throws him in a pipe that goes to the base of the building, where there is a furnace used for water heating. Yuxi calls there, where one of his subordinates is working;
-Burn that bastard until there's nothing left. I do not want any more worries.
-Right, boss!
Yuxi had now become an indomitable buffalo, with no moral or ethical boundaries. His vassals were all disposable, love for the family was shredded and overwhelmed by the love of ideology. The happiness of Yomi and Kurama together disgusts Yuxi as it guides Yomi to make better decisions, and even Byakuya was a deplorable piece of garbage to him. Taken by hatred, his heart went into a no return spiral, driven by a totalitarian ideology and a thirst for power that no one has ever seen in Yomitan.
*Translation revised on feb 1st, 2020
-No, Shuichi doesn't, but he helps me a lot. Youko loves flowers, I still don't know if it's Shuichi's influence or his personal taste reflected in my son.
-Maybe it's from Youko. And, well, in my house there are several gardens that I keep, but only during the spring and summer. The rest of what I like to do boils down to working with crystals, leaving them perfect...
-Perfect as you are?
Byakuya blushes at Shiori's statement;
-Well, I'm not perfect in all the intensity of the word, but I try to look like my jewelry.
-Your eyes are so beautiful... they look like two amethysts, my favorite jewel...
-I also think the amethyst is a beautiful jewel, at least to work with.
-Would you be an amethyst? Or hard as a diamond?
-I, well ... -Byakuya blush.
-Aww how cute you look when you get red!
Suddenly, a strong explosion draws their concentration;
-What, an explosion! Where was it? -Shiori jumps up from the couch and runs to the window.
-Hey Shiori, wait for me!- Byakuya runs after her.
-What...DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!! -Yomi gets furious and goes to his desk.
-Damn it... What a terrible thing, Yomi...- Kurama laments.
-Many lives will be lost!!! AAAARRGGHHHH!!!
-I have nothing to talk about, Yomi, just that I do not want you to take full responsibility. Certainly, our cameras will help identify and locate the terrorist.
The C2 flyover is one of the most important to make the connection between Yomitan CBD and the rest of the city. The explosion knocked down about 100 meters of road track, which also includes one of the subway lines and a train that was crushed almost entirely by the weight of the flyover demolished.
The first rescue teams arrive in a few moments, making the detours in the traffic and blocking the entries of the flyover so that no driver is at risk of falling from above;-Kurama, come on, please ... I want you to follow me.- Yomi hugs Kurama.
-All right, Yomi, I'm going with you...
On the building's front desk, Tsukiyomi, Hoshiyomi, and Botan are also scared. They try to ask something to Kurama and Yomi, who pass head down;
-Did you see that explosion?
-We saw, Botan.
Kurama passes across them, head down. Yomi is more depressed, and Tsukiyomi notices this;
Kurama and Yomi arrive at the site of the tragedy quickly. The scenes are terrible: there are people pressed against wreckage and concrete blocks, bodies that have been cut off in half, blood fillets dripping from inside the train wagons. Kurama turns to Yomi, shocked, and hugs him tightly;
-You will not want to see what I see, Yomi...
-But I can feel it, Kurama... and the sadness in me now is huge... I see bodies cut off scattered on the ground, pools of blood, and destruction... the destruction of something that gave so much work to do and served to improve the lives of thousands of people... Maikai is ever one step ahead...
Kurama and Yomi do not spend much time watching that sad show. The radio and television networks arrive in a moment, covering live the rescue works. At each moment a survivor is found, a small commemoration is made;
-We are here directly from Yomitan Downtown, where a tragedy has just happened... A bomb imploded part of the C2 flyover, we do not know yet the number of casualties, but it is estimated near 120...
Kurama and Yomi return to the building. Kurama keeps a certain distance from Yomi, knows that he is shocked by the tragedy and that he needs to be alone for a while;
-Kurama... please reopen the bidding notice to redo the part of the flyover that was destroyed. It cannot take long, or the city will become a hell.
-All right, Yomi.
Yomi goes to the window and watches the movement around the destroyed flyover. Although it is too early to say with any certainty, Yomi imagines that some extremists of the revolutionary party would have done it, in part because of the thousands of leaflets scattered in the region before the terrorist act.
Shura enters Yomi's room, and goes to him, hugging him;
-Dad…
-Hi Shura...-Why are you so sad? Did Kurama fight against you again?
-No, Shura ... he's okay with me as always, except that something very cruel happened today, and dad is very sad about it ...
-But what happened, dad?! Shura is astonished.
Yomi grabs Shura, and places him on his shoulders;
-Look down there, my son...
Mounted over Yomi's shoulders, Shura can see the destroyed section of the flyover;
-Wow, why did it fell over??
-It did not fell over, it was demolished by someone with the intention of killing people...
-Oh, dad, who would have been so cruel?
-I do not know, but I suspect ...
-Ah, Dad ...- Shura caress Yomi's face.
Kurama reopen the bidding note, and makes them available on the government's electronic portal;
-Ready, Yomi. By tomorrow, we should receive some proposals.
-All right, Kurama, thank you very much ...
Kurama returns to his desk, and receives electronically an initial report from the fire department and the legal medical institute about the terrorist attack;
-Yomi, we already have an initial report on what happened.
-Read it for me, Kurama.
-So... They said that the cause was the demolition of one of the flyover piers with a high explosive charge, possibly baratol. Soon after the explosion, the pier was severely damaged and collapsed when a train was passing over. Then the supported beans also collapsed in a 100-meter stretch, crushing the train underneath with the weight of the structure, and killing all 300 passengers and crew. In addition, 60 cars also fell from the top of the express lane, which resulted in another 20 dead... Total loss: 320 people ...
A tear trickles from Yomi's eyes;
-The impact will be even greater, maybe about 2 thousand people ... lives that were slashed... for nothing!
Kurama comes closer to Yomi and hugs him;
-Yomi, the subway line smashed is the same I use...
-Yes ... you were lucky this time, although if you were with me, we could have avoided the worst by using our powers together. That's why I do not want to stay away from you.
-I appreciate all the attention you're giving me, Yomi... And I wonder who could have done it, I think the revolutionary party has some participation.
-To me, that's clear, Kurama. I'll check if there were cameras in that location, and I'll order the footage. If we can do that, we will solve this situation, although I still do not believe that the revolutionary party would be capable of committing such cruelty just to attack me under public opinion.
-It's true, Yomi, there are still certain limits even for the radicals.
-It's not for everyone... there are some who do not see limits... radicals that I've fought against for years...
The massive death toll demanded hard work from the spirit world. Enma sent all the royal army to handle that, and Koenma's presence was also required;
-Wait, sir. Koenma, let's go together.- Byakuya touches him by the shoulder.
-That's right Byakuya, the more the better.
In the headquarters of the revolutionary party, Yuxi accompanies by the media coverage the repercussion of the tragedy. Besides him there were some vassals;-Let's start step number two now. I want you to gather as many people as possible in that place, with boards blaming Yomi for the tragedy. I want radio and television campaigns.
-But, boss, this will not be that simple, Yomi still has a very high approval rate!
-Yes, but three or four incidents like this will reduce the confidence of the people on him. We warned him that we would go entrenched with guns in hand to win the election if necessary!
-Isn't it too radical, Yuxi? It's still a year away from the election, we could just protest in the ...
-Shut up! I'm ordering to you, execute this plan because I've worked for years trying to find a way to demoralize Yomi, and now I can finally do it! Muhahaha, didn't you see how depressed he is now, and always standing next to Kurama asking for care? He is in need and fearful, so he needs his friends to stay close to him. What if... we discover where Kurama lives and give him the first attack, huh?
-But you can not do that, it would be a full-blown terrorist attack! There are other ways for the...
Three gunshots are heard, and the vassal who was speaking falls dead on the ground, to the despair of the other four;
-I am in charge here, I give the orders, and you obey. Or do you want to end up like him?
-No ... no ... sir!
-Then do what I order you: organize protests, marches, rallies, climate strikes, whatever! Say that you are interested in the poorest, and label Yomi as a bourgeois capitalist pig. NOW!
-Right, boss!
The four left out the room scared. Yuxi picks up the corpse of the dead vassal and throws him in a pipe that goes to the base of the building, where there is a furnace used for water heating. Yuxi calls there, where one of his subordinates is working;
-Burn that bastard until there's nothing left. I do not want any more worries.
-Right, boss!
Yuxi had now become an indomitable buffalo, with no moral or ethical boundaries. His vassals were all disposable, love for the family was shredded and overwhelmed by the love of ideology. The happiness of Yomi and Kurama together disgusts Yuxi as it guides Yomi to make better decisions, and even Byakuya was a deplorable piece of garbage to him. Taken by hatred, his heart went into a no return spiral, driven by a totalitarian ideology and a thirst for power that no one has ever seen in Yomitan.*Translation revised on feb 1st, 2020
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