As morning comes, Ilaya starts to do her daily routine. Like eating onigiri at the convenience store and going back to clean the restaurant. As she have a key now to the restaurant, she decided to continue her search at morning as she had so many free time on her hands
She searches at the Minato ward and starts to clear the city at a fast pace as she has to work in the afternoon. She already marked her map with 60% completion as she rested for a bit when the time hit 9am. She ate her snack that she bought while thinking about when there's a time if she's going to do something other than searching places. She had a thoughtful look for a bit, then shakes her head
"Maybe I'll be able to someday"
Then she started searching again. She noticed that the people in the streets are few compared to her previous searches
Well, she can't blame them, she saw at the news through her phone that another victim is found in the neighboring ward, the Shinjuku
Same style of killing and same serial killer. She's also worried about herself but her searching is done in the morning to lunch anyway, so she doesn't fear that someone is suddenly going to lunge at her to stab her.
After the time reached 12 pm, she returned to the restaurant and did her work again. She runs to and fro by serving meals, washed dishes, and cleaning the place. The owner and Mars talked to her from time to time and she had a fulfilling time, even though her legs hurt so bad from walking earlier.
Then, the restaurant closes at 7:30 pm and the three gather at the staff room to rest and talk. Mars said worriedly at Ilaya
"Ilaya, are you still going to continue searching tomorrow? The city right now is so dangerous because of the killings, can't you postpone for a bit until the killer is caught?"
'It's so dangerous for her to be always going everywhere when there's a killer on the loose'
Ilaya hesitated for a bit before replying to Mars
"I want to recover my memories, it feels so terrible not knowing anything about myself. Don't worry nee-chan, I'll be careful anyway. I'll only search at morning and return at noon so I'm not going to be in any danger"
Or if I saw that woman with red eyes. She's familiar but I have a feeling that she's dangerous. I don't know why but I felt a pull towards her. Last night, I was so surprised that I didn't manage to study the woman. It's like my intuition is cautioning me. But at least she didn't plan to harm me. If she had bad intentions last night, then the whispers will appear and my senses will go into crazy mode. And of course, I'll be suffering terribly again
'Wait!.. if every person that I met has a malice towards me, doesn't that mean that I'm going to be incapacitated every time killing intent is directed at me!? This really feels like a curse!'
Of course if I tried to control my power and discover a way to somehow banished the whispers once and for all, then maybe I'll be able to protect myself, but my experience in my experiment ruins any chance of me trying to tame my power
As Ilaya is deep in thoughts. The owner then said
"Well alright, we won't be able to stop you anyway so just be careful on your search"
"Yes, owner. I'll be careful"
They chatted until 8 pm before the two left the place. Ilaya is now scrolling down on her phone while laying in her folding bed that she bought a while ago. She's looking at the map of the city to planned her scope of searching tomorrow
"Maybe I'll search in the east part of Minato ward so I can continue my search towards the south, then I will head toward west to the neighboring ward of Shibuya. I'll be basically circling the whole Minato ward. Sigh.. this is so tiring"
Ilaya put down her phone and stared at the ceiling. She's starting to feel that her search is meaningless and starting to lose hope. She thinks that the only clue forward is the house, her power, and the woman with red eyes
"My search inside the house is going to take long. Maybe about 3 months, as I can't risk to sneak inside the old house because of the Yakuza that's guarding the place there"
'I only have one life, so I can't afford to waste it. I'm also afraid of being killed so sneaking is out of options'
"And about my power, can this power even give me clues towards my past? All it ever did was giving me a trauma"
Well, I suppose that this power is meant to protect me in my journey, but if it's only working properly. Maybe I'll try it again for a bit and stop the moment the whispers appeared? But if it doesn't stop the moment I use it, then aren't I screwed?
Ilaya grimaces then banished the thought
"I'll use it as my last bet if I don't find anything related to me in that house. Though I very much doubt that. I'll never want to use this power if possible"
Ilaya then thought of the red eyed woman
"I wonder where I can find that woman? She's the most effective clue.. No, maybe she can tell me about myself directly. That way, I'll be able to remember my past. Maybe I'll ask the owner, Mars, and Yamato if they know anything about her. She had a red eyes so she'll be eye catching anyway"
Ilaya felt her is starting to hurt from thinking and decided to just sleep
…
In the police station in Chiyoda, the police officer Michizugawa is looking at the files of the recent killings, he's attempting to find clues about the victims to find a possible lead that can point them at the killer. He studied the files for about an hour but didn't find anything noteworthy. He got up from his chair and headed towards his colleague that was typing at a computer. He then said
"It's rare for you to be so serious Hirako, you look like you're going to be sucked in the screen. By the way, did the other precincts get any clues about the serial killer?"
As the killings began to escalate, other police precincts began involving themselves in the case to hurriedly end the murders and catch the killer
The man, Hirako said to him while still looking at the screen
"Basically all the police force is losing hair every day because of that serial killer, and I'm one of them. You're the one that's weird for relaxing even in this situation"
The man grumbled before answering him his question
"There's no clues as of now. We've checked the surveillance all around the crime scenes to look for the killer, but the bastard manages to evade every single one of them. That leads us to suspect that the killer planned his action by surveying his hunting spot. The killer then waited and ambushed the victims before dragging them somewhere to kill them"
Michizugawa then asked
"So he's dumping the bodies of his victims anywhere? No wonder we couldn't find a bit of clues"
He lingered for a bit then said
"Alright, I'll patrol the city now. Keep up the good work"
He then left the station and entered his police car then drove away