NOVEL NEXT Chapter 45: Rebellion Against Heaven - Part 32
Chapter 32: The Silence of the Screams
Ryuusei wiped the bloody saliva from his shoes with a sigh of annoyance. Daichi never learned. He never gave up.
"You know?" Ryuusei murmured, twirling the knife between his fingers. Sometimes I wonder... what really keeps you alive?
Daichi spat again, this time on the ground. His breathing was heavy, his body trembled, but his hatred burned more intensely than ever.
"The damned certainty that one day, just one, I'm going to get out of here... And I'm going to gut you like the dog you are.
Ryuusei laughed. A genuine, relaxed laugh, as if Daichi had just told him the best joke in the world.
"Oh, Daichi, Daichi... You still don't understand, do you? I don't have you here because I need you. I don't have you here because I'm afraid you'll go away.
She leaned over to him, whispering in his ear.
"I have you here because it amuses me to see you suffer.
Before Daichi could answer, Ryuusei buried the knife in his abdomen, slowly turning it around.
"AARRRGHHH! DAMN BASTER!
Ryuusei smiled with satisfaction, pulling out the knife with a wet sound and letting the blood drip down the black marble floor.
"Keep yelling, Daichi," he whispered in a honeyed voice. No one is going to come for you. No one can come for you.
Daichi gasped, his regeneration already closing the wound, but the pain was still there. The damn agony that never ceased.
"One day, Ryuusei... one day... I'm going to gut you and... and I'm going to tell Death everything you did.
Ryuusei raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, Death?" He put a hand to his chest, feigning surprise. "Do you think Death doesn't know?"
He moved closer, his smile turning into a dark, dangerous grimace.
"We don't kill in your name, Daichi. We are His hands, His eyes, His will. We are the puppeteers of this rotten world.
He took a knife from the table and swung it between his fingers.
"And if Death decides that your existence is still fun for her, then..." Well, I guess you'll keep screaming some more.
Daichi looked at him with a burning hatred.
"You're a fucking psychopath.
Ryuusei smiled.
"And you're my toy.
Then, with a neat and calculated motion, he raised the knife.
Daichi barely had time to process it before the blade descended.
The attic was filled with a heart-rending scream.
The Return to Normalcy
Hours later, Ryuusei came downstairs with his shirt stained with blood. She went to the bathroom, washed her hands calmly and left as if nothing had happened.
In the living room, Aiko was still with her friends, who had relaxed after the strange sound from earlier.
"All right, Ryuusei?" Aiko asked, looking at him suspiciously.
He smiled.
"Of course. Just a small... pending matter.
Aiko frowned, but decided not to ask any more.
After all, in this house, some questions were not to be asked.