V2C23

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A week passed. It was 10:00PM in Inogashira Park. Being the latter half of August, the heat during the day was as blistering as ever, but this late it was a lot easier to bear.

"Cut it out, not here!" A high-pitched nasal, entreating voice blended in with the chirping of the cicadas.

The voice of a heavily-breathing man responded. "Aw, c'mon, this is the perfect place!"

Shortly later, the woman realized that the cicadas had stopped their chirping.

"Hey, is someone watching?"

"Who cares? Let 'em peek!"

As the two continued, ignoring whether or not the insects were making any noise, a third, rapidly approaching voice sounded.

"Kerberos, make sure that Yumiko's trail hasn't split into two different directions somewhere!"

The woman looked up in surprise, and stifled a scream.

"What's the big deal all of a sudden!?" The irritated-sounding man looked around, and he too was struck speechless.

A handsome man with a bizarre, gigantic beast like a tiger was sifting through the underbrush, searching for something. It was like a scene out of a movie. The woman gulped, but after recovering from her initial shock, it was clear that she was not focused on the strange beast, but instead on the young man's good looks. Looking back and forth between him and the man currently fondling her breasts to compare the two, there was an expression of clear disappointment on her face.

Regardless of whatever happened between the couple thereafter, Nakajima gradually climbed the slope ahead of him, following Kerberos, who was cautiously walking, his muzzle was stuck out in the air as if to take in every particle of scent in the atmosphere.

"So this is where the trail ends..." Murmuring to himself, Nakajima opened the case of his handheld computer. Shortly thereafter, the demonic beast vanished as if sucked right into the small liquid crystal display.