Never Not
Ch. 88: Waiting for Black Shadow

Out there, Yuriko was stunned when she saw many students running to one place. Out of curiosity, he held one of the students.

"Hey, what's going on? Why do people go to law school?" ask Yuriko in wonder.

"Didn't you see your phone? Black Shadow was holding a live broadcast there," said the student who then left Yuriko in a hurry.

"Huh, he's again apparently!" ketus Yuriko while lifting the tip of her upper lip. However, a second later he instead opened his phone and tried to search for a re-broadcast of Black Shadow.

Still on the balcony, Mr. White stared blankly in a further direction.

There is only one more person left .. yes, it remains to solve who the tenth figure is.

The day has entered the evening where the sky has been shades of golden yellow. Shohei's gaze was diverted to his father who had just returned home from the golf course. He then walked out of the room to the bottom floor.

"Okaa-san, I'll go first!"

She was surprised and hurriedly approached him. "Eh? Why rush? I thought you were gonna have dinner here."

"There's still something I need to do. Next time," reject the glasses guy. Of course after this he will go to the Tokyo Skytree tower and meet with Black Shadow as a sign of the completion of their action as usual.

As he was about to head to the front door, Shohei stopped his steps while confronting his father.

"How's your job?" ask Mr. Yamazaki.

"Pretty busy."

"Hurry to move to the National police department, so that you can be promoted to the highest position of the police force! If you're late, then the office will be filled with people who shouldn't be there."

"About my career, please just trust me!" Shohei said calmly, then bowed respectfully before his father before leaving.

On the other hand, Seina who also came out of the room, is now chasing the mysterious man who always bullies her heart.

"Hey, you! Wait!" seina shouted as soon as she saw the silhouette of the man.

Seina sped up, trying to get to Black Shadow who was unwilling to turn her head. The man is seen turning left when he is at the intersection of the corridor. Seina tried to follow the man's steps. He continued walking slowly with focused eyes even though the man had disappeared from his sight.

Suddenly his steps came to a halt when he saw a man leaning quietly against the wall with his hand stuffed into his pocket.

"Matsui-san?" Seina gasped as her eyes caught the presence of the man on her campus.

Rai threw a faint smile towards the girl while raising one hand as if greeting her. Using a jacket with a hoodie attached to his head and also a backpack that hangs on his left shoulder, making his appearance look like a student in general.

"Are you also a student here?" guess Seina hesitated.

Rai straightened his gaze, pursed his lips then nodded thinly.

"Ah, what a coincidence that we could meet, huh?" said Seina throwing an awkward smile. He stared straight into the deserted corridor, asking, "Did you see ...." The sentence was floating and had to be swallowed back. How could he possibly ask the whereabouts of another man to his fiancee's best friend, right?

This atmosphere feels strange. He pecked with an eyeball that could not stand still for a few seconds beside the man. While throwing a stiff smile, he pointed his index finger back trying to use limited sign language, then turned his body slowly and walked slowly away from Rai. He certainly did not know, if that man was Black Shadow who had returned to his true identity.

After walking a few steps, his curiosity even continued to appear. Somehow the familiar atmosphere continued to haunt his mind when he met the man. He turned around quickly and immediately returned to that place. Unfortunately, Rai was already invisible there.

As he was about to move, his gaze was diverted to the sink in the men's public toilet. Because, he saw several strands of camellia petals scattered there. Looking left and right, Seina ventured into the quiet toilet just to pick up the camellia petals. He saw a ventilation window open up there.

"Didn't he see me? Did he not realize that I was there too?" muttered Seina while clenching the petals of the flower.

His sissy eyes suddenly glistened, as Black Shadow always came to the Tokyo Skytree tower after doing the action. Then, without thinking long he immediately headed to the building that had repeatedly met him with a masked figure.

In a different place, there was a mysterious official who had also just watched Black Shadow. He stroked his chin, after witnessing how again and again someone humiliated Black Shadow in public. Not only the female politician, there were even eight officials who had been arrested by Black Shadow in a period that was not enough a year. Fortunately, he had always moved faster, breaking off the cooperative relationship with those officials before they were snatched up by Black Shadow. That's what kept him safe and unstoppable until this very moment.

"It's a pity, even though in recent days Akabane's successful team has been working hard to cover up his case by paying a number of media to exaggerate the news of the virus outbreak in this country as a diversion issue. But in the end it ended up in vain as well," he decanted while linking his fingers.

"Then, what are you going to do? It's possible that the next target is you, sir." Someone standing behind him connected the conversation.

"Until now, no one has been able to reveal the man's identity. He never left any traces on his body other than the camellia petals" she added.

Yes, to start the mission, Black Shadow was indeed very careful so that his identity was not discovered. The man gave the hardening gel so as not to leave a single hair in his place of action, nor did it ever spit recklessly which allowed people to investigate his identity through DNA. For the live broadcast, Mr. White also changed the original voice of Black Shadow.

"I no longer care about the identity of the man. It's time we move. What about the guy you brought back?"

"He's just waiting for your orders."

"Then tell him to do that from now on! Wouldn't this be very interesting?" The weasel-like eyes were sharpening, as if ready to pounce on prey. "Black Shadow, let's see if you can fight me" he said in a subtle voice, but it also sounded terrifying.

Seina had been on the floor of the Tembo building of the Tokyo Sky Tower gallery. Standing on the side of the glass wall. Occasionally, his head looked back, then looked towards the clock. Up to this moment, Black Shadow had yet to reveal himself.

Seina realized she was too stupid, waiting for another man to get engaged. However, for a girl as young as herself who was still putting forward feelings, she just wanted to ascertain her true heart, whether for Shohei her future fiance, or for the mysterious man. He wanted to prove the words of Kei who said the love he had only struck for a moment like lightning.

In the silence, there were footsteps approaching. Seina clenched both her hands with a pair of closed eyes as her heart rhythm moved quickly. He was sure it was the sound of the masked man's footsteps. However, his head felt stiff to turn around to look back.

If this person is Black Shadow, it means that we are indeed connected by destiny ....

There was a voice of a man calling his name softly.

"Mae-chan ...."

Seina opened her eyes followed by a head that looked back quickly. Her irises of eyes caught the figure of the man standing about two meters away from her. Those pitch-black eyes gradually dimmed when he saw the figure standing before him was not Black Shadow, but Shohei.

"Why are you here?" asked the man as he approached him and opened the coat attached to his body, to be moved to Seina's back which was quite open.

Actually, Shohei really doesn't know Seina is here if Rai doesn't say it. While meeting at the top of the building, Rai tells her that she saw Seina alone on the floor of the Tembo gallery building. Hearing that, he rushed to his lover here. Moreover, they had not met for a long time.

"I ... I feel good. So, I think a walk here will relax me!" said Seina slowly.

"Oh, so. So, are you relaxed now?" ask the man with a smile.

Seina nodded weakly with eyes still going around as if looking for someone.

"How about we have dinner?" take Shohei who looks excited.

Seina nodded back. He was stunned when the man grabbed his hand and took him away. After two weeks of not seeing each other, he should be happy. However, his current thoughts were filled with other men.

Was that my last meeting with him?

Seina's inner voice spoke along with her head turned slowly to ascertain whether Black Shadow really did not come or that the man was probably hiding from seeing Shohei's presence.

His brain was flashing back at the moment when they were watching the stars in this place, then ended up with an expression of his feelings for the man. The scene was still so thick in his mind, as if it had just happened yesterday. For some reason, his legs felt heavy stepping out of the place before he met Black Shadow.

Wh why? Why did she stay away from me after I exposed my feelings? Was that my last meeting with him?

Seina bit her lips as her eyes began to dew. Just as the pair of lovers arrived in front of the elevator, Seina immediately removed her hand from Shohei's grasp. It immediately made Shohei surprised, let alone the face of the girl look different than usual.

"Shohei-kun, I like Black Shadow!"

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