Crimson Raven | [MYTHICAL SERIES BOOK 2]

FOUR || The Bloom of Flore(s)

THE GROUP HAD MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO EARTH ONCE they were able to get back. Mamoru's brain was running a mile a minute with the new info he found out, confusing the others when he had tried to explain what he learned from Acacius.

Ryu told his boss to explain more when they got back to the agency, where they were now. Mamoru had rolled out a whiteboard, writing the info that they had learned so far, including the info Acacius had provided.

"Alright, so our next plan of action is to contact Flore, if possible. This Bastiaan entity was said to be an axolotl by Acacius, having a similar guard outfit to Solaria's guards. So my guess is that these two might have some connection, but that could be a jump on my part." Mamoru voiced. He looked Katsuro, Ryu and Stella. "Can one of you try to search up Flore and see if they pop up anywhere?"

"On it!" Ryu searched it up and blinked. "Well, there are a lot of people named Flore..uh..." he tried with their last name. "Ah, here we go! It says here that Flore was a teacher at the Kiyosumi academy. They had taught the Tigoris mythology class prior to Hana Shioshi taking over, so they applied for history instead. They retired around a couple years ago. And it says they live here in the neighborhood!"

"Good going!" Mamoru grinned. "Then, we'll need to ask around and see which house they're in." he soughed, realizing something. "I can only imagine how devastated they must be, or already are, about their child's death." His mind flashed back to that day.

The room went silent, minus the tapping sound of keyboards and slight murmurs. Katsuro's expression softened and he walked over. "Sir, is something wrong?"

Mamoru looked at him and soughed, shaking his head. Even if he had started investigating the cases a little after the time of his stepfather's death, the memory of that still stayed vivid in his memory. "No, no, I'm fine. Don't worry." he smiled reassuringly.

Katsuro didn't seem convinced, but he didn't push further on it out of respect for his boss. "We should probably get going then. I don't think their parent has heard of the news yet and—"

"Sir!" Camaka jogged around the corner and lifted up their hand. "I think you guys need to see this."

The four exchanged confused looks before following the tiger entity into the autopsy room. Once Camaka closed the door, they gestured towards the x rays. On there, the group could see where the stab wound had fractured the part of the body, but something on the second x ray got Mamoru's attention.

"There's something...written on there. Is this also on the body, Camaka?" Mamoru couldn't make it out because of the glow from the x ray.

"That's what I was just getting to, sir." Camaka explained, drawing the cloth back a bit. Keibi's skin hadn't become discolored yet, so the wound was clear to see on her shoulder. "It appears that the killer had wrote their signature on the victim's shoulder. It's not with the knife they used, but rather...their powers, which gives us more clues on his types. From the different blue colors - the light blue and ocean blue respectively, I would say our suspect's a Magic/Water type."

"That makes sense, given what type of entity they are. This seems to have been done before they killed Keibi..." Stella made a face. "Talk about horrifying."

"Tell me about it." Camaka soughed, sadly looking at the victim before covering them up with the cloth. "Have you guys been able to contact Flore yet?"

"No. We checked on the school site for the information, and nothing came up. Let me check the database." Mamoru took a moment to take out his phone, of which he had the database saved on there. He hadn't thought of that before due to his mind swimming over the new information. "Ah, here we go!"