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Chapter 8 - The lead.

Railyn: Well, I see… So, do you have any leads on this killer?

Ren: Well I just know he is near the same age as me.

Railyn: That leaves everyone as a suspect, maybe one of these dead people could have been your killer.

Ren: I am sure that my brother's killer was strong. Probably stronger than these guys.

Railyn: I see. Well, let's say you find this killer. What then?

Ren: Well, I am planning to kill him, just like he killed my brother. Then I can go back to my normal life.

Railyn: I hate to suggest this, but maybe you should eat your friends to get stronger.

Ren: I suppose. Well, time to dig in, I guess.

(Ren starts eating Shin Nilvine, but he keeps puking out of disgust. He tries his hardest to swallow his flesh, but it is just too hard. He can't bring himself to do it, so first he tries taking a bite of his hair, to get used to the disgusting taste and action that he is doing, but he chokes. It is too much for him, he can't eat the dead, unlike Zed)

Ren: Zed, tell me how do you eat the dead so easily.

Railyn: Isn't Zed dead?

(Suddently Zed comes back to life)

Zed: I saw… it all.

Ren: Zed, hello? I said, how can you eat the dead so easily?

Zed: Eat them in small pieces.

Ren: How did you get used to it?

Zed: My sister would feed me dead people to torture me. She even fed me my parents.

Railyn: That is terrific. Alright, there has to be another way to gain life limit.

(Zed suddently just dies again)

Ren: Something is going on here.

Railyn: I agree, so what do we do?

Ren: We find the artificial way to death drain.

Railyn: I see. I will go ask the receptionist.

(Railyn goes)

Railyn: Hey there. Where is the death drain machine?

Receptionist: I will not tell you, survivor of hell.

Railyn: How do you know that nickname?

Receptionist: I can read minds.

Railyn: And I can destroy yours.

(Railyn kicks the receptionist so hard that he dies)

Railyn: No information. Maybe we should ask someone that stays in the hotel.

Ren: I know who.

(They knock on a door)

Silaz: Hello. What brings you here?

Railyn: We need to know about the artificial death drain.

Silaz: That is all? Follow me?

(They go to the artificial death drain machine)

Silaz: Here it is.

(Silaz leaves)

Railyn: Wow, Silaz sure has a high life limit.

Ren: You know, I have been thinking about something. Maybe Silaz killed my brother.

Railyn: What makes you say that?

Ren: After all, he does have a high life limit. And he just showed up in my life coincidentally. First as an unknown name. Then, as a helper.

Railyn: Is that all the proof you have? Because that is just wishful thinking. What you are describing is also my case and I am guessing probably Shin's too.

Ren: Yes, you are correct, but I guess I am just mad I have no leads.

Railyn: He is still a suspect do not get me wrong, but that is not enough evidence.

Ren: Just a question. Why are you choosing to help me?

Railyn: I have been so bored so I might as well contribute to another person's life if I can't contribute to mine.

Ren: Well, I guess your reasoning makes sense.

Railyn: And if it did not make sense?

Ren: I… honestly do not know.

Railyn: Alright. Maybe we should start using the death drain machine.

(Ren's life limit goes up to 5000 from the corpse of Maya, Shin, Zed and Anna, which in Ren's case translates to 50,000 life limit)

Railyn: Nice. Now you have 5000 life limit.

Ren: Yeah, still not enough to beat Silaz on my own.

Railyn: Listen. Do not worry if you are strong enough or not. As long as the killer is not someone with infinite life limit, then I will help you kill your brother's killer.

Ren: Well, is that a promise?

Railyn: Yeah, I guess you could say that.

(The scene changes)

Sen: What do you want?

Silaz: Well, I think you know what I want. I want the identity of the killer of Ren's brother.

Sen: And what if I choose not to tell you? What will you do then?

Silaz: Oh come on. Do not pretend like you do not know everything.

Sen: I simply am not interested in something like that. Is it that difficult for you to understand Silaz? You know me. I choose to stay neutreal on everything. Picking a side is stupid, so why should I tell you?

Silaz: So the killer is Railyn.

Materia: Interesting…

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