CHAPTER 7.2 - Amelia Watson

"Looks like they just finished killing tonight.."

Every detective has to take note on every action the person makes, whether if it's suspicious or not. The Detective must check his/her surroundings every second, if one does not use awareness then he/she will not be able to take action if a certain event happens.

Jack and the other me just finished reaping the last person for tonight's job, and it looks like my other me is waiting for what Jack orders her to do.

She's definitely lost her sanity.

Although not being able to hear their words clearly, it looked like Jack wanted the other me to go home since the job is done.

Tomorrow evening is the final night for her job.

The other me started to walk away from Jack, I assume that she's going back to her apartment. After the other me disappeared from my sight, Jack went inside the abandoned house.

I'm able to spectate this event since I'm above a building, a 4 story building which I is far enough that I can see and almost hear what they're doing.

"Time to move I guess..", I said to myself.

I jumped from the 4 story building and landed quietly, I'm able to do this because back on my younger days my feet and legs had the ability to suppress and release strength.

I guess this is a blessing, but I could also call this a skill or talent..

I tried sneaking inside the house to do just one thing, get the cards.

I attempted to steal the cards from Jack many times already. 3 nights ago on this abandoned house and on the same night, I attempted to do the same thing but failed because I was too early and they haven't started to reap yet at that evening. Although it was also a win since Jhon, as expected, started to get worried about me and started his own secret investigation.

And thanks to that, I was able to inform him about a little bit of my plan and I hope he's doing the last day preparations.

"Doors are noisy..", I whispered to myself.

Doors are noisy so I didn't use it to get inside the house, but the windows are also barricaded so there's no other way for me to get in..

'There must be some other way..', I thought to myself as I scanned my surroundings.

After checking outside the house for a minute, I found some broken pieces of wood which turned out to have a passageway after I got rid of the wood. And come to think of it, this is also the spot where Jhon hid when Jack and the other me were about to go out 3 nights ago..

I inspected it using my phones flashlight to see if there's anything suspicious about the passageway, and after inspecting it and concluding that there are no dangers in the passageway, I decided to use it to sneak inside the house.

The passage way is only 20-30 centimeters wide, quite enough for a person like me to fit and crawl inside. Although, I do wonder where this leads me.. I do hope it leads me inside.

Crawling inside with my phone really sucks, I do wish I had an ordinary flashlight so that I can just put it in my mouth. But I guess the brightness of this phones flashlight is enough, also the ceiling of this passageway is already the floor of the house. If by chance I had a normal flashlight and I kept on crawling, there would be a scenario where Jack would notice the lights and will eventually catch me.

But with this phone, I can just flip it down to the ground whenever I hear footsteps or creakings above me.

Few seconds passed and I heard creaks above me, so I decided to flip my phone down and stopped my breathing. Stopping my breathing is another way for me to hide, because there's a possibility that he has sharp senses and since the atmosphere of this place is really quiet, he's going to hear my breathing and will search for it.

I'm just glad that he's not able to hear heartbeats though..

I looked up a little bit to check where the creaking came from, even though I can only peak from the cracks of the floor, I can still recognize the shadow of a person. Even if it's just seeing it a little bit, I can still recognize it.

After doing some peeking and some hearing, I didn't hear the creaks anymore. I can only assume that it was a stray animal or it was Jack going upstairs.

I stopped holding my breath and breathed in some air as gently as I could, if I were to sigh then it would make a noise.

I started crawling forward without flipping my phone back up since I already know that this passageway only has 1 direction, although I might have to raise it up in some case but for now I'll keep it down.

After some time crawling, I saw a specific line crack above me. I pointed my flashlight a little bit towards it and it looked like a wood can be opened.

'Nice..', I thought to myself.

I tried to touch the wood to check if it releases a noise, and after touching it a couple more times, it does create a faint noise so I just have to be really careful.

Although I could just stop time if ever Jack starts to walk back down.

I opened up the wood and it created some faint creaks, but I didn't hear someone coming down from above, so I continued to open it wide.

After opening it wide enough, I started to get out from it. And after doing it as carefully and silent as possible, I got out safely. And there's still no one coming down from upstairs.

'Okay, time to do the job..', I thought to myself.

The passageway lead from outside to the living room, and the open wood from which I got out from is located below the stairs which makes it easier for me to go up.

I slowly walked and suppressed the strength of my feet every step that I take in order to avoid making a noise. I reached the stairs and started going up and did the same thing.

After getting to the 2nd floor, the room is lit up as expected. I slowly walked towards it and took a peak after reaching the door.

I didn't touch the door to avoid making a noise so I just peaked from it.

After some peaking I couldn't spot where Jack is, I assume that he's by the non-barricaded window which the other me destroyed days ago. I also pointed out a theory that he may have already figured out that I'm inside the house, but I'm not sensing anyone from behind me nor do I sense anyone staring at me so far..

'In that case, where is he?', I thought to myself.

After doing another peaking, I heard laughter from inside. I thought that he found out that I'm already inside the house and he laughed from amusement but...

"THIS VIDEO IS SO FUNNY! HAHAHA!"

It turns out that... Jack is watching a video from a mobile phone. I'm not entirely sure what video nor do I want to find out, but I guess it's a funny video that's funny enough to make a Reaper laugh..

"LOOK AT HIS FACE! HAHAHA! WHY IS HIS FACE LIKE THAT?!", Jack shouted as he laughed hard that it echoed throughout the house.

After concluding that he hasn't found me out yet and is also distracted by the video, I opened the door slightly and checked again if he noticed. But he didn't so I opened it again, but he still hasn't noticed it yet, the door is already wide enough for me to get in so I checked the surroundings to see if I can find the cards location.

His coat and scythe are in the rocking chair in the middle so I assume that the cards are also on the chair..

'I guess it's time to use it..', I thought to myself.

I don't use my ability to stop time always, because it takes out a lot of stamina from me. I can only stop time at the maximum of 10-15 seconds. If I were to ascend to stop time at 20 seconds then I would lose 10% of my blood. Which is really dangerous...

I took out the watch from my pocket and activated the ability. And everything including time itself, stopped. The waving candles stopped, the flies around the room stopped, even the air that's coming in the room from outside stopped. Although I'm able to breathe since oxygen is an element and not a substance.

I started to walk towards the chair while time is stopped, but after checking it the cards aren't there.

I looked from my side and saw Jack in a position of holding his stomach while holding the mobile phone on his other hand, I guess the video that he's watching is definitely really funny since he's doing such a position.

After looking on Jack, I noticed a white paper from his pocket. I walked towards Jack and started to feel the lust of anger and murder. But I stopped that feeling and continued what I was doing, I can kill him soon but not now. And he said it himself, he wants some fun.

After touching the white paper from his pocket, I realized that the texture seems odd. It wasn't rough nor smooth like a paper, it was smooth and somehow clean.

I took out the paper and it turned out to be the cards that I was looking for.

'So he was holding it with him huh..', I thought to myself.

If he did this then he must be fully aware that danger is always around him, and he also considered the fact that the other me could betray their deal. But what he didn't know is... The other me already lost sanity, and the real one which is me, is doing the dirty work.

I inspected each of the cards to see if it's fake or not and I kept repeating on checking the front and back to memorize the details, after doing so I took out my phone which I placed in my pockets after using it on the passageway and took a picture of all the 6 card, front and back.

Each cards had the same name which is Amelia, but it had different design on it. So I had to memorize the details of it before taking a picture.

It's also kind of weird on how time flows back to normal according to what I'm holding on my hand, which is why I can take a normal picture. Well, I'll just be thankful to have this device...

After doing the job, I arranged the cards back to how it was and put it back on Jack's pocket. I didn't touch anything on the chair so there's no need for me to fix anything there. So I went outside the room and closed the door, although I didn't fully close it because it was open a little bit when I came here.

I still have 4 seconds left and I used that to get outside the house. And after going outside successfully, I took out the watch and I was just in time. Then all of a sudden everything around me including the air started to go back to normal.

After noticing that time returned to how it was, I went outside the place and after getting out, I sighed as deep as I could.

"Fuwahhh~ That was intense...", I said to myself as I patted my chest.

"It seems like, it's a mission success. Now all I have to do is to wait on what's going to happen tomorrow evening."

After saying that I walked back to my hotel as if nothing happened and relaxed.

Tomorrow evening is the final showdown. And I can't wait to beat Jack up.