Hidan no Aria - Volume 3

I see. So this was the ghost, huh.

I mumbled, as I went to the designated place, somewhere on the man-made island between the Butei School is and the Rainbow Bridge.

I had almost forgotten about Shirayuki’s divination to me before she departed for Hotogi.

She said: I will encounter a wolf, a demon and a ghost.

(Shirayuki, all three of your divinations were correct.)

First, the wolf was the one which Reki and I chased with a motorbike.

Second, the demon refers to Vlad. Well, he did look like a demon after all.

And the last one… it finally made its appearance before my eyes.

The “ghost”.

Due to the plane crash that happened back in April (the hijacking incident), the plane crashed into the wind generator, which is now in disrepair. The propellers had been bent out of shape, depriving it of its rotation.

On the broken propeller sat one silhouette, with the Tokyo dusk in its background.

It was Kana.

Doubting my eyes, I approached the silhouette, climbing over the ANA600 plane, the wreckage of which still had not been dismantled or removed from its entanglement with the wind generator,

Riko had disguised as Kana a month ago, so maybe it was just Riko using her face again. Well, since her figure is nowhere to be seen, it must be Riko.

At first, that’s what I thought… As I came closer and closer, edging every meter, that surmise slowly evaporated.

This aura exclusive for Kana.

And the beauty that can almost stop time.

That’s… no matter how advanced your make-up or disguises are, nothing can imitate it.

The sinking orange sun, the after-dusk sky, and the heavy clouds served as a spotlight for Kana.

Kana’s long, braided hair sways in the wind. She’s wearing a long-skirted, one-piece dress. Her eyes are shut, as if praying. Gradually, they opened.

Those eyes under the long brows feel like they are piercing my soul.

Those gentle gaze contains magical force stronger than earth’s gravity. It makes my heart float in the sky.

(Kana…!! There’s no doubt about it. It’s the REAL Kana!!!)

For generations, the members of Tohyama family trigger their Hysteria Mode through sexual arousal.

Our ancestor, Magistrate Tohyama no Kin-san, could sexually excite himself through exposing skin.

In other words, he could activate his Hysteria Mode at will.

And in 21st century.

Tohyama Kinichi, my brother (Nii-san), had also discovered a way to manually activate his Hysteria Mode just like Kin-san.

However, the way he activates it was different from him.

But just like Kin-san, he can sexually excite himself and trigger Hysteria Mode without the help of girls.

That is… by turning himself into a beautiful girl!

“I’m sorry, Kinji.”

Kana spoke those words with lips that are vividly rose-colored despite the lack of illumination.

“I-U was very far.”

The surprise wasn’t as shocking as I thought it would be.

Because somewhere inside my heart, I had been thinking that it was something like this.

There’s no way Riko could have defeated Kana, who was dubbed the strongest among the Tohyamas that existed throughout the history.

Upon reflecting on all of that, the anger towards Kana slowly built up within me.

“What is the meaning of this? Tell me, Kana! No…”

I shouted at Kana, who just sat there as wind swayed her braided hair.

“…Nii-san!”

Kana… Nii-san, didn’t reply with an answer.

Instead, she asked me a question.

“Kinji… Are you close… with Aria H. Kanzaki?”

Wh-What is it all of a sudden!?

I knit my brows.

“Do you like her?”

That question made me recall Aria’s cute gesture, hugging my body a few minutes ago. It made my face blush red upon that reminiscence.

“That’s irrelevant to the situation right now!”

Nii-san just blinked upon my furious yell.

“I was going to carry it out alone if you answered yes. But you didn’t.”

Finally, those rose-colored lips uttered these words:

“Kinji… Let’s kill Aria together.”