Evening and Winter (夕方と冬)

It Doesn't Suit You

A few days have passed, the Anderson family finally gone over the disbelieve of the fact that Victor was a Harvester and attacked them, even purposefully left Jeffrey in the fire to have someone inform Chifuyu about the situation. Victor's actions damaged his family's name, causing a few small rumours to start spreading and the family's reputation moderated. Taylor and Eve moved to settle at a new home bought by the Clark family as an apology, leaving their old home to be destroyed and planned to be rebuilt.

"I haven't seen that kid for a few days now..." Taylor mumbled as he tidied papers in his new office, referring to Chifuyu who he hasn't seen ever since the day of the incident.

"Morning, old man~" Chifuyu opened the door of the office, making Taylor pause.

"Speak of the devil..." he mumbled in amazement, what great timing he thought. "Sorry, kiddo. But we won't be able to solve cases for a few days, my documents were all burned in the fire and it would take some time to sort the cases at the station." Taylor told Chifuyu.

"I get it... I'm not here for that, le boss..." Chifuyu rolled his eyes as he sat down on the sofa in the room, "This new office looks just like your old one," he said, everything was placed exactly the same as Taylor's old office, including the sofa he's currently sitting on.

"It's a habit and it's better for me to know where everything is too, changing up will make me confused." Taylor sighed as he continued to tidy his papers.

"Looks like you're thinking ahead, eh, old man~?" Chifuyu sneered.

"Very funny..." Taylor grumbled, "Where have you been these last few days?" he asked him.

"I had something to take care of, c'est tout. Nothing much," Chifuyu averted his eyes, but Taylor somehow could understand that Chifuyu took a few days to get rid of his pain and depression for the betrayal he recently experienced.

"Whatever you say, sir..." Taylor shrugged, decided not to ask Chifuyu about it.

"Anyway, are the two Harvesters in prison still available? Or even just one of them?" Chifuyu asked Taylor.

"They are available, why?" Taylor furrowed a brow.

"I have to know where the professor is, I want to put an end to him before he could kill more people." Chifuyu responded in a solemn tone. "We can finish this troublesome case while we wait for the papers," he added.

"Agreed, let's get going." Taylor agreed to Chifuyu's idea, and the two of them left the house to go to the police station.

Taylor had made a call beforehand to take one of the Harvesters, the Russian to an interrogation room and Taylor reached the interrogation room with Chifuyu.

"Is Doctor Teresa here?" Chifuyu asked Taylor.

"She's not right now, why?" the senior detective was confused of Chifuyu's sudden question.

"I'll be right back," Chifuyu walked further down the hallway towards Teresa's lab, then came back with a syringe in his hand, that Taylor quickly noticed to be half-way filled with the U067 serum.

"What are you-?!"

"I'm not interested in wasting time," Chifuyu stopped Taylor from questioning him, then walked into the interrogation room to face Ruslan Makarov. "Good morning, Makarov-san." Chifuyu smirked to the Russian.

"We meet again, huh, Tsuguha?" Ruslan smirked back, while Taylor watched the two through the glass.

"Seems like even the Harvesters couldn't take down a Japanese brat like me, huh?" Chifuyu snickered, "Now, would be so kind to tell me where the professor is?" he bent down as he questioned Ruslan.