THE DEAD CITY OF ASHES
I wore white gloves as I took the bullet from the dead body in front of me. This is first class bullet. The culprit used first class bullet to kill this scientist.
I frowned when I saw his briefcase left opened. I pulled the briefcase as I check the things of a victim.
“A girl?” I muttered when I saw a picture of a kid. Tumingin ako sa likod ng litrato at doon ko napansin ang nakalagay na, “missing daughter of Lady Alesha, 1999,” I muttered again.
I checked his things again as I found a diary. I faltered when I opened the first page of it.
𝖣𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 10, 1987
𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.
I didn’t finish reading to his diary because I flipped the second page. I gulped when I saw a terrible drawing to his diary. This is probably a drawing of the girl named, Scaizer. When I flipped the third one, I saw a decayed fingernail above. What’t with this diary?
𝖬𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 20, 1989
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦. 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴. 𝘐 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳
Punit ang baba nito at hindi na natuloy pa ang pagbasa ko taalarawan niya. I flipped other pages and half of it was missing. Did the suspect take those pages?
𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.
What is non-living body he was talking about? Hindi ko masyado maintindihan ang iba pang nakasulat dahil may nawawalang pahina ng talaarawan.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵.
That’s the last part I read. I flipped the last page and my expression changed when I saw a sketch of a place. This is the City of Ashes. No one dared to enter or pass this city because of rumors. I didn’t believe them because it’s only a rumors but we have a case about City of Ashes before. Teenagers tried to wander but none of them live. But I confirmed that there is a person who killed them. He was arrested two years ago.
“Crixus,” someone called. I stood up as I left the diary of former butler of Scaizer. “We found a claw marks to walls and floors. We also found a blood puddle to his room,” Officer Philips said.
Pumunta kami ng laboratoryo niya at doon namin nakita ang mga marka. It wasn’t a claw of fingernails. Masyado siyang malalim at malaki. Family of Seraph is very weird. I didn’t know that this case will appeared again.
“Where is the suspect?” I asked.
“Outside,” he answered as I responded a nod. Lumabas ako ng gusali at nakita ko ang suspek na nanginginig sa takot.
“What are those claw marks?” I started. His eyes widened as he shook his head repeatedly. “Do you have connection to family of Seraph?”
Lalo pang nanlaki ang mga mata nito at nanginginig ang labi niya sa kaba at takot. “H-hindi—w-wala akong kinalaman—”
