"You're kidding me", Kentaro murmured, his face in shock.
"Why the hell are you here!" Tenka's voice cracked with rage, her face twisting between confusion and fear. Her fists clenched so tight the leather of her gloves creaked.
"Hehehehehe…"
The laugh that answered didn't belong in that dark alley. It was soft, girlish, almost sing-song, like a child watching a puppet show, but laced with something that made Kentaro's skin crawl. It was the sound of someone enjoying their suffering.
Kentaro froze, breath hitching in his throat. His eyes widened as recognition slammed into him, though he didn't want to believe it. The man's violent, unnatural behaviour, the way he moved like something was pulling his strings. And the only person he could think of right now was her...
"Was the man's behaviour your doing?!" Kentaro shouted. The demand tore out of him, but fear cracked his voice. His body trembled despite himself.
