With Valt gone, Shu and the other pair were searching around the town. Knowing damn well his cause of the disappearance, Shu was stuck with mixed emotions building up within his chest. Guilt, worry, and bottled-up rage. He knew the bluenette didn't do anything wrong. He did it to save them!

"Shu, your necklace," Mikan spoke as she noticed the silver chain slowly fading off Shu's neck. The albino alpha was becoming eager.

"Anything leading to our next mission?" He inquired Uta up front. The redhead nod and points his finger at an apartment complex.
"We're here! The energy in this building is strong, so there may be dozens of spirits in this area." Uta acknowledged as he went to open the front of the apartment doors. Mikan held Tsukimi closer to her body, not allowing the child to be carried on her back. Shu too didn't want to be left behind, or too far front.

The apartment was more modern and designed from the style of walls and furniture left behind. An intense perfume made the trio teary-eyed. It was a strong smell of incense spreading throughout the first floor.
"Isn't this smell used in sexual activities?" Uta asked. Shu nodded, giving Uta an obvious answer.
"Any creaking sounds when we get there is my excuse to ditch this place." Mikan sighs in discomfort. The alphas agreed with the possible prediction. As they got closer, rose pedals began to form a path leading to a room. Knowing the smell of burning incense was too in the room, Uta did the honors of pushing the door open.

"My nose hurts! Where is the incense?" Shu says searching the room. It was covered with moss in each corner of the ceiling and there laid a row of sleeping bags. The closet on the near left by the window was filled with women's clothing. The sizes vary from a child to the late 20s.

Mikan took a few of the hanged dresses and questions, "Is it normal for clothes to smell odd being left abandoned?" Shu and Uta thought for a moment before giving her an informational answer.
"What's the odor of the dress you have? Dusty?" Uta asked before clarifying the possible outcome. Mikan waft the scent again and was disgusted, "Mixture of sweet apple with human fluid?" She shrugs. Uta felt his eyebrows narrow with the info she shared. Human fluids?

"Pardon me, may I examine them for a moment?" He says rather interested. Mikan neatly laid the dresses on the ground and stepped aside with her twin, Shu, to visually learn the tactic Uta will perform. The redhead alpha kneels in front of the row of gowns with a liquid bottle in his left hand. He poured the essence of liquid onto the fabric on each one before leaving the bottle on his side. With both hands free, he then wore gloves, rubbed the liquid onto the dress, and spread it evenly.
"Could it be blood?" Shu inquire. Uta refused to accept the opinion of the albino.
"Turn off the candles when I stand up." He orders them, "This case could contain murder, but why have sleeping bags with a closet full of women's attire?" He began. Mikan suspected he had made up a conclusion about their issue. Successfully and satisfied with his work, Uta got himself up on his feet, and with this action, Shu and Mikan blew out the candles inside the bedroom.

With the light gone, the clothes began to reveal a glow in the dark. It wasn't apparent in their eyes, but getting closer to the object was enough to distinguish the evidence.
"What does this mean for us?" Shu asked Uta.
The other alpha answers, "The human fluid on each dress Mikan mentioned is; sperm." He sighs as he said the last word in his sentence. Shu and Mikan rummaged through the closet and selected four of the small outfits from the closet.
"I am not comfortable with touching those!" Uta shrieked as he avoided the shirts.
"We need to determine if everyone here weren't safe! Please, I'll repay your ass after this assignment!" Mikan demanded with a fierce tone and deathly look. Uta regained his posture and accepted without any more complaints. Shu sweatdrops seeing Uta uncomfortably spread and massage the liquid on the miniature clothes.

Since the room was still dark, Uta left the clothes neatly on the floor and the three observed if one or all were going to glow. However, it didn't happen. For another minute they waited for a sign and nothing beamed on the fabric. A long sigh escaped their mouth with relief. However, this is just four outfits of children's clothing. There could be a possibility in the others.
"With that cleared, what is the crime we're dealing with?" Shu asked. Mikan and Uta made eye contact before answering his question.
Mikan did the opening statement, "With only women's clothing and sleeping bags in this room, it's sex trafficking."
"However, we might not know if this place is a secret brothel. The place looks too normal like any apartment complex." Uta included his opinion.

"Isn't prostitution illegal in Russia?" Shu remembered.
"And human trafficking is done in secret. I also suppose women aren't as equal either, yet it's been 15 years. This case appeals fresh and recent, we might finish this before Valt comes back." Uta responds as he left to be beside Mikan and extended his arms toward her. The omega was confused about his action.

"What's up?" She says puzzled and alert.
Uta grinned, "You've been carrying Tsukimi this whole time. May I have a chance to carry the child?" He begged. Uta isn't usually the type to lead in investigations compared to her, Shu, and Valt. So why not help them by caring for a baby?

Mikan wasn't buying it. He was so easy to read even Shu understood why he did such a thing. Holding onto Tsukimi tighter, Mikan rejected Uta's request, "You should do your fair share by solving this."
"Did you read the room?"
"No, I just know you. So I'd like your ass to suffer and solve the case with Shu!" She hissed, "Don't start making yourself useless! I know you can do better, especially when we..."
"Don't mention that, please. We were caught and this was our outcome. I don't want to interfere with detective shit." He sighs. Mikan still refused and pulled into Uta's shirt collar, "Who are you listening to? Your insecurities or trauma? Either way, you overcome and adapt like humans even after death now that we know there is an afterlife! So get your head out of the gutters and lead us fucking Puta!"

The redhead alpha turned his gaze away from the omega, "I got it..." He says. Shu could tell the expression Uta was expressing. His face was flushed red. Guess he didn't expect Mikan to get that close to getting her point across his thick head.
"With that aside," Mikan says letting go of Uta's shirt, "I'll stay here with Tsukimi while you two head upstairs. Photos are required so send them to me."

"Understood. Let's go!" Shu says as he pulled Uta out of the room.
"How's your detective skills?" Uta asked.
"Decent, so you're guiding me when I don't comprehend a situation, right?" Shu spoke as he turned to look behind him. However, he didn't anticipate the sight of Uta with remorse in his eyes.

     Shu asked the redhead, "What makes you so against investigating something?" With that question alone, Uta regained consciousness and found himself in reality. The albino let go of Uta's wrist and was waiting for an answer.
     "I... It's best to save it. Either way, I suppose Mikan has a better memory compared to me." He admitted. Shu was left hanging again.
     "But the timeline is still the same," Shu begins as he leads Uta upstairs, "You and my sister were in a relationship that lasted for some time until her death."
    
Making it to the second floor, Shu heard a thump behind him; Uta was on his knees with his hands in front of him. His head was lowered, making his eyes stare at the floor.
     "I wasn't able to do this before, but as we are alone... I beg for your forgiveness for I failed to protect your sister." He apologizes. Shu was confuzzled by his act. "No need! It's all in the past, we're safe away from Humanity so don't blame yourself." Shu ensured him. Uta didn't want that to be his response. He needed a genuine answer for the sin he committed before. However, now's not the time and place to ask for it, they must solve the crime performed here.

     "There's a door opened down that hall. Let's investigate there." Shu declares. Uta followed beside the albino and both alphas were met with a similar scene. The sleeping bags were scattered, and splatter spots of blood caught their attention the most.
     Shu followed the trail, "The blood stops at this wall?" He says as he raised an eyebrow. Uta scanned through the sleeping bags.
Inside the third bag, Uta smelled a stench of decay and also noticed blood from inside. This is the only sleeping bag with blood inside.

     "By the size, it was leaked on the pelvic bone area."
     "A sexual assault resulted in murder. What an unpredictable occurrence." Shu sarcastically says as he too got a sight of the scene. The blood was pooling inside the bag and it made its was to where the wall was. However, it's unclear how the bleeding stopped there.

     "Shit got me shivering, the candles are mere decorations." Uta's words were trembling caused by the frosty temperature in the room. Shu also noticed his warm breath that excepted his mouth become a foggy cloud.
     "Our ghost hunting equipment shall be received on thy hand!" Uta exclaims humorously. Shu knew the technique Uta was referring to, but they'll need the Ouija board for this.
     "Have a pocketknife?"
     "Use the glad over there." Shu pointed. Uta gladly accepted the item and cut his forearm. Slicing his skin apart, the oozing of red wine began to emerge from the wound.

     Uta glanced over to Shu, handing him the bleeding forearm, "Mind doing the honors of drawing, Kurenai?"

I swear to fucking God that I am on the verge of losing my patience with school cause that shit ain't fair fr😭✋

Wifi sucks so bag I can't use my tablet to write in Wattpad 😔👊

But oh well, at least this chapter is longer and is better than I expected 🤝

Love the story and want more future content, add this to Private Library or Reading List💅

Leave a positive response to the story, you may support and vote the chapters of the book😊

See you all next week!!~💜