Chapter 3

Siiiigh.

Noel Niihashi reporting for duty.

Oh, Noel...

Knickers... Wanna see her knickers!

Eh? What was that flashback about?

You didn't care a bit when I told you my sweet Noel vanished!

Of course! You're deluded! And all that about her disappearing into Reverse London?

Reverse London's the stuff from bedtime stories! Kids believe in Santa longer than they believe in that.

And here I am, racing over after work because my best mate wanted to rant about his daydreams. Put yourself in my shoes!

Fine. I get it. No more of that. Let's talk about Noel's knickers instead.

More delusions, then?!

Not a delusion. A dream!

A rose by any other name still makes you a bloody perv!

Why, you! Bark at this bastard, Osushi!

*Whine*

Osushi's too cuuuute. Hey... Lemme hold Osushi a bit?

Can I talk about the knickers?

Fine, sure, go on then.

Eh? Why here? This about the knickers again?

You refused to hear me out about the knickers.

So you led me to the spot where Niihashi vanished, is that it?

Yeah. Because you were actually listening to that part.

More than that knickers nonsense, anyway.

Bizarre. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

I'd swear that the sign changed to "WB" when she picked up the phone.

WB?

Yeah. I'd expect "RL," for Reverse London, so what the heck's WB mean?

*Whine*

Well, at least were pretty sure it's got nothing to do with Reverse London.

Back home, then? Nearly time for Osushi's dinner.

And spacing out about knickers suits you better, anyway.

Hey... You idiot! Make no mistake! I'm thinking about knickers even now.

O...

Osushi?!