Alexei Dragunov | Shirohane Flower Store

Alexei stood outside his favorite flower store, shocked with what he had heard. Things had certainly taken a turn for the worse with the innocent Kotori-chan caught in the cross fire. Whatever was a going on was certainly much deeper and grave than it appeared. The cult was getting bolder with each move and now they had struck twice on the same day.

Surprisingly, all of them being high school students. Though, a remote part of his mind reasoned that maybe Kotori would return all well like the others but he found it hard to get that emotion known to the one who owned the shop he stood in front of. It had remained closed as expected and Alexei felt as if he should go and offer some consolation to the grieving mother.

Instead, he just left a note at the door. A promise, to try his best in finding the younger Shirohane. The joy of whole week had been washed away in a single stroke. First, Akane and now Kotori. He was starting to worry for the safety of his beloved sister as he walked around the Shopping complex hoping to look for any clues regarding the disappearance of his friend, if he can call her that.

Many thoughts rifled through his mind as he wandered around by his lonesome. Whatever this whole thing was, it seemed either the police was not interested or they weren't up to the job of knowing what was going on.