Go to the academy

"I should have done it. We could have won. I hate it. I can't just live like this enjoying this fake pretend present. I don't even know what I am talking about, but this is outrageous. What can, no, could have just been done. You could just have stopped her." Ash was going on about this for the past 25 minutes just after they entered this alley 7 minutes later after Rose left. They stopped here to qet some rest. To calm down and think patiently, but Ash was too heated up to do anything patiently or calmly.

"Okay, inhale... Good , now exhale. Now, what is done is done, and it can't be undone. You need to think in your right mind. Should we actually delete the recording, which contains nothing special anyway, or let her try and sue us?"

"Is this the time to think this stuff? Wait, I'll answer. It clearly isn't. Now you will ask then what time should we do that and what should we do this time? Don't bother because it's not up to us. It's Richard's thing to take care of, and this is the time to think what to do next to solve this ridiculous situation." Ash tried to speak calmely, but it ended as a shout.

"Richard?" Dazai jokingly asked with a smug smile.

"Oh!" She apologetically said then suddenly, "WHAT THEN? HUH? You're gonna tell on me now? " Ash was completely on the verge of a breakdown. She looked dangerous. Anger crawled in her eyes, but beneath all that Dazai could spot the frustration and exhaustion.

All those years wasted.

"I am sorry. I am really sorry, Ashley. Please calm down. Inhale.... Good, now exhale. Hmm, so now do you feel better?" Dazai, who was completely worried and shocked about the behaviour Ash was showing asked.

"Yeah, okay, so we might still have a slight chance to correct our mistake. Anna wanted to tell us something. Yeah, that's our last chance. We are quite late but we won't have any other chance. Let's go to the academy. The second part of the plan remains the same."

"I suggest you rest a day." Dazai suggested but regretted as soon as the words escaped his mouth. One of the most dangerous death glares that made man regret his life decision instantly was being thrown at Dazai, and he knew he had no choice here.

"To the academy," He said in agreement with a pressed smile.

As soon as they were out of the alley, they spotted a huge gigantic fire far away from Rose's home, which was their current location, but it seemed like it could just leap right at them and swallow them. For a moment, the heat and smoke felt blinding. it felt like the end of everything, but Dazai snapped out of it quickly. He rushed the cat to its full limits. Ash looked traumatised. She had forgotten how to breathe.

"Call fire brigade and ambulance. It can't be a gas leak or something. It's definitely a war bomb." Dazai instructed.

"Hmm." Ash swallowed and pulled out the phone from the deck and called the emergency numbers.

They sat in silence for a while, after which Dazai said, "We are almost there. Do you still want to go?"

"Yeah."

Dazai parked the car and said, " Your station's here."