The fang that doesn't tear flesh.
Ed and other steps out of the plant
" Now we are going to get permission for leaving island."
Inari said " for that we have to go to fang ..." he said it with a sharp eye.
Ed and other was confused without context.
" They govern the onigishima,in simple words" tunki said with smile.he was really chill.
Inari sigh " so... ignore his"unseriousness" we are going to the skull and fang office." By the hearing name of the office ed found it hilarious.becesuss of it weird name fang and skull.
He Stop himself from laughing out loud and then inari point his finger at the one of big tunnel hole " you must have seen this before."
They quietly noded " so ...see that all this tunnel leads to too different parts of this island.but you know some time tunnel got inter connected.so that why the tunnel have a really weried and abstract pattern."
" So what?" Ed ask simply inari instantly answers" you know that phrase from old Rome that"all roads lead to Rome" and similarly all tunnel after specific distance leads to fang and skull office."
"Oh..by the way we call them wormhole since they connect to different end" tunki said with a smile on the face.by the looking at his silly face inari quietly Said " can you be serious for any moment? Why you take everything so lightly?"
Tunki chuckles and said while his eyes were on inari." You know that.."he said with sharp glaze.inari fumbled he was clearly flustered and deeply shaken by tunki words.he was unable to do anything at this point.afterall it was a utter reality that only both of them.both embrace it, but in different way of manners.
Inari don't say or create an argument,he simply"tch" and turned back while eating his teeth ." We are allready behind the schedule .we are going through the worm hole near by the centre." There was a little loudness in his voice.
They started to walk .
They get down from the small mountain where the plant is, and move to the centre section.
The centre section is actually two places in onigishima the second.one is a place located in middle of the onigishima the second.which is crucialar.and second one is oni king castal.
The one which inari is talking about is the oni king catsal one .in the some matter of distance there is a wormhole.it was not that high up like the one which ed and other entered in onigishima it was more like not up high and not down.
They walked down and entered the populated part of onigishima.they was in meddle of all people of onigishima. While walking through the streets there was some people who was eating and chating some where wandering around.
An usal day in onigishima.
But something was really off not visually but mentally.It is quite obvious to feel to walk around the street of haif dead people.
But still it wasn't scary but rather lievily.it was really weird but kind of motivating that dead people who are cursed finding out moments to live on.
It was some useless thought going on in ed mind while walking he gently moved his hand on his face and sigh and told to himself in mind " i am really thinking something useless,ha.. sometimes I think something philosophical ." He smiled a bit and chukle " it is nothing but a similar thing to late night bed thing. I am not mc of any kind of story to have such thoughts,but.. still i may be getting what really tunki means or its my interpretation ? Ha.." he laughed silently in the mind.
And he continues to walk in his useless thought .
They arrived at the wormhole after the some time.they Walk upward through the stairs.they stop at entrance of wormhole.the wormhole was really dark but something was different with this wormhole. that it has tracks and there was small hand build and hand handled square cart with a two bench at on it and small fixed chair for the oprater,it was yellow in colour.
Inari Walk to it and grab the string of the motor on it and pull it out and the motor start to rotate.and sound of it was really loud." Are you not coming?" Inari said while looking at ed and other.they all get on and seated on the bench.inari seated near to motor on operater seat.
And the wheel started to move forward in the deep of the wormhole.they where moving at drakness with little torch light.they can only see there faces a little bit and the track.
lan who is really interested in this instantly ask in curiousity " erm..if you don't mind can I ask you something" inari just look at him by moving his neck.lan take his silance as yes.
"What is this track doing here?"
Inari was looking at track and ahead track was spilting up .and going in different ways.inari grab the levar handle and switches the rail." As that dumb tunki told that in old time of onigishima we used coal as currency and also in the water purification.and this track is used by us for it ."
"Ohh..." Iam was really amaze and interested in the architecture of the onigishima but something really catch his attention but he didn't tell it anyone.
After the small ride in cave a bright light comes at end . they reach to the end of the worm hole.inari trun off the motor of Cart early on before Even they reach.becuse they are not break in the cart.tunki and inari was calm and quiet they where used to it but ed and lan wasn't used to it obviously they was nervous .
But fortunately wheels stop at the time they were brink of to derail but they survive.after the stop of Cart they get out of it and start to walk towards the end of the wormhole.
An bright ray comes out nowhere on the face of ed it's was really unusual from the onigishima dim Drak gloomy light, it's was bright.
After opening his eyes gently he sees a Big white building which has a look like Rome building.it has a werid craving in gold at frontroof there is big fang was carved out and it was coming out .
Ed was stunned by a buliding that Big in underground.
They walked to it and come to door but tunki foot stop " i don't have permission to enter in .so i will wait out here"
Ed and other walk in, there was a small staircase and they go on the entrance.there was two graud in white there.they open up the door for them and they all enter in the building.
In the building there was lots of desk and chair people was working on them.the first thing that was noticeable that everyone was wearing different uniform.some was wearing white, blue and red.
There was dual way staircase leading up to the specific room.and middle of it was a painting a really odd werid painting.a painting of skulls and bone surrounded by fang and hand .
It was unsettling.inari Said ed and lan to follow him up . They started to go upstairs.while walking up ed ask inari something that he notice " why everyone has different uniform."
"it represents the job they are doing or they're responsibleity.they have been bestowed upon.like White uniform are for onigishima . they usually do local job .red are officer to be accurate civil officers.blue are garud."
"So which one are you?"
" I am from kroko.that what i can tell you and also one of the reason that i have permission to roam around outside world."
Then they stop at the door in upstairs room it was only room in up there.inari open up the door by pushing it up .
Door open
There was man seating on a desk.the desk was made out of white marble and it has a butiful red craving on it .
" So you all are here ?" Man on the desk Said.
The man was wearing a brown clothes.it was reminding ed a certain charcter from a story who was detective.
The desk had pile of files and a small cap . And he was also wearing slim frame optical.
" Yes " inari said
the man in brown clothes look at ed others and Said aid with very professional and clam voice
" Hello my name is Okinawa and i am head of all the operation and administration of the onigishima."
After the introduction of himself Okinawa lean back and open up a drawer and after flipping through the some sheet of paper he brings out three papers out .
" I was going to sign it up just now..."
He takes pen and stamp But bell rang and his hand stop .he put the pen and stamp down and said "sorry but it's my tea time and i am really strict with my schedule."
And a white uniform come in the room with the matcha green tea but his feet trbild and he fell down with the Trey of the tea.
But Okinawa move his hand forward and chain of bone come out of his hand with small hand with the small hands connected to it that grab white uniform and the cup of tea.
" I am not going to eat you up if you don't give me tea on time." Okinawa Said "just don't forget to apologise for it" and the white uniform leave while constantly apologizing.
And then Okinawa asked ed and other for tea but they refused.
They was a werid silence
Ed asked "if you don't mind can I ask you something?"
Okinawa nodes while looking his reflection in the tea .
".. Why do you oni are bounded by rules?"
Okinawa face chukle he doesn't say anything just stur the cup of tea.
" What do you see?" Okinawa asked to ed .Ed look at the Cup and Said "nothing but the disrupted reflection of mine..."
" That's how we oni are bounded by rules."
Ed don't get it.
Okinawa take a sip and said " i know you don't get it but you will.really Soon.." he said it calmly and quietly.
He enjoys his tea while ed and other was standing there.ed was only thinking about leaving the island so where are they going now? But something different was differing lan mind it was the thing Okinawa did early.
After sometime onigishima bell rang again and tea break was ended.a white uniform come in and take the cup And Trey with him.
After the brief moment of nothingness Okinawa take his pen and siang of paper of leaving the island and then he takes his wooden stamp.which has a butiful craving of a fang.
He dipped it in the black ink and stamp it on paper.and hand it over to the inari and said " here is your permit but I also want to tell you something."
Inari was quite looking at the Okinawa face and paper was in his hand.
" .. form now on you will be Head of the mission."
This words stright up ed and lan ear drum.inari himself didn't expect this to happen.okinwa continue to say "..for some unseen reason Jake had to go to China and now he must be on international sea.and considering your experience fang and skull offical had decided that you will lead the mission."
Inari don't say anything and just take the permit paper and leaves ed and lan follow him behind.
after there leaving the room Okinawa lean back to his chair and thinks in mind " why ?..oni are bounded by rules..?" He chukle a bit " because..ha..he will get know anyway." And he starts to do his other work.
And inari,ed and lan was going downstairs ed ask the question that rise up in his mind erlayer " so where are we going now?"
Inari stop and looks back and said" we are going to onigishima the frist.the orginal one."
Ch 43 end