Urban Legend Detectives Case 1: The Merry's Mail Vol.1

By Kyosuke Tsumiki

After a girl dumped an old European doll named Merry, which she once used to adore, an email message "Why did you throw me away?" was sent to her and Merry was back to take revenge … Such a childish urban legend was told among high school girls in amusement, but one of them was killed brutally on deserted road at night. Then, a ghastly chain email pervaded the school and a real Merry appeared on the police investigation. This book is the first half of the work exclusively written for The BBB: Breakthrough Bandwagon Books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781300979326

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Urban Legend Detectives Case 1: The Merry's Mail Vol.1

Urban Legend Detectives Case 1: The Merry’s Mail Vol.1

Originally written in Japanese by Kyosuke Tsumiki

Translated by Ryusui Seiryoin

Cover illustration by Maki Takeuchi

Cover design by Tanya

Copyright © 2013 Kyosuke Tsumiki / The BBB: Breakthrough Bandwagon Books

All rights reserved.

ISBN978-1-300-97932-6

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I knew that you would definitely come here.

Seated at the double pedestal desk, which was placed at the center of the stark room, White Friend spoke to Black Friend, who was sitting opposite him.

White Friend was wearing a long lab coat over an open-neck shirt and had a stethoscope around his neck. His face was not visible as it was completely concealed by a black mask with no holes for his eyes and nose. Not only his mask but also his shoes, pants, shirt, and lab coat were black. Yes, White Friend was dressed entirely in black.

Or if you prefer, should I say that I appeared before you? For me, either way is okay.

I can say that there was a guy who we would never want to encounter even if we were given all of the world’s treasures. Don’t you agree? said Black Friend with a cracking voice.

In contrast to White Friend, Black Friend was dressed entirely in white. This included his shirt, cotton pants, shoes, and hoodie, which was pulled over his face in order to hide it.

White Friend shrugged and seemingly teased Black Friend, saying, A guy who we would never want to encounter even if we were given all of the world’s treasures? Ah … could you say that I am such a person?

Attempting to interrupt the inquiry, Black Friend retorted, What I want to know is whether you are still trying to cure me, sir.

No wonder. I am the only person in the world who can cure you.

Black Friend then asked, Do you truly believe that you can cure me? Instead of answering the question, White Friend posed another question, By the way, do you know what the original form of a human being is? and curved his lips under his black mask. When an ovum is fertilized by sperm and cell division occurs in a uterus, a thin bag is initially created.

Black Friend said nothing and awaited the rest of the story.

"A bag. Can you imagine that?