Cinderella: Book 4 Chapter 1

## Verse 1

We're back to bring you breaking news.

There's been an **explosion** at a building near Tokyo Station.

Citizens in the area are asked to remain calm and evacuate.

We've uncovered information suggesting the building was run by a **designated organized crime** group.

In Shinjuku and Shibiya Wards, more buildings known to act as headquarters for organized crime have been hit by explosions, and **police** are continuing to investigate what they suspect is a large scale **turf war**.

We repeat, just now, in Minato Ward...

 Ugh... damn it...! God, my head hurts...

 I guess... that means... I'm...alive?

 Did I get the dose wrong? I was sure I had...

 But... looking around, maybe I'm just...

## Verse 2

I didn't know how long I'd been walking outside,

but I was still having a really bad trip,

seeing dark creatures attack people all around me.
...Maybe I really did die?

## Verse 3

Eh. Either way.

Doesn't matter whether I'm dead or high as a kite.

At least right now, I can actually feel something.

...There's only one thing to do.

## Verse 4

Goal in mind, I begin to walk.

The dark creatures try to stand in my way,

and I shoot them dead one after another.

I can't believe they die so easily.

## Verse 5

I fire again and again, not caring if someone sees.

What are the police going to do? Whether this is a dream

or if it's reality, I'm not letting anyone get in my way.

Die. Die. All of you, just die!!

## Verse 6

I get to the headquarters and find a few underlings there.

They look completely terrified.

Heh, this is a pretty realistic dream.

...and a deliciously fun reality.

## Verse 7

It only takes me a few minutes to kill them all.

Except the one I trusted the most.

I leave him for last.

"Still feel like following me?"

## Verse 8

He's ghost-pale with terror even before I shoot him in the thigh.

He crumples, folding over in pain, and I shoot him in the back.

Once he stops moving,

I set fire to the place.

## Verse 9

I've got the power to kill everyone

in the headquarters in only minutes.

I can even kill those mysterious creatures.

The thought makes me lick my lips in anticipation.

## Verse 10

*Before*

As I watched the building **burn**, I thought:

With strength like mine, I didn't need to depend on anyone.

Anyone even looks at me wrong, I can beat them to pulp all on my own.

...Who needs **a Prince**? "Heh... this is actually **the best thing** that could happen, isn't it?"

I ought to thank all my men, who tried to frame me.

After I burn them to smoking corpses, of course!

I laughed to myself as I walked.

Where should I go next?

If this is a **dream**, I should enjoy it before I wake.

If this is **reality**, I should enjoy it before I break.

 Heh... Which rival gang should I hit next?

 Hell, maybe I should start with the police!

 I'm going to crush anyone and everyone in my way...!

*After*

We're back to bring you breaking news.

A **warrant has been issued** for the arrest of a woman involved in the **explosion** that took place in Minato ward.

The suspect has been identified as **\*\*\*\***.

The building itself was an office that seems to have been a front for an organization designated as **organized crime**.

Additionally, the explosions in Shinjuku and Shibuya are also believed to be connected to the woman in question, and police are calling for anyone with information to come forward.

## Discordant Poem

Explosions ripped through the city one after another.

This is the story of one of them.

It's the story of a girl who wanted to be a princess,

and the path she chose.

She'd gained power for herself

in a world that fit neither dream nor reality.

It was like magic.

It was like a drug.

She walks on,

crushing rival gangs,

crushing allied gangs,

crushing upstart gangs.