Vol 4 Chapter 6 – Crazed Fruit (【Revolver Maid】 Arc)

【What is a Split Personality?】

It is when two completely different personalities alternate within a single person. Each personality cannot recall the actions taken by the other. When three or more personalities appear, it is called multiple personality.

Master, can you tell which one of me is the real me?

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A cleaver is swung wildly.
It strikes the white-coated woman before it.

“Watch it… Don’t come killing me without even listening to what I have to say.”

It should have hit. Instead, the cleaver’s blade plunged into the ground, and she suffered not a single scratch.

“……”

Arisu simply stared at the ground.
Gradually, her eyes grew bloodshot.

“Hey! Can you hear my voice?”

Fifth, having realized that Arisu was no ordinary person, called out loudly.

“You needn’t shout—I can hear you just fine.”

“Oh, good. I wouldn’t want to chat with a broken doll.”

“A broken doll? That’s rather rude coming from someone meeting me for the first time.”

Saying that, Arisu lifted the cleaver stuck in the ground.
Then, attempting to transfer it to her (nonexistent) right hand, she ended up dropping it.

“Has my right arm been missing recently?”

“Yes, it has… but it’s not something to discuss.”

After retrieving the cleaver with her left hand, Arisu offered a small smile.

“Isn’t it natural to want to kill someone for silence when they interrupt you while you’re doing something you’d rather keep hidden?”

“That’s certainly not wrong…”

Fifth nodded in agreement at her words.

Arisu continued, “That said, I apologize for suddenly attacking you. I’m truly sorry.”

“You really don’t have to apologize; it’s my fault for suddenly speaking to you.”

Upon hearing Fifth’s voice, Satsuki Tsutsuka raised her head.
The two locked eyes.

“Let me get straight to the point—are you the culprit behind that incident everyone’s been talking about lately?”

Fifth produced a news article on the Murder Maid Incident and showed it to Arisu.
Seeing it, Arisu couldn’t help but snort in laughter.

“Well, if I admit I’m the culprit, then I am the culprit, after all…”

“…Isn’t that not the case?”

“Well, I’ll keep the rest a secret.”

“Oh, how disappointing.”

Arisu looked perplexed at the calm, unruffled manner in which she continued speaking.

“By the way, who are you? Suddenly asking about the incident… and you don’t seem to be with the police.”

“Ah! I apologize for the delayed introduction. I’ve done something unforgivable.”
“I’m sorry,” she said, extending her hand toward Arisu.

“———————I’m ‘Anemi Kyouka.’ Please take care of me.”

Arisu did not accept the offered hand, instead casting a wary look at Anemi.

“……———————Arisu Meido.”

“Hehe, a name that suits you perfectly.”
“And the same to you.”

They exchanged smiles while locking eyes.
It was the moment when two lunatics found a kindred spirit.

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“So, Arisu, what exactly are you up to?”
“I don’t think answering will benefit me, but I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll tell you.”

Then, Arisu grabbed a head that was lying on the ground and lifted it.
Blood dripped from the severed neck of the detached head.

“I am now offering a sacrifice.”

“A sacrifice? Is this some sort of religion or something?”

At that question, Arisu appeared to ponder for a moment.

“Speaking of religion, perhaps it is. After all, my Master is like a god.”

“Master, huh… How delightfully maid-like.”

Arisu’s eyes sparkled as she began boasting about her Master.

Anemi Kyouka’s face contorted as Arisu went on like a runaway locomotive, rambling about matters no one had asked about.

“Your Master is really amazing. I’d love to see him in person.”

“I’d love to————. That is, I really would—but…”

Arisu faltered.

“My Master is currently on a break due to poor health, so even if you meet him, there’d be nothing to talk about.”

“That’s too bad. I would have liked to speak with him, even if just once.”

Seeing Anemi’s slightly forlorn expression, Arisu felt a mysterious unease.
Yet this was something her “true self” would never have even considered.

“———————Have you ever committed a crime?”

That was, inviting Anemi Kyouka into the Empress.
She is similar to me.
For some reason, such thoughts crossed her mind.
At that moment, she felt as if she heard a voice inside her head.

Stop.

However, as she stood before Anemi, that voice went unheard.

“Crime? I’ve only ever run a red light or something like that…”

“I know—you’ve committed crimes far beyond that.”

Arisu’s intuition was flashing danger signals regarding Anemi.
She is equal to me, if not even more so.
I feel as if my missing right arm is trembling.

“———————Heh… You really are a perceptive maid, aren’t you?”

At that moment, the atmosphere surrounding Anemi changed completely.

Arisu let out a heavy sigh.

“A murderer, or perhaps even more. You’re a totally different person from earlier.”

“Exactly. I, too, have killed people just like you.”

———————Stop.

Arisu listened to her words and smiled.

“Then we are of the same kind, aren’t we?”

“Ha ha ha! That might indeed be the case.”

Clapping her hands and laughing, Anemi tossed the meat lying on the ground into the incinerator.

The meat burned, and the smell of smoke and iron tickled both of their noses.

The two simply watched impassively as the meat burned.

“Anemi-san, I have a question to ask.”

Stop.

“…What is it?”

Stop.

Don’t say any more.

“If it’s not too much trouble for you, Anemi-san—”

That is not Arisu Meido.
A fake.
She has no interest in anyone except her Master.
Stop it.

“If you don’t mind————”

Stop.

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———————That’s not me! A fake!

“———————Aren’t you interested in our organization?”

The genuine voice never reached her.